Jinghua Tianjiao

Chapter 4 Let's accept Du Xiaoniang

Du Juan thought about this question back and forth, but still couldn't figure it out.Just now he said that he wanted to find a master to teach the young lady, but seeing that the young lady's request was about to be realized, but at this moment she backed down, what could be the difficulty that the aunt said?
"Xiao Niang, did you really just give up like this?" Du Juan did not expect such an ending. She was full of enthusiasm in front of Jinghua Fang, but this time, Xiao Niang was unusually calm, as if nothing had happened, Xiao Niang Not daring to look directly into Du Juan's eyes, she ran into the main room on the east side with the doll just now.

"Little lady..." Du Juan chased after her.

Seeing Du Juan follow into the main room, the little mother's father was about to stop her, but her mother waved her hand, "Let her go."

There are not too many furnishings in the house, just a bed made of straw mats, covered with a layer of coarse cloth, and the bedding is very thin. A "square table" is placed inside the bed. It is called a square table, but it is only supported by wooden pier and planks. When it is up, it can still place things.The shelf supported by a few wooden boards in the corner of the wall was full of dolls (silk babies). The girl wiped the silk babies that were not sold today, and carefully put them on the shelf. Du Juan was puzzled, "My lady, are you You like them, right? You made them all, and it’s not easy for you to get to this point, why don’t you take a step forward?”

"It's because my mother is sensible, so I can't do this..." My mother's father walked in, "You have seen the situation in the humble house, we know that it is a blessing for my mother to meet you, but the problem is that we are in such a family that there is no Shu Xiu ( Remuneration) to the girl, you are from Jinghuafang, we wanted my little lady to find a gentleman in Jinghuafang, but now when you really appear here, this dream should wake up."

"His father is right." A mother continued, "Originally, my mother was a silk child just to maintain the family's livelihood, and it can be dealt with. But a few days ago, there was news from Jinghuafang that the Bianjing Silk Sculpture Competition will be held at the beginning of next month. We don't want Xiaoniang to miss this opportunity. She is as worthless as we are. It's a pity that she has suffered so much. We can only do this. Ms. Du Juan, we can't owe you too much. Can you do it today? Sending my mother home, in fact, her father and I both knew what was going on, and it must have been the officers and soldiers of Jinghuafang who came out to drive her away. This kind of situation has happened before. Sometimes the neighbors who entered the market saw it and brought my mother back. We have never lived, you have already helped us a lot, and we will feel really sorry if we let you teach my little lady again."

"It's fate that I met my little lady, and I don't want her to just give up what I'm chasing." Du Juan looked at the dozens of silk children on the wooden frame, "Are these made by my little lady?"

"Well, sister, I made them all." Du Xiaoniang's eyes are bright when she mentions the silk children. She has introduced dozens of silk children, from the beginning supported by straw to the silk cloth now. In sewing, the little girl has indeed improved a lot. "Actually, besides these, there are a lot of hands-on ones, and they were all disassembled in the end. Sister, look at this, this is the first silk baby I made."

A piece of clothes made of rags, inside is a doll made of straw, but the straw can't fix Juanhai's original skeleton, and the legs have begun to fall apart, but this is such a thing, in the eyes of the young lady, it is regarded as Treasures.Looking at the others, there are a lot of pinholes on the clothes of the silk boys, and the seams are torn apart, and a piece of fabric is reused, and finally it is fixed on the silk boy you see now.

"Ms. Du, any one of these silk children, my mother has to go through several times to make them. There are too few silk cloths at home..."

It's really hard to imagine how much my little mother has paid in order to complete a silk baby that satisfies her.It's just that seeing such a sensible girl want to give up all of this, the most fundamental problem is still worrying about not being able to afford Shuxiu.

It is difficult for a young lady to go to a private school, let alone go to Jinghua Fang to invite a gentleman.Du Juan didn't think much about it, on the contrary, it strengthened her confidence. Not only did she want to let Xiaoniang enter Jinghuafang, but she also wanted to enter. After all, she doesn't even know how to do it herself.

"Auntie, what if I let Xiaoniang enter Jinghuafang? Oh, you don't need to give me anything, I just take her in."

"What! Ask my little mother to enter Jinghua Fang, Miss Du, this...it's impossible." The mother's parents were dubious, "I heard the rumors earlier, entering Jinghua Fang has to go through layers of screening, and even more so. It’s okay, Jinghuafang is the place where princes and nobles live, how can we and other ordinary people have this opportunity, let’s forget it, we shouldn’t dare to expect extravagant Jinghuafang.”

"But there are some things that I still have to try. I am confident that I will bring my daughter into Jinghuafang. She is talented and intelligent, and she deserves it!" Thinking of her parents asking me to teach her, this is absolutely impossible!My current identity is at least the embroiderer of Jinghuafang, but I am afraid that if I teach her personally, I will miss the truth and hurt my mother's heart. I should be able to return to Jinghuafang.In the early morning, I heard that the aunt in charge of Jinghuafang is extremely strict. I would like to learn a thing or two. If I can really bring my little girl into Jinghuafang, that would be great.

"Miss Du, Miss Du..." Du Juan came back to her senses, "Miss Du, please wait a moment."

Grandma walked to the back room, and after a while, she held a brown wooden box in her hand and put it on the table.Her eyes were red, she took out the wooden box with great determination.The white jade bracelet is crystal clear and pure in quality. Du Juan looked puzzled, seeing that the jade bracelet was expensive, and only heard her mother say, "This bracelet has been with me for half my life. It is my mother's dowry. Miss Du , I am very grateful for your intention to help my little lady have a better future! It's just that the family is poor and there is really nothing at home, so the girl keeps this bracelet."

"No way, no way, auntie, absolutely no way!" This bracelet is the only property of the Du family, and for the sake of my little mother, the family has risked everything.

"Miss Du, you just accept it." My mother-in-law's father didn't talk much, but he spoke sincerely, which made Du Juan even more rejected.

Before he could react, there was a slight pain in his wrist, and he saw that the bracelet was already on his wrist.Du Juan was at a loss and wanted to take it off, but the lady grabbed Du Juan's hand, "Sister, you look good wearing it."

Xiaoniang's parents looked happy, and the mother looked at the bracelet, "Look, how well Miss Du wears it, I have big hands, and I can't even put it in."

Du Juan choked with words, and she didn't know how to express her feelings at this time. With such a huge promise and generous gift, this Jinghua Fang had to go!

(End of this chapter)