"What good stuff?"
"You'll know in a moment." Then he went to his room.
After a while, Lin Hongchu came out with two pieces of cloth and walked up to Xu Jiang with a smile on his face.
Xu Jiang asked curiously, "Are you going to make clothes?"
Lin Hongchu brought a futon, knelt beside her, and showed her the cloth. "Touch it and see if it's good."
There are two pieces of cloth, one is green and the other is crimson. They are smooth to the touch and of high quality. They must be made of silk.
"Of course it's good, why would you be willing to use such expensive cloth?" Xu Jiang's heart skipped a beat and he stammered, "Could this be..."
"These were given by the saint when my father was ordained. He specially selected these two pieces to make you wedding clothes."
"How can I use this?" Xu Jiang hurriedly pushed the cloth back. "Since it was given to the Master by the Sage, how can I use it?"
"Of course it's necessary." Lin Hongchu took her hand and said, "Sister, your wedding dress will of course be prepared by your family. Are you not one of us? Not only the wedding dress, but also the dowry has been prepared by my father. Sister, just wait for your marriage with peace of mind."
Xu Jiang's throat was blocked and she couldn't speak. Her heart was like a huge wave, and then a gentle breeze and drizzle. Finally, it all turned into two lines of tears, rolling down her cheeks.
Lin Hongchu panicked when she saw this, and quickly reached out to wipe her tears, "Sister, don't cry." As she said that, she also started crying.
Xu Jiang hugged her and choked up for a long moment before saying, "I'm so lucky to have you treat me so well."
"Sister, it's worth it. Besides, I should be the one saying this."
Since she started working as a helper in the bookstore, Xu Jiang had always been very kind to her. Later, when he learned that his master was an old friend of her father, he treated her like his own sister, subsidizing her wages, teaching her skills, and even making delicious food for her.
When his mother was seriously ill, he worked tirelessly to take care of her, and after his mother passed away, he helped with all the arrangements for the funeral.
Xu Jiang and her father would always remember the kindness she had shown the Lin family. They would always be her family, supporting and relying on each other, becoming sisters closer than blood, so that she would no longer be alone.
"I've given you all this, what are you going to do?"
"Me?" Lin Hongchu took a while to understand the meaning behind her words, then hit her with a hammer and said angrily, "Sister, you are so dishonest."
Xu Jiang burst into laughter and wiped her tears. "When you get married, I will prepare a dowry for you."
Lin Hongchu took out a handkerchief and rubbed it against her face, saying softly, "I'm still young."
Xu Jiang pulled her hand down and said, "You're going to be married in June. Have you invited someone?"
Because Lin Hongchu was in mourning, she could not hold a grand coming-of-age ceremony like other girls'. She could only ask a kind relative from the Lin family to comb her hair and put on her hairpins.
"My father has made all the arrangements. He has invited an aunt from the clan." Lin Hongchu looked up at Mrs. Lin's spirit tablet, a trace of loneliness flashing in his eyes.
Xu Jiang touched her face and said, "I will help you dress and put on makeup."
"Yes." Lin Hongchu nodded, then placed the cloth in her hand on Xu Jiang's lap and said, "Sister, it is said that it is auspicious for a woman to embroider her own wedding dress. I will give these two pieces of cloth to you."
Xu Jiang was stunned. "Huh?"
Embroider it herself? How could she embroider a wedding dress?
Lin Hongchu patted her hands and encouraged her, "It's not too late to learn now."
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