Spring scenery in the fields

"it is good."

She took one step and he followed.

After learning it two or three times, you can get the hang of it. The style is simple and there are not many steps.

After teaching her, Shen Suya took the silk thread and cut it to the appropriate length: "Sister-in-law, where are you from?"

She asked her mother, but she didn't know either.

Ji Wenhe replied calmly: "It's very far away, a small place, and the village no longer exists now."

She changed the subject.

"It is fate that I can come to Shenjia Village. I met you here and we all get along well."

Shenjia Village is a place with picturesque scenery and simple folk customs. I have been here for such a long time, but I have never heard of any jaw-dropping incidents happening in the village.

Shen Suya raised her lips and smiled softly: "Yes, everyone in our village is easy to get along with. Even if we have a quarrel today, we will be together again in two days and have fun together."

We often have quarrels, but they will be fine after a couple of days.

"Yeah." Ji Wenhe raised his eyes and looked at the table, "Xiaoya, how much did you buy that bracelet for?"

The bracelet is very thin, woven with three strands of red rope, and tied with a simple Ruyi knot.

She glanced at it and replied, "It was my birthday when I was five years old. By chance, a peddler came into the village and pestered my mother to buy it for me."

"I had just learned how to knit at that time. If it were now, I wouldn't spend three cents to buy it. It's too simple. You can tell how to knit it at a glance."

The boss of Jinxiufang said that she was good at lace making and was born to do this.

Ji Wenhe walked over, picked it up and looked at it carefully: "This is made of hemp rope, right?"

Some of the color has faded, perhaps because it has been worn for a long time and has been severely worn.

Shen Suya nodded: "Well, wax thread is too expensive. People don't even want to wear a bracelet made of hemp thread as a gift. The expensive part is the dyeing."

Many dyes are beyond their reach, and dyeing workshops are reluctant to pass on their dyeing techniques to outsiders.

She placed the bracelet on the table and turned around to continue making beads.

"Xiaoya, how many years has it been since a peddler came to the village?"

She thought for a moment and said, "It's been five years now. The peddler can only sell a few things in the village. He won't come again next time."

"When I was a kid, there were peddlers coming to the village every one or two months, but they were never the same people. After they came once, they would never come again."

Ji Wenhe then asked, "Besides bracelets, handkerchiefs, and children's toys, what else does the peddler sell?"

"There are a lot." Shen Suya put one leg on the bed and continued, "Needle and thread, cloth, hairpins..."

"Some peddlers would carry oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to the village to sell. The price was cheaper than in town. My mother said that when they were young, they would buy from the peddlers."

"But some peddlers would shortchange customers on weights and measures. After a while, people would stop buying from them and gradually stop coming."

"Due to famine and war in recent years, fewer and fewer peddlers go to the countryside, and they are almost non-existent."

Ji Wenhe tied the thread in his hand and took out the light green and dark green twine: "When life gets better, there should be many people who can do the job of peddler."

"Well, we are far from the town. We go to the market once a month. If the peddler sells things cheaply, no one will want to go to the town."

Shen Suya looked up unintentionally and saw that what she was knitting in her hands was not a silk net.

"Sister-in-law, are you weaving bracelets?"

She leaned over the low table, staring at the patterns she had typed out.

"Sister-in-law, this style is really beautiful, like a small flower, and the color combination is also beautiful."

"They are little daisies. There are a lot of them on the roadside in summer. You should have seen them."

There was a time in her previous life when these little daisy bracelets were very popular. She also followed the trend and bought several different colors. They looked particularly beautiful when worn on her hands.

Ji Wenhe picked up the half-woven bracelet and said, "Put your hand over here, I'll see what length is right for you."

Shen Suya happily stretched out her wrist: "Sister-in-law, is this for me?"

"Well, this is for you, Xiaoya. Do you think anyone would want it if you sell it at the market?"

"Of course someone will want it. Look at my bracelet, it has all kinds of patterns. My sister-in-law made it so beautifully, someone will definitely buy it."

But it's easy for people to learn it.

"Sister-in-law, how much do you plan to sell it for? If it's too expensive, I guess not many people will buy it."

Ji Wenhe thought for a moment and said, "How about three cents? Five cents is a bit expensive. If someone learns this and sets a lower price than me, my business will be taken away by others."

"Then I'll just set the price lower so they can't lower it any further. They can't charge two cents or one cent for each stick."

Excluding the labor and labor costs, there is no profit at all.

"And even if they learn it, the thread they use is better than mine, and they sell it to wealthy families, so they can't steal my business."

Shen Suya nodded in agreement: "Sister-in-law is right. The thread that is too good is expensive and poor people can't afford it."

He looked at her putting the bracelet on her wrist, pulling up her sleeves, shaking her wrists, and said happily.

"Sister-in-law, I like this bracelet. It's really beautiful. Why don't you make more in different colors? Just match two colors together like this and go shopping. I'm sure many people will buy it."

Ji Wenhe raised his lips: "Well, I bought other colors, not just this style, I also know other styles."

"Xiao Ya, sister-in-law wants to ask you for advice and learn how to weave other bracelet styles. In return, I will give you one of each style I make. How about that?"

Shen Suya looked at her with sparkling eyes and nodded vigorously: "Okay, okay, I know many ways of knitting, I will teach them all to my sister-in-law."

At this time, Lan Qiuhua's voice was heard outside the door.

"Xiaoya, come out and turn over the quilt. My hands are covered in mud."

"mother."

Shen Suya ran out happily, waving her wrist in front of her eyes.

"Mom, look, isn't it beautiful?"

"Wow, this bracelet is so pretty, did you weave it yourself?"

"No, it's my sister-in-law."

"Aunt Lan." Ji Wenhe followed her out and called out with a smile.

Lan Qiuhua was washing her hands with her back to her. She turned her head and said, "Wen He, when did you get here?"

Then he turned to look at Shen Suya: "You kid, why don't you go to the field to call me when someone comes home?"

She pouted: "It was my sister-in-law who didn't let me call you."

"Aunt Lan, don't blame Xiaoya. I came here to ask for advice on how to make a net, but I was busy in the fields, so I didn't ask Xiaoya to call you."

I caught a glimpse of her snorting cutely and smiled.

"Xiao Ya just taught me how to knit. I learned a pattern from her. I may come to ask for advice more often in the future. Aunt Lan, please don't think I'm annoying."

Lan Qiuhua laughed cheerfully: "How can I find it annoying? I'm looking forward to your coming. I'm not bragging, but Xiaoya is really good at knitting. If you don't understand, just ask her."

He washed his hands and wiped them on his body casually.

"Come on, go inside quickly, don't stand in the yard."

"Hey." Ji Wenhe followed her into the bedroom.

The bedroom in the main house near the kitchen is where the couple lives, and the bedroom next door should be where her son lives.