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Chapter 79
Lin Dan was awakened by a feather duster. When he opened his eyes, he realized that he was curled up in a corner. A thin woman beat and scolded, as if furious. Lin Dan hadn't figured out the situation, and didn't know the relationship between the woman and him, so he couldn't resist, so he hugged his head and drew back into the corner, sorting out his memories by the way.
Although she didn't know who she was and what she had experienced, she was already used to this situation.
The original owner was Lin Dan. His father, Lin Dafu, was a horse thief. He made his fortune by looting a caravan. Later, he was childless. Guessing that he did too much evil and damaged his morality, he donated most of the robbed money to build a Buddhist temple. , Taoist Temple, Luqiao, etc., the other half used it to do silk and satin business, but it was slowly on the right path.
Xu is doing a lot of good deeds. Lin Dafu’s wife gave birth to Lin Dan when he was fifty years old. Although she didn’t bring her hands, she was also the root of the whole family. She regarded her as heavier than her eyes, so she really held it in her mouth. Afraid of turning, holding it in the palm of her hand for fear of falling, she was very pampered, and when she was sixteen years old, she was ready to recruit a son-in-law and inherit the entire family business.
However, the good times did not last long. Lin Dan just turned fifteen and was about to become a big girl, but Lin Dafu suffered retribution for his evil deeds back then. The descendants of a family he robbed set up a plan to spend him. The Shu brocade bought from Shuzhou with a lot of money was replaced by linen cloth, which made him lose his fortune.
Lin Dafu felt sorry for his wife and children, so he couldn't afford it, and died within two months. The family who designed him made a lot of money from the Shu brocade that he bought, and because of his superb embroidery skills, he won. Favored by the nobles, they settled down in Lin'an Mansion and replaced Lin's family as the largest embroidery village in the area.
The Lin family has no reputation, no shop, no money, only a few widows and orphans are left, and life is really difficult. The thin woman who is now beating Lin Dan with a feather duster is Lin Dan's mother, named Zhang Hui, who has just struggled from a serious illness. Seeing that her daughter is still so coquettish and self-willed, she doesn't know how to restrain her, and her heart is angry. Hands up.
While beating, she hated iron and steel and cursed: "I let you learn embroidery skills from the third aunt and the fourth aunt. What have you done today? Do you think the Lin family is still the same as before, you can do whatever you want. Isn’t it made? One hundred taels of silver to buy a clay pot, you did this stupid thing! Do you know how long one hundred taels of silver is enough for our family? You have spent all of the expenses for a year, you will drink it in the future Northwest wind? If you learn embroidery skills well, you can also embroider lifelike and invaluable embroidery like Meng Si did. How can we worry about the glory of the Lin family? Why fall in the family? Your father always used to when he was not dead. I want to ask you to learn more so that you can support your family business in the future, but you can see that it didn’t take long for him to die, and you used up the last of his wealth. Do you want to bring him back to life or make me angry? In the past? Do you have a conscience?"
The original owner has a conscience, but his personality is relatively simple and he was deceived. Someone told her that the clay pot was a pre-Qin antiquities and was worth ten thousand gold, so she bought it. She wanted to give it to her mother to make her happy, but she almost mad at her.
"From now on, you will stay at home and learn embroidery techniques and female beauty for me. When will I have a longer and shorter time with Meng Si, and when will I go out again." The duster also stopped, with a look of pity on his face.
The Meng Si in her mouth is the sister of Meng Zhong who designed to frame Lin Dafu, and their hatred with the Lin family can be traced back to the previous generation. Back then, Lin Dafu led a horse thief to rob Meng Si and Meng Zhong's father, causing Meng's father to bankrupt his family and lose his wife. The two brothers and sisters have been soaked in bitter water since they were young, but they have also developed their own skills. The older brother is good at business, the younger sister is good at embroidery, and the two brothers and sisters work together to support the depressed Meng family. They found that Lin Dafu opened an embroidery shop in Lin'an Prefecture. He also quietly followed, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.
Meng Zhong was very strategic, and soon won the trust of Lin Dafu and introduced him to a big business. At that time, Lin Dafu was the only imperial merchant in Lin'an Prefecture, specializing in providing fabrics and embroidery products for the royal family, so he went all out to search for rare fabrics. Among all the precious categories, the Shu brocade produced in Shuzhou was the best in the world. Due to the small output, it is difficult to buy.
On the one hand, Meng Zhong joined the cloth merchant in Shuzhou for Lin Dafu, and at the same time he took a huge rake, and bought Lin Dafu's subordinates to exchange goods. In the end, Lin Dafu lost his blood, but Meng Zhong sucked up the blood of the Lin family and replaced him as the imperial merchant of Lin'an Mansion.
He can quickly gain a foothold in Lin'an Mansion, which has something to do with his resourcefulness, but he cannot do without Meng Si's help. Meng Si has a delicate appearance and a supple personality. He learned family embroidery skills since he was a child. As soon as he came to Lin'an, he won the favor of the governor’s daughter with his unique skills. Through the recommendation of the governor’s daughter, he got to know many local ladies and gradually became famous After winning the name of Meng's Embroidery Village, it also won the qualification of royal merchants.
In the market, one of her embroidery works can be sold at a high price of a thousand taels of silver, which is enough to match the annual income of an embroidery shop. A few days ago, her elaborately embroidered "Picture of Wind and Snow" was bought by the governor for five thousand taels of silver, and the price was staggering.
Seeing that the Lin family is getting more and more depressed, but the Meng family is stepping on the Lin family to go higher and higher, how can Zhang Hui be willing? Look at Meng Si, whose surname is well-known, and look at her ineffective daughter. She is determined to force her daughter to learn embroidery skills. Fortunately, Lin Dafu admitted a few aunts who were skilled in embroidery to come in for the family's business. Otherwise, based on the current circumstances of the Lin family, they would not be able to invite a good embroiderer to teach Lin Dan.
It's a pity that the original owner didn't live up to it and didn't want to calm down and learn. Instead, he pinned his hopes on getting rich overnight, and he really spent a lot of wronged money. She deserved this beating. Lin Dan didn't struggle. He waited until Zhang Hui was tired before probing: "Mother, learning embroidery is not a day's work. Or should I go to the beach and fight Japanese pirates? With military exploits, you will immediately be able to glory in your ancestors."
For some reason, she felt that it was more suitable for her to join the army than to be an embroiderer.
"What did you say?" Zhang Hui looked at her dumbfounded.
"I said I want to join the army to kill Japanese pirates. One hundred heads of Japanese pirates can be worthy of the first-level military merit. When I have enough twentieth-level military merit, I will give you a madam for you." Lin Dan slowly stood up with an expression. serious.
Zhang Hui took a deep breath, then jumped up suddenly, and pointed at Lin Dan's head, and cursed as he smoked: "I told you to daydream all day, buy a broken clay pot, and you told me it's a pre-Qin antique. Carry an embroidery needle and tell me that you want to be a general. Why don't you go to heaven? See if I won't kill you today, we are all over!"
Lin Dan, who had just stood up, immediately drew back with his head in his arms, feeling anguish in his heart. She was telling the truth, why is no one believed it?
But soon she knew that the road of joining the army was unworkable. The exercise called "Sura Knife" that appeared in her mind inexplicably was not suitable for this body practice, so she could only practice the most basic ones. The vomiting technique can no longer advance, except for a slight increase in strength and a slight increase in physique, which has no obvious effect.
Lin Dan vomited several times, but was unable to form a cyclone in the dantian, so he gave up, "Mother, don't fight, I will never go out to play again in the future, stay at home and learn embroidery skills. Isn't it possible?" Now that she has replaced the original owner, she has to take up the responsibility of the original owner and support the family again.
"Okay, elder sister, don't fight, the child has admitted wrong, you can spare her this time." The two aunts rushed over to fight. After Lin Dafu's death, his dozen or so aunts did not have children, and they were in their youth, so they lost their burdens, but these two old aunts stayed with Zhang Hui's mother and daughter. Depend on each other.
"If she sneaks out in the future, you will interrupt her dog legs! Use this to beat her, don't be merciful!" Zhang Hui inserted the feather duster into the crack in the ground and warned harshly.
The two aunts nodded quickly, and sent Zhang Hui, who was panting exhausted, back to her room to rest.
Lin Dan stood up slowly when people walked far away, and opened the messy hair on his forehead, revealing a small face covered with red marks, looking embarrassed and funny.
"Puff, puff," an inaudible laugh came from nearby, causing her ears to move slightly. She walked around the courtyard wall and finally found a man in the thick shade of trees. The man's eyes are like stars and his nose is dangling. A thin red lip draws a breathtaking curve, and he is suave and unparalleled in the world.
He poked his head out from the shade of the trees, his voice low, with some inexplicable hoarseness, "Little girl, I didn't mean to peek here, it's really that your house is too noisy and I can't sleep. Then I jumped up to the tree to find out."
It turned out that the man was just a neighbor who had just moved, and was separated from the Lin family by a courtyard wall.
The man's appearance was more refined than the bright moon and brighter than the blazing sun, but Lin Dan just glanced at him indifferently, nodded, and left. This tree belongs to the man's house. He likes to climb and climbs, and he has nothing to worry about. Furthermore, Lin Dan seemed to be used to being watched and did not feel embarrassed or embarrassed.
The man looked at her back and was stunned, and heard his young man shouting that the talent is worthy of recollection, and jumped down from the tree. Being seen as such a farce without any shame, let alone being disturbed by her own appearance, this little girl is quite interesting.
"Which family is opposite?" After moving for a few days, he finally became curious about his neighbors.
"On the opposite side is a broken house, the son doesn't need to care." The little servant waved his hand.
"Lost settled?" The man's eyes flashed, his thin lips were slightly curved, his expression looked very gentle, but he called little servant dripping in cold sweat, almost scared to pee. He has forgotten that his son has now become a ruined residence.
At the other end, Lin Danzheng grabbed the maid and asked the same question: "Which family is opposite, and what's the details?" She could see that the man's attitude was absolutely extraordinary.