Li Cuilian didn't sell what she embroidered. Instead, she received the work from the embroidery house and delivered it after it was done. If the embroidery was up to standard, the embroidery house would pay her according to the negotiated price. If it was not good, then Li Cuilian's embroidery would be in vain.
When Li Cuilian was young, she was good at embroidery. Because her husband died early, the owner of the embroidery house pitied Li Cuilian. Even if Li Cuilian's embroidery was not good, he still paid her according to the previous price. It could be said that the embroidery house not only did not make money from Li Cuilian, but also lost a lot of money.
However, the embroidery house was a business, not a charity hall. Naturally, it was impossible for them to be good to Li Cuilian unconditionally. Moreover, Li Cuilian's embroidery was worse and worse. This time, there was a big mistake. The young steward in charge of inspecting the embroidery house said directly, "You can redo the embroidery this time."
In fact, the steward didn't want Li Cuilian to continue making embroidery. Not to mention Li Cuilian's bad temper and ungrateful nature, every time there was a problem with her embroidery, it was enough to give the steward a headache.
The boss was kind and didn't care about the money. After Li Cuilian left, he would ask other people to redo the work. Not to mention the time and money spent on redoing the work, the embroidery Li Cuilian brought these days was getting worse and worse. Thinking of this, the steward's heart was filled with anger.
This time, the owner was not here, so he directly rejected Li Cuilian's embroidery.
Li Cuilian also knew that there was a problem with her embroidery, but she had been sending embroidery to the embroidery house for more than ten years. She was already familiar with it. The owner was also famous for being kind. Last time, when she made such a big mistake, he just said a few words. This time, she was just lazy, so she thought that he would not say anything.
But she did not expect that instead of letting her go, the supervisor dared to ask her to leave. Li Cuilian's face darkened in an instant. She stood at the door of the embroidery building and began to scold, "Li Xiaoer, how dare you? How dare you ask me to leave with my things before the boss asked? You were not even born when I started to embroider for the embroidery building."
The steward did not expect Li Cuilian to stand at the door of the embroidery building and scold her. Her face turned purple in an instant. She looked at Li Cuilian with a gloomy face and said, "Don't take advantage of your seniority."
"Who are you saying is taking advantage of their seniority? You little brat, you actually dare to lecture me? " When Mu Qing was studying, Li Cuilian occasionally heard a few sentences. She was familiar with it and naturally knew that it was not a good word to take advantage of one's seniority.
However, she had been in the marketplace all year round, so she naturally could not say anything good.
When Li Cuilian scolded her just now, the steward did not say anything. But now that she called her a little brat, the steward's face darkened instantly. She did not want to talk to Li Cuilian and directly asked people to drive her out. When Mu Qing arrived, he saw the scene of people driving Li Cuilian out of the embroidery building.
Mu Qing walked quickly to Li Cuilian and blocked the shop assistants who were about to carry Li Cuilian out. He asked softly, "What's going on?"
Didn't she say that she was just here to deliver the embroidery? How did it become like this?
This scene was a little strange no matter how one looked at it.
The steward disdained to talk to Li Cuilian just now. Seeing that Mu Qing was here, she said directly, "Scholar Mu, it's good that you're here."
There was a trace of sarcasm in the steward's voice. Even though it was very strange to hear, Mu Qing could only hold back his curiosity and salute Li Cuilian if she wanted to continue selling embroidery in the embroidery building. "Nice to meet you, Steward."
The steward snorted and said, "You flatter me."
Mu Qing had a bad feeling in his heart.
The steward motioned for the shop assistant to take out the embroidery made by Li Cuilian and handed it to Mu Qing. "Mu Qing, when you were young, you often delivered embroidery for your mother. Can you tell the difference between these two?"
Mu Qing lowered his head and looked at the embroidery in the steward's hands. One was exquisite and the other seemed to be perfunctory.
The steward saw Mu Qing frown and said, "Can you tell the difference?"
Mu Qing nodded and said, "I can tell."
The steward saw Mu Qing nod and smiled. She threw the perfunctory embroidery into Mu Qing's arms and said coldly, "I don't have to tell you how your mother's embroidery looked like before. But ever since you passed the county level examination, your mother's embroidery has been getting worse and worse. Recently, it was obvious that her embroidery was perfunctory. The boss didn't say anything because of our previous relationship. But now, your mother is blatantly passing off shoddy embroidery as good. How can I just stand by and watch?"
After the steward finished speaking, she raised her chin and looked at Li Cuilian. "I can pay you for these embroidery, but don't come here in the future. Our embroidery building is small and can't afford a big Bodhisattva like you."
Li Cuilian opened her mouth to say that Mu Qing was a county level scholar. But as soon as she opened her mouth, Mu Qing stopped her.
Mu Qing had thought that the people from the embroidery house were bullying Li Cuilian, but now it seemed that it was Li Cuilian who was pushing her luck. Because of this, Mu Qing's face was burning. She took the embroidery directly and said to the steward, "Steward Li, we can't accept this money."
When the steward said that he was going to pay, his heart ached. Now that Mu Qing didn't want to accept it, he declined and asked someone to take the money back.
Mu Qing held the embroidery brought by Li Cuilian in one hand and supported Li Cuilian with the other. They walked out step by step.
When Li Cuilian heard the supervisor say that he was going to give her money, she was secretly happy. Since she couldn't continue to work here, she would earn as much money as she could. But who knew that Mu Qing would refuse in such a short time?
Li Cuilian's face turned ugly. She pursed her lips and looked at Mu Qing. She whispered, "Qing 'er, what do you mean?"
"Mother, don't talk." Mu Qing said with a dark face, "Don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"
Li Cuilian's face darkened when she heard Mu Qing say that she was embarrassing. She turned her head and stared at Mu Qing. "What do you mean? Do you think I'm embarrassing?"
Mu Qing lowered his eyes and didn't say anything. But the meaning of his words was obvious.
Li Cuilian's face darkened when she saw that she had guessed Mu Qing's thoughts. She raised her hand and touched her eyes. She cried, "Your father passed away early. I raised you with all my might. Now that you've become a county level scholar, you think I'm embarrassing? Fine, since you think I'm embarrassing, I'll leave now."
Li Cuilian finished speaking and pushed Mu Qing away. She walked towards the moat.
Mu Qing didn't expect Li Cuilian to be so serious. He quickly reached out and grabbed Li Cuilian's arm.
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