Yutai Bi

Chapter 185 Laba 2
Xia Chu was stunned, and lowered his head sullenly: "You are in good health, and you want to rush to make clothes for my uncle, so how can I make them for him. Let me do it for you."

Cen Sanniang's heart skipped a beat, thinking that Hei Qi had never been married because Du Yansui was nearly thirty years old.It would be nice to find him a wife.It's a pity that the maids in her room are still young, and it depends on whether the maids are willing to make it right.She wouldn't point out girls to girls based on her own will, so she suppressed her thoughts.

When the hour passed, people came to the palace.Because Du Yansui suppressed the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze River.The emperor rewarded the porridge early.The queen didn't even bother to save face, and didn't offer porridge.On the contrary, Cen Meiren is a relative, and brought porridge.Danhua arrived as promised with Wu Zhaoyi's reward.

Du Yanwan specially awarded Danhua a generous reward.Cen Sanniang went to pack the food box herself, and handed it to Danhua: "I also invite you to try the Laba porridge in the mansion."

Her eyes fell on the food box.

Danhua understood, and took it with a smile: "Don't worry, Mrs. Du, the servant will hand it over to the empress."

Cen Sanniang had some guesses about what Wu Zhaoyi was going to do.But if Wu Zhaoyi didn't tell, she wouldn't inquire.The original words of Wu Zhaoyi suddenly came to mind: "I remember that the puppets you made are so lifelike that people can't put them down..."

Her heart skipped a beat.She remembered doing it once in Longzhou.Be yourself, Baicao, Xu, and Cen Zhilin.I did it once in Hongzhou.Self on the swing, Baicao, King Teng and Kong Qing.Did Wu Zhaoyi see it at King Teng?Is it the person who can't put it down, is she herself or King Teng?

Cen Sanniang felt that it was not a good thing to keep those things.Prince Teng has a sense of proportion, so she doesn't have to worry too much.She was worried about Cen Zhilin.

Thinking of this, Cen Sanniang got up and asked Ah Qiu to call Ah Fu.

The little follower who followed Cen Zhilin in the past has grown into a teenager.Tiger-headed and tiger-brained.

"Ah Fu, when I got married, Master Ninth lent your family of three to me for a while. Now that the Du family has enough servants, life has been straightened out. Your family should go to Songshan to serve Young Master Ninth." Cen Sanniang took 200 taels The silver was used to make money for them, and a lot of earthen instruments were prepared.

Ah Fu has been working as a porter in Du's house, and when he heard that Cen Sanniang let his family go to find Cen Zhilin, he nodded happily: "Young Madam, don't worry. Father drove safely, and will definitely arrive safely."

"Leave before the end of the year, just to spend the New Year with Master Jiu." Cen Sanniang calculated that the time was just right, and urged the family to leave as soon as possible, and then told Ah Fu, "When you see Master Jiu, remember to tell him one thing. If he brings Let him burn the gadgets I gave him in Longzhou. Don’t let anyone see them.”

Ah Fu remembered: "The garden model made by the young lady, it's a pity to burn it."

Cen Sanniang said: "Let Master Jiu keep the model, and burn the rest, which is unlucky. Just tell Master Jiu like this, understand? Remember to ask Master Jiu to write a letter when he arrives. He hasn't written to me for two months. Believe it."

Ah Fu couldn't understand, so he nodded heavily: "I remember it. Tell Ninth Young Master verbatim."

After sending off Ah Fu's family, Cen Sanniang sat in front of the desk and wanted to write a letter to King Teng.After thinking about it, since Danhua was by Wu Zhaoyi's side, he couldn't hide this matter from King Teng, so he gave up the idea.

The ink was finished, she picked up the pen and wanted to write a letter to Du Yansui.After writing two characters, thinking of Du Yansui's handsome calligraphy and that poem, I felt that my handwriting was really unreadable.Put down the pen again.

Du Yansui has been away for half a month, and there is no letter.Cen Sanniang thought, transportation is inconvenient at this time, even if there is a letter, it will not be sent back so soon.

She felt that she also needed to find something to do, so as not to always think and worry.

At this time, Du Yanwan had collected a sack of duck down and didn't know what to do with it.Cen Sanniang put her mind on making clothes.I personally guarded the kitchen and boiled it three times in boiling water, removed the scum and other things, and hurriedly raised an empty kang to dry it.

Dried duck down can be blown up in one breath.Cen Sanniang treated it as a business secret and only dragged Du Yanwan into the house, but the two sneezed, covered their heads with fine velvet, and ran out in embarrassment.

In the end, it was Fang's mother who instructed the two dexterous women to put away the dried fluff with gauze.Cen Sanniang was worried that there would be bacteria, so she found the doctor's anti-worm herbal medicine, boiled it, and dried it in the sun.

Cen Sanniang was worried that the old lady was not used to it, so the first person to eat crabs chose Hei Qi.First, I bought a blue, tightly woven fine cloth, cut two pieces of clothes to make the liner, and filled them with duck down.A sack was packed and filled with only one long dress.

It looks thick and light.Du Yanwan became excited and asked Cen Sanniang to quickly show it to Hei Qi to try on.

The two happily took Yitang to go.

Hei Qi looked at the bulging clothes with a strange expression: "...It's inconvenient to move!"

Cen Sanniang smiled flatteringly: "Master Hei, try it, mainly to see if it's warm."

"I have an old sheepskin jacket!" Hei Qi put down his clothes and refused.

Cen Sanniang begged him cheekily: "Just try it, it's made according to your size."

Du Yanwan said bluntly: "If it can be done, the mansion... will rely on it to make money in the future! Wear it outside the middle coat!"

Hei Qi was silent for a while, picked up his clothes, went back to the room to change, put on his belt and came out.

There is no collar and the sleeves are short.The middle is sewn into a square and a square.He frowned: "Are you sure you can sell it?"

Seeing his bare neck, Cen Sanniang laughed directly on Du Yanwan.

Du Yanwan suppressed a smile and took a green cloth gown and stuffed it for him: "Who would wear it like this. Nuo, this is a gown made for you, to be worn outside."

Hei Qi entered the house again and changed.Putting on a coat is like wearing a coat inside.

Seeing the two staring at him, Hei Qi went out and stood quietly in the yard: "There is a charcoal pot burning in the house, and it's snowing outside. I wonder if I can get cold."

Cen Sanniang and Du Yanwan were sitting in the room warming the fire and waiting for him.

Snow fell.Hei Qi stood motionless.Gradually, the snow accumulated on the shoulders was thick.

He brushed it away with his hand, a smile appeared in his eyes.Looking back, I saw the two of them staring at him with their chins propped up, and the corners of their mouths slightly raised: "It's similar to my old sheepskin jacket. If it's cheap, it's not bad to make winter clothes for the servants. It's just that few masters in the mansion are willing to do this for him." For the sake of the servants, it is free to earn money."

You can't make money from this.Cen Sanniang was extremely disappointed.

Du Yanwan thought more clearly than she did: "The original idea was to make the servants in the house warmer in winter clothes. That's good."

Yes, she was greedy.Cen Sanniang hummed: "One penny and one catty, charge more, and make winter clothes for the servants in the house."

When he was leaving, Hei Qi said suddenly: "Make it into a delicate little jacket, middle class people will buy it."

Cen Sanniang's eyes lit up.Rich people wear big woolen clothes, fur coats, skirts and cloaks.Nor will it be added to the people in the house.Middle-level people can't afford good leather goods, so it's best not to buy this kind of down jacket.

She raised her lips and smiled happily: "Yanwan, let's collect some more duck down and let the weaving room make some delicate little jackets to wear!"

After the two left, Hei Qi touched the clothes, squeezed them, and smiled: "It's much lighter than my old sheepskin jacket."

After making up her mind, Du Yanwan asked the manager to go to the market to contact the duck seller the next day.Let out the wind to buy in large quantities.Duck down was delivered one after another.

Ten days later, the weaving room made two light and delicate jackets, which were not stuffed with too much duck down and looked not very bulky.Because in the filial piety period, blue linen printed with clusters of flowers was used, and flowers were embroidered on the lapels with pinched teeth.

Cen Sanniang and Du Yanwan wore their middle coats and filial piety clothes, which were light and warm.Show it to the old lady.The old lady also said yes.

The two of them cleared up a vacant yard, specially storing duck down and making small jackets.

This time I made three pieces, namely festive red flower balls, dark purple blessing flower balls, and blue floral fabrics.

Cen Sanniang asked Mother Fang to invite Mrs. Xu from the Brocade Pavilion.She doesn't have a shop and plans to sell it on consignment.

Mrs. Xu came by appointment.

Cen Sanniang received Mrs. Xu in the flower hall, invited her to sit on the kang, and made tea for her herself.

This is not the loose tea she likes to drink, but the Sencha that is popular at this time.Mix tea with ginger, jujube, orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc. to make tea soup.It is mellow and warm to drink in winter.

Mrs. Xu knew that there was a funeral in the Duke's mansion, so she wore a small jacket with crow blue and floral satin, a vest with mink fur, and a winter leather skirt with white silk and fox fur.On his head, he only wears a set of pearls inlaid with silver.Dress plainly and gracefully.

Cen Sanniang served tea and invited her to drink warmly.

Seeing that her eyes were rolling around her, Mrs. Xu smiled slightly: "Young Madam invited my concubine to come, do you want to buy winter clothes?"

"The family made a few small jackets, and I want to ask my wife to have a look to see if there is a market for them." Cen Sanniang said straight to the point without beating around the bush.

She took out the few down jackets from the side and spread them out on the kang.

Because the fabric is carefully selected, it is very delicate.Mrs. Xu picked up one, feeling light and light.Then look at the little square or diamond-shaped small pieces sewn with thread.She pinched it with her hands, and doubts arose between her brows: "It seems that silk isn't used in this."

Cotton had not yet been introduced at this time.Winter jackets are made of silk flocks made from ripped silk.This kind of silk cotton is also very light and warm, but the price depends on the market, depending on the harvest of silkworms in that year.Like this year's severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, news came from the Fang family that the mulberry harvest in Longzhou was not bad because of the river.But Jiangnan rice is not enough to eat, so there are mulberry leaves for silkworms to eat.

Before inviting Mrs. Xu to come, Manager Du had already found out that the price of silk floss this winter had risen by one-third compared to previous years.The price of ready-made clothing has increased by half.

(End of this chapter)