As soon as the genius dawned, Wei Ping arrived in the fields.
The crops were about to ripen. Wei Ping broke open the ears of wheat to see how the grains inside were growing. Wei's father came over from the other side of the field.
Although Wei Ping and his wife were separated, the land was next to each other. Wei Ping's father could always be seen when Wei Ping was working.
"Dad, you're here too." Wei Ping always felt a little sorry when he saw his father again after the family division.
Father Wei, on the other hand, acted as if nothing had happened. He hummed and said, "This year's crops are growing well, and God has finally rewarded me." After saying that, he looked at Wei Ping and said, "Now that we have divided our families, who will do whom during the wheat harvest?"
Yes, to save your wife from making irresponsible remarks."
Wei Ping hurriedly said: "Dad, you can't handle these three acres of land by yourself."
"I'm not the only one." Father Wei said calmly, "During the wheat harvest this year, the second child will come back."
Wei Ping said: "Isn't my second brother in the restaurant? The restaurant is busy when the wheat is harvested."
Father Wei said: "The second brother no longer works in the restaurant. He has been appreciated by the master of the academy and will soon go to the academy to study. I heard that the academy will have a one-month field vacation, and we will work together then. How can we do it together?"
I can finish it."
Wei Ping said: "This set of repairs must cost a lot of money!"
Fortunately they were separated, otherwise it would have been fine if Mr. Zou had heard about it.
Father Wei glanced at his son and wrote lightly: "If the family could afford to pay for the repairs, the second son would have gone to the academy long ago. There is no need for today. It was the master of the academy who exempted the second son from the repairs.
That’s why I quit my job in the restaurant.”
Wei Ping's face was a little stiff: "Can this Shu Xiu be spared?"
Father Wei snorted and said: "There are many things in the world that you can't think of! In the future, when the second brother becomes successful, I will see if you, my brother, have the nerve to beg him. Sooner or later, you will regret it."
After Wei Ping heard about Wei Yan going to the academy, he did regret it a little. He knew that his younger brother was smarter than others since he was a child and learned everything quickly.
It turned out that his family had no money to support his education. Now that he has entered the academy, he will definitely be a scholar in the future.
The more Wei Ping thought about it, the more he regretted it. It was all because Mr. Zou couldn't keep calm and couldn't even wait for so many days. If he had known that Wei Yan could enter the academy, he would not have separated the family until his death.
It was not yet noon when Zou saw Wei Ping coming back from the fields.
"Why are you back so early today?" Ms. Zou hadn't made lunch yet and was mending clothes in the yard of her old house.
Wei Ping was so sullen that he had nowhere to vent his anger, so he said angrily: "I can come back whenever I want."
"Are you so angry?" Zou didn't take it seriously and continued to mend the clothes in his hands.
Wei Ping said: "Where can I go to get gunpowder? I can't even buy regret medicine."
Zou asked in confusion: "What's wrong with you?"
Wei Ping said: "Today my father told me that my second son went to the academy to study."
"I heard this from my younger siblings. Fortunately we were separated, otherwise we would have had to work so hard to support your brother." Zou said nonchalantly.
Wei Ping said: "What do you know? The second brother is exempted from the training when he goes to the academy."
"What did you say?" Mrs. Zou accidentally pricked her thumb with a needle, but she ignored the blood drops that came out and asked in disbelief: "Can the academy still be exempted from cultivating?"
"Why not?" Wei Ping said dullly.
"Why do I feel like this is not true?" Zou frowned.
"There are so many things in the world that you can't think of!" Wei Ping used Wei's father's words to say something to Zou, "Go and cook quickly, I'm hungry."
While Mrs. Zou was mumbling about cooking, Shen Xiu was raising a family inside.
Trini wants to embroider some red plum blossoms on her clothes. As for the pattern, just like what Shen Xiu embroidered for her sister-in-law.
She didn't understand color matching or composition, but she just thought the red plum blossoms on her sister-in-law's clothes were particularly beautiful.
Shen Xiu followed her suggestion and spent only half a day embroidering red plum blossoms on her clothes. These red plum blossoms were more exquisitely embroidered than the previous ones. The plum blossoms were lifelike and the branches were powerful.
Trini touched the embroidery and couldn't put it down: "This red plum blossom is so beautiful."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "There is something even more beautiful! I plan to embroider a cluster of cymbidiums on the second piece of clothing, and add it with osmanthus flowers to bless you with a noble son after you get married."
Although the salary given by the eldest lady was small, Trini married the son of a yamen servant. Although the yamen servant was not considered a middle-class family in the city, he had many contacts. Shen Xiu planned to make these three clothes for Trini.
Maybe these three pieces of clothing can attract a few customers for her.
Seeing that it was almost noon, the eldest lady wanted to keep Shen Xiu at home for dinner, but she declined.
"Auntie, I'm going back first. I'll come back in the afternoon."
For several days, Shen Xiu went to the eldest son's house to embroider clothes for Trini every day, and even took time to embroider a handkerchief at noon.
By the time she finished embroidering the three pieces of clothing for Trini, the handkerchief embroidered with magnolia and begonia was almost finished.
The lady in charge counted out two hundred and sixty copper coins, then pushed them in front of Shen Xiu, "You count them."
However, Shen Xiu didn't even count, but put it into her purse, and said with a smile: "Don't you believe in your character? You will definitely not give me less."
"You kid is really good at talking." The eldest lady said with a smile, "Come and sit at home more often when you have time. Trini is about to leave the government, and it will be difficult for you to meet again in the future."
After getting along with each other for these few days, the eldest lady has almost understood Shen Xiu's personality. She is a sensible person. Not only can she embroider, but she can also speak. It would be great if Trini could be half as capable as her.
Shen Xiudao: "As long as aunt doesn't mind me being annoying, I will definitely come more often when I have time."
After she came out of the village chief's house, she did not go home directly, but went to the county seat again.
Shopkeeper Liu of the embroidery shop still spoke so kindly, "The lady is here, are you here to buy things or sell embroidery products this time?"
Shen Xiu took out the embroidered handkerchief and asked the shopkeeper to take a look at it.
The veil is not big, about the size of two adult men's palms. It is carefully sewn around with a special stitching method, making it both strong and beautiful.
Look at the magnolia and begonia pattern in the middle. The color scheme is elegant and the composition is appropriate. The light yellow magnolia flowers are interspersed with several pink begonia flowers, which is rich and smart.
But what surprised Shopkeeper Liu even more was the embroidery work on this handkerchief. With his eyesight, he could only tell that at least three stitches were used on this handkerchief. The magnolia and crabapple stitches finally embroidered were fine and even, almost the same as their embroidery.
The best embroiderers are on par with each other.
"My lady's embroidery skills are really good." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile: "From now on, if my lady has any embroidery items, just send them to us."
Shen Xiu asked tentatively: "What about this veil?"
Shopkeeper Liu smiled and stretched out a finger, "How about one tael of silver?"
Shen Xiu felt that the price was a bit low, so she picked up the handkerchief and said, "Look, shopkeeper, this handkerchief is made of fine satin. The satin alone must be worth two hundred coins!"
Shopkeeper Liu touched the handkerchief gently with his fingers and nodded: "It's really good satin. Just one or two taels of silver. If it's more, I won't be able to make the decision."
Shen Xiu could only say: "Okay then, one or two dollars is one or two dollars."
Shopkeeper Liu took out the silver from the cabinet, weighed it and said, "If you have time, you might as well embroider more such handkerchiefs. I'll give them to you at today's price."
Shen Xiu responded, but before she could say anything, another guest came outside.
This customer was dressed as a merchant, with a dusty look on his face. He bowed his hands to Shopkeeper Liu and then asked: "I have an important purse that is broken. I wonder if your store can help me repair it?"
Shopkeeper Liu said: "Then it depends on what you want to make up for, sir?"
The merchant carefully took out a purse from his arms. It was about the size of a palm. The dark blue satin ground was embroidered with the word "Fu" and auspicious clouds. The stitches looked neat and even.
It's just that this purse has been aged for a while, and the edges are a little damaged, and the auspicious cloud pattern underneath has become untied.
Shopkeeper Liu took one look and wondered: "This purse is too old and probably cannot be repaired. And the stitches on it are not ordinary stitches."
The merchant was a little disappointed when he heard this. He touched his purse and said, "This purse was embroidered by my late wife. It is said that she used her family's needlework. I asked many embroidery shops and almost no embroiderers recognized it.
What kind of acupuncture is this?"
"Brother, can you let me take a look?" As a person who likes and is good at embroidery, Shen Xiu couldn't help but speak up when she heard about the stitching technique passed down from her family.
The merchant glanced at her doubtfully, and Shopkeeper Liu said from the side: "This young lady is proficient in embroidery skills. You might as well let her take a look."
The merchant looked at shopkeeper Liu, then at Shen Xiu, and finally handed the purse over, "Then be careful, don't break it."
Shen Xiu then very gently looked at the inside and outside of the purse. Sure enough, as the merchant said, this acupuncture method was indeed different from any acupuncture method she had ever seen.
"How is it?" Seeing her silence, the merchant couldn't help but ask.
Shen Xiu muttered: "This purse is too old. As shopkeeper Liu said, it is difficult to repair."
Before the merchant could show his disappointed expression, Shen Xiu added: "Although this purse cannot be repaired, I can make it exactly the same."
"Exactly the same?" the merchant asked, "Can you really make it?"
Shen Xiu nodded: "As long as you give me this purse, I will definitely make an exact one to return to you in two days."
The acupuncture method used in this purse is somewhat close to virtual and solid acupuncture, but it is much more complicated than virtual and solid acupuncture. Shen Xiu was completely intrigued by this acupuncture method. If she could understand the acupuncture method used in this purse, she could learn more about it.
A type of acupuncture.
The merchant was hesitant, "You're not going to open this old wallet, are you?"
Shen Xiudao: "I can't make a new one without taking this old purse apart. But I can sew it up intact."
The merchant thought for a while and finally handed the purse to her, "If you can make an identical purse, then I will pay you five taels of silver. But you must remember not to damage this old purse. Otherwise, I will pay you five taels of silver."
I won't give you a penny."
"I understand." Shen Xiu reached out and was about to take the purse when a voice suddenly came from outside the door.