Ye Jianqiu

Ye Dashan, who came back from drinking a pot of wine, learned that his son was gluttonous and had a stomachache, so he couldn't help jumping up and cursing: "You're a half-baked guy! You're the child of a starving ghost!"

He turned around and scolded Niu again: "You stupid, stupid woman, you don't even know how to look at him? What are you going to do if you die? You can't even drink the pit water, the more you drink, the more you get full!"

Niu stepped back a few steps in embarrassment and timidity. This Ye Dashan is usually a coward and obedient, but once he commits a crime, he will not recognize his relatives and will beat him whenever he wants.

"Father, mother, what's wrong with brother?"

A crisp voice sounded, Ye Dashan and Niu Shi turned their heads at the same time, it turned out that it was Ye Erniu who came back.

I saw the petite and exquisite Ye Erniu wearing a water-red pleated floral gauze skirt, a duck-egg green ribbon around her waist, and light hibiscus-colored embroidered shoes on her feet. There is a begonia silk flower.She stood there gracefully and gracefully, like a lady with a dignified demeanor.

Niu breathed a sigh of relief, and said happily, "Er Niu is back? Don't worry about your brother, he just ate too much!" After speaking, he took Er Niu's hand and brought her back to the house.

Ye Dashan also followed behind Niu's wife with a smile on his face, he had long forgotten his son who was still humming in the hut!

Ye Erniu entered the room, saw Ye Jianqiu sitting on the kang, and smiled happily at him: "Brother!"

After calling this brother, Ye Erniu sat beside Ye Jianqiu generously, and said sweetly: "Sister, I don't know that brother and sister are coming back today, I hired a carriage from Qingyang Town to go back to my hometown by myself , This journey is quite boring. If there is a brother as a companion, it would be great for us brothers and sisters to talk!"

Ye Jianqiu was startled: "You hired a carriage yourself?"

"Yes!"

Ye Erniu nodded: "I'm a girl from every family, how can I squeeze a scooter with others!"

Niu hurriedly explained: "Big or small, the first time Er Niu came home on a scooter, someone sneaked her, and she cried like a tearful person when she got home! You said she is a pretty girl who can squeeze big Is it a cart!"

Although Ye Erniu spent at least fifty copper coins every time she hired a carriage to go home, but for the sake of her daughter's reputation, it was worth the money!

Ye Erniu said dissatisfiedly: "Mother! How many times have I told you that Shui Yunshang's Zhen lady named me Ye Wanzhen, not Ye Erniu! And, don't talk to me in the future, I'm dead Lady Zhen said, let me speak official language like those people from Linyue City in the future!"

Looking at Ye Erniu, who was sitting on the kang, dressed in gorgeous clothes, with her legs dangling, throwing melon seeds into her mouth, Ye Jianqiu couldn't react.

Ye Dashan stepped forward and said with a smile: "Boss, your second sister is promising! Shui Yunshang in Qingyang Town is famous for her embroidery work. Your sister is now the youngest apprentice of Mrs. Zhen, the owner of the embroidery workshop." Mrs. Zhen not only taught her how to embroider, but also taught her how to make brocade by hand!"

Embroidery, brocade?

Looking at Ye Jianqiu, who was still dressed as a servant, she was now called Ye Wanzhen and couldn't hide her inner pride: "Brother, that lady Zhen is notoriously picky, especially when she accepts apprentices, but I... ...As soon as I went there, she fell in love with her, and she gave her Dui Jinhua with all my heart! Among her few apprentices, I performed the best!"

Ye Dashan and Niu Shi looked at each other with satisfaction and smiled, they knew that this second girl was not that simple!If it is said that Niu's development is due to Ye Dashan's development, then Ye Erniu's transshipment is undoubtedly the first move by Ye Dashan!

For the sake of his second girl, Ye Dashan, who had been thinking hard for many days, finally came to his senses. He will never have a bright future if he sticks to Xitu'er Village!Just look at the size of the leaves, it is a living example!

Therefore, Ye Erniu was sent by her father to Shui Yunshang's weaving and embroidery workshop to do cheap labor.

It is said that in those days, Qingyang Town was rich in mulberry and hemp, and the weaving industry was developed, especially the exquisite "Lu Brocade" was the most famous and was listed as a royal tribute.However, it is no different from Lu silk, and the same royal tribute is Shui Yunshang's exquisite brocade painting.

Duijin painting art is very beautiful, it has a strong sense of relief, and the sense of three-dimensional and layered is very prominent.But as the name suggests, Duijin painting is also extremely high-end and luxurious, and the materials used are very expensive, almost all of which are fine, smooth, and gorgeously colored silk, and gold and silver threads are also used in some parts... Therefore, learning this art is not only Be patient, and it's expensive.

Even so, many people want to worship Shui Yunshang's Zhenniang as a teacher, but this Zhenniang has a weird temper, and the conditions for accepting apprentices are very arbitrary. Sometimes she will suddenly accept an old man who is sixty years old, and sometimes she will accept a stupid one. The man... In short, no one can guess what her criteria for accepting apprentices are.

Speaking of Ye Erniu, since she came to Shuiyunshang Embroidery Workshop, she was quickly accepted as an embroidery worker because of her dexterity and eyelids.In Shui Yunshang, there are distinguished guests from time to time.She met a lot of rich businessmen with good taste and low-key and luxurious officials. She immediately realized that this place would change her destiny!

Ye Erniu studied quietly, showing no trace.

Shrewd, she quickly learned to paint, paper-cut, boil glue and other casual jobs.Apart from doing her job well, the most important thing is that she is humble and honest.She has a very good relationship with the sisters she works with. She doesn't talk much like other girls who never gossip and gossip behind her back.Moreover, no matter what kind of dirty work they do, they rush to do it, help the sisters with hard work, and always have fun when they suffer a loss, and never care about it.

Someone asked her why she is so capable?What Ye Erniu often said was: "I came from the countryside, so I'm used to it!"

Every day when everyone is off work, she is still cleaning up the embroidery workshop, and always stays silently at the end.The companion's family was in trouble, so Ye Erniu lent her wages to others without hesitation, and persuaded the other party not to rush to pay back... All this was seen by Lady Zhen, and she finally accepted Ye Erniu as her own. Close disciple.

Lady Zhen treats all her apprentices like relatives, not only teaching them skills, but also teaching them to read and write, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, cooking, tea ceremony, flower arrangement...

Ye Wanzhen was very satisfied, but what she was most satisfied with was another matter.

Almost all of the female apprentices under Mrs. Zhen married into powerful and rich families!This made Ye Wanzhen so excited that she couldn't sleep well for a few days. The more she cared, the more cautious and humble she was in doing things. Even the poor lady Zhen felt so distressed that she died. It's more care...

All in all, Ye Wanzhen feels that she has finally been reborn and a new person!

This Ye Erniu is actually very tired, right?

Ye Jianqiu didn't understand these things, but thought it would be good for a girl to learn embroidery and make clothes.Ye Dashan moved a small stone bench and sat in front of Ye Jianqiu and Ye Wanzhen. Compared with the two children sitting high on the kang, Ye Dashan sitting on the ground seemed to be a lot shorter.

Ye Dashan smiled and said to Ye Jianqiu: "Big and small, you did a good job this time. Dad has something to talk to you about."

"what's up?"

"You see, your younger sister has spent a lot of money on learning to pile brocade. Although the embroidery workshop pays half of the material fee, the remaining half of the tuition fee is still a lot of money! I paid a lot of money for your grandfather's medical treatment earlier. , I planned to tidy up this draughty cave house, but I didn't want to, big or small, can you see if you can get some tuition for your sister?"

"How much do you need?"

Ye Dashan scratched his head in embarrassment, Ye Wanzhen listened to their conversation calmly, and continued to eat melon seeds.

Ye Dashan finally opened his mouth: "Big and small, how many do you have?"

Ye Jianqiu felt like a fat sheep being targeted by wolves, and felt unspeakable helplessness in his heart.

"How much do you really need?"

Hearing Ye Jianqiu's question, Ye Dashan gritted his teeth and said, "100 taels of silver!"

Seeing the change of Ye Jianqiu's face, Ye Dashan quickly explained: "Your size, it's not that my father is cruel, but it's too expensive to learn this skill. Even I didn't expect to spend so much money! If your sister learns quickly , you can work, and you can earn money and get back the money after you finish the work, but right now, the only thing to do is to spend money..."

Ye Jianqiu had no choice but to say: "I don't have that much money, forgive me for being powerless."

Ye Dashan also said anxiously: "Our whole family is counting on you, if you can't afford the money, what will your sister do?"

Niu Shi and Ye Da Niu were busy by the stove, Yin Shitou looked worriedly at Ye Da Shan from time to time, Ye Da Niu lowered his head and wiped away his tears, while Niu Shi raised his ears, He listened carefully with his face turned sideways, even the kitchen knife in his hand was much lighter, for fear of revealing a word.

Ye Jianqiu was silent, if Ye Dashan wanted a couple, maybe this time he would still agree.Although he still has less than a hundred taels of money in his hand, he is not willing to take it all out.Why?As a child who was sold, he was repeatedly asked for money by the seller?

At an embarrassing moment, the unsteady Ye Shuan walked in from the outside, his eyes were red from being vomited, and the tearful Ye Shuan rubbed his stomach and climbed onto the kang, still moaning non-stop. .

Ye Shuan immediately stepped on two black footprints on the brand-new white cloth, and the dirty black marks looked so dazzling on the white cloth.

Ye Wanzhen patted the melon seeds in her hands, stood up and said coldly: "As the saying goes, don't bully the young and poor. In the future, I don't know who to count on! Besides, you are the eldest son of the family. If you don't care about the family, who will take care of it? Could it be that you still want your mother to sell another sibling?"

Ye Jianqiu said indifferently: "Then sell another one."

Ye Dashan was speechless with a bitter face, while Niu chopped the kitchen knife heavily on the chopping board, making a bang bang sound as if he wanted to chop through the chopping board.

Ye Wanzhen smiled instead, with a bright and bright smile on her fair and tender round face: "Brother's words are really interesting, do you think it was the intention of your parents to sell you at the beginning? Who would sell your sons and daughters if you can survive? You are just you The eldest in the family, of course it's your turn to sell you! If there is no you, then sell the big girl, after selling the big girl, then sell me! Even if you sell me, I will never say a word, let alone complain about the ruthlessness of my parents Things are hard in the world, do you have to starve to death at home? Look at you, you look like a human being, but you don't have a trace of gratitude, and you don't recognize your relatives!"

Ye Wanzhen knew that this Ye Jianqiu never called Ye Dashan's father, and she also went to Situ's Mansion to inquire about it. This Ye Dashan even changed his name, obviously full of resentment and didn't want to have anything to do with this family!

Ye Jianqiu didn't want to argue with a girl, and he didn't want to explain, so he silently closed his mouth.

Seeing that Ye Jianqiu didn't speak, Ye Wanzhen got more excited, she said: "How about this, since you don't want to help me, then you can help our parents, right? You can buy a shop in Qingyang Town, Let my father and mother start a small business, so that the two elders can come to Qingyang town to stay with you and me, but also stay away from this poor Xitu'er village where there is no water to drink, and they can also do business to earn tuition fees for me, you see how?"

After hearing what their daughter said, Ye Dashan and Niu's eyes turned red with emotion.look!Look at his second girl!How sensible, how filial!Even if he was sold, he still had his parents in his heart!