Embroidered color and fragrance

Chapter 79 The road is narrow
Su Wanru looked at herself in the mirror, in fact, Master Bao didn't do much, he just lifted the corners of her eyes a little, and the corners of her eyes were elongated and covered with a layer of fine powder.

Then use a slightly darker powder and sweep it on her face.

Then her temperament and appearance changed strangely. She was obviously still the same person, but looking at it this way, she was different.

However, anyone who knows and is familiar with her can still recognize her.

"In this way, you can still recognize it if you look closely." Liu Changwen shook his head, and said, "Why don't you draw a birthmark on your face or something, don't you have such an appearance on the stage?"

Master Bao waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter how you paint the stage, but if you go out on the street, it will only attract more attention."

"Princess can try to change her usual attire, for example, change from plain to fancy. You can also change her hair bun."

Su Wanru touched her forehead, raised her head and asked, "Otherwise, how about I cut bangs?" She has never had bangs, but if she cut them off to cover half of her face, it should be better.

"It's also possible." Master Bao said, "You usually just glue these eyes on yourself. I also leave some dark powder for you."

As expected, Su Wan put away the two things.

"Then I'll go back. You can look for me when the other person arrives." Master Bao packed up his things, Liu Changwen clasped his fists and said in thanks, "The Liyuan is very busy these days, so I wasted your time."

Master Bao smiled, looked at Su Wanru again, and said, "Princess likes to listen to operas. If you like to visit me in the Liyuan anytime, I'll take you to the backstage to have a look."

"Thank you." Su Wanru really has never seen a master without make-up on, "After a while, you have a play, I will ask Granny Liu to accompany me."

Master Bao nodded and was sent out by Liu Changwen.

"It's uncomfortable." Granny Liu touched Su Wanru's face, and said with a smile, "Don't tell me, this kind of beauty will lose four or five points, especially the eyes, which are not as black and bright as before."

Su Wanru also felt it, and said with a smile: "I will practice when I go back. When I become proficient, even if I meet acquaintances in the future, they may not recognize me."

Granny Liu covered her face and smiled.

"Does the princess want to listen to the opera?" Duan Zhen asked: "It doesn't have to be, just invite them to come to your house to sing a couple of verses for you. The theater troupe is full of smog, so it's better if you don't go."

Su Wanru was about to nod, when Liu Changwen lifted the curtain and came in, glared at Duan Zhen, and said, "With Master Bao around, what are you afraid of. Besides, we follow the princess, who dares to do anything to her."

"It will be too late after waiting for other people to do something." Duan Zhen personally fetched a basin of water and set it up, "I won't go out, the princess washed my face. This powder is not good, and it will ruin your face later."

Su Wanru laughed, at first she thought that Duan Zhen would be fierce and Liu Changwen said very little, but after just one day, the impressions of the two of them were completely different.

Duan Zhenxin is actually very delicate and pays more attention to details. When Liu Changwen concentrates on doing things, it is easy to ignore the outside world, and it is easier to measure and compare. He is not so straightforward.

She washed her face, everyone sat down to eat together, and after the meal sat on the kang, Su Wanru continued to look at the account book, Duan and Liu left and went back.

"This apple was brought back by Song Qiao from Shandong. You can try it." Granny Liu put the small apples on the kang table, then took out a beautiful woman to hammer them out, and beat Su Wanru's leg, "The princess doesn't know that Song Qiao Right? He has been following the grain, and the rice oil in all our rice shops is delivered by him."

Su Wanru really didn't know, so she stopped and asked, "Whose subordinate is he?"

"Thirteen Niang's nephew." Granny Liu said with a smile, "He is very capable, but his temper is a bit irritable. He will probably come back by the end of this month, and let him visit you then."

Seems like a big manager, Su Wanru nodded with a smile.

Granny Liu looked at her and smiled, and muttered, "The servants in the palace have been there twice, one time the princess was still young, and the other time the princess happened to be sick. shape."

Su Wanru was taken aback, put down the account book and said, "I've been ill for half a year?" She hadn't heard of it, it didn't mean that she had a high fever for a few days, and the doctor couldn't find out what was causing it. Then she fainted for a while, and she woke up Yet.

Around a month or so.

"It's not only half a year." Granny Liu said: "I remember that it was spring when I went there, and I didn't hear that you woke up until the end of summer, and your hands and feet were not smooth. It was the empress who listened to the doctor and rubbed your hands and feet every day. Walking with you will slowly get better."

Has it been so long, why can't she remember at all.

However, it was true that she woke up at the end of summer, and there were two small bumps on her back, which hurt so much that she couldn't even sleep well.

If calculated in this way, wouldn't she have been lying on the bed for six or seven months.

"I was not allowed to go out after that." Su Wanru recalled that during that time, her mother accompanied her every day, and the two elder brothers also came to tease her whenever they had time. Even if they encountered things that she didn't respond to or didn't remember, they would also Not surprising at all, explain to her one by one.

No one was suspicious of her arrival, even she felt that it was very natural, and she got acquainted with them very quickly and got along very well.

"It's right not to go out." Granny Liu said: "At that time, there was chaos outside, and you, a girl, ran away in the barracks. It was really worrying."

Su Wanru was taken aback, tilted her head and said, "Have I ever been to the military camp?"

She immediately remembered what Shen Zhan said about her going to the disaster relief to distribute steamed buns to everyone.

"Ah! This servant has also heard about it. This servant has been in the north, and occasionally communicates with you there, and I have heard of it." Granny Liu smiled and said: "However, you are lively, and the emperor and the two highnesses especially dote on you. , taking you to the barracks should be commonplace."

Su Wanru was thinking about what Shen Zhan said...

Could it be that he really saw it, because it wasn't her, so she has no memory.

Her whole body was suddenly cold. So, all the covering ups she had made in front of him for so long were just a one-man show?He doesn't know anything at all.

how so.

Since he knew her identity, why did he still say he wanted to marry her?
Doesn't he know what it means to Zhao Zhiang once he gets married to her and let Zhao Zhiang know that she is the princess of the Later Song Dynasty.Also, Su Ji is locked up in the clan's mansion, so he must know.

Su Wanru couldn't bear to look at the ledger, rubbed her forehead, supported Granny Liu and said, "Grandma, this is not in the palace anymore, and I don't need anyone to serve me, you can rest."

"You have been on the road for several days, you must be tired." Granny Liu insisted, "Look at you, the servant will beat you, and when you are tired, the servant will serve you to bed."

Su Wanru was a little confused, so she followed Granny Liu's words and said, "Then I'll go to bed, I'm really tired."

"Okay." Granny Liu helped her down and went to the bedroom next door. Su Wanru was startled as soon as she entered. The floor was covered with camel hair carpets, plum vases were placed on the table, and there were a few plum blossoms in the vases. The red ones are the same as the sheets and bedding, and the new ones are full of girlish atmosphere.

"Just cleaned it up yesterday, and this servant wants to pick you up, the princess, to stay for two days." Granny Liu lit incense for her, "This room will be yours from now on, the princess. If there is anything you are not satisfied with, this servant will change it for you again. .”

"Thank you." Su Wanru thanked, Granny Liu must have been to her palace, otherwise she wouldn't have used Qianhong curtains, "I like it very much, there is nothing to adjust."

Granny Liu breathed a sigh of relief, she helped Su Wanru to wash up, and she had to watch her at night, she persuaded Granny Liu for a long time before she went out.

Su Wanru sat in front of the mirror, there was really everything on the dressing table, she picked out the rose cream and smelled it, and couldn't help laughing.

She hasn't wiped these things in the past year.

Turning off the lights and lying on the bed, Shen Zhan's appearance appeared in front of his eyes.Could it be that she met him when her predecessor was delivering steamed buns, and had an affair?
So, many years later, the accomplished Shen Zhan found "her" and was about to continue his relationship, but found that she no longer remembered himself, so he became angry and kept tossing her?

Su Wanru sat up abruptly.

If this is the case, then many attitudes of Shen Zhan can be explained clearly.

However, he didn't realize that the person in this body has changed?Does it mean that they didn't have a deep friendship at that time, so he couldn't detect the changes before and after the "Princess of the Later Song Dynasty".

Or, when they met at the time, Shen Zhan didn't know that the other party was the princess of the Later Song Dynasty.

Su Wanru was in a mess for a while, but she could faintly confirm two points.

First, the queen mother did not tell her the truth, her predecessor was not quiet and weak.And Shen Zhan knew "Su Wanru" before.

Second, his so-called liking is not love at first sight, but because we have been together before, and now we are here to continue the relationship!

Su Wanru kicked the quilt away, put her bare feet on the carpet, poured a sip of tea and drank it in one gulp, and cursed: "Sure enough, play like a wolf with a big tail. What's the matter, I think I know everything, and hold everything in the palm of my hand , so you are not afraid that I will turn the sky upside down, right?"

"Renew the old relationship. The Su Wanru you want is gone, you can find her to continue." She thumped and threw the teacup on the table, walking back and forth angrily, knowing in her heart that this should not be the focus of her attention at the moment, but still Can't help but think about it.

She was honored to be the princess of the Later Song Dynasty, so she was honored to be admired by him. Everything he did was because she was "Su Wanru", not because she was her.

"What." She kicked the footstool, knocked her toes, and sat on the ground clutching her feet in pain, feeling extremely wronged for a while, "What messed up, crazy!"

She sat for a while before her emotions stabilized. She sat at the table and drank two pots of tea. She felt uncomfortable before lying down.

"Did he know long ago that I came to the capital to save my second brother?" Su Wanru's face changed slightly, "No wonder he was not surprised when he saw Du Zhou, and he kept saying that Du Zhou was not a man. female."

She didn't think much about it at the time, she just thought that Shen Zhan was referring to Du Zhou's attire, but thinking about it now, he probably meant Du Zhou's identity.

its not right.Su Wanru sat up again, could it be that she also made steamed buns before?

She learned this steamed bun from her mother in her previous life, will she also know it in her previous life?
Su Wanru only felt that her head was about to burst, and it was like countless bees flying in front of her eyes. She covered her head with the quilt and said, "It's okay, just don't see him in the future. When the second brother is rescued, there is no need to be afraid of him." Yes. The second brother must have plans, just follow the second brother."

"Sleep!" Su Wanru hummed, she didn't sleep for a while until the middle of the night, it seemed as if she had just closed her eyes before dawn.

She propped herself up, washed up and sat in the yard in a daze looking at the white snow outside. Liu Changwen opened the door and came in. Seeing her sitting under the eaves, he went forward and saluted, saying: "It rained all night last night I'm afraid the princess will have to wait a while when she wants to go back, the carriages and horses on the road are not easy to travel."

"I'll go back." Su Wanru said, "I asked my mother-in-law to find clogs for me."

Liu Changwen nodded, looked left and right and took out a pouch from his sleeve and handed it to Su Wanru, "Princess wears it on her body, so she can buy whatever she wants to eat. The little girls in the capital are also very pretty, so don't worry about it, princess."

A black purse, estimated to have three or four hanging coins.

"I... I don't need it. I have money on me." Su Wanru wanted to push it away, but Liu Changwen handed it away and left, "Today I'm going to visit another house. Princess, be careful on the way back."

people left.

Su Wanru was astonished, so she had to put away her purse. Just as she was about to sit down, Duan Zhen came and sneakily handed her a dark purse, "Princess saves it for candy, and when it's used up, my subordinates will come back to you in a few days." Send it to you. If someone bullies you, tell your subordinates to help you beat him hard." As he spoke, he waved his fist, looked left and right, and went out before Granny Liu came back.

As soon as he left, Granny Liu came from the front holding back her smile, holding clogs in her hand, and said with a smile, "The two generals are here to give you pocket money?"

"Yes." Su Wanru's mood improved a lot, and she weighed the two bags of money in her hand. Duan Zhen's is a bag of broken silver, which can be spent at will, "I will have money even if I don't take extra money in the future." it took."

Granny Liu knelt down to put on her shoes, and said with a smile, "You can use them as much as you want, and you can buy whatever you want, and if you don't have any, you can ask your servant to get them."

"Thank you!" Su Wanru helped Granny Liu up, hugged her and said, "After seeing you, I feel that I have found my family. It feels very good."

Granny Liu patted her distressedly, and said, "Princess, don't be afraid, we will support the sky when the sky falls. Don't look at the two generals who don't have much momentum, but they are first-class in terms of ability and martial arts. There are thirteen Mother, back then when she broke into the bandit's den alone, it was no problem with one against ten."

Su Wanru nodded yes, and said, "I'm not worried, things will get smoother and smoother."

"My servant will take you back." Granny Liu helped her through the shop in the front hall. There were five or six guys in the shop, all tall and big. Seeing her coming out from behind, they all looked at her curiously. The mother-in-law coughed and said, "Whatever you look at, go to work."

The man blushed and left, Granny Liu said in a low voice, "They don't even know you yet. The less people who know about your coming, the better. If anyone asks about it in the future, I will wrong you and say that you are my distant niece. "

"Okay." Su Wanru said with a smile, "I'm not wronged at all."

Granny Liu tightened the cloak for her, and led her into the street. Every household was clearing snow, and it was very lively at that moment. Everyone who knew Granny Liu waved and greeted her. Su Wanru followed her with her head down.

At the gate of the embroidery workshop, Granny Liu wanted to go in. Su Wanru said, "You have other things to do, so you don't need to flatter them all the time. Besides, you don't need to flatter them about my craftsmanship. If you invite me to do something, don't wrong them."

Granny Liu nodded with a smile, and said, "Success, you should worry about walking, the road is slippery."

Su Wanru answered, knocked on the door of the embroidery workshop and went in. She heard a child crying after walking a few steps. She paused for a moment and hesitated whether to go back to her room or not. After thinking about it, she decided to go to the front yard.

The door of Aunt Huo's room was open, and Huo Cai was kneeling on the ground crying. Her two children, the eldest son, who is about eight or nine years old this year, and the second daughter, the little girl I saw yesterday, also knelt in front of Aunt Huo and howled. with.

The crying was so loud that her scalp felt numb.

"You're back." Seeing Su Wanru, Zhou Xian pulled her aside, Su Wanru pointed inside, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Xian said in a low voice: "Uncle Qin was detained by the people in the gambling shop, and they said that if they don't exchange 200 taels of silver within today, they will collect Uncle Qin's body."

Casino?Su Wanru was dumbfounded, thinking of the movement of the man and woman next door last night.

This person really eats, drinks, prostitutes and gambles, and gets involved in everything.

"Auntie doesn't agree?" Su Wanru clapped her hands, and Zhou Xian nodded, "Auntie's savings are almost wiped out by their family."

Su Wanru snorted and pointed inside, "Let's go in, it's so cold outside."

The two entered the room, everyone was there, but no one spoke, Chunniang nodded when she saw her, and said, "Hurry up and do something."

Su Wanru sat down when she heard Huo Cai crying: "Sister, you can't just leave him alone. If you didn't save him, why did you take him in back then? It's better to let him freeze to death outside. There is no need to marry him and have children, and bring the children to suffer."

Aunt Huo didn't speak.

Su Wanru rolled her eyes, it was all because of Aunt Huo's fault that she got married poorly.

"Auntie, please save my father." Huo Cai's son Qin Zhijun howled, "If he is gone, what will my sister and I do?"

The little girl Qin Baoer was also crying, and the mother and son were crying hoarsely around Aunt Huo.

"Take my private seal and go to Tongtian ticket office to get it." Aunt Huo sighed, "I originally planned to repair the house with this money, and there is only so much."

Huo Cai's eyes lit up, "Thank you sister."

"Once again, I can't help it." Aunt Huo leaned back on the chair, her face was ugly, she closed her eyes and said, "It's really impossible, you should move out, my sister is too old to help you."

"Sister!" Huo Cai looked terrified, "How can you say such a thing? Our sisters have been dependent on each other since we were young. How can you let me go?"

Aunt Huo pursed her lips and said nothing.

"Sister, we'll talk about this matter when I come back. I'll rescue Dasheng first." She said, she took out Aunt Huo's private seal, and said to the two children, "You talk to auntie, and I'll go rescue your father."

Qin Zhijun immediately stood up and said, "I still have to go to school." He said and ran away quickly.

"I'm going to play, it's snowing today." Qin Bao'er also stood up, and ran out after him crookedly, and the two children disappeared all of a sudden.

Huo Cai was a little embarrassed, coughed, and said, "Sister, I'll do something first, and I'll be back to talk to you later."

Take the private seal and leave.

Immediately, the inside and outside become clean.

Su Wanru got up to pour tea, and through a window, she saw Aunt Huo leaning on the back of the chair, with the open door behind her, the unmelted snow at the door was trampled into mud, she thought for a while and lifted it on the stove. For hot water, I put on my shoes at the door and went out to Aunt Huo's side, filled her teapot with hot water, and poured another cup of tea.

"Thank you!" Aunt Huo took it and held it in her hand, pursing her chapped lips together, she sighed after a while, and said, "You just came, you must be frightened."

Su Wanru didn't hide it, she nodded, "I'm very surprised."

"Even a child like you is surprised." Aunt Huo laughed at herself, looked up at her, and said, "It can be seen that I did something wrong."

Indulge in gambling and pay him back his gambling debts.It is said that this is the last time, but everyone knows that this cannot be the last time.

No wonder she heard Qin Dasheng persuade Aunt Huo to sell Xiufang when she came.

Su Wanru smiled with her, pointed outside, and said, "Auntie, I'm off to work."

"Go." Aunt Huo smiled, suddenly remembered something, and said to Su Wanru, "Go to Axian's place to get a tael of silver, Auntie is afraid that when the time comes..." She said, smiling at herself, and waved Said: "Go."

Su Wanru walked back, Zhou Xian was standing at the door looking at her, she stretched out her hand, with a tael of silver in her palm, she smiled and said: "My aunt asked me to give it to you, and said that even though you are only here, I can't lose you."

"Thank you." Su Wanru took the silver and put it in her purse, and sat down. Zhu Juan was sitting by the embroidery frame eating melon seeds. Chun Niang saw that she was not used to it, and said, "Have you finished what you are doing? All day long." Eating melon seeds, I have to knock them back home."

"Heh! Is it from your family here? My aunt didn't mention me, but where did you come from?" Zhu Juan sneered and said: "Where did you come from? Get out of here, don't be an eyesore in front of me."

Chunniang stood up abruptly, and looked at Zhu Juan sarcastically, "I have no face, my man is lying at home, and he has to rely on me to feed him. I'm living a miserable life, how can I have any face. Unlike some People, there are several men alone, I am afraid that if you open your mouth, a few spoons will be handed over."

"Tell me again, believe it or not, I tore your mouth." Zhu Juan rushed over as if someone had stepped on her tail. Chun Niang was not easy to talk to, and the two immediately wrestled together.

Su Wanru dragged the embroidery frame aside, and told herself not to care about it, not to listen.

There was a mess behind her, and her ears were buzzing. Suddenly, she heard a teacup thrown from Aunt Huo's room and hit the ground with a bang. look behind.

"Anyone who wants to make a fuss again, just leave. Baoying Xiufang can't do it anymore, but no one is allowed to do it!" Aunt Huo's voice was a bit sharp, obviously she was very angry.

Chun Niang calmed down first, walked over and squatted on the ground to pick up the broken porcelain pieces, while Zhu Juan snorted coldly, sat down and continued knocking sunflower seeds.

Huang Tao and Zhou Xian winked, and the two of them pulled everyone to sit down and continue working.

"Hold your breath." Zhou Xian came over and sat beside Su Wanru and said in a low voice, "It's a pity I can't avoid it, otherwise I would have stayed far away."

Su Wanru smiled at her, but said nothing.

"Sister!" At this moment, Qin Dasheng's voice sounded outside, shouting: "Sister, why didn't you send me money earlier, how could you do this. Look at me and let them call you."

Su Wanru was doing things with her head down, Zhou Xian also shut up and stopped talking, only Zhu Juan was eating melon seeds with her legs crossed.

"Dasheng." Aunt Huo said slowly: "The 200 taels was originally planned by my aunt to repair the house, but several yards behind it are leaking, so I can't do it without repairs."

Qin Dasheng said: "What house do you want to build? If you sell it, let's change it." Then he said: "Sister, just listen to me. Sell the house and sell the embroidery workshop. The price they give is no other house. of."

"Dasheng. The embroidery workshop is sold, and the house is sold. Where do we live and what do we eat and drink?" Aunt Huo asked.

Qin Dasheng said: "I have money, I'm going to do business. I've already discussed with people, now it's winter, the fur is the best to sell. Even if you don't sell this, you can make a good profit selling charcoal. You and Ah Cai is resting at home, and I will support you all by myself."

In fact, Aunt Huo has heard these words for many years and many times, "What if I lose money?"

"Why don't you trust me?" Qin Dasheng said: "Even if you don't trust me, you should also trust Mr. Liao. He is the third master of Dingguo Mansion."

Aunt Huo lowered her head to do things, she was silent for a while, and said: "You invite Mr. Liao here, and I want to ask him what kind of business he wants to do."

"Sister." Qin Dasheng said angrily: "Who is he, can I just ask if I can say please?"

Aunt Huo didn't raise her head, and said detachedly: "Then don't talk about it." Said sarcastically: "I have nothing but this house and embroidery workshop now. Let's go, don't gamble anymore, because my sister has no money to redeem you."

"You! You are so stubborn." Qin Dasheng choked, thought for a while and walked away, bumping into Huo Cai at the door, Qin Dasheng pushed Huo Cai away, and left by himself. Huo Cai came in and shouted: "Sister, is he talking nonsense again?"

Aunt Huo stopped what she was doing, looked up at Huo Cai, and said, "I heard that Jinxiufang issued a notice, saying that every Xiufang will send a pair of Suzhou embroidery hanging screens within ten days, and whichever Xiufang wins in the end will win the prize." Give someone to make all the embroidery in the fifth prince's new mansion, right?"

"Yes... there is such a thing." It has been going on for several days, but she didn't tell Aunt Huo, "We have too few people, even if we win, we can't do this."

Aunt Huo frowned and said, "Do you know how much money we have right now?"

Huo Cai shook his head.

Aunt Huo took out the box under the embroidery frame and put it on the table. This is what she usually bought snacks for the younger generation, "That's all. In three days, we won't be able to open the pot."

"But..." Huo Cai said anxiously, "But we can't do this job."

Aunt Huo waved her hand and said, "I've already decided on this matter. Let's say we can't do it when we get the job." She has made up her mind, otherwise, Baoying Xiufang will really be over.

She didn't want to live when Baoying Embroidery Workshop collapsed.

Huo Cai became a little angry when she saw her like this, and said, "Sister, do you know that Jinxiufang wants Suzhou embroidery, and now we only have you and a little girl who is Suzhou embroidery. You have three heads and six arms, and you can't finish it in three to five years."

"What's more, you don't know how much that little girl weighs. You will be alone at that time, so it's embarrassing for you to participate."

Aunt Huo suddenly raised her head and looked at her younger sister, "You mean, you also want me to sell the house and the embroidery workshop?"

"No...not." Huo Cai's eyes flashed, and he waved his hands and said, "I'm just worried about your body."

Aunt Huo stopped talking and shouted to the outside: "Zhou Xian, come here."

"Auntie." Zhou Xian stood at the window, and Aunt Huo said, "Go to Jinxiufang now, ask them for a bulletin for the competition, and tell them that our Baoying Embroidery Workshop will also participate."

Zhou Xian was taken aback for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go right away." She said, put on her shoes at the door, grabbed her cloak and ran out.

Huo Cai stomped her feet and shouted: "Sister, you are so stupid." Then he slammed the door and went out.

She was so angry that she went straight back to her room. Qin Dasheng was leaning on the kang and taking a nap. Huo Cai went up and pushed him inside, complaining, "Why is she so stubborn, Jing Zhongxiu?" Fang was squeezed and looked up, there was no way out, why did she still stick to it?"

"What's the matter, what did she say to you again?" Qin Dasheng turned over and dozed off in a daze.

Huo Cai told about Aunt Huo's request for the order from Jinxiufang, "...She alone, even if the order is 1000 taels, she can't do it. What's more, it is impossible for Jinxiufang to do it for her."

"What else is there?" Qin Dasheng turned over and sat up, rolled his eyes, and said: "This is a good thing, she stays at home every day watching Xiufang, and she is not allowed to go out to see and see, she still doesn't know the world outside How difficult it is. Based on the time it takes for her to produce an embroidery every three to five months, I don’t know how many times she will starve to death.”

"What you said makes sense." Huo Cai's eyes lit up, and said: "The conflict between her and Jinxiufang in the early years, the person in charge there still remembers it. This time, she will definitely be ashamed if she tries to stick her face to others. return."

"When she has nowhere to go, she won't insist on guarding this crappy place." Huo Cai was very happy, and got up and straightened her clothes. go."

Qin Dasheng waved his hands, "Got it. I'm not stupid!"

Aunt Huo has no choice. If the current life is not getting more and more difficult, she will not want to accept the order from Jinxiufang...

But there is no way to go, if she doesn't pick up the work and comes back, she will really sell this place.

"Auntie." Zhou Xian came back with a snowy face, rubbed her hands at the door, and handed over an announcement, "I asked the gatekeeper for one, and the woman asked which embroidery workshop it was from, and I said Baoying , she was startled..." She said with a smile, "Auntie, I read the requirements on the announcement, and they all require Suzhou embroidery. A total of twelve pieces of embroidery are required by the end of next year. It's too late... Bar."

"Let me take a look." Aunt Huo glanced at it. By the end of the year, there will be a reward of 300 taels for this order. She smiled and said, "But the money is considerable. With this money, my embroidery workshop can be revitalized."

Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Auntie, you can teach me Suzhou embroidery. Anyway, I know everything, and I can help you after I learn it."

Aunt Zhou patted her head, smiled and said: "Okay!" Then said: "Go to my room, take down the hanging screen on my wall and clean it, and send it to Jinxiufang tomorrow."

"Is that the "white mouse" you embroidered in the early years?" Zhou Xian has seen it before, and this pair of hanging screens is very famous.

Aunt Huo nodded and said, "I don't have anything else to do except this hanging screen, you go and get it."

Zhou Xian should go.

Su Wanru's base map was drawn, and she didn't need to divide the thread very thinly. She leaned against the window and embroidered without haste. After a while, Zhou Xian came back, holding something in her hand, Huangtao and Chun. The mother asked curiously: "Isn't this a hanging screen embroidered by my aunt? What are you doing here?"

"It's a little dusty, I'll clean it up." Zhou Xian showed it to Su Wanru, "Su Jin, you've learned Su embroidery, let me show you the hanging screens embroidered by our aunt."

Su Wanru nodded with a smile, put down the embroidery frame and came over, and saw a squirrel embroidered on the framed hanging screen, the mouse hairs were distinct and lifelike, she nodded and said: "This hanging screen is a rare masterpiece."

"That's right, our aunt is amazing." Zhou Xian said with a smile: "My aunt said that I will start teaching Su embroidery today, and when my aunt wins, I will help her embroider together."

Su Wanru didn't ask, but Chunniang asked, "What are you embroidering?"

Zhou Xian told the story of Jinxiufang, Chunniang and everyone looked at each other, Zhu Juan said: "My aunt wants to do such a big job by herself, more than ten pieces of embroidery, let alone the end of next year, even the year after. I can't finish the embroidery."

"Outsource the work of Jinxiufang?" Su Wanru felt strange, "Aren't there a lot of them? Why are you willing to outsource the work in your hand?"

Zhou Xian didn't know either, she shook her head and said, "Anyway, they are the ones who issued the notice."

Su Wanru was thoughtful, and went back to work.

In the afternoon Zhou Xian sent the screen to Jinxiufang, Su Wanru went back to take a nap, and heard Zhou Xian kicking and beating back before she fell asleep, she sat up and asked, "What's the matter."

"Splendid Embroidery Square said that aunt's hanging screens are not good." Zhou Xian drank water angrily, "It said that aunt's was rusted in the early years, and they asked us to embroider new ones."

Su Wanru lay down again, and said in a daze: "Sister Zhu is actually right, this is too much work, and my aunt is too powerful to do it all by herself, so she can't do it."

"Don't you still have you?" Zhou Xian said, "If we don't receive this order, we will have nothing to cook."

Su Wanru was stunned for a moment, she simply didn't go to sleep, got out of bed after getting dressed, and said, "Auntie didn't understand the crux of the matter, the reason why she has nothing to do is not that she has less money, but that she has too many burdens .”

"My aunt knows. But those are her younger sister and brother-in-law." Zhou Xian shook her head and said, "They are a family, so why is my aunt willing to ignore them?"

Su Wanru has nothing to say, she kind of hates iron but not steel.

"Auntie is going to rush out a new pair of embroidery now?" Su Wanru poured tea, Zhou Xian nodded, and said, "I'm already sketching."

Su Wanru nodded and opened the door to go out. Zhou Xian followed her and asked, "Are you looking for aunt? Do you have any good ideas?"

"I don't have one." Su Wanru said, "If I want to have this ability, I will open a showroom myself."

Zhou Xian snorted, pulled her and said, "Obviously you are younger than me, but why do I feel that you are older than me now?" Then he said, "Come with me to see my aunt, each embroidery workshop has its own embroidery. I am the only one who is wholeheartedly devoted to my aunt."

Su Wanru saw it, so she became more silent and didn't want to cause trouble.

In the next few days, Aunt Huo sat in front of the embroidery frame almost all day long, and heard from the woman on duty that she didn't go to bed until dawn for a few days. After more than ten days, a new hanging screen was embroidered. .

Su Wanru also took off the hijab in her hand and handed it to Huo Cai, "Little Aunt Huo, I've finished the embroidery."

"It's fast enough." Huo Cai took a look and was stunned for a moment, "You embroidered it?"

They are all experts, how about embroidery skills, sometimes you can see the fineness of the stitches when stitching and threading, Huo Cai looked very surprised, and said: "I didn't expect, your little girl's embroidery skills are not bad. "

Su Wanru smiled.

"Sister." Huo Cai stood by the window and handed the hijab to Aunt Huo, "Look, Su Jin embroidered it."

Aunt Huo took it over and looked at it, nodded and said: "It's really good." After thinking about it, she said: "I remember that there were ten round fans over there, which were reserved by the shop on the East Street. You can show her the draft sample."

"Yes." Huo Cai said yes, Aunt Huo called Zhou Xian over, and gave her the newly embroidered screen, "You send it to Jinxiufang."

Zhou Xian packed up her things, "Auntie, I'll ask Su Jin to go with me, and let her see the world."

"Okay!" Aunt Huo nodded, and fell on the chair, looking drowsy.

Su Wanru was also moved when she heard that she was going to Jinxiufang, she smiled and said: "Wait for me, I will wear a veiled hat."

"Okay, there's no need to wear it. We poor girls don't have to worry about what kind of hat to wear." Zhou Xian pulled her away, "Today is the last day, if I'm late, my aunt's hard work for the past few days will be in vain."

Su Wanru was dragged into the carriage by Zhou Xian, and the two went straight to Jinxiufang.

Yanjing's Jinxiu Workshop is similar to Yingtian's layout. After entering through the corner gate, Su Wanru felt a sense of familiarity. She suddenly missed Aunt Qiu, Liu Sanniang, and Cai Xuan... She sighed and followed behind Zhou Xian , just passed the screen wall, and a group of chattering embroidered girls came towards them.

The two of them moved aside, Zhou Xian said in a low voice: "The embroiderers in Dafang are just different, and the clothes they wear should be more delicate."

"We're not bad either." Su Wanru smiled lightly, and Zhou Xian nodded her head, saying, "I'm really useless!" After she finished speaking, she suddenly heard someone come back, stop in front of her, and speak in an extremely cold voice. , questioningly shouted: "Su Jin?"

Su Wanru was startled suddenly, raised her head, and immediately recognized the embroidered lady in front of her...

It was Xiu Niang who followed Aunt Feng to Yingtian, and she interrogated her when she was locked up in the palace.

Why is she so forgetful, she actually forgot about these people.

"It really is you." The embroiderer stood opposite her with a sneer, and looked at her, "Why, did Yingtian's Jinxiu Workshop collapse? You came to the capital. Don't say that you plan to come here to do business?"

Su Wanru's scalp was numb.

(End of this chapter)