The next day, when the early morning sunlight shone into the room, Shen Xiu was already sitting under the window studying the veil she got from Sister-in-law Xu.
When Wei Yan was reading, he would occasionally cast his eyes on her.
Shen Xiu's face was full of concentration, and it was obvious that she loved embroidery as much as she loved books.
Although this kind of concentration sometimes makes her forget that there is another person beside her, Wei Yan not only does not feel left out, but feels that it is a good thing that Shen Xiu has a job that she really likes.
Thinking of this, he turned the pages of the book more lightly, for fear of disturbing the other party.
Shen Xiu had indeed entered a state where she forgot both things and myself. She was immersed in the stitching techniques of embroidery. While carefully removing the threads on it, she memorized the entry and exit of the threads so that she could understand the several types of stitches contained in this handkerchief.
Law.
Time passed by, and when Shen Xiu raised her head from the veil, the sun was already three in the sky.
She rolled her sore neck and then noticed that Wei Yan had left the room.
"The second child was afraid of disturbing you, so he didn't tell you that he went to the county seat."
Shen Xiudao: "What are you doing in the county town?"
Yang said: "I said I was going back to the academy soon, so I went to the county town to meet some classmates."
Shen Xiu was reminded by this, and then she remembered that more than half of the academy's field holiday had passed, and in a few days, Wei Yan would have to go back to the academy to study.
When she thought of Wei Yan going back to the academy to study, Shen Xiu suddenly felt a little reluctant.
These days, they live in the same house and almost eat and sleep together. When she first heard that the other party would leave in a few days and would only come back once a month, Shen Xiu felt a little sad.
Mrs. Yang saw her reluctance and said: "Don't say that you, the wife, can't bear to let him go, and I, the mother, can't bear to let him go either. But if the second brother wants to be a scholar, he has to go to an academy to study. Don't think too much about it.
, just wait until the second child is admitted as a scholar."
It was already afternoon when Wei Yan came back. He obviously felt that Shen Xiu was in a bad mood and was a little absent-minded while doing the embroidery work.
While embroidering a leaf on the handkerchief, Shen Xiu was distracted and the embroidery needle pricked her hand directly.
Shen Xiu endured the pain and did not cry out. Just when she was about to wipe the blood on her fingers with a handkerchief, her right hand was suddenly gently grabbed by someone.
Wei Yan held Shen Xiu's right hand, checked the wound, frowned and looked at her and said, "Why are you so careless?"
Shen Xiu took her right hand out of his hand, smiled and said, "It's nothing, just pricked it."
In her opinion, this is just a small thing.
But Wei Yan did not leave her side, but looked at her and said, "What's wrong with you? You've been absent-minded this afternoon?"
Shen Xiu lowered his head to hide his strangeness, "It's nothing."
"You have forgotten, lying in front of me is of no use." Wei Yan said above her head.
Shen Xiu recalled the scene when she first met him. Xiao Shitou stole her purse but refused to admit it, but Wei Yan saw through it at a glance.
She couldn't help but cough lightly: "I didn't lie."
Wei Yan said: "Then you look up at me."
Shen Xiu slowly raised her head, her eyes blurred involuntarily.
Wei Yan saw the tears in her eyes and was obviously a little flustered. He quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears, "What happened?"
Shen Xiu still shook her head. At that moment, she suddenly felt a little embarrassed and couldn't say it out loud.
But seeing Wei Yan's flustered look, she finally couldn't bear it and hesitated: "I'm fine, I just heard that you are going back to the academy."
This sentence was not an explanation, but Wei Yan understood it all.
"Fool, it turns out you are reluctant to let me go!"
Shen Xiu couldn't raise her head in shame, feeling that she was not as calm and self-possessed as a young man.
But just as she thought of this, she was suddenly held in Wei Yan's arms.
At that moment, Shen Xiu froze.
The tip of her nose was filled with the scent of Wei Yan's body, a scent of soap mixed with ink.
"Don't worry, I will come back to see you often." Wei Yan's voice rang in her ears, and the young man's usually cold voice suddenly became gentler at this moment.
Shen Xiu blushed belatedly at this moment. She tried to push the other person, "It would be bad if Da Ya comes in and sees her."
Da Ya often goes in and out of their room, and Wei Yan also knows this. After hearing this, he let go of his hand and looked at the other person with a smile on his face.
"My uncle said that you were very pestering when you were a child. It seems that this is indeed true."
When Shen Xiu heard Wei Yan's joking words, she couldn't help but said angrily: "Didn't I agree not to mention things about my childhood?"
But with this joking remark, the sadness that originally lingered in Shen Xiu's heart disappeared.
"You don't need to take my words at heart, it's more important to study."
Wei Yan said: "I haven't told you yet. In addition to one day off every month, the academy will have a half-day off in the afternoon when the principal lectures on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. I can use this half-day off to come back to see you in the future.
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"Isn't that too hard?" Shen Xiudao said, "Why don't I go to the county town to see you? Anyway, I often go to the county town to do embroidery work. It doesn't matter if I go to the county town one day early or one day late."
Seeing that Wei Yan didn't agree for a while, she said: "Then let's just say it. I will go to the county town to see you every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, but where will we meet?"
Wei Yan said: "There is a teahouse near the academy. You can wait for me there."
"It would be great if our family had a house in the county." Shen Xiu sighed, "That way you and I don't have to run in both directions."
At this moment, Shen Xiu suddenly came up with the idea of buying a house in the county town. It was not just for the convenience of visiting Wei Yan, but because she bought a house so that she would not have to travel frequently between the county town and Weijia Village.
To be honest, Shen Xiu was not very nostalgic for Weijia Village. There were many disputes in the village, and the news was backward. It was really better than living in the city, where he could receive work and avoid the pain of traveling back and forth.
She raised her head and looked at Wei Yan, "My husband, you are often in the city. You should know how much money it takes to buy a house!"
Wei Yan pondered and said: "If it is a larger house, it will cost two to three hundred taels of silver. I heard someone said that the house that Master Li bought in the city originally cost more than two hundred taels of silver. However,
If the location of the house you enter is not good, you can buy it for about sixty or seventy taels of silver."
Shen Xiu lowered her head and calculated. She now had fifty taels of silver in her hand. If she finished embroidering the calligraphy, she would have twenty more taels of silver. However, it would take more than a month to finish the calligraphy, so she might as well do more embroidery work and send it to shopkeeper Liu.
If you earn some money there, you can buy a house in the county town.
When she thought of this, she immediately became motivated and her eyes became a little brighter.
Wei Yan saw this in his eyes and said in a joking tone: "Axiu is not sad?"
Shen Xiudao: "Instead of feeling sad, it is better to work hard to make money. As the saying goes, the only way to relieve worries is money."
It was obvious that Du Kang was the only one who could relieve his worries, but she changed it to this. Wei Yan couldn't help but laugh: "Axiu is so ambitious, then I will wait for you in the city."