I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 19: Making Cloth Shoes
After finally waiting for the weather to clear up, Xie Fei made a big fuss about leaving the village.

Mother Liu wanted to ask someone to accompany her, but Xie Fei didn't allow it.

She only took Fu Yu with her and walked out through the main gate in broad daylight.

The two of them went straight to the tailor shop to see the latest popular styles in Beijing.

After choosing, take the material to the tailor shop owner and ask him to help cut it.

The shopkeeper looked at the materials and said, "These materials are probably quite old, slightly faded, and not top-quality. I'm afraid they won't turn out as you like after they're cut."

Xie Fei certainly knew that the material was not top-notch, and even the top maid of the Xie family might not look down on it.

But to her, it was already excellent silk.

"As long as you can make clothes, it's fine. Just take care of it."

The shopkeeper nodded, asked someone to take it down, and gave an approximate time, asking him to come and pick it up then.

After leaving the tailor shop, the two went to the town to eat, drink and do some shopping.

This is just a small town market, there is no need to worry about running into anyone from the Pei Mansion or the Xie Family.

Xie Fei went to the pharmacy and weighed out a few ounces of cardamom, cinnamon, cumin, fennel, etc.

These spices can be used as medicine and as seasonings for marinades, so they are sold in pharmacies, but at a slightly higher price.

Xie Fei didn't buy much, as he planned to go back and cook a pot of marinade to stew two pounds of bear meat.

After the purchase, the two returned home with baskets fully loaded.

On the country road, Xie Fei met a shepherd boy who was grazing cattle. She offered him a piece of butter cake in exchange for letting him let her ride his cow.

It wasn't that she was so tired that she couldn't walk, but she just wanted to ride the cow and walk slowly on the path.

At this moment, the autumn weather is clear and the breeze is blowing. It feels particularly leisurely under the sun.

After returning to the village, Fu Yu went to see Chen Dafa, and Xie Fei sowed the purchased vegetable seeds in the yard.

Yuan San was irrigating the vegetable field and had just finished his work when there was a knock on the door.

After Yuan San hid in the dark, Xie Fei stepped forward to open the door.

Mother Liu held up a pot and said, "This is the bear meat soup I just cooked. Thank you, little lady. Please drink some to replenish your body."

Xie Fei pointed to the kitchen and said, "I have more bear meat and we can't finish it. There are many people in your family, so keep it for yourselves."

Mother Liu added, "Don't worry, there's nothing extra in it. I'm not the kind of person who repays kindness with enmity. Tomorrow, I'll ask my daughter-in-law to get the pot."

She put the stew pot just outside the door and walked away quickly.

Xie Fei was helpless.

This family all have the same personality. They just put down their things and leave. You can't catch up with them.

She brought the pot in, closed the door, and said, "Yuan Datou, come and drink the soup and eat the meat. Didn't you complain before that you couldn't eat it?"

Yuan San leaned on the carrying pole, smelled the remaining feces on his body, and looked disgusted.

"I can't eat it now, so I'll eat it tonight. But girl, give me a piece of raw meat."

Xie Fei was puzzled, "Have you become a savage who eats raw meat and drinks blood?" Eat raw food?

Yuan San smiled in an unfathomable way.

After emptying the manure, he took a piece of bear meat the size of an egg, carried two wooden barrels, and climbed over the wall.

In the side room of another courtyard, Fu Yu changed the medicine for Chen Dafa and left.

Shui Huaiyu scooped some bear meat soup from the stew pot, blew it cool, and fed it to Chen Dafa, saying, "Did you hear Miss Fu Yu's instructions? You can only get out of bed and move slowly in the yard these days. You must not exert any strength."

Chen Dafa looked in the direction where Fu Yu left, stammered, and said with difficulty, "This soup, soup..."

Shui Huaiyu understood what he meant and interrupted him, saying, "It has just been cooked. My mother-in-law sent a portion to Xie Xiaoniang's yard. You can drink this one with peace of mind." Only then did Chen Dafa feel relieved.

After he woke up, he heard what had happened from Da Niu and Er Niu.

If it weren't for Xie Fei, he would have been counting oil pans in the hell.

When you get better, you will be grateful.

Shui Huaiyu's face looked a little ugly. Ever since Chen Dafa got into trouble, she had hardly had any peace.

Not to mention sleeping, even when I closed my eyes, I seemed to see Chen Dafa walking away into the depths of the blizzard, covered in blood.

Seeing his pregnant wife looking so haggard, Chen Dafa felt heartbroken, but he was not in good spirits and fell asleep before he finished drinking the bear meat soup.

Daniu's wife came to take care of Shui Huaiyu and forcibly dragged her into the house to sleep.

Shui Huaiyu said bitterly: "Sister-in-law, I really can't sleep."

Daniu's wife took off her shoes, pushed her onto the bed, and yelled, "You have to sleep even if you can't. You're pregnant with another baby. Don't wait until Brother Fa gets better before you feel uncomfortable again."

Shui Huaiyu also understood this and knew that her body could not withstand it.

But she really couldn't fall asleep. She was obviously very sleepy, but when she closed her eyes, her heart began to beat fast.

Seeing this, Daniu's wife ran to Xie Fei.

"It's no use for a person with a big belly to endure this. Can you give me some calming tea? I heard that rich people drink it before going to bed, and they sleep like dead pigs after drinking it."

Xie Fei was amused by Daniu's wife. "I don't have the tea you mentioned, but I have some sleeping herbs I made myself. Take two and ask Shui Niang to boil them for you to drink."

Da Niu's wife chuckled, took out a few copper coins from her bosom, counted them again and again, and presented them to Xie Fei like offering a treasure.

"Look, if it's not enough, just keep it for now. I'll make it up to you when I get the money for laundry."

Xie Fei was sorting out the newly picked herbs and said slowly, "These are all herbs I picked myself. They are everywhere in the mountains. They are worthless and have no use."

Since she said so, it would be difficult for Daniu's wife to force it.

Besides, even though it’s only a few copper coins, it’s what Daniu’s wife saved from her teeth, so she’s reluctant to give it away.

Seeing that Xie Fei was wearing a pair of ordinary cloth shoes, she asked curiously, "Mrs. Xie, you're not wearing those beautiful embroidered shoes anymore?"

Xie Fei said: "The roads in the mountains are muddy, so we won't wear them anymore."

It’s a pity for Daniu’s wife.

On the day Xie Fei first arrived at the village, the women knelt behind him to greet him.

At that time, I felt that this lady from a noble family was truly like a goddess.

Although her face was covered by a veil, her figure and temperament were unlike anything anyone had ever seen before.

Just the pair of exquisite sky blue embroidered shoes, with their lifelike patterns and fine and tight stitching, made the women envious and they discussed them several times afterwards.

Now Xie Fei doesn't wear them anymore and Daniu's wife feels very sorry to no longer see such a pair of shoes.

But it is really not suitable to wear such beautiful shoes in the village. They will be worn out and dirty in a few days.

Since Xie Fei was wearing cloth shoes, she knew how to thank him.

"I have some skills, although not very skillful, but I can sew clothes and shoes, which is enough for me. I need to prepare winter clothes for my family in advance, so why don't I make two pairs of cloth shoes for you?"

Xie Fei finally showed some interest. When he looked up, his eyes were full of tears. He asked, "Can you make cloth shoes?"

The wife of Daniu was startled by her pair of gorgeous and pure eyes, and nodded hurriedly, "Of course I can, but my skills are definitely not as good as those of the embroiderers from the rich families."

Xie Fei blinked and said, "I'm just worried about where to make cloth shoes. If that's the case, you can make two pairs for me when you have time to save me the trouble."

(End of this chapter)