Chapter 123: The Wife Who Defends the Cold Kiln (18) (Monthly Ticket)
With the approval of Shi's father and Shi's mother, Shi Jiang took Xiao Suyun to live in the room next to Sister-in-law Shi's.
That room was originally occupied by Shi Baoju, Brother Shi's daughter.
She is ten years old this year and will get married in two years, so Sister-in-law Shi has been keeping her at home and letting her do embroidery.
However, there were no skilled embroiderers in the village, and there were no fresh embroidery patterns. Shi Baoju could only embroider the same old style as she came and went.
Although the embroidery was very skillful, the prices charged by the cloth shops in the town were low, so I could only keep the money for the embroidery thread and fabric, plus a few more coppers!
But even so, Shi Baoju can be regarded as the person who hid the most private money in the Shi family.
Every time Gao helped her sell the embroidery, he would leave one or two pennies for his daughter to keep.
Shi Baoju usually doesn't go out. Apart from eating and sleeping, she just immerses herself in embroidery. She has no place to spend her money.
Therefore, over the past few years, I have saved a lot of money.
However, because Shi Baoju was too restrained by the Gao family and had an introverted personality, she had no idea about her aunt returning home with the child, and she didn't think twice about her grandma asking her to give up the room to her aunt and Xiao Suyun.
Without saying anything, he just moved her things to her mother's house.
It was Gao who covered her mouth in bed at night and cried a lot.
She felt that in the Shi family, with the disappearance of the eldest son, her status had been reduced a lot, causing her daughter to be dragged down as well.
Jiang got up early the next morning. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Sister-in-law Shi's eyes were swollen and she paused slightly.
"Ms. Jiang, why don't you sleep a little longer? What are you doing up so early?"
Shi's mother was making breakfast with her second sister-in-law when she saw Shi Jiang walking into the kitchen and asked quickly.
What happened in the past few days made her afraid that her daughter would be depressed and her life span would be affected.
Shi Jiang rolled up his sleeves and helped Shi's mother with her work neatly.
While working, he said: "I thought I had nothing to do at home, so I just wanted to go to the town after breakfast to see what kind of work I could do. No matter what, there must be a source of income."
Shi's mother wanted to say that she didn't need Mrs. Jiang to go out to make money, but in the blink of an eye she saw her second daughter-in-law listening with her ears perked up, her mouth slightly tightened, and her heart felt a little heavy, so she did not object to what Shi Jiang said.
The second son and the youngest son said that yesterday, and she and the old man were very happy.
However, when I woke up one night, there were two more people in the family, which meant a lot more expenses.
Since her daughter said she wanted to find work, if she stopped her from going, she would not be able to explain it in front of her two daughters-in-law.
However, she had to work out the future whereabouts of Jiang Niang with the old man. Now that the two elders are still there, they can still suppress the juniors below.
But after the two of them leave, what will Mrs. Jiang do in this house?
Shi Jiang didn't know what Shi's mother was thinking. He just thought that when he was in the Shi family, he couldn't just eat and not work, so he could make some contribution to the Shi family.
It's different now than in the Wei family. My parents have made money so that they can live a good life, which is probably what the original owner wants.
After breakfast, Shi's father took his two sons down to the ground. Shi Jiang said hello to Shi's mother, leaving little Suyun at home and going to town alone.
Usually when people in the village go to the town, they will say hello to the old money man in the village and ride in his bullock cart, one coin per person.
If you don't want to part with that coin, you can also walk to the town, which takes more than an hour.
In fact, the bullock cart is only slightly faster than walking, but after all, you don't have to walk by yourself, so you won't be so tired.
Most of the people riding bullock carts in the village are women and children. Many people are reluctant to part with two coins for one trip, so when the old man goes to town, everyone has to make an appointment on a day and go together, otherwise,
He earns three melons and two dates every day. Not only does the old money man not make money, but he mainly feels sorry for his old cow. He must not die from exhaustion?
Shi Jiang didn't tell Lao Qiantou in advance. Lao Qiantou naturally wouldn't make such a trip just for her. Naturally, Jiang could only walk on his own two legs when he went to town this time.
This town was called a small town, but in Shi Jiang's opinion, it was just a few streets.
Moreover, there is only one street leading to the end of the bustle. However, although the sparrow is small, it has all the five internal organs.
Everything you want to buy is basically available here.
Shi Jiang thought for a while and went to the cloth shop where Bao Ju often did embroidery work.
It was said to be a cloth shop, but in fact it also sold embroidery products, but Shi Jiang took a quick look and saw that there were no designs, colors or embroidery products that were immediately attractive.
"Lady, are you looking for work or shopping?"
The shopkeeper is a lady who looks to be in her thirties or forties. Although she is dressed a bit gaudy, her eyes are still clear.
From the fact that she could tell at a glance that Shi Jiang had no intention of buying anything, we could tell that the shopkeeper had very good eyesight.
"Shopkeeper, my niece is doing embroidery work at your house, so I came over to take a look. However, your patterns seem a bit old?"
The shopkeeper heard that he was introduced by the embroidery girl in his shop, and his tone became a little more enthusiastic. When he heard what Shi Jiang said next, he couldn't help complaining: "Isn't it some scholar who dislikes this as a thing for women?
So I refused to draw new patterns, so I had to embroider these few patterns over and over again."
Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Shi Jiang's eyes suddenly lit up.
She can draw the new embroidered patterns!
Although the paintings are not as spirited as those of famous artists, they are just embroidery patterns. All you need to do is draw the appearance, and no painting skills are required at all.
Shi Jiang rolled his eyes, smiled and pointed to some rags thrown in the corner by the shopkeeper and said: "Shopkeeper, can I draw a new embroidery pattern to exchange these rags for you?"
When Zhao Yue'e heard this, her eyes lit up at first, but when she saw the pile of rags pointed by Shi Jiang, she looked at Shi Jiang suspiciously.
After all, those strips of rags are all long and thin. At most, they can be used to paste on the soles of shoes, and it is difficult to even patch clothes.
A new embroidery pattern, if it is good, can be sold for at least fifteen copper coins.
That pile of rags can be taken away with at most two copper coins.
This deal is naturally a good deal. Zhao Yue'e rolled her eyes and said directly: "Sister, as long as you draw me the new embroidery pattern now, and as long as I am satisfied, you can just take this pile of cloth strips and I will give them to you."
Five cents."
When Shi Jiang heard this, his eyes lit up, and he nodded and asked the shopkeeper to bring him pen, ink, and paper.
Zhao Yue'e felt even more happy when she saw her so happy.
Quickly clear the table and Jiang Hua will do it when it's convenient.
However, when Jiang finished drawing the embroidery pattern, holding up the piece of paper and looking at the pattern drawn on the paper, Zhao Yue'e was a little speechless.
Not to mention that this pattern is not pretty enough. As an embroiderer who has been embroidering for decades, how could Zhao Yue'e not see that this new embroidery pattern will definitely increase the sales of cloth in her shop several times.