Fortunate Life of the Rural Beauty

Chen Dabao laughed when he thought of Chen Aju and Hu Cuicui, who were frightened by their mother and ran away in panic. He also longed for the situation where he could take his mother out to play at any time. Then he smiled and said, Yes, now that my mother is cured, no one will dare to bully her.

After a while, the snoring of Little Shota was heard.

Chen Afu was disappointed and blew out the small oil lamp. Thinking, Swallow, Swallow, how can I let you out... Money, money, money, how can I make some more money to survive this period of time...

Chen Afu thought hard and finally came up with one. She studied fashion design in her previous life and occasionally learned to make small accessories, including fabric bracelets and fabric headbands.

She asked Ms. Wang that the silk flowers of this era were very good. The silk flowers sold in the embroidery shop were of various styles and were of excellent workmanship. She thought she had no ability to surpass the people here.

When she learned how to tie knots from Mr. Wang, she also asked people in this era how to weave auspicious cloud knots, brocade knots, Chinese knots, wishful knots, Panchang knots, diamond knots, and many other knotting methods. She doesn't know how to braid. But I haven’t heard of the four-strand braid suitable for making bracelets. The four-strand braid is combined with diamond knots and snake knots to create a three-dimensional, eye-catching, and beautiful bracelet and necklace. Many people in previous generations liked to use this braiding method to braid bracelets or necklaces.

Her hands are not dexterous now, so she can't make much to sell, and Wang doesn't have time to make sewing kits. Then weave a bracelet and ask Wang to take it to the embroidery shop to sell the design. The embroidery shop can give you as much money as you want, and just deal with this period of time.

After dinner the next day, Chen Afu went into the east room to knit bracelets. Her fingers were not very flexible and it took her half an hour to weave a yellow and blue bracelet. He also asked Wang to sew three small flowers on the bracelet. The small flowers were used to decorate the money pins and money baskets. Wang made many and put them there for later use.

My God, this chain is so handsome. How could Ah Fu know how to make this up? Wang was surprised.

Chen Afu smiled thickly and said, My mother taught me how to weave the Vajra Knot and the Auspicious Cloud Knot. After I thought about it carefully, I figured out how to weave it this way.

God, Ah Fu is really blessed and smart. Wang was amazed, and then said to Chen Ming, There are many loops in our embroidery workshop. This is the first time I have seen this kind of knitting method. The key is to use The bracelet made in this way is beautiful. If you decorate it with these little flowers, it will look even better.

Chen Ming pinched his sparse beard and laughed.

Chen Afu asked Wang to sell the money to an embroidery workshop in the county town, and then tell the embroidery workshop the knitting method to earn some money to tide over the family's life.

Wang has been doing embroidery work for Jinyun Embroidery Workshop in the county town. If these bracelets are sold there, the shopkeeper will not lower the price too much.

Mrs. Wang nodded happily and made a pot of thick corn mush for lunch. Everyone was full. After eating, Wang hurried to the county seat.

As soon as she left, the family eagerly awaited her return.

As the sun set, we finally saw the beaming Wang. She said the shopkeeper liked it very much and said he had never seen such a unique bracelet before, so he gave her eight hundred Wen. After paying back the 60 pence on credit for cloth scraps, rags, and embroidery thread, there was still more than 700 pence left. As she spoke, she took out a small silver coin and several hundred coins.

She also bought a pound of pork, twenty pounds of brown rice, some jujubes, lotus seeds and other things specially for Chen Ming.

The whole family was so happy that they could finally have enough to eat again.

Chen Afu secretly complained that it was really hard to make money in ancient times. What she sold was considered a design, but she didn't even get a tael of silver.

On May 8th, the winter wheat harvest in the fields began. This year is another bumper harvest year. Chen Ye and his son are good at growing crops. Their fields produce more than 200 kilograms of wheat per acre.

The four acres of land for the second house will also be cultivated by the big house. The big house will keep 40% of the land, and the second house will pay 60% of the rent. In addition to paying taxes on the 60% of the second house, more than 100 kilograms of wheat were kept at home for grinding flour, and the rest was sold for more than two guan. Chen Ye and his son help with these things every year. At the same time, a lot more wheat straw was piled up in the backyard of the second house.

With these wheat straws, Alu and Dabao feel much more relaxed, as they no longer have to collect firewood every day.

These two dollars are a lot of money. If they save a little, some farmers can support it for half a year. But at Chen Mingjia, it’s four months’ worth of consultation fees and medication. This is because Chen Afu no longer needs to buy medicine, otherwise it would only be enough for three months.

Finally, on May 20th, it was time for the first house to hand over the food and money to the second house, and they had to discuss what to plant in the land and repair the house next.

Knowing that they were coming today, Mrs. Wang specially went to cut a pound of meat, buy two pounds of soju that Chen Ming liked to drink, and prepare some delicious dishes. This time it's not stew, it's all stir-fried vegetables.

Originally, Chen Afu wanted to show off her cooking skills, but Wang was unwilling. She said she had guests today and was afraid that she would not cook well and waste the ingredients, so she had to be responsible for lighting the fire. The aroma of cooking oil in a pot and the sound of stinging made Chen Afu's saliva fill her mouth from time to time. Fortunately, she could control herself now and swallowed it quickly.

Seeing A Lu and Dabao constantly wandering in the kitchen, Chen Afu would use chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat for them every time they cooked a dish, and asked with a smile, How does it taste? Do you need to add some salt?

The two young ladies both said in a serious manner, It's delicious. There's no need to add anything.

Wang didn't say much, just smiled and shook her head.

Originally, Mrs. Wang had previously proposed to buy a few more feet of cloth to give to Mrs. Hu, but Chen Ming did not agree.

Chen Ming said, We didn't charge more for the rent of my eldest brother's house. The same method was used to collect the land that others rented from our house. With that kind of money, it would be better to pull a few feet of cloth to make clothes for my mother or eldest brother. She said He said, I'll give it away. I don't know how much it will be. We're not as rich as my third brother's family, and they even built a big yard for them. After thinking about it, he added, Then I'll give you a few feet of coarse cloth. Let’s make clothes, brother is working hard all year round.”

Chen Afu didn't know what Chen Ming and Wang meant, but he also heard that although Chen Ming respected Chen Ye very much, he looked down on Hu. After watching Hu's heart-wrenching performance, you will understand.

Before dinner, Mrs. Chen, Chen Ye, Hu, and Chen Agui all came, and later they also followed little tail Chen Dahu.

Madam Hu glanced at Chen Afu who was sitting there lighting the fire, curled his lips and said, Everyone said that Afu is very handsome, and he really is. But what's the use of being handsome? He can't even earn a betrothal gift for his mother's family, so it's a waste of money. More than ten years.

Chen Afu said slowly, Although I can't earn betrothal gifts for my parents, I will definitely respect them like a son in the future.

Mr. Hu snorted and entered the west room.

Chen Ye first took out two 500 yuan, which was money from selling grain. Later, Chen Ye took out another four thousand yuan and bought the acre of land for the second house. He had borrowed four thousand yuan from the second house before, and now he took another four yuan.

Hu's heart ached so much as she watched Chen Ming take the six dollars. I thought to myself, Chen Ming and Wang are really the masters who can only get in and out, they are stinging to death. With so much money, I don’t even want to use some of it to express gratitude to my eldest brother and nephew for their hard work throughout the year.

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