Her favorite thing is all kinds of iced drinks.
The hottest period of the year is the "Dog Days" of summer. This year, the middle Dog Days last for 20 days, plus the first and last Dog Days, each lasting 10 days, for a total of 40 days.
Although Yue Jiuyue was dressed quite lightly, and she didn't go outside or work, she spent her days either by the window or on a deck chair under the grapevines. Occasionally, she would sit in the pavilion in the middle of the lotus pond. She also had various iced drinks to cool off, and since her house was halfway up a mountain, she also kept the house cool with an ice chest. All in all, she had a very comfortable summer.
But the human heart is never satisfied.
She wanted to wear a dress, she wanted to wear a short-sleeved shirt and shorts.
The clothes are very simple to make, but what's rare is that the world doesn't allow her to dress like that.
To Yue Jiuyue's surprise, her style of dress gradually became popular in her home.
After all, it's really hot during the dog days of summer, so everyone is naturally very willing to wear something cool. And everyone thinks that since they're wearing it at home, no one else will see them.
The first person to dress like this was Yue Jiuyue.
Later, when Lin Chaonan returned home, he accidentally discovered Yue Jiuyue's attire. Wanting to stay cool, he asked his mother to make him two sets, which he usually only wore at home.
Once he put it on, everyone else got restless, and in the end, not only the servants and old men wore it, but even the old women wore it.
Last but not least, it was the maids.
Because she is a young girl, she needs to be more careful than others.
Unlike men, who used to work in the fields with their trousers rolled up and shirtless in the summer, it was easy for them to accept shorts and short sleeves.
The older women were getting on in years, and it seemed that whether or not they were married was a dividing line. Married women were more open-minded than unmarried girls, so when they couldn't stand the hot weather, the older women started to accept new summer clothes, and this gradually spread to the younger women as well.
Unmarried girls also feel hot, but since they are not married, how can they let outsiders see their arms and legs?
Children don't have these distinctions, so Xiaoman'er wore her new summer clothes quite early, around the same time as Grandma Zhou.
Then it's Saturday and Friday, Thursday and Wednesday.
Both of the little girls in the family are wearing it, so why can't the two older girls wear it too?
All four girls in the family wore it, as did the elders and the boys. So why can't the two eldest unmarried girls wear it?
On what grounds?
So, starting with the Zhou family, girls also started wearing them.
As a result, everyone in the Lin family, young and old, men and women, wore short sleeves and shorts.
How could the other families in Linjiagou Village not know what happened to Yue Jiuyue's family?
Then, all the villagers in Linjiagou Village put on short sleeves and shorts.
Yue Jiuyue never expected that these "immoral" new clothes would become so popular in the surrounding area.
Yes, the villagers from all around, and the folks in the town, all really fell in love with these new clothes.
However, in town, everyone dresses like this at home. Once they step outside their own homes, they will dress the same way they always have.
Only in rural areas, and only girls can wear this at home, but boys don't have to worry about that. They can wear it wherever they go, even when they go to town. Otherwise, how would people in town know about this new style of clothing?
Along with short-sleeved shirts and shorts, Yue Jiuyue's new style of underwear has also become popular.
It wasn't as popular as the new summer clothes, and it only circulated among women.
Seeing how popular the clothes were, Yue Jiuyue began to regret her decision.
It's all her fault for lacking business acumen; otherwise, these two pieces of clothing would have made her a fortune!
However, it's not too late now.
Since everyone has accepted these two outfits well, she can continue to pull out all the stops, such as sleeveless tops, short skirts, suspender dresses, and tank dresses. Even if you're embarrassed to wear them at home, it's okay to wear them to bed at night with the door closed, right?
Surprisingly, it's selling really well!
Sure enough, counterfeit products appeared very quickly, right the next day!
Yue Jiuyue couldn't stop this kind of thing, since there was no copyright, and the clothes in that shop were just slightly different from the ones in her shop. The clothes they sold had different embroidered flowers, and they were as simple as possible, because they needed to produce in large quantities.
However, the items in Yue Jiuyue's shop are still the best-selling, after all, the person behind the shop is Yue Jiuyue, an eighth-rank Yu'an native, and her prices are not expensive.
First came the cicadas, then the new summer clothes. Yue Jiuyue had a busy summer. Although she did the catching of cicadas herself on the first day, she only talked about it for the rest of the time.
Yue Jiuyue thought her new summer clothes would only be popular in the town and countryside, but she didn't expect that the rich people who came to her house to escape the summer heat would also like them. Moreover, their clothes were even more exquisite and beautiful, making Yue Jiuyue envious.
Zhou Daya: Arranged!
Zhou Daya was the best embroiderer in the family, so she usually only helped Yue Jiuyue make clothes and occasionally helped Xiaoman'er make a few. The rest of the time she was with her family, helping this person and that person.
She had heard that a servant had gone to deliver fruit to a lady and noticed that the lady's clothes were particularly beautiful. She also heard that Yue Jiuyue liked the lady's clothes very much, so she carefully inquired about what kind of clothes the lady was wearing that day, embroidered Yue Jiuyue's favorite roses on them, and then delivered them to Yue Jiuyue.
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