I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 32 New Job
After Xiang Xiaoniang and other concubines received Xie Fei's embroidery, they liked it more and more.

Especially Miao, who had just obtained a lot of precious materials and was worried about not being able to find a suitable embroiderer. But when she saw the embroidery sent by Xie Fei, she became interested.

However, she was unwilling to lose face and send someone to "beg" Xie Fei, so Xiang Xiaoniang sent someone.

After learning what happened, Xie Fei breathed a sigh of relief.

Anything is fine, just don't let her go back to that depressing place in Pei Mansion.

She said to the maid, "The embroidery is done on this farm. Go back and tell your daughter, I will ask the embroiderer first. If she is willing, I will come to Pei's house and give her a reply."

The maid thanked him and left.

Mother Liu was listening nearby, and after the people left, she said, "Was the embroidery that Xiao Niang Xie gave away made by my daughter-in-law?"

Xie Fei said: "Mrs. Shui is pregnant, I wonder if she can do this?"

Mother Liu said, "I'll go back and ask, and I'll give you a reply later."

After all, Mother Liu didn’t know whether Shui Huaiyu could do it.

Shui Huaiyu was very excited when she heard the news.

"It's just some embroidery. I'm young, and my eyes, hands and feet are fine. What's wrong with that?"

If I could get some money, it would help ease the burden after the child is born.

Chen Dafa walked slowly in the yard with a cane, and was very worried when he heard this.

"How can you sit all day with your big belly? Now that our family has some savings, you don't have to work hard for it."

Shui Huaiyu shook his head and said softly: "But sir, this is an excellent opportunity."

In the past, she was just like other ladies, only able to earn a few copper coins from laundry, mending and embroidery, and had no place to display her embroidery skills.

Fortunately, Xie Fei pointed out a way for her. If she missed this opportunity, she might never have the chance to develop in her life.

Mother Liu pondered for a long time, looked at Shui Huaiyu's pregnant belly, and said, "I haven't met the young ladies in the mansion, but I'm sure not all of them are as easy to get along with as Miss Xie. If you do something wrong and offend someone, I'm afraid you won't be able to get away easily."

Shui Huaiyu insisted, "It's okay, mother-in-law. I'm just doing some embroidery and not getting involved in other things. They won't make things difficult for me for no reason."

If we can get some money, life at home will be better.

After a long argument, Shui Huaiyu finally prevailed.

Xie Fei asked Shui Huaiyu to find someone to accompany her and go to report to Xiang Xiaoniang first to see if he could get the cloth back to the farm to embroider it. This way he could take care of her often and there would be no contact with the Pei Mansion.

Shui Huaiyu then found Madam Zou and two other reliable aunts and went to Pei Mansion together.

Later, Fu Yu came back with the silver bills and Yuan San came back with the goods.

Upon learning this, Fu Yu felt very happy.

"Mrs. Shui is an excellent embroiderer. Maybe she can make a living by embroidering in the future. That would be much better, right?"

"I thought so too." Xie Fei said casually, and then asked Yuan San, "What did you buy?"

Yuan San placed the things in the backpack on the stove one by one and said, "I bought some oil, salt, rice and flour, and also brought your favorite osmanthus shortbread and a pot of sweet milk wine."

Xie Fei had smelled the fragrance a long time ago and stood beside Yuan San, refusing to leave. His moist and clear eyes stared at Yuan San's hands to see what other tricks he could come up with.

Yuan San bought a lot of food, such as crispy candies, pancakes, and candied haws.

Seeing that the basket was gradually empty, he was able to pull out a roast goose wrapped in yellow paper from under a layer of bamboo leaves like a magic trick. Xie Fei cheered, "You bought the roast goose from that shop in town again!"

Yuan San also laughed. After washing his hands, he pressed the roast goose on the chopping board and sliced ​​it with excellent knife skills.

"Knowing that the girl loves to eat it, I made a special detour to the town to buy it."

From the next room, Fu Yu's voice came, "Miss, I went there too. It's not just Brother Yuan San's credit."

Xie Fei was very happy. He took a roast goose leg and started eating it, saying, "You can't miss it."

During the meal, Xie Fei asked about the silver notes, and Fu Yu said that they had a total of one thousand taels.

This is all thanks to the pawning of jewelry, especially the rewards from the Marquis' Mansion, which are very valuable.

"With this money, I can open a small shop," Xie Fei said while drinking porridge, "If I were a good citizen, I would have to think about it."

But she was Pei's concubine, her life was not in her own hands, and there were many risks in opening a shop secretly.

She looked at Yuan San again, and felt so frightened when she saw him chewing a steamed bun.

"Girl, don't look at me. I'm an illegal resident." Yuan San, sweating profusely, told Xie Fei that his identity had not been cleared. Even if it had been, it was impossible for a tomb robber to open a shop in the city.

Not to mention Fu Yu. Although the indenture contract was firmly in Xie Fei's hands and had not fallen into the hands of the Xie family, and she could be restored to good status at any time, she was too young and could not even get the documents from the government.

Xie Fei felt very uncomfortable as he had a large sum of money in a bank but couldn't make money from it.

I still have to find a way to set up a small shop so that if something unexpected happens in the future, I won’t have to rely on the Pei Mansion for a living.

The next day, Shui Huaiyu and Madam Zou came to express their gratitude.

The two of them went to Pei's house yesterday, and in front of Miao, Xiang Xiaoniang and others, they embroidered and mended things, and their exquisite skills were deeply appreciated by the young ladies.

So when Miao spoke, the concubines responded one after another. From now on, whenever they needed embroidery or shoe making, they would let Shui Huaiyu and others take care of it.

After all, she was a concubine from a noble family, especially Miao, who was deeply favored by Pei Yuan and was very generous. The silver reward made Madam Zou and others smile from ear to ear.

They all knew that it was Xie Fei who recommended them, so they came specially to express their gratitude.

Shui Huaiyu was so happy that he looked much better after finding a job. He said with a smile, "With this, this year's New Year will be much easier."

Madam Zou also said: "My salary is much higher than what Daniu would get after working hard for several months. It is true that wealthy families are very generous, and their flowers, plants and trees are all unique. When I went there, I saw that their maids and servants were dressed more luxuriously than the mistresses of wealthy families. It was simply..."

Madam Zou was a talkative person and couldn't stop once she started. Shui Huaiyu was afraid that Xie Fei would feel annoyed, so she said a few words and took Madam Zou away.

Before leaving, Shui Huaiyu said that after she finished the embroidery she was doing, she would send new ones to Xie Fei. After all, Xie Fei had mostly given away the previous ones.

Fu Yu saw this and said, "This Shui Niang is quite sensible about courtesy and reciprocity. She is nothing like those short-sighted, cunning and sinister fools."

Xie Fei asked: "Who are you talking about?"

Fu Yu pointed outside and said, "It's the Sun family."

In the past few days, Yuan San has been closely following the movements of Sun's mother and son.

When Sun Dalang went to do the oil pressing business, Sun would run to Pei's house and was particularly diligent, going there once or twice a day.

But Xie Fei's place was calm, so she could only say that Xie Fei asked her son to press tung oil.

(End of this chapter)