A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

There were many people from other villages who came to the workshop to sell red peppers in the afternoon. They were probably the people that Grandma Zhang mentioned in the morning who went back to the village to give notice. So the whole afternoon, the Zhang family’s people were collecting red peppers at the gate and making pickled peppers in the yard.

It’s just that the quantity today is not as much as yesterday, but that’s okay, otherwise there would be no clay pots to hold it.

After dinner in the evening.

Zhang Yunyue remembered that the day after she came to Tianxianglou last time, she went to Jinxiufang to sell patterns. Regarding the cooperation on patterns, they had agreed to go again in five days. Tomorrow was the day, and she had to sell the handkerchiefs embroidered by Zhang Xiaohua and the other two.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yunyue went to Zhang Xiaohua's house. Sisters Zhang Xiaohua and Zhang Xiaohe were both in the yard.

"Xiaohua, Xiaohe, I'm here to see you."

"Yueyue, why are you here? Come in quickly."

"Xiaohua, I'm here because I have to go to town tomorrow, so I came to ask how your embroidery of the handkerchief is going?"

"Yueyue, we just finished embroidering today. Xiaoxiao even brought her embroidery to me this afternoon, saying that she would give it to you when you come. I didn't expect you to come today."

"You've all finished embroidering! It's so fast!"

"We just want to make money. The three of us embroider at home when we have nothing to do, so we finish it pretty fast, hehe." Zhang Xiaohe said.

"I see. All right, Xiaohua, Xiaohe, give me your embroidery and I'll go to town to sell it tomorrow."

Zhang Xiaohua thought about how she had been imitating the patterns Zhang Yunyue had given her these past two days and embroidering some other things. She wanted Zhang Yunyue to give her some advice, so she whispered in Zhang Yunyue's ear:

"Come on, Yueyue, go to my room. I have something to tell you." After saying that, he pulled Zhang Yunyue into the room, and Zhang Xiaohe followed closely behind.

Zhang Xiaohua picked out the pattern she imagined embroidering from a pile of handkerchiefs: "Here, Yueyue, can you help me take a look at it? I don't understand it either. And this one is Xiaoxiao's own idea."

"Yueyue, please show it to Sister and Xiaoxiao. I think it's pretty good, but Sister and Xiaoxiao don't have confidence. They keep saying that they will show it to you when you have time to come to my house."

Zhang Yunyue took the embroidered handkerchief handed to her by Zhang Xiaohua, unfolded it and looked at it. Both of Zhang Xiaohua's embroidered handkerchiefs had two pigs with different expressions, but Zhang Xiaohua drew them in a silly and cute way that Zhang Yunyue liked them at first sight. Zhao Xiaoxiao drew two dogs with different expressions, and Zhao Xiaoxiao embroidered them in a silly and cute way.

"Xiaohua, it looks great. You and Xiaoxiao are both very creative. You can do this in the future. I'll take it to town tomorrow to show it to the owner of Jinxiu Tower."

"Okay, thank you Yueyue."

"Oh, that's nothing. We are good sisters. Wait for my good news tomorrow. Xiao He, you can also imagine those little animals showing their mischievous expressions. I believe you can do it."

"Okay, I'm just not as serious as Ajie and Xiaoxiao." After saying that, Zhang Xiaohe stuck out her tongue cunningly.

Zhang Xiaohua stood aside, packing up all the handkerchiefs that the three of them had embroidered in the past few days.

"Yueyue, these are all the handkerchiefs we embroidered." Zhang Xiaohua handed over a small package.

Zhang Yunyue took the package and said, "Okay, wait for my good news tomorrow. I'll leave first and come back to see you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

After returning home and putting the package back into the house, Grandpa Zhang and Father Zhang were discussing in the yard about going to the town's restaurant to clean up tomorrow. Yesterday and today, they had opened a window at the door of the store, and put up shelves and tables behind the window.

Zhang Yunyue thought that she also had to go to the town, so it was a good opportunity to add her as a cleaner. After the final discussion, it was: Grandpa Zhang, she, and then at noon when the stall was closed, Zhang's father and the others would go to clean together. That would be all.

At that time, Grandpa Zhang would come back alone in the afternoon, and the rest of the people would stay in the store to prepare things so that it could be opened the next day.

The next day.

Zhang Yunyue brought the package and took a few more packages of Xianglou from the utility room and went to the town with Grandpa Zhang and the others. Father Zhang and the others went to set up the stall first, while Zhang Yunyue and Grandpa Zhang went to the restaurant to clean.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the plaque above the door had been taken down. Grandpa Zhang took out the key from his arms and opened the door. There were sawdust and some wood residues on the ground near the door.

Zhang Yunyue and Grandpa Zhang began to move all the tables on the first floor of the store to the backyard. Zhang Yunyue on the second floor took a look and found that there was not much dust. They just needed to wipe the tables clean and clean the floor.

After all the tables on the first floor were moved to the backyard, the two began to sweep the wood chips on the ground with a broom and mop the floor clean. It was already noon when they finished with just a simple sweeping and mopping.

Zhang's father and his friends had just finished packing up their stall and were pulling an ox cart through the back door into the backyard of the restaurant and parking the cart in the stable in the backyard.

Then they went to a noodle shop, each ate a bowl of noodles, and then returned to the restaurant.

"Grandpa, Dad, Mom, I'm going to Jinxiufang on East Street now. You guys can rest in the restaurant for a while."

"What are you doing at Jinxiufang?"

"I sold some of the handkerchiefs embroidered by Xiaohua and her friends to Jinxiulou before. Xiaohua and her friends embroidered some more recently. I went to sell them to them today."

Mother Zhang and Zhang Yunyue said, "Oh, that's fine." Then they turned to Zhang Xingyun and said, "Xiaoyun, you go with your sister and keep an eye on her."

"Okay, got it, mother."

Zhang Yunyue carried the package packed by Zhang Xiaohua and went to Jinxiu Tower with Zhang Xingyun.

Arriving at Jinxiu Tower, Zhang Yunyue found the sister who received her last time: "Sister, I'm looking for your shopkeeper, Madam Chen."

The man saw that it was the person that Madam Chen asked her to wait for. "It's you, young lady. It just so happens that our lady is waiting for you. Please follow me."

The clerk led Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingfeng into the backyard and served them tea and snacks. "Please wait a moment, I'll go get our wife."

Zhang Yunyue nodded, indicating that she understood.

When Madam Chen entered the backyard and saw Zhang Yunyue, she smiled and said, "Miss Zhang, you are here. I have been waiting for you!" Then she looked at Zhang Xingyun next to her and said, "Who is this?"

"Mrs. Chen, let me introduce you. This is my elder brother Zhang Xingyun. Brother, this is Mrs. Chen, the shopkeeper of Jinxiufang."

Zhang Xingyun stood up and clasped his fists: "Madam Chen."

Madam Chen looked at Zhang Xingyun, then at Zhang Yunyue: "Your elder brother is quite good-looking, with a dignified appearance. Upon closer inspection, you two siblings look quite alike. Both of you take a seat, and you're welcome."

Zhang Yunyue took out the package in her hand and placed it on the table, then opened it: "Madam Chen, these are the handkerchiefs I embroidered these past few days, you can take a look."

Madam Chen looked at the embroidered handkerchiefs on the table one by one. There were several pictures of the same animals with different expressions, which made Madam Chen laugh out loud.