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Chapter 98: The Farmer's Spring and Field

Chapter 98: Sending Prescriptions

The next day, Shen Zian and Su Zhi got up early, heated up some breakfast, ate it, and then got on the ox cart and went out. They first went to Li Shi's house to pick up Li Shi, and then went to pick up Shu Gen's wife Li's wife. Xiao Suo and Hu Zi also followed. Although it was winter now, the men of the two families were still very busy. Because of Su Zhi's drawings, they had more work to do.

Hu Zi and Xiao Suo asked Su Zhi about Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai in a hurry. Su Zhi told them that Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai had not gotten up yet, and that they had eaten two large pieces of meat pies yesterday. This made the two little kids satisfied, but when they heard the word "meat pies", their saliva began to flow.

On the way, they met Liu Si Niang again. Su Zhi asked her to get in, and Liu Si Niang got in.

Su Zhi had only seen Liu Siniang once since she was beaten by Old Lady Li after the gathering. That time, Liu Siniang gave her a handkerchief of good workmanship as a gift for her warming up the room. Liu Siniang did not go to Su Zhi's warming up the room that day. After that day, she had a head injury and could not help Su Zhi with the work, so she did not go. She thought Su Zhi was very good to her, so she gave her a handkerchief as a gift, which she had secretly put away.

Afterwards, Su Zhi never went to see Liu Si Niang again, nor did she go to look for her. Su Zhi really disliked her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and she thought that out of sight, out of mind is better. Moreover, she thought that if she went to look for Liu Si Niang, the old woman might cause trouble for her again, so it was better not to go.

Now it seems that the wound on Liu Si Niang's head has almost healed, but her face is thinner and her spirit is not very good. I think she has not lived well these days. Maybe she suffered even more after that incident. Su Zhi felt very sorry for Liu Si Niang. She thought about how to help Liu Si Niang. She was not only a childhood friend of the real Zhao Xiaomei. She was also a good person who did not despise her when she was sick. Such a person is worth getting to know.

"Si Niang, you can come and sit with me when you are free. I have a holy beast at home, but it won't bite anyone casually."

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Liu Si Niang smiled at Su Zhi. When she smiled, her sallow face still looked pretty, which made people feel even more sorry for her for working so hard at such a young age.

Sister Li also said, "Yes, Si Niang, if you have time, come and sit with me. There are no outsiders here, let's talk about our true feelings. Your mother-in-law is too strict with you. You don't even have any private money, right? I heard that you can weave knitting very quickly and well, but you have to do those jobs every day and don't have much time to weave. If you can come to my house, weave it there and leave the knitting there. Your mother-in-law won't find anything even if she searches you."

Su Zhi heard that Liu Si Niang was really unlucky to have such a mother-in-law. Although Li Sao Zi loved to talk, she never said anything about her boss. She said that Li Lao Shi searched her daughter-in-law, which meant that this had happened. No wonder Liu Si Niang didn't even have any private money. Under such circumstances, she could secretly give herself a handkerchief. It was really rare.

Sister Shugen also said, "Yes, Si Niang, don't be silly. If you save some money, you will feel more confident. At least if you get sick again in the future, you can buy two doses of medicine by yourself. Otherwise, your mother-in-law and her family will really watch you lying in bed sick and do nothing."

"Thank you, sisters-in-law. I don't have time to go."

Liu Si Niang was thanking Su Zhi, but she was also feeling distressed. She was still thinking about the money she owed Su Zhi. Her mother-in-law would definitely not pay it back, so she could only pay it back herself. However, all the money in the family was managed by her mother-in-law, and she couldn't leave a penny. She said she wanted to help Su Zhi with work, but if Su Zhi didn't call her, she would always miss her. It would be great if it was really like what Sister Li said, but her mother-in-law wouldn't let her go out to visit other people.

Sister Li frowned and said, "Your mother-in-law really wants to control you to death. You are her daughter-in-law, not a maid, let alone a cow or a horse!"

Liu Si Niang lowered her head when she heard this. She felt that what Li Saozi said was right, but she had no other choice. Her parents had passed away, and other relatives would not make decisions for her. Even if she was divorced, no one in her family would take her in. She could only endure it. People say that a daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law after many years. She just had to endure it.

Su Zhi thought that if she really wanted to hire help in the future, she would ask Liu Si Niang to come and ask her to pay back the money. Then she would ask her to report a lower salary to Mrs. Li, so that she could save a little money. However, she had no plan yet, so she didn't tell Liu Si Niang.

As they were talking, they went to the market. They first accompanied Li Shi to a wealthy family in the town to deliver persimmons. Su Zhi taught Li Shi how to wrap the persimmons until they were crispy, so that they would taste sweeter and more delicious. She wanted to keep the basket that Li Shi gave her. Li Shi had a lot of persimmons at home, but he couldn't eat them all by himself, so he sold them. They sold well last time, and he also got to know a wealthy family, who asked him to deliver them this time. Two persimmons cost three cents, which was not a low price. Shen Zian sold two baskets at once, and made more than two hundred cents. Li's wife and others blinked their eyes.

"Brother Shitou, why are your persimmons so valuable?"

Mrs. Li asked. They were not the kind of people who would casually look through other people's things. Li Shi's basket was covered with a lid, so they naturally didn't know what was in Li Shi's basket. Now they saw that it was persimmons and sold at such a high price, and they were all very surprised.

Li Shi picked out a few unsold persimmons from the basket he brought back and gave them to them, saying, "This is the method of covering persimmons that Sister Su Zhi taught me. I didn't expect the effect to be so good."

As soon as Mrs. Li took the persimmon in her hand, she felt that it was different from ordinary persimmons. This persimmon looked quite fresh and not soft to the touch. She wiped it and took a bite. It was crisp and sweet! Although she wanted to eat more, she saw Hu Zi also opened his mouth to take a bite, so she immediately handed hers to him and let him take a bite. Then, she told him to go home and eat it because it was cold and he would have diarrhea. She put his persimmon away and ate her own persimmon.

Sister Shugen also let Xiaosuo and herself eat one.

Liu Si Niang lowered her head and took a persimmon from Li Shi's hand, put it to her mouth and took a bite, and found it very sweet.

"Sister, you are amazing. This persimmon was soft, but once it was in your hands, you managed to make it crispy. It's really delicious. It would be so comfortable to eat this in the winter. No wonder it's so valuable."

Su Zhi smiled and said, "It's not a great method. If sister-in-law wants to learn it, I can teach her."

"Really?! Thank you, girl!"

When Li's wife heard this, she was delighted, but also a little embarrassed that she had taken advantage of Su Zhi again. However, she also realized that Su Zhi didn't care about this method. Then they would be nicer to Shen Zian and his wife from now on.

Sister Shugen was also happy to hear this.

Liu Si Niang felt that Su Zhi was really amazing. She looked at Su Zhi's fair face and thought that she looked really beautiful now that she had recovered from her illness. This was also the result of her husband's love for her. She was fine when she got married, but now she was still young, but she looked haggard as if she was thirty years old.

After accompanying Li Shi to sell persimmons, the women went to sell silkworms.

Shopkeeper Su was very happy to see Su Zhi and said that her knitting was selling very well. He bought Su Zhi's knitting at the same price as last time. Su Zhi knitted 56 knittings this time and sold them for a total of 560 coins. The three women watching widened their eyes again, wondering what was going on today, why other people's things were so valuable? However, seeing that Su Zhi's knitting was very novel, it was no wonder that the price was high.

Su Zhi said to the three people, "If you want to learn this, I can teach you, but you can't teach others for the time being, otherwise the price will be low."

Sister Li was no longer happy and said embarrassedly, "Sister, you were going to teach us the way to cover the persimmons just now, so we won't learn this trick."

Sister Shugen also nodded, and so did Liu Si Niang.

Su Zhi smiled and said, "The persimmons won't be in season until next year, so we can talk about it then. Just learn this thread, and I can make other ones. If you don't learn, there will always be someone who will learn it slowly, so why don't we make more money while we can."

When Sister Li and Sister Shugen heard this, they nodded embarrassedly and wanted to be nicer to Su Zhi.

Su Zhi bought a lot of embroidery thread and a set of special embroidery needles, thinking that she would ask Shen Zian to make an embroidered band for her. She also bought a large piece of light red silk, thinking that she could use it to embroider a folding screen or something.

"Fourth Sister, when you go home, tell your mother-in-law that you want to help Sister Li's family with work. She will pay you 20 coins for an afternoon's work. Then you can go to Sister Li's house to weave some yarn, and then have Sister Li sell it for you. Take the 20 coins back to your mother-in-law, and save the rest. You must think about where to hide the money."

As soon as Su Zhi went out, she told Liu Siniang that this was the quickest way she could think of to help Liu Siniang. She only needed to teach Liu Siniang how to weave, and she wouldn't have to worry about the rest.

Sister Li clapped her hands and said, "That's a good idea, Si Niang. Come to my house and help me when the time comes. The old woman will definitely ask you to come. She will definitely want the twenty cents!"

Liu Si Niang looked at Su Zhi, her eyes reddened, and said, "Thank you, Su Zhi."

Su Zhi shook her head and said, "You're welcome. We are from the same village and we were friends before. Why are you being so polite to me?"

Shen Zian looked at his wife and felt proud. He thought that this was his wife. She was never polite to people she didn't like, but she was so kind-hearted.

Several people left the embroidery shop happily, preparing to get on the ox cart to sell the eggs they brought and buy some other things.

Su Zhi and Liu Siniang walked to the middle of the road and prepared to get on the car. Just as they walked to the edge and were about to get on the car one in front and one behind, the street suddenly became chaotic and a horse rushed over!