After four or five days, Sister-in-law Lu brought four more pieces of cloth and discussed with Li Xiaonan whether she could give them two more looms on credit.
The next day, Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan arrived at Sister-in-law Lu's house in Hejia Village in a hired cart, with Awu riding beside the cart.
Sister-in-law Lu greeted her at the entrance of the hospital and saw that the shopkeeper was a young daughter-in-law in her early twenties. She was so surprised that she could not hide her surprise.
"This is my eldest sister." Li Xiaonan introduced.
"Sister-in-law Li?" Sister-in-law Lu called tentatively.
"Sister-in-law, please call me eldest lady, I comb my own hair." Li Jinzhu said with a generous smile.
"When our parents left, we were very young. It was the eldest sister who brought us up. The eldest sister also made my brother a scholar. My brother is only 18 years old this year and was a scholar last year." Li Xiaonan
I hurriedly followed and introduced.
"That's amazing! Madam, please come in and sit down quickly. It's a scholar's family. Then your brother was only seventeen when he was admitted as a scholar? Oh, this is a great talent. He might be able to get the top prize." Lu
My sister-in-law immediately became much more respectful.
"Sister-in-law, thank you for your praise." Li Jinzhu bowed slightly.
After working as the head shopkeeper for more than half a year, Li Jinzhu has changed from what he used to be. He deals with things in a measured and appropriate manner.
The owner of the two newly added looms was not Sister Lu. Sister-in-law Lu took Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan to the half-room where they planned to put the looms, and returned with Aunt Wu and Sister Jiang who wanted to borrow the looms.
Sister-in-law Lu’s house.
A few people sat down, Li Jinzhu looked at Aunt Wu and Sister Jiang and smiled: "The rules for credit looms are the same as Sister Lu's. If you pay off the loom in one year, it will be deducted from the cloth money, and no interest will be charged for the first ten months."
, in the next two months, one cent will be charged on the remaining account."
Fifth Aunt and Sister-in-law Jiang looked at Sister-in-law Lu together.
Sister-in-law Lu hurriedly smiled and said: "It means almost half of the profit. According to the lady's calculation, it is less than half. Sister-in-law Jiang has the fastest hands, almost two pieces of cloth in three days. If each piece of cloth can be weaved with half of the profit,
The machine money will be paid off in less than ten months."
Fifth Aunt and Sister Jiang looked back at Li Jinzhu and nodded together.
"This is the deed. Which of you can read?" Li Xiaonan took out two deeds and asked with a smile.
"Second daughter, go and ask Mrs. Guo to come over! Go quickly!" Sister-in-law Lu shouted loudly, then smiled and explained to Li Jinzhu: "Aunt Guo went to a girls' school and can write and do math."
"Female school?" Li Xiaonan asked in surprise.
"No more now. Aunt Guo said that when she was a child, there were many girls' schools, which only admitted girls. They taught writing, reading, arithmetic, and also taught crafts. What Aunt Guo said most was that she was very happy when she went to the girls' school."
Sister-in-law Lu smiled.
"How come I haven't heard of a girls' school? None of you have ever attended a girls' school?" Li Xiaonan was even more surprised.
"It disappeared later. It disappeared when I was a child." Sister-in-law Lu replied casually, craning her neck and looking at the courtyard door.
"When I was a kid, I heard someone say that Taiping Academy in this town used to be a girls' school." The older Fifth Aunt said with a smile.
"Then how could it be gone?" Li Xiaonan asked again.
"I don't know." Fifth Auntzi smiled.
Within a few words, Er Yao'er shouted outside the courtyard gate: Mrs. Guo is here!
Sister-in-law Lu hurriedly greeted her, and not long after, an old woman in her sixties or seventies walked into the yard, leaning on a cane and talking to Sister-in-law Lu.
Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan stood up quickly.
"You guys sit down, you guys sit down." Mrs. Guo, half of her teeth missing, smiled with a slumped mouth, and raised her hand to press down on Li Jinzhu and Li Xiaonan.
"Sit here, Mrs. Guo." Sister-in-law Jiang brought a chair over and helped Mrs. Guo sit down.
Sister-in-law Lu made a bowl of brown sugar water and served it to Mrs. Guo.
Li Xiaonan watched Mrs. Guo drink the bowl of brown sugar water and handed the deed to Mrs. Guo.
Mrs. Guo held the deed from a distance, squinting hard to read it, reading word for word, and explaining it from time to time.
After reading it, Mrs. Guo handed the deed to Li Xiaonan, looked at Sister-in-law Lu and said with a smile: "This deed is kind."
"These two bosses are kind people! I still have half a piece of fine cloth in the house. When I have free time in a few days, I will make clothes for you." Sister-in-law Lu helped Mrs. Guo up and smiled with her.
"Okay, you are kind, my legs and feet are very good, don't worry about me, you can do your business." Mrs. Guo went out and went back on crutches.
After reading the deed, Sister-in-law Jiang stood up and said with a smile: "I'll ask our head of the family to come and lay his fingerprints."
"No need to shout." Li Xiaonan stretched out her hand to stop Sister-in-law Jiang, "This loom is given to you on credit. This transaction is between us. It's useless for you man to press your fingerprints. You do it, and Sister-in-law Lu will be the winner."
"That's right, the two hosts are also women, so it's not good for you as a man." Sister-in-law Lu said with a smile.
"I have never pressed such a valuable fingerprint!" Sister-in-law Jiang was excited and uneasy at the same time. She carefully dipped the ink pad in Li Xiaonan's hand and pressed it carefully.
After sending away Fifth Aunt and Jiang Sister-in-law, Li Xiaonan took out a small silver coin of half a tael, stuffed it into Sister-in-law Lu's hand, and said with a smile: "From now on, Sister-in-law will have to worry more about adjusting the loom and other things."
"You're being polite, little shopkeeper. We are all relatives, as we should." Sister-in-law Lu pushed back hurriedly.
"Sister-in-law, you're welcome. You deserve this. If you want to borrow looms on credit in the future, please worry, sister-in-law." Li Xiaonan stuffed it back.
"The little shopkeeper is so polite." Sister-in-law Lu hesitated for a moment, held the silver horn in her hand, and smiled with Li Jinzhu: "Then I'm not polite. One more thing, I have a cousin. I knit this
I learned fine cloth from my aunt, and this cousin is my aunt’s daughter.”
Sister-in-law Lu sighed.
"In the early days, we had many weaving mills in Pingjiang City. My aunt's parents-in-law's family all owned weaving mills. My aunt learned a good craft from a young age. Later, the taxes on weaving mills were increased so heavily that the weaving mills could not continue to operate.
.
"My aunt's natal family was in decline, my husband's family was even more in decline, and my uncle fell ill again. There was no other way, so my aunt took my cousin and remarried to another family. Because of this, my cousin's marriage was not good. Fortunately."
Sister-in-law Lu paused for a moment and laughed dryly, "My parents-in-law left, and her husband also died of illness. Now she, her son, his wife, and two daughters are the only ones at home. Her two daughters are very skillful, although they are not very fine in knitting."
You will definitely be able to weave cloth as soon as you learn it. Three of them can weave fine cloth, but their home is a little far away from us. Their home is in Wujiang County."
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"That's not far. Can you give me a token so we can go see her?" Li Xiaonan looked at Li Jinzhu, saw her nodding, looked at Sister-in-law Lu and smiled.
"Yes, yes!" Sister-in-law Lu suddenly beamed.
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Liu Fuyin was shocked when he received the letter from Kunshan County that Huang Xianzhou had left with a seal. He quickly sent someone to Linhai Town. Hearing that Huang Xianzhou had already reported to the Customs and Excise Department and ordered goods at the dock, he relaxed in one breath
Come on, don’t be angry at all.
He thought that Huang Xianzhou resigned from his post and left. If that happened, he, a high-ranking official, would definitely have to be punished. But he clearly reported to the Customs and Excise Department properly, so why should he hang up the seal?
This person not only speaks in a weird and eccentric manner, but he also behaves in such a tactless way!
Forget it, let him go to the Customs and Excise Department safely, and he won't care about anything else.
Liu Fuyin drank a cup of tea to calm down his fright and sullenness, changed into casual clothes, got on his horse, and went to the palace.
Shi Gun came here to complain. Whether the complaint was made by Shi Gun himself or under the orders of the Crown Prince, now that Huang Xianzhou has gone to the Customs and Excise Department from Kunshan County, he has to tell the Crown Prince face to face about this matter.
The Crown Prince, the Guanfeng envoy, is responsible for official duties, but secretly, this is an explanation of Shi Gunnatong’s complaints.
The prince was not here, and he didn’t know when he would come back. Liu Fuyin hesitated for a moment and left a message at the concierge. As soon as he left the gate of the villa, he ran into Mrs. Pan Er, Mrs. Shi and a group of young ladies who had just returned, hula la.
A row of large cars blocked the gate.
Liu Fuyin hurriedly stepped aside.
Mrs. Shi saw Liu Fuyin as soon as she got out of the car. She stepped forward to support Mrs. Pan and said in a low voice to Mrs. Pan: "That's Liu Fuyin of Pingjiang Prefecture. What is he doing here?"
"Huh?" Mrs. Pan Er looked at Liu Fuyin.
Liu Fuyin hurriedly bowed to say hello.
"Come to see the Crown Prince? The Crown Prince is not here?" Mrs. Pan Er smiled.
"Yes." Liu Fuyin replied respectfully.
"What's the matter? Do you want to give you a message?" Lady Shi then smiled.
"It's no big deal. Kunshan County Magistrate Huang Xianzhou has been transferred to the Customs and Excise Department to assist in the dock inspection. Come and report to the Crown Prince." Liu Fuyin hurriedly leaned over and said with a smile.
"Wharf inspection?" Mrs. Shi frowned slightly, "Aren't they all transferred to serve as county magistrates?"
"Yes, Huang Xianzhou is doing very well in office." Liu Fuyin said vaguely, "Come over and report to the Crown Prince."
"Well, I'll tell my cousin." Madam Shi agreed with understanding.
"Yes, yes, thank you, thank you." Liu Fuyin leaned back and backed away.
He didn't know which one was which between the old lady and these young ladies, so he had to thank him vaguely.
Mrs. Shi helped Mrs. Pan enter the second door and walked in slowly.
"What's the matter?" Mrs. Pan Er asked warmly as she looked at Mrs. Shi, who had been frowning.
"I have never heard of a real county magistrate being transferred to the Customs and Excise Department to assist in the investigation. Liu Fuyin came here specially to report to his cousin. I am afraid that Huang County Magistrate was transferred because he offended his cousin. I don't know.
What happened to offend my cousin?" Madam Shi said in a low voice.
"The prince has a bad temper." Mrs. Pan Er sighed.
"Well, the second aunt has to persuade my cousin that this is too much." Mrs. Shi lowered her eyes.
Mrs. Pan Er looked at Mrs. Shi, "Do you really want to persuade me?"
Mrs. Shi raised her eyes and looked at Mrs. Pan Er, "It's okay if you don't know. Now that you know..." Mrs. Shi lowered her eyes and said no more.
"Well, alas, you kid is too virtuous and upright. You are doing it for his own good, but this man, alas, maybe he just doesn't like you trying to persuade him in every way. Alas." Mrs. Pan's second wife said repeatedly.
Sigh.
At the moment, the thing that worries her the most is why the prince suddenly became tired of their sister Qi? She thought about it and couldn't figure it out.
