Chapter 25: Hundred Longevity Picture
"Boss, my mother just wants to take on some embroidery work." Ji Zhisui received Pei's gaze and spoke.
She had no intention of letting Pei work in the embroidery workshop. Pei's embroidery skills were unanimously recognized by the shop assistants and the shopkeeper, so her craftsmanship must be impeccable.
Although being an embroiderer can make money, working for others is ultimately a form of work that involves a lack of freedom and restrictions.
Pei's health is not good either, so she shouldn't overwork herself. If she were to ruin herself because of embroidery, it would be putting the cart before the horse and the result would be more harm than good.
Another point is that you will never make a lot of money by working for others. If you want to be successful, be a boss.
When the Pei family has enough money, she plans to open a store for Pei. Of course, these are still her expectations and she has not told Pei yet.
Pei thought that Sui Niang would definitely not refuse such a good thing, but who knew that she would hear words of rejection from her mouth.
Her face was full of mixed emotions, and although she didn't understand why, she still chose to agree and remained silent.
Shopkeeper Wu was extremely anxious. She really needed an embroiderer with superb skills to keep things simple. "Young lady, would you please reconsider? I'm in dire need of embroiderers right now, and the monthly salary I'll pay you won't be low."
Knowing that Ji Zhisui was in charge of this matter, Manager Wu mainly sought her opinion.
Ji Zhisui still shook his head: "Boss, my mother is not in good health. I am afraid she can't meet the requirements of the embroidery workshop."
Shopkeeper Wu originally thought that the two had other plans and was afraid that they would go to the new embroidery workshop. However, after learning that it was due to the embroiderer's health condition, he was no longer nervous.
"I have an embroidery job for a picture of a hundred years of longevity. If you finish it, you can get a reward of three taels of silver. If you want to take it, you need to do one thing first." Shopkeeper Wu tempted.
These two people came to take the embroidery job because they must be short of money. She didn't believe that they wouldn't be tempted by three taels of silver.
Since he couldn't get the embroiderer, Manager Wu had no intention of letting her go. If they went to the new embroidery workshop to help, the Wu Embroidery Workshop's hope of winning would be even slimmer.
Ji Zhisui always felt that there was something wrong with this embroidery workshop. It seemed that it was in need of embroiderers with good embroidery skills, and there was some hidden secret.
"I wonder what the shopkeeper wants my mother to do?" Even though he heard that he could get three taels of silver, Ji Zhisui's face did not show any urgency or anxiety.
This made Shopkeeper Wu unconsciously take a few more glances. This amount of money was not a small sum, it was enough for an average family's expenses for a year.
"It's very simple. I need this lady to register with Wu's Embroidery Studio before she finishes embroidering the Hundred Years of Longevity Picture. She must not go to any other embroidery studio and must sign her name." This way, she wouldn't be afraid that the new embroidery studio would snatch her away.
This was not a difficult task. Ji Zhisui agreed and, at the strong request of Manager Wu, signed the agreement.
After coming out of Wu's embroidery workshop, Pei was still a little dazed. It turned out that she could really make money.
If she finished embroidering the Hundred Longevity Picture, she could earn three taels of silver, which was almost a year's rent.
She couldn't hide the joy on her face, and asked the question she had been curious about before: "Sui Niang, why don't you let me work in the embroidery workshop? Wouldn't it be better to get a stable salary every day?"
Ji Zhisui replied, "Working every day will wear down your mother's health. I was thinking of opening an embroidery shop for her when we have money in the future!"
There are three embroidery workshops in Qizhou County, one on North Street and two on South Street.
These three embroidery workshops sell cloth, sachets, handkerchiefs, and make clothes. The products are diverse, ordinary, and have no special features.
She wanted to open a unique and distinctive embroidery workshop for the Pei family.
By then, it would no longer be the ladies of Qizhou County who would be attracted. She also planned to use the advantages of Qizhou County's port as an excuse to export those things.
"Open a shop? Sui Niang...are you kidding me?" The Pei family only had a few taels of silver. Opening a shop of her own was something Pei Shi couldn't even imagine. How much would it cost? Could she really do it?
"I'm not kidding, Mom. What you need to do now is to take care of your health so that you can manage the shop I opened for you."
"Okay, okay, okay." Pei said three okays in a row. She was full of hope for the future and did not think that she was a burden. She would definitely take care of her health.
Ji Zhisui brought Pei to the grain store. Flour was five cents per pound, salt was eight cents per pound, and sugar was even more expensive, costing twenty cents per pound.
She asked for ten pounds of flour, three pounds of salt and three pounds of sugar, which cost a total of one hundred and thirty-four coins.
To make a burrito, it would have no soul without shredded meat inside, so Ji Zhisui went to the butcher shop again.
Lean meat cost thirty cents per pound, and she ordered two pounds. There were three large bones on the butcher's counter, and she planned to buy them as well, adding some radishes to make bone soup.
The boss was a straightforward man, and since there was not much meat on the bone, he sold it to her for five cents.
I still gained a lot from going out.
After buying these, the two went home.
Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Pei were still cleaning the yard. When they saw the flour in Ji Zhisui's hand, they were very curious and asked, "Mother Sui, why did you buy so much flour? We can't eat that much."
"Grandma, I plan to use these to make food for my stall."
"Sui Niang, what do you want to cook? Mushroom porridge? That's not right! Shouldn't we buy rice for mushroom porridge?" Hearing that Sui Niang was planning to cook and set up a stall, Pei Ersao instantly became interested. She put down her hoe and came to Ji Zhisui.
"Not mushroom porridge, I plan to make burritos." Porridge is not filling enough and is not a good choice for setting up a stall.
"Burrito?" The three of them looked at Ji Zhisui with curiosity on their faces.
They knew about pancakes, but what about rolled pancakes? Did they mean rolled pancakes? Could something like that really sell?
Pei Ersao also expressed her concerns, "Sui Niang, will anyone eat this roll?"
If she had money, she would rather eat sweet steamed buns than dry cakes.
"Grandma, mother, and sister-in-law, just watch!" She carried some things to the kitchen, planning to make burritos for lunch.
She had been used to eating three meals a day since she was a child, but she could only eat two meals a day during exile, which was extremely painful.
Since he started living on his own, Ji Zhisui had no intention of letting himself down and still planned to have three meals a day.
The Pei family used to live a life of luxury with three meals a day, so they had no objection to Sui Niang's request.
Ji Zhisui asked the Pei family to wash and process the vegetables they bought in the morning as she was going to make the wraps for the rolls.
Pour the flour into a bowl, add appropriate amount of salt and sugar, add a small amount of water, and start stirring evenly with chopsticks until there is no dry flour.
Pour in a small amount of water again and continue stirring until the flour in the basin is free of particles. You will get a bowl of fine flour paste.
Finally, add a little peanut oil, stir and you can start making pancakes.
Making pancakes requires fire. She went out and looked around, but didn't find her fireman.
Helplessly, she could only call her second sister-in-law to help her light the fire.
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