When Shen Xiu returned to Xiuzhuang, Shopkeeper Liu greeted her, "Ms. Shen, how are you?"
"Although the Zhu embroidery lady's embroidery skills are good, she has not yet reached the peak." Shen Xiu said carefully, "If you give me a month, I should be able to embroider an embroidery comparable to the peony picture." Come to the screen."
Shopkeeper Liu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "I'll leave everything to you, Mrs. Shen."
"Shopkeeper, please listen to me." Shen Xiu said with a look of embarrassment on her face, "I heard something at the Lu family. The screen embroidered by Zhu Xiu Niang will be given to the county magistrate's wife in a few days. Birthday gift.”
"What?" Shopkeeper Liu's expression turned bad immediately, "I asked why Ruyi Embroidery Shop sent an embroidered screen to the Lu family at this time. It turned out to be this idea."
The Lu family is related to the county magistrate, and they must be going to celebrate his birthday. Ruyi Embroidery Workshop rushed to send the embroidered screen at this time, making it clear that he wanted the Lu family to give the embroidered screen as a gift to the county magistrate's wife.
Once this embroidered screen wins the favor of the county magistrate's wife, I'm afraid the Lu family will only recognize items from Ruyi Embroidery Workshop in the future.
After shopkeeper Liu understood the purpose of Ruyi Embroidery Workshop, he couldn't help but sigh.
There was nothing Shen Xiu could do. Time was really tight. Even if she worked day and night, she might not be able to embroider a single screen.
It would be nice if the county magistrate's wife's birthday could be postponed for a few days.
Unfortunately this is impossible.
Shen Xiu returned to the house with a heavy heart and saw Daya playing with stones with Liu Hao in front of Xie Sanniang's house.
Ever since Sister-in-law Xu came, Wang Laizi no longer dared to act arrogant. Shen Xiu no longer restrained Da Ya, but there were not many children in this alley, so Da Ya could only play with Liu Hao, who was two or three years apart. .
Liubao is very reserved in front of adults, but in front of a child like Daya, he is relatively talkative.
While playing with stones absent-mindedly, he asked Da Ya: "Who are you, the scholar who came to your house last time?"
Da Ya said proudly: "That's my second uncle, who is studying at Wenhua College and will take the scholar examination in the future."
Liu Hao chewed on the words "Wenhua Academy" for a while and then asked: "If your second uncle goes to Wenhua Academy to study, it should require a lot of training, right?"
Da Ya glanced at him in confusion: "What is Shu Xiu?"
Liu Hao said: "It's just the money for Mr."
Da Ya thought for a moment and said, "I heard my grandma say that my second uncle can study at Wenhua College for free."
No money is needed, but with such a good thing, the child's heart is beating fast.
"Oh, you lost." Da Ya pointed to the stones on the ground and said, "All your stones fell to the ground."
Liu'er's mind was not on the stone. He gritted his teeth and took out two copper coins from his arms, "Da Ya, take it."
He gave Da Ya the copper coins, "Two copper coins can buy a sesame cake, I'll give it to you, can you tell me when your second uncle will come again?"
But Daya didn't ask for his copper coins and gave them back to him.
"My second uncle comes here every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, but it's already afternoon when he comes. By the way, today seems to be the first day of the Lunar New Year."
After Da Ya said this, she suddenly saw Shen Xiu coming back, and immediately greeted her, "Second Aunt, you are back."
A smile appeared on Shen Xiu's face, "Da Ya, what are you playing at?"
She held Da Ya's hand and walked towards her home.
Liu Hao looked at their backs with envy on his face.
The house has been tidied up these days, and a lot of rice, flour, oil and salt have been bought for the kitchen.
Shen Xiu was not in the mood to cook, so she simply simmered a pot of rice and fried two vegetables.
After lunch, Shen Xiu washed the dishes and was about to take a nap when there was a gentle knock on the door.
"Second uncle is back." Da Ya cheered and went to open the door for Wei Yan.
Shen Xiu then remembered that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, and she had been busy embroidering things lately, forgetting even the day.
The August sun was still a bit harsh, and Wei Yan inevitably sweated a little as he walked along.
Shen Xiu boiled a pot of hot water for him and asked him to wash up first.
Wei Yan came out of the clean room and saw Shen Xiu drawing patterns on the table. Before he finished drawing, he suddenly dropped the pen in his hand.
"Are you worried?" Wei Yan asked from the side. When he came back this time, he obviously found that Shen Xiu was not in a good mood.
Shen Xiu sighed: "There is something annoying."
It was a rare occasion for Wei Yan to come back. She didn't want to talk about these annoying things, so she put the tricks away.
The last two times he came back, Shen Xiu was busy doing embroidery work, and the two of them had no time to get along. This time when Wei Yan came back, he thought Shen Xiu would stop being busy, but he met the other person again and was troubled.
However, he was very considerate of Shen Xiu's hard work. Seeing that the other party was in a bad mood, he tried to make her forget about that troublesome matter. He took out an ancient book from his arms and said: "If you have nothing to do this afternoon, why don't you accompany me to repair this book?"
Ancient books.”
The ancient book Wei Yan took out from his arms was in tatters, with half of the cover already broken.
Shen Xiu didn't dare to pick it up and read it, so she flipped through it carefully, "Where did this ancient book come from? It's so broken, can it be repaired?"
Wei Yan said: "I bought this ancient book from a bookstore. In fact, ancient books can also be repaired, and Master Li from our academy is one of the good ones. I have seen him repair it before, so it shouldn't be difficult."
Wei Yan was talking and doing things, and asked Shen Xiu to help him get some water and paste.
Shen Xiu watched for a while and realized that repairing ancient books was actually not much different from repairing embroidery, both requiring the use of glue to adhere the lining.
After Wei Yan finished repairing it, the tattered ancient book immediately changed its appearance. Without a closer look, no one would be able to tell that it was an ancient book from a long time ago.
Shen Xiu looked at this brand-new ancient book, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"Ms. sir, I've thought of a way." Shen Xiu shouted happily.
Wei Yan was flipping through a book. Hearing this, he was about to ask her what she had thought of, when Shen Xiu, who was overly excited, suddenly came over and kissed him.
These days, Shen Xiu and Daya live together every day. Whenever Daya does something good, Shen Xiu will kiss her to encourage her. Now Wei Yan's action of repairing ancient books has inspired Shen Xiu, and she has become accustomed to it.
Kissed each other sexually.
But after the kiss, she realized that the other person was not Da Ya.
Shen Xiu blushed immediately, and in order to relieve the embarrassment, she hurriedly said: "I'm going to see if the mung bean soup has cooled down."
Wei Yan sat there, and after a long time he reached out and touched his right cheek, which was the spot where Shen Xiu kissed him.
He looked at the other person's leaving figure, pursed his lips slightly, and showed a slight smile.
Shen Xiu asked to see the soup, but the mung bean soup in the kitchen was completely cold, and she was too embarrassed to carry the mung bean soup to the room.
Wei Yan knew that if he waited any longer, he would probably have to wait until dark. Just as he was about to get up and go to the kitchen, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the yard.
Da Ya went to take a nap, and Shen Xiu stayed in the kitchen and couldn't come out, so Wei Yan had to open the door by himself.
As soon as the door opened, an eight or nine-year-old boy appeared in front of him.
"Whose child are you?" As soon as Wei Yan asked, the boy opposite him knelt down neatly.