Subsequently, Ying Bao went to Chen Zhao's house with a few apples.

At this time, Chen Zhao just closed the stall, and he was very happy to see Yingbao: "You're here!" Sit in the fast house. ”

Sakura put a few apples and mandarins on the table and asked, "Why didn't I see your eldest sister?" ”

"She went back to cooking for her grandparents." Although Chen Zhao and Chen Wan live in the market, they have to go back to cook and laundry for their grandparents every day.

Xu Bao walked over and picked up a mandarin orange peel.

Ying Bao hesitated, but still asked: "I heard that Chen Wan is going to the county seat?" ”

Chen Zhao paused and nodded: "Yingbao, you can eat at my place at noon, I have something to tell you." ”

"Okay."

Ying Bao sat at the table, watching Chen Zhao work on the pot and under the pot.

Xu Bao peeled the mandarin orange, gave Ying Bao a petal, and gave Chen Zhao another petal, and stuffed it in his mouth.

Chen Zhao cooked rice, a radish soup, boiled two eggs, and copied a small salted fish with radish.

During the meal, Chen Zhao gave an egg to Yingbao and a younger brother Xubao, and then said: "My father found a family for my eldest sister, and Lord Lang is a county lieutenant and a senior official." ”

"County lieutenant?" Sakura immediately remembered the middle-aged man named Cao Shen in his mind.

Chen Changping actually wanted to give his eldest daughter to Cao Shen as a concubine?

Or let Cao Shen take the lead and send Chen Wan somewhere else?

Ying Bao: "Chen Wan agreed?" ”

"She? She's a slug. "Slimy, no bones, just compliance.

Chen Zhao sneered: "I asked her not to agree, but she said that her father's life was difficult." ”

Sakuraho: ......

She didn't know that Chen Wan was such a person.

Forget it, even Chen Zhao can't wake up a person who pretends to be asleep, so why should he be bored.

After eating, Sakura went to the textile workshop to have a look.

In two days, these weavers should be given a holiday, so it's a little loose now.

The weavers giggled and discussed the salary, and predicted how much they would get.

When they saw Yingbao, everyone called her a little lady Jiang.

Wang Wuniang blessed her slightly: "Little lady, please come with the slave." ”

Ying Bao returned the gift and followed Wang Wuniang into the weaving room.

The workshop is divided into several places, both spinning and weaving.

The yarn and cloth are white and are then shipped elsewhere for printing and dyeing before being sold.

Sakura only earns money from white cloth, and as for the printing and dyeing, it has nothing to do with her.

But even so, she can get more than 1,000 taels of silver a year.

Wang Wuniang took out two pieces of hairy white cloth from a box and handed them to Yingbao: "This is spun with white rabbit fur and cotton thread, and the lady said to give it to the little lady to make clothes." ”

Ying Bao took it and touched it, it felt very soft and smooth, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Rabbit fur can be sandwiched in cotton thread to weave cloth?" ”

Wang Wuniang nodded: "Let's spin the rabbit fur and cotton thread together, and then weave the cloth, it won't lose hair, but the material is a little thick." ”

"It's thick, it's warm in winter." Yingbao couldn't put down this kind of fabric, and thanked Wang Wuniang: "Thank you, Sister Wuniang." ”

Wang Wuniang smiled, "If the little lady Yingbao likes it, we can still get gray rabbit fur and spin some cloth." ”

Sakura shook her head: "Forget it." "As long as you have two pieces yourself, it should be enough for your two younger brothers to make their shoulders. After all, the workshop is not your own, so don't trouble Wang Wuniang too much.

Coming out of the textile workshop with two pieces of cloth, he suddenly met Chen Changping and a strange man on the way.

Chen Changping glanced at her with an indifferent expression.

The man was about his age, with three long hairs and a somewhat obscene look.

Sakura avoided the two of them and went straight home.

The man followed Yingbao away, turned his head to look at Chen Changping, and sighed a few times: "That little lady just now is also your daughter?" ”

Chen Changping shook his head: "No, her surname is Jiang." ”

"Then why do I look so similar to you?" The man teased: "Could it be Brother Chen, your illegitimate daughter?" Hahaha! ”

Chen Changping's face darkened: "Where is it like?" It's just a wild girl, Brother Yan laughed. ”

Yan Jinshan followed Chen Changping towards Chen Zhao's thatched hut with his hands behind his back, and said as he walked: "Seriously, that child is really very similar to you, and a little similar to your eldest daughter, if you can take her away, the nobles over there will definitely be happy." ”

Chen Changping's expression moved, and he asked, "Do you really think she is very similar to my eldest daughter?" ”

"Of course, it would be clearer if they were to stand side by side and compare." Yan Jinshan is confident.

Chen Changping's eyes narrowed, and in the end he didn't say anything, and took Yan Jinshan to his second daughter.

Chen Zhao was kneading dough at home, preparing to make a blunt wonton for the next day, when he suddenly saw his father coming and was taken aback.

Her father never went to the restaurant, and even when he came to the market, he avoided it, as if it would get dirty.

It's strange today, and I brought a friend here.

"Daddy." Chen Zhao hurriedly brought a bench for Chen Changping and his friends to sit on.

Chen Changping didn't sit down, glanced at the thatched house, and frowned.

He actually doesn't pay much attention to his daughter's business, and today is the first time he has come, and he only feels that his old face has been lost.

Yan Jinshan must come to see it, so he had to bring someone here.

Yan Jinshan looked at Chen Zhao, pursed his lips, and said to Chen Changping: "Brother Chen, this is not good, it is not even as good as the previous half." ”

Chen Zhao didn't know why, but a sense of disgust rose from the bottom of his heart.

She wasn't stupid, and she could tell that this person was judging herself.

But her father didn't say anything.

Chen Changping turned around and walked out of the hut without looking back.

Yan Jinshan followed closely and said, "Brother Chen, let me tell you, in fact, that noble man prefers children like before, and the older ones are generally not suitable. ”

Chen Changping turned around sharply. said coldly: "Brother Yan, do you want me to steal a child for you to take?" ”

Yan Jinshan blinked: "It's okay, as long as you can steal it, you will tell the nobleman that she is your biological daughter." ”

Chen Changping frowned: "This matter is not allowed. "He's worried that the girl will hurt herself.

Yan Jinshan shrugged his shoulders and said regretfully: "Brother Chen, you are too upright, do you want to think about it anymore?" ”

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Let's talk about Sakura.

When he returned home, he handed over the rabbit fur cloth to Ah Niang, and asked her to make a shirt for her younger brothers, and it was warm to wear in the robe.

It was the first time Chunniang had seen this kind of cloth, and she touched it curiously: "It's slippery, it's so white, it's really woven with rabbit hair?" ”

"It's a domestic rabbit fur." Wild rabbits also have some soft fur on their belly, and the rest is as rough as dog hair.

Chunniang: "This kind of cloth is very expensive, isn't it?" ”

"Hmm." Sakura nodded: "That's why I asked for two." ”

Chunniang smiled: "I suddenly remembered that when your father caught rabbits, he cut off their tails, and the tails accumulated a lot, so I twisted the twine with the hair on the tail and made a pair of foot clothes for your father." ”

Sakura was curious: "How?" ”

"That's all." Chun Niang found a piece of cotton thread, took two thin bamboo skewers, and threaded them on the bamboo skewers with her fingers around the cotton thread. "It's the same as tying a tie, your father's belt used to be woven like this, but it's strong."