NOVEL NEXT Chapter 9: Double Dragons Playing with the Pearl
Zhen Miaohong was shocked by how it only took a few days to embroider the pair of red-crowned cranes.
“I had free time and nothing to do. I wanted to give sister Hong the embroidery as soon as possible, so that sister Hong could see it. If there’s any place that’s not good, I can take it apart and embroider it again,” Su Danhong said.
“No, no. Danhong, your embroidery is so good!” Zhen Miaohong repeatedly said and looked at the vivid and lifelike red-crowned cranes for celebrating longevity.
She had previously seen Su Danhong’s speed in embroidering the yellow oriole bird.
Su Danhong slightly smiled.
“Meizi, I won’t be modest with you. If you take this embroidery outside to sell, you can probably sell it for about 500, but I can only give you 300. Do you want to accept it?” Zhen Miaohong recovered and looked at her to say this.
This embroidery was very rare. She had worked for so long and still had not seen such fine quality embroidery work. She thought it was because her embroidery work was not top level. If she switched to top level embroidery, the quality must improve to a higher level!
However, this kind of embroidery was not something ordinary people buy. She had special channels, but she must take it further to the provincial capital.
“Sister Hong, what you’re looking to give is okay.” Su Danhong smiled and nodded.
300 yuan was already a lot and it was 100 more than expected. Her bottom line was 200 yuan.
Moreover, 200 yuan, according to her past life’s purchasing power, was about two taels of silver. This amount was nothing in the eyes of rich and noble families. But for ordinary families, two taels of silver could be enough to support the expenses of a family of five.
Not to mention she had only saved 300 yuan after three years of saving.
This was based on Ji Jianyun sending money back every month.
She was so reasonable. Zhen Miaohong was very happy and immediately went to withdraw 300 yuan for her. “Danhong, you can count the money.”
“Okay.” Su Danhong nodded.
Su Danhong was very satisfied with earning 300 yuan for the first time
After the money and goods were settled, Zhen Miaohong asked her to wait a moment for her. She took the red-crowned crane for celebrating longevity and she put it up. She took a new embroidery piece out.
Su Danhong touched the embroidery piece. Nodding, she said, “This is good.” It was good, but it was still a little worse compared to her previous life’s embroidery pieces.
Zhen Miaohong saw that she was satisfied and smiled. “Big Meizi, what are you going to embroider this time?”
Su Danhong looked at the size of the embroidery piece and replied, “I will just embroider double dragons playing with the pearl.”
Zhen Miaohong's eyes brightened. “Double dragons playing with the pearl is not easy to embroider, are you sure?”
Su Danhong nodded. “It is not easy to embroider, so it will take more time. Also, the price will be higher when the time comes.”
Zhen Miaohong saw that she really wanted to embroider the double dragons playing with a pearl and immediately said, “Big Meizi, go ahead and do it. Don’t worry about the money. I guarantee you won’t lose!”
Su Danhong agreed.
She put the embroidery piece in her bag and went to the department store. She went to sister He for two pieces of cloth. Her house’s window was a little drafty. Didn’t she need to cover it up in this cold weather?
With sister He’s introduction, she went to the counter next door and she bought some boxes of Youyi vanishing cream2 and clam oil3 to use during the winter. Her skin was very dry and she didn’t have any skincare products. This was not good.
After buying the skincare products, the rest of the money was for food.
Everything she bought was packaged well and didn't look like a lot of things. In fact, it wasn’t even 10 yuan. The vanishing cream and clam oil were expensive, otherwise, she wouldn’t have spent the money on it.
Su Danhong carried it all home. Miss Su once again proudly admired her body’s physical strength.
It can really endure being tossed. No wonder I didn’t even faint when Ji Jianyun tossed me like that almost every night for so long. Miss Su bashfully thought.
When Su Danhong returned home, she took a jin of pork meat and pork ribs, a small box of vanishing cream and clam oil, and went over to Lao Ji’s home.
“Father, mother, you’re here.” The door was open when she went over and she saw they were in the courtyard. Su Danhong smiled.
“Danhong, you came? Quickly come over,” Mother Ji greeted. She saw the things in her hand and asked, “Why did you bring so much pork?”
“I finished embroidering the red-crowned crane and I went to give it to sister Hong.” Su Danhong shyly smiled.
“Then was she satisfied?” Mother Ji hurried to ask.
“Mhm. I earned 100 yuan.” Although Miss Su was naive, her previous life’s mother used to tell her that money should not be spoken about outside. Earning 300 yuan was not a small amount. A family in a year would definitely not be able to earn this much money. She wasn’t foolish enough to directly speak about it outside.
But even if it was 100 yuan, that’s still a huge amount of money!
Even Father Ji stopped doing woodwork. When he made a wood cabinet for other people, the most that he would earn was 45 yuan after deducting the capital expenses.
45 yuan was very good, but the cost of things had risen in recent years. It was fine in the past to earn a few cents.
Bang!
Feng Fangfang was passing by the door with Hou Wazi. She originally wanted to bring Hou Wazi to see what delicious things there was to eat from the two old people, but who would have imagined that she ended up hearing this information? The wash basin in her hands slipped and fell on the ground.
She randomly picked up the clothes on the ground and pulled Hou Wazi to go in. She looked at Su Danhong and exclaimed, “Third sister-in-law, you made 100 yuan? What did you do to make 100 yuan?!”
“Eldest sister-in-law.” Su Dang Hong glanced at her and reservedly nodded.
“Lao Da’s wife, what did you come for?” Mother Ji asked after returning to her senses.
Feng Fangfang made room for the clothes in the basin. “Mother, I was planning to leave Hou Wazi here for you and dad to handle. I want to go do laundry.”
“Then go, you can leave Hou Wazi here,” Mother Ji said while nodding.
“Mother, I heard third sister-in-law say just now that she earned 100 yuan. How did she do it? With this kind of good thing, you have to tell me. My family’s Hou Wazi can go to college in the future!” Feng Fangfang was clear about where the grandparents' minds were and spoke frankly to hit a key point.
Father Ji frowned.
“This…” Mother Ji hesitated and looked at Su Danhong. She said, “You can ask Su Danhong about this matter.”
“Third sister-in-law, we’re all wives in Lao Ji family. There’s no reason why you should not help me with such a good thing right?” Feng Fangfang’s eyes looked like torches to Su Danhong.
100 yuan. If someone like Su Danhong could earn 100 yuan, then so could she!
“I did embroidery to earn it. If eldest sister-in-law wants to embroider, then you can go into town to buy some embroidery pieces to work on,” Su Danhong said nonchalantly.
Even though there was nothing great about this sister-in-law relationship, it was ultimately a trivial matter like chicken feathers and garlic skin. It would not hurt to help with one or two things.
Sure enough, Father Ji’s and Mother Ji’s complexions improved after she spoke like this.
Feng Fangfang looked suspiciously and exclaimed, “You’re not lying to me, right? You know how to embroider to earn money? I don’t think you can even knit a sweater!”
Su Danhong did not go down under her pressure. Without blushing and gasping, she articulated, “Eldest sister-in-law, that was many years ago in history. How can you still look at people with old eyes?” She calmly said, “If you don’t believe me, you can ask mother. Mother saw me embroider with her own eyes.”
“Lao Da’s wife, Danhong was willing to tell you about this way of making money. If you want to embroider, then go embroider. Don’t be so paranoid,” Mother Ji opened her mouth to say.
Feng Fangfang was still suspicious, but not because she doubted her mother-in-law’s words. It was because when Lao San was working outside, she never saw her mother-in-law close to Lao San’s wife.
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- Pic Youyi is the brand name and means friendship.
- Vaseline in clam shell packaging. Pic