After Ye Ximing and the others settled in the courtyard, they began to study hard.

Gou Sheng hired a mother-in-law for them, who could help them wash and cook every day, while Zhou Ran took the girl to various places in Fucheng or to Liuguang Pavilion to help.

This time Liuguang Pavilion reopened, Zhou Ran no longer needed to ask for embroidery teachers from Linglong Embroidery Workshop. Among the first batch of embroiderers who graduated from Liuguang Pavilion, they were very suitable to be teachers for embroiderer apprentices.

Coincidentally, the few people who were willing to come happened to be the girls who were following Gou Sheng.

At that time, not all of the dozen or so girls Gou Sheng sent to Liuguang Pavilion had outstanding embroidery talents, but they all worked very hard, so they all stayed during the initial assessment and were considered to be in the intermediate class.

However, due to limited talent, they have been studying with Zhou Ran for nearly a year, but they still have not made much progress in double-sided embroidery. It may be impossible to practice double-sided embroidery well in a short period of time, and then continue to learn double-sided heterochromatic embroidery. , so when Zhou Ran asked them if they would like to come to Fucheng Liuguang Pavilion to be embroidery teachers, they agreed.

On this day, when Zhou Ran and Da Niu were walking back from Liuguang Pavilion, they unexpectedly met Shopkeeper Han from Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

Although Shopkeeper Han only met Zhou Ran two years ago, he still recognized Zhou Ran at a glance.

"Ms. Zhou, when did you come to Fucheng? You didn't even tell me, and asked me to fulfill my duty as a landlord."

Zhou Ran smiled and said: "I came to take the exam with my husband. Shopkeeper Han is a busy man. How can I come and disturb him?"

Shopkeeper Han shook his head, "Looking at what you said, Madam Zhou, I am not a very busy person. I wonder if Madam Zhou has time today. I will serve as a host and invite Madam Zhou to taste the delicacies of our city."

Zhou Ran smiled and refused: "Thank you very much, Shopkeeper Han, for your kind invitation. But my husband is still waiting for me, so I have no choice but to live up to Shopkeeper Han's kindness."

Shopkeeper Han waved his hands and said apologetically: "I didn't think it through. Madam Zhou's rural examination is coming soon. Naturally, everything should focus on the rural examination. It's better to wait until Madam Zhou passes the rural examination and then I can invite Madam Zhou to be your husband. When the time comes, I’ll ask Madam Zhou to give me a favor.”

"We'll see then." Zhou Ran neither refused nor agreed. After saying this, she said goodbye to Shopkeeper Han and left with Da Niu.

Shopkeeper Han watched Zhou Ran walk away, changed his destination, and went to Qian Dong's home instead.

When Boss Qian saw Shopkeeper Han, he asked strangely: "Old Han, why are you here now?"

Shopkeeper Han told Boss Qian about his encounter with Zhou Ran, and then said with some worry: "Jinhua Embroidery Workshop happened to know that Madam Zhou is not the embroiderer of our Linglong Embroidery Workshop some time ago. We only have a cooperative relationship with Zhou Ran. Madam appears in Fucheng at this time. Could it be that people from Jinhua Embroidery Fang have already contacted her? Should we think of a way to test Madam Zhou's attitude? "

Upon hearing this, Boss Qian frowned, shook his head and said to Shopkeeper Han: "Since Mrs. Zhou said she came to accompany her husband for the rural examination, she probably really came to accompany her husband for the rural examination. We should suspect her just because she appeared in Fucheng." , maybe it will make her unhappy."

After Boss Qian finished speaking, he looked at Shopkeeper Han's expression and said with an ugly expression, "You haven't already done it, right?"

Shopkeeper Han shook his head and said: "No, no, but I told Madam Zhou to wait for her husband to have a banquet with them after the exam, but Madam Zhou did not agree at that time."

After hearing this, Mr. Qian pondered for a moment and said, "Let's leave it like this for now. We'll talk about it after her husband-in-law's provincial examination."

Here, when Zhou Ran was walking back with the girl, she happened to see a brother and sister kneeling on the street and selling themselves to bury their mother.

The brother and sister looked thin and small, their faces were dirty, and their clothes were in tatters. They looked like refugees who had escaped. People were coming and going on the street, but not many people stopped for the two brothers and sisters.

During this time, there are many refugees coming to Fucheng, and there are even more people who want to sell their lives. What can two little brothers and sisters who look like bean sprouts do if they buy them back? If they really want to buy someone, they will choose someone who can Who would buy two children if a young and strong working man buys it?

Zhou Ran stood there hesitating for a while, watching the sister's lips turning white, and kneeling there as if she was about to fall down at any time. Finally, she sighed and walked to the two brothers and sisters with the older girl.

The elder brother noticed someone stopping in front of them and raised his lowered head. His somewhat numb eyes flashed with light after seeing Zhou Ran. Then he kowtowed and said, "You noble man, please buy us brothers and sisters." You two, I can do any job, please.”

Zhou Ran stretched out her hand to stop him from kowtowing, "You guys should get up first."

When the brother heard this, he took his sister and kowtowed to Zhou Ran again, "Thank you, noble man. Thank you, noble man."

Zhou Ran looked at his forehead, which was about to bleed, and frowned, "I won't sell you any more if I keep knocking him."

Only then did the brother and sister stop kowtowing.

Zhou Ran asked the brother and sister to wait here. She took the eldest girl to find a coffin shop, ordered a coffin for the brother and sister's mother, and then went to the nearby shroud shop and paper shop to buy shrouds, incense candles and other items.

After she came out, she hired a few strong men and an elderly woman.

By the time Zhou Ran appeared in front of the brother and sister with the man and the coffin, the brother and sister had already knelt down again where they had knelt before.

After seeing Zhou Ran come back, the elder brother rubbed his eyes in disbelief. He thought Zhou Ran would not come back.

Zhou Ran spent a lot of time helping the brother and sister find a beautiful place outside Fucheng to bury their mother, and then took the brother and sister back to Fucheng.

I found a food stall at the nearest place and gave the brother and sister a bowl of noodles each.

The brother and sister looked at the noodles in front of them and swallowed, but did not move.

Zhou Ran put the chopsticks into their hands and said, "Eat." Then the two of them started to eat hungrily.

They hadn't eaten for almost two days and were really hungry.

Seeing how they were eager to finish the bowl of noodles in one bite, Zhou Ran had to remind them, "Slow down, don't choke."

As soon as Zhou Ran finished speaking, her sister was choked. Zhou Ran helplessly reached out and patted her on the back, and said repeatedly: "Slow down, no one will compete with you."

The brother and sister licked their lips after finishing the noodles in the bowl. They were obviously not full yet. However, Zhou Ran did not give them any more. Instead, she paid the bill and took the two of them back to the yard they rented.

When Zhou Ran and the others entered, Ye Ximing and Wei Yan were preparing to go out. Zhou Ran asked strangely: "What are you going to do now?"


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