Even the coarse porcelain bowl used for eating had several cracks, so much so that when eating, Shen Shujun deliberately avoided the cracks and carefully put the noodles into her mouth.

She didn't eat much in the morning, just a small steamed bun. Shen Shujun was very hungry at this time, and she seemed to be eating very fast.

When she saw Xia Mingyue walking into the yard, Shen Shujun felt that she was being rude. She put down the bowl in her hand in a hurry and stood up, "Mrs. Xia is here, please sit down."

After saying that, he went to pour tea for Xia Mingyue.

When she thought about the fact that she had run out of tea leaves, Shen Shujun could only purse her lips and pour a bowl of water for Xia Mingyue.

"Thank you, Madam Shen." Xia Mingyue saw that the bowl contained boiled water, and her heart moved. She took a sip without any disdain, "It just so happens that I am a little thirsty, so you are welcome."

Seeing Xia Mingyue's generous behavior and not looking down on her current difficult life, he felt warm in his heart, "Madam Xia, you came here now, are you here to talk to me about something?"

"That's right." Xia Mingyue nodded, "I have some work that I would like to ask Madam Shen to do. I wonder if Madam Shen is willing to do it."

When Shen Shujun heard there was work to do, she was overjoyed. "What kind of work is it?"

Seeing that Shen Shujun was very interested in this, Xia Mingyue told her in detail that she wanted to ask her to write on red paper. "The quantity is uncertain at the moment, but it should be no more, no less. Madam Shen will set the price. I will supply the pens, ink and paper you need, and you need to come to my place to write."

"Of course. If you are going to write these words over there, I can provide you with three meals a day. Madam Shen just needs to go there. I wonder if Madam Shen is willing to take on this job?"

"Yes, I'm willing to take this job!" Shen Shujun agreed without any hesitation.

Given her current situation, having enough food is about to become a luxury. Having a job that can make money and provide her with meals can really solve her urgent needs!
What's more, she had heard these days that this Madam Xia Mingyue was an excellent cook and that the Xia Ji she ran was very popular in Changzhou City.

I think that the food at Madam Xia's house must taste excellent even if it is not cooked by Madam Xia herself.

This time, she found a good life!

Shen Shujun cherished this very much, and repeatedly expressed her attitude, "Madam Xia, rest assured, I will definitely write well for you and make you satisfied!"

"It's not just about writing good handwriting." Xia Mingyue smiled, "We also want to show off our elegance. We'll have to trouble Madam Shen to work harder on the red paper and see if there are any better ideas."

"Of course, please rest assured, Madam Shen, if you do a good job and do a lot, you will not be unfairly rewarded."

That means she needs to think of more auspicious and pleasing words or poems. If possible, simply sketching some lace patterns will make it look better.

Shen Shujun nodded again, "I understand what Madam Xia means, but I don't know when I should start working?"

"How about tomorrow morning?" Xia Mingyue asked.

"Okay." Shen Shujun agreed.

After agreeing to this, Xia Mingyue said goodbye and left.

Shen Shujun walked him out of the alley and then returned to the yard. She picked up the half bowl of noodles that she had not finished eating and continued to put it into her mouth.

The noodles were already cold by now, but Shen Shujun didn't care about it. Instead, she was thinking about what Xia Mingyue said about putting her heart into writing on the red paper.

After filling his stomach, he went into the house and opened a large box.

There were many books piled in the box, many of which were old and yellowed, showing their age, and on one side of the books was a small rolled-up bundle. Shen Shujun picked up the bundle and opened it layer by layer, revealing the items inside.

It's a brush.

This pen is a Yangzhou water pen, made of rabbit tip as the main material and hemp as the auxiliary material. It is said that the production process alone involves more than one hundred steps. The pen has excellent texture, is comfortable to hold, holds water without leaking, is suitable for writing and drawing, writes smoothly, and is durable.

This pen was also made by a famous craftsman in Yangzhou. Its quality is comparable to that of imperial items. It was also one of the dowries that Shen Shujun's grandfather prepared for her when she got married.

Shen Shujun looked at the pen for a long time, hesitated for a long time, and finally reached out to take it out and held it tightly in her hand.

The mist in her eyes filled up almost instantly. Shen Shujun gritted her teeth to prevent the tears from falling.

"This person is not a good person. If you insist on doing what you want, you will no longer be my daughter of the Shen family!"

"Qin Lang and I are in love, and our friendship is known to heaven and earth. If grandfather insists on doing this, then I can only forgive Shujun for being unfilial!"

The quarrel before her marriage seemed to still echo in her ears. Through her tearful eyes, Shen Shujun saw her grandfather's angry, dejected, shocked and old face.

Tears fell down, Shen Shujun could no longer hold back and leaned over the wooden box, crying loudly.

She is indeed very unfilial.

It was in the past, and it is still in the present...
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Early the next morning, Xia Mingyue welcomed Shen Shujun.

After carefully introducing the types, shapes and sizes of the mooncakes she was going to sell, her recent business ideas, as well as the pricing and target groups of the mooncakes, Xia Mingyue handed over all the autonomy to Shen Shujun.

Seeing that Xia Mingyue trusted and was optimistic about her, Shen Shujun felt very warm in her heart and made up her mind to do this matter well.

Last night, she stayed up for half the night thinking about some auspicious words and patterns that would be suitable for mooncakes. After seeing all kinds of mooncakes today, Shen Shujun had more ideas, which she wrote down on paper.

After writing and drawing for half a day, at lunch time, Shen Shujun showed her morning results to Xia Mingyue.

"Flowers are in full bloom and the moon is full", "Long live together, share the beauty of the moon", "The bright moon sends my love across thousands of miles"...

At first glance, the content is not amazing, but Shen Shujun's handwriting is graceful and lively, very beautiful, making the originally ordinary words full of charm. What's more important is that Shen Shujun has drawn some patterns on each piece of red paper.

Or the bright moon and auspicious clouds simply outlined with golden paint, or the bamboo branches swaying in the wind drawn with black ink, or a goldenrod in full bloom...

The pattern is small and exquisite, and adds a lot of color to the words.

Such red paper placed on the outer packaging of the mooncakes is enough to make people's eyes bright and amazed.

"Not bad." Xia Mingyue nodded repeatedly, "Mrs. Shen's red paper is very well made, but I wonder how long it will take to make such a piece of red paper?"

If the time is too long, it may not be able to meet the normal demand for mooncakes, so we need to think of other ways.

"My writing and drawing speed is not bad. If you calculate carefully, I can draw four in a cup of tea." Shen Shujun replied. (End of this chapter)