At Xiuzhuang, Shopkeeper Liu and Shen Xiu were very happy because Shen Xiu's gauze round fans were easily sold.
Shopkeeper Liu said: "My boss has already said that after the three embroiderers learn how to embroider the yarn, they will be asked to work day and night to make more of these fans. If you are free, you might as well make more of them."
Shen Xiu was still thinking about embroidering copybooks for Sister-in-law Xu, so she said, "I just moved to the city recently, so I may not have that much time."
Shen Xiucai embroidered one-third of the thin gold calligraphy. More than a month was neither short nor long. Shen Xiu did not want to lose the resource of Sister-in-law Xu. Of course, when there was no shortage of money,
Put the copybook in front.
Shopkeeper Liu didn't force it. After talking about the fan, Shen Xiu placed the silk embroidery thread in front of shopkeeper Liu.
Shopkeeper Liu had already heard about this from Madam Hui, and immediately had the silk dyed and threaded.
The silk embroidery thread Shen Xiu brought was not much, just over six kilograms, which equaled sixty taels of silver.
Xiuzhuang didn't have that much silver in cash, so Shopkeeper Liu paid twenty taels of silver first and gave her the rest in a few days.
Daya and the coachman waited outside for a while before they saw Shen Xiu coming out of the embroidery village with brisk steps.
After the coachman waited for Shen Xiu to sit firmly, he raised his whip and said, "Little lady, where should we go next?"
Shen Xiu had already gone to where he wanted to go, so he said with a smile: "Uncle, just keep walking forward."
When Zhan Yuanwai originally bought the house, he wanted to hide his love in a golden house, so the location of the house was not close to the street, but at the end of an alley.
The alley could not accommodate an ox cart, so Shen Xiu asked the cart driver to park the cart at the entrance of the alley and moved the bedding and some guys in bit by bit.
Halfway through the move, the neighbor who lived next door came out.
"You are the new lady who has just moved in!" The neighbor was a tall and thick woman. Without waiting for Shen Xiu's reply, she shouted inside, "Don't eat the baby, please come out and help."
Not long after, a boy of eight or nine years old came out. This boy was dirty, with dirt on his face and neck. He only wore a ragged linen garment with countless holes in it, and he could hardly move.
Cover the body.
"This child..." Shen Xiu wanted to say why this child looked like a beggar, but he was too embarrassed to say it. He could only look at the boy and then at the tall and thick woman.
The tall and thick woman said: "Don't look at me. I, Xie Sanniang, am neither the biological mother nor the stepmother of this child. I don't know the origin of this child either. I only know that his name is Liu Hao. I think he is pitiful and he often gives
He eats his food in one bite. Even though he is small, he is very strong. If anything happens, just ask him for help. At most, you just need to pay attention to his meal."
As Xie Sanniang said, this Liu boy was really very strong and he could move the jars and jars brought by Shen Xiu into the house in just a few seconds.
Xie Sanniang came in and said, "Liu Hai, please be careful and don't damage other people's things." She then said to Shen Xiu, "Our alley is a bit far from the well. If you need to carry water in the future, come here to Liu Hai."
help you."
It can be seen that Xie Sanniang is very enthusiastic and takes good care of the child.
Shen Xiu tidied up briefly and invited Xie Sanniang to come in and sit down.
Xie Sanniang glanced at the decoration in the house and said, "You don't have to be polite to me. If you have anything in the future, just ask me for help." She then clicked her tongue and said, "This house is really well decorated. That goblin really doesn't know what is good or bad. Such a nice house."
No, just run away and elope with someone."
What Shen Xiu heard from her words was that she knew a lot about the outer room outside Officer Zhan, and she looked like she was eager for Shen Xiu to come and ask her.
It's a pity that Shen Xiu wasn't very interested in the gossip of his former master, so he didn't say anything and just smiled.
Xie Sanniang was a little bored, muttered a few words to herself and left.
Shen Xiu sent her away, and when she turned around, she saw Da Ya staring at Liu Hao intently, while Liu Hao's face was very calm, not at all what a child of this age should look like.
"Da Ya, how can you stare at people like this?" Shen Xiu asked Da Ya to go to the room to rest for a while, then took out two copper coins from his purse and handed them to Liu Hao, "Thank you for your help just now."
Liuhai looked at the copper coins in her hand, but didn't move.
Perhaps because it was too little, Shen Xiu took out two more copper coins and stuffed them into Liu Hao's hand, "Take these few coins to buy food!"
This time Liu Hao stared at her blankly, then suddenly turned around and ran away.
Shen Xiu shook her head and went back to her room to start packing her things.
The most satisfying thing about this house for Shen Xiu is that there are enough rooms, including three or four bedrooms, as well as a study room and a guest room.
Shen Xiu chose the most spacious room as a bedroom and took Da Ya to spread the bedding.
After a lot of work, it was already dusk.
Shen Xiu asked Daya not to go out at home, so she took some broken silver and copper coins to buy some food.
As soon as she opened the door of her house, she saw a wooden barrel at the door. The barrel contained freshly drawn well water.
Shen Xiu looked around and saw no one at first, but when he glanced at the door of Xie Sanniang's house, he noticed a piece of tattered clothes.
She knew in her mind that the clean well water should have been obtained by Liu Boy for her.
Shen Xiu poured the well water into the kitchen water tank, put the bucket at the door, and walked out of the alley as if she hadn't seen anything.
Further down the alley, you will find a lively street.
There are delicatessen shops and steamed bun shops on this street, as well as rice and flour shops and grocery stores.
In addition, there are vendors selling fresh food.
"Little lady, the freshly steamed molasses cake is fragrant and soft, and it only costs ten cents a pound." The vendor saw her staring at the molasses cake for a few times, then stopped and greeted her.
Shen Xiu saw that the molasses cake was still clean and smelled fragrant, so she paid for two kilograms and asked the vendor to divide it into four parts for her.
The vendor wrapped her in oil paper and said, "Be careful, little lady, if you burn it."
This molasses cake is indeed freshly steamed. Even though it is wrapped with two layers of oil paper, it is still a little hot.
Shen Xiu simply held it in her hand and walked half a street. Seeing that a bun shop at the corner of the street was doing good business, she bought ten meat buns.
When I was walking back, I thought the kitchen hadn't been cleaned up yet, so I bought some lotus seed and lily soup from the candy shop.
The lotus seed and lily soup was served in a copper pot. After the waiter asked Shen Xiu's home address, he asked her to take the copper pot away.
When Shen Xiu arrived home carrying molasses cakes and steamed buns, and a copper pot in her arms, Da Ya was bored waiting. Seeing that she had bought so many things, she hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Shen Xiu took out the steamed buns and let Daya eat them first, while she carried two portions of molasses cakes to Xie San's house.
Xie Sanniang was making dinner. The house was very deserted, as if she was the only one living there.
Shen Xiu put down the molasses cake and said that she had just moved here and would need her help with many things in the future.
Xie Sanniang was a little embarrassed at first, and she gave in twice before accepting. Finally, she quietly asked: "You didn't send this molasses cake to the other door, did you?"
Shen Xiu shook his head, "No, no one came out of that house."
Xie Sanniang carefully reminded: "Don't deal with that family in the future. There are no good people in his family. I am a gambler and my son is a scoundrel. No one in our alley dares to provoke them."