Cloth appliqué is actually very simple, all it takes is locking the edges. It took Tang Shiyue less than an hour to complete her masterpiece.

There was also time to boil water, give the two little ones a bath, and change them into new clothes.

When Qi Jing and the others came back, she was ironing the last piece of clothing and hanging it on the pole, admiring it with great joy.

Madam Zhou came in with a food basket, following the two of them, and asked, "What is Yue'er busy with?"

Tang Shiyue said modestly: "I just sewed some patterns on the clothes." while pointing to her.

When Madam Zhou saw it, she clapped her hands in joy and said, "Silly child, you have seen people patching up holes in clothes, but you have never seen people patching up a perfectly good new garment!"

Tang Shiyue was silently embarrassed for a moment.

Time-travel novels deceive me! Why is this performance different from what she imagined? Shouldn't she be surprised and say it's novel and unique?

Tang Shiyue said: "I think it looks pretty good!" She turned around and asked: "Is it not pretty?"

Qi Jing had a blank face and said nothing. Fourth Uncle Tang was just laughing. Tang Shiyue was not convinced and turned around and called out, "Ayang! Ayao!"

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The two little ones came out in response, already dressed in new clothes. Tang Shiyue pointed and said, "How beautiful!"

Little Qi Yang usually wears the same black short shirt as his brother, just like a little adult. But now he has changed into a small straight gown, which is vermilion in color. He looks more festive, like a lucky doll, so cute that it makes people blush.

Madam Zhou laughed and said, "The baby is pretty, and the clothes are pretty, but this... this patch is not pretty, hahaha."

"This is not a patch!" Tang Shiyue said: "This is the sun! Qi Yang! A Yang! The sun! A Yao is a beautiful jade, Yao means beautiful jade! And this round one is a magic pearl, the magic pearl is my 'Yue'!"

She pointed at the one still hanging on the pole and said, "Qi Jing, Jing Qi, how nice! You can tell whose clothes it is at a glance."

Qi Jing had never expected that the clothes were actually bought for him. He couldn't help but feel happy, but when he looked at the clothes again...it turned out to be a cross-collared sleeveless shirt, and he froze again.

Little Qi Yang was still learning and applying with a serious face: "Sister is so amazing!"

Xiao Yaoer also looked up cutely: "Sister is so awesome!"

Qi Jing couldn't help but ask: "What are those lines next to the sun?"

"The sun's rays!"

"What is the mountain on top of this magic pearl?"

"It's not a mountain, it's the light of the divine pearl!"

Qi Jing understood: "So the ones next to the jade are the light of the jade? And the ones on the flag side, could they be... the wind?"

Tang Shiyue patted his shoulder with satisfaction: "You are a teachable boy. You have learned to draw inferences from one example."

Qi Xiaolang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Madam Zhou laughed so hard that she fell down.

I don't know when Mrs. Wang came out of the house and walked towards me gracefully.

Perhaps it was because it was rare to come across something she was good at, so she came over to take a closer look and snorted with disdain: "You are imitating others without knowing your own abilities."

Tang Shiyue raised her eyebrows.

Qi Jing's face darkened immediately, and he said coldly: "Ayue, your embroidery is very good, I like it very much."

Madam Zhou also stopped laughing and said, "It's a pity that our Yue'er has no one to love her. She has to figure everything out on her own. I don't know how her mother has the nerve to laugh at her! I would rather laugh at her heartless mother!"

Wang said, "If she asks me, how can I not teach her?"

"Oh my!" Madam Zhou said, "Who do you think you are? You have to beg for help! You are so shameless!"

Wang glared at her angrily.

She has been unhappy these days.

Although she was no longer hungry or cold, and no longer had to be beaten or scolded every day, and her food, clothes, and housing were getting better and better, she still felt like she was living in a dry well, looking at the little sunshine above her head every day, and her life was boring.

No one praised her for her new makeup, and no one was pleased with her new embroidered clothes... She was so bored that day that she couldn't help but condescend to say hello to Fourth Uncle Tang.

She looked down on such a quiet and honest man, but if she could make him infatuated and have arguments with his wife, it would add an interesting aspect.

Who would have thought that he was actually blind! Blind eyes! Blind heart! How could he treat such a vulgar woman as a treasure!

She glanced at everyone fiercely, turned her waist and went into the house.

Tang Shiyue was not angry, she smiled and said: "Okay, ignore her." She turned around and smiled with her eyes curved: "A Jing, you said you like it very much, you must wear it tomorrow!"

Qi Jing looked at the dress for a long time before nodding with difficulty.

Everyone spread out their food to eat. The dishes were cooked by Madam Zhou at home. Tang Shiyue only cooked porridge and made steamed buns. While eating, Tang Shiyue asked, "Will we measure the land tomorrow?"

Fourth Uncle Tang nodded, then turned around and asked, "What kind of house do you want to build, Jing? Once you've measured the land, can you ask someone knowledgeable to come over and take a look?"

"No need," Qi Jing said, "Just build three rooms in the front, that'll be enough for Ayang and I to live in."

"Tell me about you, kid," Madam Zhou was so anxious when she heard this that she put down her chopsticks and said, "It's enough for you to live in now, but are you going to get married in the future? When you get married, have a wife, and have children, who will live in the three rooms?"

Qi Xiaolang was stunned, coughed, and was a little embarrassed. Fourth Uncle Tang also smiled and said, "Since you want to build it, build it better. Even if you want to sell it in the future, it will be easier."

Tang Shiyue's reason was very casual: "Can't you build something more interesting? It's just three rooms, and you can see it clearly at a glance. It will be boring to visit your house later."

After much persuasion from several people, Qi Xiaolang finally decided to build a small courtyard house with two entrances.

Qi Jing took a piece of paper and drew a rough outline. The general layout was similar to Tang Shiyue's, except that there was an extra gate on the south side with a screen door, and an extra row of back houses. Although they would be empty after construction, he decided to just build it.

The layout was simple, and there was no need to find a specialist to design it, but Qi Jing still said, "Let's go back to town and find a bricklayer. I heard there's a Cheng family in the county town who is very good at grinding bricks and aligning seams."

The so-called grinding of bricks to fit the seams means that the bricks are first cut and ground into rectangles with right angles using a special grinder. When the wall is built, the bricks are laid tightly together, and the wall surface is not covered with dust or painted red. It is said that if the wall is built well, even a needle cannot be inserted into the gap in the middle.

After the wall is built, the entire surface is smooth and flat, with no visible joints to the naked eye. Then a "paste" made of a mixture of cooked white lime, egg white, glutinous rice juice, etc. is poured between the bricks to make it appear seamless and solid.

Fourth Uncle Tang was so amused that he said, "Kid, you are both careful and careless! This is not going to be built for the emperor to live in, so why bother with so much work?"

Qi Jing said: "I'm afraid the villagers won't be able to do it well."

Fourth Uncle Tang thought for a moment and said, "Then how about this? Our winery doesn't need to be elaborate, so we can just ask the villagers to build it. As for your house, you can ask that team to build it. We can build both sides at the same time, and you don't have to wait."

Madam Zhou still felt sorry for the money: "A Jing, tell them to build your house like this, and everyone can just help build the courtyard wall."

Qi Jing smiled and replied, "Okay."

Tang Shiyue suddenly thought of something and asked him, "A Jing, why don't you just buy a house? It seems like someone lives behind me."

Qi Jing's expression darkened: "I asked him, but he refused to sell it."

"Ah?" Tang Shiyue was a little curious: "Who lives over there?"

Qi Jing said calmly, "An old scholar."

"Oh!" Tang Shiyue asked, "Old scholar?"

Qi Jing nodded.

In fact, not long after Tang Shiyue moved in, he thought about moving in. Being close to her was one reason, and also, he liked the quietness of this place.

He had also been paying attention to his neighbors for a long time. He could hear voices from there, but the neighbors never went out. Every seven or eight days, an old servant would go out, and when he came back, he was usually brought back by a mule cart, apparently to buy rice, flour, and vegetables.

He went over and asked.

In fact, living in such a place should be for tranquility, so it is not surprising that the other party is unwilling to sell, but the man smiled and said to him: "I knew that there were people living next door, so I wanted to move to another place, but occasionally I heard people talking and laughing over there, which was very lively and interesting, so I decided not to move."

Although the other party might just be joking, he still felt uncomfortable listening to it, so he decided to build one himself.