Before Ms. Zou could speak, Shen Xiu had already preceded her and said, "Are you afraid that I'll steal food from the kitchen?"
This just hit home what Zou was thinking. She objected to Shen Xiu going to the kitchen to cook for this reason.
Zou was a little annoyed and said: "Yes, that's what I think. Who knows if you will eat it secretly."
Shen Xiudao: "Sister-in-law, if you want to say that, I really want to clarify one thing. If you say I am lazy, I admit it. But if you say I eat on the sly, I will never admit it. The half pack of brown sugar that was lost in the kitchen last month
I didn’t steal it, but I saw my sister-in-law secretly drinking brown sugar water these past few days.”
"What are you talking about?" Ms. Zou panicked, "What kind of brown sugar water? I've never drunk it."
Half a month ago, half a bag of brown sugar was lost in the kitchen, and Shen Xiu was the only one at home at the time. Almost everyone thought she had stolen it, and Yang also thought so.
Now after hearing Shen Xiu's words, Yang suddenly had doubts. The second daughter-in-law was lazy and greedy, but she didn't look like someone who stole food. On the contrary, it was possible that the eldest daughter-in-law had unclean hands and feet.
"Boss, wife, did you steal the brown sugar?" Yang asked, staring at Zou.
Mrs. Zou did not dare to look at her mother-in-law, so she forced herself to remain calm and said, "I didn't steal it."
"Since you didn't steal it, why don't you dare to look at me?" Yang snorted coldly, "Don't think I don't know that two eggs were lost in the kitchen some time ago. You stole those two eggs too!"
Seeing that she could not deny it, Ms. Zou had no choice but to pinch her son in her arms secretly. Shuanzi immediately started crying.
Father Wei felt sorry for his grandson and gave Yang a look.
For the sake of her grandson, Mrs. Yang let Mr. Zou go, "Forget it this time. If I find your hands and feet are unclean in the future, don't wear the bolt, so as not to lead him astray."
Shen Xiu told this matter, firstly, to clear her reputation of stealing food, and secondly, she wanted to teach Zou a lesson.
Now that her goal was achieved, she smiled at Mrs. Zou: "Sister-in-law, as the saying goes, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. You should set a good example for Shuanzi."
Zou secretly hated her for being so nosy, and deeply regretted that she had said too much. Now not only could she not stop her from entering the kitchen, but the story of her stealing food had also been revealed, so she could only grit her teeth bitterly.
Shen Xiu was in a good mood. After breakfast, she took on the job of washing dishes again. She was so diligent that she looked like a different person.
Father Wei was embarrassed to stare at his daughter-in-law too much, so he asked Mrs. Yang: "Is this the sun rising from the west?"
Yang Shi glanced at her old man: "What's going on between the west and the east? It was my words that made the difference."
"What did you say that your daughter-in-law is so obedient?" Father Wei asked curiously.
Yang coughed slightly and said, "I scared her with the divorce letter, and then she became like this."
It turned out that this was the case. Father Wei showed an expression of sudden realization.
With his curiosity satisfied, Father Wei asked his boss to go weed the field.
The busy farming season is coming soon, and the two of them have to save their energy for the busy farming season. They don't go out early and come back late like in the past few days.
Shen Xiu finished washing the dishes and went back to the kitchen to tidy up for a while. By the time she returned to the room, it was already three o'clock in the morning.
Shen Xiu had done so much work just now, and she was sweating a little. Her body felt lighter due to the cold, but the clothes underneath were also wet.
The wind and cold were getting better, and Shen Xiu didn't want to wear wet clothes anymore, so she simply went to the box to look for clothes again.
When I got married, my natal family left half of the dowry money, and the other half of the dowry money was used to buy some clothes and furniture for me.
It was winter when I got married, and most of the clothes I bought were winter clothes. Shen Xiu rummaged through the box and only found two old singles.
This singlet was made by the original mother, and the stitching is quite thin. However, the singlet is a bit bulky, and the sleeves are also a little frayed.
As an embroiderer since primary school, Shen Xiu had the urge to embroider when she saw plain fabrics.
Although the world has changed, her habit has not changed. What's more, if she wants to make money in the future, she cannot do without her craft.
She put on one of the single clothes, and then started to pick up the other single clothes and trim it, but halfway through trimming, Shen Xiucai realized a problem. She was wearing it, but the set of embroidery tools she usually used did not follow her.
Wear them together.
The men went to the fields, and Yang was taking Daya to spin thread.
Shen Xiu came out and didn't see Zou's figure, so she asked, "Where is sister-in-law?"
Without raising her head, Yang said: "I went to the river to wash clothes." She didn't expect her second daughter-in-law to become very diligent all of a sudden. In fact, she was pretty good at cooking for her family every day.
Seeing that Mrs. Yang didn't look unhappy, Shen Xiu asked, "Mom, I need to change my clothes. Can I use your sewing basket?"
When I got married, my family didn't think of preparing a sewing basket for her, maybe because the wedding was too hasty. Now that Shen Xiu has to do needlework, she can only borrow it from her mother-in-law.
Fortunately, Mrs. Yang didn't face any difficulties and asked Daya to go to the house to get the sewing basket.
She had never done needlework in front of anyone, so her husband's family didn't know whether she was a female celebrity or not.
And if Shen Xiu wants to show off her embroidery skill in a grand way, it will inevitably change their perception of herself.
After Daya brought the sewing basket, she did not go back to the room to change her clothes, but directly took out the single clothes she wanted to change.
There was originally a wooden table in the yard, which was used for meals.
Shen Xiu wiped it clean, chose a good place that would not be too exposed to the sun, and began to continue cutting.
Cutting clothes is actually not included in embroidery, but Shen Xiu likes traditional Hanfu and cheongsam very much, so after learning embroidery, she studied fashion design for a year. Now it is no problem to make several clothes.
She quickly cut out the singlet, cut the sleeves, and began to embroider some patterns on the sleeves.
In fact, the most important thing when doing embroidery is a pair of hands.
In her previous life, Shen Xiu applied her homemade balm every night in order to keep her hands soft.
The original person has been pampered since she was a child and has hardly done any housework, so her hands are white and tender, and her fingers are as slender as jade. They look dexterous and slender, which meets the basic requirements of embroidery.
When Shen Xiu started to embroider, Yang was busy spinning and didn't even look at her. On the other hand, Da Ya watched her grandmother spinning for a while and then turned to her second aunt.
I saw the second aunt's hands like a pair of jade butterflies, flying up and down, and soon there were some beautiful patterns on the sleeves.
"Second Aunt, what kind of pattern is this?" Da Ya stepped forward curiously, as if she wanted to touch it but didn't dare to.
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "This is the wishful thinking pattern."
It's a pity that Yang's needlework basket doesn't have handy tools. The embroidery of this wishful pattern is not very good, but it is enough to fool ordinary people.
Encouraged by Shen Xiu, Da Ya touched the newly embroidered Ruyi pattern, and her eyes immediately lit up, "This pattern is so beautiful."
When Yang heard their conversation, she turned around and stared at the Ruyi pattern for a few times, and then looked at Shen Xiu, "Did you really embroider this pattern?"
Before Shen Xiu could speak, Da Ya rushed to say, "Second Aunt embroidered it, I saw it with my own eyes."
Yang glanced at Shen Xiu suspiciously, as if she didn't expect that the other party could actually embroider.
Shen Xiu explained: "There used to be a widow in our village who worked as an embroiderer in an embroidery village. When I was a child, I used to visit her and watch her embroider, and I became good at it."
It is true that the widow can embroider, and the widow passed away a few years ago, so there is no way to verify it.
When Mrs. Yang heard her seriousness, she put down what she was doing, looked at it again, and nodded: "The embroidery is good, much better than your sister-in-law."
The second daughter-in-law is lazy, but she is quite smart and can learn embroidery from others.
Shen Xiu smiled and took the opportunity to say: "Mom, I remember that my husband still has two old clothes. Would you like me to embroider some patterns on them? It's just that embroidery requires special needles and threads. The needles in this basket are too thick.
The thread is too rough.”
Yang said calmly: "We farmers, as long as the clothes are wearable, there is no need to embroider any flowers. I heard that the embroidery needles alone cost more than two hundred silver, plus good embroidery thread. I'm afraid it won't cost half a tael of silver. With this
Half a tael of silver is enough to make a dozen new clothes."
Half a tael of silver actually costs so much.
Shen Xiu bit her lip. She originally thought that the embroidery needles and threads were ordinary tools, but she didn't expect that they would be so expensive in ancient times.
She was a little discouraged, but she quickly cheered up. It was just half a tael of silver. She didn't believe she couldn't earn it.
After Mrs. Yang saw the wishful thinking patterns, she started spinning again. Although she didn't know what the second daughter-in-law was planning, the family didn't have the spare money for her to do whatever she wanted.
Shen Xiu had the idea of saving money in her mind, but she kept busy, embroidering the wishful pattern on the other sleeve, and then sewed the cut singlet, and a fitting singlet was ready.
Although this single piece of clothing cannot be exchanged for money, it can still be used as a piece of clothing for going out.