The place where Wei Yan works as an accountant is Dongshun Restaurant in the county seat.
Shopkeeper Xie of the restaurant is a fair and plump middle-aged man who always smiles when he sees people, "What a coincidence, Wei Yan just left not long ago."
"Where did the second child go?" Yang asked.
Shopkeeper Xie said: "He went to the book store. He has copied another book in the past few days and will send it to the book store today."
Yang felt a little uncomfortable, "He works in a restaurant, why is he copying books?"
Shopkeeper Xie knew what she was thinking and smiled kindly: "The matter of Wei Yan copying books has been done before. Our boss was specially merciful in this matter, saying that he had never seen a child who likes reading like Wei Yan, so
Allow him to copy books at the counter when he is not busy."
Yang finally breathed a sigh of relief, "So that's it. I was afraid that my second son would delay my work."
Shopkeeper Xie said with a smile: "How come? I have never seen a child as diligent as Wei Yan. In addition to doing the accounts, he also helps me greet the guests. With his help, I have a lot of leisure. Auntie is really lucky! I think so
It's a pity that we are not lucky to have a child like Wei Yan."
Yang smiled and said modestly: "You are too polite. The second brother here must have caused you a lot of trouble, so you should be more patient."
The two of them exchanged polite words for a long time before Shopkeeper Xie looked at Shen Xiu who was standing aside, "Who is this girl?"
Yang laughed and said, "This is the second daughter-in-law's new wife."
Shopkeeper Xie was stunned when he heard this. Wei Yan had never mentioned marrying a wife to him, which led him to think that the other party had not married yet. Now that he saw Shen Xiu, he couldn't help but take a few glances. She has a pretty face and generous manners, and she is completely worthy of it.
Shangwei Banquet.
It seemed that Wei Yan was probably shy, so he didn't mention the matter in front of him.
Shopkeeper Xie consciously guessed Wei Yan's thoughts, so he smiled and said: "Wei Yan won't be back for a while, why don't you go inside and wait."
Of course Yang would rather wait a little longer, but Shen Xiu was still thinking about Xiuzhuang, so she pulled Yang's sleeve and said, "Mom, I want to go visit Xiuzhuang."
Shen Xiu has been playing with needlework these days, and Yang certainly knows the purpose of her going to the embroidery shop.
"Then you go early and come back early." Yang didn't object, "Second brother will be back soon."
Shen Xiu got her mother-in-law's permission, happily agreed, said hello to shopkeeper Xie, and headed in the direction of Xiuzhuang.
At the entrance of Xiuzhuang, shopkeeper Liu had just seen off a customer when he saw a young lady walking over.
"Young lady, do you want to buy embroidery thread?" Shopkeeper Liu was in his fifties this year. He was kind-hearted and had a kind attitude. He did not look down on Shen Xiu just because she was dressed in ordinary clothes.
Shen Xiu followed him into the store, "I want to buy two embroidery needles. They are not ordinary ones. They are thin needles specially used for embroidery. It would be better if they are made in Suzhou."
Shopkeeper Liu originally thought that she was young and would buy the most common embroidery needles. Unexpectedly, she asked for embroidery needles made in Suzhou. He couldn't help but said: "These embroidery needles made in Suzhou are not cheap. One piece costs half a dollar."
Two pieces of silver."
It costs half a tael of silver. It seems like what Yang said, this better embroidery needle is indeed not cheap.
Shen Xiu sighed inwardly and could only settle for the next best thing: "How much does the cheapest embroidery needle cost?"
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and asked the waiter to get the most common embroidery needle, "This is the best-selling embroidery needle in our store. It only costs 20 cents each. Although it is not thin enough, the quality is good enough.
At least it will last for several years.”
Shen Xiu took it in his hand and looked at it carefully. Indeed, as the shopkeeper said, the quality of this needle was pretty good.
"Then I want one first." Shen Xiu paid the money and left without hurrying, and asked again, "Shopkeeper, do you accept embroidery in your shop?"
Shopkeeper Liu said: "Of course I accept it, but it depends on the quality of the embroidery work." He glanced at Shen Xiu and asked, "Can the young lady also do embroidery?"
Shen Xiudao: "I learned a little from others before. I embroidered the pattern on these sleeves."
Shopkeeper Liu took a cursory glance and said: "It's okay. If it's such an embroidery job, you can embroider some purses and handkerchiefs. Purse and handkerchief cost five cents each, and you can bring them after you finish the embroidery."
Shen Xiu was a little disappointed when she heard that a purse was sold for only five cents. The price was too low.
"Shopkeeper, besides this purse and handkerchief, do you want to collect the larger embroidered screen?"
Shen Xiu thought that since she wanted to embroider, she should simply embroider a larger embroidered screen, so that she could still sell it at a good price.
But shopkeeper Liu looked at her with a smile: "The embroidery screen is not that easy to embroider. I guess the young lady must not have an embroidery stand in her hand! This embroidery screen cannot be separated from an embroidery stand. It takes at least one embroidery stand.
Two hundred yuan. In addition, embroidery requires better fabrics, so it must be plain silk and plain satin. These plain silk and plain satin are not cheap!"
Shen Xiu couldn't even afford an embroidery needle worth half a tael of silver, so how could she afford plain silk and satin.
She smiled sheepishly. She just wanted to make money, but she forgot about the fabric. She could barely make do with the embroidery frame, but the fabric couldn't. After all, this embroidery screen was sold to rich people.
Naturally, everything should be the best.
After leaving the embroidery village, Shen Xiu went to the silk and satin shop.
The clerk at the silk shop was not as easy to talk to as Shopkeeper Liu. She was dressed plainly and didn't even say hello.
Shen Xiu ignored the waiter's contemptuous gaze and asked about the prices of several types of plain satin.
The waiter lazily said: "Moon white and scallion white plain satin cost one tael of silver per foot. Blue plain satin costs three taels of silver per foot."
Shen Xiu quickly calculated, one foot is a little over three meters, which adds up to one tael of silver per meter. Although it is cheaper than the first two kinds of plain satin, she can't afford it now.
The waiter knew that she couldn't afford it, so after talking about the price, he went to greet other customers.
Shen Xiu looked at the blue plain satin again. Isn't it just three taels of silver? She didn't believe that she couldn't earn these few taels of silver with just her hands.
After coming out of the silk shop, Shen Xiu was silently thinking about how to get the three taels of silver as soon as possible, when she was suddenly bumped into.
If it were someone else, she might have been knocked down. But Shen Xiu only swayed for a moment before she stabilized her body, and at the same time reached out to catch the person who knocked her down.
The person who bumped into him was a half-grown child. The little boy sniffed and said, "Sister, are you okay? I didn't mean to do it."
Seeing that he was still young and quick to admit his mistakes, Shen Xiu let go of him and said, "Be more careful next time and don't be so reckless again."
The little boy nodded: "I know, I won't do it next time."
Shen Xiu let go of her hand and watched him go. When she took a few steps forward, she suddenly felt something was wrong. When she touched her sleeve again, she found that the purse she had placed there was gone.
In addition to the embroidery needle she just bought, there was also the remaining eighty cents in the purse.
Oops, that boy is a thief!
Shen Xiu sensed something was wrong and shouted at the boy's back: "Wait a minute, you dropped something."
Unfortunately, the boy was too cunning to be fooled by her. Instead, he ran away after hearing the sound.
In this way, Shen Xiu became more and more sure that the boy had indeed stolen her purse, and quickly chased after him.
The two chased each other, and at first the boy was able to leave Shen Xiu behind. A quarter of an hour later, the boy had no strength left, but Shen Xiu behind him showed no sign of exhaustion and still pursued him closely.
Seeing that Shen Xiu was about to catch up, the boy was anxious when he suddenly saw a figure coming out of the bookstore and rushed towards him, "Brother, save me."