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Qingge, who had been practicing her martial arts on the sidelines, also came over at this moment.

She watched Xiuxiu and Shiliu embroider for a while, and then watched Tao'er demonstrate it again. She even picked up the needle and thread and tried to embroider a few stitches herself.

Tao'er leaned closer to take a look and found that Qingge's stitches were exceptionally neat, the crosses were of uniform size, and the thread was pulled with just the right tension, as if she had practiced many times.

Tao'er smiled and praised, "Qingge, I didn't expect that you, who only knows how to practice martial arts, also have a good talent for embroidery."

"Excellent, excellent! I'll give you a share of the profits when we sell the embroidery!"

Qingge looked up, her eyes sparkling, "Miss, I've finished embroidering, will you give me some money too?"

"Yes, you embroidered well, I'll give you some money."

Tao'er nodded.

"Okay, then I'll embroider it carefully. I feel like embroidering this is easy."

Qingge smiled happily and then bent down to embroider the next stitch.

Tao took out several small fabric frames from the box again. The patterns included flowers and plants, as well as cute little animals such as rabbits and butterflies.

She sorted the fabric and thread according to the pattern and pushed them in front of Xiuxiu and Shiliu one by one, saying, "These are for you to practice with first. I'll provide the materials; you just need to embroider."

Once you've finished embroidering, bring it to me, and I'll take it all to the embroidery shop to sell.

We'll split the profits 40/60, I'll take 60% and you'll take 40%.

Don't think I'm taking too much. Sending the embroidery to the temple requires asking around and making arrangements; those expenses also come from there.

Xiuxiu and Shiliu nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, "Cousin, whatever you say goes, we'll do as you say."

Xiuxiu even stood up and curtsied to Tao'er, saying, "Cousin Tao'er, it's already a great favor that you taught us. There's no reason to complain about it being too little."

"If this size is sold, you can probably get about two taels of silver per piece."

Shiliu quietly did some calculations: a handkerchief would only fetch about ten coins at the embroidery shop, and it would take them three days to embroider it.

But they could finish a cross-stitch piece of this size in five or six days. If they could really get two taels of silver, that would be a month...

She calculated this, then suddenly looked up, her eyes wide, "Cousin Tao'er, you said a painting can earn two taels of silver?"

Really?"

Tao'er nodded, "This is just the price for a small size. If you embroider a larger piece or one with a more complex design, the price will go up."

Embroidery in embroidery shops emphasizes meticulous brushwork and artistic conception, while cross-stitch emphasizes clean and unique patterns!

"As long as you embroider well, you won't have to worry about finding a buyer."

Xiuxiu and Shiliu exchanged a glance, both of them somewhat stunned, as if they had been dumbfounded by the two taels of silver.

It takes six or seven days to embroider one piece, and a month can yield five or six pieces, or at least four or five.

They earn ten taels of silver a month, which is more money than they can earn in a year!

Xiuxiu looked down at the small wild chrysanthemum in her hand that had just been embroidered, and suddenly felt that the grid and the thread had become precious.

However, they soon encountered another problem.

Xiuxiu touched the edge of the fabric frame and hesitated before saying, "Cousin Tao'er, we can't take this embroidery home to embroider."

If Grandma sees this, she'll ask questions and snatch the money away, leaving nothing for us.

"If they find out we're making money, who knows what kind of trouble they'll cause."

Shiliu nodded, saying that they couldn't keep the money.

Tao'er said, "What's so difficult about that? You can take them back and embroider them. Just pay ten coins per piece as you did with your original embroidery."

Keep the rest of the silver safe.

The Wangs didn't know how much the Wangs were worth.

You can't find this anywhere else on the market except here.

"Cousin Tao'er's idea is good."

"But you don't need to give us the silver first. We'll embroider here first, and after we pay back the sixteen taels of silver we owe you, we'll take it home to embroider."

Xiuxiu said.

Tao'er nodded, "Alright, we'll do as you say."

The two sat for a while longer, asking about the needlework and stitching techniques three or four times, until Tao'er said that it would get dark if they kept asking, and they reluctantly put down the cloth frame.

The two sisters put down their things and left, agreeing to come over and embroider for two hours every day.

Shiliu walked to the door, then turned back and whispered, "Cousin Tao'er, you're so kind!"

Tao waved her hand, telling them to hurry up and leave so the old man wouldn't suspect anything.

After the door closed, the room became quiet.

Tao'er sat in the chair and gently tapped the armrest with her fingers again.

A thought kept running through her mind: it would be great if her second uncle could also separate from that family.

My second uncle is an honest man with a skill, but he is suppressed by the old man of the Liu family and implicated by Liu Tianbao, so he lives a miserable life.

But she couldn't say that out loud. Dividing the family property was a big deal, and it would only work if her second uncle stood up for himself.

What she can do now is to help Xiuxiu and Shiliu establish themselves, so that they have money in their hands and confidence, so that they can help when their second uncle really considers dividing the family property.

While embroidering, Qingge casually remarked, "Girl, your two cousins ​​aren't bad people; they're much better than your aunt."

Tao'er hummed in agreement, "Yes, the two little girls are quite nice."

Girl, you're really good to them, you've taught them all your best skills.

Why don't you lend them some money so they can make a living?

Ordinary people don't easily share their cooking skills!

"My second uncle and his family are all honest people. They're not suited for doing business. They might get sold out and end up counting the money for the other party!"

Besides, my second uncle is a carpenter, which is a skill he possesses.

But my two younger cousins ​​were different; they couldn't change their fate just by getting married.

"As the saying goes, 'Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.' Even if you get married in the future, you'll still have a skill to rely on."

If these embroidered products sell well and I have regular customers, I'll set up a small workshop, and maybe the two sisters can help me manage it in the future.

She used to buy a lot of cross-stitch materials wholesale.

They had all sizes, big, medium, and small. It just so happened that there was a big clearance sale at the time, so she bought them all.

Seeing that she bought everything, the shopkeeper gave her a much lower price.

She only remembered that there was such a thing in her space a few days ago.

Unexpectedly, this opened up a new avenue for making money.

"What the young lady says is true. Instead of giving them temporary assistance, it's better to teach them a skill to support themselves."

Qingge nodded in agreement.

Where are my parents and older brother?

Why can't I see it?

It was almost dark.

Tao'er then realized that her parents and eldest brother were not at home, and that her second brother had gone to work in the fields.

"The master and mistress accompanied Brother Tiezhu to Stone Village to look at potential partners."

Qingge replied.

Tao'er smiled slightly, "Oh, I see!"

No wonder I didn't see anyone.

Looks like we'll be having a happy occasion in our family soon.

As the two were chatting, a large eagle with white feathers and black spots flew onto the stone table in the courtyard.

Tao'er recognized it at a glance; it was the bird Xiao Yi kept.