Re-embroidering life

Knowing that the boss personally came to Shui Qinghua, Dou Jianzhi immediately brought in two thousand taels of silver. He was full of admiration for Shui Qinghua. The second sister is the second sister, and he was ashamed of himself for questioning the second sister's decision. The second sister is very capable, has many ideas, and moves fast. That is the blessing of Shuixiufang, not a burden. It is his own problem that he cannot keep up with the second sister.

He decided to work even harder to implement the new silk thread plan. The three companies agreed that after the silk thread dyeing workshop was established, they would recruit a group of people to be responsible for spinning and dyeing, and supply the three embroidery workshops at the same time, with monthly settlement. Siyifang and Chuxiuge took turns to send embroiderers to Shuixiufang to learn how to use the new silk thread.

The dyeing workshop was established vigorously after selecting a site, building a house, recruiting people and training them. Ye Jincheng hired an old dyeing craftsman with a large sum of money. Everyone called him Master Jin. Shui Qinghua had seen him once. His hair was gray, his face was dark, and his hands were very rough. The five-color pigments on his hands could not be washed off after years of accumulation.

Shuixiufang finally delivered the previous batch of orders and started accepting orders again. After a few months of silence, many customers thought that Shuixiufang had closed down and needed to reestablish contact and trust. Taking advantage of this gap, Shui Qinghua sent someone to the county government to inquire about the progress of the lawsuit. To her surprise, the Luo family did not intervene in the matter. The county government quickly sentenced the case: Meng Xiu Niang violated the contract, leaked secrets, and caused the owner to suffer heavy losses. The evidence was conclusive. Considering that the victim was willing to be lenient, she was spared from prison and only sentenced to pay 100 taels of silver.

Although she was the top embroiderer, she had to embroider stitch by stitch, without sleep, for 100 taels of silver. This time, Meng Xiu Niang lost all her savings of several years, and she was heartbroken. Remembering that Luo Dongjia had promised her that she didn't have to worry about the lawsuit, she took a deep breath and ran to Zhenluofang, wanting to see Luo Dongjia. Unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the door, a group of women were pushed out crying, and several of them fell to the middle of the street before they could stand firmly. The next moment, all kinds of bundles were thrown out, red, pink, green, yellow, and the bundles and personal belongings were scattered all over the ground like flowers from heaven, and even private clothes were spread out on the street. The girls were embarrassed and angry, and they cried one after another.

Meng Xiu Niang recognized that her bag was among them. She asked in shock, "What's going on?"

Hearing her voice, more than a dozen girls looked at her resentfully. Her loyal follower Zhao Xiu Niang had the most vicious look: "It's all your fault. You said that you could double your monthly salary by taking us to Zhenluofang. Now we are living on the streets and can't go back to Shuixiufang. How are we going to live in the future!"

After he finished speaking, he burst into tears.

"How could this happen?" Meng Xiu Niang was distraught. "They promised everything. We can't just ignore it!"

She did not bother to pack her bag and rushed towards Zhenluofang. Before she got close, she was held by two sturdy old women. Their arms clamped her like cast iron, making her unable to move.

"I advise you to be quiet. The boss is in trouble because of you. It's still polite to just kick you out. If you keep pestering me, I'll let you see how powerful Zhenluofang is!" The two old women looked ferocious.

"You can't do this to me. I gave all the embroidery patterns of my natural embroidery to Zhenluofang. That embroidery pattern is worth at least one hundred taels of silver!" Meng Xiu Niang shouted anxiously.

"How dare you mention the embroidery pattern!" A man who looked like a manager walked out of the Zhenluo Workshop and looked down at the embroiderers. "The Shuixiu Workshop is upgrading its skills again. The embroidery pattern will soon be worthless. The owner has suffered a great loss for this embroidery pattern! Which embroidery workshop would dare to employ you, a bunch of traitors? Get out of here!"

Meng Xiu Niang was desperate. At this moment, she was hit hard on the forehead and her vision went dark. She looked down and saw an embroidered shoe. An embroiderer glared at her and said, "You are the one who is betraying us, not us. We were doing well in the Shuixiu Workshop, but you deceived us!"

Other embroiderers followed suit, picking up small items at hand, such as sachets, insoles, and seals, and threw them at Meng Xiu Niang like raindrops. She held her head with both hands, squatted on the ground, and shed tears in pain, not understanding how things had come to this point?

Dou Jianzhi soon learned about what happened on the street, and he issued an order that if the runaway embroiderers came back to beg for mercy, none of them would be allowed in. If the tiger doesn't show its might, people will think I'm a sick cat.

Ye Jincheng was very happy to hear all this. The man surnamed Luo really didn't know how to live or die. He didn't even ask who was behind the Water Embroidery Shop, but dared to touch the tiger's whiskers. He used some money to go through the backyard and spread rumors to Madam Huang, letting her know that the Luo family was bullying outside in the name of the Huang Zhifu Yue family. Madam Huang was furious and punished Aunt Luo to kneel down, and her legs were swollen. Magistrate Huang was afraid of being blamed by the real Yue family, and was also afraid of being accused of favoring concubines and neglecting wives, which would affect his reputation as an official, so he called Luo's brother-in-law to the mansion and beat him up. Ye Jincheng took the opportunity to find a few heroes, sneaked into Luo's house in the middle of the night and threatened Luo's brother-in-law. Only then did the man surnamed Luo suddenly realize that the Water Embroidery Shop could not afford to offend it, and kicked the embroiderer who came to seek refuge out the next day.

As for Meng Xiuniang, even Zhenluofang didn't take her seriously, so how could Ye Jincheng take her seriously?

Ji Zimo might be the only one who was not happy. Before he could stand up for his wife, he heard that the Luo family had met with bad luck, and Zhenluofang had been closed for the past few days. Although the person who attacked was definitely on the same side as Qinghua, he still felt upset. He should act faster next time. How could he let others protect his wife?

Shui Qinghua noticed that Ji Zimo was in a bad mood and sympathetically thought that he was anxious before the exam. He had passed the imperial examination and qualified for the provincial examination. In half a month, he would take the autumn examination. For this day, Ji Zimo studied hard day and night under Dong Daru for a year and a half. Others only saw his great talent, but only she knew how hard he worked. No matter how cold or hot it was, he never relaxed for a moment, whether reading or painting.

Shui Qinghua has confidence in Ji Zimo. Good writing is only secondary. He has experienced life and death disasters, has been deeply involved in the hardship of the grassroots people, and has experienced grassroots government affairs in the third shift and sixth room of the county government. He can write poems, songs, and beautiful articles. He is familiar with official laws and government policy. He understands people's livelihood and sufferings. More importantly, he has a soft and compassionate heart. If the purpose of the imperial examination is to select good officials, she can't think of any reason not to choose Ji Zimo.

"Don't be nervous, my husband. You will definitely be able to win the first place in the imperial examination." Shui Qinghua said softly.

Ji Zimo knew Shui Qinghua must have misunderstood, but he did not expose this beautiful misunderstanding. His wife's gentle words made him feel relieved. He was determined to win the Autumn Examination. Not only was he not nervous, but he had an urgent desire to get out of it as soon as possible, because so far, this was the only way for him to have power.