The lady is busy farming

Chapter 17 The Grandmother's Story

Qiangwei's earnestness made Li Shi's eyes brighter the more he looked, and he worked harder when he pointed out, as if he found a like-minded soulmate all of a sudden, and he never stopped talking.

Qiangwei is also happy to know more things, which can be regarded as increasing her knowledge.

According to Li Shi, she learned her embroidery from her grandma, and it is said that it is still an ancestral handicraft. As for the stitching method, she is not very clear. Back then, her grandma spent several years embroidering a fierce tiger.

Later, for some reason, a squire found out about it, and he wanted to buy it for a big price, saying that it was a birthday gift for the county magistrate, but my grandmother refused to sell it. At that time, the squire had been here for half a month, and my grandmother did not let go. Afterwards, the squire didn't bother him any more.

"Oh, what about the grandma's picture of a tiger?" Qiangwei listened with gusto, and couldn't help but raise her head to ask.

"Well, it might be God's will. Half a year later, the house caught fire, and your grandma went there at that time. The picture has always been in the grandma's house, and she went with her."

When Mrs. Li said this, she was a little sad. Grandma's family was considered a well-off family at the time, and their food, clothing, chewing and living were better than those of the villagers.Grandpa was only able to become a scholar because he was middle-aged, and he didn't want to go into an official career, so he set up a private school in the village to teach the children in the village to be enlightened.

Because they are all peasants, they don't need money.Each child only receives four strips of bacon a year, and half a den of food is enough.If you have difficulties, you can owe it first, and then give it when you have it.

Because of this, my grandma's family has a lot of prestige in the village. From time to time, villagers will send a chicken today and a basket of vegetables tomorrow.

Life has been peaceful and beautiful, until the grandfather passed away, my grandmother became taciturn, embroidering in the house all day long, and my aunt presided over all the affairs at home, playing with her embroidery day and night.

Mrs. Li knew that grandma had been living in the world of missing her grandpa and refused to come out. Even when she got married, she didn't pay much attention to it. She didn't wake up until grandma embroidered the tiger. The family members were happier, and Mrs. Li went back on purpose. Looking at her, she had also seen the embroidered picture before, and she was also very surprised at that time.

"Your grandma's embroidered picture is just like the real one, lifelike, but... alas, what a pity." Li Shi murmured, with nostalgia for her grandma and regret for her in her words, which made her Qiangwei also became sad when she heard this.

But what she pays most attention to is the embroidered picture. Farmers are relatively frugal, and they basically fall asleep when it gets dark. How could there be a fire for no reason?
"Have you learned Grandma's technique?" Qiangwei asked innocently.

"I don't have that kind of ability. My mother's embroidery skills are just superficial. However, my mother really wanted to learn at that time, and my grandma also wanted to pass on the skills. Grandma's stitches are very rare, otherwise I wouldn't let it go." That squire asked for it in every possible way." Li sighed helplessly.

"The squire is willing to pay a lot of money, why is my grandma not willing to part with her?" Because Qiangwei looked up at her cute smiling face, her innocent appearance directly made Mrs. Li ignore her question.

Mrs. Li hesitated for a moment, "It may be that the picture has some connection with your great-grandfather, that's why he refused to sell it. I seem to remember that there is a mark in the lower right corner of the embroidered picture, what is the word... Oh, yes The word 'Nian En'."

Li's eyes lit up, and she remembered that when she picked it up to look at it, she seemed to notice that there were two words underneath, but she was attracted by the tiger picture at that time, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

(End of this chapter)