pastoral fragrance

Chapter 78 Making Silk Flowers for Sale
When the girls returned home, the first thing they did was to take out the money from selling grassroots and hand them over to their parents.They wandered around the forest these days, and they earned the money with their own labor, so they were naturally very happy.

The grown-ups were also very happy, but these grassroots, which are usually unremarkable, can be sold for a few dollars.If the money is saved up, a few more taels of silver will be saved a year!But this is also for the two girls who followed Xu Laoer's family, otherwise how could there be such money!

So girls like to go to Qiulin's house to sit around when they have nothing to do, so they naturally have no objections.

After dinner, everyone ran to Qiulin's house with their needlework and so on.Of course, the most important purpose is to make silk flowers for them to wear.

It just so happened that I had dinner as well, and now I took the silk and sewing baskets to Qiulin's house.Qiulin's family also had dinner now, and several girls were sitting under a big banyan tree in the small courtyard.There was a sewing basket on Heyi's lap, silk in his hand, and he was concentrating on tying it.Qiulin and Qiuyue took a small bench and sat down next to Heyi, watching Heyi's hands nimbly moving back and forth in the ball of silk without blinking their eyes!

"Hey, I thought we were early, but it turns out that you guys need to be faster, and you have already started to do it again." Mei Xiang said with a smile on her face.She put the sewing basket under the banyan tree, went into the main room and brought out some small stools.

Because she came to Qiulin's house many times, she didn't feel awkward or uncomfortable. Seeing her familiar appearance, she seemed to regard this place as her own home.

The girls who arrived later also sat down around the banyan tree. The banyan tree was so lush that it blocked the sunlight.Only occasional beams of light drilled through the thin cracks in the layers of leaves, mottled all over the ground.But fortunately, it is the season of late summer and early autumn, and the sun is not as harsh as it was a few days ago.Even standing under the sun does not feel sunburned.

This girl's hands are very skillful, and after sitting down, they each hold insoles, shoe soles, embroidered handkerchiefs and so on, stitching them together one by one.Seeing this situation, Qiuyue couldn't stay still anymore, she thought to herself, she had to learn these things from her mother this winter.Now that the marriage has been settled, she will get married in a few years, and she will be laughed at if she marries to another family and becomes a daughter-in-law if she can't even mend clothes.

Thinking of her own marriage, she also remembered the scene of going to Haitang Village that day.The man with picturesque eyebrows on the sick bed seemed to be carved on her heart with a knife, and now he can't shake it off anymore.It will be Qiu Wei in a few days, and he must be very busy during this time.Since that meeting, I haven't seen him again. Thinking about it, I haven't seen him for quite a while. I wonder if he is in better health now?

In fact, she was very glad that she rushed to Haitang Village without thinking about anything. If it wasn't like this, this marriage might really come to naught.Fortunately, I have such a temperament, otherwise, where would I find this marriage!Qiuyue pursed her lips slightly, revealing a sweet, girly smile.

She looked at He Xiang, Xu Liu'er and the others who did a good job of sewing, the needle was flexible and flexible in their hands, as if they had grown legs.Especially the Herchana soles, which seem to be effortless.Mother has taught her before, but it takes some effort.

"He Xiang, take the soles of your shoes to me, look at how fast you move, it makes me itch, I will try too."

Qiulin looked at her elder sister with a smile. The elder sister didn't like to touch these things before. Last year, her mother forced her to learn it, but it was only three days of fishing and two days of drying the net.At this moment, she even took the initiative to learn this thing, no need to guess, the eldest sister must be doing it for Brother Ah Cheng.

"Okay." Someone helped her with the soles of her shoes, and she happened to be happy.He Xiang handed over the soles and needlework to Qiuyue, while she stretched herself comfortably, and then went to watch Heyi tie silk flowers.

Qiuyue's pose is full of posture, but when the needle is inserted into the tiny slit, it is not the same.This thing is really labor-intensive, she had to use a little force to poke the needle to the opposite side.Qiuyue is tongue-tied, but it's still the same trouble, why is Hexiang so handy in making it?

Seeing her like this, Mei Xiang knew that Qiuyue was not good at needlework.Quickly give her some advice, "Qiuyue, this thing is so hard to stick, you need to use a thimble to make it. This way it won't be too much trouble."

After hearing this, Qiuyue noticed that the lotus fragrance on the sole and the Sophora flower on the shoe mat were not carrying that thing on the middle finger of their right hand.She just watched the tricks, why do she care so much?
Only then did He Xiang realize that the thimble hadn't been given to Qiuyue yet, and now she's busy giving it to her. "Now you try."

Qiuyue put the thimble on the middle finger of her right hand, and it didn't look like a ring, but just put it on the joints.When pricking the needle, I just use this thimble to push it hard, and sure enough, the embroidery needle went through quickly, which is more effective than her effort for a long time!

"Okay, I've tied up a pair, who will wear them first?" He Yi, who was silent and only buried his head in the silk flowers, suddenly spoke, and the moment the words fell, the small courtyard that was originally in silence changed again. Gotta be lively.

Mei Xiang dropped the needlework in her hand, and rushed over for fear of falling behind. "Wear it for me, wear it for me..."

Xu Liuer didn't dare to fall after the plum fragrance, and hurriedly shouted: "Give it to me, give it to me..." Xu Liuer made it according to the agreement, and when she stretched out her hand now, the finished silk flower would be in her hand.

Seeing Xu Liuer happily holding the silk flowers, Mei Xiang pouted her cheeks and said sullenly, "You have so many silk flowers in your house, come and grab them from me!"

Xu Liuer smiled and said: "Aren't those silk flowers all old? Besides, how can those silk flowers be tied so beautifully?" Xu Liuer looked at the beautiful silk flowers in his hand, and the silk flowers were shaped like butterflies by Heyi, which looked really lifelike.Yiyi's craftsmanship is no worse than those selling silk flowers in the town.Girls don't all like new things, she can't put it down right now, how could she be willing to give it to Mei Xiang.

He agreed with the two of them, smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, I'll tie it up again."

Mei Xiang listened to what she said, but she didn't get angry with Xu Liu'er either.Later, she asks Heyi to tie her up with one that is more beautiful than Liu'er's, and she will be mad at her!

After tying the silk flowers for half a day, I finally made a pair of silk flowers for every girl in the yard, even Qiuyue Qiulin had a share.In this way, sister Qiuyue has two pairs of silk flowers, which can be worn interchangeably in the future.

Qiulin played with the silk flower that Heyi made for her, which was in the shape of a bunny, but the color was crimson, which was very festive.This pair of silk flowers is no worse than the ones she bought from the town!And it's full of childishness, those little girls will definitely like it when they see it.Qiulin hurriedly said: "Sister Yiyi, your craftsmanship is really good. I think it looks better than the ones sold in the town! If you make these silk flowers and sell them in the town in the future, they will definitely sell well." Her craftsmanship It is superb, and the things it makes are also beautiful, and someone will definitely buy it.

In fact, I have thought about making silk flowers and selling them well, but the family used to have so much spare money to buy silk flowers for her to toss about. If it doesn't make money, it's just useless.Now the family has sold densely soaked fruits and medicinal roots and so on, and saved some money.Today, I saw Qiuyue Qiulin bought a silk flower wear again, and I had an idea for a while, thinking of pulling some silk and making it first when I came back.I didn't expect Qiulin and the others to be so full of praise.This also gave her the confidence to sell silk flowers!

"I've thought about doing it before, but my family has no money. Since you really think it's no worse than selling it from the town, I'll make some first, and then sell it in the town next time I go to the market. See if it sells well. "If it can be successful, it can be regarded as an income.The two pairs of silk flowers on Qiulin Qiuyue's head cost 25 Wen, or about [-] Wen in terms of cost.Besides, that aunt sold it cheaply.A pair of silk flowers can earn five cents, which is not bad.

Anyway, there is still some silk left after making silk flowers this time. She made silk flowers and took them to the town to try next time.

"That's right, those girls in the town are so stinky, they even buy rouge and gouache to wipe their faces! They definitely like such cute and beautiful silk flowers, and they agree to sell them in the town, and those stinky girls will insist on wearing them." .” Mei Xiang chirped.

He Xiang poked her armpit, "You still say that other people are stinky, but you are not the same. If you get silk flowers, hurry up and wear them." People in the village are also used to thrift, so now they have The silk flower is not worn on the head either, it is just right to put it away when you leave the house during the Chinese New Year.

Mei Xiang muttered unhappily: "Why don't you wear some clothes? Do you have to put them in the cabinet to let mold grow!" Obviously, her concept is completely different from that of He Xiang.

He agrees to make the remaining silk into silk flowers, and sell them in the town in a few days, and they are really easy to buy.A pair cost twenty Wen, and the girls in the town were still rushing to buy them.Those who can sit in the town must have better family conditions than those in the village, so they don't care about the few pennies when buying silk flowers at the moment.

He agreed that the market for silk flowers was good, so he bought another batch of silk to go back, but before this batch of silk could be made into silk flowers, the farmers were rushing to harvest in autumn.The autumn harvest is busy, and the work of making silk flowers is put aside.

This year's weather is very good, the autumn is high and crisp, the ears of rice in the field turn from green to yellow, and everyone in the field is smiling and bending over.Looking around from the courtyard of Qiulin's house, what came into view was a patch of yellow and orange.When the breeze blows slowly, joyful rice waves roll up in the fields.This golden color symbolizes the harvest. Farmers are busy all year round, and what they have to wait for is the harvest season!But after the rice is ripe, you have to rush to harvest it, otherwise it might rain someday.

(End of this chapter)