On March 3, I returned to Suzhou.
Spring is warm, flowers are blooming, sericulture production has resumed, and Yunshuifang is ushering in the peak season.
The mother-in-law's belly is already very big, and it will only take a few months to give birth to the baby.
Pine nuts, melon seeds, cassia seeds, wolfberry seeds, all the fruits, vegetables and medicinal materials with the word "zi" in them, I eat them every day, every meal, hoping to give birth to a baby.
The family is about to have a baby, and Song Che should also put it on the agenda to start his own business.
first,
Buying a house is a big issue. Location, Feng Shui, size...all should be carefully considered.
Shen Wenjun has been a good baby to his parents for more than 20 years. He doesn't want to be restricted in Suzhou anymore, and he has no choice but to move elsewhere.
But her parents were not traveling far away, and she couldn't let go of her ancestral business. There were so many businesses at home, so after comprehensive consideration, she could only choose to live next to the Jiangnan Canal where water transportation was convenient.
Among the big cities along the Jiangnan River, excluding Suzhou City, only Yangzhou, Jiangning, Hangzhou and Wenzhou remain.
As a wealthy businessman, his house cannot be small.
A large house may not be completed even if it takes three to five years to build, and off-plan housing is definitely not realistic. But for existing large houses, no one is willing to sell them unless a noble family declines.
Song Che could only send people to look for people in these big cities first, and if there was anyone suitable, he would go and see for himself.
Among the major family events, in addition to buying a house and preparing for the birth of my mother-in-law, there is also the "Splendid Conference" held in Chengdu during the summer mulberry season.
In order to rectify the name of Su embroidery at the conference, Shen Wenjun stayed away from home for three days and two nights. He lived in Yunshuifang and worked hard with Qin Ruo and the embroidery ladies to practice needlework skills. What else could he say that he would not win the prize at the conference this time? Not close to male sex!
Song Che, who was alone in the empty room, suffered from old sins.
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"No more embroidery, no more embroidery! Such a small needle goes in and out tens of thousands of times, it makes my eyes dazzle!"
Lin Yue threw the embroidered handkerchief on the table.
The embroiderers in the shop all covered their mouths and laughed.
Lin Yue had not yet moved in and could not live in the Shen family, so Shen Wenjun arranged for her to live in Yunshuifang and work as a caretaker of the home.
She was afraid that she would become idle, so she went to the counter to do the accounting first, but how could a female knight who always played swords find the time to do the counting?
She went to the shop to sell goods again, but she was outspoken and she really didn't know how to flatter her customers.
She went to help in the dyeing workshop again, but somehow she broke two dyeing vats in three days.
She went to the weaving mill again to weave cloth, and the cloth she weaved looked like one that had been gnawed by dogs.
She went to the embroidery room to embroider again. No, after only half a day's work, her buttocks couldn't sit still, and several needle holes were pierced on her hands.
"Lanzhi, how about we play Cuju in the backyard?"
"Manager Lin, please say goodbye. I just dyed the cloth a few days ago and you made a ball mark with your kick. It was me who was scolded by the shopkeeper..."
"Then how about I teach you how to kick shuttlecock?"
"No, no, you'd better go on your own, we still have to rush the goods."
"Oh! You little pump girls from the south of the Yangtze River sit on your butt all day long. Aren't you afraid of getting sore?"
"Hehehe..."
"Why are you laughing? Why don't you get up and twist your waist, shake your hips, and stretch your muscles?"
The difference between north and south is evident.
"She's right!"
Song Che was proud of the spring breeze and walked into the embroidery room with a smile. He held a scroll in his hand and greeted:
"In any job, you must combine work and rest, otherwise you will suffer from backache when you get older."
"My uncle is not very old, and he doesn't sit for long periods of time, but why do you complain about back pain all day long?"
"You have to ask Lin Nvxia and the landlady."
"Hehehe..."
"Keep making noise! I'm going to deduct wages!"
Shen Wenjun glanced at the scroll in Song Che's hand and asked, "What new tricks have you come up with?"
Song Che clapped his hands and greeted with a smile: "Everyone, put aside what you are doing and gather with me in the backyard. I want to give you benefits!"
No one would question this young man's whimsical idea. The embroiderers put down their sewing and followed him to the backyard.
Song Che had already prepared the shelf and spread the scroll vertically. Rows of densely packed characters for "mountain" were arranged in sequence from large to small, from few to large.
This is a standard eye chart.
"Did my uncle invite us to appreciate the paintings?"
"Everyone paints landscapes with ink, but my uncle wrote the word 'mountain' directly on the top. He asked me to count, one, two, three, four...I can't see clearly when I reach the sixth row."
"There are forty-five in total. Standing two feet away, I can see the last row clearly."
Lin Yue crossed her arms, maybe because she had practiced martial arts and was stronger. But the other embroiderers were not able to do anything. They could only see the fifth row, and they all rubbed their eyes.
"This is not a landscape painting, but an 'eyesight test picture'. I noticed that you are always lowering your heads to embroider, and some of them are almost stuck to the embroidery cloth."
Song Che said loudly: "I want to tell you some sad news - you are short-sighted!"
He further explained: "Myopia, as the name suggests, means that you can see clearly only when you are near, but blurry when you are far away. This is especially true at night, and the eyes are easily interfered with and tired."
"Ah, yes, yes, my eyes get confused at night. Sometimes I see a double image when I look at the moon. If I squint my eyes, it will be a little better."
"I pulled the corners of my eyes outward so that I could see more clearly."
Embroidery is a delicate work. Thousands of stitches are made every day, and the needles are so small. It would be strange if you are not short-sighted.
"Look here, look here!"
Song Che pointed at the eye chart and called to the embroiderers: "Now I want to test your eyesight. Everyone lines up in order and retreats to the yellow line two feet away. I point to a 'mountain' and you say it." Its direction must not be guessed——
If you can see the word "山" in the fourth row from the bottom, it means your eyesight is fine. You can filter directly, but you should also protect your eyes;
If you can see the fifth row from the bottom, it means that your vision has begun to weaken. However, within this range, it is pseudomyopia. Pay attention to your diet and stay healthy, and you can slowly recover;
If you can only see the sixth row from the bottom, it means that you are myopic and must wear glasses for correction. As for what glasses are, you don’t have to worry about this, I will make them for you.”
After that, he took out a spoon from his sleeve and handed it to Shen Wenjun in the front row: "There are two eyes, so naturally we need to test it twice. When testing the left eye, use the spoon to cover the right eye, and vice versa. ;"
He then told Lin Yue: "Yue'er can see the last row clearly. Her eyesight is excellent. You don't need to take the test. Just go to the small table next to you and help me count the data by name."
"Uh-huh, let me just tell you, little girls, you should exercise more and look into the distance more, so that you can protect your eyes and discover the beauty of this world."
Lin Yue eagerly crossed the flowers, walked to the side and sat down happily.
"Then Madam, you come first."
