A strong farm girl is busy getting rich

When Xu Guihua heard that Huang Yong wanted another five taels of silver, she staggered and almost fell off her feet. This guy is really here to rob her!

However, seeing Gao Xiuwen's cold eyes and Zhang's angry expression, Xu Guihua felt that her daughter's happiness was more important.

Gao Xiuwen is a scholar and will take imperial examinations in the future. We must not let him dislike Shen Jiao because of this incident.

So she took a deep breath and said to Huang Yong: "Okay! Come back with me and I'll give it to you!"

Huang Yong hadn't opened the bundle yet, and didn't know how much money was in it. He just saw Shen Jiao guarding the bundle tightly, and guessed that there must be money in it, so he stole the bundle!

Hearing Xu Guihua say that she agreed to give him five taels of silver, he thought for a moment, threw the bag to Shen Jiao, and followed Xu Guihua.

"Mother-in-law, please wait a moment!"

Then she heard Gao Xiuwen calling her in a cold voice.

Xu Guihua turned around, forced out a flattering smile, and asked, "Xiu Wen, is there anything else?"

Gao Xiuwen said with a stern face, "Since Shen Jiao got married, she hasn't returned to her parents' home, right? My mother has been feeling unwell these days, so it's inconvenient for me to take care of her. Let her return to her parents' home for a few days!"

Xu Guihua was stunned. She didn't expect Gao Xiuwen to say such a thing! What did he mean? Was he taking his anger out on Shen Jiao?

Shen Jiao was wiping her tears, hoping to get Gao Xiuwen's sympathy, but when she heard Gao Xiuwen's words, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over her head, making her whole body go cold.

She suddenly raised her head, looked at Gao Xiuwen, and said hesitantly, "Brother Xiuwen, are you going to chase me away?"

Gao Xiuwen turned his head away, not looking at Shen Jiao, and said, "No, I told you, it's because mom is not feeling well and can't take care of you for the time being."

"But, but I don't need mom to take care of me. I can cook for myself, and I can take care of mom, too."

Shen Jiao looked very pitiful and her voice was soft and weak.

Seeing her like this, Gao Xiuwen seemed to soften his heart again and stopped talking.

Seeing that Gao Xiuwen no longer insisted, Shen Jiao secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Guihua also tried to smooth things over, saying, "Yes, Jiaojiao is right. She married here to honor her parents-in-law and serve her husband. It's okay for her to do more work."

After she finished speaking, she walked away quickly, fearing that Gao Xiuwen would go back on his word and ask her to take her daughter back.

Shen Dakuan was not at home today. He went to Huaer Village to pick up his mother.

In previous years, Shen Dakuan's mother, Jiang, would come back on the day of the Little New Year and go back on the third day of the first lunar month after the New Year.

This year, Shen Dakuan went to pick her up two days in advance just to get the old woman back earlier to deal with Shen Qinglan and Shen Qingqian.

It was precisely because Shen Dakuan was not there that Xu Guihua dared to agree to bring Huang Yong back and give him money.

"Ayong, even though I am your biological mother, I also have a hard life. I can't always help you and give you money. This is the last time!

"Take this five taels of silver, and don't come here again, and don't look for Jiaojiao again! You are not a child anymore, find a good job, and don't hang around outside!"

Xu Guihua gritted her teeth, took out five taels of silver and said to Huang Yong.

Huang Yong only had the five taels of silver in his eyes at the moment, so he had no time to listen to what Xu Guihua said!

He snatched the silver and left without looking back. Xu Guihua looked at his back and felt depressed.

Shen Qingqian and the other two took a carriage back to town. Shen Qinglan said, "Qingqian, I want to go to the cloth shop to buy some cloth. The New Year is coming soon. I want to make some clothes for each of you."

Shen Qingqian said: "Don't we have ready-made clothes? Why not just buy them directly, and save the trouble of making them!"

Shen Qinglan smiled slightly and said, "Outerwear can be bought ready-made, but inner clothing must be made to measure."

Shen Qingqian then remembered that people in ancient times were conservative and there were no shops selling underwear.

She thought for a moment and said, "Sister, when we buy the fabrics, I'll draw some patterns for the lining and you can help me make them."

Shen Qinglan said fondly: "Okay!"

The three of them went into a nearby cloth shop and began to choose cloth. Fine cotton was the best for making linings, but the color of this fine cotton was not very bright.

Shen Qingqian used to wear a bellyband like everyone else here, but she always felt empty and uncomfortable inside. So this time she wanted Shen Qinglan to help her make some bras.

Shen Qingqian asked: "Shopkeeper, do you have any cotton cloth with better patterns?"

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, a little plump, and looked like a shrewd businessman.

He smiled and replied, "There is a kind of cotton cloth with a nice pattern, but there is only one piece left, so I put it away. I wonder how much the young lady plans to take? Is one piece enough?"

Even if Shen Qingqian didn't know how to make clothes, she knew that it wouldn't take much material to make underwear, so one piece would be enough.

She said, "One horse will do. The shopkeeper may take it out and have a look. If the pattern and color are good, I will buy it."

"Okay, then girl, please wait a moment."

After a while, the shopkeeper took out a piece of cloth from a corner and placed it on the counter.

The base color of the cotton fabric is light pink, with dark pink patterns on it, which looks very nice. The key is that it is perfect for making lining!

Shen Qingqian liked it at first sight, and Shen Qinglan and Yingzi also agreed.

"Shopkeeper, how much is this cloth?"

The shopkeeper said, "We don't have this kind of colorful cloth here. I brought this back from the south. It's a little more expensive, six taels of silver per piece."

"Okay, I bought it!"

Shen Qingqian said happily.

"Aunt, that piece of cloth is so beautiful!"

At this time, a woman's voice was heard behind me.

Shen Qingqian and the other two turned around at the same time and saw that the person who spoke was none other than Yao Ning, the daughter of County Magistrate Yao.

There was another woman next to her, whom Shen Qingqian had also seen. She was Gu Nan's mother.

Shen Qingqian took just one look, then turned his head, took out six taels of silver and handed it to the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was about to take it when Yao Ning said, "Shopkeeper, give me one piece of this cotton cloth, no, two pieces!"

The shopkeeper paused and said with some embarrassment: "Miss, I am really sorry, but there is only this one piece of cotton cloth left, and this last piece has been sold to you, so you should look for something else!"

Yao Ning frowned and said, "Is that so? That's such a pity. I finally found a piece of cloth that I liked, but how come it's gone?"

Gu Nan's mother glanced at the silver that Shen Qingqian was still holding in her hand and said, "They haven't bought it yet, have they? Shopkeeper, I'll pay double the price, please sell the cloth to my niece!"

Yao Ning's eyes lit up immediately, and he agreed, "Yes, yes! They haven't paid yet! Shopkeeper, the highest bidder wins, is that okay?"

"This……"

The shopkeeper was a little embarrassed and looked at Shen Qingqian, who was also looking at him leisurely.

The shopkeeper said with some embarrassment: "This...is not good!"