Chapter 22: One Less
"Am I missing Xiaobao to eat or drink? Say it as if I was abusing you. ”
Zhang undoubtedly heard Li Yumei's words, and his face drooped, and he didn't have a good face at all.
"Mother, I didn't mean that."
Li Yumei's face was embarrassed, a little weak-hearted, and she didn't know how much Zhang had heard.
"You just stay at home honestly and don't make trouble for me."
Zhang's words made Li Yumei's face sink, but she didn't dare to refute, so she had to say sullenly: "Got it, mother." ”
The next day, Ye Shu'er got up early, and when she was about to go out, Zhang's dragged her aside and stuffed some broken silver in Ye Shu'er's hand.
"Old family, you help me take care of Shu'er, don't let people bully her."
Zhang was a little uneasy and said to Song.
"Mother, I understand, don't worry."
Song looked at Ye Shu'er, as if she was looking at her own eldest girl, full of love.
"Daughter-in-law, come back early."
Xue Zhi'an took Ye Shu'er's hand and said with some reluctance.
"Mmmm, Zhi'an, you have to practice your words well, and when you finish practicing your words, I'll be back."
Ye Shu'er blushed slightly, withdrew her hand from Xue Zhi'an's hand, and then followed the Song family out of the door.
The two walked to the entrance of Peach Blossom Village, and happened to meet Aunt Zhao carrying a basket and also going to the town, walking unhurriedly, as if waiting for someone.
"Shu'er, Xiao Song, are you going to town?"
Aunt Zhao approached the two of them, somewhat knowingly asking.
"Yes, auntie, where are you going?"
The Song family didn't know about Zhao Xiaoni's cousin, so they chatted with Aunt Zhao happily, while Ye Shu'er followed Song silently, and only Aunt Zhao would answer a sentence or two when she spoke to her.
Time flew by, and it was already noon when the three of them walked to the town.
Ye Shu'er had already exhausted what she had eaten in the morning, and when she walked to the wonton stall at this time, her stomach seemed to be able to smell it, and she immediately made a "gurgling" sound.
"Shu'er, are you hungry? Why don't you sit down and eat a bowl of wontons first? ”
Song smiled, and before going out, Zhang specially explained that her Shu'er likes to eat wontons, so he pointed to the small vendor on the side of the road and asked.
Ye Shu'er nodded, blushing slightly.
"Auntie, Shu'er is hungry, do you think you should go and do your own business first, or sit down and eat before leaving?"
Aunt Zhao looked at the two of them with some embarrassment, and she didn't leave, but she didn't have any money to eat wontons when she stayed.
"You eat, I'll go first, and when we go back, we'll meet at the tea stall outside the town."
Aunt Zhao left after speaking, Ye Shu'er didn't speak, and she could see Aunt Zhao's embarrassment, but her silver was also given by the Zhang family, and she was a junior, how could there be any reason to let her have a treat?
When Aunt Zhao left, Song called the boss and asked for a bowl of wontons.
"Shu'er, eat quickly, I'll go to the embroidery workshop with you after eating."
Song pushed the wontons directly in front of Ye Shu'er, but he didn't plan to order a bowl.
"Sister-in-law, why don't you eat?"
Ye Shu'er swallowed her saliva when she saw this, but she didn't move the spoon.
"I'm not hungry, you can eat."
The Song family looked at Ye Shu'er as if she was looking at a big girl, and Ye Shu'er instantly remembered the Li family.
"Sister-in-law, you also order a bowl, the broken silver my mother gave me is enough, if you don't eat it, then I won't eat it."
"You kid, do it, listen to you."
Song also ordered a bowl according to Ye Shuer's words, but he was still reluctant to eat it, and most of it was given to Ye Shuer.
Ye Shu'er couldn't help it, so she had to eat a bowl and a half of wontons, but she secretly made up her mind that she must make the life of the Xue family slowly improve in the future.
After eating the wontons, Song followed Ye Shuer directly to the embroidery workshop.
In the embroidery workshop, Ye Shuer took the embroidery she had made to the shopkeeper.
There is a simple pattern on the embroidered handkerchief, it is not complicated on the embroidered handkerchief, but it looks like a special pattern, the name of the embroidery workshop is hidden in the pattern, and it is really impossible to see it if you don't look carefully.
The shopkeeper opened his mouth with a smile, "The little girl's hands are skillful, and she embroiders every word like a flower, so good-looking." ”
Seeing the appearance of the shopkeeper, Ye Shuer hurriedly struck while the iron was hot, and told the shopkeeper about Zhao Xiaoni's situation.
"Shopkeeper, I have a girl from the same village who also wants to make some embroidery to make money."
The shopkeeper didn't care very much after listening: "I also accept a single embroidery, as long as the finished product can satisfy the guests who come to me to buy embroidery, no matter who embroiders it." ”
The shopkeeper's words made Ye Shuer breathe a sigh of relief, and then took out the pattern she had drawn before and handed it to the shopkeeper: "Look at it, this is my new embroidery style, I think it looks good, it is more exquisite than the original pattern, and it will definitely look good if it is embroidered." ”
Ye Shu'er showed the shopkeeper one by one, but there was always one less when she counted them.
"Not bad, not bad."
The shopkeeper carefully looked at the pattern that Ye Shu'er brought, and his tone was full of appreciation.
Song stood on the side and didn't speak, and when he turned his head, he suddenly found a familiar figure, and then looked at it but disappeared.
"Shu'er, I seem to have seen Aunt Zhao, is she in a hurry if she can't find us, I'll go out and take a look."
Ye Shu'er nodded, not caring about what the Song family said.
The shopkeeper of the embroidery workshop is surnamed Li, and his name is in the world, he told Ye Shuer that there is a big list in the embroidery workshop now, and he only needs to complete this order, and when the embroidery girl is free, he can start embroidering new patterns.
Ye Shu'er was not in a hurry, and nodded spontaneously.
Song walked out of the embroidery workshop, looked around, and did not see the shadow of Aunt Zhao, so he returned to the embroidery workshop again, and Ye Shuer had already negotiated with the shopkeeper at this time.
"Sister-in-law, I've negotiated, let's go back?"
Ye Shu'er stepped forward to hold Song's hand, but what she was thinking about was the embroidered picture missing, she clearly remembered that it was all put together, when did she drop one?
"Shu'er, let's go to the market and buy some salt first, and then go back."
Coming out of the embroidery workshop, Song took Ye Shu'er and walked in the direction of the market.
Ye Shu'er took Song to the pharmacy, "Sister-in-law, let's grab some medicine for Zhi'an and then go back." ”
"What kind of medicine are you grabbing?"
Song was a little puzzled, when she came out of the house, Xue Zhi'an seemed to be fine, and she was not sick.
"Cure the brain, I heard my mother say that Zhi'an has been taking medicine before, but this year's harvest in the field is not good, so Zhi'an's medicine has stopped, but my mother said that I sold He Shou Wu last time for a lot of silver, and I have to start taking this medicine again, and I have already asked Dr. Dong for the prescription."
In fact, the recipe in Ye Shu'er's hand was written by Xue Zhi'an by her dictation, and it was the result of her careful consideration for a long time, and with the decoction of Lingquan water, it should be twice the result with half the effort.
Ye Shu'er patiently explained to the Song family.