Yutai Bi

Chapter 128 Good Day 2
He smiled.If we really want to fight, the national power of the Tang Dynasty is strong, and there are some generals who lead troops, so it is impossible for him to turn.He'd better live his own life first.No matter how much Feng Zhong hated himself, he must have the ability to lead troops to break through Chang'an City and attack Daming Palace.

Du Yansui put down his notes, thinking that [-]% of the shares in the Brocade Pavilion would bring thousands of taels of silver into the account every year. Wu Zhaoyi might not be cruel to attack King Teng, and the emperor would be ashamed to get rid of King Teng openly. It's a good deal.Thinking again that Cen Sanniang had finally arrived with sunflower water, she happily blew out the candle and went to bed to rest.

There was no need to go to say hello in the morning, Cen Sanniang had a good night's sleep.

After she finished tidying up and washing, Ah Qiu ordered the servants in the outer courtyard to buy the rice paper.

The rice paper is white, thick and soft to the touch.

Cen Sanniang can't wait to cut it off and use it immediately.

"Second Miss went out early in the morning, and my uncle left a message, saying that she would go out and come back for lunch. Mother Fang went to the outer courtyard. Director Du called someone to tell the story, and the matchmaker brought someone to see. Before the young lady woke up, Mother Fang The decision goes first." Aqiu reported the situation crisply.

Cen Sanniang felt that this kind of matter should be delegated power, and she should ask about everything without being annoyed to death.

She thought for a while and said, "Aqiu, go and see if Fengchun and Nuandong have gone with Mother Fang? If there is a gatekeeper left behind, send them to tell Mother Fang. She and Director Du have chosen someone. Take the lead first and ask the old lady to palm the eye, let Zhengqitang choose first."

Ah Qiu agreed.

Cen Sanniang asked Xia Chu: "One of the rooms next door has been used as a warehouse, and the other room has been cleaned up to be my study. Have you cleaned it up?"

"Okay. Young Madam, do you want to go and have a look now?" Xia Chu stretched out his hand to support her.

Cen Sanniang got up and went to the first wing on the left side of the main hall.

The two rooms are connected into one, making it extremely spacious.

There is a large nanmu desk under the south window, and the four treasures of the study are placed.Against the west wall is a row of bookshelves made of nanmu of the same color.

These are Cen Sanniang's dowry.The bookshelf was also designed by her.It is not the style of Bogu shelf, but a very simple horizontal grid.There is a row of cabinets below, which is convenient for storing things.

In the middle there is a round table with a waist, surrounded by round stools.On it was a thin-waisted celadon vase, in which was placed the branch of Jade Tower Diancui she had cut.

It was still ajar when she cut it.After two days of cultivation, the flowers are fully bloomed, exuding a faint fragrance.

Under the north window is a row of spacious pits, with a square table in the middle.There are cushions and pillows, and the snow-white window paper is pasted on the top, and the light is bright.

She thought that it must be very comfortable to read a book crookedly on it.In winter, when the kang was burned, he could still bring two maids to work on it.

In this way, if Du Yansui wanted to rest in the bedroom, the girls' access would not be affected.

Cen Sanniang praised Chu Xia when she saw it: "The arrangement is good."

Xia Chu smiled and said, "As long as Madam likes it."

Cen Sanniang said again: "Go and bring the rice paper. There is also a sewing basket, and find a piece of fine cotton cloth."

Xia Chu responded and left the study.After a while, he and Ah Qiu came in with big bags and small bags.

Cen Sanniang had already taken off her shoes and got on the kang.

She was wearing a linen homemade narrow-sleeved undergarment with floral blue background and a bright red skirt.She only wears a pair of gold earrings, a long jade rod is inserted obliquely on her head, and she doesn't even wear a bracelet on her hands, it's extremely simple.

Seeing Xia Chu put the rice paper she was carrying on the table, he called her, "Pull a piece here first."

Xia Chu still gave her one.

Cen Sanniang gestured, and asked the two to cut it smaller and fold it into long strips.I made a few more slender cloth bags, stuffed them in and tried them out, and I was satisfied.

Only now did Ah Qiu and Xia Chu know what she wanted to do, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

"Young Madam, I'm afraid it's inappropriate to do this..." Ah Qiu had spent more time with Cen Sanniang, and his temper became more lively. Holding back his embarrassment, he reminded her in a low voice, "...if people find out, they will say that they are disrespectful to scholars."

"Huh?" Cen Sanniang was taken aback.

She secretly cursed this old-fashioned era in her heart.But she couldn't bear to let her continue to use incense ash bags.

She looked at the second maidservant and said slowly, "There are only the three of us here, who will know if we don't tell?"

Those eyes clearly said, the deed of prostitution for the two of you is in my hands.If it gets out, I will be infamous, and you two will die.

The two maidservants also knew that their fate and Cen Sanniang were closely linked, so they glanced at each other and swore an oath.

Cen Sanniang couldn't laugh or cry.

Is it that serious?As for swearing?

But seeing the expressions of the two of them, she became wilted.

In ancient times, a civil official said that he was so excited that he dared to bump into the pillar of the Golden Temple in the face of the emperor.In case someone finds out by accident, criticize them verbally and in writing.She will peel off her skin before she dies.

Cen Sanniang didn't dare to risk the world.

She pulled out the rice paper with her hands, curled her lips and said, "Forget it, pretend I didn't tell you. Send the rest of the paper to my aunt's study, and say that I bought it for him."

Ah Qiu and Xia Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

Ah Qiu happily hugged the paper and went out.

Cen Sanniang thought of the bag of incense ash, and thought angrily, if you can't use rice paper, you can use silk floss.

There was no cotton in this era, only silk floss made by silkworms.

After a few days of use in a month, at least one or two bolts of cloth are needed.Five hundred wen for a piece of cloth, one tael of silver a month.This must not be spared.

Silk floss is more expensive than rice paper, so it won't be scolded as insulting.

At this time, she saw the clothes Xia Chu was wearing.

Wearing silky dresses in early summer.

Cen Sanniang froze for a moment, and swallowed the new idea back into her stomach.

She thought to herself, people use it to make clothes, and she uses them to live a small life.It seems a little unreasonable.No one will talk too much about using straw paper, right?

This proposal was immediately affirmed by Xia Chu: "Young Madam really doesn't want to use an incense ash bag. Ah Qiu and I will knead more toilet paper."

The toilet paper used by Datang is hard, requiring servants to rub it one by one.This is only available from rich families, ordinary people are reluctant to buy papyrus, and some use bamboo slices.

Cen Sanniang heaved a sigh of relief after finally solving a major life event.

"Young Madam, what should I do with these papers?" Xia Chu asked distressedly.

Rice paper cut into small pieces and folded into long strips has piled up on the table.The government doesn't need to flatten it for writing.Wasted without new use.

Cen Sanniang's eyes fell on the peony branch on the round table.

"I once told my uncle that I can make exactly the same silk flowers, let's practice with these papers." After Cen Sanniang made up her mind, she picked up the scissors and started working.

Girls love these.

Seeing that Cen Sanniang was no longer obsessed with menstruation products, Xia Chu also became excited.

When Ah Qiu came back, the two carefully selected thick cotton threads and twisted them into thick stamens.

Cen Sanniang looked at the peony, twisting out petals of various sizes.

At the beginning, I couldn't grasp the size and number of petals.

After trying a lot, Cen Sanniang has a bottom line in her heart.

After half an hour, a similar peony was tied up.

Cen Sanniang mixed green paint and carefully painted the flower center.Putting it next to the peony, I smiled proudly.

"It's so beautiful!"

Ah Qiu and Xia Chu showed joy in their eyes.

Aqiu smiled and said, "Young Madam's hands are really skillful. It's a pity that it's only made of rice paper."

Cen Sanniang thought for a while and asked them: "What if it's made of silk? How much money can it sell for?"

Xia Chu replied: "I remember that Da Furen put a few silk flowers that were rewarded in the palace during the new year's festival. The one made by the Shang Palace Bureau sold for 20 taels of silver outside. The one made by the young madam is no better than the one made by the palace. bad."

"Get rich!" Cen Sanniang laughed.

"Go get a horse."

Do the best you can.

Zizi is the best of ramie. A thin piece of cloth can be bundled into a bunch and pass through the square hole in the middle of the copper coin, hence the name.

Cen Sanniang told the two: "Take it as a head flower."

The second maid was shocked immediately.

Cen Sanniang patiently explained: "No matter how skillfully the ordinary silk is made, it will always be imitated. The silk is so precious that few are willing to use it to make clothes, let alone make hair."

Ah Qiu reacted and said, "This is the only family, there is no other semicolon."

"Smart!" Cen Sanniang praised, and asked to hug a pig.

Seeing Cen Sanniang picking up the scissors and comparing them to each other, Xia Chu couldn't help but feel distressed: "Young Madam, this is a piece of ten taels of gold. I'm afraid the old lady would be reluctant to use it to make clothes. Cut it off What should I do?"

Cen Sanniang can't do anything else, making handmade gadgets is her old profession.She was familiar with that branch of peony, and she knew it in her heart, so she was not afraid at all.

She cut off a piece without hesitation, and said excitedly: "If you open a shop, you can sell 20 taels of hair for a hair, and [-] taels for a piece of cloth. Wouldn't it be double the profit?"

She cut out the large outer petals first, and twisted out the inner layers in turn.Cut out a smaller inner layer.Use the best yellow silk thread to twist tightly to make stamens.

In his makeup box, he found a long silver hairpin as the base.

An hour later, a Yulou Diancui was made.

She clapped her hands, and put the finished peony head flower into the vase: "Put it in first, and let my uncle see it later, and see if he can tell the real from the fake."

Aqiu pursed her lips and smiled: "Don't talk about my aunt, I can't tell the difference without a close look."

(End of this chapter)