What a cheating husband

Chen Qing left the pharmacy, and went to the back street to do embroidery work.Tongji Cloth Shop is also Chen Qing's regular customer. The store sells some common coarse cloth and cotton cloth, as well as a small amount of medium-quality silk and satin.Aniang Chen Qing also took over embroidery work at this house when she was young, and she still kept in touch with her colleagues until Chen Qing took over.

"Ah Qing is here, is the embroidery finished?" The clerk of Tongji Cloth Store greeted Chen Qing and asked Chen Qing to go inside to talk to the shopkeeper.

Chen Qing nodded, took off the back basket and placed it in an inconspicuous position at the door, then lifted the curtain and entered the inner room with the embroidery in her arms.

The shopkeeper took the embroidery and looked at it carefully, and put Chen Qing's own embroidery into the high-grade cabinet, and the sister's embroidery into the low-grade cabinet, and the embroidery work embroidered for the uncle's mother was casually piled aside, and said to Chen Qing with a smile "Your job is mixed, it's really cumbersome"

Chen Qing rubbed her nose and said embarrassingly, "I have to trouble you every time. I'm really sorry. I have to ask you to take care of our brothers and sisters more."

"Hey~ I understand, don't worry, we have known you for many years, it's not easy for anyone to live, and it's so hard for your brother and sister, it's really a sin." The shopkeeper is a middle-aged woman, and her eyes are red again. , Thinking of my sister who died young is also full of regret.

She is also a woman, so she understands the difficulty of losing her mother and not being welcomed by relatives.Her sister's life in her in-law's house was unsatisfactory, and she passed away early, and the stepmother didn't treat the child very well. Thanks to her taking care of her in secret, otherwise the poor god would not know what life the child would live.

"Thanks to you taking care of me these past few years and helping to hide it, otherwise I really don't know how to raise money for my sister's dowry." Chen Qing sent a bag of dried mushrooms and thanked her sincerely.

Most of the money he saved in the past few years was earned by sewing in secret.If it wasn't for the shopkeeper's willingness to cover it up secretly, or let the aunt know, he wouldn't even be able to keep a piece of him.

"You're a thin-skinned kid, and I can help you so much. What are you always talking about? Next time, I'll drive you out." The middle-aged woman pretended to be angry and cursed before accepting the mountain goods and telling him " Don’t bring anything here next time, save it for Abi, Auntie will not miss your stutter.”

"Hey, I got it." Chen Qing quickly admitted his mistake with a smile, took on three more embroidery jobs that were not in a hurry, and then thanked her repeatedly and prepared to leave the cloth shop.

Although the life was unsatisfactory, Chen Qing finally met a few kind-hearted elders.Over the past few years, with her sweet talk and sincerity, she also made friends with many shopkeepers and workmen, and accumulated money day by day. When Abi got married, even if the dowry could not be said to be rich, at least it would not be too shabby.

"Hey~ wait a minute" the shopkeeper stopped Chen Qing, thought for a while and persuaded, "Our shop in the town pays more wages than the county. Even if the embroidery is good, it can't be sold at a high price. I see that your craftsmanship has improved a lot. , I have time to go to the county to have a look, I will introduce you to a cloth shop, maybe I can give you a few more pennies."

Chen Qing was grateful for his aunt's appreciation and help, and his eyes were hot. He is not a person who does not know how to be grateful. This woman has taken care of their brothers and sisters for several years without being related to them. Now she wants to help him find a better way out. How could he not be moved?

"This kid, you are a big boy, why are you so red-eyed! Abi's craftsmanship has also improved in the past two years, and it won't be long before embroidery can be promoted to top-grade. Your craftsmanship is a bit ruined by me. There is a cloth shop in the county. The manager is a relative of my own family, and I will ask him to introduce you later, maybe I can find a job as an embroiderer." The shopkeeper laughed and cursed, wiping the corners of his eyes with an embroidered handkerchief, it was not in vain for her to take care of Chen Qing in the past few years.

"Then I have to thank you, Auntie." Chen Qing hurriedly bowed and thanked solemnly, but straightened up and pursed the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, what if he didn't want people to know that he embroidered it by himself?

The shopkeeper has known Chen Qing for so many years, how can he not know the twists and turns in his head?Hurt him with a smile, "Don't worry, you just say that you are picking up jobs for girls as usual, and there are plenty of women who don't show up, so I won't suspect you."

Chen Qing grinned and scratched her cheek in embarrassment, she really couldn't hide anything from her aunt.

Looking at Chen Qing's flushed face, the shopkeeper covered his mouth and chuckled, and told him to embroider carefully, and bring the embroidery to the new owner to have a look at next time he comes.Chen Qing fully agreed, and made embroidery thread for Abi before leaving Tongji Cloth Shop.

Seeing that it was still early, Chen Qing bought the things that his aunt told him to do first.A jar of green salt, two catties of white meat, and two catties of clean meat.Take the white meat back and boil it in meat oil. The price is the most expensive, and it costs 20 Wen.The clean meat is only 10 coins for two catties, and the medicinal materials are sold for 50 coins, plus the 10 coins given by the auntie, and the 12 coins for buying green salt, leaving 18 coins.

After hiding 3 Wen, I returned 15 Wen.The last thing Chen Qing wanted to buy was the pens and inks that Chen Ping needed. A piece of straw paper costs 1 cents, a piece of ordinary rice paper costs 10 cent, and even better white paper costs 1 cents a piece. It can be said that the price is ridiculous.

However, the market price is so high. Brush and ink have always been higher than people's livelihood. Xuan paper is acceptable for writing, but for painting, you have to use white paper. Good people use rice paper even for calligraphy practice. The cost is simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Chen Ping spends half a year's income on straw paper and rice paper in one year, and pays repairs to the academy twice a year. If Chen Qing and Chen Bi don't subsidize the family, this big family can't afford anything except food and clothing. .

For 15 articles, I bought a piece of white paper, 5 pieces of rice paper, and 50 pieces of straw paper.Chen Qing didn't buy the ink stick that his aunt told him, even if he had money, he wouldn't buy it back out of his own pocket.The cheapest ink sticks cost 30 renminbi, and the auntie is like a lion.

After buying what she needed at home, Chen Qing ordered another 50 pieces of straw paper, an ink stick, an inkstone, and the cheapest brush.The writing brush is the most common wooden stick, the pen head is wool, cheap and practical, most students use this kind of writing brush for 5 renminbi each for beginners.

It cost 45 Wen just to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones for Abi. After collecting the unspent money carefully, Chen Qing glanced at the whole row of brushes of various colors hanging on the counter.

Most of the writing brush styles are the same, only the part of the pen barrel is slightly modified. According to personal preferences, the thickness and shape of the pen barrel are a little strange.The decorative materials of the pen barrel also affect the price of the brush.In addition to common bamboo and wooden poles, materials such as gold, silver, jade, and ivory can be used for pen holders.

This row of pen holders shows different processing techniques, such as relief, line engraving, inlay, color painting and other techniques. Only the landscape pavilions, flowers, birds, fish and insects, humanistic allusions and so on are displayed.

The price of a writing brush mainly depends on two parts, one is the material used for the pen holder, and the other is the animal hair used for the pen head.

Not all animal hairs can be used to make writing brushes. The most common one is Yanghao brushes, which are made of white goat hair, selected from different breeds, ages, grades, thickness, softness, and sharpness of the hair of different parts of sheep. The nibs with long gills are called Shenfeng, and the price is slightly more expensive.

Zihao pen: use a small part of the black needlepoint hair on the back of the mountain rabbit as the main raw material, the surface is shiny, the front is sharp, the hair shaft is straight, and it is wet and kneaded into a flat shape. Dark brown transparent.Zihao nibs are generally short and small, and can only be used as small pens.

Badger Pen: Made of badger hair, the tip is white or light yellow, the waist and root are black gray with white flowers.The guard hair of the stone badger has the advantages of thick and straight, strong and powerful, and the front is slender and sharp.The surface is rough, the ink content is large, and the ink is sprayed evenly, which can display various effects. It is one of the commonly used brushes for painting pine, plum, landscape and other paintings.

Chicken feather brush: Use the long hair on the neck of the rooster to remove the stem and pluck out the short and tender hair to make the feathers of lowercase characters.It is divided into small scripts such as Beiwei Jilanghao, Jijilanghao, Huang and Baijilanghao.These chicken wolf hairs are made of little weasel tail hair, purple hair, or goat hair mixed together to make the center pen post of the pen head, and then short and thin chicken feathers are used as the coat, so they are named after various chicken wolf hairs.

Wolf hair pen: made of weasel tail.The surface is bright yellow or yellowish reddish, glossy, and each hair is straight and upright when you look carefully.Strong at the loin and slightly thinner at the root.Wet the nib and knead it into a flat shape, and you can see that the hair peak is translucent and light yellow.

After listening to the staff enthusiastically introduce the materials and benefits of various brushes, Chen Qing finally chose the Yanghao brush, the cheapest one.Seeing that the job was not sold successfully, Chen Qing was not disappointed. Chen Qing often came to buy some pens and paper, and he was considered a regular customer in the store.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't push it out after talking for a long time, and seeing that Chen Qing knew that he couldn't afford it, he gave him a hard look.

The clerk gave a smirk, hurriedly settled the bill for Chen Qing, and then enthusiastically sent him out.

Seeing that the guy was about the same age as himself, Chen Qing thanked him with a smile and whispered to him to stay with the shopkeeper so as not to be punished.

The little guy responded with a smile, he was used to being scolded a long time ago, and it would not be worthwhile to scold him more.

Chen Qing bid farewell to the enthusiastic young man, and hurried home. He wasted a lot of time just now, and he had to hide his things well before his aunt came home, so as not to be caught.

Chen Qing already had a calculation in mind, this brush is so profitable, it is not too troublesome to make, especially the most expensive Langhao brush, how many weasels are not seen in any village?If you grab a few pens and sell them cheaply to college students, you can get a lot of money in exchange, which is better than searching for herbs all over the mountain.

With the idea of ​​making money, Chen Qing trotted all the way, first stuffed the remaining copper money back into the pottery pot halfway up the mountain, then sneaked home and handed the embroidery work to his sister for hiding.

The embroidered products sent to Tongji Cloth Shop will not get back the silver until they are sold, but the worst embroidered one will get 5 copper coins.I handed the things along with 5 Wen to the auntie. Finally, the auntie knew that she was the one who opened the mouth this time. Seeing that Chen Qing didn't buy the ink sticks, she didn't say much. She put away the copper plate and sent the paper to her son's house.

Chen Qing heaved a sigh of relief, thanks to him deliberately leaving 5 Wen, otherwise the aunt might have cursed.