When the buyer who paid the deposit came to the embroidery workshop, all the luck in Mengying's heart disappeared.
We really are enemies on a narrow road!
The old woman in front of me is none other than Mrs. Zhou, who was most useful to the Xie daughter who forced her to death in her previous life.
In her previous life, Mengying passed through the hands of Mrs. Gongsun and entered the Marquis Mansion to serve at the side of Wu Lao Anren. She specialized in copying scriptures and serving Wenmo in the Buddhist hall.
At that time, Xie Chunlian had already passed through the door, and she was the wife of the prince of the Hou family.
In the nineteenth year of Hongyuan, which was the fourth year after she entered the Hou Mansion, she went to the garden to fold peach blossoms for the old lady and met Xie Chunlian's younger brother Xie Ao.
Xie Ao said that he had longed for Mengying for a long time and actually blocked Mengying's way. Mengying advised her to respect herself, but Xie Ao became lustful and started to attack Mengying.
Mengying was angry and stabbed Xie Ao with the scissors used to cut peach branches. Xie Ao was caught off guard and was stabbed in the lower body by the scissors. Although she saved her life, she damaged the roots of her descendants and never had any heirs.
Mengying was protected by Mrs. Wu and escaped, but she offended Xie Chunlian.
Mengying clearly remembered that she had said through gritted teeth in front of her: "Sooner or later, I will let you fall into my hands, and you will be unable to survive or die!"
Mengying knew that Mrs. Wu was here and she was safe; if Mrs. Wu passed away, she would die.
So when Mrs. Wu had a spirit, she cut off a piece of white silk.
She could even imagine Xie Chunlian's annoyed expression after seeing her body.
There was no way to avoid her past life, and in this life, Mengying didn’t want to have anything to do with her anymore.
Mengying calmed down, approached Mrs. Zhou, bowed down, and said with a blessing: "This lady is well."
Mrs. Zhou looked at Mengying arrogantly and said, "Are you the embroiderer?"
"Yes, my little girl is the embroiderer and owner of this embroidery room." Mengying said with a smile.
"I don't care whether you are the boss or the west, you have received my deposit, will the clothes be ready today?"
Mengying shook her head and said: "This little girl is not talented enough to make clothes like this."
After Mengying finished speaking, she put fifty taels of silver notes into Mrs. Zhou's hand and said carefully: "Madam, this is your bank note."
Mrs. Zhou pressed the banknotes on the table and sneered: "Don't do this. To tell you the truth, we girls like your double-sided embroidered handkerchief very much. We only came here because of your craftsmanship. Don't show shame."
Shameless!"
Mengying hurriedly put the money bag she had prepared in advance into Mrs. Zhou's hand: "Madam, I'll treat you to tea. I'm the only embroiderer in the embroidery room. One month is too late, and I'm really afraid of missing Miss Ling's business.
, please help me deal with it."
Mrs. Zhou flipped the money bag around and found about ten taels. A smile immediately appeared on her face and she couldn't help but take another look at Mengying.
Mengying was so angry that her teeth itched, and she had to be careful with a smile on her face.
After collecting the money, Mrs. Zhou said: "You don't have to call me Mrs., just call me Aunt Zhou. Chunshan, you do as I'm told, but you don't have to worry too much. Since you're a sensible person, I'll tell you the truth." Our girls not only paid a deposit at your house, but we still don’t know which one to wear. To say the least, even if you don’t do well, our girls are kind and won’t let you lose money.”
"But..." Mengying still wanted to refuse.
Mrs. Zhou's face changed, and she said in a calm voice: "Don't be ignorant of praise!"
After saying that, he took the maid and left proudly.
Mengying fell down on the chair and closed her eyes, memories of her past life came flooding back.
"I was really blind when I married this troubled person back home!"
This was Mrs. Wu’s birthday party. In front of all the guests, the old housekeeper cried and complained about how the Crown Prince had harmed his family. What Mrs. Wu said angrily.
"My family is unfortunate. The reputation of three generations of my Wu family has been ruined in her hands!"
When Xie Chunlian bullied others and took away a hundred acres of fertile land, he forced the family of five to take poison. This is what Mrs. Wu said when she heard this and was furious and reprimanded the prince.
"What a sin, what a sin! The Xie family is also a famous family, but they actually raised such a daughter who is worse than a beast!"
This is what Xie Chunlian said when he drugged Prince Wu's aunt, killing one and two, and Mrs. Wu was so angry that she vomited blood.
"If you serve my brother obediently, just do it; otherwise, you will never get married in this life!"
"I want to see who can protect you when the madam is gone!"
……
Everything was done by Xie. She relied on her aunt, Concubine Xie, to gain favor in the palace. She was lawless and the Marquis was disturbed by her.
Although I was forced in my previous life, I ended up committing suicide anyway, so I don’t care if I don’t take revenge.
But Mrs. Wu treats herself very well, and even her own grandmother may not be as good as her. She knows the cause and effect, how can she still watch the Xie family's daughter bring disaster to the house?
How can we repay kindness with kindness?
If you deal with the errands by yourself, you may just lose some money and get over it in a daze.
But when I think of Mrs. Wu losing her life span because of her, while I stand by and watch, my conscience is uneasy.
She remembered hearing from Nanny Ruan in her previous life that at the Spring Banquet at Uncle Qi's Mansion on March 3rd, Xie Chunlian, dressed in white Shu brocade, outdid a group of noble ladies. At that time, Madam Hou, who was Mrs. Wu's daughter-in-law, took a fancy to her.
After marrying her, the two families entered into a marriage contract.
Perhaps, it was this spring banquet that sealed the marriage.
If Xie Chunlian loses this opportunity to meet each other, then will she not be able to enter the Hou Mansion? Then will Mrs. Wu be able to live her life well?
Lin Xiao felt a little guilty when she saw Mengying frowning and looking worried.
This was the first time he saw Mengying in such a difficult situation, and he also hated himself for being cheap and should not have coveted the deposit.
Seeing that he was blaming himself, Mengying comforted him: "It's not your fault, and it's not as bad as you thought. Even if we get into trouble, the worst we can do is leave the capital and go to Jiangnan."
Hearing what Mengying said, Lin Xiao scratched his hair, smiled "hehe" and showed his white teeth: "I am not afraid of going out. I will go wherever the girl goes from now on."
Hongying is also very excited, "I heard that there are many singers in Yangzhou and they have good voices. I also want to go to Jiangnan."
There were dark clouds covering the sun just now, but when I heard about going to Jiangnan, I cheered up.
Mengying smiled and said, "A living person can still choke himself to death. There is always a way."
In the previous life, Xie Chunlian loved white the most, but pure white cloth was the most precious and the price was extremely high. Her favorite white embroidered skirt was a horse-faced skirt with embroidered flowers in Shu, and she had shown it off in front of others more than once. If she behaves the same way as in her previous life, she will definitely wear it.
But how can we expose her greedy and vicious face and make Mrs. Hou abandon her?
Mengying didn’t know how to start.
But right now, the most important thing is to make a piece of clothing that she will definitely wear, and then do some tricks on it.
Having made up her mind, Mengying asked Hongying to bring the banknote and she was going to buy silk.
But after turning around, my hands were empty.
When we arrived at the last store, the shopkeeper was a fat old man. After hearing what Mengying said, he took out a few pieces of Sichuan brocade, which were brightly colored and expensive.
Mengying shook her head, and when she turned to go out, she was stopped by the shopkeeper.
"I almost forgot. I collected half a piece of white cloud brocade a few days ago, but there are some small flaws. Girl, please stop and take a look."
When she heard that it was Yunjin, Mengying's eyes lit up and she stopped in her tracks.
I saw the shopkeeper take out a piece of cloth wrapped in Songjiang cotton from the cabinet. He carefully unfolded it, and it turned out to be a white dark cloud pattern brocade.
Hongying just wanted to touch it, but Mengying stopped her, "This Yunjin is very delicate and difficult to touch."
The shopkeeper nodded and said: "Girl is an expert, this white brocade is very rare, especially this white one is even more rare."
"I wonder how much the shopkeeper wants to sell?"
The shopkeeper held out three fingers and Hongying said: "Thirty taels?"
The shopkeeper smiled slightly and said, "Three hundred taels."
"It's just a moth-eaten thing, and it's only half a horse. Why don't you go grab it, shopkeeper!" Hongying said unhappily.
"Girl, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand. This is a tribute cloud brocade. If it hadn't been moth-eaten, one piece would cost at least a hundred gold. I took it out because the girl knows the goods. I won't show it to anyone else." The shopkeeper said.
As soon as his face sank, he made a move to withdraw.
Mengying looked at the half piece of cloth carefully. It was not enough to make a whole set of spring shirts, but it was more than enough to make a horse-faced skirt.
Mengying said: "Your material is good, but after all, the holes are eaten by insects, and it is difficult for an ordinary embroiderer to repair them. The shopkeeper's price is really too high."
The shopkeeper said: "I also know that it is difficult to repair, but this material is really rare. Even if it is cut into small pieces to embroider a handkerchief, it is still very good. If the girl is sincere, I will give it to you cheaper, two hundred and sixty taels." Mengying shook her head. The price was still too high. Besides, it took a lot of effort to repair the hole. She said, "I still owe some fate to this Yun brocade."
After saying that, he took Hongying out.
Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper chased me out and said: "I sold half of the material, and I can't bear to hide this good thing. If the girl can make this material into clothes, it will not be a disgrace to it."
Seeing that the shopkeeper was sincere in selling, Mengying asked tentatively, "What's the price?"
The shopkeeper sighed, waved his hand and said: "To tell you the truth, girl, I received one hundred and eighty taels. If the girl wants me to earn some, I will give you two hundred taels. If you don't want me to earn even one cent, I will give you two hundred taels."
Then I took away one hundred and eighty taels."
"The shopkeeper is so frank. If I keep lowering the price, I will feel that my little family is angry. It's only two hundred taels. But if you need the shopkeeper, please write me a receipt. If the origin of this Yun brocade is unknown, I will never dare to use it.
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The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Girl is a sensible person. To tell you the truth, this is sold by the housekeeper of Prince Lu's Palace on the order of Princess Lu. The sale and purchase deed is all available, so you can feel free to use it. If the dress is ready,
Don’t forget to open your eyes too.”
Mengying smiled sweetly and said: "Definitely."
After the money was settled, Mengying asked the shopkeeper to write a document to prove her innocence.
The brocade was so precious that the shopkeeper sent a boy to take it all the way to Mengying's embroidery workshop.
When they arrived at the embroidery workshop, Mengying asked Hongying to get a glass of milk, soak her hands until soft, and then carefully unfolded the brocade.
I saw the dark white cloud patterns on the cloud brocade, shining brightly under the sunlight.
It was the first time for both Hongying and Lin Xiao to see this kind of material. Especially Hongying wanted to touch it but didn't dare to touch it. Her fingers were hanging over the material and she was filled with admiration.
“I didn’t expect that there is such a wonderful silk.”
Mengying nodded: "I'll cut out a horse-faced skirt. The remaining materials can be used to make embroidered handkerchiefs."
Lin Xiaodao: "That handkerchief should sell for at least dozens of yuan."
Mengying shook her head and stretched out a finger.
Hongying thought about how Mengying's double-sided embroidery was sold out last time. If such precious materials were used now, how could it be sold for thirty or forty cents, and asked: "A hundred cents?"
Mengying shook her head, "It's one tael of silver!"
Upon hearing this, both Hongying and Lin Xiao's eyes shone, and they felt that the cloth in front of them had turned into white money.
"However, because of the insect infestation, it has to take some effort. It is inconvenient to take over the embroidery work before the horse-faced skirt is embroidered."
Then he said to Lin Xiaodao: "Go and buy two more bright lamps. You will have to carry a light at night."
Hongying nodded in agreement, divided the work with Lin Xiao, and went about their business.