Chapter 171 The Principle Wife
With Qin Sheng's assurance, Chu Yian felt relieved.
Although after all, those are still members of the Qin family and there is a certain possibility that they will leak the matter to Qin Sheng, but Chu Yian has no other choice for the time being and can only do this for now.
When her martial arts skills become perfect in the future, she won’t need to find anyone, she can fly over and complete the task by herself.
After chatting with Qin Sheng for a few more words, they reached a fork in the road and went in two different directions.
Qin Sheng walked a few steps and turned around to look at Chu Yian. He saw the girl in the light blue dress running to the corner, seemingly in a good mood, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
The corners of his lips rose, he chuckled, turned around and strode towards the military camp.
Chu Yian walked a few steps and turned to ask Xiao Fu behind him: "There should be ready-made cotton cloth in the storehouse of the Duke's Mansion."
Xiao Fu thought for a moment and shook her head: "Miss, it's not convenient for me to look in the storehouse of the Duke's Mansion, but there are a few pieces of cotton cloth in your dowry..."
Xiao Fu said one sentence and then stopped talking. After all, this was Chu Yian's dowry. It was up to Chu Yian himself whether he was willing to give it out or not.
It’s not good to say too much, just a reminder will be enough.
Chu Yian thought about it and realized that cloth in ancient times was actually quite expensive and could be used as hard currency.
It doesn’t matter whether the horses in the dowry are taken out or not.
Moreover, she owns two cloth shops, so she could have someone send a few pieces over later, but it would be a bit rushed in terms of time.
When I come back, I will go to the warehouse first. If there is nothing suitable, I will take out the horses in the dowry and use them, and then add more later.
Wow, she is so virtuous.
Chu Yian was in a good mood after she came up with a plan, and decided to find a few embroiderers to help her make clothes.
Find more, faster.
Since she was already doing it, why not make a few for the others as well? As a way of thanking them for taking care of her during this period of time.
However, this idea just popped up for a moment before Chu Yian suppressed it.
The Duke's Mansion is run by Mrs. Tao, so this behavior is not appropriate. If you want to give it to her, you can make two sets just for Mrs. Tao.
The more Chu Yian thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was feasible.
She has been married to the Duke's Mansion for quite some time, but she has never given anything to Mrs. Tao. Instead, Mrs. Tao thinks about her in everything.
The priceless cloth and the priceless jewellery, if she just glanced at them for a second, Tao would immediately have them sent to Fuhuayuan without any regret.
I was afraid that she would find it troublesome to send the cloth, so I had someone make the clothes for her.
Those clothes made of floating brocade are still hanging in the house. Chu Yian has never been willing to wear them because they are so beautiful and gorgeous.
Tao's clothes can be made into two sets according to the current season, so there is no need to make them into winter clothes.
But I have to focus on Qin Sheng first, and only then can I do it for Tao.
After Chu Yian had a plan in mind, he immediately took his people to the largest embroidery building in Shengjing. The embroiderers in the building were all incredibly skilled.
She doesn't actually need advanced skills, she just needs to do the job as required.
But since it was the first time that Chu Yian prepared these things for Qin Sheng, he still had to pay more attention to it, and after finishing it, he had to continue to make them for Tao.
Qin Sheng's clothes can be a little sloppy, as long as they are comfortable to wear, but Tao's clothes must be exquisitely made no matter what.
Just as she reached the door of the embroidery building and looked up at the plaque, someone grabbed her sleeve.
The hand that was pulling her sleeve quickly retracted, looking a little uneasy.
Chu Yian withdrew her gaze and looked to the side, and saw a somewhat old-looking woman with a hunched back, holding a bamboo basket in her hand. She looked at her carefully with a bit of hope in her eyes.
As soon as he saw her looking at him, he quickly lowered his head, hurriedly lifted the cloth covering the basket, handed the basket to Chu Yian, and asked in a low voice: "Miss, would you like to buy a handkerchief?"
"I, I embroidered it very well. You, you can take a look."
Chu Yian was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the basket in her hand.
There were quite a few handkerchiefs in the basket, not many colors, but the patterns embroidered on each handkerchief were different. At first glance, they looked very realistic, and Chu Yian was a little surprised.
She reached into the bamboo basket, took out a handkerchief, and carefully examined the embroidery on it.
I read it over and over again, and my eyes lit up after reading it.
She didn't know how to embroider, and couldn't tell what needlework the woman used, but the chrysanthemums and bamboos she embroidered gave her a lifelike feeling.
From the perspective of an outsider like Chu Yian, she is very beautiful.
The lines are beautiful, the pattern is beautiful, and there is not a single thread end to be seen.
Well, not bad, not bad, very good, I want to buy it.
"How much do you want for this handkerchief?" she asked.
The woman's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she tightened her grip on the bamboo basket. She quickly replied, "Miss, this, this pink silk handkerchief embroidered with flowers, bamboo and chrysanthemums, costs twenty, twenty-five coins."
She spoke haltingly and paused several times in each sentence.
Chu Yian has been in this world for three years and has some idea of the prices of things outside.
Twenty-five cents is not a very high price, but it is not low either.
But considering her embroidery skills, it is definitely a good deal, so she didn't ask for an exorbitant price.
Perhaps the woman also felt that the price was a bit high, so she hurriedly explained: "Miss, these handkerchiefs were woven, dyed, and embroidered by me. My sisters and I made them ourselves. If, if you think it's expensive, we can also..."
Her voice became lower and lower, and her head lower and lower, until she could hardly speak at all.
The pair of hands holding the bamboo basket tightened more and more, and his whole body showed a bit of panic, as helpless as a child.
She rarely interacted with outsiders and rarely left the village. This was the first time...
Chu Yian saw the embarrassment and helplessness on her face and smiled at her: "Twenty-five cents, right? Okay, your handkerchief is very beautiful, I like it very much, I'll buy a few more."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised her head, and a hint of excitement appeared in her somewhat numb eyes.
She hurriedly passed the bamboo basket forward, then felt that her behavior was a little inappropriate and took two steps back embarrassedly: "You, take whatever you like."
Chu Yian reached into the bamboo basket and rummaged through it a few times. To be honest, each of these handkerchiefs was embroidered so beautifully that he could easily hold them with his eyes closed.
She selected seven or eight items and was about to check out when the system's voice suddenly rang in her head.
[Ding, the mission was successfully triggered.]
Chu Yian's hand holding the handkerchief stiffened slightly. She put down the handkerchiefs and slowly chose again, while hurriedly looking through the system's task object introduction.
[Task 10: Please help the woman in front of you. Her name is Huang Sanya, and she is from Dashi Village, over 30 miles away from Shengjing City.]
Although the village is not far from Shengjing, it is located in a remote area and is very poor.
Huang Sanya married into Dashi Village at the age of thirteen. After marrying her current husband, Wu Laosi, she gave birth to five children for him. Now, at only 26 years old, she has been tortured by life and has become what she is today.
Dashi Village is very poor, and many men cannot find wives.
[Thus, the custom of pawning wives became prevalent in the village...]
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