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Chapter 9 Embroidery

Looking at the farmland that was unobstructed in front of me, I sighed quietly in early summer. I heard that people who can make money by being an official, and those who can get rich through business, but I have never heard that farming can become rich. According to this way, the Zhang family will not be able to make a fortune in three lifetimes.

Zhang Anmin secretly left a steamed bun in a basket, covered it with linen, and whispered to Chuxia: "Take it back and eat it."

Chu Xia waved his hand and said he didn't want it. Zhang Anmin signaled with his eyes that Mr. Zhang was behind, so he should not let the old man see it.

Looking at Zhang Anmin's actions, Chuxia felt warm in her heart. Perhaps this was the feeling of being loved by her parents as a daughter. Even if the conditions were not good, she wanted to give it to the other party as much as she could. At this time, Zhang Anmin's clothes were soaked in sweat, and her forehead was constantly sweating. Chuxia thought in her heart that she must let her parents live a happy life without worrying about food and clothing in the future.

"Okay, go back in the early summer. It's hot here. My father will take the bowls and chopsticks back to you in the afternoon." I was afraid that it would be hot in the early summer, Zhang Anmin urged her to go home.

Although the family was hot and not much better, Chu Xia still responded: "Master, uncle, dad, then I'll go back first."

"Well, don't be playful on the road." When Mr. Zhang, who had not spoken, heard that Chuxia was going back, said something.

I went back and put the things down. Chuxia planned to wash the raspberries with water and soak them in wine. When I saw that the bamboo basket containing the raspberries was gone. It was strange that the things were gone.

She walked around the backyard and saw Liu picking wild vegetables on the edge of the backyard. It seemed that she was planning to make their lunch. "Mom, have you seen the raspberries I brought back?"

"Sunzi said you hid something delicious. What did I think it was? It was the raspberry you mentioned. You came over and took it to Shuanzi."

It turned out that after Shuanzi got angry and ran away, he was still thinking about the delicious food that Chuxia said. In this era, children had nothing to eat. Sometimes during festivals or at the town market, they could only eat some sugar cakes, candied haws, etc., which was already pretty good.

So Shuanzi looked at Chuxia and Xiao Guihua happily eating, how could he not be greedy? The little guy held his breath and immediately ran to the old lady to complain.

Although each family also has private money, she doesn't know how much she can do under Cai's nose? I'm afraid the second family is poor. Now there is free money to buy food. Needless to say, it must be bought for the girl Chuxia. Cai doesn't like the second son Zhang Anmin's way of Chuxia, what's the use of a girl who is good to her? Sooner or later, it's someone else's family, and if you die, it's someone else's ghost. It's better to give your good grandson to eat.

So Cai took Shuanzi to Lao Er's house. He thought it was something good, but the result was a wild fruit that no one picked on the tree. After saying a few words to Liu, he left with a bamboo basket.

"Have you taken it all?"

Liu came over and put down the legs of his trousers he had rolled up when picking vegetables. Shuanzi wanted to eat and take some away, but he didn't expect that Cai was still as aggressive as ever. Shuanzi yelled to take them all away. Cai coaxed Shuanzi and said to Liu, "This is not a good thing. If you ask that girl Chuxia to pick it again, I will give it to Shuanzi."

Don’t take anything good if it’s not a good thing! No matter how bad the thing is, it’s also something you have worked hard for a long time!

"Why don't you wait for your mother to finish her work in the afternoon and pick some for you."

"No need for mother, I'll pick it myself."

She was very picky in her previous life, but now she has no choice but to choose. The most important thing is to live. When the famine was in trouble, the bark and turf were not eaten by anyone. After coming here, she suddenly quit her picky food. After eating the lunch made by Liu, she returned to the house and planned to take a nap.

The two hours before and after lunch are the hottest times and she can’t do anything. Usually, she will take a nap at this time. Perhaps because of her health, she often feels sleepy and has a rest at noon, so she will be more energetic in the afternoon.

She is young and Liu is capable. Liu basically has the work that can be done at home. Although she occasionally asks her to help feed chickens and collect clothes, it is all relatively easy jobs. Except for Liu, she rarely cares about her. Relatively speaking, she has more free time.

When she woke up, the room was very quiet. When she got off the bed and put on her shoes, she saw Liu embroidery with her focused embroidery tools next to her. Embroidery is also one of the sources that Liu often does on weekdays and can increase her income.

Not as simple as an embroidery girl who specializes in embroidery, the embroidery made by Liu is relatively simple. He uses embroidery bands and puts patterns on the cloth. There are pinholes on the pattern. Generally, a little bit of tinder oil is used to leave a shadow of patterns on the cloth. Then he uses needles to select different colors of twine threads according to the pattern. Basically, the embroidery is embroidered with some landscapes and flowers and birds. In addition to Liu, the eldest aunt and the third aunt can also make embroidery pieces, but the embroidery pieces of the two are not as good as Liu. Even Xiaojuan will embroider some less complicated embroidery pieces. This is basically something that every girl must learn before getting married.

Chuxia is still young, and Liu hasn't started teaching her yet, but she is interested and follows her and watches it once or twice.

Liu's movements are relatively fast, and he can complete an embroidery in about two or three days. Special people will come to collect the finished embroidery. Liu's embroidery method is good and the quality of the embroidery is good, so the price of the embroidery is higher than that of others and can be sold for about 40 cents. However, the embroidery thread and cloth need to be purchased from other places, so an embroidery can only make a profit of about 20 cents to 25 cents.

Chuxia didn't want Liu to do this embroidery work in his heart, because embroidery work was more harmful to his eyes, but if he couldn't find other ways to make money, he probably wouldn't give up embroidery.

In the early summer, I changed into a small bamboo basket and went out and ran towards the place where I picked raspberries in the morning.

When I found raspberries, Chuxia thought of picking raspberries that everyone had not found as fruits, but she found it was not realistic. First, the things were too difficult to store, and they could only be kept for two or three days under the condition of a refrigerator, not to mention Taohua Village without any cooling conditions; second, the town was too far away from here, and maybe it would break before it even arrived in the town, and this thing was essentially closer to traditional Chinese medicine, so she gave up and just wanted to pick some, and occasionally slaughtering and eating, mainly thinking about making raspberry wine for Zhang Anmin to maintain health.

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