Because his mind is now full of embroidery, including insoles embroidered with "Safety in and out", fan covers embroidered with "Breeze is coming", and money bags embroidered with "Mounting Money". , as well as handkerchiefs and purses embroidered with various characters.
Thinking of the bottled ink from before, Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but think that in his previous life, with Lin Sanzhu's quick mind, he might be able to do something great.
Lin Yuanqiu didn't waste any time. After asking Lin Sanzhu to help cut the paper into small sheets, he picked up a pen and wrote dozens of them in one go, such as "good luck in getting rich," "all the best," and "all your wishes will come true." As long as they were commonly used auspicious words, he would Basically everything is written down.
As for the pictures on the fan cover and pencil case, it is naturally better to be more elegant. Lin Yuanqiu thought about it and took up the pen and wrote "Blessing Wind and Smooth", "Honest Virtue Carrying Things", "The Best Kindness Is Like Water", "Peace of Mind and Dust-free", and others. Yes, Lin Yuanqiu couldn't remember it for the moment. He'd better think about it slowly when he has free time.
In terms of fonts, Lin Yuanqiu only chose Guange style, and did not write the running script and cursive script that he was good at. After all, Mrs. Wang only taught them Guange style. He was only five years old, so it was better for him to be more normal.
Otherwise, it would be unsightly to attract dancing masters.
Feng took out strips of fine cloth from the basket and asked Lin Yuanqiu to help her quickly separate the words, which ones were for embroidering insoles, which ones were for embroidering fan covers and pencil cases, and which ones were for embroidering handkerchiefs and money bags. Yes, Feng tied them up one by one with cloth ropes so that she wouldn’t get them mixed up.
After doing all this, Feng hurried out of the room with the embroidery mat. She couldn't wait to share it with her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law. She couldn't do this embroidery work alone; Just get the eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law together.
As for Lin Sanzhu, he is not resting. Now he can't just have embroidery samples. He has to buy back embroidery threads and other embroidery threads. To buy these, of course, money is indispensable. He must have more than 20 coins in his pocket. not enough.
And Lin Sanzhu has already thought about it. He wants to do more at once before others think of this way to make money. In this way, even if someone follows suit, he will not go crazy.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu tightened his old cotton-padded jacket and walked quickly to the main room.
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"How much? How much silver do you want?"
When Mrs. Wu heard the third son speak, she immediately picked up the broom and prepared to greet her third son.
Lin Sanzhu jumped three feet away, "Mom, my son hasn't finished speaking yet. My son is borrowing from you. Do you understand? When I earn the money, my son will definitely pay it back to you with exactly one penny! By the way, I'll pay back the interest!" "
Seeing that his third son looked anxious, Old Lintou knocked the pot on the kang with his pipe and pot, "What business did you just talk about?"
"Embroidering calligraphy, calligraphy embroidery business!" Lin Sanzhu explained quickly.
Wu was confused, "Embroidering characters? What characters are you embroidering?"
Aren't Feng and the others doing embroidery? Why are you embroidering words again?
Seeing that his parents were both confused, Lin Sanzhu turned around and said, "Son, I will bring it here for you to take a look at."
With that said, Lin Sanzhu quickly returned to his room, found Feng's embroidered bamboo basket, and prepared to go to his parents' house.
Seeing his son looking at him curiously, Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but laugh, "Don't worry, bitch, daddy will definitely earn you the money to study!"
After saying that, Lin Sanzhu rushed out like flying.
The speed was so fast that Lin Yuanqiu was stunned.
Lin Yuanqiu wanted to follow him and have a look, but soon he picked up the pen again and continued to write seriously.
Everyone has something that everyone should do, and as a student, his first priority is to work hard and study hard.
In other words, he requested to go to ethnic studies by himself, and he also had to study books by himself. There was no conditions at home, so the cheap dad carried the sacks and created conditions for him one coin at a time. If he failed to live up to this gift, it would be a blessing from God. It is not an exaggeration to strike five thunderbolts.
Therefore, he must recite some words from heaven and earth.
Not long after Lin Sanzhu went to the main room, Old Lintou soon called Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu, as well as the Zhou family, Liu family and Feng family.
The three sisters-in-law were also chatting about calligraphy embroidery just now. When they heard that the father-in-law was going to use a tael of silver as capital for them to do a big job, they were so shocked that they were speechless.
Especially Mrs. Liu, her voice stuttered, "Mother... mother... are you kidding me?"
God, this is only one tael of silver. What if we lose money?
Ms. Zhou was also very worried. She didn’t have much money at home. If she lost money, it would be more difficult for the next few boys to propose marriage. Ms. Zhou thought for a while and expressed her worries, "We won't Will you lose money?"
"How can we lose money?" Feng's idea was much more optimistic than Zhou's and Liu's, "Sister-in-law, think about it, the labor is all our own, even if it is sold cheaply, how about buying fabrics and embroidery threads? We can still get back the cost, and the loss is at most in labor. Besides, I don’t think our embroidery work will sell well."
Feng was already making plans in her mind as she spoke. Speaking of which, black embroidery thread is much cheaper than colored thread. In this case, the cost of each piece of embroidery can be reduced a lot.
In addition, in order to avoid looking monotonous, Feng plans to embroider some other patterns on the edge of the embroidered words, such as adding a few leaves of green bamboo on the pencil case, adding autumn chrysanthemums or grass insects on the handkerchief. As long as the colors are well matched, it will definitely nice.
And matching colors is what Feng is best at.
After hearing Feng's analysis, several people in the room thought it made sense.
Wu Shixin said, it seems that the third daughter-in-law is not completely clueless.
In this way, the matter of making embroidery was settled.
Old Lintou felt that no matter what, since he had thought of a way to make money, he had to give it a try, otherwise he would not be able to get any more out of the little money he had.
When it comes to buying embroidered cloth, everyone agrees with Lin Sanzhu's idea. After all, book bags and fan covers are elegant things, and the people who buy them must be elegant people, so they naturally want to buy slightly better materials.
"Mom, you haven't said yet how to divide the money you earn?" This was Lin Sanzhu's biggest concern.
Wu flew over with a broom, "The embroidery materials are still in the town. You are a bastard and you want to share the money. I can't do without you!"
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The morning light is faint, and the morning light is first revealed.
The smoke from the kitchen was rising, and the early morning courtyard looked particularly fresh in the thin morning light. Although there was still snow on the ground, it did not prevent the three sisters from going to town at all.
Because the snow has stopped and the sun has come out. Today is a nice day.
After breakfast, Mrs. Wu went to the room and took out a couple of pieces of silver. After handing it to Mrs. Zhou, she repeatedly told her to keep it.
Mrs. Zhou nodded her head as if she was pounding garlic, "Don't worry, mother, my daughter-in-law will definitely keep it."
Even if she loses herself, she will never lose money.
There were a lot of people going to the town today. When the three of them arrived at the village entrance, there were not many seats left in the bullock cart.
Feng used her hands and feet to climb up quickly, and then immediately threw the baggage to the side, thus occupying two positions, "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, come up quickly, I have reserved a seat for you!"
They are both people who are used to farm work. Zhou and Liu are also very agile with their hands and feet. After grabbing the edge of the car, they lifted their legs and stepped on it.
"Sister-in-law, you sit in the middle."
"Yes, sister-in-law, please sit in the middle."
Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Liu gave up the middle seat to Mrs. Zhou. Their sister-in-law had money in her pocket, so it was safer to sit in the middle.
Seeing this scene, the ladies riding in the bullock cart were extremely envious of Mrs. Wu.
They really couldn't understand why several of their daughters-in-law got along so harmoniously, while the ones in their family were like black-eyed chickens, quarreling and quarreling at every turn. Oh, they were so annoying to death. .
Because there was still snow on the ground, Lin Dong did not dare to drive the ox cart too fast. Therefore, the road that originally took more than an hour to reach was half an hour later than usual.
Seeing that it was getting late and everyone had no ink, after making an appointment for the oxcart to return to the village, they all went to different places and went about their own business.
The shops that sell embroidery products in Hengxi Town have always been the same ones, Qianhua Embroidery Shop and Langui Embroidery Shop on Changping Street, as well as Jinshi Embroidery Shop and Rouge Pavilion on Fuyun Street.
Zhou and Liu were not very good at this field, so they naturally followed Feng.
Feng didn't waste any time and took them directly to Jin's embroidery workshop.
In the past, when she was at her parents' home, the embroidery she made was sent here to be sold, and the price given by the shopkeeper was quite reasonable.
Entering the store, the scene inside was beyond Zhou and Liu's expectations.
I saw a dozen women lining up in front of the counter with embroidery in their hands, and behind the counter, there was a shopkeeper in his forties sitting there, with a shop assistant standing on each side of him.
Mrs. Zhou saw that the woman in green at the front of the queue handed over the embroidery in her hand. The shopkeeper took it and looked at it carefully. Then he nodded and handed it to the shop assistant next to him. Seeing this, another shop assistant hurriedly pulled it. Open the drawer, take out the copper plates and count them one by one to the woman in green.
There were also embroideries that were not accepted. Mrs. Zhou saw that the woman's face looked lonely after she got her embroidery back.
Mrs. Zhou saw this scene in her eyes and couldn't help but squeeze the baggage in her hand tightly. Inside the baggage were thirty-six knots she had made.
Ms. Liu, who was lining up behind her, was also very nervous. She kept chanting in her mind, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, bless, and bless her two embroidered purses to be noticed by the shopkeeper.
Soon it was Zhou's turn.
Probably because she was too nervous, Mrs. Zhou couldn't untie the bundle with her trembling hands. Seeing this, Mrs. Feng hurriedly stepped forward to help. After opening the bundle in twos and twos, she spread it out, and the dozens of ties inside were revealed. All exposed.
Shopkeeper Jin picked up one and looked at it carefully. Zhou's heart was in her throat. Then as Shopkeeper Jin picked it up and put it down, Zhou's heart also rose and fell.
Finally, shopkeeper Jin pushed Luo Zi towards the waiter. Mrs. Zhou couldn't believe it and hurriedly looked at Mrs. Feng.
Feng Shi smiled and nodded at her, and Zhou Shi's eyes suddenly filled with tears.
Three luozi were worth a penny. The clerk counted twelve pennies and handed them over. After Mrs. Zhou took them, she squeezed her hands tightly.
After Mrs. Zhou, it was Mrs. Liu's turn. When shopkeeper Jin nodded and accepted her purse, Mrs. Liu was relieved.
There was five cents in each purse, and the shop assistant gave Liu ten cents.
When Feng handed the insoles to Shopkeeper Jin, there was no one waiting behind her. The six pairs of insoles were all embroidered with patterns of mandarin ducks playing in the water, with pink-green lotus leaves, smoke-red lotus flowers, and a pair of mandarin ducks swimming in the blue waves. play.
Shopkeeper Jin nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad, not bad. Although the embroidery skills are ordinary, the color is excellent. If it is delivered to Fucheng, it will definitely sell well."
Shopkeeper Jin handed the insoles to the waiter on the side, "Just eight cents for a pair, just take them all."
Feng, who was worried, finally put her heart back in her stomach.
She had been worried just now, fearing that her embroidery work would not be appreciated by Shopkeeper Jin. If that were the case, how could she, an embroidery master, have the face to face so many "apprentices"?
Fortunately, fortunately!
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Chapter 20 Desserts
Feng was excited. After taking the copper plate handed over by the store clerk, she counted it carefully. Yes, there were forty-eight coins in total.
She opened the bag, wrapped all the coins in it, tied it tightly, and stuffed it into the lapel of her clothes.
Upon hearing that these women wanted to buy silk threads, the store clerk pointed to the sample cabinet where the silk threads were stored.
The store has been established for more than 20 years and has a rich heritage. There are many embroidery threads in Jin's embroidery workshop, including floral threads, silk threads, gold threads, silver threads, etc., which dazzled Zhou and Liu. He hurriedly stepped aside. The third sister-in-law had to do the work of picking out embroidery thread.
Feng did not refuse. After choosing several commonly used colored threads, she told the store clerk that she wanted to buy ten more bundles of black embroidery thread.
The shop clerk's mouth was wide open. Black embroidery thread is not used much for embroidery. Besides, this bundle of thread has 500 threads. Ten bundles means 5,000 threads. After buying so much, these women must have made a mistake. .
Feng shook her head. Of course she was not wrong. Today they were running on the dark side.
Feng said to Shopkeeper Jin who was also surprised, "Shopkeeper, you see I have to buy so much at one time, why don't you give it a cheaper price. In this case, it will save me the need to go to other embroidery workshops to inquire."
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu nodded in unison, "Yes, yes, shopkeeper, please give me a cheaper price. We will come again next time."
Although they don't know how to pick silk thread, they are still good at bargaining.
