Chapter 1116 What if the disabled boss can’t get better? (11)
Xiang Shichu had no idea that the royalties he earned would bring such a huge boost to Wu Qingxuan, and even shook her confidence. However, she would not care if she knew. She cared about living a comfortable life.
Since receiving the first payment for her articles, the second, third and many other payments have arrived one after another. Xiang Shichu can now live a comfortable life just by relying on her own royalties. Her family is much better off, so she bought a washing machine and a TV. As long as she is able, she does not want to lower her standards. What's rare is that Ye Jin has no objection. He doesn't think there is anything wrong with his wife spending so much money on expensive appliances. On the contrary, he agrees with it.
Xiang Nan gradually grew up, and could walk and talk. He chattered at home all day long like a sparrow, and his mouth rarely stopped.
Sometimes Xiang Shichu had to write manuscripts and was annoyed by Xiang Nan, so he would leave him to Ye Jin. Ye Jin didn't have any objections and sometimes even took Xiang Nan to work at the museum. As a result, Xiang Nan became familiar with the museum and learned a lot about Ye Jin and his colleagues. Once, a historical drama was being broadcast on TV and mentioned a bronze sword. After seeing it, Xiang Nan recounted the story of the bronze sword in great detail, which surprised Xiang Shichu very much.
"Xiao Nannan, I didn't expect you to have this ability. I, your sister, am impressed by you." Xiang Shichu touched his head and said with emotion.
Little Xiang Nan said proudly: "Uncle Zhouqi told me this, I remember it."
"Who is Uncle Zhou?" Xiang Shichu asked again.
"He's a colleague of mine." The one who answered her was Ye Jin.
"It seems that he has become very familiar with your colleagues and can even learn skills from them." Xiang Shichu said happily to Ye Jin.
"Xiang Nan is curious. He likes to ask questions about everything he sees." Ye Jin said lightly.
"It's also thanks to your colleagues' patience in answering him. They are not at all perfunctory towards children. Your colleagues are pretty good people, right?" Xiang Shichu said with insight.
Ye Jin nodded: "They are indeed not bad."
"Then should we invite them to our house for dinner one day, as a small reward for their help in taking care of Xiang Nan at work?" Xiang Shichu asked.
Ye Jin frowned after hearing this and said, "They won't want to come. If possible, just give them some small gifts."
Since Ye Jin, as a colleague, said so, Xiang Shichu no longer worried about treating everyone. After all, most of the people working in the museum might be socially anxious people.
"Then I have to think about what gifts to give them." Xiang Shichu murmured.
Ye Jin looked up at her and said, "They liked the handkerchief embroidered with green bamboo that you gave me last time."
Xiang Shichu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly leaned over to ask him: "Then I will embroider a handkerchief for each of them? I can embroider. By the way, how many colleagues do you have? Let me see if there is enough fabric at home. If not, I have to buy some..."
"Twenty-five. If you're too tired, don't show off. Just buy it." Ye Jin replied.
"No, this is a gift I give to them to thank them for taking care of Xiang Nan. How can I use purchased items to make up the number? Of course I have to embroider it myself to show my sincerity." Xiang Shichu said immediately. Besides, there were only twenty handkerchiefs, and it would not take her much time at all. It would be easier to embroider it herself.
"They like your embroidery method." Ye Jin seemed reluctant to say, "Just embroider some small animals for them. There's no need to spend too much time on it."
"Okay, I'll think about it myself." Xiang Shichu answered him perfunctorily while thinking about how to prepare the embroidery thread and embroidery pattern.
Seeing that her attention was no longer on him, Ye Jin showed a helpless look on his face. He had no choice but to hold Xiang Nan, who was also ignored, in his arms and watch TV with him.
A few days later, Xiang Shichu really took out more than 20 elegant and exquisite handkerchiefs. Each handkerchief had a different pattern on it. Some were animals, such as puppies, kittens, and parrots... and some were plants, such as orchids, red plums, and water lilies...
In short, they were all very beautiful. When Ye Jin saw them, he was reluctant to give them to his careless colleagues, so he said, "It would be a waste to give them to them."
Xiang Shichu couldn't help laughing when he heard what he said, and said, "How can it be a waste? Only the fabric and embroidery thread of these handkerchiefs are expensive. I embroidered the patterns myself. It's so simple."
Ye Jin refuted her seriously, saying: "It's not simple at all. Your embroidery skills are very precious."
"Okay, thank you for your compliment. You think it's precious, but others don't. Well, give these to them. If you want more, I'll make a few more for you. Is that ok?"
"Okay." Ye Jin agreed immediately, as if he had been waiting for her to say this.
After finally convincing Ye Jin to give these small gifts to his colleagues, Xiang Shichu turned around and pinched the cheek of Xiang Nan, who was playing with toys on a bamboo mat, and said, "Sister, this is all for you. I've almost worn out my fingers from embroidery these past few days."
"Sister." Xiang Nan smiled and bumped into her arms. He didn't understand at all what his sister had done for him. He just wanted to play with her: "Play cars with me."
"Play." Xiang Shichu had to spend time with his younger brother after writing.
Ye Jin took the handkerchiefs embroidered by Xiang Shichu to the office and handed them to Zhou Qi: "This is the handkerchief embroidered by Xiang Nan's sister. I give it to you as a thank you gift. I want to thank you for helping to take care of Xiang Nan."
Zhou Qi took the handkerchiefs and looked at them. He couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement: "Your wife's embroidery skills are really good. These handkerchiefs look like works of art. If you buy them, they must be very expensive, right? Are you really willing to give them to us?"
He looked through the lifelike and beautiful embroidery one by one, and couldn't let go of each one. Finally, he looked at Ye Jin beggingly: "Can I have a few more? I like every one of them..."
Ye Jin looked at him expressionlessly and replied, "Dream on, there is only one way."
Zhou Qi was disappointed and had to give the handkerchief away reluctantly. When other colleagues learned that it was given to them by Ye Jin's lover, they were also very happy. After all, although this handkerchief was a small item, the embroidery on it made it a work of art.
They were professionals, and although they might not necessarily understand the embroidery techniques of every dynasty, they still had a good eye and naturally saw how sophisticated and delicate the embroidery techniques Xiang Shichu used on these handkerchiefs were.
The curator even found Ye Jin and said, "I see that the embroidery techniques of these handkerchiefs embroidered by your wife are different from our four major embroidery techniques, but they are equally exquisite and brilliant. Unfortunately, I don't know much about this. I want to ask what kind of embroidery technique your wife learned? Do you know?"
(End of this chapter)
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