[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

When Xing Xiuyan was eight years old, her Su embroidery works were already excellent. When she grew up, she couldn't help but have to take on more family expenses.Therefore, two years ago, when I was nine years old, I caught a cold while doing embroidery work, and the core was changed, maybe it was merged.Although Xin Xiuyan received the original owner's memory and some emotions at the beginning, the embroidery work was still a little rusty. After recovering from the illness, she got better. When Li found out, she lamented for a while.Mrs. Li thought it was because she had been sick for many days, except when she visited Miaori in the morning, she supervised her to practice embroidery every day, until three months later, Xing Xiuyan was able to pick up Suzhou Embroidery skills, and Mrs. Li This is peace of mind.Mrs. Li didn't just look at the money, people like them, if they were good at female celebrities, they would be able to marry a good family in the future.

Hearing Miaoyu's question, Xing Xiuyan smiled slightly and said, "The wife of the third bedroom of the He family, a Suzhou salt merchant, wanted a Suzhou embroidered Guanyin statue for her 1200th birthday. Mrs. Fang agreed immediately."

Miaoyu was a little angry, snorted, looked at her with disgust, and said, "Mother Qin shouldn't have taught you back then, you ruined her unique skills like this."

Knowing her temperament, Xing Xiuyan didn't get annoyed, and just showed Miaoyu the flowery appearance of the Guanyin statue. Xin Xiuyan had worked in an advertising company before, so she naturally knew how to draw pictures.Although Miaoyu became a monk, her female workers are also excellent.

Xing Xiuyan is different from other families, and the wife of the third wife of the He family is also knowledgeable. The superb Su embroidery, novel patterns, and embroidered by an unmarried woman who usually lives in Panxiang Temple are worth more.The most important thing a rich salt merchant needs is money, but Xing Xiuyan's heart beats a little faster.It should be noted that now a dozen or so taels of silver are enough for ordinary people to spend for a year. Watching Grandma Liu fight the autumn wind in Rongguo Mansion and return a few dozen taels of silver to buy a property.

But last year, Xiuyan embroidered a Guanyin picture for the wife of the magistrate’s family. She only asked for 300 taels that time, but that was relatively small. The magistrate’s wife had been married for six years and had nothing to do. While worshiping Buddha and praying for a child.

At that time, Xing Xiuyan's embroidery work had just resumed, and she had improved to a higher level. She thought that Li's way of making money really had no future, so she figured out a way by herself.Seeing that Mrs. Zhixian came to offer incense every fifteenth day to pray for a child, she took the opportunity to approach one of her nuns and show her her embroidery work.

That nanny is also knowledgeable, and knows that Suzhou embroidery skills are excellent.Xing Xiuyan gave it to the nanny, and talked about her mother's handicraft, revealing that she would embroider the picture of giving birth to Guanyin.She talked sweetly for a while, and said that filial piety is indispensable for successful business.As a result, the magistrate's wife, who was determined to have a child, saw a "sample handkerchief" held by the nanny and admired it very much, and her confidant, the nanny, touched it, and her heart was moved.

The next day I asked for it, but I was shocked when I asked for 300 taels, but Xing Xiuyan wanted to do high-end embroidery business, so he didn't accept the price reduction, so he flattered his wife a lot.The magistrate's wife was afraid of losing face, so she gritted her teeth and made the order. Anyway, in order to ask for a child, she actually spent all 3000 taels, which is a lot of it.

Xingxiu finished embroidering fireworks in a month, and the magistrate took away the embroidery and hung it in the house. Unexpectedly, by coincidence, she was diagnosed to be pregnant three months later.Eight months later, a boy weighing seven catties was born, and the magistrate's family had a happy full moon banquet with guests.

The third wife of the He family is the cousin of the magistrate's wife. She heard that Xing Xiuyan's embroidered Avalokitesvara statue is unique and auspicious.

Mrs. He thought that the old lady believed in Buddhism, and it was her [-]th birthday. The He family was rich, and gold, silver and jewelry were not unusual, but the unique Suzhou embroidery of Guanyin was excellent.Not to mention the auspiciousness, she had also seen that female celebrity at her cousin, and she couldn't help but like it.

So, Xiuyan took another order,

This time I will embroider a large one, and it will take about three months to complete it.

After all, Miaoyu is a woman, and she also likes elegant designs. She looked at it and said, "I said you are like a monkey, and you are thinking about these mundane things in your mind. How can you write with peace of mind?"

Xing Xiuyan said indifferently: "It's not easy for a woman to be born in this world, and it's rare to be innocent in her heart, but a family like me can't be pure without these flowers."

Miaoyu frowned, and Xing Xiuyan knew that she didn't like to hear these things, but she couldn't help but said: "Although Miaoyu's Buddhism is profound, I still hope that you are like me, a layman, and I always feel that you are living a cold life. A few. Only after having seen the common things in the world of mortals can I have a deeper understanding of the mystery and preciousness of Buddhism."

Miaoyu said coldly, "You've become more temperamental when you grow up, should you be talking nonsense?"

Xing Xiuyan thought to herself, Miaoyu hadn't met Jia Baoyu at this time, maybe she didn't really have the heart to move the world, it's just that the girl had some expectations in her heart, but if this kind of expectation was mentioned, she would instinctively resist it with all her strength.In the original book, Miaoyu just knows how to cover up, not to mention that at such a young age, she hasn't really met someone who is tempted.

But to Xing Xiuyan, Jia Baoyu is really not good, Miaoyu is such a beautiful and wonderful character, Jia Baoyu is just an incompetent Tom Su.His heart is pure and kind, but he can't resist the fact that he didn't take responsibility for harming others.Even if Miaoyu was finally taken away by bandits and suffered, what else did Baoyu do besides mourning?Soon, he'll forget about it.

But in this "Red Mansion" world, where can there be good men?She can barely live with Xue Biao, Miaoyu is really difficult, unless her father's case is over and she can return to vulgarity.

Although Miaoyu doesn't like Xing Xiuyan's vulgarity anymore, she has been with her teacher for ten and a half years. Seeing her in a daze, she thought that she had been frightened by her cold words just now, so she couldn't help sighing: "I'm going to go with my master to the Muni courtyard outside the west gate of the capital. I’m afraid it will be difficult to come back after leaving Gusu this time. After I leave, you should take care of yourself.”

Xing Xiuyan was only slightly startled, and asked, "When will you leave, I'll see you off."

Miaoyu said lightly: "I'll take mine, why do you need to send it?"

Xing Xiuyan said: "You don't talk about common etiquette, but it is natural for me to feel sad when my teacher leaves. What's more, Xuemei and Momei also watched me grow up, Mother Qin also taught me carefully, and Mother Jiang They have taken care of me again, I can't bear them."

Miaoyu stood up lightly, said: "Who is your teacher..." Said and left with a flick of her sleeves.

Xing Xiuyan couldn't help lamenting, she really is a cold beauty who is not to be played with, she is not afraid of offending anyone.People in the original book, even Daiyu, can't catch Miaoyu's eyes, and Xing Xiuyan is the best girl with her.

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When Xing Xiuyan came back home, Mrs. Li stopped her embroidery work when she saw her. Her parents used to be indifferent, but now her daughter is good at embroidery and can make money. Like that piece of embroidery is 300 taels, Mrs. Li dare not even think about it. .

Moreover, in the past two years, she has also tried her best to win over her parents, discussing everything and cultivating a deeper relationship.Now that Xing Xiuyan is in the middle of the game, she thinks more clearly than the original book. The original book said that her parents left her in Jia's mansion, how unbearable her parents are.

But thinking that the Xing family's parents didn't live in Jia's mansion and threw their daughter to Mrs. Xing, why didn't they know that Jia's mansion was rich, so she didn't have to suffer?

If they are really cold-blooded and ruthless parents, Xing Xiuyan is in her young age, and she is only a daughter. How many cruel parents sold their daughters to enjoy themselves?A few references in the partial book only show that they are poor, miserable, and in a bad mood, and they never mention that they want to sell her.It was also because of Mrs. Xing that the Xue family facilitated her marriage with Xue Biao, and Xue Baochai drew Mrs. Xing over this matter.Mrs. Xing is mean and stingy, if she really doesn't care about this person, how can the Xue family talk about using such a method to win her over?

However, it is said that the Xing family had no assets, and after Mrs. Xing got married, there were only a few dozen acres of land left, which naturally belonged to her cousin Xing Dequan.Xing Zhong was just sent to his uncle's house back then, and after he got married, of course he couldn't compete with his cousins ​​for property.

After the separation, Xing Zhong took a few acres of Susukida to live with his father-in-law's family for three years, but after the death of his father-in-law, the two brothers of the uncle's family could not let their husband and wife live together, so they rented a house in poverty.

Xing Zhong usually went to the city to do part-time labor when he was not busy in the fields, while Li's livelihood was difficult with embroidery.Xing Zhong can drink a few sips of wine, the tax is not light, and the family can't save any money.

The year before last, Xing Dequan owed gambling debts, and the debtor had to collect dozens of acres of land from the Xing family to repay the debts. The Xing family sisters begged. Although Xing Zhong was angry, he couldn't pay for the entanglement and uncle's kindness, and he thought of Xing again. The relatives in Madam Rongguo's mansion could not be broken either, but Xing Dequan paid off the gambling debt with the thirty taels of silver that the family had saved mainly by relying on the mother and daughter's embroidery.

Mrs. Li naturally has opinions, but Xing Zhong used Madam Xing as an excuse, so Mrs. Li could only keep her resentment in her heart.But she couldn't help but become more stingy on weekdays, and her daughter Xing Xiuyan had to tighten her expenses. Jingchai cloth skirts lived without even a decent winter coat.

Now, her daughter has this superb craftsmanship, but she has become a cash cow. However, regarding the embroidery price of 300 taels, Mrs. Li still listens to her daughter and keeps her mouth shut, even Xing Zhong.