Last time Ruan Mianmian fell into the water, Mrs. Ruan dealt with it fairly, and Zhou Yun Ning was grateful. She had thrown out a few pieces of embroidery as a thank you gift, but after thinking about it, she felt that she couldn't give it to her, so she took the opportunity to give it to her.
"I have never seen your grandmother so kind." Zhou Yuning hugged Ruan Mianmian, "You are such a clever little ghost."
"Mother, do you hate grandma and the others?"
"I can't say I hate you, but when life was the most difficult, I really hated your father."
"A lot of things may not have been taught by my grandmother."
"You're right." Zhou Yunning is not stupid. After this close contact, she found that Mrs. Ruan and the rumors were very different from what she had imagined.
"Mother, is one thousand taels of silver a lot?"
"My mother never sleeps. At most, she only earns three or four taels per month. One thousand taels is quite a lot."
"Mother's embroidery is only worth so much money?" Ruan Mianmian frowned.
"It's better now. You have gained some training. When I find a chance to report it to your grandmother, it's time for you to start studying."
"I don't study, I'm still young."
"You're not young anymore. Look at all the brothers in the house who have become enlightened early."
"Okay, okay, just study, as long as your mother is happy." Ruan Mianmian yawned as he spoke.
Zhou Yun Ning and Ruan Mian Mian picked her up. She was a little shy and struggled slightly to resist. After all, she was only a three-year-old baby. But after a moment, she felt her eyelids were heavy 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 particularly bright.
These days, there are more and more laughter in Liluoju.
In the Hou Mansion's kitchen, ingredients from the third room were regularly delivered to the door, and the food was greatly improved. Ruan Mianmian was finally able to eat meat every day, but could not eat sweet snacks.
Zhou Yunning was free and in a good mood. She often took time to play with Ruan Mianmian, and the relationship between the two of them became even better.
Fighting crickets, playing slingshots, fluttering butterflies, weaving garlands... Ruan Mianmian completely let go. She really fell in love with this simple life and enjoyed the happiness that a three-year-old little girl should have.
In the early morning, when Ruan Mianmian opened his eyes, it was already bright.
She was in a trance for a moment, and when she heard the voice of her mother and Shuang'er talking outside, Ruan Mianmian gradually came to her senses.
"It's nice to be able to sleep until I wake up naturally. It seems I'm getting more and more used to being a little baby." Ruan Mianmian sat up.
After having breakfast, Zhou Yunning opened the box the old lady sent him, took out the things inside and sorted them out.
"Mom, take out only what you need urgently. Leave the rest in the box for now. It's best to make a list again."
Shuang'er, who was helping next to her, asked: "Why?"
"We are going to change the yard in a few days. Wouldn't it be troublesome to take it out and put it back again? Registering it will make it easier to check after moving."
After hearing what Ruan Mianmian said, Zhou Yunning and Shuang'er looked at each other. If they didn't take her words seriously before, it turned out that everything she said came true.
"Third Madam, what do you mean?"
Zhou Yunning thought for a while: "Listen to Mianmian, let's sort it out and make a list. Shuang'er, prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones."
"Mother, keep your money and banknotes away," Ruan Mianmian warned.
"They have been put away a long time ago. These are what I want to leave for you to study." After these few years, Zhou Yunning knew very well how a penny can stump a heroic man.
Ruan Mianmian shook his head: "Even if I want to study, you don't have to worry about it. With this money, you don't need to sell embroidery, right?"
"I can't do the housework. If I don't embroider something, I'll be too bored. I still have to take on the embroidery work, just take less." Zhou Yunning knew that Ruan Mianmian cared about her.
Looking back, my mother was really not good at housework, even boiling water or picking vegetables. Ruan Mianmian suddenly became curious about Zhou Yunning's origins.
It seemed that her mother's family background was quite good before she got married. Ruan Mianmian was looking for an opportunity to get to know her again.
"Third Madam, I can't read and I really can't do it." Shuang'er looked embarrassed as she brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Zhou Yunning smiled: "Okay, I'll do it myself, and you can go and do your work."
"The day to hand in the embroidery has come. Let me go out for a walk."
"Mom, I want to go with Sister Shuang'er."
"No." Zhou Yuning decisively refused.
Ruan Mianmian pulled Zhou Yunning's sleeve and begged: "Don't you still want to send me to school? But I haven't even left the gate of the Hou Mansion. How will I go to school then?"
When Shuang'er saw Ruan Mianmian raising his hands to her like a beggar, she also helped to plead: "Third Madam, I will take her to the embroidery workshop and not to other places."
Facing Ruan Mianmian's longing eyes, Zhou Yun Ning softly agreed.
"Mother, I have to bring some silver with me when I go out." Ruan Mianmian went straight to the wooden box containing the silver and took the ingot of silver with clear purpose.
Zhou Yunning walked over quickly: "Don't make trouble, you are still young, you can't carry so much silver with you."
"I don't care, Grandma Yun said, I have ten taels of silver every month." Ruan Mianmian stuffed the silver into her arms, "I just take it with me and don't spend it randomly. I will return it to my mother when I get back."
After several attempts to persuade her were ineffective, knowing that Ruan Mianmian was stubborn, Zhou Yuning could only tell Shuang'er to watch her carefully.
After finally going out, Ruan Mianmian was curious about everything and kept asking questions along the way, but she obediently let Shuang'er hold her little hand and didn't run around.
"We're right ahead." Shuang'er stopped and pointed not far ahead.
Ruan Mianmian looked in the direction of the fingers of both hands. The three-story wooden building was the tallest building on the street. Its appearance alone was far ahead of other shops. It looked tall and tall.
"Sister Shuang'er, is this embroidery workshop famous?"
"'Si Jiangnan' embroidery workshop is one of the best in Beijing."
"How is business?"
"Of course it's good. All the dignitaries and ladies from all over the capital come here to buy things."
With her great reputation and good business, she will naturally make a lot of money. My mother’s embroidery skills are so good, so it’s not right to give her such a small amount of money.
"Sister Shuang'er, please wait here for a while, I'll go shopping first."
"No, what are you going to do? Hey-!"
Ruan Mianmian ran away before Shuang'er finished speaking. As she ran, she turned back and shouted: "Just wait there. If you walk away, I will be lost."
When she wanted to catch up, Shuang'er stopped when she saw Ruan Mianmian rushing into the embroidery workshop.
Although Shuang'er didn't know what Ruan Mianmian was planning, she knew that there was only one exit from Sijiangnan, so she just had to guard it patiently.
Entering the embroidery workshop, Ruan Mianmian was strolling around in a swagger. He was wearing clothes awarded by his grandmother, which fit his status as a young master of the Hou family.
Although Ruan Mianmian is just a little kid, he behaves very maturely, and the waiter doesn't dare to neglect his attentive introduction.
After walking around, Ruan Mianmian had a good idea of the price of embroidery.
The embroidery downstairs is relatively cheap, and generally wealthy people can afford it. The embroidery on the second floor is quite expensive, handkerchiefs cost several taels of silver, and Zhou Yunning's embroidery is on display here.