The happy little days of the Ye family

On the way back, Chen Xiaoyun asked the women in the village if there was any embroidery shop in the town that collected embroidery.

Chen Xiaoyun was alone with his daughter and could not do heavy work, so he could only make embroidery to support the family.

Therefore, Chen Xiaoyun was anxious to inquire about the collection of embroidery products in the town's embroidery workshops.

Most of the women in the village would make some handkerchiefs or purses and bring them to the embroidery workshop in exchange for some pocket money.

The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law said to Chen Xiaoyun: "Yes, even though our town of Luohe is not big, there are three embroidery workshops in the town."

"The largest one is the Yang Family Embroidery Workshop, but it only accepts embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, not large pieces of embroidery."

"The other two are small embroidery shops. They accept both large embroidered pictures and small embroidered handkerchiefs, regardless of whether the price is relatively low."

Ye Qingqing saw that Wang Duoduo's clothes were well made with needlework, and there were two small flowers sewn on the cuffs, which were quite beautiful.

Ye Qingqing suddenly said: "Aunt Chen, did you embroider the little flowers on Duoduo's clothes? They are so beautiful."

Chen Xiaoyun touched the small flower on Wang Duoduo's sleeve and thought of the past.

"I embroidered this in the past, but now my hands are rough. I want to take good care of my hands and continue to make embroidery in exchange for money later."

"What kind of embroidery is Aunt Chen good at? Handkerchiefs, small pictures or large pictures?"

Seeing that Chen Xiaoyun had not yet reacted, Mother Ye explained: "If it is small embroidery items such as handkerchiefs and purses, the embroidery workshops in the town will accept them."

"For better-made embroideries like small or large pictures, I suggest you take them to an embroidery workshop in the county and sell them. The prices at the embroidery workshops in the county are higher."

Chen Xiaoyun used to sell embroidery directly at the only embroidery shop in town. He really didn't know there were so many ways to do it.

"I'm not afraid that you will laugh at me. My skills are actually average. I used to make simple embroidery items such as handkerchiefs and purses. I also occasionally made small pictures, but they were not very good."

Ye Mu suggested: "Simple embroidery items such as handkerchiefs and purses are easier, but the price is relatively low."

"If you can make small pictures, I suggest you try making small pictures. A small picture can be worth as many handkerchiefs as you have."

Ye's mother knew that it was not easy for Chen Xiaoyun to escape here, so she suggested that she try to make small embroidery pictures, so that she could make more money.

Just now, Chen Xiaoyun said that her hands were rough, so Mother Ye secretly took a look at Chen Xiaoyun's hands.

In fact, it's not bad, although it's not as fair and tender as applying hand cream every day.

But it is much better than the women in the village who often do farm work. It can be seen that they used to take good care of their hands.

Everyone in the village knows Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing, as well as Ye Mu's natal family. The embroidery patterns they make now are sold to embroidery workshops in the county.

In fact, many people want to ask Ye Mu to help pull the thread and send their embroidery to the county embroidery workshop.

The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law asked: "Xiu Xiu, do the embroidery workshops in the county accept simple small embroidery items such as handkerchiefs and purses?"

Mother Ye has a good relationship with the women in the village, and they all tell the truth.

"You can get it, but the requirements are relatively high, and the prices of purses and handkerchiefs are not high, not much higher than the embroidery workshops in town."

"If you really want to make money, I suggest you do small embroidery."

"If your embroidery skills are not good, you can use a simpler embroidery method and embroider slowly. As long as the embroidery pattern is good and correct, you can still sell it at a good price."

These are Ye Mu's heartfelt words. Handkerchiefs and purses really don't make much money. The wages for making handkerchiefs for a year are not as much as the wages for a small embroidered picture.

Ye Mu herself knows this very well. When she made gold silk handkerchiefs, she only earned [-] to [-] taels of silver a month. Now she can make [-] taels of silver a month doing large-scale embroidery.

Of course, this is also due to the improvement of Ye Mu's embroidery skills, but it is indeed profitable to make embroidery pictures.

Nowadays, both Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing are doing large-scale embroidery. If the women in the village do small-scale embroidery, Ye Mu is not worried that it will affect their embroidery.

After all, Ye Mu is quite confident in her embroidery, and Ye Qingqing's embroidery is getting better and better.

The women in the village would like to do embroidery, but most of them have to work in the fields, and their hands are rough from working frequently and cannot touch fine fabrics.

Therefore, they can only make some low-level handkerchiefs and purses. They dare not and cannot do the more demanding things like small embroidery.

The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law was very excited and planned to make a small embroidery picture to try her hand at it when she got back.

The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law is good at embroidery, and the village chief's family has an ox cart, which will be convenient for going to the county in the future.

Chen Xiaoyun also thought that he could try making small embroidery pictures.

She actually knew how to make money by embroidering pictures, but the Wang family used to be well off.

Wang Duoduo's father felt that making embroidery pictures was too laborious for the eyes, so he did not let Chen Xiaoyun do embroidery pictures, and only asked her to make small embroidery items such as handkerchiefs and purses.

Now that the pillar that protected them from wind and rain is gone, Chen Xiaoyun can only use her weak shoulders to support her and Wang Duoduo's home.

"Sister Xiuxiu, I wonder if you can help buy some larger pieces of cloth?"

Chen Xiaoyun said embarrassedly: "I haven't touched needlework in the past month since I fled the famine, and my hands are also rough."

"I want to practice my skills first, and then make a batch of handkerchiefs to sell in the town. When my hands are well-conditioned, I can make small embroidery patterns and sell them in the county."

This was not a difficult task, and Mother Ye agreed very generously.

"Okay, it's not difficult. Our family has a small stall selling groceries at the pier."

"The stall originally sold these cloth heads. I'll go back and find some larger cloth heads for you."

Mother Ye glanced at Chen Xiaoyun's hands again and said to her:

"There is also some hand cream on the stall to moisturize my hands. I use it every day. Do you want to try it too?"

When Ye Mu talked about the hand cream that can moisturize her hands, the women on the side pricked up their ears to listen.

The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law even squeezed Ye Qingqing away.

In fact, when Father Ye was working as a salesman, he also sold hand cream and facial oil in the village, things used by women.

However, the women in the village were not willing to spend money to buy them. Today I heard Ye’s mother say that the prices of embroidery in the county were high, which made her a little excited.

Chen Xiaoyun took Ye Mu's hand and took a closer look. As expected, Ye Mu's hands were very smooth and delicate, like a girl's hands.

Everyone saw Chen Xiaoyun's movements, and the woman on the side also saw Ye Mu's white and delicate hands.

Chen Xiaoyun and the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law decided on the spot to buy a box of hand cream and go back to try it.

The other women on the side were also a little moved, but since Ye Mu's hands were so well maintained, the main reason was to work less.

Mother Ye was afraid that these people who often did farm work would find the hand cream useless and cause trouble for her in the future, so she specifically reminded:

"This hand cream is mainly for moisturizing. In fact, the main purpose is to reduce the work."

Mother Ye's words of "do less work" persuaded the other women to leave.

Only Chen Xiaoyun and the village chief's daughter-in-law, who had less work to do and made a living by making embroidery, went to Ye Mu to buy hand cream.

On the way, Ye Mu told everyone about the conditions of various embroidery workshops in the county.

However, except for the village chief's eldest daughter-in-law and Chen Xiaoyun, they wanted to try small embroidery patterns and take them to the county to try.

Most of the other women continued to make simple embroideries such as handkerchiefs and purses.

After all, they still have to do farm work at home, and their hands are rough and they really can't touch fine fabrics.