The Lady of the Farm in the Red Mansion

In the evening, Nanny Zhou came back with a lot of shoe uppers, and Nanny Zhou said: "The boss of Xipu said, the girl embroiders some simple ones first, and if she embroiders well, she can embroider some hijabs. Embroidered wedding dresses! These shoe uppers are relatively simple, but it is just a small flower or a bird, and you can make one in a whole day!"

"How much is that one?"

"Fifty coins a piece."

"Fifty cash for one piece, embroidered one piece a day, thirty pieces in 30 days, and it's only [-] cash. I only have a tael of silver when I don't sleep for a month. Every time I manage those servants, I lose a bunch of money. I'm not happy yet, if it happens to someone's birthday again, this little money won't be enough!" Xiuyan said dejectedly.

"Girls don't need to worry. Those small pieces are naturally worthless. If you can directly embroider the wedding dress, a set is worth 34 taels. It will take two or three months to embroider! But there are special embroiderers in Xipu. , if it is not for top-notch craftsmanship, Xipu will generally not let outsiders take over!"

"That's right, if I have the opportunity to embroider wedding dresses, then we won't have to worry about running out of money in the future!" Xiuyan's face showed a gleam of joy.

"Don't worry, there will be opportunities. It's just that embroidery is extremely hard and meticulous work. Embroidering can be fun for the body and mind. If it is really a means of making money, it will be really tiring. You haven't seen those embroiderers, In order to catch up with work, my eyes were scratched, and some people went blind before 34!"

"Don't worry, Mammy, I have my own measure!" So from tonight, Xiuyan started her career as an embroiderer.

One day, when Baochai went to Xinglong Street in person, Shu Heng went to check the account, but accidentally saw Xiuyan's pawn stub, so she took the pawn stub to find Xiuyan.

Xiuyan got up early in the morning, and when she opened the window, she felt a fresh fragrance rushing towards her face, and she suddenly felt refreshed.It turned out that there was a little rain at night, which wet the soil and moss, and the air was mixed with the fragrance of soil and moss.

Xiuyan saw that there was still an unfinished shoe upper crooked in the sewing basket, so she just pulled her hair loosely, without any hair accessories, and didn't change her clothes, she just put on a coat and lay crooked on the side. Embroidery began on the couch by the window.

Nanny Zhou is an elderly person who gets up early, and Xiuyan saw through the window that she was bending over and holding a ladle to water a magnolia plant. Xiuyan lay down in front of the window and asked, "Madam , Where did the flowers come from, they are so beautiful!"

Nanny Zhou straightened up, backed up and replied: "Yesterday, the second master Bao sent someone to send it. He said that although our yard is nice, it is too plain. It is not like the place where the girl lives. It happened to be sent by King Beijing. After picking up two white crabapple and white magnolia, he thought of the girl, and sent someone to send a white magnolia, and the magpie on it was also sent by Bao Erye, and asked the girl to keep it for play, and he still I told you not to just read the book blindly, be careful not to scratch your eyes, and tell the girl to sit with him when you have time!"

"He has a heart!" Suddenly thought of something, and he couldn't help but panic, and asked again, "Did he only give me one, or did all other girls have it?"

"Besides the girl, Miss Lin also got a white crabapple, I haven't heard of the others!" After hearing that he gave Miss Lin as a gift, Xiuyan's worries finally disappeared, and she leaned back on the couch to embroider the uppers of her shoes .

Nanny Zhou came in with two magnolias in her hands and asked, "Where are these flowers, Miss?"

Xiuyan wanted to say, why do you pinch a good flower, but thought that it would be useless to talk too much since you already pinched it, so without raising her head, she pointed to the empty flower pot beside the bed and said calmly: "C, let's go in there!"

Nanny Zhou put the flower branches into the flower pot, and while fiddling with the shape, she said: "The girl is too hardworking, she can't embroider enough at night, so she got up early in the morning and embroidered on an empty stomach!"

"I thought about adding another layer of lamp oil money to embroider at night, so I didn't embroider much at night! Anyway, I have nothing to do during the day, so it's better to embroider during the day!"

"Embroidery during the day is also possible, but the sisters like to move around during the day, and the girl needs to be careful not to be bumped into by the sisters!" Nanny Zhou said while stroking the flowers.

"Don't worry, mama, I've lived here for so long. Except for the second Master Bao who came once, the sisters have never been here. Even the second sister lives so close and I don't see her come to visit, let alone the other sisters. That's good, we can just earn our foreign money!" Xiu was talking on the mouthpiece, but his hands never stopped.

"That being said, don't be afraid of [-], just in case, the girl should be more careful!"

"Yeah!" Xiuyan nodded and continued to embroider her shoe uppers.

"The girl has been up for a while, and you are still standing here, why don't you hurry up and fetch water to wash the girl's face and mouth!"

He Xiang turned over, pulled the quilt over her head, and turned a deaf ear.

Nanny Zhou lifted her quilt and said: "You sleep on the girl's bed and eat the girl's food, but you are too lazy to move. The girl has to do laundry and clean the yard, and she has to do needlework to support you. How dare you grow up?" Now that you have become the first-level masters, we have become your servants!"

He Xiang closed her eyes, stretched out her hand to touch, but she didn't touch the quilt, so she just curled up into a ball and continued to sleep.

Seeing Hexiang like that, Xiuyan was both angry and funny, rubbed the needle on her hair, and said with a smile: "Nurse, you can return the quilt to her, it's still early, the tea room may not be open, go She is also standing in the wind, why not let her sleep for a while longer!"

"Don't be in a hurry to get the water. You have to feed the magpies on the porch. The girl has work at hand now. If she doesn't move, everything will be pointed at my old bone!"

"Adding these flowers is troublesome, it's better not to!"

"Second Master Bao's intentions are so rebellious! The girl can't control that girl, so I'll fix it!" So Nanny Zhou lifted He Xiang's ear, "When you become a concubine someday, you pretend to be dead again!" Bar!"

He Xiang was in pain and shouted, "Girl, save me!"

Xiuyan glanced at them, thinking that she needs to embroider shoe uppers, the house really needs lotus fragrance to sweep, and she can no longer play with her, so she lowered her head and turned a deaf ear.

Seeing that the girl is no longer biased, He Xiang can only go out with Nanny Zhou.

I only heard Mother Zhou say: "After cleaning the yard, feed the magpies and wash the clothes!"

"Ah! I have to do so many things by myself, girl, save me!"

When Xiuyan heard He Xiang's wail, her heart tightened, she only blamed herself for being useless, which caused this girl to suffer along with her, Xiuyan was blaming herself when she heard Mother Zhou shouting outside: "Miss Bao, come here! Already!"