peasant shrew

Chapter 23

This time, the two of them still entered the backyard of the embroidery workshop. Shopkeeper Mei's eyes lit up immediately when he saw them coming in.She had heard from her husband that Li's daughter-in-law had bought two feet of embroidery cloth and a lot of needles and threads, and even a silver thread spool that was rarely used in the village. She secretly guessed that she had gone back to embroider large pieces.In addition, the daughter-in-law of the Mei family didn't come to pick up the work in these two episodes, so maybe she was also busy with the embroidery.

She had never seen the craftsmanship of Li's daughter-in-law, but she still remembered those tricks.

Let the guys around her continue to settle accounts for others, while she took a few steps and took Lin Yueniang and Lin Yueniang to the small courtyard beside her, where she and her man usually lived.

Lin Yueniang guessed that the shopkeeper was so excited, she should have guessed that she had brought the finished product.So she was not pretentious, as soon as she sat down in the room, she took out from the basket a neatly folded embroidered base cloth that was not creased at all.

This is embroidered according to the size of the small kang screen. If it is hooked and bordered, it will only be one and a half feet wide.The fabric is ordinary satin cloth, but the pattern is really staggering.The picture of pine, crane and peony on the blue satin ground has never appeared in this town.

On the turquoise grass, there are pine trees and monochromatic peonies, and groups of white cranes are either flying high or playing, which is really gratifying.The needlework is very delicate, and it is impossible to look at the exposed stitches.

In fact, this embroidery method is quite simple, just an ordinary fine embroidery, which is not enough to surprise shopkeeper Mei, who has a good eye. What really makes her fond of it is the rare matching of thread colors and patterns.

"Shopkeeper, look at the back again." Lin Yueniang saw shopkeeper Mei's astonishment, and didn't mention the price, but only asked the other party to pay attention to the details.

Shopkeeper Mei turned over the embroidery in his hand according to the words, took a closer look, and couldn't help but let out a "huh".Although this embroidery is not double-sided embroidery, but the mind is ingenious. The sporadic stitches left by the fine embroidery on the back actually outline another picture with silver thread. Compared with the delicate and rich texture of the front pattern, the back is more Much simpler.

However, this was the first time shopkeeper Mei saw a finished product that was not double-sided embroidery but formed a double-sided pattern. This alone is worth her money next time.

Shopkeeper Mei's thoughts changed quickly, he didn't ask how he came up with it, and he didn't ask how he drew the flower shape.She was thinking in her heart that in half a month it would be Xia Yuanwai's birthday in the town. Miss Xia's family had been looking for gifts early on, and she even said that which one could come up with a gift that satisfied her. In the future, she and all parties in the Xia family The cost is given priority to who to buy from.

This is not a small amount, not to mention the number of Xia family's female family members, the cost of cloth from servants and Zhuangzi alone can cover the annual output of a small embroidery workshop.And my own family happens to be run by the embroidery workshop and the cloth workshop.

Isn't the implication of the song and crane birthday picture in front of you appropriate enough?

In fact, it's not my fault that she put her mind on this, this kind of unique mind, not to mention that she has never encountered it in the town, I'm afraid there are not many in the county.They are not close to the bustling place, it can be said that it is a bit remote, but if there are a few pieces of embroidery that sell well from the expensive places in the capital, they will be valued by adults and lords everywhere before they arrive in this town.What's more, if you give them some guts, they wouldn't dare to compete with the county magistrate's family members for shopping items.

The Xia family is naturally the same, although it is one of the richest in this town, but after all they are merchants, scholars, farmers, businessmen, merchants are the last.Even if he has more money, he still has to show face to the official's wife, not to mention falling out with the official's family, isn't he?

Shopkeeper Mei took a deep breath to hide his constantly churning thoughts.She didn't open her mouth to offer a price, but patiently asked Lin Yueniang how much money she planned to sell.

For talented people, she always gives some face, so that she can get more benefits in the future.It has to be said that shopkeeper Mei and his wife can make the owner trust the shop to them, and they also have two brushes.

Lin Yueniang was not an idiot either. Long before she came, she had asked Mrs. Mei about other embroidery workshops in the town.I even wandered around two of them at the entrance of the town to estimate the prices of the existing embroidery products of each.

"50 taels."

The so-called exorbitant asking price to pay back the money on the spot, Lin Yueniang also had this idea.

But before she was ready to deal with the other party's counter-offer, Shopkeeper Mei agreed, and went out to recruit a man to let him go to the front and invite his man over.

This made Lin Yueniang a little dumbfounded, and sister-in-law Mei was even more shocked that the tea bowl in her hand was a little unstable.But the two of them looked at each other, and neither of them said anything extra.

The shopkeeper of the embroidery shop, who was pulling the abacus beads, heard the boy's words, and hurriedly slapped his head and walked to the backyard.Found a congratulatory gift for the Xia family?This is a great thing that falls from the sky, regardless of whether it can be done or not, it can show its face in front of the Xia family.

(End of this chapter)