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Chapter 121 Red Gold Headdress
"Okay, I'll ask Fangfei's brother to help tomorrow morning." The village head nodded in response.
After separating, Shen Wanning and Aunt Zhang returned home and saw many villagers gathered in the yard to register for work.
"Second brother, we only need to recruit two hundred people, and the rest have to be used to recruit refugees. And every household has to keep a few people to do their own work." Shen Wanning walked to Lin Jingcheng and said.
Lin Jingcheng could only write a few characters, and many others he couldn't, so he used drawings. For example, for Tiedan, he drew an egg, and for Chunhua, he drew a flower. Anyway, he used his own method to remember these people.
"Xu, where is Xu? It's almost time for dinner. Where has she gone instead of cooking?" Aunt Zhang looked around and didn't see Xu in the kitchen, so she asked loudly.
Lin Dashan pointed towards the warehouse and said, "He's inside. He said there are too many people there and he's worried that the things given by the emperor might get lost, so he's helping to look after them."
Aunt Zhang cursed softly, "What are you afraid of losing? I think she just wants to see those things. What a shallow-minded person. Didn't Wan Ning give Lao Twenty more than 20 taels of silver a few days ago? Why is she still thinking about Wan Ning's things all day long?"
The several dozen taels of silver Aunt Zhang mentioned were the restaurant's July share. Although Lin Jingcheng had spent nearly two weeks at home caring for Wen, Shen Wanning had euphemistically called it paternity leave. So, in the end, the agreed-upon share was split, giving Lin Jingcheng and his family over seventy taels of silver.
Aunt Zhang walked quickly towards the warehouse, and Shen Wanning quickly followed.
As soon as she reached the door, Aunt Zhang pushed it open, which scared Xu so much that she almost dropped the brocade in her hand to the ground. She quickly hugged the brocade in her arms.
"Oh, mother, why did you suddenly push open the door? You scared me and almost dropped the brocade on the ground. It's a pity to dirty such a fine cloth." Xu put the brocade away and patted her chest.
Aunt Zhang stepped forward, grabbed Xu's ear, and said, "You short-sighted thing! I told you to cook at home, but you went to the warehouse to get your hands on Wan Ning's things, right? What's the matter? Did Wan Ning give you a share of the money she earned from the business, and that made you so greedy? You even dare to covet the things given by the Emperor?"
Xu lowered her head and tugged at her ears with one hand. "Ouch, mother, please stop pulling, my ears are going to fall off. How could I care about Wan Ning's things? I've never seen brocade before, I just came in to touch it. I didn't even dare to open the box to see the headgear, I heard it was made of gold."
Aunt Zhang let go of her ear and rolled her eyes at her. "Why, you're already proud without even opening the box to see the decoration? You still think you've done a great job, right?"
Xu chuckled, "How could that be possible! I'm just itching to see that headgear. Villagers are relatively uninformed, and I want to broaden my horizons."
Xu winked at Shen Wanning, indicating that she should open the box and take a look.
Shen Wanning knew that Xu had no ill intentions, she just liked to speak directly. She smiled and went to open the small box containing the red gold headpiece.
Xu walked over, staring at the box without blinking.
When Shen Wanning opened the box and revealed the red gold headpiece inside, Xu reached out to take it, but Aunt Zhang slapped her hand and said, "Don't be so clumsy, you might break it."
Shen Wanning took the initiative to walk over, picked up the pick and handed it to Xu, "It's okay, things from the palace don't spoil that easily. Mother, take a look too, isn't it beautiful?"
After saying that, Shen Wanning took out the top hairpin and full crown and handed them to Aunt Zhang. Aunt Zhang wiped her hands on her clothes before taking them.
"It's all made of gold. It looks really nice. It must be worth a lot of silver, right?" Xu gently turned the pick and looked at it carefully.
"Silver, silver, you only care about silver. If you sell the things rewarded by the emperor, you will be beheaded." Aunt Zhang glared at Xu and said.
"Ah? We can't sell it! Then there's no occasion for us to wear these things! We do farm work all day long, who would wear such a heavy headdress outside? Can't it just be kept at home for display?" Xu said regretfully.
"Who said that? If our Wan Ning becomes the wife of an official in the future, won't she be able to wear this headdress? Maybe she can even meet the emperor in the future!" When talking about the wife of an official, the first person Aunt Zhang thought of was Lin Jingyou. She had confidence in her son.
"Okay, okay, you've finished looking, put it away quickly. Go to the kitchen and cook, don't think about being lazy!" Aunt Zhang put the things in her hand back into the box first, then looked at Xu's hands.
Xu reluctantly put the selected item into the box, and before leaving, she touched the brocade again.
Shen Wanning smiled and said, "We only have ten rolls of brocade at home, which is not enough to share. Why not make a set of clothes for each of us? The rest can be used to make clothes for my second sister-in-law's child after he is born. Brocade is soft, and children's skin is delicate, so it will be more comfortable to wear."
Children are more suitable for wearing cotton clothes, which are comfortable and breathable. However, the cotton has just been planted, and it will take several months for it to mature. It would be better to wear brocade for a few months first, and then use cotton when the cotton is mature.
"My second sister-in-law is so lucky. The brocade has been prepared before the baby is born." Xu said with a little envy.
Aunt Zhang couldn't stand her expression and said to her sarcastically, "If you're envious, go have another child. If you can give birth to a daughter for our Lin family, I'll personally pay for her brocade and not only that, I'll buy her a pair of silver bracelets."
"How can this child be born just like that? Besides, I can't do it alone!" Xu muttered a few words in a low voice.
Aunt Zhang raised her hand, pretending to hit Xu. Xu dodged and ran out, shouting, "Mom, I'm going to cook first."
As soon as Xu left, Shen Wanning opened the box containing the gold and took a few glances. "Mom, I'll take this gold for now. I've been hiring a lot of workers lately, and I'm worried that I won't have enough money. I'm going to use it to make some cash flow."
"You have no money? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I still have some silver you gave me before, which seems to be more than eighty taels in total. There are also some for the eldest and second sons, you can take them and use them first." Aunt Zhang frowned, still thinking about where to get the money.
Shen Wanning smiled and said, "Mom, it's not that we don't have money, we're just in case. Besides, there will be a lot of refugees soon, and we're worried about accidents."
"That's right. Now everyone knows that our family is the richest in Daqing Village. What if refugees gather together to cause trouble, or come to our house to steal? There's really nothing we can do with just a few of us. No, no, Wanning, you have to keep this set of headgear. You can't put it in the warehouse." As she said that, Aunt Zhang picked up the small box containing the gold and stuffed it into Shen Wanning's arms.