Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 373 Shen Fengyao

"Okay, I'll go to their house and take a look. If it's okay, ask her to come over at the end of the month. I'll bring back a finished product and you can help compare it. After all, you are professionals. If you think it's okay, then it's okay."

Shen Wanqing nodded: "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you."

"That's fine." He looked at the other three girls and said, "You guys keep busy. Wanqing and I will go to Aunt Zheng's house and be back soon."

The three of them nodded obediently.

Arriving in the courtyard, Ji Wenhe said, "Aunt Li, Wanqing and I are going to Aunt Zheng's house and will be here soon. You go ahead and do your work."

"You go ahead."

Li Chunhong hung the clothes up and walked into the house and asked, "Mo Xin, what are your sister-in-law and your sister doing at Aunt Zheng's house?"

She replied: "My eldest sister said to ask Aunt Zheng's Feng Yao to come over to make puppets. My sister-in-law said she wanted to see how it went. If my eldest sister thinks it's okay, let her come over at the end of next month."

"After my eldest sister passed away, there were only three of us. We did less work and earned less money. I think my sister-in-law would also like to make more puppets."

"That's right, I'll come back and ask how it goes later."

When they arrived at Zheng Liutao's house, Huang Guihua was knitting under the eaves. She looked at the two of them curiously: "Wenhe, Wanqing, come in and sit down."

Shen Wanqing asked: "Auntie Huang, where is Feng Yao?"

"She is embroidering in the room. Your Aunt Zheng is also in the room."

Zheng Liutao came out of the house and said with a smile: "Wen He, Wan Qing, come in and talk."

The two followed her into the house.

Shen Fengwan raised her head: "Sister-in-law, Wanqing."

"Feng Yao, do you have any finished embroidery? Take it out and show it to my sister-in-law."

Huang Guihua and Zheng Liutao didn't understand, but still asked her to take out two embroidered purses.

Ji Wenhe took it, took a look, and found that the embroidery work was of different quality.

Shen Wanqing said beside her: "Feng Yao's embroidery is sometimes good and sometimes not."

Zheng Liutao agreed: "Yes, my Fengyao is like this. If she gets tired of embroidering, the product will be worse. If she calms down and embroiders, she can also produce good embroidery."

Then he asked, "Wen He, Wan Qing, what happened?"

Ji Wenhe said, "Wanqing is getting married in a few days. After she gets married, she won't be able to make puppets. We will be one less person. I wanted to come and see how Fengyao embroiders your family. If possible, I would like to have her come over to make puppets at the end of the month. You should know the price."

Huang Guihua shook her head: "Wen He, my Fengyao's embroidery skills are not as good as Wanqing's. Sometimes she's good, sometimes she's not. Boss Yang from Jinxiufang knows that. If she doesn't do a good job, you'll have to pay for it. I think we shouldn't let her go."

Shen Fengyao replied: "Yes, sister-in-law, sometimes I get tired of embroidering, and then the embroidery I produce is very bad. I can't go. If the embroidery is not good and can't be sold, you will definitely lose money."

Shen Wanqing looked at her and said, "Feng Yao, embroidering puppets makes more money than embroidering purses. Purses are complicated in style and not as simple as puppets. If you can calm down, I believe you can embroider very well."

Ji Wenhe thought for a moment, looked at the purse in his hand, and took out a well-embroidered pattern: "Fengyao, just like this embroidery, Wanqing said it well, if you follow this pattern, you can make a puppet. If you feel bored, then stop and turn around, play, there is no need to force yourself, wait until you are in a good mood, and then make a puppet."

"But I won't force you. Just make your own decision. If you've made up your mind, go talk to Wanqing and bring back new designs at the end of the month. Then you can go and make puppets with them."

Shen Fengyao took the purse and hesitated for a moment: "Sister-in-law, I will embroider it well, it will definitely not be worse than this."

Dolls do make more money than embroidered purses. If you take a look at the dolls they embroider, you will find that they don’t have complicated patterns. They just have eyes and the name of the store on the back, which is quite simple.

In fact, she had wanted to ask a long time ago if she could go over to embroider dolls, but her embroidery skills were definitely not as good as Shen Wanqing and the others, so she had never been willing to go over and ask. She was also afraid that she would not be able to embroider well and would have to go to the town to pay compensation.

Huang Guihua and Zheng Liu made the girl laugh happily, and quickly said that they would let her embroider it carefully and would not let her lose money.

Zheng Liutao and Huang Guihua both know how to embroider, and their skills are average, but they can help sew the puppet together.

Li Chunhong often helps her three daughters sew dolls at home, leaving a small hole, which doesn't seem difficult.

I agreed with them that Shen Fengyao would go to Li Chunhong's house to make puppets at the end of the month, and the matter was settled.

Li Chunhong looked at the two people who came into the room and asked, "How about it, can Feng Yao come over and make a puppet?"

Shen Wanqing replied: "Yes, I will come at the end of the month."

"That's good. One more person can do more, and we can all make more money."

"Wen He, sit down, don't stand."

Ji Wenhe sat next to her: "Aunt Li, when we go to town tomorrow, what else do we need to buy besides meat?"

"The two boxes have been packed, and I'll bring back two more sets of fabric. The clothes and two pairs of shoes will be finished tomorrow afternoon. I wanted to buy her some more fabric, but she said no. She still has some old clothes at home. She can come and get them when the time comes and change them. She doesn't need that much new clothes."

"What did the man's family send?"

"Two catties of fat pork, six ounces of salt, two new suits of fabric for her, and two velvet hairpins. Her family gave her six ounces and sixty cents, so I'm afraid they don't have much money left, and the engagement gift was not small."

Ji Wenhe nodded: "That's good, six taels and six cents of betrothal gift is not too little."

When farmers get married, 8.8 liang is the maximum amount they would give to a bride, 6.6 liang is rare, and most of the time it is less than 6.6 liang.

Li Chunhong replied: "Yes, we can't take out all their family assets. Wanqing still has to make a living. By the way, Wenhe, are you going to town? Or come with us."

She thought for a moment and said, "Okay, since I have nothing to do at home now, I'll go to town with you guys to have some fun."

You can peel the corn slowly in the winter, don't be in a hurry, the grass in the field has been cut.

I only got half of the silk thread back and it cannot be delivered by the end of this month, so I will ask Shen Wenshan to help deliver it by the end of next month.

That day, Ji Wenhe had just put down his bowl when Li Chunhong called out from the door: "Wenhe, we're here."

Shen Wenshan replied in the courtyard: "Aunt Li, please come in. My sister-in-law hasn't finished her meal yet."

She quickly said, "I'm done. I just finished my meal. Aunt Li, Wanqing, wait for me."

"Don't worry, we got up early today, so we'll come over after dinner. Where's Yuanshan?"

"Yuanshan is in the east."

Shen Wenshan brought out two stools: "Aunt Li, please sit down."

"No, you're home alone today."

He nodded: "I broke the table."

Ji Wenhe came out of the house carrying a basket of eggs: "Wenshan, wash the dishes, Aunt Li, Wanqing, let's go, Yuanshan should be waiting for us at the door."

"Okay, let's go."

Walking out of the yard, Shen Yuanshan had just come out of the house and the donkey cart was parked at the door.