"Daughter-in-law Xie Luo, your craftsmanship is quite good." Mrs. Li looked at the clothes Xi Jin handed over. The stitching was delicate and the details were handled very skillfully, and she couldn't help showing admiration.
"It's a pity that you are a woman. Why don't you come and make clothes for Vice General Liang tomorrow? I will also give you five cents as wages."
"Then thank you Aunt Li." Hearing that he was making clothes for Vice General Liang, Xi Jin immediately agreed.
If the guess is correct, Vice General Liang is now Xie Luo's immediate boss. If we can use this to curry favor with him and make him treat Xie Luo better, wouldn't it be two birds with one stone?
"You're welcome, you're welcome." Mrs. Li smiled and waved her hands. While looking at the clothes handed over, she said to Xi Jin, "Xie Luo, my wife, please wait a moment and I will get you some fabric."
"Okay." Xi Jin agreed and waited aside.
Everyone handed over their clothes, exchanged money and went home happily. Only Lan'er was left sitting there making clothes, with sweat on her white forehead!
Mrs. Li stood up, walked to Lan'er, and sighed: "Lan'er, your clothes are made well, but your speed is a bit slow."
Lan'er stood up nervously: "I'm sorry, Aunt Li, for causing you trouble."
"It's okay. You can take these fabric clothes back and make them at home. Bring them to you tomorrow." Mrs. Li said generously.
"Thank you, Aunt Li." Lan'er bowed her thanks, cleared the things on the table, and looked at Xi Jin again, "Sister Jin, I'll wait for you outside."
"Okay." Xi Jin agreed, then turned back to Mrs. Li and said, "Aunt Li, just put the fabrics for Deputy General Liang's clothes in the workshop. I don't plan to go back to make clothes. Let's do it tomorrow."
Mrs. Li looked at Xi Jin with a smile: "I understand, I understand, I heard your husband is very handsome!"
Xi Jin glanced at her doubtfully, what does Xie Luojun's lack of handsomeness have to do with whether she can make clothes or not?
"I was actually not completely asleep just now. I heard everything you said." Mrs. Li said with a smile, "It's so good to be young. I think back then, when my old man and I first got married, we were very sticky. Let's leave. We don’t separate anywhere, and I’m not afraid of your jokes. At that time, I always slept until three o’clock in the morning before getting up. I was tired, do you understand?”
After Aunt Li said this, Xi Jin finally realized that Aunt Li thought she didn't go home to make clothes to make money because she was with Xie Luo...
"Daughter-in-law Xie Luo, actually I kept you here because I want to trouble you about something."
"Aunt Li, just say it's okay!"
Mrs. Li took Xi Jin's hand, with a hint of girlish blush on her wrinkled face: "Your aunt, I am twenty-two years old this year. I am not old if you say I am old, but I have stopped menstruating. Yes, I heard people say that when a woman loses her period, she is like a flower separated from the soil, and will wither soon. My old man hasn’t touched me for a long time, I’m afraid!”
Mrs. Li was a little anxious when she saw Xi Jin looking at her indifferently: "Daughter-in-law Xie Luo, do you understand what I am saying?"
Xi Jin observed Mrs. Li's face: "Aunt Li, can't you sleep at night and are you very tired during the day?"
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Li saw that Xi Jin had hit the mark, with a look of joy on her face, "Then do you have any idea?"
"Stretch out your hand." Xi Jin gently pressed his finger on Mrs. Li's pulse and pondered for a while, "Does Aunt Li have any paper?"
"Yes, yes." Although Mrs. Li can't write, she still has her own way of calculating wages, so she does have this pen and paper.
Xi Jin picked up the pen and quickly wrote a prescription on the paper: "Follow the prescription, and menstruation will come within a month."
"Seriously?" Mrs. Li carefully put away the prescription, full of hope.
"Of course, what my aunt has is not a serious illness. If you take good care of it, you will naturally regain your youth." It's just a common symptom of women's menopause. As long as the medicine is right, there will be no problem.
"Okay, okay." Mrs. Li happily grabbed a handful of copper coins and put them in Xi Jin's hand. "If it really works, I will definitely reward you again."
"Thank you very much, Auntie." Xi Jin looked at the copper coins in his hand, which amounted to at least fifteen coins.
This is my first medical treatment fee since I came here.
Xi Jin said goodbye to Aunt Li and came outside the door. He saw Lan'er still waiting for him: "Where is your mother?"
"Mom said she went back to cook first, and asked me to wait for you to go back together." Lan'er took Xi Jin's arm, "Sister Jin, Aunt Li didn't make things difficult for you, right?"
Sister Jin stood up for her today. Aunt Li wouldn't embarrass Sister Jin, right?
She waited outside the door for a long time, listening to what was going on inside. Although she was timid, if Aunt Li really wanted to embarrass Sister Jin, she would be the first to rush in!
"It's okay, Aunt Li just came to see me for medical treatment." Xi Jin comforted.
"Sister Jin, you are so amazing. Not only do you make good clothes, but you can also treat people's illnesses." Lan'er said with admiration on her face.
Xi Jin smiled nonchalantly: "That's all I have."
Among the famous ladies in the capital, there is no one who is not proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In these aspects, Xi Jin is not the best.
However, Xi Jin will not underestimate himself. People have their own strengths.
"Lan'er, I heard from Brother Xie that there is a vegetable seller at the entrance of the village. Please accompany me to buy some vegetables." Xi Jin felt a little nervous when he thought about making dumplings later.
"Okay." Lan'er earned two cents today. If she can make clothes for General Gu tomorrow, she can earn another five cents. Thinking of this, Lan'er felt happy and completely forgot about her nervousness and fear just now.
Xi Jin and Lan'er came to the entrance of the village together and found that there were indeed many vegetable sellers here. Most of them were elderly people in the village. Their families would grow vegetables to sell, and the prices were not expensive.
Xi Jin spent one penny to buy a handful of shepherd's purse. Today, he was lucky and happened to meet a butcher selling meat. Xi Jin spent another ten penny to buy a piece of meat that was both fat and thin, and went home satisfied.
Before starting to make dumplings, Xi Jin flipped through the book Xie Luo bought and confirmed all the processes before starting to make them.
Because it was the first time to do it, Xi Jin's movements were very slow, but fortunately, all the steps were correct.
In addition to her skillful hands, the dumplings she made were decent.
Seeing the fat and white dumplings appear on the chopping board, Xi Jin felt unprecedentedly satisfied.
Xi Jin took off his apron and looked at the sky outside the window. The sunset had already set and Xie Luo hadn't returned yet. Xi Jin couldn't help but feel worried!
Xie Luo goes to serve in the army on his first day. I wonder what it will be like? Will the people in the military camp make things difficult for him?
Xijin pushed open the fence door and was about to go out to take a look when he saw the bearded man walking over quickly...
