All-round way to money

What can Chu Ran think of to find Xiao Yu?

Embroidery.

Originally, this girl was good at embroidery.

The lady of the landlord's family is also an old woman. Her parents love her and she doesn't have her feet bound.But needle money, simple housework, and even cooking skills are all good.Others are just good, not good, occasionally showing filial piety, cooking a meal for parents is great.Only needlework, some savvy, natural dexterity, the same thing, it is better than others.

She lives at the eldest sister's house, and she is not good at other things, and there is no reason for her to come forward for daily entertainment.Sitting in the house all day, doing needlework and embroidery for the whole family, it is also good for the eldest sister to take it out as a gift.But don't say that the needlework of a girl's house cannot go outside.That's the treatment of a lady from a rich family.With her current status, to put it bluntly, she is not even as good as a maid from a wealthy family, so there is no such thing as a taboo.Could it be that those famous embroiderers didn't learn from childhood?

Embroider a pit screen, buy leftovers of good materials, embroider a purse, embroider a handkerchief, etc., all of which can be obtained.I don't like it in the gate of the big house, but the contacts between the side branches like the eldest brother-in-law are enough.

Wanting to confirm whether Jia Yun is Mr. Xiao, Chu Ran's method is to do needlework for her two nephews. Both boys are studying in the ethnology school, and their grades are not slipping. They just deal with things and dawdle.I made a backpack for each of the two children. The eldest sister lived in peace, and the children didn't have a book boy or boy to accompany them, so they went to school with their own backpacks.She took the private money and asked Dong Nier to go to the cloth shop to buy good materials, make a schoolbag for her, embroider the Four Treasures of the Study, with a code, and let the two children carry it.After school, she is unwilling to go home honestly, she must be running around and playing around, and her home is not far from the West Corridor. If Jia Yun is really Mr. Xiao, he will naturally pay attention to the personnel and affairs around Jia's mansion. If you see it, you will definitely find it.

Just doing these things is not enough.Chu Ran also asked Dong Nier to buy some fine cotton cloth to make a handkerchief, and embroider it with some simple and elegant colors, using a stitch method that is not common in this time and space, which was researched together with Hou Tu in the prehistoric period. Mr. wears such clothes a lot, so he naturally recognizes him.Then take out the veil and sell it.They also didn't send them to the embroidery shop of the cloth shop, so Dong Nier found a peddler in the streets and alleys and sold them at a very low profit.

This is not something that can be obtained in a short while, so there is no rush.

Take your time and wait.

The Jia family lived together in the capital, with a total of eight houses. Except for those who had inherited the title, until now, the side branches were just ordinary people living in Ningrong Street, except for some New Year's goods at the end of the year.

Like the eldest brother-in-law, Xinger, the ancestors were originally Jia Yuan's concubine sons, and the property was limited, passed down from generation to generation, and in his hands, when the family was separated, it was really just this small courtyard.Why did you marry Miss Chu?Isn't it for the wealth of Yue's family, and sister Chu's dowry can subsidize the family.I have lived my own life, and it really has nothing to do with Ningrong Second Mansion.You don't have to leave when you take the gift. To put it bluntly, you can't even send a gift if you want to.

Such offshoots are not limited to the elder sister's family.Life is not as good as that of the eldest sister's house, and there are not a few people who can hardly eat.These offshoots, which obviously formed a huge gap with the main family, seemed to be hugging each other for warmth, walking around was closer than being with the mansion.

Regardless of what the elder brother-in-law said, he had serious errands, and the subordinates outside were not in the top ranks, and their salaries were not paid by the court. They were hired by the master's family for private employment, and there were times when they couldn't get the money.At the gate of the big yamen of the Ministry of Households, there are dozens of subordinate officials, who are paid by the housekeeper. The monthly salary is two taels of silver, and there are also three to fifty taels of savings.In the huge offshoot group of the Jia family, this is considered decent.The elder sister is busy all day and night, and has a lot of entertainment.As for the big family, the old man is sick today, and the boy is getting married tomorrow. Later, the girl asked her to accompany her, and it was very busy to greet and send off.

In the eldest sister's house, there is only the eldest girl and a little maid, who was picked up by the eldest brother-in-law when he went out of the city to run errands during the disaster year.He's only ten years old, and he can't do heavy work.The work at home is done by the elder sister herself.Doing laundry and cooking is busy alone.In the end, I hired an aunt of the same family to come every afternoon to help with some rough work, such as washing and washing the clothes, picking some water and so on.

The elder sister didn't let Chu Ran help with rough work, but let her take the third sister to do needlework.Sometimes Chu Ran helps out with the cooking when she is too busy.

Isn't that how people live their lives.

On this day, the grandson of Master Dun's family held a wedding banquet at the full moon, and the eldest sister went to drink and came back after a while.

"The aunt in the West Mansion has gone, and just after receiving the letter, the old lady collapsed. It doesn't look good. Whoever dares to have a big feast will come back as soon as he clicks." This is what the eldest sister said when she came back.

The aunt of Rongguo Mansion?Jia Min?

So the story hasn't started yet, right?

Sister Lin hasn't entered Jia's mansion yet.

After thinking about it, Chu Ran probably knew where to go.But if you think about it, it's really too far away from her current life. She just wants to see what Sister Lin looks like, but she can't.

Thinking about it this way, what should I do?

After that, I heard some news here and there from the aunts and sisters-in-law who came to visit.After the old lady got well, she sent Erye Lian to pick up the cousin of the aunt's house, who was going to be brought up by her side.

I haven't waited to hear the news that sister Lin has entered Beijing.

After all the embroideries were sent out, there was finally an echo.

The embroidery work at home is good, and the price is not expensive, and the handkerchiefs are selling very well, and the shopkeeper will come to pick up the goods every few days.Chu Ran will definitely not show up. When Dong Nier gave the handkerchief to the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper said that the nobleman bought all the handkerchiefs last time, saying that the nobleman took a fancy to the bamboo on the handkerchief, and asked him whether it was Where did you get the goods?

When Dong Nier came back and said it, Chu Ran had already figured it out.Gentleman, if you can buy dozens of useless handkerchiefs at once, then you must not be Jia Qin.Once you've found the shopkeeper, it won't be difficult to find out her identity.

Chu Ran began to count the days, waiting to meet Mr. Xiao.Where is the mind to pay attention to when Sister Lin enters Jia's mansion.At this moment, she really felt that if she wore such an identity, she should be a passerby, and she would definitely have nothing to do with Jia's mansion.

Those who waited one day on the left and one day on the right, there was no news, and no one came, worrying to death.

Or it is really inconvenient to travel to ancient times. The status of women is restricted, and it is difficult to even leave the house.It's not convenient to do anything.

upset.

After waiting for almost two months, Chu Ran became irritable.

Only then did I get the letter.

At home, brother Chu brought someone to pick her up and go home.It is said that the old lady is not in good health, has a sudden illness, and cannot get out of bed, so let her go back to serve her.

Then we have to go back.She can't go back by herself.Sister Chu took her son and daughter back to visit the sick.The old lady is sick, why don't you go back and have a look.The eldest brother-in-law also asked for leave on purpose.

When I got home, as soon as I entered the green brick and tile yard where my parents lived, there was a smell of medicine.Chu Ran moved her nose twice, huh?The smell of this medicine is not for treating acute illnesses, it is just an ordinary prescription for recuperating.

After entering the house, the old lady was lying on the kang, looking pale and not in good spirits, as if she was panting for something, Chu Ran took the old lady's hand, took a pulse, got it, I don't know Whose means, how can there be any disease, the old lady's body is hard.

If you know it's an act, then there must be something wrong, just cooperate.

Crying, go through the process again.

Eldest sister wants to stay with her servant, so it's a good idea to take care of her at home for two days, but her parents didn't agree, so they sent her away.In the evening, when all the servants were dismissed, and there were only three members of the family left in the house, Father Chu told Chu Ran the truth.

"The house of the nephew's uncle's house in the Prince Regent's Mansion is next to ours. In previous years, we have watered and fertilized and so on. Our family has helped the head there a lot. I asked me about your marriage a few days ago. He said that there was a word from the head of the guard barracks that even if our house was smashed, people would have to be robbed. I asked him to help me figure out a way, if I could take the route of the housekeeper in the Prince Regent's mansion, then Bian'er has collected the money, and a message was sent back two days ago, only to let you go to Anfu Temple to offer incense on the tenth day of the next lunar month, and someone will rescue you... Don't let the news leak, isn't there no way to let you go? Your mother is pretending to be sick."

Hearing it was so confusing, what is it all about?Turned out [-] turns, right?Relatives who can't hit eight strokes beg to go up, but the housekeeper really takes care of them?As for the regent, you can tell what level it is from the name, so can the housekeeper take care of this matter?Moreover, after listening to that trick, and asking her to go to the temple again, isn't this an obvious attempt to rob someone?Why did you believe it so easily?

"How much silver did you spend?"

"300 taels."

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I vaguely remembered that Jingxu was helping the son of some general's family find Wang Xifeng's relationship, and he still needed 3000 taels of silver.What kind of person is Wang Xifeng in the ranking?Can it be compared with the butler of the Regent's Palace? It's 300 taels of silver, and you have to go through a few procedures in the middle, so they can help you with things?

What do you think?

really do.

Chu Ran didn't know how to comment.

No wonder this family can only live on the more than 1000 mu of land passed down from their ancestors.There are a few shops that can't support themselves, so they can only collect rent.Based on this knowledge, the property was not taken away by others, which is really lucky.

"Who sent you the letter? Why did you believe it so easily? Aren't you afraid that it was a trap set by the leader and snatched me away on the way?"

Isn't it obvious?

Now Chu Ran doubted whether it was Mr. Xiao or the leader who asked the shopkeeper for news.Or, Mr. Xiao is the leader?

Hey, if you think about it, it's not impossible.

Then the system operates like this, who is trying to disgust?

When Father Chu heard his daughter’s question, he waved his hand, full of confidence, “No, ask around the world, no one will use the name of the regent to make trouble. If the leader dares to use the name of the regent to fool us , even if dad desperately wants to sue the imperial court, let alone the counselor, even the cousin of the steward's nephew will be able to go."

Is the Regent so powerful?

"Needless to say, who doesn't know that the regent's old man is like a fire, and he can't tolerate half a grain of sand in his eyes. Whoever works under him is not cautious and cautious, and he is afraid that one bad one will let the regent If you are dissatisfied, beating and killing is trivial, and it is not uncommon to ransack your family and exterminate your family."

Um?Listen, you have to be cruel, so you can beat people at every turn, and even ransack your family?

"But even if that's the case, by the time you go to sue the imperial court and the regent cleans up those who killed me, isn't your daughter already in disaster?"

What do you think?No matter how happy you are with your grievances, won't your daughter also catch up with her?

Father Chu obviously blindly worshiped the Regent's reputation and believed it, "Let your two elder brothers take someone to protect you. It's not ten miles away from home, and it's not far from the guard barracks. I don't believe it yet." , at the foot of the majestic capital, can there really be a case of robbery of civilian girls?"

Chu Ran: ...

There can be no robbery of civilian girls, why are you sending me to my sister to avoid disaster?

It doesn't make sense.

What could Chu Ran do? She prepared a lot of medicine, and put them in her sleeves when she was about to set off, just in case.The medicine was not prepared secretly, and the old doctor at home prescribed sweat medicine, itching powder and so on under the pretext of making medicine for the old lady.Parents saw her preparing these, and felt that she was unnecessary.

When setting off, Chu Ran didn't let Dong Nier follow her, so don't trick the little girl.

The two elder brothers brought six strong men from the tenants, carrying clubs, to guard the carriage.There are also two rough envoys who are waiting on the side, nothing else, but they have a lot of strength, and they have big feet and walk fast.It's really troublesome, and you can run with people on your back.

Chu Ran felt that these preparations were just better than nothing.It's really useless.

Whether she can run away still depends on her medicine.

It's a strange thing to be able to go to the temple smoothly and connect with someone who doesn't know.

No, it didn't surprise her at all.

They all saw the spire of Anfu Temple, and out of the forest came out a group of 50 No. [-] sturdy men with their faces covered.

"I opened this mountain, and I planted this tree. I want to pass by from now on, and leave money to buy roads."

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