After coming out of the embroidery workshop, Xiaoyu picked up her things and called Pei Feng, saying, "Let's go to the embroidery shop."
There are many embroidery shops in Qingzhou, but only a few of them can be called famous. After all, there is the Qingyun Embroidery Workshop here. The embroidery works of the other embroidery shops are naturally colorful and exquisite.
Xiaoyu was quite nervous when she first arrived. It was not until she moved to Hualin Lane and was promoted to an intermediate embroiderer that she embroidered a few handkerchiefs and took them to the embroidery shop. Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper accepted them very readily.
Later, the embroidery shop had a new owner, who took out a painting and asked her to try to embroider it.
I heard that several embroiderers have tried to draw this picture, but unfortunately the boss was not satisfied. After Xiaoyu saw it, she thought it didn't matter if it didn't work out, she could just take it as a way to gain some experience.
After spending several months on it, I finally finished the embroidery. I handed it in yesterday and stopped by today to ask about its status.
When the young shopkeeper of the embroidery shop saw Xiaoyu, he came up to her with a big smile on his face and said, "Miss Song, I have good news to tell you."
"Does the boss like it?" Xiaoyu asked.
The shopkeeper nodded and said, "The boss likes it very much. Miss Xiaoyu is very thoughtful and skillful. You don't even know that the painting has been hanging in our shop for a long time. Now, the boss is finally satisfied."
After that, the shopkeeper took out 20 taels of silver and said, "Miss Song, this is the cash you wanted."
Xiaoyu was very excited after counting the money. She had made a lot of money and wanted to tell her sister as soon as possible...
"Miss Song, are you still taking embroidery jobs recently?" asked the shopkeeper.
Xiaoyu nodded and said, "Yes, I will answer it."
"That's perfect. The boss wants a folding screen with six sides in total, which should reflect breeze, light breeze, gentle breeze, strong wind, gale, and violent wind respectively."
At this point, the shopkeeper looked at Xiaoyu and asked, "If you can do it, the reward will be 60 taels. Miss, are you willing to take it?"
"Yes." Xiaoyu said, "But is there a time requirement?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "No, but you have to use the silk thread from here. The deposit is 20 taels."
Xiaoyu: "..." The silver hasn't even warmed up yet.
After paying the deposit, Pei Feng helped Xiaoyu carry the cloth bag back.
After returning home, Qi Zi and Jiang Yu had changed their clothes and came to greet them.
Qi Zi took the bundle in her hand and weighed it. It was quite heavy. She asked Pei Feng and found out that the second young lady had taken another embroidery job in the embroidery shop.
"Second Miss, you just handed in an embroidery painting, don't you want to take a break?" Jiang Yu said.
Xiaoyu said, "There is no set time limit for this. It won't be a problem if I embroider slowly."
"Miss, are you also embroidering this time?"
"This time, embroider the screen."
After listening to the requirements of the embroidery shop, Jiang Yu exclaimed, "Second Miss, you are really amazing. The wind is invisible, and you want to embroider different winds, and a screen. How to do this is beyond my imagination."
Xiaoyu smiled and said, "It's quite difficult. I don't have any ideas for the time being."
"Then, Second Miss..."
"Think about it slowly, you'll figure it out eventually." Xiaoyu sniffed and said, "What are we having for dinner tonight? Has Brother Wenwu prepared something delicious?"
Qi Zi sniffed nervously, "Can you smell it? How about cooking some more stinky fruit?"
"Don't worry, you can't smell it," Xiaoyu said with a smile, "I'm just guessing, Brother Wenwu will make delicious food one day."
That night, Xie Wenwu cooked a table full of delicious dishes, including braised pork with soybean sauce, braised fish, cold-mixed shredded seafood, steamed scallop eggs, pork knuckles stewed with soybeans, and salted duck eggs cooked with rice.
After seeing all these dishes, Jiang Yu nervously checked the crack of the door and asked, "Should we stuff some more cloth in there to prevent the smell from wafting out?"
"Hurry up and finish your meal," Zhou Xiaohu said, "I have sealed all the doors and windows. The stench outside the yard is so strong that it will not be able to escape."
These ingredients were sent by Xiaoqing for them to celebrate the festival. It would be a waste if they didn't eat them.
There were six dishes in total for dinner, and six flavors of mooncakes. I didn’t expect that I could have such a sumptuous Mid-Autumn Festival at this time.
Xiaoyu took a bite of the five-nut mooncake and exclaimed, "This is delicious, Brother Wenwu, this is even better than what you made in the village!"
"Yeah, I think so too." Xie Wenwu said proudly.
Qi Zi and Jiang Yu also took a bite and praised him endlessly. They both had become visibly plumper since Xie Wenwu came.
"This one is delicious too." Jiang Yu said as he took a bite of the meat-filled mooncake.
Zhou Xiaohu handed Pei Feng half a five-nut mooncake and said, "You haven't tried this yet, let's each have half and try it."
"Thank you." Pei Feng thanked after taking it.
Xiaoyu sighed and said, "Brother Wenwu, what do you think my sister and the others are eating?"
Xie Wenwu put down his chopsticks and thought for a while, "Master is such a creative person, he will definitely come up with something different. When we have a chance to go back at the end of the year, we will ask him again."
"Um."
Taoyuan Village.
This afternoon, Song Yuehua made Baiji steamed buns with red bean paste and meat.
Although everyone enjoyed the meal, she still missed the five-nut mooncakes and lotus seed paste and egg yolk mooncakes that Xie Wenwu made before the drought.
After eating roujiamo during the day, the family stewed a big pot of sauerkraut and cured pork ribs at night. There was a lot of meat and sauerkraut, and the vegetables were eaten directly in the pot.
Although there is only one dish, it is already very satisfying at this time.
Madam Xia took out a bowl of rice wine brewed last year and poured a small cup for each person.
Master Yi and Master Duan looked down on rice wine. Today was a festival, and Madam Xia warmed up two pots of wine for them. The villagers had been seriously injured before, and they used a lot of wine. All the wine in the village was used up, so Song Yuehua moved out the wine she had stored.
Although Master Yi knew saving people was the most important thing, he was still a little worried. Master Duan saw this and comforted him, "There are two jars of girl's red wine buried under the bed in my room. If the wine at home is used up, you can dig out my stored wine to drink."
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