Chapter 224 Customized Wedding Dress
Li Wanyue replied: "Nine Links."
Last time Xiao An had her birthday, she asked a shop to order this as a gift. Li Kang and Xiao Tao also had one.
"How do we play?"
Li Wanyue took it and her fingers flew as she fiddled with it, making Shen Yu dazzled.
He watched the iron rings being untied one by one, but he didn't see clearly how it was done.
Neither the eyes nor the brain learned anything.
Shen Yu had no choice but to ask, "Sister-in-law, can you go a little slower?"
Li Wanyue demonstrated it again.
"A little slower."
Li Wanyue directly asked Xiaotao to teach him.
After Xiaotao taught him several more times, Shen Yu finally learned how to play.
He said excitedly, "No, you have such an interesting thing, why didn't you tell me earlier? I can make it into silver or gold and sell it, it will definitely be popular."
"It's not too late now. I'll leave this to you."
"Leave it to me." Shen Yu patted his chest and then asked, "By the way, winter is coming soon and there are not many green leafy vegetables. Do you have anything delicious?"
Old Lady Shen appeared behind him at some point. Upon hearing this, she patted him on the back and said, "How can you be so tactless? It's the day when A-Yan is getting engaged, and you come here to disturb them. Come here."
"No, Grandma, I just want to ask you something."
"Ask me again in a few days."
Li Wanyue and Xie Yan smiled at each other.
Xie Yan asked: "I will ask someone to choose a wedding date when I get back. What month do you want to choose?"
“April and September, the weather is the most comfortable and the scenery is the best.”
April is the most beautiful month in the world, and September is when the garden is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus. Both months are good.
Xie Yan automatically ignored the following months. He didn't want to wait until September.
After Xie Yan and his group left, Li Youshan had someone carefully carry the betrothal gifts to the warehouse. These would be added to Li Wanyue's dowry.
Zhao Suying went to ask Old Lady Shen how to prepare the dowry.
After all, in the past, when a girl in the village got married, she would prepare two quilts, one or two pieces of jewelry or a few taels of silver, and that was considered very generous.
But now it’s different. They really don’t know what dowry to prepare.
Old Mrs. Shen thought about it and realized that as a wealthy family, they would have to prepare a lot.
But it's also quite troublesome, it's better to keep it simple.
She just mentioned something roughly, like chest of drawers, screens, quilts and so on.
Zhao Suying could only ask Li Wanyue again what she thought.
Li Wanyue is drawing a blueprint. She hardly goes out in winter and is just killing time.
Hearing Zhao Suying's purpose, she said, "Mom, it's still early, don't be so anxious. Besides, don't bring too much. Bringing too much will take up space, and you will have to check and maintain it from time to time, which is troublesome."
Zhao Suying thought about it and said, "Oh, right, Madam Shen said that she would ask the people from Jinxiu Pavilion to make your wedding dress for you. Among the materials that were given as a reward, there is a bright red color, which is just right for making a wedding dress."
Li Wanyue nodded. Since she didn’t know how to embroider anyway, she should leave professional matters to professionals.
After drawing the blueprint, she asked Sandong to take it to Zhao Dafa.
Then I rubbed my shoulders, feeling tired.
Qingqi brought a cup of red date tea and handed it to her: "Miss, have a cup of tea. I will massage your shoulders for you."
"Thank you Qingqi."
Li Wanyue took the cup, it had a sweet aroma of red dates, slightly sweet, very good.
Qingqi massaged her shoulders for a while, and then Li Wanyue let her go to sleep.
Qingqi left the room with the cup in her hand, and once again felt lucky to have met a good master. The work was easy and she didn't have to stand guard at night. The master had little to do and didn't beat or scold the servants.
They are very comfortable here, and they receive a monthly allowance of one or two taels of silver every month. They don't have to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation, and they can almost save all of this money.
He also said that when they wanted to get married, they would release their indentures. With such a good master, they had to work even harder.
The next day, Old Lady Shen asked Uncle Fu to go to Jinxiu Pavilion and called the housekeeper whom Old Lady Shen trusted the most to measure Li Wanyue's size.
After taking the measurements, the housekeeper took out a booklet with various colorful designs on it, including round flower patterns, lotus flowers, crabapple blossoms, auspicious clouds, hibiscus, etc. However, there were no patterns of dragons and phoenixes, as these two patterns could only be made by the official weaving department.
The housekeeper said, "My Lady, according to the rule of our dynasty, the wives of officials and women with high ranks can use peony patterns. My Lady was conferred the title by the Emperor himself, so peony flowers can be used."
As she spoke, she took out another booklet, which was filled with peony patterns, about twenty kinds, which looked elegant and majestic.
Li Wanyue selected a peony pattern. The housekeeper then asked her about her preferences and requirements and wrote them down carefully.
Then left.
In the kitchen, several aunts and sisters-in-law were chatting while making snacks.
Wang Qiu said, "Why didn't the eldest daughter-in-law of the Youtian family come today?"
"Uncle Tian's little daughter is looking for a husband. Matchmakers have been knocking on the doorsteps recently. They are all looking for good families, some of whom are from the town."
"Our village wasn't so lively before, thanks to the Dashan family. Now that life is better, we are taking advantage of our free time to look for other families for our children."
"That's right. Now there are matchmakers coming to our village every day. A few days ago, two matchmakers even quarreled over who was first."
"You're right. The girls and boys in our village are very popular in the surrounding area. Last time, a matchmaker asked my Fangcao if she wanted to meet someone. I was so scared that I ran away. My Fangcao is only ten years old."
Several people burst into laughter.
Mrs. Hu said at this time: "Hey, have you heard? The school run by Kaoshan Village also had some excitement a few days ago."
"Is that what Aunt Big Mouth said?"
Another person who didn't know the situation asked curiously, "What's going on?"
Mrs. Hu said, "It was Gao Zhiyuan who taught. Some children learn fast and some learn slowly. The fast learners can recite half of the Hundred Family Names and can write more than a dozen characters. The slow learners are still learning the first few sentences of the Hundred Family Names and cannot write a character or even write a stroke. The parents of the slow learners are not happy. They all pay the same amount of money, so why should others learn so much more than their children?
So these people went to find Gao Zhiyuan, and in the end, Gao Zhiyuan gave these slow learners a discount of ten cents per month, and also promised to teach them an extra half hour, which calmed down the anger of those people. "
"There are children of different ages, some are smart and some are not. The not-so-smart ones can just learn slowly. Our village school is better. We teach them separately, and the elders at home understand us and don't cause trouble. It's much better than relying on the mountain village."
"That is."
There was constant laughter in the kitchen, and time passed quickly as we chatted and worked.
At noon, several people went home to eat.
Nanny Fang also prepared the meal. Zhao Suying was puzzled: "Why hasn't Sandong come back yet?"
I usually go to the county town to deliver goods and I'm back at this time. What happened today?
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