Since Luo Gong became the county magistrate, he has been busy with social activities almost every day.
He finally found some time that day, so he quickly summoned Qu Huan.
When Qu Huan came, Luo Gong was drinking porridge.
Qu Huan was used to hanging out with him and knew that he had no airs, so he smiled and said: "Why, I'm used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, so I thought of drinking porridge. It's just porridge, why don't I even have any side dishes?"
"Don't mention it. I drank too much in the past few days and my stomach feels a little uncomfortable. This is a medicinal diet that a doctor gave me. He said it was stomach-nourishing porridge." Luo Gong drank while holding his stomach and said, "Today I'm calling you Come here, I heard that Shen Xiu Niang is back. Tell her for me, I am going to order a hundred copies of the orchid book, and while the nobles in the capital are interested in it, we can make a lot of money from them."
"What a coincidence." Qu Huan said, "Mrs. Shen also asked me to ask for your help?"
"What help does she want from me?" Luo Gong blew on the hot porridge.
Qu Huan said: "A few blind people came to her to collect protection money, and she wants to ask you to settle the matter."
Luo Gong thought it was a trivial matter, "It's no big deal, I just said hello to the people below."
Although others are carefree, they are still very reliable in doing things.
The next day, several government servants came to Shen Xiu's embroidery shop. Liao Dong thought these people were here to cause trouble. After the government servants explained the situation, Liao Dong felt relieved.
"Those local gangsters will probably come in the next few days. Please ask some big brothers for more help."
Several officials said: "Don't worry, the county magistrate has told us that we must take good care of your embroidery shop. As long as we are here, you don't have to worry about those people."
Several government officials sat at the door of the shop for a while and then left.
Those local ruffians were all well-informed. When they heard that the embroidery shop was backed by government servants, they no longer dared to collect protection money.
Shen Xiu finally let go of this worry.
But Mrs. Ma is still waiting for her double-sided embroidery.
According to Shen Xiu's original plan, she planned to take apart the double-sided embroidery and slowly study the stitching techniques inside.
But now that Mrs. Ma came to ask for double-sided embroidery, Shen Xiu could only disrupt her plan and embroider a new one based on this double-sided embroidery.
Shen Xiu originally knew the basic techniques of double-sided embroidery, but she couldn't figure out the tricks in some places. Now she has dismantled a piece of double-sided embroidery, and many of the problems have been solved, so it is not difficult to embroider, but it is not fast. That's all.
Double-sided embroidery is more eye-catching than ordinary embroidery, and requires a lot of patience from the embroiderer.
Shen Xiu specially set aside an hour every day in the morning to embroider double-sided embroidery.
When I got tired from embroidering, I embroidered the orchid booklet requested by Luo Gong to relax my eyes and mood.
When Shen Xiu was embroidering the double-sided embroidery, the embroidery shop quickly sewed a coat according to Shen Xiu's pattern.
The coat was sent to Mrs. Ma the next day.
Today, the backyard of the county government office is owned by Mrs. Ma.
When Wen Min left the county government office, he took away all the precious flowers in the flower garden.
The only thing that was not taken away was the original gardener.
The gardener was a little puzzled at first, wondering why Wen Min took those flowers away.
But when Mrs. Ma moved in, the gardener understood everything.
The second day after Mrs. Ma moved into the backyard of the county government office, she disliked the gaudy flowers in the garden and ordered them to be shoveled away, and instead planted some lentils, loofah and other vegetables.
Out of the principle of not wasting any labor, Mrs. Ma also gave the task of taking care of these vegetables to the gardener.
Fortunately, vegetables such as lentils and loofah are much easier to grow than flowers. Now, as the months have passed, the yard has become lush and green, full of fruits and vegetables.
The clerk from the embroidery shop came to deliver the coats. When he passed by the flower garden, he smelled the smell of feces.
In fact, Magistrate Shi was very resistant to the need to fertilize vegetables.
However, since he became the county magistrate, he has kept an outhouse outside and rarely comes to the backyard. Therefore, Mrs. Ma was so angry that she simply broke the jar.
Another result of breaking the jar is that Mrs. Ma has gained a few pounds this month.
When the maids brought the coat made by Xiuzhuang, Mrs. Ma felt that her waist was a little tight as soon as she put it on. She was about to lose her temper when she saw the maids smiling and saying, "Madam, this coat is just right. It makes you look younger when you put it on."
How many years old.”
"And this dress makes me look slimmer."
"Also, it seems that Madam's skin has become much whiter."
Several maids talked non-stop.
Mrs. Ma heard what they said seriously and asked someone to bring the floor-length mirror.
This floor-length mirror was left by Wen Min. Madam Ma had been unwilling to use it, but now in order to know whether what the maids said was true, she had it moved over.
After the floor-length mirror was brought over, Mrs. Ma took a look in the mirror.
When she saw the person in the mirror clearly, she was obviously stunned.
Is the tall and plump person here really her?
Mrs. Ma couldn't help but touch her face. She felt like she had lost a lot of weight and looked younger when she was reflected in the mirror.
The maids said: "Madam, you read that right. These clothes really make you look thin and white."
Mrs. Ma was satisfied. She looked in the mirror again and again, "Go back and tell the people at the embroidery shop that I am very satisfied with these clothes and ask them to prepare the remaining clothes as soon as possible and send them to me."
When Huiniang heard that Mrs. Ma was very satisfied with the clothes she had given her, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief and told Shen Xiu the news.
This incident was unexpected by Shen Xiu, and she quickly sent other samples to the embroidery shop.
After the twelve sets of clothes were completed, Mrs. Ma held a banquet. As for Mrs. Ma's success at the banquet, which also brought a lot of business to the embroidery shop, that was a matter later.
Now she was concerned about something else.
Not long after she returned to the county town, Wei Yan wrote her a letter, saying that Mr. Meng wanted to take him to visit an old friend.
It is said that the old friend lives in an ancient temple deep in the mountains. Due to the inconvenience of the road and Mr. Meng's desire to stay there for a longer period of time, the trip will take at least several months.
When Mr. Meng asked, Wei Yan did not hesitate and agreed directly.
The college examination is in a year, so there is no time left.
Wei Yan said in the letter that Mr. Meng now treats him no differently than his disciple. If this visit to his old friend goes well, Mr. Meng will accept him as his disciple when he returns.
On the one hand, Shen Xiu was very happy for Wei Yan, but on the other hand, she was a little sad. It would take at least half a year for Wei Yan to leave, and she might not see Wei Yan for a long time.
However, Shen Xiu quickly cheered up. When Wei Yan became Mr. Meng's disciple, it would be very beneficial to him in the future, whether he would take the imperial examination or become an official in the court.