Border Cook

"The weather is getting a little cold, so I need to make two more sets of padded clothes quickly to wear alternately. I just heard yesterday that the cloth shop has some new materials coming in. It is said that some of them are from Songjiang Prefecture, with good quality and beautiful patterns. I might as well buy two more pieces and make winter clothes at the same time. I can also make a few pairs of shoes to match the clothes, so that I can wear them alternately. It will also look better if they are matched together."

"Seeing Madam Ma now reminds me that I should prepare two sets of clothes for Qi Yan. Qi Yan came back in a hurry this time and I didn't have time to celebrate his promotion to the head of the city. When he comes back next time, the clothes will be considered a gift for him."

Ma, "..."

Is this Xia Mingyue showing off in front of her?

To show off her wealth, she could buy as many clothes as she wanted, two at a time, and even choose the patterns and patterns of her shoes and have them made of new cloth?

Are you still showing off that Lu Qiyan was promoted to the head of the city?

This is purely to make things difficult for her!
Ma, who was already angry at seeing Xia Mingyue, was now furious. She pointed at Xia Mingyue's nose and scolded her, "You are so black-hearted..."

"Oh my." Xia Mingyue interrupted Ma with a smile, "I was so busy talking to Madam Ma that I almost forgot. I made an appointment with Madam Liu from Shopkeeper Qian's family a few days ago. She said she wanted to go to the shop to take a look at their new facial cream. It is said that it contains pearls and is very good for skin tone. It is made according to the craftsmanship in Yangzhou and is extremely useful."

"Madam Ma, I'm in a hurry, so I won't talk to you any more. I'll talk to you later."

After saying that, Xia Mingyue walked straight forward.

Ma was standing in the middle of the alley at this time, and the alley was wide enough for three people to walk side by side without any problem.

But when Xia Mingyue left, she still bumped into Ma's shoulder.

Xia Mingyue put all her strength into it, but Ma was caught off guard and was knocked to the ground, nearly falling to the ground. After steadying herself for several seconds, she was able to stand.

She had a lot of curse words in her mind but couldn't say them out loud, and now she was bumped by Xia Mingyue. Ma was so angry that her eyes turned red.

He opened his mouth to say something sweet and scold Xia Mingyue, but when he turned around, Xia Mingyue was walking very quickly and she was no longer in the alley.

Ma, "..."

Wrong!

Very frustrating!
Ma was so angry that she had no place to vent her anger, so she kicked a walnut tree next to her.

August is the month when walnuts gradually mature. Some of them do not need people to pick them because the green shells on the surface have gradually cracked or rotted and started to fall off naturally.

When Ma kicked the tree, several walnuts fell from the tree.

One of them landed squarely on Ma's head.

Not only did it hurt when it was hit, but the green shell of the walnut was already somewhat rotten. When I reached out and touched it, it was a black mass.

If the black juice from the walnut peel gets on the skin, it is usually difficult to remove and takes a long time to gradually disappear.

Seeing her palms covered in black, Ma was so angry that her heart ached and she started screaming.

The cry, when it sounded in the alley, sounded quite mournful.

Xia Mingyue, who had already walked far away, couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth when she heard the noise.

When dealing with someone like Ma, the angrier she gets and the more she tries to defend herself, the more excited she becomes. Showing off like this first and then not giving her any room to speak will really make her angry to death and then suffocate her to death.

Double whammy! It would be best if you could get out of your anger and then calm down for a while, so that you don’t have to cause trouble for others and disrupt their business.

After beating up Ma, Xia Mingyue felt refreshed.

Those deliberately boastful words just now reminded Xia Mingyue to take advantage of the free time now and go to the cloth shop.

She selected fabrics to make padded jackets and cotton-padded clothes for herself and Lu Qiyan.

Jackets and cotton-padded clothes are much more difficult to make than single-layer summer clothes. Xia Ji is very busy now and the central kitchen has a lot of work to do, so Xia Mingyue doesn't want to trouble Lu and Jiang Zhuguo anymore and just asks the cloth shop to make the clothes directly.

In order to sell cloth and make money, the cloth shop employed two embroiderers. Their skills were pretty good and their work was quite detailed.

The owner of the cloth shop was named Wu, and he also recognized Xia Mingyue. He hurriedly called the embroiderer to help measure the size, choose the patterns for Xia Mingyue, and introduce the embroidery patterns to be used on the lapels.

After selecting for herself and Lu Qiyan, Xia Mingyue also picked out a piece of pink printed fabric.

"Ms. Xia, you have good taste. This is from Songjiang. It's made of pure cotton thread with some silk mixed in. It's soft yet durable. The print is also woven on the new jacquard loom in Songjiang. It looks nice, but the price is not expensive."

Shopkeeper Wu paused, and finally told the truth, "The only downside is that the color is a little too young."

In Jiangnan where Songjiang Prefecture is located, most women have fair skin, petite figures, pretty looks, and speak softly. Such pink printed clothes are very suitable for them.

But most of the women in Jinqiu County are from the north. They are taller and their skin color is darker than that of people in the south of the Yangtze River. Such pink material may look pleasing to the eye, but actually wearing it is another matter.

Even though Xia Mingyue is from Jiangnan, she is already a married woman, and such pink prints seem a bit frivolous to her.

They are all people doing business on the same street, and Shopkeeper Wu doesn't want to sell goods blindly.

"I'm not going to wear it, I'm planning to make some clothes for Zhuguo." Xia Mingyue said with a smile, "She's young and has fair skin, so she'll look more energetic if she wears something more lively."

"So that's how it is. Then there's nothing inappropriate about it." Shopkeeper Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Based on the size Xia Mingyue reported, he called the embroiderer to measure the fabric and cut it.

In addition to this pink printed fabric, Xia Mingyue also picked out some fabrics with slightly darker colors that were suitable for making clothes for married women.

These materials were intended to be given to Ms. Lu and Ms. Zhou, Ms. Song and others who worked at Xia Ji, so that they could make two sets of jackets.

After confirming that the clothes that needed to be made at the cloth shop could be delivered to her home in seven days, Xia Mingyue paid the money and said goodbye.

Shopkeeper Wu weighed the heavy silver and his face was full of joy.

Thanks to Madam Xia's good start, today's business will be good.

The busy embroiderer also sighed, "Mrs. Xia is really good to her servants."

"Yes, not only did we buy fabrics for our clerks to make clothes, but we also chose such soft fabrics, and we made two pieces at a time!" Another embroiderer echoed, and even greeted Shopkeeper Wu, "Shopkeeper, do you think we are right?"

Shopkeeper Wu was keeping accounts and didn't notice what the two people were saying. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "What did you talk about?"

"We all say that Miss Xia treats her servants very well," the embroiderer repeated.

Each word is pronounced loudly and clearly. (End of this chapter)