Although Mrs. Wu said she would give it to the eldest, second, and third, she took out all the coins and handed them all to her three daughters-in-law.
The meaning is obvious, that is, the money in each house is handed over to the daughter-in-law.
Wu was also subtle. After all, she had always been the custodian of money between her and Old Lintou for so many years.
Therefore, Mrs. Wu believed that it was perfectly normal to leave the money to her daughter-in-law for safekeeping.
The three brothers Lin Dazhu also thought it was quite normal. They had been influenced by it for so many years. In the hearts of the three of them, their daughter-in-law should be in charge of the money in the house just like their mother.
Finally, Mrs. Wu took out a small bunch of copper plates, handed them to Mrs. Zhou and said, "Here, here are forty coins, which are for Chunmei."
This time my eldest granddaughter also helped with a lot of embroidery work. As a nurse, I couldn't let her suffer.
Besides, the eldest granddaughter is already thirteen this year. In other families, girls of her age love to dress up the most, but Chunmei doesn’t even have a decent hair flower, and the money she gave her is not enough. Just buy some flowers for your eldest granddaughter to wear.
"Hey!" Ms. Zhou took it with both hands, "I want to thank you for Chunmei!"
As he said this, he was so happy that he couldn't even see his teeth.
And Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Feng, each holding five large strings of copper coins, were as happy as Zhou.
It is normal for the three sisters-in-law to be so excited. After all, this is the first time since they were born that they have so much money of their own, so they can't be excited.
What's more, they really didn't expect their mother-in-law to give so much.
No, just yesterday, the three sisters-in-law were secretly guessing how much money their mother-in-law could give them. They thought that one or two hundred yuan would be enough. After all, when they were doing embroidery work, the food at home was not enough. My mother-in-law took over all the work, let alone the work in the fields, and she basically didn’t do much.
Therefore, they put aside their housework and farm work and focused on earning a private house for themselves.
Holding the cold copper coins that can make them hot, the three sisters-in-law sighed in their hearts. Although their mother-in-law always took turns with the broom, she treated her daughter-in-law really well!
The three sisters-in-law looked at each other and decided in their hearts that this time when they went out on the street, they would definitely buy the soft, glutinous and sweet chestnut cake for their mother-in-law to try. By the way, they also bought pine nut candies. Mother-in-law eats it.
After dividing the money, the next step was to discuss how to continue the embroidery work. Considering that others would definitely imitate the same, Lin Sanzhu suggested that the fabric and color purchased this time should not be the same as the last time.
This is the only way Lin Sanzhu can think of at the moment. The difference in fabric and color makes it different from the embroidery that others follow. The embroidery he wants to make should be easy to sell.
Mrs. Wu handed a tael of silver to Mrs. Zhou and said, "Tomorrow you three sisters-in-law will go to town. Let's buy back the embroidery thread as soon as possible so that we can finish the embroidery work as soon as possible."
Old Lintou nodded. He understood what the third one meant just now. Therefore, if he wanted to sell the second batch of embroidery work at a good price, he had to act quickly.
The next day, the three sisters-in-law went out with dark circles under their eyes. As for why they had dark circles, it was easy to understand. As Lin Sanzhu said, they were poor and rich at the same time, so it was normal for them to flip pancakes all night.
After arriving in the town, the three of them went to Jin's Embroidery Workshop first, and then bought all the black embroidery threads left in the store. It was said to be all, but in fact it was not much. After all, they had already bought more than half of it last time. .
Perhaps it had only been two days, and the embroidery items for sale were in the bookstore, so shopkeeper Jin didn't know that there were embroidery items with words in the town. Therefore, the embroidery threads were still priced at the previous price, which was fifteen cents. A bundle.
Shopkeeper Jin is still a little confused, what kind of embroidery work are these women doing? Have all the embroidery threads they bought last time been used up?
"Sister-in-law, third brother and sister, should we go to other embroidery workshops? Before the price of black embroidery threads increases, let's buy some and store them back." As soon as she left the door of the embroidery workshop, Mrs. Liu couldn't wait. said.
What Liu also wants to say is that if they buy more, then there will be less for others to buy. After all, there are not many people buying black embroidery thread, and there is not much inventory in various embroidery workshops.
In this case, those who follow the trend will not be able to buy embroidery thread for a while, which will definitely slow down the process.
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Feng also thought of this, so the three sisters-in-law and other sisters went non-stop and visited the other three embroidery workshops. However, these embroidery workshops did not have much black embroidery thread, and buying them all would not be enough. Half the amount bought by Jin's Embroidery Shop.
But this batch of embroidery is enough.
After buying the embroidery thread, the three of them went to the cloth shop. The embroidery cloths they picked were all made of different materials and colors that Lin Sanzhu emphasized.
After buying these, the three sisters had no intention of continuing shopping. In other words, they were in a hurry to go back and cut materials for embroidery work.
So the three of them hurried to the snack shop, bought chestnut cakes and pine nut candies for their parents-in-law, and then got on the ox cart back to the village.
There is no need to mention that after that, the material is cut, the silk thread is wound, and the embroidery is continued.
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It took more than twenty days to finally complete Lin Yuanqiu's manuscript of "The University".
It seems that the copying speed is really slow, but what can be done? He has to go to school every day, so he can only copy a short paragraph after school before it gets dark.
In addition to traditional Chinese characters and a lot of gestures, it took more than 20 days to copy it.
After asking his mother to help him bind the book, Lin Yuanqiu wrote his name, Lin Yuanqiu, on the next page.
In fact, Lin Yuanqiu has always had a doubt: why are his cousins all named after the same tree, such as "Maple", "Pine", "Sophora" and "Cypress"? Only his name is "Autumn" which has nothing to do with the tree. Character.
In order to clear up the confusion, Lin Yuanqiu specifically asked the cheap daddy.
But Lin Sanzhu, who always talked to his son about everything, only told him that the name was given by the clan leader and didn't say much else.
So what Lin Yuanqiu didn't know was that the clan leader at that time named his original body with the character "槡", and his full name was Lin Yuanqiu.
The reason why this name is not called now is because the more Lin Sanzhu thought about it, the less he liked it, so when he walked halfway, he ran back and asked the clan leader to help change it.
It was Lin Sanzhu's own suggestion to change the word "槡" to "秋". His son was born in the autumn moon, so it was appropriate to use the word "秋".
As for why he didn't like the word "槡", Lin Sanzhu didn't tell anyone.
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Chapter 26 Origin
Most of the Lin clan members are illiterate, so every time a family has a baby, they will go to the clan leader to help them come up with a name on the day of the full moon.
Lin Sanzhu remembered clearly that his baby was also full moon that day, so he took the snacks prepared by his mother and went to the patriarch's house.
The sons of Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu were all named by the patriarch. The patriarch naturally knew that their names were all related to the word "tree". After thinking about it, he took up a pen and wrote the word "桧", which is the same as mulberry, and mulberry, too. A type of tree that matches the names of several cousins.
Lin Sanzhu didn't think much about it. After thanking the clan leader, he walked home happily with the paper with his name written on it. As he walked, he kept chanting his new name over and over again, Lin Yuanhui, Lin Yuanhui, Huier. , 槧儿……
But as he was thinking about it, Lin Sanzhu suddenly stopped, "槧儿, 桧儿?"
Two little lost faces appeared in front of his eyes. Lin Sanzhu couldn't help but shook his head. He absolutely couldn't ask for this name.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu immediately wanted to tear up the paper on his hand and name his son another one.
But he immediately remembered that the name given by the clan leader had to be entered into the family tree. If he didn't change it, Lin Yuanhui's name would definitely still be on the family tree, so he had to change his name.
It's just that this is the clan leader. He can't just run over and tell people that the name you gave sounds really bad. Please give me a different one.
If you really want to do this, you will definitely offend others.
However, Lin Sanzhu's brain was very good, and he quickly came up with a good idea.
So, seeing no one around, Lin Sanzhu immediately lay down on the ground, rolled back and forth a few times, and then limped to find the clan leader.
Hearing Lin Sanzhu say that he fell, the clan leader was still confused. If you fall, you go to the doctor. What are you doing to come to him? How can I show you whether your leg is okay?
Lin Sanzhu passed the paper in his hand forward, "Uncle, my nephew is wondering if this name is too lucky for my nephew to hold back. You see, my nephew was walking like this just now, and the result was... 'I fell down all of a sudden, without any warning..."
This was the first time that the clan leader had heard that the name he chose was too lucky and would cause others to fall. But since there is a taboo, let's change it.
But because of the wrestling situation, I had concerns when choosing a name.
In addition, the patriarch had only studied for a year and a half, and was not very knowledgeable, so he couldn't think of a suitable word for the moment.
As for Lin Sanzhu, he really wished that the other party would never figure it out again. Just now, the clan leader was both a "peach" and a "fir", which was scary to hear. He had better hurry up and get one himself.
Lin Sanzhu didn't hesitate. His baby was born in Qiuyue, so he might as well give it the character "Autumn".
Lin Sanzhu's opening relieved Patriarch Lin's embarrassment. He immediately took a pen and paper and wrote down the three words "Lin Yuanqiu".
In this way, the son's name is settled.
However, for those who have lingering fears, even if they change their names at this moment, the fear in their hearts cannot be eliminated instantly.
As a result, the nickname Gouzi came into being on Lin Sanzhu's way home.
They say that if you have a bad name, you can make a living, and your dog will definitely grow up safely.
But Lin Sanzhu would never have imagined that the child who was once named Lin Yuanhui would eventually leave him.
Then a modern man named Lin Yuanqiu really became his son.
Therefore, all of this may be due to God's will.
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For this batch of embroidery work, Lin Sanzhu did not wait until it was finished before selling it like he did before. Instead, he would go to town to deliver the goods to Shopkeeper Gao every three to five days.
On the fourth delivery, just as he expected, the same embroidery began to appear in the town, and it appeared in large quantities.
Many bookstores on the same street as Shopkeeper Gao also sell various embroidery products, including pencil cases, fan covers, wallets, purses, handkerchiefs, and even insoles.
But what makes Shopkeeper Gao strange is that the embroidery business of his bookshop has not improved much. People are still coming and going, and he can sell more than ten items every day.
After analysis, Shopkeeper Gao felt that the reason why things are rare is because the embroidery sent by Brother Lin was different from other shops in terms of fabric and color. Naturally, it attracted many students.
There are also different words on the embroidery. This time there are many new words on the embroidery, such as "continuous self-improvement", "high mountains and high mountains", "the sea embraces all rivers", "work hard", "generous without corners", etc., on the previous embroidery None of them.
This was specially added by Lin Yuanqiu when he was writing the words embroidery. He also had innovative ideas at the time.
Precisely because it was different, the price of the embroidery did not change this time. Shopkeeper Gao still paid Lin Sanzhu the original price.
What Lin Sanzhu didn't expect was that this time shopkeeper Gao actually offered to sign a supply contract for one year, but the price of the embroidery was lower than it is now. For example, the original fan cover was thirty cents a piece, and the contract price was It was twenty-two cents, and the pencil case and money bag were also twenty-two cents. The prices of the other handkerchiefs, purses, etc. were more or less reduced.
In fact, this is understandable. After all, according to the current situation, more and more embroidery products will follow the trend in the future, and it is basically impossible to sell the products at higher prices.
Logically speaking, under such market conditions, there is no need to sign a supply contract, but as I said before, Shopkeeper Gao's owner still has a bookstore open in the county town, and the majority of these two batches of embroidery were delivered to the county town. In the bookshop, the shopkeeper there not only sold the embroidery well, but also brought business to other studios, so he told the owner about it. This gave the owner the idea of signing a contract to stabilize the supply of goods, so he put this The arrangements were given to shopkeeper Gao.
The price of embroidery has been lowered, and shopkeeper Gao is naturally worried that Lin Sanzhu will disagree. But in his opinion, it would be a pity not to sign such a supply contract. Although it is only for one year, if the business is good, he can earn four per month. , five taels, there is no problem at all.
What's more, with the contract in hand, Brother Lin's embroidery work at home will not have to worry about sales.
Shopkeeper Gao has also been poor, so he naturally knows what four or five taels of silver means to poor people.
Immediately, he talked to Lin Sanzhu about the benefits of signing the contract.
Lin Sanzhu was not a fool, so he naturally knew that this was a good thing. Moreover, the price in the contract was much higher than he expected, so he would definitely agree.
It's just that Lin Sanzhu couldn't read a word, so there was no room for sloppiness in signing the contract, and the only person in his family who could read was Gouzi, so he made an appointment with Shopkeeper Gao to come over tomorrow to sign the contract.
Therefore, on the second day, Shopkeeper Gao met the person he had described in his heart many times.
However, the child in front of him was completely different from what he had imagined before.
First of all, there is the age. Brother Lin is over thirty years old. In the opinion of shopkeeper Gao, his eldest son must be eleven or twelve years old, but he is still just a child.
Then there is magnanimity, yes, magnanimity.
