Chapter 148 Don't Be a Prostitute
"Mom, my aunt is the fastest at sewing clothes, Sister Yurong is the fastest at sewing several pieces of cut clothes, and Aunt Lan's embroidery of auspicious cloud and grape patterns is beautiful." Xiao Tingwu sat aside and arranged them. From the back, Su was responsible for cutting the materials and also for making the buttons and other things at the end.
Xiao Yurong pieced the clothes together, while Aunt Lan and Aunt Xiao were responsible for embroidering the patterns, one for the collar and the other for the cuffs.
Xiao Tingwu was responsible for making belts. Although Xiao Tingwu was young, he was quite skilled in making these small items.
"Tingwu, did you make all this yourself?" Xiao Jiuyue looked at the bold color combination, which had a very strong visual impact. The rich peony flowers, even a belt, gave people a sense of nobility.
The pink peach blossoms seem to be blooming between the belts, and the green leaves and white lotus flowers are like blooming white lotuses.
"Yes, if Sister Jiuyue likes it, I will give it to you?" Xiao Tingwu is frail and seldom goes out on weekdays. Most of the time she stays in her room, either reading or doing needlework.
Over time, Xiao Tingwu's needlework skills improved rapidly.
"Okay." Xiao Jiuyue responded and sat next to Xiao Tingwu. The Xiao family is full of talented people, and the beautiful mother is good at taking care of the household.
Aunt Lan was able to go out and take care of the shop. Third Aunt Xiao, Xiao Yurong, and Xiao Tingwu were all skilled with their hands. Suddenly, Xiao Jiuyue looked at the flower in Xiao Tingwu's hair and asked, "Did you make this yourself?"
Xiao Tingwu felt a little embarrassed and touched the flower in her hair. She said, "It's a winter jasmine. I made it when I was bored in the spring."
"Tingwu, after this batch of clothes is finished, I will take you to meet someone." Xiao Jiuyue thought of He Lian who had been practicing hard to make velvet flowers. She felt that if Xiao Tingwu and He Lian were together, they might be able to make some more beautiful hair flowers!
Since ancient times, women's money has been the easiest to earn. Rouge, powder, clothes, jewelry and the like have all attracted women who love beauty.
As for the clothes, Xiao Jiuyue was relieved that Su and the others were watching over them. She went to the county town and planned to pick some tall and pretty women.
Nowadays, there are not many women who are willing to show up in public, let alone Xiao Jiuyue who wants to find a pretty woman.
"Miss, as you said, you want these girls to wear beautiful clothes and walk around on the stage. I think, except for the girls in the brothel, no one will be willing to do that." Lianxin looked at Xiao Jiuyue and saw that she had met so many waves of people, but she still had no idea, so she spoke in a low voice.
"No." Xiao Jiuyue shook her head and said, "Our clothes will be sold to noble ladies and young ladies in the future. If they are worn by girls in brothels, who will want to buy them in the future?"
It wasn't that Xiao Jiuyue looked down on the girls in the brothel, but that was just the way the world was. Her eyes moved and she said, "Lianxin, what you said reminds me."
After a cup of tea, Xiao Jiuyue walked to the largest dental clinic in Lancang County.
I don’t know if it’s because summer is approaching, but there are many families selling their children. Xiao Jiuyue quickly picked out six girls. They looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, and were just budding girls. Except for their thin bodies, their faces were still very pretty.
"Okay, I want all six girls." Xiao Jiuyue bought the six girls directly from the pawnshop. The six girls followed Xiao Jiuyue back to the village nervously.
The six girls looked at each other, their eyes seemed to say: The daughter of the village?
Arriving at the Xiao family's house, Xiao Jiuyue looked at the six girls lined up in a row and asked, "What are your names?"
"Miss, my name is Erya."
"My name is Chunni."
"The servant Zhaodi."
"Your servant..."
Xiao Jiuyue fell silent after hearing the six names in a row. She asked, "Are you willing to change your names?"
"I am willing." Erya knelt down immediately. She thought that there was nothing wrong with following the young lady in the village, as long as she worked hard.
"I am willing too."
Soon, all six girls knelt in a row. Xiao Jiuyue asked them to stand up, prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and after a brief thought, she wrote down the names of the twelve flower gods. She said, "You can choose these twelve names yourself."
"These are the names of the twelve kinds of flowers. They are plum blossom, apricot blossom, pear blossom, peony, pomegranate, lotus, crabapple, osmanthus, chrysanthemum, hibiscus, camellia and narcissus." Xiao Jiuyue read out the names of the twelve flower gods in one breath. She looked at the six little girls who were about to bloom. Their timid appearance was not acceptable.
"I like plum blossoms."
"This servant likes pear blossoms."
"peony."
"Begonia."
"Hibiscus."
“Camellia.”
After all six girls had chosen their names, Xiao Jiuyue ticked them off in order. When she looked up, Lianxin had already matched the people with the new names. She said, "Since you are following the young lady, from now on, do whatever the young lady tells you to do, and don't say anything too much."
"If you do your job well, the lady will reward you. If anyone doesn't work and is disloyal, don't blame the lady for being ruthless and selling you out." Lian Xin had a cold face. She had been with Xiao Jiuyue before, and her clothes and expenses were better than those of the young ladies from small families. She was also very imposing when she spoke.
"Yes." Meihua and the other six girls responded in unison.
Xiao Jiuyue raised her hand and said, "From tomorrow on, you must practice your manners, hold your head high and chest out, and be confident."
Meihua and the other six girls were dumbfounded. Mudan and the others looked at each other and asked, "Miss, I, I only want to be a maid, no, I don't want to be a brothel girl!" If she was willing to be a brothel girl, she would not voluntarily sell herself to the brothel.
She likes peonies because they sound noble!
"Pfft!" Xiao Jiuyue chuckled, looking at the brave Mudan, and said, "Your name is Mudan, right? You're quite brave, but your voice is a little soft. If there are many people around, who can hear what you say clearly?"
"My Xiao family is a respectable family, and we wouldn't force women of good character into prostitution." Xiao Jiuyue's words seemed to reassure the six girls. She continued, "I'm asking you to learn etiquette because in half a month, I want you to sell cloth!"
Selling cloth?
Mudan and the others looked at each other in shock. Weren't they here to be maids? Why were they selling cloth?
"All I need is for you to wear the clothes we made, stand on the platform we built, and show them to everyone." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes swept over the six of them one by one, and said, "Of course, if you don't want to, I won't force you."
"Aren't the clothes the same as those in brothels?" Mudan looked at her with embarrassment.
"Of course not. I'm going to sell these clothes to the noble ladies in Lancang County." Xiao Jiuyue raised an eyebrow and said, "As long as you do a good job, in addition to the monthly salary, you can also get a commission."
"Commission?" Mudan's eyes lit up when she mentioned money.
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