Chapter 377： Much like your daughter

Subsequently, Yingbao went to Chen Zhao's house with a few apples in her pocket.

At this moment, Chen Zhao was just closing the stall, and he was very happy to see Ying Bao: "You are here! Come and sit in the room."

Yingbao put a few apples and mandarin oranges on the table and asked, "Why didn't I see your eldest sister?"

“She went back to cook for her grandparents.” Although Chen Zhao and Chen Wan’s three siblings live in the market, they still have to go back to cook and wash for their grandparents every day.

Xubao came over, picked up a mandarin orange and peeled it.

Yingbao hesitated for a moment, then asked: "I heard someone said that Chen Wan is going to the county town?"

Chen Zhao paused and nodded: "Ying Bao, you can have dinner at my place at noon. I have something to tell you."

"good."

Ying Bao sat at the table and watched Chen Zhao working on the pot.

Xu Bao peeled off the mandarin oranges, gave a piece to Ying Bao, gave another piece to Chen Zhao, and stuffed the rest into his mouth.

Chen Zhao cooked rice, a radish soup, two eggs, and a small salted fish with radish.

During the meal, Chen Zhao gave one egg to Ying Bao and one to his younger brother Xu Bao, and then said: "My father has found a family for my eldest sister, and the owner is a county captain."

“County captain?” Yingbao immediately thought of the middle-aged man named Cao Shen.

Chen Changping actually wanted to give his eldest daughter to Cao Shen as a concubine?

Or should we let Cao Shen take the lead and send Chen Wan elsewhere?

Yingbao: "Chen Wan agrees?"

“Her? She’s just a slug.” Slimy and boneless, she only knows how to obey.

Chen Zhao sneered: "I asked her not to agree, but she said it was difficult for her father to do so."

Yingbao:…

She didn’t know that Chen Wan was such a person.

Forget it, even Chen Zhao can’t wake up a person who is pretending to sleep, so why bother asking for trouble?

After dinner, Yingbao went to the textile workshop again.

The weavers will be given a holiday in two days, so they are a little relaxed now.

The weavers chatted happily about wages and predicted how much they would get.

When they saw Ying Bao, everyone called her Miss Jiang.

Wang Wuniang gave her a slight blessing: "Little lady, please come with me."

Yingbao returned the gift and followed Wang Wuniang into the weaving room.

The workshop's operation rooms are divided into several areas, including those for spinning and weaving.

These cotton yarns and cloths are all white and will be shipped to other places for printing and dyeing before being sold.

Yingbao only earns money from white cloth. As for printing and dyeing, it has nothing to do with her.

Even so, she can get more than a thousand taels of silver a year.

Wang Wuniang took out two pieces of fluffy white cloth from a box and handed it to Yingbao: "This is spun with white rabbit hair and cotton thread. Madam said it would be given to the young lady to make clothes."

Yingbao took it and touched it. It felt very soft and smooth. She couldn't help but be surprised: "Can rabbit hair be sandwiched in cotton thread to weave cloth?"

Wang Wuniang nodded: "Let's spin the rabbit fur and cotton thread together first, and then weave the cloth. There will be no hair loss, but the material is a bit thick."

“It’s nice to be thick, and it will keep you warm in winter.” Ying Bao couldn’t put it down because of this kind of fabric, and thanked Wang Wuniang: “Thank you so much, sister Wuniang.”

Wang Wuniang smiled, "If Miss Yingbao likes it, we can also get gray rabbit fur and spin some cloth."

Yingbao shook his head: "Forget it." It's enough if you have two pieces, and it should be enough to make waistcoats for your two younger brothers. After all, the workshop does not belong to you alone, so it is better not to trouble Wang Wuniang too much.

Coming out of the textile workshop with two pieces of cloth in his arms, he suddenly met Chen Changping and a strange man on the road.

Chen Changping glanced at her with an expression of indifference. The man was about the same age as him. He had three long beards and his eyes were a bit lewd.

Ying Bao avoided the two of them and went straight home.

The man followed Ying Bao away with his eyes, then turned to look at Chen Changping and said a few times: "That little lady just now is also your daughter?"

Chen Changping shook his head: "No, her surname is Jiang."

“Then why do I look so much like you?” The man joked, “Isn’t she your illegitimate daughter, Brother Chen? Hahaha!”

Chen Changping's face darkened: "How does it look like her? She's just a wild girl. Brother Yan was just joking."

Yan Jinshan clasped his hands behind his back and followed Chen Changping towards Chen Zhao's hut. As he walked, he said, "Seriously, that child is really similar to you, and is somewhat similar to your eldest daughter. If she can be Take it away, the noble people over there will definitely be happy."

Chen Changping's expression changed and he asked: "Do you really think she looks like my eldest daughter?"

“Of course, if we let them stand together and compare, it will be clearer.” Yan Jinshan was confident.

Chen Changping narrowed his eyes, but finally said nothing, and brought Yan Jinshan to his second daughter.

Chen Zhao was kneading dough at home and preparing wonton wrappers for a long time. He was surprised when he suddenly saw his father coming.

Her father never went to the food shop. Even if he came to the market to hang out, he would avoid it, as if he might get dirty.

It’s strange today that I brought a friend here.

“Dad.” Chen Zhao quickly moved a bench for Chen Changping and his friend to sit on.

Chen Changping did not sit down, glanced at the thatched house and frowned.

In fact, he doesn't pay much attention to his daughter's business. Today is his first time here, and he just feels that he has been completely humiliated.

Yan Jinshan wanted to come and have a look, so he had no choice but to bring people here.

Yan Jinshan looked at Chen Zhao, curled his lips, and said to Chen Changping: "Brother Chen, this is not good, it is not even half as good as the previous one."

Chen Zhao didn't know why, but he felt disgust from the bottom of his heart.

She was not stupid, she could hear that this man was talking highly about her.

But her father said nothing.

Chen Changping turned around and walked out of the hut without looking back.

Yan Jinshan followed closely and said: "Brother Chen, let me tell you, in fact, the noble man prefers children like the previous ones. The older ones and the ordinary ones are not suitable."

Chen Changping turned around suddenly. He said coldly: "Brother Yiyan, do you want me to steal a child for you to take with you?"

Yan Jinshan blinked: "That's okay, as long as you can steal it, I will tell the nobles that she is your biological daughter."

Chen Changping frowned: "This is not allowed." He was still worried that the girl would ruin his affairs.

Yan Jinshan shrugged and said regretfully: "Brother Chen, you are too upright. Do you want to stop thinking about it?"

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Let’s talk about Yingbao.

After returning home, he gave the rabbit fur cloth to A Niang and asked her to make shirts for his brothers so that they could wear them under their robes to keep them warm.

This was the first time Chun Niang saw this kind of cloth, and she touched it curiously: "It's slippery and so white. Is it really made of rabbit hair?"

“It’s domestic rabbit hair.” In wild rabbits, the hair on the belly is soft and soft, and the rest is as rough as dog hair.

Chunniang: "Isn't this kind of cloth expensive?"

"Yeah." Yingbao nodded: "So I want two."

Chun Niang smiled and said, "I suddenly remembered that when your father caught rabbits, he cut off their tails. The tails accumulated a lot, so I used the hair on the tails to twist twine and made a pair of footwear for your father. ”

Yingbao was curious: "How to do it?"

"That's it." Chun Niang found a piece of cotton thread, took two thin bamboo sticks, wrapped her fingers around the cotton thread and threaded it on the bamboo sticks. "It's just like a belt. Your father's belts were made like this by me, and they are now strong."