my grandmother

Chapter 117

Sister-in-law Lu's action was so fast that it exceeded Li Xiaonan's expectations.

As soon as Wan Qing sent ten ten taels of silver bills over, Ah Wu rushed all the way back. Sister-in-law Lu had already bought a four-shed loom from Majia Loom Shop in the east of the city.

With the capital in hand, Li Xiaonan's confidence was greatly boosted, and she immediately followed A Wu to the Majia Loom Store, and asked Mrs. Gu to find out. There is a daughter-in-law named Lu in Hejia Village, Guoxiang, who has indeed bought a four-shed loom. loom, and was about to deliver the goods, Li Xiaonan threw out a banknote and bought a four-shed loom, and asked Sister-in-law Gu to send the two looms to Hejia Village to Sister-in-law Lu.

The next day, Li Xiaonan, A Wu, and Wang Yuting went to Hejia Village after inspecting the grocery stores.

Ah Wu raised his voice and asked, a large group of children at the head of the village scrambled to answer, and a group of people ran ahead to lead the three of them.

Sister-in-law Lu's house is in the east of the village. The yard is very big. Two camphor trees are planted with luxuriant branches and leaves. The yard is clean and people come and go.

Ah Wu fastened his horse, stretched his head to look into the yard, and stood at the gate of the yard with his hands behind his back.

There is either a young lady or a young daughter-in-law in the yard. It is not good for her to squeeze in.

There were four or five daughters-in-law crowded at the door of the main room, Wang Yuting stood outside the daughters-in-law, tiptoed and raised his voice, "Sister-in-law Lu!"

"Who is it?" Mrs. Lu responded in the room, but did not come out.

"It's me." Li Xiaonan replied, squeezed in from among the wives, stood at the innermost, and looked into the main room.

The main room has been emptied, and two brand-new four-shed looms have been placed one to the east and the other to the west. A high shelf, one horizontal and two vertical, is erected between the two looms. The shelf is so high that it almost touches the roof beams. Mrs. On the high stool, two hands quickly sorted the row of extremely thin cotton threads in front of him.

"Sit down for a while, I'm busy." Mrs. Lu stared at the thread in her hand, not daring to be distracted.

Li Xiaonan stood in the innermost place, while Wang Yuting stood on tiptoe, lying behind four or five daughter-in-laws, stretching his neck to watch Lu's sister-in-law's fast splitting line.

After waiting for more than an hour, sister-in-law Lu arranged the thread and shouted. The two daughter-in-laws stepped forward and each used a thin wooden stick to hold up a neat row of warp threads. Put the warp beam on the loom, and watched the two daughters-in-law put the thread on the loom, heaved a long sigh of relief, and waved his hand, "Stay away, don't make a mess, I will take a break and then go on threading."

Sister-in-law Lu came out of the main room and closed the door, and several daughters-in-law courteously passed tea and small bamboo chairs.

"Auntie, have a cup of tea."

"Sister-in-law, sit down and rest."

"Who was looking for me just now?" Sister Lu took the tea and asked.

"It's me." Li Xiaonan squeezed out from among the daughters-in-law.

"It's the shopkeeper, this is our boss." Sister-in-law Lu hurriedly stood up, introduced a sentence, and handed the small bamboo chair that the daughter-in-law gave her to Li Xiaonan. "I have made you wait for so long, I really dare not be distracted when I go online."

"Sister-in-law Lu is really good at craftsmanship, it dazzles me." Li Xiaonan sat down and praised her.

"Thank you, little shopkeeper. The loom was delivered before lunch yesterday. After lunch, the few of us started to adjust the loom. We worked hard today, and we can thread this loom. As soon as the thread is threaded, we will try to weave. Weaving, I am afraid that half a piece of cloth will be wasted, as we have not woven fine cloth for many years."

Sister-in-law Lu's hair on her forehead was all wet with sweat, but she was full of energy and spoke in a high-pitched tone.

"I remember you said that six of you can weave jacquard muslin?" Li Xiaonan looked at the wives around.

"Yes, me, her, her, and her." Sister Lu pointed at five people.

"Aren't two looms a little short, or I'll give you two more? Up to two." Li Xiaonan laughed.

If there are more than five looms, it will be counted as a weaving workshop.

"Little shopkeeper, wait a moment." Sister Lu laughed, "There must be a place for this loom."

Sister-in-law Lu said, she turned her head to look at the daughters-in-law surrounding her, and said with a smile, "What time is it? Ladies, hurry up and cook, come over after dinner."

The daughters-in-law around greeted each other and left the courtyard in groups of twos and threes.

The yard became quiet, and in the kitchen, a ten-year-old girl poked her head out and asked, "Mother, how many people are you cooking for?"

"you……"

"We don't eat here. We have to leave as soon as we finish talking. There are still many things to do." Li Xiaonan laughed.

The little girl backed away without waiting for Mrs. Lu to speak.

"There were so many people just now that it was inconvenient to talk." Mrs. Lu pointed to the main room, "This jacquard machine takes up space and is delicate. In our rural areas, it can only be placed in the main room. If there are elderly people at home, they have to move to the side room. .

"Those threads are also delicate. It took [-] copper tins to buy the threads for these two looms. Even if the looms were given by the shopkeeper, the money for the thread has to be paid by yourself. Besides, the money for the looms has to be paid for." Here, it took a long time at the beginning to make no money, and they are all people who are not in charge of the family." Sister-in-law Lu sighed.

"Sister-in-law's house?" Li Xiaonan asked vaguely, then turned around to look around.

"One passed away the year before last, and one passed away last year." Sister Lu answered clearly, "There are no elders above, and we are incapable of being the head of the family. Fortunately, we have a good temper."

"Well, if my sister-in-law is short of copper to buy thread or something, I can lend one and a half taels of silver to my sister-in-law without charging interest. I help my sister-in-law to support the weaving business, and I also help my own business. "Li Xiaonan lowered her voice.

"No, my family is fine. The little shopkeeper is a businessman. There is no need to rush this matter," Sister Lu pointed to the main room, "When we weave fine cloth and see copper tin, we will vacate the house and buy it with copper tin. line, it’s easy to talk about, now, whether it’s a loss or a profit, I dare not talk about it, does the little shopkeeper say it?”

"Well, sister-in-law is really thoughtful, sister-in-law can do big things. Let's go first, if sister-in-law needs anything, just leave a message at the grocery store, and I will ask Ah Wu to go there every day."

Li Xiaonan stood up while talking.

Sister-in-law Lu stood up and sent Li Xiaonan outside the gate of the courtyard. Watching the three of them get on their horses and leave, she stood in a daze at the gate of the courtyard for a while before turning around and entering.

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Gu Yan hastily stepped into the Qingshenyuan where he lives daily.

After entering the Qingshen Hall, seeing the prince's servant, Ban Mingjing, welcoming him at the door, Gu Yan immediately turned his eyes to look inside the room.

"Greetings to Shizi, I haven't seen Shizi for a while, Shizi's demeanor has grown even more." The old servant in the room bowed slightly to Gu Yan.

"Why are you here? Is the emperor safe?" Gu Yan asked eagerly.

"Saint Gong'an, there is a will." The old servant straightened his back.

Gu Yan knelt down upon hearing the sound.

"It's a secret decree, my son, please look at it yourself." The old servant took out a tightly sealed scroll from his arms, and held it to Gu Yan with both hands.

Gu Yan knelt on the ground, took the cutter handed by Ming Jing, and opened the scroll.

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