Chapter 282 Follow you
"I'll go with you." Lou Qingyao watched silently for a while, then suddenly spoke.
"Huh?" Huo Xi was a little unclear.
Mother Ma is not just asking her to send a letter?
"You?" Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other, both of them were a little confused.
Lou Qingyao saw the expressions of the two of them, and suddenly laughed: "Didn't the mother tell you about me?"
Huo Xi shook his head: "Nurse said, if there is a destiny, you will tell us, if there is no destiny, just send a letter, it doesn't matter if you don't know each other."
Lou Qingyao felt warm in her heart: "Come and sit down."
Huo Xi and Yang Fu looked at each other, and led the little girl to follow her.
The place where the mother and daughter live is just a shack, a small courtyard, a room, and a kitchen. There is not even a well, so we have to buy it outside.
The two sat on a small stool and observed the small courtyard when Lou Qingyao went to fetch water.
In such a shed, the mother and daughter live here, and there are too many people talking, which is not safe enough. The girl is so small, can't she keep an eye on her all the time? If you missed it by mistake, wouldn't you be so heartbroken if you lost it?
Huo Xi took the bowl in her hand, looked into the bowl, it turned out to be tea, this is a very particular person.
Picked it up and took a sip, it was okay, not good tea, but it wasn’t the tea foam either. It was better than drinking a bowl of tea brewed with tea foam with her uncle at the tea shop for a penny.
"I wrote to Mammy before, and I wanted to take my daughter to join Mammy, and I was waiting for her reply." Unexpectedly, Mammy asked her to follow the little girl in front of her in the letter.
Lou Qingyao thought about what Mammy said in her letter, that she would take care of this little girl in the future, and Mammy was hers now, and going to her side was the same as staying with this person in front of her.
"Do you want to join Mama Mama? I will go to Songjiang in a few days, and I can take you there."
Lou Qingyao shook her head: "Nurse asked me to follow you in the letter."
"Follow me?" Huo Xi was a little confused. What to do with her? Work in a shop, or sell yourself as a servant?
Seeing Huo Xi's confused face, Lou went into the room and came out with a box.
"Wow, that looks great!"
"Is this a mother-of-pearl box? It's so pretty." Yang Fu's eyes lit up.
The two held it together to watch, the uncle and nephew stared at it intently, and touched it carefully with their hands.
In front of me, this is an eight-treasure storage box, more than one foot wide, with exquisite patterns on the surface of the box, a few peonies in full bloom, and twin lotuses on both sides, with five blessings holding longevity, with exquisite patterns and shining brilliance.
The mother-of-pearl inlay technique has always been an art treasure that the Chinese are proud of.
Use snail shells and seashells to grind into thin slices, assemble patterns or characters, and inlay them on the surface of utensils, or on storage boxes, or on boxes and cabinets, or on furniture of various colors, such as the back or armrest of a high-back chair On, or on the surface of the case.
The utensils inlaid with mother-of-pearl can make the original utensils vivid and more artistic.
"You did this?" Huo Xi looked at her.
Lou Qingyao nodded: "Yes. My family will do this for generations."
Huo Xi's face was full of astonishment. People from several generations know how to do it, so that's considered a family of craftsmen.
I heard her say again: "There is a craft in the family, so it was considered rich. Later, it was coveted. The rich households in the county insisted on inviting my grandfather and father to work in their shop, but my grandfather and father refused. No one dares to accept the things made by my family.”
"I couldn't sell the things I made, and I couldn't even buy the raw materials...so I gradually fell into despair... Then my hometown was hit by a disaster, my family escaped, and in the end I was the only one left..."
Huo Xi sighed a little after hearing this: "Being suppressed, why didn't you think about changing places?"
Lou Qingyao smiled wryly: "People who leave their hometown are cheap, where can they go? Besides, they are a big family. Grandma has a natal family, mother has a natal family, and there are old relatives in the hometown. There are houses and fields in the family. I want to take care of the fields at home. Days go on and on.”
Come to Beijing to seek refuge with relatives but have nowhere to go, and in the end he was selected into the craftsman bureau in the palace. It's been a few years of good life, but the harem changed out of the harem, and met with unkind people...
Lou Qingyao pursed her lips, her face full of bitterness.
Huo Xi turned his head and glanced at the little girl who was obediently sitting aside and listening to the adults: "Then where's the girl's father? Where's your in-law's family?"
Lou Qingyao said with hatred on her face: "That family is wolves. They tricked me into marrying him and took me back to Songjiang Mansion. Only then did I know that he had already married a big woman in his hometown. I swallowed my anger while thinking about the child in my stomach. , working for their family to supplement the family’s money, but the old woman can’t tolerate my daughter, and wants to sell her, how can I bear it? She gave up all her wealth, forced him to write a divorce letter, and came out of that house with her daughter in her arms... "
This... Huo Xi and Yang Fu were full of sympathy.
In this world, it is even more difficult for a single woman to live without a family.
"You met Mama Mama in Songjiang later?"
"Yes. Mama let me live with me, but I didn't want to stay in Songjiang Mansion, so I took the child to the capital. I didn't expect that it would be so difficult to live in the capital. I originally wanted to take my daughter to find a shop to work, but they saw that I took the baby with me. A child, and a woman, don’t want me, or want to force me to sign a contract because they like my skills... My mother and daughter have to live in this shantytown, do some work and sell it outside..."
Huo Xi sighed and looked at her.
A young woman with a child, living in this shanty town is really not a long-term solution, and it is estimated that she is desperate, so she wants to go to Songjiang to join Ma Mama.
As long as there is any way, they probably don't want to go back to that sad place in Songjiang Mansion.
"Then you come with me. I can place you in Zhuangzi, or in the house over Qionghua Lane."
Lou Qingyao felt relieved: "I will follow the arrangement of the master. But can I just sign the employment documents?"
"Okay, I didn't intend to sign your body contract."
A skilled craftsman with a tough character will not be a slave to others.
Lou Qingyao breathed a sigh of relief, with a relaxed face.
Seeing that Huo Xi was thinking about how to arrange her, Yang Fu said, "It's better to put this sister in Qionghua Lane. She has this kind of craftsmanship, and she can go around in Beijing usually, see some works of other houses, and find some Inspiration. Whatever pattern she wants, she can buy it from the students on Qionghua Lane, and it is very convenient."
After speaking, he looked down at the little girl again.
Huo Xi followed his gaze to see that the three-year-old little girl was ignorant.
Nodding in agreement: "Then you go to Qionghua Lane. There are Grandpa Zou and Grandma Zou on Qionghua Lane. They can take care of your little girl for you. The two old people are my family members. You like children, you don't have to worry about the safety of your little girl."
Lou Qingyao nodded in agreement.
Immediately pack up your things and go with them. Huo Xi and Yang Fu helped her mother and daughter clean up, unexpectedly they found a dozen or so saving boxes, all of which were exquisite.
"Why don't you sell it?"
"I haven't had time yet, if I want to get together, I'd better find an owner and sell them for a good price."
"Then make a price. I'll buy it from you. In a few days, I'll take it to Songjiang and sell it to Fanren. How about this, I will accept all the work you do in the future, and you will keep half of the money you earn."
"This is too much."
Huo Xi asked about her hand speed, and then said: "Your craftsmanship is worth the price. In the future, I will charge you for each piece you make, and each of us will get half of the money. Even if there is no finished product, I will send you a couple of dollars a month." Yueyin, I won’t let you mother and daughter be left alone.”
"Thank you, Master!" Lou Qingyao gave Huo Xi a big gift. I was grateful in my heart, as if unloading a heavy burden, I looked at my daughter happily.
After that, the mother and daughter have a shelter, can do their favorite jobs, and can save money. Don't worry about her daughter being left alone.
The more you do, the more you earn. In the future, you don't have to worry about her and Nannan's life, and you can save a dowry money for your Nannan. Lou Qingyao's face was full of smiles.
Huo Xi got a skilled craftsman, and he was even more happy in his heart.
These days, craftsmen and craftsmen are looked down upon by others, and they can't even take the imperial examination, but in Huo Xi's eyes, craftsmen and craftsmen are the ones who are truly worthy of being cherished.
There is another chapter in the afternoon~Zan He: It is our current fruit box and food box, which is available in every household. It contains candies, preserved fruits, snacks, nuts, melon seeds, etc. There are single compartments and multiple compartments. If you have a good-looking fruit box at home, you can send it up for everyone to enjoy~
(end of this chapter)