Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

Seeing that her aunt had just arrived and was not feeling well adapted, Li Zhijuan wanted to talk to her to ease her aunt's mood.

"Aunt, your stitches are so even, much better than mine!"

"That's right, aunt's cooking skills are really good!" Qian Xiaohui also said.

"Really? I think Zhijuan and Xiaohui's cooking skills are also very good." Zhang Qingyan was indeed diverted to the topic.

"Your aunt used to be a famous embroiderer in our village. The flowers she embroidered were so beautiful!" Zhao Yuanzhen remembered how old the girl was when the original owner got married.

Later, the old lady found an embroiderer to teach the little girl embroidery. She was also very talented and learned very well. But later she met the wrong person and wasted half her life.

At that time, a matchmaker from Zhengjia Village came to propose marriage, saying that there was a scholar in their family, and the parents-in-law were reasonable. Marrying into their family would definitely bring happiness.

Sun Zhang asked around a few times and found that it was pretty much the same as what the matchmaker said, so she agreed to the marriage.

Who would have known that old Mrs. Zheng was a good actress and acted like a good mother-in-law whenever she went out.

When she got home, she would complain about her daughter-in-law, thinking that her family worked in the mountains every day and worked hard all their lives, so why should her daughter-in-law be fair and tender and enjoy a leisurely life at home? So she made Zhang Qingyan work in the mountains every day and didn't allow her to embroider anymore.

In the past few years, he was afraid of Zhang Qingyan's family and did not dare to bully her so much, but since Zhao Yuanzhen and his family separated, Zhang Qingyan rarely dared to come back. His mother-in-law began to feel fearless and bullied her even more.

Zhang Qingyan's husband is a selfish, cowardly mama's boy who believes and listens to whatever his mother says.

The eldest uncle was a hypocritical beast, talking nonsense all the time. He thought that he was the dirtiest and the worst among scholars. He felt that ordinary girls were not worthy of him, but he had no achievements, so rich and powerful girls did not like him, so he remained single.

Seeing that his brother's wife is so beautiful, he is jealous that his brother can marry such a beautiful wife, and he also has some perverted intentions.

But he didn't dare to do it, so he thought of ways to torture his sister-in-law. Basically, he was the one who gave the old lady all the bad ideas.

Old Mrs. Zheng had always wanted to torture her daughter-in-law. Now that her son was a scholar, she felt that what she did was right, so she became even more unrestrained and unscrupulous.

Such people are mentally abnormal and twisted. They think that they have been caught in the rain and therefore have to tear up other people's umbrellas.

If it were up to Zhao Yuanzhen, such an old woman's ashes would have to be scattered.

I just didn't get the script. But I'm not afraid, there are plenty of opportunities to punish this old woman.

"Wow, my aunt is so talented. Please teach me when you have time so that I can embroider some beautiful ones and make clothes for my mother." Li Zhijuan exclaimed.

"It's not as serious as my second sister-in-law says. Besides, that happened many years ago and I'm not used to it anymore." Zhang Qingyan felt a little embarrassed.

"Don't worry, wait till you get the hang of it, auntie, then you can teach us!"

"That's right. I've never been good at needlework, so I need to learn more from my aunt." Qian Xiaohui also said.

"Okay, if you don't mind me, let me get the hang of it and show you some tricks." Zhang Qingyan still has some confidence in embroidery.

Although I haven't performed for many years, I spent a lot of time on it back then and I can't forget the basic skills I learned.

At that time, the embroidery master praised herself for her talent, but she didn't expect that she would meet the wrong person and never be able to embroider well again.

"Okay, okay, then we'll wait and see Auntie's embroidery."

As they made cotton-padded clothes, they chatted and the atmosphere became less oppressive. Zhang Qingyan's condition also improved a lot, and her mood also improved.

At about 4 p.m., the village chief rang the gong to remind them. Zhao Yuanzhen opened the curtain and saw that they had arrived at Yaoshan County. This was considered as officially entering Xingzhou territory. However, it was still 7 days away from Xingzhou Prefecture.

The village chief sent someone to inquire about it, and seeing that there were no restrictions on entering and exiting the city gate, he knew that the city had not yet started recruiting soldiers. He decided to enter the city for supplies.

The weather is getting colder, so you need to prepare some cotton clothes. If you don't have enough food, buy some more.

Everyone on the bus got off and showed their household registration to the city gate guards. The entrance fee was not much, 5 cents per person.

When it came to Zhang Qingyan, Zhao Yuanzhen stuffed some change into the guard's hand.

"Sir, the weather is cold, buy some wine and eat. My sister is careless. I don't know how she lost her household registration. I haven't had time to process it yet."

"Okay, go in, remember to apply for the new card as soon as possible!" He weighed the silver in his hand, waved his hand, and let them in.

As usual, the village chief found a pawnbroker and rented a large yard. It was raining now, and the drought was over, so the well was worthless.

It only cost one or two taels of silver in total.

But it wasn't cheap, after all, they were only staying for one night.

Everyone followed the dental office to the rented large yard.

After finding a good room, you can start to move around freely.

Hurry up and unload the car, feed the horses, buy clothes and food, and leave early tomorrow morning.

Li Zhijuan was very smart. She jumped off the carriage first and chose a small room.

Although the room is small, it is no problem for their family to live in. The main thing is that there is a kang in the room.

It was cold that night, so I heated up the kang and slept comfortably.

Zhao Yuanzhen went in to take a look and was very satisfied. There was a kang in the room, an eight-person table, and a few chairs. There was nothing else.

But it was cleaned fairly well.

Zhang Xinbai went to feed the horses.

Zhang Xinnian was queuing up to draw water. The water in the well was cleaner than the water in the wild. He wanted to fill the water tank quickly so that everyone could wash and rinse. Water was also needed.

Qian Xiaohui was preparing to cook, and Li Zhijuan was preparing to wash the dirty clothes of the past two days.

Zhang Xinshu and Zhang Zijin were looking at the carriage.

Zhang Qingyan washed the rag and wiped the kang and the table.

Zhao Yuanzhen called Qian Xiaohui and said that she was going out for a walk and would bring back some food later. She asked her to just prepare some food for the journey and bring her own dinner.

Qian Xiaohui said she understood.

She was going to make two more pots of wild jujube steamed buns. She saw that everyone liked them.

After cleaning up, Zhang Qingyan hurried out to help knead the dough and cook.

Zhao Yuanzhen went out carrying her small backpack.

Let's go buy some food first. See if there's anything delicious. Then buy some thick clothes.

The temperature will drop again in a few days, and it will be too cold to sit outside to catch the bus. You need to prepare some windproof coats, capes, hats, gloves, etc.

She went to the clothing store first. It was already past five o'clock. If she went any later, she was afraid that the store would close.

Zhao Yuanzhen turned onto the main street and after walking for a while she saw a clothing store.

[Ruyi Clothing Store], the name is quite auspicious.

Zhao Yuanzhen walked into the shop.

The shopkeeper will come out immediately.

"Excuse me, what kind of clothes would you like to choose?" The shopkeeper saw that what she wore was not very good, but he did not despise her. He opened a shop to do business. Visitors are guests.

"I want to see what winter clothes are available?"

"Winter clothes are here. Do you need men's or women's?"

“Both men and women want to see it.”

"Here, you can take a look. These are all made of new cotton, and the cotton content is sufficient. They are very warm!" the shopkeeper introduced enthusiastically.

"I want to see if there are any made of leather?" Zhao Yuanzhen didn't want ordinary cotton clothes.

"They're made of leather. Please wait a moment. I'll show you a few pieces." The shopkeeper was delighted and hurried to look for stock.

Zhao Yuanzhen also opened the mall to see the price of fur!

She suddenly discovered that there was also artificial leather. The style was beautiful and cheap, only more than 20 points for one piece.

If that doesn't work, you can buy some artificial leather.

After a while, the shopkeeper took out a few leather jackets.

There are two large fur coats, and the rest are similar to vests.

The fur coat is embroidered in white and has a turquoise lining, which looks very nice.

There is also a black one for men with a blue lining. It is also good.

The rest of the vests are mostly black and white.

"What animal's fur are these?" Zhao Yuanzhen didn't know.

"These two big coats are made of sheepskin, and those short coats are made of rabbit skin!"

"How much are these fur coats?"

Zhao Yuanzhen picked up the white fur coat and looked at it. It was an inner coat, with the fur facing inwards. The outer surface of the entire fur coat was made of moon-white cotton cloth, but the cuffs and collar were fur-lined. There was a lining inside, which was turquoise cotton cloth.

Both sides are made of cotton cloth, and the middle is sheepskin. It should be very warm. Zhao Yuanzhen touched it carefully. It was very soft and smelled, and there was no peculiar smell.

In this era, the social class system was very strict, and clothing had a strict system.

Some colors, such as yellow, cannot be used.

As for silk, people without official titles cannot wear it. Only after you have official titles, you can wear silk.

The same goes for fur. Mink, fox fur, etc., ordinary people are not allowed to wear them!

"This moon-white fur coat costs 50 taels of silver."

A sheepskin is only a few taels of silver. This fur coat is made up of 4 sheepskins, which is only 20 taels of silver, and the cotton cloth is 2 taels of silver. The total cost is less than 25 taels.

"30 taels, I'll take it!" Zhao Yuanzhen opened a business at a price that would allow her to make money, but not at a loss.

"Madam, you are bargaining too much. 45 taels, no lower!"

"30 taels, no more money!" Zhao Yuanzhen said she didn't believe him.

The shopkeeper saw that she looked determined and said, "If you raise the price again, I will leave." He gritted his teeth and agreed.

I have bought this sheepskin fur coat for more than two years. I bought it for 18 taels of silver, but I have not been able to sell it.

Times are bad now, with floods and the Jin invaders breaking through the border. It would be good if I could sell them and get some cash.

I gritted my teeth and agreed.

"30 taels is fine. Do you need anything else?" He quickly wrapped up the fur coat for her.

Zhao Yuanzhen, I always feel that the reward is too high.

The remaining short vests all cost more than 20 taels of silver, but Zhao Yuanzhen didn't want any of them. They were ugly and expensive, and made him look like a shepherd boy.

I think of shoes again.

"Boss, do you have winter shoes? Leather ones!"

"Yes, yes, please wait, I'll get it for you!" The shopkeeper smiled and went to look for it quickly.

He saw that although this woman was dressed in plain clothes, she was quite generous and her bargaining was clean and neat, without any hesitation.