Hometown beacon smoke old time shadow

On Qingming Festival, Jingxian Zhaoquan took Zhaoshi and Lianzhou to her hometown in Ningbo.Zhaoquan asked: "Do you want to go back to your natal family first?" Jingxian shook her head: "Let's talk about it after finishing the matter. Since I made up my mind not to let my natal family participate in this matter, I can't go back first. Otherwise, people will still say it was me My natal family tried to encourage me to sell my ancestral property." Zhaoquan followed her idea, and after paying homage to the ancestral grave, he went to the clan to mention the sale of the property.

The old and the young were naturally a little talkative, at this time Jingxian was the mud tire in the temple, no matter what she said, her face remained motionless, but she refused to give in.Zhaoshi was courteous and thoughtful to everyone, saying "I am the only son left in this house now, and he will inherit the family business in the future. My father left a message, and everything in the family is under the control of my sister-in-law." Zhaoquan was too lazy to talk to these people, he held Lianzhou in his arms, and said to the uncle in the clan: "Look, this orphan and widow will not be able to live on, the maids and mothers at home have quit, five or six years old The older and younger masters have to work on their own, what will they eat and drink if they don’t sell their land? In a place like Shanghai, money is needed for action. Zhaoshi has not married a wife yet, and he can’t expect anything other than ancestral property, so not only If you want to sell it, the price can't be low, if it is low, you will bully the orphans and widows, and then you will publish it in the Shanghai Beach newspaper, and see where the Shen family's face will be." Everyone can't afford this sharp-mouthed aunt, but he There was also an uncle with a soldier in the family, and the sale was not his own land anyway, so the patriarch nodded and agreed, and also helped find a middleman, and negotiated a suitable price.

The group moved to Jingxian's mother's house for a few days, and soon there was news that the ancestral house with upturned eaves and green rice fields in the countryside of Ningbo had become German spinning machines and sewing machines.Sun Xiangli sent someone to tell that the machines had arrived at the port, and now they needed some workers who could do the work.Work in a garment factory is naturally suitable for female workers.Jing Xian had an idea, and simply started recruiting workers in her hometown. All the girls in the country shut their doors and bowed their heads to work until their necks were broken. Who wouldn't want to go to Shanghai, where gold is everywhere.In the end, the four of them went back to sweep the grave, but brought a dozen girls and women back to Shanghai, and even three or five maids and servants from their natal family followed.Jing Xian instructed Steward Sun to arrange a place to eat and live in advance, and also specifically confessed: "They are all brought out from their hometown, and they are all relatives, so don't be too wronged." Zhaoquan laughed at her: "Follow me here The price is almost falling into the eye of the needle, and now he is acting like a good person."

In autumn, the first batch of cloth was woven by imported spinning and looms. Jingxian specially used this batch of cloth to make a shirt for each family member in her garment factory. Shi said: "If we weave all the cloth like this, the common people will naturally come to buy it. Why would you tell everyone on the street to boycott Japanese products?" Zhaoshi wrote an article based on Jing Xian's words, They all said it was well written, and a new-style Chinese teacher in the school encouraged him to send the article to the editor of "Shen Bao", and it was published in the newspaper within a few days. In a short time, Jingxian became a celebrity in Shanghai, saying She is a heroine of the national industry.

Jingxian didn't take it seriously, and after reading the newspaper, she called Zhaoshi into the room: "I just said a few words to you, and then I went out to talk, not to make people laugh, and even showed off in the newspaper. I told you to study hard all day long. Why are you so frivolous?" Zhaoshi is old now, but he is not blindly afraid of his sister-in-law, and bows his head back: "I am not showing off, I really think what my sister-in-law said is reasonable, since it is reasonable, more people should know about it The reason is that there are many textile enterprises in Shanghai and even the whole country. If they can spare no effort, why not compare with foreign goods? So it is just to persuade people to be good, and they dare not show off. Please learn from my sister-in-law.” Jing Xian saw He was a little apprehensive, and said, "Forget it, it's not that you're not good, it's just that it's too conspicuous to be published in the newspapers. It's better not to be too ostentatious when doing business, otherwise it will easily cause trouble." However, within a few days, Jingxian received a red letter of appointment from the Secretary-General of the Textile Association under the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Amidst the rumble of spinning and weaving, the Shen family ushered in a new spring.The camphor trees and green willows in the Shen Garden all grow new green buds, and the hydrangeas are in full bloom, hanging lively on the branches.The gray magpie under the eaves gave birth to chicks and was busy hunting for food every day.Jingxian changed into an ivory white improved cheongsam, with light yellow and light green bamboo leaves embroidered on the chest and hem, and a dark green woolen cardigan on the outside. She sat at the dining table, looking at a letter with a smile on her face. letter.

Xiaozhen came out with milk from the dining room, and asked: "Seeing that you are so happy, it must have been a letter from my aunt. What good thing did you say? Did you drink the milk or did you knit the sweater?" After finishing speaking, she covered her mouth laugh.Jingxian put down the letter, pointed at Xiaozhen and pretended to be angry: "It's becoming more and more unruly, even my aunt dares to make fun of it." Xiaozhen also knew that she was not really angry, so she changed the subject: "Don't say it, Miss Huanzhu will draw a picture for you. The flower looks really good, the bamboo leaves are sparse and dense, and it looks agile, this child is really ingenious." Jingxian didn't say anything, and looked at Xiaozhen with a smile.Xiaozhen stared and said: "This is amazing, I haven't washed my face or combed my hair, why are you staring at me?" Compared to Aunt Gu, isn’t it all thanks to you that the bamboo leaves are finely stitched and the sweater is woven smoothly?” Xiaozhen couldn’t figure it out for a while: “When it comes to weaving and embroidery, it’s just the basics of knitting girls.” It’s a separate task, but the painting style and color selection must be based on the foundation of calligraphy and painting, and Huanzhu must be as clever as Huanzhu, so I won’t be able to.” Jingxian still looked at her with her head tilted, “I said it’s good, and now it’s not good to criticize it. They all have their own way." Xiaozhen couldn't hold on any longer, "My grandma, you can just say what you want to order. This is a good sentence, but it makes my hair shudder on the back of my spine." Jingxian fluttered With a laugh, he said, "I told you, I'm afraid you'll feel hot all over and panic. I said why the magpies under the eaves have been screaming incessantly for the past two days, so it should be on you." Xiaozhen became more and more angry. I don't understand: "What do you mean it should be on me? Where does my joy come from?" Jing Xian said with a smile: "Yes. This matter was originally my own decision. I have never discussed it with you, and I can't talk to you You discuss it. You know this family, and you can’t expect that person to come back now. I think you are a young girl after all, and you don’t have any children. It’s too unreasonable to keep you like this. If you let you go back to your hometown , your family is like that, your younger brother is not married yet, and he has no spare money to support you. Besides, people in the country know that you are married to Shanghai, so it will not be good for you to go back. So I entrusted my aunt to find you in Wuhan A marriage. Now she wrote a letter, saying that Uncle Chen helped you find a major officer. He said that he was a good-looking man who had gone to a military school. I think he was a new cultural person you like. Let me say something else, this man Now that the parents are gone and the family is separated from the brothers, wouldn’t you be the head of the family when you married? You don’t have to wait on your in-laws, and you don’t have so many sisters-in-law. In the future, you will set up a home in Wuhan, have a few more children, and live a happy life How good is it."