"Xiao Cui, come here."
The two little girls Yongning and Shouning were playing house games in the yard. Li Yi sat on the stone bench and waved to Xiaocui.
"Master Li, what's the matter?" Xiao Cui ran over from there.
"Your lady, have you had your period these few days?" Although he knew that it seemed inappropriate to ask this question, Zeng Zuimo had ignored him for a long time because of those melon seeds. As for being so picky, Li Yi felt that the problem should lie in other aspects.
"Ah..." Xiao Cui was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then her face turned red as if she was about to bleed. Can you tell others casually about such things as women
If you say such things casually, if the young lady finds out, she will be beaten to death...
"No, no, it will take a few more days." Thinking in her heart, Xiao Cui said with a blushing face.
"That's it..." Li Yi shook his head, if it wasn't for that reason, what other possibilities were there
Xiaocui lowered her head and muttered, "I don't know what's wrong with Miss these days, she's always alone in a daze, and she often forgets things, Miss has never been like this before, anyway, it's just weird …”
Inside the room, Zeng Zuimo was sitting at the table, holding a brush in his hand, his eyes were a little distracted, but the rice paper in front of him was blank.
It took a long time for her to hear the knock on the door. She put down her pen and said, "The door is open, come in."
"Wow!"
Li Yi threw a large bag of things on the table, looked at her and said, "Salt and pepper flavors, five flavors, butter flavors, red dates, plum flavors... I just ate a few of your melon seeds, as for the ones that have been born for so long angry?"
Zeng Zuimo was stunned, and when she opened one of the small cloth bags, a peculiar fragrance came out. She tasted one, and the expression on her pretty face changed slightly, and then she put them all away, and then said to Li Yi: " When did I get angry?"
It's a woman's nature to refuse to admit it, and she almost wrote the word angry on her face, and said she wasn't angry, but if she wasn't angry, give me back my melon seeds
"What happened to the tailor shop you mentioned yesterday?" Zeng Zuimo deliberately changed the subject.
Li Yi shook his head, and finally he was able to speak normally, and said: "The reputation of underwear has been spread, we can expand our business to make ready-made clothes, in addition to common styles, we also design some new styles, divide the sizes, and let customers see Whichever one you win, you can wear it directly after paying the bill.”
In this era, there are no clothing stores, but only cloth shops. Small households buy cloth and cut it at home to make clothes, while large households hire or even have tailors to order. The concept of ready-made clothing has not yet been established.
Food, clothing, housing, and transportation, no matter what kind of era, people cannot do without these four things. If you are engaged in these four industries, you will never have to worry about being eliminated by the times.
Although the ready-to-wear industry will be involved with Her Royal Highness, she has always contributed money and people, waiting for the money, and will not interfere with management.
Zeng Zuimo said while knocking on melon seeds: "After opening two new lingerie stores, there will be a shortage of manpower. If we want to open a clothing store, we need more women who are good at female celebrities. I'm afraid we can't get them together. many."
Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about this, there will be no shortage of manpower soon."
In the vicinity of Kyoto, the new marriage law is enforced. In the next period of time, there will be many women over the age of 13 and under the age of 16 staying at home with nothing to do. This is also a headache for the court. If they can have something to do and solve the employment problem of women of the right age, the imperial court will definitely support it.
"Then when Sister Ruoqing comes back, I'll discuss it with her." Zeng Zuimo said, then looked at Li Yi, and said, "I, I have something to ask you."
"What?" Li Yi looked back at her.
"You..." Zeng Zuimo opened his mouth, thought for a while, but in the end he didn't say anything, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, it's fine."
It's very impolite to talk halfway, especially for people with obsessive-compulsive disorder. Li Yi was not in a hurry to leave this time, looked at her and asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's nothing, let's go." Zeng Zuimo waved his hand impatiently.
"Really all right?"
"It's all right."
"Then... then let me grab a handful of melon seeds before leaving. I want creamy ones."
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Wangjia Village is a small village only ten miles away from Kyoto.
Although the location of Wangjia Village is just outside the most prosperous capital city of Jingguo, it does not enjoy the glory of Kyoto. There are dozens of households in the village who eat at the Susukida at the head of the village. If the drink is dilute, the situation is not good, and the family has to tighten their belts and ask God to bless them.
Wang Laoer is an ordinary farmer in Wangjia Village. He is squatting on the stone in the yard at this time, smoking dry tobacco and sighing.
"Father, it's time to eat." A ten-year-old girl in coarse clothes and an apron around her waist came out of the dilapidated house, walked up to him, and said timidly.
"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat all day long, you won't get married, you know!" Seeing the third daughter, Wang Laoer, she became angry and waved her hand impatiently.
Seeing this, the little girl trembled and hurried back into the house.
"What is the imperial court doing? Isn't this killing my old man!" Wang Laoer said angrily, coughing the pipe on the stone.
The mother-in-law of the family failed to live up to expectations and gave birth to three daughters one after another. Although his desire for a son was still strong, he did not dare to have another one. If he had another daughter, his life would be difficult.
Although they are daughters, they are also our own kind. Although there are many fights and scolds on weekdays, but after more than ten years of tight life, they have also brought them up one by one. The eldest daughter is fourteen this year. I just told you There is a marriage, and the second daughter, Thirteen, has also reached the age of marriage.
Thinking that the two daughters will get married, the family will lose two mouths, and there will be two dowry gifts, so life will be better, but who would have thought that the eldest daughter will get married in a month, the court suddenly issued an order, and the daughter Not being able to get married until the sixteenth year, this immediately delayed the two children, and Wang Lao Er felt a lot of pressure all of a sudden, and he couldn't live through this day.
"The court of the dog day does not allow people to live!" Wang Lao Er cursed bitterly, and a middle-aged woman poked her head out of the room and said, "Be quiet, if this is heard It’s here, but you have to eat the board!”
It’s okay not to talk about it, but when this matter was mentioned, Wang’s second son became even more angry, jumped off the rock, and cursed: “What’s wrong, let them do the thing of having a son without PY, and I’m not allowed to talk about it.” , I just want to say, this shitty court even cares about me marrying my daughter..."
"Second Wang, who are you talking about?" Following the sound of this voice, an official dressed in soap came in from outside.
"You bastard Wang Ergou, you haven't paid back the two pennies you owe me in a month..." Wang Laoer looked at the servant flatteringly, and asked, "My lord official, what is it that made you so angry today?" It's blown..."
The guard waved his hand, flipped through a booklet in his hand, and said straight to the point: "Old Wang, your Zhaodi and Yindi are both over thirteen, right?"
After hearing the words, Wang Er Er was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed, and he said vigilantly: "Master Guancha, my Zhaodi and Yindi are all agreed..."
"I don't care if someone is allowed or not, as long as it's over thirteen, by the way, your Liudi..."
Wang Laoer looked terrified, "My Liudi, my Liudi is only ten years old, she, she is still a child!"
The official cast a glance at her, and asked directly: "It said above, if there is a woman in any family who has passed the thirteenth year and is good at sewing, she can work in the workshop for four hours a day for ten yuan. Are Zhaodi and Yindi going?"
"No, no..." Wang Laoer shook his head again and again, can you believe the nonsense of the officials, and ten coins for four hours a day, I can't earn that much for eight hours a day, could it be that he wants to deceive his daughter
"Okay, then I will write it down." The official waved his hand, turned and walked out.
Wang Laoer was taken aback when he heard the words, and left now, don't force yourself anymore
In case he was threatening a few words, he agreed to it!
"Father, father..." A figure hurried in from the outside, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl said out of breath, "Dad, I heard that Her Royal Highness's workshop is recruiting people, ten pennies a day for the first three months Money, after three months, it will be fifteen cents a day!"
"Really?" Wang Laoer asked with wide eyes.
"It's true!" The girl nodded again and again, and said, "The list is posted outside, and the officials are registering from door to door. I heard that this time the number of places is limited. I just saw the officials came. Did Yindi sign up?"
Wang Laoer was stunned again, and after recovering, he ran outside.
"Master official, don't go, I am willing, I am willing!"