In the entire Hejia Village, only two families gave the loom money to Li Xiaonan.
A Wu took the loom and temporarily stored it in Gu's sister-in-law's loom shop. He went out before dawn the next day. He hurriedly went to several villages to finish the day's affairs and rode straight to Hejiacun.
The next day after Li Xiaonan took away the loom, Yu Dalang got the message. That afternoon, he rushed to Hejiacun with the accountant, the clerk and two or three yamen servants, and took away the woven cloth, the remaining thread, and all the valuables.
Things, and a bunch of iron chains, locked up several men who had their fingerprints pressed.
At noon the next day, Awu came back sweating all over and rushed into the small courtyard of Cailian Lane. When he saw Li Xiaonan, he let out a long breath.
"You are at home, you are really blessed by Bodhisattva!"
Li Xiaonan was working on the abacus, looked up at Ah Wu, and said nothing.
"Sister-in-law Lu wants to see you and asks if you can go. Right now, she is waiting for you at the teahouse in town." Awu squatted next to Li Xiaonan.
"Why are you seeing me?" Li Xiaonan didn't even raise her head or stop.
"What else can we do? I told you what happened yesterday, that's all!
"I walked around from the yamen gate, and there was a row of shackles in front of the eight-character wall, all weighing fifty pounds! It's such a hot day, tsk!"
Ah Wu's tut was hard to explain. It wasn't all sympathy, nor was it all gloating. It was actually a bit complicated.
Li Xiaonan glanced sideways at her.
"Why are you still making plans? This is such a big deal!" A Wu urged when he saw that Li Xiaonan kept pointing her fingers.
"Why did Sister-in-law Lu see me? Let me go to the Yamen to plead for mercy?" Li Xiaonan's fingers did not stop flipping the abacus, and she turned a page with her other hand.
"It's not a plea. This morning, no, Sister-in-law Lu said that yesterday evening, the men of various families were locked up, and one family took their children to kneel at her door. When I arrived this morning, Sister-in-law Lu was kneeling in the yard.
They all borrowed money from her!"
When asked to borrow money from her, Awu emphasized his tone and then let out a laugh.
Li Xiaonan glanced at Awu again.
"Sister-in-law Lu said that she really didn't have that much money. I happened to be there, so she discussed with me and asked if you could relax your hands here, sign a deed, give them the loom, or lend them some money.
, Sister-in-law Lu said, even if she borrowed it," A Wu continued.
"You just agreed for me first?" Li Xiaonan asked.
"I don't know you yet? How dare I agree!" Ah Wu dusted his clothes quite proudly.
She still has some ability to recognize people and have foresight.
"Go and tell Sister-in-law Lu that I don't want to get involved in this matter. There is a saying that Sister Mei said, spoiling a child is like killing a child. It is very appropriate to apply it to the families in their village. They are all men in charge and should take responsibility.
You have to take responsibility." Li Xiaonan turned another page.
Awu frowned, then sighed for a moment.
This is what her father taught her in the past. The first thing in life is to take responsibility. What she said is absolutely true
"They owe a lot of money, and they said they would be in chains for a month." After a moment of hesitation, Ah Wu said.
"Hmm." Li Xiaonan snorted speciously, "The weather is hot, let Sister-in-law Lu remind them not to forget to bring water and food."
Awu hummed, and after a moment, he sighed, stood up and walked out.
Before and after dinner, Sister-in-law Yin entered the courtyard carrying a huge bright red gold invitation.
The Li family was having dinner. Li Yuzhu handed a small bamboo chair to Sister-in-law Yin, and Sister Mei poured herbal tea and handed it over.
"Whose family is it from?" Li Jinzhu looked at the red invitation that was too conspicuous.
"The invitation for the wedding of the third sister of the Wu family and the eldest son of the Yu family is for your family." Sister-in-law Yin threw the invitation on a small stool next to her.
"Do you have one at home?" Li Xiaonan asked with a smile.
"Yes, every family in our alley has them. No one is left behind. How shameless!" Sister-in-law Yin spat.
"The two girls in front were like this when they got married?" Li Xiaonan asked next.
"When the boss got married, he was still a bit shameless, but now he is becoming more and more shameless." Sister-in-law Yin spat again.
"Is Yu's shop open?" Li Jinzhu asked.
"On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, it's an auspicious day to ask Mr. Yin Yang Fang of the government office to show you." Sister-in-law Yin became even more unhappy.
The Yujia Cloth Shop is diagonally across from their Yueyang Cloth Shop, and it also imitates their Yueyang Cloth Shop. It has five facades, one of which is used to sell their Yujia Incense Seals and Incense Powder, the other four rooms, two of which display fine cloth, and the other
The two rooms are filled with silk embroidery goods.
"How many gifts are there?" Li Xiaonan picked up the invitation and looked at it.
"Ninety-nine copper coins, it will last forever." Sister-in-law Yin sighed.
These are the words that the Miao matchmaker put when she sent the invitation.
"Does everyone who receives the invitation have to go? There are always those who don't have children at home." Li Yuzhu asked.
"She wouldn't invite such a family. Instead, she would go to the average family to collect coins. If she couldn't invite them, she would send them a half-inch-long red cloth strip, saying that the door would bring good luck.
Just say that we are very close.
"We are a high-class family, so we will give you a big red mud gold invitation and let you eat on the flowing water banquet. But this gift, people say, is at least ninety-nine copper coins!" Sister-in-law Yin spat again.
"Can I go? There is no need to work for the eldest sister and the second sister." Li Xiaonan asked with a smile.
"Okay, why not! Let's go, I want to see the excitement." Sister-in-law Yin said with a smile.
The Yu family's wedding was a joyous event and the opening was followed by Xiaoxi. Li Xiaonan and Sister-in-law Yin carried ninety-nine copper coins to watch the excitement of the wedding, and then stood at the door of Yueyang Clothing Store to watch the opening of Yu Family Clothing Store.
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Back then, the third sister of the Wu family, and now the eldest grandma of the Yu family, was dressed in silk, with a red gold hairpin on her head, a red gold hairpin, a red gold hairpin, a red gold hairpin, and a red gold hairpin covering her temples. She stood at the entrance of the Wu family cloth village, her face full of spring breeze.
"Bah!" Sister-in-law Yin spat, turned around and went in.
Li Xiaonan stood at the threshold, watched for a while, then sat down next to Sister-in-law Yin, leaned forward and asked, "Are Matchmaker Miao related to the Wu family?"
"No! Who knows what happened to them!" Sister-in-law Yin also leaned forward, "When I got married, Matchmaker Miao had already kissed the Wu family more than she did herself.
"I heard from our old lady that Miao Matchmaker, the official matchmaker, is passed down from master to apprentice. Her master, Matchmaker Zhang, picked up Miao Matchmaker outside the city. When Zhang picked up Miao Matchmaker, she was almost forty, and Miao Matchmaker was in her twenties.
Matchmaker Zhang died, and Matchmaker Miao took over as the official matchmaker.
"The Wu family came here to escape famine, maybe seventeen or eighteen years ago. I don't know why the two families got along well.
"My old lady said that when the eldest sister of the Wu family was young, Matchmaker Miao loved her more than her own daughter. Now that the eldest sister of the Wu family is seven or eight years old, Matchmaker Miao still hugs her and won't let go, saying that her arms and legs are not good.
I'm tender, but I'll get tired after walking too much.
"For the past seventeen or eight years, the Miao matchmaker has been working for the Wu family as cows and horses without any regrets. For those who don't know, they think she is the biological mother of the Wu sisters."
Sister-in-law Yin glanced sideways at Grandma Yu at the door of Yu's shop opposite.
"On the day the grandma opposite got married, didn't anyone from her eldest sister's house arrive?" Li Xiaonan held her chin and looked at grandma Yu opposite.
"That's Ju Ren's family. Although Ju Ren has died a long time ago, the airs are still there! The eldest sister of the Wu family rarely goes back to her parents' house. She said she was not allowed to go back to her husband's family!" Sister-in-law Yin's mouth turned down and she laughed.
"Three aunts and six wives are of the lowest class, and they are the gangsters in the car and boat shop. They should be killed even if they are not guilty. Without that matchmaker, the Wu family would be much more noble, right?" Li Xiaonan looked at Sister-in-law Yin and said with a slow smile.
Sister-in-law Yin raised her eyebrows very high, and for a moment, she let out a sigh, "No! She is an official and a yamen official, so she is Qinggui. I'll go talk to that Qinggui grandma."
Sister-in-law Yin stood up, brushed her clothes, left Yueyang Clothing Village, and walked towards Grandma Yu with a smile on her face.
