After returning from Yunjiacun, Qiao Mingjin has been busy with her two younger brothers going to the city.
She went to the city once and pulled some cloth in a cloth shop, preparing to make some clothes for her two younger brothers.
If it were Qiao Mingjin herself, she would definitely not be able to make it. She could still sew buttons and make some repairs, but it was really hard for her to make clothes made by ancient people.
But she has Qiao Mingjin's memory.
Qiao Mingjin learned needlework from her grandmother Lan since she was a child. No matter how good she was, she could make a few clothes without any problem.
Moreover, it can be done carefully, and some simple flowers, plants, bamboos, etc. can be embroidered on the edges of the collar and cuffs in the shortest time.
At the beginning, she bought a complete set of needlework and embroidery fabrics in the city. She didn’t have the spare money before, but now she feels that she must have one at home no matter what.
At first, she felt it was strange. When she first started cutting the cloth, she was very slow and she was not used to it. The cloth was cut crookedly and her hands were pricked with needle holes.
Later, I gradually became familiar with it.
When her two younger brothers first put on the clothes she made, she was worried at first that they wouldn't fit properly and that the threads would fall apart. But she didn't expect them to fit perfectly.
She couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
In addition to the clothes for her two younger brothers, there was also some extra cloth. She measured the bodies of Mingqi and Wan'er, and made two clothes for each. The two children jumped up and down with joy, and were very excited.
However, after the clothes were finished, the two of them only tried them on once before taking them off. They took them off carefully, folded them, and put them away in a cage, not wanting others to touch them. They said they would wear them later.
Qiao Mingjin felt very sad when she saw it.
During this period, Qiao Mingjin also took a thousand taels of silver and asked Mingjue to go back to Yunjiazhuang and let her family help buy land.
During the rest of the time, Mingjue and Mingheng were very sensible and almost didn't stop. They didn't let Qiao Mingjin interfere with anything they had to do at home. The firewood filled the woodshed and was piled high in a corner of the backyard.
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Qiao Mingjin has been able to burn firewood at home for a long time without cutting wood.
That time when he went to the city, Qiao Mingjin had already found a pair of brothers who came to the city to sell firewood. Seeing the two brothers carrying firewood being picked over at the market, Qiao Mingjin thought of the first time they went to the city to sell firewood.
Own.
She took the two brothers to Yuji and introduced them to Yuji's shopkeeper. The shopkeeper Yu looked at the brothers and finally nodded in agreement.
The two brothers were extremely happy. They thanked shopkeeper Yu again and again, and thanked Qiao Mingjin again and again.
But the two brothers didn't have an oxcart like Qiao Mingjin, so they promised shopkeeper Yu Ji to deliver two loads of firewood every day.
Fortunately, they live much closer than Qiao Mingjin, not far from the city. Even walking twice a day is enough. But they still have to set aside time to chop wood.
Qiao Mingjin found someone to take over, and everyone was happy.
After waiting for another two days, the abacus was finally done.
Qiao Mingjin looked at this batch of calculations that were obviously much more sophisticated than the previous batch. He was very satisfied. The five of them did not slack off at all because they were rushing to work, and there was no cutting corners or slowing down materials.
Qiao Mingjin was very satisfied with He's father's work. Although he may not be as fast as He Xiaochun, his work was more precise. Yue Dalei was only unfamiliar with it on the first day, and then he gradually got started.
Qiao Mingjin took these prepared abacus and took a few younger brothers and sisters into the city.
They still deliver goods to various places separately. Mingjue still delivers to the academy. Mingheng delivers to various shops in various streets. Qiao Mingjin delivers to various large households...
Several people were lucky. Although they didn't add to their subscription, no one said they wanted to cancel their subscription. They were all very happy when they received the abacus, and they happily paid the remaining money.
By mid-afternoon, after the siblings had recovered all the remaining money, Qiao Mingjin did not deposit any more money at the bank. She just went to the bank to exchange some loose silver. She might need a lot of it in the future.
Money. And every time you go to a bank to exchange money, you will be charged a fee.
Several people happily bought a lot of things at the market, and then they turned around with most of the goods in the ox cart. They bought several bags of rice. And it was no longer broken rice. There was a small amount of polished rice. The rest was ordinary white rice.
After arriving home, in addition to the one hundred taels of silver that he gave to Father He last time, Qiao Mingjin gave each person another five taels of silver. Yue Dalei also gave another five taels. Father Qiao and others did not accept it at first. It was Yue Dalei who said so.
I really deserved to receive so much money for a few days' work. But Qiao Mingjin insisted on giving it, so she had to accept it all.
Qiao Mingjin told Yue Dalei that the money was used to buy him for at least half a year, and that he could not accept work from others for at least half a year.
Moreover, when he followed Qiao Mingjin in the future, he could not give up halfway, let alone reveal the work he did to others at will.
When Yue Dalei heard this, he nodded repeatedly and took the money with assurance.
On the same day, Sister Xiu and her two children brought a lot of freshly picked vegetables from the field, as well as pickles and other items to give to her.
The two families had dinner together again.
During the dinner, Qiao Mingjin said that he was letting the four fathers go back to their homes and asked them to come back in five days. He asked them to settle down at home, because they might not be able to go home for a long time.
Qiao Mingjin didn't tell these people what she was going to do next. Father He and others didn't ask. They all seemed to trust Qiao Mingjin and believed that Qiao Mingjin would not treat them badly.
In order to win over them, Qiao Mingjin paid them very high wages, and these people were willing to work with Qiao Mingjin.
He's father also divided some of the one hundred taels of silver he gave to his father last time to his two apprentices, but Qiao Mingjin didn't know how much. Speaking of which, the last batch of abacus was attributed to He Xiaochun alone.
The next day, Father He led his son and two apprentices to leave Qiao Mingjin and go home. He didn't take any luggage with him, but stayed at Qiao Mingjin's place. They expressed their determination to Qiao Mingjin that they would come again.
This reassured Qiao Mingjin a lot.
After all, what she wants to do next is absolutely impossible for her alone.
Although the sixth young master of the Zhou family said that he could cooperate with him, Qiao Mingjin also thought that he was the best partner at present. But she didn't want to share the meat, so she could only drink some soup.
The day after He's father and others left, Liu Yuanwai also sent someone to drive a carriage to pick up Mingheng and Mingjue.
When the two brothers left, Sister Xiu also brought her two children to see them off.
Qiao Mingjin personally put the burdens of his two younger brothers onto the carriage.
She didn't have much emotion to say goodbye. Only Xiao Wan'er hugged the two uncles' necks tightly and refused to let go. She didn't cry, she just hugged the two uncles' necks tightly and shed tears, and her eyes were swollen from crying.
Already.
Liu Qi has also become familiar with Ming Qi, Chang He, Liu Zhi and others these days, and is a little reluctant to leave. She pats her chest and is full of pride, saying that she will come back to see them when she has time.
It made several children nod their heads, and they followed the carriage again and again until they reached the entrance of the village.
After sending Mingheng and Mingjue away, the house suddenly became deserted.
Now only Wan'er and Ming Qi are with her at home.
Qiao Mingjin suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
On the first day, when I started taking photos, I realized that I no longer had to go up the mountain to cut firewood, so I felt a little confused and didn't know what to do next.
I spent a lot of time in the kitchen making breakfast. Then I used an ox cart to pull the chicken coop and sent the chickens to the mountains and forests. Then I didn’t know what to do.
A moment ago, I was running around without a moment's leisure. Now I have been idle for a while, and I don't know what to do anymore. I'm not used to it.
Didn't she have such a happy life?
After going down the mountain and wandering around the house for a long time, I saw piles of firewood piled high in the backyard and in the woodshed. I thought about it and brought water to water the vegetables.
Wan'er and Ming Qi were so frightened that they ran over to stop her.
They had watered this vegetable early in the morning, but it was waterlogged if they watered it again.
Qiao Mingjin felt something was wrong, so she took out the abacus and started teaching Mingqi and Xiao Wan'er how to use it.
First, she taught them the structure of an abacus and the principles of dialing. After teaching them for most of an hour, she taught them how to add numbers within fifty that they had learned from her before.
Then teach them to memorize the formula.
Ming Qi is okay. He has learned some words from Lan before, and he also knows some about reading and counting. Now he learns quickly. He also remembers the formulas firmly. It's just that Xiao Wan'er's memorization is awkward.
Qiao Mingjin didn't ask her to remember either.
Just teach her how to dial beads.
He taught her numbers within ten back and forth. He only let her practice the flexibility of her fingers and the reflexes of her brain.
The two children were very interested. They made a lot of noises with the abacus at home all day long, and they were quite happy.
Qiao Mingjin spent the whole day teaching abacus to two children. It was a rare day to enjoy a free day.
The next day, after breakfast and finishing all the work at home, Qiao Mingjin took her two children at home to teach them how to read and abacus.
At the beginning of noon, Qiao Mingjin heard the sound of a carriage outside the door.
When she heard the knock on the door and went to open the door, she saw a large carriage parked in front of her house.
Qiao Mingjin looked suspiciously at a middle-aged man who looked like a butler standing at the door of his house and the two boys standing behind him.
Seeing the man looking at himself up and down, he felt a little uncomfortable. He frowned and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
The man didn't answer, but still looked Qiao Mingjin up and down. Qiao Mingjin glanced at him and closed the door.
The man outside the door obviously didn't come back to his senses.
It wasn't until Qiao Mingjin unlatched the door bolt, turned around and walked a few steps into the courtyard that the man outside slammed the door hard: "Open the door, open the door. But Qiao Mingjin?"
Qiao Mingjin frowned.
It seems that women in this era are not given names casually, right? Besides, few people know their maiden name.
Seeing the man banging the door loudly outside, and the coarse mud in the doorframes on both sides falling straight down, he had no choice but to go up and open the door.
She saw the three people at the door staring at her with some anger.
Qiao Mingjin laughed.
Hey, this is strange. Those who didn’t know better thought they were coming to collect debts, but she refused to open the door.
Qiao Mingjin didn't have time to chatted. She was in a better mood at this moment. She held the door frame with one hand and asked: "Which family are you from? Who asked you to come to me? (To be continued. If you like this movie
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