Chapter 18 The first time to go out of the house
Last time, Ruan Mianmian fell into the water, Mrs. Ruan dealt with it fairly, Zhou Yuning was grateful, she rushed out a few embroideries as a thank you gift, but after thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't take it, so she just took the opportunity to send it.
"I've never seen your grandmother so kind." Zhou Yuning hugged Ruan Mianmian, "You are really a little clever ghost." β
"Mother, do you hate grandmother and them?"
"I can't talk about hate, but when life is the hardest, I hate your father."
"A lot of things may not have been dictated by my grandmother."
"You're right." Zhou Yuning is not stupid, this close contact, she found that Mrs. Ruan is very different from the rumors and what she imagined.
"Mother, is it more than a thousand taels of silver?"
"My mother doesn't sleep endlessly, and at most, she earns three or four taels a month, or a thousand taels a month."
"Is my mother's embroidery only exchanged for so much silver?" Ruan Mianmian frowned.
"Now that you're in control, you have a bundle, and when I find an opportunity to show your grandmother, it's time for you to start reading."
"I don't read, I'm young."
"It's not small, look at the brothers in the house who have been enlightened early."
"Okay, okay, just read and read, as long as my mother is happy." Ruan Mianmian yawned as she spoke.
Zhou Yunning Ruan Mianmian hugged her, she was a little shy and struggled to resist slightly, after all, she was only a three-year-old doll's small body, but after a moment, she felt heavy eyelids and fell asleep quickly.
Looking up at the bright moon in the sky, the dark clouds were slowly dispersing, Zhou Yuning felt that the moon tonight was particularly round and the moonlight was exceptionally bright.
These days, there is more and more laughter in the hedgerow.
The kitchen of the Hou Mansion was regularly sent to the door with the ingredients from the third room, and the food was greatly improved, and Ruan Mianmian was finally able to eat meat every day, but she couldn't eat sweet snacks.
Zhou Yuning has a relaxed hand and a comfortable mood, she often finds time to play with Ruan Mianmian, and the relationship between the two is getting better and better.
Fighting crickets, playing with slingshots, fluttering butterflies, weaving garlands, ...... Ruan Mianmian completely let go, she really liked this simple life and enjoyed the happiness that a three-year-old little milk group should have.
In the early morning, when Ruan Mianmian opened her eyes, the sky was already bright.
In an instant, she was in a trance, listening to the sound of her mother and Shuang'er talking outside, Ruan Mianmian gradually came to her senses.
"It's good to wake up naturally, it seems that I'm getting used to being a little doll." Ruan Mianmian sat up.
After breakfast, Zhou Yuning opened the box sent by the old lady and took out the things inside to tidy up.
"Mother, take out the ones that you need urgently, and leave the others in the box for the time being, it's best to make another list."
Frost, who was helping on the side, asked, "Why?" β
"We're going to change the yard in a few days, and we're going to put it back when we take it out, isn't it troublesome? Once registered, it will be easier to check after moving. β
Hearing Ruan Mianmian's words, Zhou Yuning and Shuang'er looked at each other, if they didn't take her words seriously before, it turned out that what she said came true.
"Third lady, what do you mean?"
Zhou Yuning thought for a while: "Listen to Mianmian, sort it out and make a list by the way." Frost, prepare pen, ink, paper, inkstone. β
"Mother, the silver and silver tickets must be collected." Ruan Mianmian admonished.
"It's been collected a long time ago, and these are what I'm going to leave for you to read." After several years, Zhou Yuning knows that a penny is difficult to defeat a hero.
Ruan Mianmian shook her head: "Even if I want to study, I don't have to worry about you." With all this money, you don't have to sell embroidery, do you? β
"I can't do housework, if I don't embroider something, I'm too bored, I still have to take on embroidery, just pick up less." Zhou Yuning knew that Ruan Mianmian cared about herself.
In retrospect, my mother was indeed not good at housework, and she often messed up even boiling water or picking vegetables, Ruan Mianmian suddenly became curious about Zhou Yuning's background.
Ten fingers do not touch the spring water, it seems that the mother's family background should be quite good before marriage, Ruan Mianmian is thinking about finding a chance to understand again.
"Third lady, I can't read, I really can't." Shuang'er took the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and looked embarrassed.
Zhou Yuning smiled: "Okay, I'll come by myself, you can get busy." β
"The day of handing over embroidery has also arrived, so I'll go out of the house for a trip."
"Mother, I want to go with Sister Shuang'er."
"Nope." Zhou Yuning decisively refused.
Ruan Mianmian pulled Zhou Yunning's sleeve and pleaded, "Don't you still want to send me to the academy?" But I haven't even been out of the gate of the Hou Mansion, how can I go to the school then? β
Shuang'er saw Ruan Mianmian begging for herself, and she also helped to intercede: "Third lady, I'll take her to the embroidery workshop and don't go anywhere else." β
Facing Ruan Mianmian's longing eyes, Zhou Yunning agreed softly.
"Mother, I have to bring silver when I go out." Ruan Mianmian had a clear goal, went straight to the wooden box containing the silver, and took the ingot of silver.
Zhou Yunning walked over quickly: "Don't make trouble, you are still young, you can't carry so many silver taels on your body." β
"I don't care, Mama Yun said, I have ten taels of silver a month." Ruan Mianmian stuffed the silver into her arms, "I just take it, don't spend it, and return it to my mother when I come back." β
Several persuasions were ineffective, knowing that Ruan Mianmian was stubborn, Zhou Yuning could only tell Shuang'er to take a good look at her.
finally came out to visit, Ruan Mianmian was curious about everything, and asked endless questions along the way, but she obediently let Shuang'er hold her little hand and didn't run around.
"It's just ahead." Frost stopped and pointed a short distance ahead.
Ruan Mianmian looked in the direction of her fingers with both hands, the three-story wooden building, the tallest building on the entire street, just the appearance was far away from other shops, and it looked like a tall existence.
"Sister Shuang'er, is this embroidery workshop famous?"
"The 'Sijiangnan' embroidery workshop is one of the best in the capital."
"Is business good?"
"Naturally, it's good, the dignitaries and nobles of all the provinces in the capital are all purchasing things here."
is famous and has a good business, so naturally the wealth is rolling in. My mother's embroidery skills are so good, it's wrong to give such a little silver.
"Sister Shuang'er, you wait here for a while, I'll go shopping first."
"No, what are you going to do? Heyββ! β
Before Shuang'er finished speaking, Ruan Mianmian ran away, and she turned around and shouted as she ran: "Just wait in place." If you go away, I'll be lost. β
wanted to catch up, but saw Ruan Mianmian rushing into the embroidery workshop, and Shuang'er stopped her steps.
Although Shuang'er didn't know what Ruan Mianmian's plans were, she knew that there was only one exit from Sijiangnan, so she just had to be patient.
Entering the embroidery workshop, Ruan Mianmian swaggered around, wearing the clothes rewarded by her grandmother, in line with the identity of the little prince of the Hou Mansion.
Although Ruan Mianmian is a little doll, she behaves extremely old, and the guy does not dare to slack off on the introduction.
Walking down in a circle, Ruan Mianmian knew the price of embroidery.
The embroidery downstairs is relatively cheap, and generally wealthier families can afford it. The embroidery on the second floor is very expensive, and the handkerchief costs a few taels of silver, and Zhou Yuning's embroidery is here.