Union

Chapter 31 031 Clothing Making
Yunying felt a sense of urgency, fearing she wouldn't be able to complete the task on time. But what's that saying again? It's called "the more chaotic things get, the more trouble will occur."

First, the pattern was ruined by a single cut during the cutting process, forcing the pattern to be redrawn. After finally drawing the pattern, the pattern slipped again during the cutting process due to sweaty palms, and the fabric was ruined once more.

Sui'er was about to collapse. She couldn't understand how such a clever girl could be so clueless when it came to needlework.

But Sui'er dared not make clothes for Yunying. She was even more timid; just thinking that the clothes would eventually be delivered to the Second Master made her hands tremble even more than Yunying's.

The two women, mistress and servant, looked at each other in bewilderment. Sui'er's smile was more like a grimace: "Miss, if you keep cutting things up, we'll run out of fabric."

Indeed, there's not much of this piece of cloth left now.

The remaining fabric was only enough to make one set of clothes for the Second Master. If it was wasted again, she would have to go out and buy more fabric.

It turns out that Aunt Ding gave them this fabric, hoping they would behave themselves and make some clothes for the Second Master to please him.

Ruizhu and the other two had all finished, but she didn't know if they had delivered the items or not. Yunying, however, hadn't made a move yet. And when she finally did, this was the result.

This fine material, not to mention whether it's even sold in Yungui County, even if it could be bought elsewhere, Yunying's meager savings wouldn't be enough to buy such a superior brocade.

She was also listless at this moment, but she still had to cheer up and say to Sui'er, "I'll be careful and try not to mess it up this time."

Perhaps because they had been on tenterhooks the whole time, this time they really didn't mess it up. The fabric of the clothes was successfully cut off, and both the master and servant breathed a sigh of relief.

After cutting the fabric, the next step is to sew it together.

But it was already dark outside, and sewing by the light of an oil lamp was a huge challenge for Yunying. She wasn't afraid of pricking her hands or hurting her eyes, but she was afraid of crooked stitches or sewing together things that shouldn't be sewn together, which would take even more time to redo the work.

And so, the day ended in a truce, with the battle to resume the next day.

Lying in bed, Yunying felt like she was seeing stars and everything was double.

She let out a long sigh, hugged the blanket, and pursed her lips. Doing needlework was simply awful.

The next day, Yunying mustered her spirits and continued sewing clothes.

She was already sewing very carefully, not daring to be distracted for even a moment. But some people, having somehow heard rumors, came to her place to watch the spectacle.

First, Qiu Ning came over and, with a hint of sarcasm, teased Yun Ying. She said something like, "Why bother making clothes, sister? Just bring soup!" The implication was, "With all this time to make clothes, you might as well make soup. Making soup takes less time, while making clothes could take days to complete—why waste your time?"

Besides... is this even clothing? Are you sure it's presentable?

After learning that the clothes were indeed made for the Second Master, Qiu Ning fell into an unusual silence.

The stitches are so crude you could stuff a finger in them. Even a country woman making clothes for her husband wouldn't be this perfunctory.

Even if this garment is made, can it really be worn?
It seemed that Qiu Ning could already see the scene of Yun Ying going to deliver clothes, only to be kicked out by the Second Master. For once, Qiu Ning felt a pang of pity. She said, "I don't have any more fabric. Why don't you take some from me and make another set for the Second Master?"

Yunying looked at Qiuning in surprise.

Qiu Ning pouted, turned her face to the side, and put her hands on her hips, saying, "What are you looking at? I'm just trying to help you, don't be ungrateful. Aunt Ding gave us all good materials, we can't afford them. I have some left over, you can use them to make clothes."

Yunying: "What I'm trying to say is, even if I make a new set, how much better could it be than this one?"

Qiu Ning: "There's no rush to send it to Second Master. Can't you practice your needlework properly and make clothes for Second Master when you're more skilled at it?"

Yunying sighed; she was really in a hurry to deliver it to the Second Master.

That shrewish second master made her deliver the clothes within three days. She's been working day and night, but she doesn't know if she can finish on time. If she abandons this outfit and has to learn the technique and make clothes all over again, wouldn't it take forever to complete the task?

"Wouldn't that be eight hundred years too late?" Yunying thanked Qiu Ning for her kindness and stubbornly insisted that she felt the clothes she had made were barely acceptable, so she wouldn't bother with anything else.

After Qiu Ning left in anger, Rui Zhu and Mu Jin came together.

The two were greatly astonished by Yunying's culinary skills.

However, these two are quite "considerate." Take Yunying for example, she said, "What's important is not the clothes, but our feelings."

"Second Master isn't a superficial person; he wouldn't care about such superficial things..."

The witty remarks were pleasant to hear, but Sui'er clearly saw that the two girls couldn't help but cover their mouths and laugh after they walked out the door.

Seeing this, Sui'er said to Yunying, "Girl, let's at least try to be more assertive."

Yunying sighed, "There's really no way to win this battle."

Seeing that Sui'er looked like a trumpet flower, completely wilted, Yunying kindly comforted her, saying, "Even if I try harder, will the consequences be any better? Didn't you tell me last night that Ruizhu and the others made clothes for Second Master, but they haven't sent them out at all?"

The fact that they didn't send it out means that the Second Master simply doesn't accept their gifts, and even worse, he never even saw them.

Sui'er: "But you are different from those other girls. Second Master specifically asked you to make clothes. If you send them over, Second Master will definitely accept them."

Yunying: "He will accept it, but he definitely won't wear it. Second Master is just teasing me. He doesn't take this seriously. If we take it too seriously, we'll lose."

Sui'er: "..." Is it really as you say? I just don't believe it.

Yunying spoke sweetly, as if the quality of the clothes was unimportant, and what mattered was her heartfelt intentions.

But if you can do it well, who would want to do it poorly?

After all, that second master is quite picky, and if she were to be perfunctory, she might completely anger him.

However, this was something she couldn't control.

Yunying tried her best, even approaching each stitch with a devout heart, but unfortunately her hands simply wouldn't obey her commands, and the finished product was completely different from what she envisioned.

Let's spread it out.

Show it off.

When asked, she simply said she had done her best.

Despite this breakdown, Yunying finally managed to finish making the dress by the evening of the third day.

Forget about the embroidery; this is truly a plain outer garment, as plain as can be. Aside from the fabric and color, which are commendable, the rest... well, let's not even mention it.

Looking at the dress in front of her, Yunying wanted to cheer and jump for joy, finally free. But after sitting for three days and nights, her waist couldn't take it anymore.

The moment she dropped her needle and thread, Yunying rushed to the bed.

That's too difficult; she'll definitely never be able to make a living as an embroiderer. Therefore, she needs to consider what kind of work she should do to support herself if she really leaves the manor.

You're overthinking it. The most important thing right now is to get this garment to Second Master as soon as possible to report back.

Thank you to Mount Everest and Fresh Fish Baby for the generous donations! Have a great weekend everyone, tomorrow is Sunday!

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