Zhen'er found her parents in the front yard, and the family went home. When he got home, Qian couldn't wait to ask his daughter,

"Zhen'er, what did your second sister-in-law say?"

Zhen'er was a little apprehensive, but she still decided to say it all, "My sister-in-law said she was willing to accept me." Let me tell my father and mother to prepare a gift for apprenticeship. Let Grandma be a Witness. ”

Qian didn't understand a little and asked her husband, "What do you mean by Liu?" Is this asking for money? ”

Mingli rarely came back from the festival, and he was a companion in the city, so he said, "Mother, I'm afraid you don't know." I read what the second brother and sister said, I'm afraid that the serious embroidery master accepted the apprentice. If it is a child of a poor family, it has to sign a renunciation, and if you earn money, you have to honor the master, and give gifts during the New Year's holidays, which is indispensable. We've always heard that she can make money embroidering. I'm afraid it's the same as those famous embroidery masters, and the big families who embroider want screens or something. That's worth the old nose's money. ”

Ming Youcai stopped smoking, and asked in a daze, "Really?" How much money can I earn? ”

"I heard from the men of the embroidery shop on the street that they had once again sold a large embroidery for a total of three thousand taels of silver! The store has given out happy money. Mingli said,

"Three thousand taels?" Qian exclaimed in surprise, and Xiao Qian also happened to send boiling water in, and he also heard it, and said,

"I heard the sister-in-law of the lobby say that the sister-in-law of the second cousin sold the embroidery work once, and gave forty taels to the family, not all! The sister-in-law said that the sister-in-law must have hidden a lot. ”

Ming Youcai said, "I don't think Mingqian's daughter-in-law is like a greedy person, since she said that she is worshipping the master, she is going to teach our girl seriously!" ”

Zhen'er hurriedly said, "My sister-in-law said that she not only wants to teach me embroidery, but also teaches me to write and paint!" said that she wanted me to stay by her side for ten years, and then she would promise me a good future! ”

Qian couldn't believe it, and said again, "Ten years, that's eighteen years old." ”

"You are so stupid, this is to pull our daughter over to raise and teach, in the future, when the girl is older, she will naturally give each other a good family." Ming Youcai said, and began to pump eye bags again,

Seeing that her parents didn't speak, Zhen'er hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law said that you don't need any particularly expensive gifts, that's what it means." I saw my sister-in-law's embroidered flowers, but they looked good. There are a lot of books in the room, and there are brushes on the table! ”

Qian asked his son, "Then why do you have to learn to read and write?" ”

You Mingli still knows about this, and said, "When people embroider big pictures, sometimes they have to embroider a hundred longevity characters, or embroider Buddhist scriptures." It's really not good to not be able to write. Besides, if you can know words, my little sister will be able to say that she is a young lady in the future, and she can write and draw. ”

Xiao Qian also said, "Not really! Besides, what the talented lady taught, it sounds good to say! When the time comes, Zhen'er will make money, but don't forget her sister-in-law. ”

"By the way, my sister-in-law said that she doesn't want to make money in the future." Zhen'er secretly scolded herself for being stupid, how could she forget about it.

Qian also thought in his heart that even if his daughter couldn't learn all the skills from Pearl, even if she only had a good reputation, it would be okay. Thinking about the two jars of wine that the eldest son brought back during the festival, and a piece of bright red silk cloth that he had saved at home. I took a snack and a piece of bacon from someone else, which is considered an apprenticeship. This bacon is still reminded by Mingli, saying that when he went to school, his grandfather specially prepared bacon, and the apprentice must have this.

The next day, Pearl was going back to her parents' house for two days, and the people of the Ming family were released, and it happened that the Liu family's bangs came to give gifts, and by the way, they came to pick up the eldest sister, and Pearl went home with the child. Before leaving, he didn't forget to tell Feng that when she came back, he would talk about Zhen'er's apprenticeship.

Feng Shi is like a mirror in her heart, and she is very happy to teach Zhen'er because of pearl. Thinking in her heart, her granddaughter will learn some skills of pearls in the future, and she will be content, but Feng didn't say anything about Yu'er and Zhu'er. Old Man Ming said deliberately,

"You don't care about Yu'er and Zhu'er?"

Feng Shi glared at the old man and said, "I'm not confused, if it weren't for Shen's own bad mouth. Can Liu ignore her now? I can see it too. Liu is also a stubborn temper, just give it to you, she can still look up to it silently, if you ask her, you will be annoyed. I think Liu is also reasonable, if it weren't for the fact that her in-laws did too much, she wouldn't be like that. "It's talking about what happened last time,

Ming Zhen really didn't come back for the Chinese New Year this year, and the old man and his wife Ming Youshou and his wife both felt uncomfortable. At this time, Feng Shi brought up this matter, which means that in Feng Shi's heart, the last incident is also in the past. Old Man Ming opened his mouth and said,

"I'm worried that Mingqian will be out of business in the future and will be separated from his family. This Liu still has to be pressed. ”

Feng said, "What did I just tell you? Can't come hard. ”

"When did you say you couldn't come hard?"

"Then I'll say it now."

Old man Ming has no temper, for the Liu family, Old Man Ming is also in the product, but think about it carefully, what my wife said is also right. This Liu really doesn't care about the oppression of the elders.

The next day, Ming Youcai and his family came to ask about the apprenticeship, saying that the gifts were ready. Feng couldn't put the dim sum or anything for a long time, so he asked Ming Youcai and his wife to send the gift to Feng's house first, Feng thought that the dim sum would be eaten by the family, and the things would be put here first, and then handed over to the granddaughter-in-law when the pearl came back.

Pearl took the child back to her parents' house, and in her mother's house, of course, she, who is the eldest sister, does not have to work. The next day, he handed over the child to Fang's family, and went to the city with his eldest brother Liu Hai, and it happened that Liu Hai was also going to deliver flowers.

The Liu family is now the owner of the land, and only a small amount of the family's land is left to grow by themselves, and the rest is rented out, and Liu Hai grows flowers to sell in the city, and the family's life is naturally much better. Liu Hai and his wife now collect all the money they earn, but Liu Hai and his wife think about the situation of their family, Liu Gui has not yet been admitted to Xiucai, and Liu He is still young. The family is going to use money, and besides, he is the boss, so he is naturally obliged to help his father. All of them gave eighty percent of their income to their parents. The Zhao family has nothing to say, now her husband has a lot of money in his hand, and occasionally he will take the initiative to help his mother's family, and the food she bought for her is good, and she also has some silver in her hand, because she has not divided the family, it is normal for her husband to hand over all the silver.

This time, the pearl came to Zhuozhou, mainly to see its own business situation, and to buy people by the way. I went to see Liu's shopkeeper first, and then went to find Qu Wang, for such a long time, both of them have accumulated a lot of good things for pearls, and the jade of pearls has collected a lot, the best ones are on Zhuangzi, and the ones sold are all high-grade and medium-grade. Last time, Pearl took out some jewelry and gemstones for Qu Wang to make custom jewelry, and Pearl gave him a thumb-sized pink pearl necklace, and the account was settled. Pearls are very expensive, a longan-sized pearl costs thirty or forty thousand taels of silver, although the pearl necklace is not so big, but it is not small, and it is a round and flawless pink necklace, of course, it is very valuable.

A lot of gold is used in the pearl jewelry, and some materials such as crystal and coral beads are added. There was enough for a large box of jewelry for the pearls to take home. It's a joy for all.

Pearl has already asked Liu Hai to help buy someone, this time I brought the pearl, I just found someone, and the pearl also saw it, a total of four guards, a girl. Pearl told the four guards that if they did a good job, they would be set free after twenty years, and of course, they would have to train their own successors. These five people are the sons of a criminal minister from a military general's family, and Pearl will not ask him what he used to do, as long as they do their job well. The five people were named Liu Xuan, Liu Huang, Liu Qing, and Liu Lan. The tall and thin girl is called Liu Zi, and she follows her as a guard.

There are also two little girls, who happen to be twin sisters, the white and chubby ones are from the farm, only twelve years old, but they can do any work, and Pearl named them Qingfeng and Mingyue. (To be continued.) )