Xue's daughter-in-law

Chapter 55

At the beginning of July, Mrs. Lin was going to the town to hand in embroidery work, and before leaving, she went to her nephew's house.

Since the family had a daughter-in-law, Lin Shi and Chun Xing came here more and more frequently, and the relationship between the two families was much better than before. Xue Song and Xue Shu were not polite to her, they called Second Aunt from a distance, and continued to bury their heads work.

Ye Ya kindly invited her to sit in the room, and brought out the three things she had embroidered during the past few days.

It was the first time for Mrs. Lin to see the finished product embroidered by her niece and daughter-in-law. As soon as she took it in her hand, her eyes straightened, "Well, this looks more ingenious than the best embroidery in his shop, how much is it worth? "At first, she thought that Chun Xing's embroidery had improved a lot, but compared with Ye Ya's, her daughter's level was almost at the level of when she was just in school, and she could fool farmers.

Mentioning this, Ye Ya was a little embarrassed, recalling the price of various embroidery products he had heard from the master before, and conservatively estimated: "Purse and handkerchief probably sell for one or two taels, and pillowcases are about four taels, but this satin is made by them." Yes, it would be nice if we could get five to five points, at least four or six, if the shopkeeper refuses, Second Aunt, you can go to another place to see." This is still a small place in the countryside, if it is in a bustling prefectural city, Shu Embroidery The price can be even higher, she believes that the shopkeeper knows the goods and will not suppress the price too much.

Lin's eyes widened, and her voice trembled a little, "According to what you said, based on these three things, they have to give you three taels of silver?" Oh my god, she worked so hard to embroider a handkerchief and only earn two pennies. Money, my niece and daughter-in-law can actually earn five hundred cash, so how much money would I earn a month if I embroidered handkerchiefs every day!

Ye Ya nodded shyly, and hurriedly explained: "I'm clumsy. If you add up these three things, you can only make two sets in one month. If you're skillful, you can make a pillowcase in five or six days. Don't worry about it, Second Aunt." Envy me, I think Chunxing is quite a coincidence, when she gets used to it, she will definitely be better than me."

Hearing this, Mrs. Lin couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth no matter how serious she was, she took Ye Ya's hand and said, "Second child is really a blessing in eight lifetimes, to be able to marry such a precious daughter-in-law as you, let us It's also covered up! Well, just wait, Second Aunt will definitely ask you for three taels of silver! By the way, what are you planning to embroider this month? How much material do you want?" She called the shopkeeper ten times. In the next year's dealings, I have the confidence to negotiate a good price.

Ye Ya thought for a while, and said: "Pillowcase, handkerchief, and purse, you need two sets." The big ones are more profitable, but they are more troublesome and inconvenient to pack.

Two sets, that can get six taels of silver, Mrs. Lin nodded approvingly, put away her things, and left in good spirits.

When she came back, Ye Ya and the others were having lunch, and Mrs. Lin praised Ye Ya in front of Xue Song and his brothers, "...the shopkeeper also said that the embroidery work of the second daughter-in-law is exquisite, and he only deducted a tael of silver for the time being." Make a deposit for the fabric, and when she delivers the goods in the future, he will pay all the wages at once. He also said that if she is willing to embroider large pieces, the price is negotiable! Boss, you have found a treasure. The second daughter-in-law is so capable. From now on, let you brothers do the rough work in the fields, and don't let her get tired!" After finishing speaking, he put down two taels of silver and a bag of fine soft satin and colored silk, and went home directly despite the three people's persuasion , did not stay for dinner.

After seeing off Mrs. Lin, the atmosphere in the room immediately changed.

Xue Shu was lying on the edge of the kang fiddling with the smooth satin, wondering how his wife could earn so much money sitting on the kang every day sewing clothes, which was more expensive than the pheasants and rabbits he and his eldest brother hunted.

Xue Song sat on the top of the kang and looked at the little woman hiding on the other side of Xue Shu, and asked her in a deep voice: "You have been hiding in the house these days and do not go out, are you sewing these things to sell for money?"

His voice was too cold, with hints of anger, Ye Ya lowered her head without looking at him, and said softly, "I didn't sew all the time, I just sewed a few times when I had nothing to do after dinner."

She is really busy. Since she passed out last time, Xue Song, the field worker, refused to ask her to help her no matter what. Once she had the courage to persist a little longer, but he threatened to hug her. It made her run away in despair, and she never dared to wrestle with him again.When she was building the house, she wanted to go over to help pass the stones, but he drove her back. Xue Shu even took care of the laundry and cleaning the pots. The only thing they would let her do was cook.Ye Ya even felt that if she didn't cook better than Xue Shu's, she wouldn't even need to cook.How can she not find something for herself to do when she is idle day in and day out?
Xue Song looked at her silently, calculated an account in his heart, and finally said coldly: "We don't need five taels of silver to build a house, so the family still has more than 30 taels of silver to spare, and we can buy two taels later in autumn." Acres of land, in the future, we will cultivate it well and harvest the grain, so we don’t have much to spend on weekdays. Then my second brother and I go hunting in the mountains, and save the money we earn. At least a few taels a year, enough to spend, we don’t need your help to earn money. Return these things to Second Aunt later."

Ye Ya bit her lip, and looked up at him, "Brother, I don't want to make money, I really have nothing to do, so what's the point of doing two embroidery jobs by the way?"

Xue Song turned his eyes away, "It takes a lot of time to do sewing, if you really have nothing to do, go find Chun Xing and stay."

It turned out that she was worried about her eyes, Ye Ya couldn't help laughing, and her voice softened, "Don't worry, brother, I know what's in my heart, and I will never tire myself out."

Xue Song didn't speak, and stretched out his hand to turn over the satin in front of Xue Shu, "Why are there so many?"

Ye Ya resisted so much that she didn't show a strange expression, and said softly: "There are only two sets of materials in total, how can there be too much?"

Xue Song ignored her, took out three pieces of satin, got up and left: "Two sets of things, let's make them in two months. I will keep this set for you first, and I will give it to you next month." One set of things is enough for her to spend. It's time.

Ye Ya hurriedly chased him out, "Brother, why are you doing this, the second aunt has already agreed with the shopkeeper, you..."

He couldn't continue speaking halfway through, because the man turned around suddenly and opened his arms towards her.

Here comes this set again!
Ye Ya glared at him angrily, and went back to the house angrily.

Seeing the shaking door curtain, Xue Song's heart moved, since she made money, let's buy some things for her, and buy them together after the house is built.

When the Xue family's house was gradually built and the surrounding stone walls were built higher and higher, Ye Ya's virtuous ability gradually spread through Lin's chatting and praising among a group of women.Hearing that she can earn [-] Wen by embroidering handkerchiefs, many people can't help but compare her with Xia Hua, and finally come to the conclusion that Xue Shu's daughter-in-law is not only more beautiful than Xia Hua in life, but also better in embroidery. Well, if she wasn't already married, she might be able to replace Xia Hua and become the most popular girl near and far.The villagers also said that since Xue Shu married his wife, the three brothers bought land and built a house, and the days are getting better and better. It can be seen that his wife is the fate of a prosperous husband and the lucky star of Xue's family.

The gossip gradually reached Xia Huaniang's ears, and naturally it also reached Xia Hua's ears.

Xia Hua felt a little uncomfortable. In the past, when everyone praised her, she thought it was nothing. She was even a little annoyed by those wives and mothers-in-law criticizing her. If someone covers her, she will feel uncomfortable.However, when she thought of Ye Ya marrying that idiot Xue Shu, she didn't care too much. No matter how good the other party was, it would be the same in this life, except that she could see Xue Song every day. Apart from jealousy, she is inferior to her in everything else.At least, she has Xue Song's liking, but she only has a fool.

Ye Ya doesn't know much about the gossip outside, because she rarely goes out except for going to her house with Chun Xing occasionally, and she faces Xue Song and brothers every day, sometimes being bullied and sometimes bullying others, and during breakfast and dinner. Listening to Xue Bai talking about some interesting things in the book, the days are plain and comfortable.

Before we knew it, it was the end of July, and the walls and yards of the house were all built. Before moving from the thatched cottage, Xue Song went to the town and brought many things home.There are brand-new mats, fluffy cotton, several kinds of brightly colored fabrics, and two strong little piglets were picked from the market, and they raised their necks and whimpered.

Xue Song asked Xue Shu to put the piglets in the pigsty, and he carried all the things on the cart to the west room of the new house, helped Ye Ya spread the mats, looked at the empty ground and said: "I also ordered a set of boxes Household items, they will deliver them tomorrow, let’s put the old ones over there first, no need to move them.”

How much would it cost? Ye Ya was very distressed, and couldn't help asking him: "The east room has also been replaced with a new one?"

"No, the third brother and I use the same thing, and besides, you deserve it." Xue Song meant something, and then didn't give her a chance to complain, pointing to the cotton and fine cloth on the kang: "Aren't you idle?" Nothing to do? Let’s make a quilt for you and your second brother first. The original ones are too thin and should be replaced. By the way, once the dog days are over, it’s going to be cold. You can also sew some autumn and winter quilts for yourself. Clothes are ready. Also, don’t just hang your head down and do embroidery work in the house, you will take care of those two pigs, be careful not to raise them to death.”

Hearing the last obviously teasing sentence, Ye Ya understood, no matter how much money she earned, he was going to spend it on her!And she is not ready to let her continue to earn!

"Brother, that little embroidery work is really not tiring, I..."

"Not tired? Why did you get up late the morning before yesterday?" Xue Song looked at her with burning eyes.

the day before yesterday?

Ye Ya's face was on fire, she lowered her head and twisted her sleeves, not daring to speak.That night, that night, Xue Shu tormented her twice, and once again when it was almost dawn, she accidentally overslept, so she had to lie and say that she was tired from doing embroidery work, but she didn't expect to smash her foot now.

Seeing her obedient and shy appearance, Xue Song couldn't sit still, and strode out.

Ye Ya heaved a sigh of relief, touched her hot face, walked to the edge of the kang to pack her things, how could she expect to roll out a few small round boxes from a pile of cloth, and a faint fragrance rushed into her nose, she was pleasantly surprised Open one by one, what is not a balm lip gloss?
Oops, my face seems to be getting hotter...

The next day, all the boxes and cabinets that Xue Song had ordered arrived, and the three of them fiddled with them, completely moving all the bedding to the new house.

After staying for two days, according to the custom of the village, they invited the second uncle's family over to warm the pot.

But at noon, Mrs. Lin brought an extremely unexpected news that Xia Hua's parents voluntarily withdrew from the marriage.

Ye Ya's heart skipped a beat. After all, the day after tomorrow is Xia Hua's wedding day. Why did she suddenly...

But she knew it at night, because Xia Hua's parents came up in the dark, their faces were blacker than the lid of the pot.

(End of this chapter)