The skilled widow is busy farming

No matter what everyone thinks specifically, the village has decided that the two weaving workshops will no longer share money with everyone, and everyone will have to find work by themselves, which will increase investment in ethnic studies.

As a result, everyone has a sense of crisis. No money is divided. If you have more family and I have less, then you will lose money. You still have to work.

Not only are all men, women, old and young working, even the children are looking for work. The chickens, ducks, fish, pigs and other animals raised in the village can also be sold for money. There are many small jobs, such as cutting pigs and grass, herding cattle and sheep. Children and the elderly can also do this, right? Too tiring work.

You can also learn to make palace flower weaving in winter. It’s okay if you don’t know how to weave brocade. You can weave. This woman knows how to weave. Ordinary blue plain cloth is used to make shoes. Farmers wear short clothes like this. You can also get it in the store. If you sell it, you will make less money.

Today is not the same as before. The roads are wider, the village has its own shop, and there is a lot of work. It depends on whether you are willing to do it or not.

As long as they are not poor or lazy, ordinary people can earn one or two hundred taels of silver a year. They are no longer poor as they were back then.

This year, several scholars have become masters and masters. After a year, they have 600 taels from several surrounding counties and some gray income. All of them are counted together, and they can live a good life.

If you were in other areas, you could earn 800 taels of silver. It would only take two or three years to buy land or build a yard. It is really not difficult for Lijia Village now.

Even if they are orphans and widowed, their families have built new yards and bought land in the past two years, even if they are a few years later than other families with a larger population. Those who know how to live can get ahead.

In the past few years, even orphans and widowed mothers have been sharing the money. The poorest old lady has raised a grandson, and there are only two people in the family. But one old and one young are studying and making money. They have saved money in the past few years and built a house. I bought land in the new yard and also bought a small shop with the help of the clan.

Whether you can live a good life depends on the individual.

An old lady can live a happy life, it doesn't matter if there are too many people or too few people.

The villagers all seemed to have become more energetic and worked harder without paying any more. They stopped drinking alcohol and playing cards. If they didn’t work and there was no money, they seemed to have woken up.

I feel a little bit resentful in my heart. They are all young people who have just been married for a few years. The old guys think it is good not to divide money. On the contrary, the children and grandchildren can be sensible and progressive, live a serious and down-to-earth life, and don't want those vain things.

After dinner in the evening, he didn't go to bed so early. The uncle called the whole village to move small benches to study the law. Don't pretend to be confused every day. Children don't know as much as children.

Let the children go home and teach them, so as not to be embarrassed.

Now, it is the ladies and girls who straighten their backs. They work hard in the weaving workshop and earn more. The men do not earn as much as them from farming. Xiu Niang often gives guidance to the aunts and girls in the weaving workshop and goes home. Give some tips to the young and old, and don't follow the dancing masters.

Xiu Niang brings the ladies to make money and helps them in everything. Naturally, everyone trusts her and listens to her. She can teach the children in the family so well that everyone obeys her.

There is a new master in the weaving workshop, and with more hands, the apprentices can also do groceries. The cloud brocade has new designs and colors, and the clothes are selling well. Gonghua has produced many beautiful styles, plus Zhoujiacun's filigree inlaid jewelry. I also brought the boxes and sold them together, and the effect was very good.

Li Qing's embroidery shop in the provincial capital became more prosperous and began to make money, establishing a foothold.

Xiu Niang began to weave new paintings, preparing to weave more complex techniques, blending them with elegant paintings, and her artistic attainments were also higher.

She has been thinking about it for a long time this time, planning to combine tapestry and embroidery, integrate it into the art of painting and ink, give full play to this feature, and take a new path.Xiaotu plans to make a tapestry fan. The fan can be painted on. It is not big and the price is not as expensive as a kang screen. Even a lady can afford it. Such a small item sells well.

The fans sold by Yingzi and Qing'er were very popular and the supply exceeded the demand.

The large paintings on the Kang screen are indeed beautiful, but the price is indeed high. It is not for festivals and specific needs. You should really consider it. Instead, you can buy fans, handkerchiefs and clothes with a grit of your teeth.

She found a few people who were good at tapestry craftsmanship and joined forces to make fans, combining tapestry and embroidery, focusing on paintings, highlighting the elegant character, and making a series of fans for sale.

For example, you can choose plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums as flowers, or you can create them with pictures of ladies, or butterflies and small animals, etc. Moreover, the patterns are not big and not difficult, but are more suitable for the current weavers' operations.

Xiu Niang drew the pictures herself and discussed them with everyone. Finally, she decided on the flower series and made six fans to see the effect. After that, she continued.

She decided to make a kang screen and a picture of immortals celebrating their longevity.

She plans to make two more fans. She plans to make two-color tapestry with different colors. This is currently difficult, and she is not sure whether it will be beautiful. She will make the fans first to see how they turn out.

The longitude and latitude lines of double-color heterochromatic color are completely different from those of single-sided color. Simply put, it is more complicated and difficult.

The weaving workshop is very busy, and there are more and more women who are able to get started. Many girls are also very good at it. Some talented sons who are not good at school also take the initiative to stay and learn brocade and tapestry.

For such things, Xiu Niang taught them very carefully, hoping that they could pass on the skills.

In fact, many embroiderers and weavers are not all women, half of them are men. Men are the backbone of the family. If they do well, they will be more stable and stable. In weaving and embroidery workshops, it is not uncommon for men to learn crafts, but it is commonplace. used.

There are also boys in Lijia Village who are learning tapestry brocade and embroidery. These were the people who were selected when the weaving workshop was built, and they were also assessed. Now it seems that the clan elders were right.

These boys have read books, can draw and write, and have a more accurate grasp of colors. Because they have read books, their minds work quickly and they learn quickly. They are willing to work hard and can weave more than a dozen colors of brocade in just a few years. Now, Started learning Kesi.

Coupled with Xiuniang's unreserved inheritance of craftsmanship, they learned quickly and can now earn hundreds of taels for their family a year. Yunjin Kesi is very expensive.

The weaving workshop is producing more and more good things, with a wide variety of items and the quality level is first-class. Manager Li, who asked her to work last time, also comes regularly to order works. If there are good ones, he will actively come to pick them first and give them to her. The price is also suitable, which broadens the access to weaving workshops. There is no need to worry about selling things, and everyone is motivated to work.

The wine shop has more orders and is still the main source of money for the village. There will be no money sharing next year. The clan elders have already made plans to go to Jiangnan and Guangdong to buy shops and fields again. This time, it is appropriate to buy some forest land. Okay Wood can be used to make furniture and is indispensable for girls’ dowries. If you have it yourself, you don’t have to spend so much money.

I bought another boat and planned to buy another boat next year to work together. Now there is only one boat dedicated to transporting raw and cooked silk and some goods going north and south. It is no longer enough, so I have to buy another boat to speed up the round trip.

The grandpa also selected a few young and shrewd young men to work in Jiangnan silk weaving and spinning. He gave money once every six months, directly to half of the family, ensuring that the children and the family would not suffer. Well done, even the lowest clerk can do it in a year. Earn 200 taels, and work at a managerial level to earn at least 500 taels a year.

The conditions and remuneration are very generous, and the children are allowed to learn their skills. When they come out, they will be responsible for taking care of the shop and property for the clan. As I said before, they will become the second Li Qing and Li Yan.