At this time, several aunts and ladies were very excited. They thought they had discovered something new and great, and planned to talk to their close neighbors about it when they returned home.
Therefore, within half a day, the news that Wu's three daughters-in-law were pregnant at the same time quickly spread in Xiaogaoshan Village.
At this time, some women were wondering. It was not unusual for Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu to be pregnant, but didn't Lin Sanzhu's daughter-in-law say that she had hurt her body when giving birth to twins and would find it difficult to conceive in the future? Why now? Is there a son again?
Isn’t this too lucky?
Everyone couldn't help but nod after hearing this. Feng was indeed lucky enough to get pregnant again.
Saying this, everyone sighed again about the Wu family. Although her family was poor, her population was quite prosperous. Not to mention the several daughters-in-law she married, all of whom were very impressive. She was already half an old lady, but she was still able to survive. When she was pregnant, it was Wu herself who gave birth to three sons and two daughters.
"Yes, yes, Mrs. Wu herself is quite fertile, much better than her sister-in-law." The fat-faced woman agreed.
The Jin family only gave birth to two sons, which is really incomparable to the Wu family.
Upon hearing this, a thin-faced woman who was close to the Jin family became a little dissatisfied and said, "No matter how many children you have, it's useless. Without money, it will be difficult to even marry a granddaughter-in-law. Look, Her eldest grandson is fifteen this year, so he will definitely have to marry her by then, but with such a family background, how can a girl from a good family be willing to come? By then, she might be like Guizi, who delayed the marriage until he was seventeen. Besides, although Mrs. Jin only gave birth to two sons, her two daughters-in-law are very competitive. No, Mrs. Jin also has three grandchildren and one granddaughter. You see, now the eldest grandson and the second grandson are studying in the town. Maybe in the future, like Lin Xiucai, he will shine brightly."
In terms of family background, there is no comparison between the two sisters.
The fat-faced woman retorted, "Don't the Wu family also have a grandson studying? By the way, didn't her little grandson get a roll of paper from the family last year?"
"Have you forgotten what our clan leader said before? Didn't the clan leader say that no matter who the clan's children are, they will have to attend clan studies for at most three years. If they want to continue studying after three years, they have to find a way to go to the town on their own. The school, the training there is not cheap, how can the Wu family afford it!"
Upon hearing this, the fat-faced woman fell silent. Indeed, with the Wu family's family background, there is no one who can afford to study, and they will definitely not let their grandson continue studying.
But they all say that the loser does not lose the battle. Although the fat-faced woman had no words to argue, she rolled her eyes a lot.
The women who were sitting together were afraid that they would get into a fight, so they hurriedly laughed and said, "I said that throughout the first month of the new year, I didn't see her three daughters-in-law going out. They were all lying on the kang with their men." Give birth to a baby, no, they are all pregnant!"
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.
At this moment, the three sisters-in-law, who were sorting out their embroidery at home, did not know that they had become the gossips of the villagers, nor did they know that they had been rumored by the villagers to be half-aged and pregnant women.
At this time, the three of them were happily counting the finished embroidery pieces, and they were very excited.
There are fifty-six pencil cases, sixty-two fan cases, thirty-five purses, forty-six money bags, thirty-two handkerchiefs and thirty pairs of insoles.
It took four people more than two months to finally complete this batch of embroidery.
Ms. Feng felt that if the embroidery was a colorful pattern this time, they would definitely not be able to finish it so quickly. After all, it would take a lot of time to match the color and change the thread. Therefore, Ms. Feng believed that if the sales were good this time, then They will definitely continue to do it.
"Third brothers and sisters, should we send these embroidery items to Jin's Embroidery Workshop?"
Zhou asked a question that Liu also wanted to ask.
Feng shook her head, "I'm not sure about this. I heard from my husband that he has already thought about where to send the embroidery. He also said that if it fails, it will not be too late to send it to the embroidery workshop."
When Zhou and Liu heard this, they felt hopeful in their hearts, hoping that the place mentioned by their brother-in-law would come true. After all, among the three brothers, his brother-in-law was the one with a sharp mind. The place he could think of would be more popular than the embroidery workshop. Get the price.
Near noon, Mrs. Wu and a few young mushroom pickers came home.
Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai each carried a small backpack and walked ahead. After entering the courtyard gate, they shouted to mother, look at mother, look at mother.
Looking at this happy look, it can be seen that today's harvest is definitely not small.
Sure enough, when Zhou and Liu weighed the mushrooms in their baskets, one weighed six kilograms and the other five kilograms. After excluding the weight of the baskets, what they picked together weighed seven or eight kilograms.
We then weighed the Wu family and the spring plums picked by Chunxiu. Excluding the weight of the baskets, the three of them picked more than ten kilograms today.
Mrs. Wu went to the west room and took out a few bamboo plaques, and then poured all the newly picked mushrooms on them. She planned to wait for the water to dry before taking them to the town to sell.
In the past few days, there are people in the village who go to town to sell fresh mushrooms. There are so many people selling them, and the prices must be bad. It costs two cents to ride the oxcart back and forth. No matter how Wu thinks about it, she feels that it is not cost-effective, and her own family still does not Go join in the fun.
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Lin Yuanqiu, who was returning home from school, entered the courtyard almost at the same time as Lao Lin and the others. When he saw them carrying hoes, they all looked exhausted. It was hard for Lin Yuanqiu to imagine that if all the more than ten acres of land were dug out, what would happen to his family? How tired people will be.
You know, this is more than 10,000 square meters.
During dinner yesterday, he heard Lin Dazhu say that five acres of land had been dug. According to him, the remaining land would have to be dug for at least half a month. Lin Yuanqiu finally understood why his family had to dig so early. The soil has been plowed for several days. I guess I was worried that if I didn't start the work earlier, I would be late for planting.
Lin Yuanqiu felt uncomfortable when he thought of Lin Sanzhu's movements of beating his waist from time to time when he went to bed at night.
After all, it was because the family was too poor. Otherwise, they could have rented oxen to plow the fields like other villagers, which was faster and less tiring.
But what should I do? He is a little boy barely taller than a meter tall. He can't help with anything at this time.
Lin Yuanqiu felt that the only thing he could do at this moment was to study hard, study hard, and strive to achieve academic success as soon as possible, so that his family could get rid of poverty as soon as possible.
With this thought in mind, Lin Yuanqiu quickly returned to his room. He wanted to take advantage of the period before dinner to read a book for a while, especially Wang Fuzi's "The University". Lin Yuanqiu was reading it when he was fascinated.
After dinner, the three brothers Lin Dazhu went to the main room, and the three sisters-in-law were also there. Now that the embroidery was done, it was time to discuss how to send it to the town to sell.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu are also singles. In a word, there is nothing to ask them to contribute. As for how to sell the embroidery, it is better to leave it to the third brother. Since it was the third brother who proposed this batch of embroidery work, I guess he already has an idea in his mind. .
Zhou and Liu also think the same way. They don't understand business at all, so it's better not to get involved blindly.
Ms. Feng had no objection. In her eyes, there was no one smarter than her husband-in-law.
Oh, no, except for her dog.
Lao Lintou and Wu also had the same idea as Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu. Since it was Lao San's idea to make this batch of embroidery, they should leave it all to him to sell. I guess Lao San had already planned it in his heart.
Lin Sanzhu had indeed made a plan, so he didn't refuse, but he didn't make any promises, saying that the embroidery would be sold out, or that it would be sold at a good price.
This made several people in the room feel confused for a while.
Wu, in particular, felt relieved again, God, this is only one tael of silver. Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless, don't let it go to waste.
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Chapter 23 Selling Embroidery
The next day, Lin Sanzhu got up early. Seeing that his son was still asleep beside him, he reached out and patted him gently, "Gouzi, wake up soon. Daddy will take you to school today."
Lin Yuanqiu opened his eyes in a daze and saw his father looking at him with soft eyes.
This full of fatherly love made Lin Yuanqiu suddenly have the urge to act coquettishly. He turned around and prepared to stay in bed for a while, but his loving father lifted up his quilt and slapped his butt, "Hurry up. Come on, your father and I are planning to make a lot of money today!"
Make a lot of money?
"Dad, are you going to sell embroidery today?"
"Yes, why else would dad get up so early?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuanqiu immediately sat up, took the clothes on the quilt and put them on without any delay.
Seeing this, Lin Sanzhu stood up and left the room. The embroidery was all placed in his parents' room, and he had to go and get it.
Lao Lintou and Wu woke up early. It can be said that they didn't sleep much last night.
Seeing his wife's face full of worry, Lao Lintou cleared his throat and said calmly, "There is nothing to worry about. Just think that our family is selling persimmons today. Look, they are all sold out." "
Wu rolled her eyes, "Is this the same as selling persimmons? Persimmons grow directly on trees and cost no money. Our embroidery work cost one or two silvers, not to mention we have three daughters-in-law." Can the energy put into it be the same as that of a persimmon?"
After saying this, Mrs. Wu began to regret again. If she had known earlier, she should not have agreed to the third batch of embroidery work, so as not to worry about it now.
Wu was about to scold the bad thing, but she heard the bad thing calling the door, "Dad, mother, are you up?"
"Get up, get up!" Mrs. Wu replied as she got off the kang, pulled on her shoes and ran to open the door.
This rapid speed left Old Lin stunned with his mouth agape, and his wife's smiling face looked different from the one who just gritted his teeth and was about to give the third child a slap in the face.
Old Lintou was about to shake his head and lament that his wife's words were wrong, but suddenly he remembered that he couldn't shake his head randomly today. The third brother would go to town to sell embroidery later, and he couldn't lose his wealth.
Lin Sanzhu entered the door and saw that although his mother was smiling, her eyes were full of worry. He put his arm around Wu's shoulders and said with a smile, "Mom, don't worry, my son will definitely not It will cost you money!"
Lin Sanzhu had already thought about it last night. If his trip to the town didn't go well today, he would take it to the county seat and have a look. If it didn't work, he would sell them one by one. He didn't believe it. How could a living person hold back his urine? die.
After hearing what her youngest son said, Wu's worries suddenly disappeared, and she could only smile uncontrollably.
Old Lintou thought to himself that the third child in his family was indeed the best at coaxing people.
Lin Sanzhu did not bring all the embroidery with him, but picked ten of each kind, and then wrapped them in a bag of cloth. With Wu and Lao Lintou full of expectations, he and his son went out.
The moment the courtyard door closed, the windows of the main room and the second room, which had been pushed open a crack, were also gently closed. Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu put their hands together. Bodhisattva bless and bless the brother-in-law to sell the embroidery smoothly today. go out.
No longer thinking about going to bed, Mrs. Zhou took off her coat and put it on. Today she was going to help in the fields too. There were many people in the field so she could dig faster. Seeing that her man was so tired that he couldn't stand up in the past few days, she Of course it hurts.
A fish-belly white color appeared in the east, and the sky gradually became brighter.
Lin Sanzhu held his son's hand and walked to the clan school.
"Dad, are these embroidery products going to be sold to the embroidery workshop?"
Lin Yuanqiu is naturally worried about selling embroidery. It can be said that no one in the family is not worried about it today.
Lin Sanzhu shook his head. He didn't hide it from his son, "Dad is going to take it to the book store to have a look first. I think scholars will definitely like these embroideries with calligraphy."
Pen cases and fan covers are commonly used by scholars, so it would be more appropriate to sell them in bookstores.
As for purses, purses, handkerchiefs and insoles, Lin Sanzhu planned to talk about it when the time comes. It would be best if the book store also accepted them. If not, he decided to go to the county to ask. The prices in the county would definitely be higher than those in the town. Higher.
Lin Yuanqiu was so impressed that he could even think of taking the embroidery to a bookstore to sell. He was indeed right. He was born with a business acumen.
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Lin Sanzhu didn't save the two cents on the fare today. He was sore all over from digging in the ground these past few days. He couldn't bear to walk so much.
It's just that he doesn't understand what these aunts and ladies mean by looking at him. Is it possible that the mud on their faces yesterday hasn't been washed away yet?
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu rubbed his face, but saw that his hands were clean and there was nothing.
Lin Sanzhu would definitely not know that the gossip in their family had changed from a prosperous family to having three more children, and the family was even more impoverished.
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After getting off the bullock cart, Lin Sanzhu went straight to the bookstore. When he arrived at Santingmen, he didn't go anywhere else. Instead, he went directly to Shopkeeper Gao's shop. After dealing with Shopkeeper Gao several times, Lin Sanzhu felt that the other party could still let him trust.
Shopkeeper Gao was not surprised when he saw Lin Sanzhu come in. He just thought that this person was here for the children at home. He was about to ask Lin Sanzhu what he needed, but he saw the other party holding a bag and smiling and said, "Shopkeeper, do you accept the embroidery here?" "
Collect embroidery?
Shopkeeper Gao couldn't help but want to laugh. Their bookstore had always only sold literary works, how could they accept embroidery? It seemed that this person was selling embroidery for the first time. He didn't know the way yet. That's right, most of the work was done by women. As people are accustomed to, it's normal for a big man like him to go to the wrong place.
With this in mind, shopkeeper Gao was ready to tell Lin Sanzhu about the locations of several embroidery workshops in the town.
Unexpectedly, before shopkeeper Gao opened his mouth, Lin Sanzhu opened the baggage and spread it on the counter. For a moment, all the embroidery in the baggage was exposed.
Shopkeeper Gao took a look and saw that there were fan covers embroidered with "Blessed Wind and Smooth", pen cases embroidered with "Heaven Rewards Diligence", money bags embroidered with "Honored Virtues", and there were also embroidered "Goodness is like water". A handkerchief and a purse embroidered with "Peace and Peace".
And those pairs of insoles actually had words embroidered on them. Shopkeeper Gao was dumbfounded. When he realized what he was doing, he immediately put away the baggage and walked around. Let's go to the back hall to talk.
