Natural disasters in books: I stockpiled goods to escape famine in ancient times

Mrs. Cai was very surprised to receive the reward. She bowed towards the main house in front of Feng Ru and expressed her gratitude.

Feng Ru crossed his arms and moved to the side, looking straight at Granny Cai. After she finished her greetings and stood up, he spoke: "I'm right, aren't I? The master is just a little bit cold-tempered, but he still treats everyone very well. Granny Cai, you must use your cooking skills and make more delicious food for the master. The master likes spicy food, but prefers light and non-sweet snacks."

Mrs. Cai was full of gratitude: "Thank you Miss Fengru for your advice. I heard from Jasmine that you like sweet snacks. Please take this plate of white jade cake given by the master. It would be a waste to give it to an old woman."

Feng Ru waved her hand nonchalantly: "I have plenty of snacks in my room. They are given to you by the master. Just enjoy them. If you don't want to eat, don't you still have Sister Jasmine? She also likes sweet snacks."

"Thank you very much, Miss Feng Ru. Jasmine is very greedy."

Feng Ru smiled without saying anything, then turned and walked towards the main house.

Jasmine had just finished chopping firewood in the backyard and was now sweating profusely as she came to the kitchen to get some water. She saw Mrs. Cai bringing a plate of snacks with a smile on her face, and her eyes immediately lit up.

"Mother, is this the snack you made for Miss?"

Mrs. Cai smiled and nodded: "Of course not, but this dessert is a little sweet. Miss doesn't like things that are too sweet. Give it to me as a reward. Are you hungry?"

Jasmine nodded vigorously, carefully picked up a piece of dessert and stuffed it into her mouth, with an expression of enjoyment on her face. While eating, she looked at the white jade cake and said, "How can someone not like sweet food? It's so delicious."

Mrs. Cai's smile instantly faded. She raised her hand expressionlessly and slapped Jasmine on the back of her head: "Eat well when I tell you to. If you can't talk, shut up. Do you think you can interfere in the affairs of the young lady? If you dare to talk nonsense again, don't even think about eating next time."

"Oh my god, you're not afraid of beating me silly."

Mrs. Cai glared at her and said, "You are already stupid, how much more stupid can you be? Eat quickly and get out of here quickly after you finish eating."

Jasmine covered the back of her head and let out a pitiful sound.

In the main room, Feng Ru was talking to Song Shiwei about going to the embroidery workshop to see the embroiderers today, with bright lights in her eyes.

"So you are attracted to that Wu Xiu Niang?"

Feng Ru nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "That Wu Xiu Niang has superb embroidery skills. I have carefully seen all the styles she embroidered. Moreover, Wu Xiu Niang is very gentle and speaks softly. Her smile is as beautiful as my mother's."

The last sentence is the key point. Song Shiwei looked helpless: "Since you like it, can you decide?"

"No, I heard from the owner of the embroidery shop that it has been very busy recently. Many families have already ordered autumn clothes. It will take at least ten days or half a month to finish. Even if I find an embroiderer now, she can't come to my house, so I plan to look for Wu Xiu Niang in half a month."

"You can do whatever you want."

Feng Ru chuckled, "I heard that many embroiderers in the embroidery workshop take private jobs and sell the purse handkerchiefs they embroider in their spare time. If I ask an embroiderer from the embroidery workshop to teach me, it will definitely cost a lot of money, and I don't know if Miss Wu is willing to teach me."

Song Shi frowned slightly: "If you want to learn someone's real skills, you must become a proper disciple. Money is the last thing you need to worry about. The embroiderer is unwilling to teach because she is worried that the apprentice will be fed to death and the teacher will starve to death. If you tell her directly why you want to learn embroidery, I think the embroiderer will not refuse."

"Sister, you are right. I will explain it to Miss Wu when the time comes. Anyway, I will not work in the embroidery workshop, and she doesn't need to worry about me competing with her. No, no, I'd better go to her and explain it now. Miss Wu's craftsmanship is so good. What if she teaches others in half a month? Sister, I'm going out first."

Seeing her say that wind is rain, Song Shiwei reluctantly instructed: "Let Uncle Qin take you there, and come back early."

"Know it."

Fortunately, this place was not too far from the embroidery workshop. Feng Ruxing went out in a hurry and came back at noon. As soon as he came back, he went to the kitchen and drank a large bowl of water. Then he had lunch with Mrs. Cai and others before going to find Song Shiwei.

"Sister Song, Wu Xiu Niang has agreed to teach me. She will start teaching me embroidery in half a month. However, she has to go to the embroidery workshop to work every day. If I want to learn, I have to wait until she gets off work and go to her house to learn. I can only learn for half an hour every day."

Song Shiwei raised his eyebrows: "What can you learn in half an hour?"

Feng Ru was also a little disappointed: "I also think half an hour is too little, but after Wu Xiu Niang's husband passed away, there is still a son at home who needs to go to school, and she has to do housework after work, so she naturally doesn't have much time to teach me. She did say that there is one day off every ten days, and I can go to her house to study on that day off."

"That's more like it," Song Shiwei asked after seeing Feng Ru hesitate to speak, "What's wrong? Any more questions?"

Feng Ru shook her head and pouted, "She wants a lot of money. Not only does she want five taels of silver a month, but she also wants ten taels of silver and a gift for becoming my disciple."

"Is five taels a month a lot?"

"It's just a drop in the bucket for my sister, but it's too expensive for me. Besides, she charges monthly fees, and I'm afraid she won't teach me carefully. What if she drags her feet?"

It is indeed a problem that needs to be worried about. Song Shiwei pondered for a moment and said, "How about this, you learn first. If she doesn't teach with all her heart, we will find someone else to teach. After all, working in an embroidery workshop should also be respectable. I think she should not let her reputation down."

"It can only be the."

Song Shiwei looked at her unhappy face, his eyes darkened: "Did she tell you to pay the money?"

"That's not the case. I'm not stupid enough to ask her that. I went to ask other embroiderers in the workshop first. I asked several of them in a row, and they all said the same thing, so I went to find Wu Xiu Niang."

"You're quite smart."

Feng Ru grinned: "It's all because of your good teaching, sister. I also learned it from you, sister. I can't let others take advantage of me."

"Did you say when the money will be given?"

"Give it to me in half a month."

Song Shiwei nodded, and a hundred-liang silver note appeared out of thin air in his palm: "Take it, I'm only responsible for giving the silver, you can take care of the rest."

"Don't worry, sister. I will definitely study hard and embroider more purses for you in the future. By the way, sister, can you give me some more material? I will embroider purses for you in my free time in the next half month. It's not cost-effective to buy them outside."

The prices in Beijing are really terribly high.

Song Shiwei also knew that Feng Ru was still thinking about buying the purse, so she smiled and gave her a piece of moon-white material.

The little girl happily carried the material out, leaving Song Shiwei at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

At noon, Lin Ting arrived, followed by a servant carrying a large camphorwood box. As soon as he entered the main room and saw Song Shiwei, he trotted over and said, "Shiwei, I brought you a box of storybooks. They are all the best bought in the capital in recent years. You can take a look and see if you have read them. If you haven't, I'll leave them all for you."

After Lin heard this, the servant who was carrying the box tactfully opened the box, revealing neatly stacked piles of storybooks inside. Song Shiwei's face was filled with surprise.