Shen Xiu said that asking the other party to wait for her for five or six days was not an excuse. She was indeed rushing to embroider the "Heart Sutra" given to her by Shopkeeper Liu.
By the time she finished embroidering the Heart Sutra, it happened to be the sixth day.
She got up early that day, carefully wrapped the embroidered "Heart Sutra" and took it to the county seat.
After shopkeeper Liu saw it, he was quite satisfied and paid the money happily.
Fifty taels of silver were heavy in her hands. Shen Xiu was afraid that the silver would be stolen on the road, so she went to a bank in the county town to exchange the silver for banknotes.
As soon as I arrived at the bank entrance, I met an acquaintance.
As soon as Li Miaoer stepped out of the bank door, she caught a glimpse of Shen Xiu and stopped, "Ms. Shen, long time no see!"
"Miss Li." Shen Xiu stepped forward and said hello, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here."
Li Miao'er nodded and looked at the bundle in her hand, "Did you come to this bank to exchange money?"
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "Yes, I want to exchange the silver into banknotes so that it can be carried easily."
Li Miaoer showed a smile and said: "Then you have come to the right place. This bank happens to be owned by our Li family. Come on, I will take you to see the manager of the bank. If you want to exchange banknotes in the future, just come to our bank."
Shen Xiu didn't pay attention when he came, but when he looked up, he realized that the plaque on the door of the bank did have the characters "Li Ji Qianzhuang" written on it.
"I originally thought your family was only in the medicine business!"
Li Miao'er said: "Our family did start in the medicinal materials business, and later we opened this bank."
The two of them were talking and had already arrived at the store, and a man who looked like a manager came up to them immediately.
Li Miaoer ordered: "Manager Zhang, this is Mrs. Shen. Please be kind to me and don't neglect me." He nodded to Shen Xiu and said, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Shen Xiu thanked her for introducing him to the manager of the bank. She was already very grateful. She nodded immediately: "Then go ahead and get busy!"
With Li Miaoer's personal instructions, Manager Zhang was particularly attentive to Shen Xiu. Knowing that she wanted to exchange forty taels of silver into silver notes, he personally organized the arrangements. After a while, Shen Xiu got a forty taels of silver note. .
This banknote looks like the paper money of later generations. It is light and airy in the hand, but its value is much higher than the paper money.
Shen Xiu carefully put it away close to her body.
Manager Zhang even sent her out diligently, "Ms. Shen, go slowly."
When Shen Xiu came out of the bank, she followed the address Cuini told her and walked eastward onto a street paved with bluestone bricks. When she reached the second house from south to north, she saw a neat yard.
"Auntie, let me ask, is this the home of Li Yamen?"
Seeing a woman who looked like an old woman coming out of the door, Shen Xiu hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
The old lady said: "This is Li Yamen's house, who are you?"
Shen Xiudao: "I'm here to see Trini."
Trini heard the news of Shen Xiu's arrival and said when they met: "You are finally here. Sister-in-law Xu has asked me twice."
Trini's mother-in-law smiled at Shen Xiu: "She has this temper, don't be surprised."
Shen Xiu knew Cui Ni's carefree character. Fortunately, her mother-in-law was a reasonable person, and because she only had one son, Li Ji, she didn't criticize her daughter-in-law too much.
Trini also knew what her mother-in-law was like, so she smiled sheepishly: "Mother-in-law, then I will take Axiu to Sister-in-law Xu's place."
"Why are you so anxious? It's such a hot day. Let Mrs. Shen have a bowl of tea first." Trini's mother-in-law poured a bowl of tea for Shen Xiu herself.
After Shen Xiu drank tea, she chatted with Trini's mother-in-law for a few words. Seeing Trini scratching her head and scratching her head, looking like she couldn't sit still, she smiled and said, "Auntie, please do your work first. Trini and I will come as soon as we go."
After leaving the house, Trini said: "It's a good thing you came today, otherwise I would have to stay at home all day again."
Of course, being a daughter-in-law is different from being a daughter-in-law. The Li family is considered a well-off family and does not need Trini to do laundry and cooking, but Li Ji's intimate clothes have to be made by her as his wife.
Unfortunately, she was not good at needlework, so her mother-in-law forced her to do needlework at home these days.
"I'm so annoyed. I should have known I shouldn't have gotten married so quickly."
Shen Xiu said with a smile: "You are so lucky that you don't know how lucky you are. I don't know how many people are envious of your marriage!"
The two of them were talking and had already walked to a larger and more spacious house.
"This is Sister-in-law Xu's house." Trini said, "Her family's house is the most magnificent in our area."
As she spoke, she knocked on the door, and soon a little maid came to open the door.
"Hongxing, is Sister-in-law Xu here?"
Hongxing was a maid from Sister-in-law Xu's family. She said with a smile: "My wife is at home!"
She led Trini and Shen Xiu through a patio and came to a yard full of flowers.
This courtyard was used to entertain guests. Hongxing invited them to sit in the room for a while, then went out to inform Sister-in-law Xu.
Trini whispered to Shen Xiu and said, "Sister-in-law Xu's family has very strict rules in this area. Whenever you want to see her, the maid must notify you."
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps outside. The maid Hongxing lifted the bamboo curtain, and a woman in her thirties walked in from the outside.
This woman was born with a medium-sized silver face, a pair of pink phoenix eyes that are hooked inward and outward under the willow-leaf eyebrows, a small and plump nose, and rosy lips.
In short, this is a woman who still has charm, and she is round and pretty, and she is quite pretty.
Sister-in-law Xu glanced at Shen Xiu with her phoenix eyes, and then said to Cuini: "Is this the Axiu who embroidered your clothes?"
When Trini nodded, Sister-in-law Xu took out a handkerchief from her armpit, covered her mouth with a smile and said, "What a pretty little lady, should I call you Axiu, or Lady Shen?"
"Sister-in-law, please call me Axiu!" Shen Xiu had come into contact with many customers in her previous life, and she had seen many charming and shrewd people like Sister-in-law Xu in front of her, so she said politely at the moment.
Sister-in-law Xu followed her instructions and called Axiu, "I knew you were a busy person, so I didn't want to trouble you, but I don't like the few embroidery shops in the county. The things they embroider are not only old-fashioned but also full of craftsmanship." ."
In response to these words that disparaged his colleagues, Shen Xiu just smiled and said nothing. What could he say? It was not appropriate to be modest or agree at this time. It was better not to speak.
Fortunately, Sister-in-law Xu didn't expect her to say anything, and continued: "I heard that you embroidered a "Heart Sutra" for Xiuzhuang, right?"
Shen Xiu nodded: "Yes, the embroidery was just completed today and has been delivered to the embroidery shop."
Sister-in-law Xu picked up the fan on the side, fanned it a few times and said, "Trini praised your embroidery skills to the sky. I also think the patterns you embroidered on clothes are very good. So I want to ask you to embroider one." Copybook."
Copybook, Shen Xiu was stunned. This was the first time she had received such an order for so many years of embroidery.