As soon as the embroidery workshop was completed, it received three embroidery jobs.
The autumn clothes of the servants of the Zhou family in Huaicheng, the screen of the prefect’s wife Xu, and the shoe uppers of the Xu family in Nanguan Town.
Qiuniang is responsible for managing the entire embroidery workshop, from training embroiderers to controlling embroidery products.
Mrs. Bai took up the banner of command in the embroidery workshop. She loudly instructed the female workers in the embroidery workshop every day, and her whole body was rejuvenated with new vitality.
As previously promised, Mrs. Zhen gave Qiuniang several unique skills in the Zhen Mansion.
Qiuniang selected the two most enlightened among the eighteen embroiderers to teach them.
As for the girl from Shenshu Village, who has the best embroidery skills, it is definitely Xia Qinghe.
However, Xia Qinghe declined the Bai family's request to become a shareholder. She had a greater ambition, which was to grow herbal medicine and follow Wu Lang in traditional Chinese medicine.
Autumn is coming soon.
Shenshu Village has finally emerged from the shadow of drought. The corn in the fields is growing better than before. It seems that this autumn will be another good year.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Grandma Du, her eldest aunt Luo Shi and Zhen's sister Aunt Chen came to the Bai family.
Also following Aunt Chen to the Bai family was her cousin Chen Xuan'er.
"Grandma." Xiao Fuyuan came home from school, saw Grandma Du, and rushed towards her.
Grandma lives in Lijiazhuang over the mountains. Although she only sees her twice a year, she likes this kind and dutiful old lady very much.
"Hey, little Yuanbao, do you miss grandma?" Grandma Du asked.
"Think about it." Xiao Fuyuan said sweetly.
"Auntie." Xiao Fuyuan smiled broadly when she saw her aunt Luo Shi.
Just like her grandma, she also likes her aunt.
"Oh, my dear." Luo Shi held Xiao Fuyuan on his lap, pointed to a pile of things on the ground, and said, "These are all prepared for you, you like to eat."
There are pecans, jujubes, pears, apples, lamb shanks, pheasants, and various fried noodles made by Roche.
"Sister-in-law, I told you that there is no shortage of these at home, so you brought so many." Zhen said with a smile.
"It's not worth anything. It's rare that my niece likes it." Luo Shi smiled and said with a grateful face, "This year's harvest is not good, thank you for letting my eldest nephew give me a cart of rice."
"What his aunt said is untrue. In the past, when our family was in bad times, you always sent us food." Old Mrs. Bai said.
After Xiao Fuyuan kissed her grandma and aunt, she realized that there were still two people sitting in the room.
A middle-aged woman and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old sister.
Xiao Fuyuan tilted her head and looked at them, then at Zhen.
"Xiao Yuanbao, I have met your aunt and your sister Xuan'er," said Zhen.
It turns out that this is Aunt Chen who was married to another town and her cousin Chen Xuan'er, whom my mother occasionally mentioned.
They came here when Xiao Fu Yuan was having a full moon drink, and they didn't move around much during the holidays, so Xiao Fu Yuan had never seen them.
"I met my aunt."
"I've met Sister Xuan'er."
Xiao Fuyuan practiced the etiquette honestly.
"This is Xiao Yuanbao, he's so handsome." Aunt Chen said, while Chen Xuan'er nodded reservedly without speaking.
Xiao Fuyuan found that Mrs. Bai was very enthusiastic towards Grandma Du and her eldest aunt, but was very cold towards Aunt Chen and Chen Xuan'er.
It seems that the relationship between the aunt's family and the Bai family is not good.
"...I've always wanted to come to my sister's house for a visit, but I'm so busy at home that I can't get away." Aunt Chen suddenly said, taking out a piece of satin from the bag beside her and handing it to Mrs. Zhen, "Sister, this is specially given to you by your eldest niece. Xiao Yuanbao brought her, although she has never seen her cousin, she has always been thinking about her."
Zhen took the satin and put it aside, and said calmly: "Jing'er is interested."
Aunt Luo Shi secretly pouted.
This sister-in-law is always good at talking nice things. If she really meant it, why didn't she come to the Bai family for so many years and wait until things got better for the old Bai family before she came to curry favor with her?
"I heard that our niece was made the village head. I didn't believe it when I got the news. I asked my mother and found out that it was true." Aunt Chen looked at Xiao Fuyuan and said.
"It's just a title." Zhen said.
Just a ban?
Why doesn't her daughter have it?
Aunt Chen felt that her sister was too cautious. From the time she came in and mentioned the good old days of the Bai family to now, she didn't talk about any topic in depth and guarded her like a thief.
Instead, he smiled at his sister-in-law Yan Yan.
Don't even think about it, they are sisters connected by blood.
What is a sister-in-law? She's just the old woman's daughter-in-law.
That is to say, they are in despair, otherwise, how could Grandma Du, the eldest maid in the mansion, have the turn of being recognized as mother by the two daughters of the Zhen mansion.
"...My mother-in-law, we are also old sisters. I am happy that you are here today. I will cook you some of your favorite dishes. We old sisters will have a nice drink at noon." Mrs. Bai accompanied her and talked for a while. Then, seeing that it was almost noon, he stood up and went to the kitchen to help Xie Chuntao cook.
"Auntie, I'll go with you. Xiao Yuanbao likes to eat the chestnut roast chicken I cooked. I'll show off my skills to my niece today." The eldest aunt Luo Shi knew that this was to leave space for her mother-in-law and eldest sister-in-law to chat alone, so she looked for He made an excuse and left the upper room with Mrs. Bai.
"Second sister and Xuan'er, help Chuntao choose vegetables." Luo Shi ignored Aunt Chen's expression and sent them out of the bedroom together.
Soon, only Mrs. Zhen and Grandma Du were left in the room.
"...Mom, my sister always thinks my family is poor, why did she take the initiative to come to my house this time?" Madam Zhen asked quietly.
Grandma Du sighed and said, "I was just about to tell you this. She wants to marry Xuan'er to Panmei."
When Mrs. Zhen heard this, she became angry and said: "Xuan'er is older than my Panmei. In fact, age is not a problem. The main reason is that Xuaner proposed marriage to Sanzhuang in the past, but my sister's family later became rich and broke the contract. My child It’s not Caigua, let her choose.”
"That's right. Xuan'er has been spoiled for choice in the past two years, and she's getting older. I heard that your younger sister, Panmei, got admitted as a scholar and went to Huaishui Academy to be more promising than the second child. In addition, Xiao Yuanbao was granted the title She was interested in marrying the village owner." Grandma Du said, "Miss, you have the softest temper. I was worried that you couldn't stand her noisy and agreed, and had a knot in your heart in front of your mother-in-law. So I heard two The young lady wanted to come to your house, so she asked your sister-in-law to accompany her."
Grandma Du used to be the eldest maid next to Zhen's mother. When the Zhen Mansion fell, she escaped with her two sisters, Zhen and Aunt Chen.
During her escape, Zhen was sold to Yangzhou by her cousin, and she almost cried blindly.
Later, he was rescued by the Bai family. The old lady of the Bai family took the decision and married into a simple family in Lijiazhuang and gave birth to a son.
The days were peaceful.
Aunt Chen felt that the Bai family was poor at that time, so she followed her to the Li family as an adopted daughter.
"Mom, don't worry, I will never be soft-hearted this time." Zhen said.
"Hey, I thought you two were sisters after all, and could rely on each other. But I didn't expect that your family's life was so hard in the past, and she ignored you. In the Zhen Mansion before, Madam had never treated her harshly. , although I am a concubine, my food and clothing expenses are the same as yours. Just because I spent a few hard days while fleeing, I hate this and that." Grandma Du sighed.
"Let's not talk about her anymore." Mrs. Zhen changed the subject and whispered, "Mom, do you still remember my fourth aunt who we married..."
