Chapter 258

Yang Lu replied, "that lady Zheng was going to let her mother go out of the house. Instead, Chen changed her usual weakness. She took a pair of scissors from somewhere and put them on Mrs. Zheng's neck. She threatened that if she didn't give them a living, she would kill Mrs. Zheng first and then take her two children to the well. Although she was shrewd, she was also afraid of death. On the spot, she asked her family to take 20 liang of silver and give it to Chen Shi. Chen Shi was ready to take the baggage she had packed up and left with her two children. She had worked in our clothing shop before. Your sister-in-law took her to the shop when she saw that her mother had no place to go for a while

Wang is afraid of this. It sounds like Chen is also a hard-working woman with two young children. Leisurely not from the heart of compassion, and asked "this Chen's craft how?"

Yang Lu said, "Chen's needlework is good, or the steward next door can't accept her embroidery."

Wen Yan leisurely nodded, "my cousin, let's see. If there is no problem with Mrs. Chen's conduct, let her go to the next room to be an embroiderer and make room for her three. We don't have to rent a house. We can still support their mothers with our salary. "

Yang Lu nodded and said, "your cousin's sister-in-law is still walking around with Mrs. Chen on weekdays. She's always said that she's a good girl. I don't think she's wrong. It's easy to say how much money is paid. I see that Chen's family has a good fortune. In the past, she was in charge of Zheng Juren's money. I'm afraid she had to worry about it. However, their mothers are full of filial piety, and people around them have to avoid it, and they don't want to get involved in the disputes between their wives and concubines. No one is willing to rent a house for them. If the orphans and widows live in the streets and have another twenty liang of silver on their face, they are afraid that they will not be able to use it. Tomorrow, they will lose both the money and the people. My cousin's willingness to accept her is to give them a way to live, and it's also a good thing to accumulate happiness and virtue. "

Leisurely said with a smile, "I've always been hard-working. I don't care much about this. Listen to my cousin, it's also a hard life. If we can help, just give us a hand. And the fate of Zheng Juren, no matter what, is always not in our territory, this Zheng Niang is not willing to see. My cousin, help me to make an arrangement. Don't let him have nothing to do behind him. "

They said something else and went back home. She didn't take it to heart. She went home and sighed with Shen Ze, but forgot it.

After about two months, there were several snows in the capital. The weather was very cold and there was a thick layer of snow on the ground. Leisurely can not go out, this day at home bored, Yang Lu's wife Xu suddenly came. Leisurely listened to the servant's notice, personally welcomed to the main room outside, "this cold day, cold and slippery on the road, my cousin has something to do, just send someone to come here, how can I come here in person?"

Xu said with a smile, "two days ago, people from his hometown sent a lot of wild animals. One of them was a fox skin, which was snow-white and had no miscellaneous hair. I thought you could match it, so I sent it to you. There are also a few deer skins. Although they are poor, they are not good enough to make boots

Leisurely, she took a look at the fox skin with her maid's hand. If it was really white, it could not be said that it was expensive. She said with a smile, "it's a good thing for my cousin to keep and give it to me. I'm really sorry."

Xu said with a smile, "I'm the one who's sorry. I don't know how many good things I've missed you. Now I'm just paying back. If you don't accept it, you'll hit me in the face."

Leisurely and hastily said with a smile, "my cousin said that, but it's too much for me. I'll take it. If my sister-in-law has any good things in the future, just send them to me. I will not refuse them." Xu said, "it's easy to say." Just as the maid was about to carry all the things that Xu had brought to the warehouse, Xu suddenly said, "wait a minute. Look at my memory. I brought something for others today. I almost forgot it." Then he took out a one foot long brocade box from the things he had brought and handed it to leisurely. "This is a thank-you gift I sent you for others. Open it and see if you like it?"

Thank you? Leisurely for a time some doubts, who will ask Xu to send things to themselves? She hesitated to open the brocade box. There was a scroll in it. It looked like an embroidery. When you open the scroll, you can see a bunch of green bamboo embroidered on the painting. Two or three peach blossoms are in full bloom among the lush bamboo leaves, and two or three wild geese perch on the peach branches. This embroidery is an imitation of the painting of bamboo branch by Yu Hui, a famous flower and bird painter of the current Dynasty. The reason why you ran remembers it so clearly is that the painting is her dowry, which was given by her adoptive father Han Shangshu before she came out of the cabinet. When the bookstore opened, she took it to the copy room on the second floor of the bookstore to hang a full facade. Mr. Yu Hui was a tanhualang in the first imperial examination of the Kang Dynasty. I heard that he was more elegant than pan an. He was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and had captured the hearts of countless girls. He was also a Bachelor of Arts in Guozijian. Even Han Dishi had heard his lectures at the beginning, so he has a great position in today's literary world. Looking back at this painting, Mr. Yu's painting is still popular because it is not very old. Many scholars have copied his paintings, and have seen many good imitations. But it's the first time she's ever seen an imitation of embroidery. To be honest, the embroidery is also very good. The stitching is neat and delicate, the color is vivid, and there's no dullness. When you put it in the distance, it's like painting. Leisurely praised at the moment, "this craft is really amazing. I don't think it's under my craft."

Xu was surprised and said, "it's true or not. Your embroidery skill is praised by the Empress Dowager. How can it compare with you?" Leisurely nodded, "how can I have a serious pinch needle in the past two years? This is better than me now. My cousin said quickly, "who embroidered this?"

Xu replied with a smile, "it's either someone else, or the widow concubine of Zheng Juren, Chen's wife. After Zheng Juren left, her eldest wife couldn't bear her, and she and her mother's sister-in-law were a little dirty. The big woman of the Zheng family is fierce. She won't let her neighbors help her. They are almost sleeping on the street. Thanks to your words, let our shop accept her. They have a secure place. This man is a man who knows his kindness and plans to repay it. He has your kindness in mind. In the past two months, apart from working, I stayed up late every day to spare some time to embroider this picture and asked me to send it to you. If you say you have nothing, take this as a token of gratitude. She wanted to come and kowtow to you in person, but now it's the time of employing people in the shop, and she has no time to come. "