The happy little days of the Ye family

Hurrying slowly, Ye Qingqing finally finished the embroidery depicting the customs and customs of Hangzhou before the Chinese New Year.

This embroidered picture is one-third larger than Ye Qingqing's previous embroidered pictures. It took Ye Qingqing more than 4 months to embroider it.

In the past four months, in order to rush for time, Ye Qingqing rarely went out and was almost bored.

As soon as Ye Donglin and Wang Chunyu went out, Ye Qingqing, Ye Mu and Ye Xilin drove the donkey cart to the county.

Because Ye Qingqing's embroidery pattern this time was relatively large and took a long time, her second aunt and second cousin's embroidery pattern had already been completed and taken to the county.

Mrs. Ye was worried that Ye Mu and Ye Qingqing would go to the county alone, so she specially asked Ye Xilin to go with them.

In addition to selling embroidery, Ye Mu also has another task, which is to buy New Year goods for her family and arrange New Year gifts.

Ye Xilin, on the other hand, used to work as a coolie carrying things.

In order to save time, when the three of them came to the county, they went straight to Lijia Embroidery Workshop.

It's the end of the year, and there are so many people in Lijia Embroidery Workshop.

Only Ye Qingqing and three other people came to sell embroidery, and the rest of the shop were ladies and ladies from wealthy families who came to buy embroidery.

Ye Xilin was usually fearless and mischievous, but when he came into the Li family embroidery, he immediately became intimidated and hid behind Ye Qingqing like a little daughter-in-law.

Mother Ye saw that shopkeeper Li was greeting several women dressed in rich and noble clothes, so she didn't come forward to disturb them. The three of them stood in the corner and waited silently.

The three of them waited for a long time. It was probably time for lunch, and the number of customers in the embroidery shop gradually decreased.

Shopkeeper Li had been busy all morning, his lips were parched and he drank long gulps of cold water.

After drinking two cups of tea, Shopkeeper Li felt a little better.

Shopkeeper Li quickly took Mother Ye and the three of them into a small private room on the side, and then locked the door.

There are many customers at the end of the year. If the customers know the price of her embroidery, how can she sell it at a high price?

Shopkeeper Li first looked at Ye Qingqing's embroidery pictures and couldn't move his eyes away as soon as he opened his eyes.

"Qingqing is really born to eat this kind of rice. This embroidery pattern, this embroidery technique, and the color combination are all top-notch."

"Shopkeeper Li, my embroidery is still first-class, right?" Ye Qingqing on the side couldn't hold his breath and asked impatiently.

Shopkeeper Li nodded with satisfaction, "It's still Grade A, on par with the peony picture from last time."

Ye Qingqing was very happy when he heard that the embroidery this time was still first-class.

Getting first-class results twice in a row means that her embroidery has really reached the first-class level, rather than just getting it once due to luck.

Shopkeeper Li added: "The peony picture last time was 30 taels. This time the embroidered picture is one-third larger than the previous one. I will accept it at 40 taels."

Ye Qingqing looked at Ye Mu on the side. The price was about the same as what Ye Mu expected. Ye Mu nodded gently towards Ye Qingqing.

"Okay, thank you, Shopkeeper Li, for taking care of me."

Ye Qingqing said cheerfully, with a bright smile on his face.

This time, no gold thread was used in the embroidery, so the cost was much lower. The cost of such a large embroidery was only 9 taels of silver.

In other words, Ye Qingqing earned 31 taels of silver from this embroidered picture. Even if she paid half of it to the public school, she would still get 15 taels and 5 cents.

Ye Xilin, who was standing aside, felt surprised and his eyes widened.

No wonder his sister has enough money to buy her own shop. It turns out that this embroidery is so valuable.

However, Ye Xilin looked around and didn't think there was anything special about the embroidery. It was actually worth 40 taels of silver.

This thing is neither for clothing nor for drinking. What can I buy with this money? Ye Xilin cannot understand the thoughts of this rich family.

But Ye Xilin didn't dare to say anything. After all, his mother and sister still made money by doing embroidery.

Ye Xilin silently acted as a wooden figure on the side.

Shopkeeper Li put away Ye Qingqing's embroidery pictures, and then took out four huge silver ingots.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Xilin, a pair of siblings who had never seen the world, their eyes lit up when they saw four silver ingots worth ten taels.

Although the siblings had saved dozens of taels of silver before, they were just scraps of silver.

At most, it is a silver ingot of five taels of silver. I have never seen a silver ingot of ten taels of silver.

Shopkeeper Li gave the money to Ye Qingqing, and then looked at Ye's mother's embroidery.

The embroidery that Ye Mu brought over this time has two embroidery pictures, one is a large picture and the other is a small picture.

Ye Mu performed steadily and received a total of 42 taels of silver for the two embroidered pictures, 32 taels for the large picture and 10 taels for the small picture.

Ye Mu's two embroidered pictures used a lot of gold thread, and the cost alone was nearly 12 taels.

All in all, it was actually about the same amount of money as Ye Qingqing's large embroidered picture.

Ye Mu is good at using fine gold threads with fine Hangzhou embroidery threads to make some particularly gorgeous and wealthy embroidery pictures.

The embroidered pictures made by Ye Mu are gorgeous and rich but not tacky. They look dignified and very stylish.

There was a Mrs. Huang in the county who particularly liked the embroidery patterns made by Ye Mu. She bought the embroidery patterns that Ye Mu usually made several times.

Mrs. Huang came to Shopkeeper Li some time ago and said she wanted Ye Mu to help embroider a large birthday picture.

"Sister Xiuxiu, Mrs. Huang especially likes the embroidery you make. Mrs. Huang's mother-in-law will be 6 years old in June next year, and she wants you to make a picture of the Eight Immortals celebrating her birthday."

"You have done this Eight Immortals Birthday Congratulations painting several times before. There is still half a year left in June next year, so there is plenty of time."

"And Mrs. Huang is generous. As long as she is satisfied, I can give you 36 taels of silver for this embroidery."

Mother Ye's heart moved. Her current big picture was about 32 taels a piece, which was a full four taels more.

Although the embroidery method used to celebrate the birthday of the Eight Immortals is a bit complicated, Ye Mu has done it several times and is very familiar with it.

This Eight Immortals Birthday Congratulations Picture is not difficult, Ye Mu answered it in one go.

"Shopkeeper Li, does Mrs. Huang and his mother-in-law have anything to worry about? Or is there anything that needs attention?"

Everyone has their own preferences, and you should ask this clearly in advance. Otherwise, if you don’t like it after it is made, your efforts will be in vain.

"Mrs. Huang didn't mention it. She just mentioned that she likes your usual embroidery style, just like what you used to do."

"Also, I have shown the embroidery pattern of the Eight Immortals' birthday congratulations to Mrs. Huang, and she thinks it's fine."

Since Mrs. Huang has seen the embroidery samples, Ye Mu thinks there should be no problem, but for the sake of question, Ye Mu asks one more question.

"Shopkeeper Li, if I make this Eight Immortals birthday painting, and Mrs. Huang doesn't want it, you should still accept it here, right?"

"Of course, it's the same as the embroidery we usually receive. The price will never be lowered."

Mother Ye was completely relieved now. She put away the money handed over by shopkeeper Li and took Ye Donglin and Ye Xilin to buy new year's goods in a good mood.