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Chapter 227 Teaching Embroidery
Lin Chuyi turned around and asked Aunt Huang: "Aunt Huang, did you make this dress for me?"
Aunt Huang had already made the bed. When she heard Lin Chuyi's question, she turned around and looked at her. She saw the clothes in front of Lin Chuyi at a glance and nodded at her with a smile.
"Yes, these clothes were made by the eldest girl herself. She has been very busy in the past few months when you were away. She made several sets of clothes for the three of you, but she didn't have time to take care of her own clothes."
Lin Chu nodded slightly, "Okay, I understand. Thank you for your hard work, big sister."
Aunt Huang added, "That's not all. In addition to making these clothes, the eldest girl also learns to embroider handkerchiefs from Madam Shen every day, and sends them to the town's clothing store to sell every ten days. The eldest girl has an extraordinary talent for embroidery. I see that after practicing for this period of time, the eldest girl's skills are almost catching up with Madam Shen's."
When Lin Chuyi heard Aunt Huang praising Lin Jinxiu, she just laughed it off and didn't take it to heart.
She could get a rough idea of the level of Lin Jinxiu's embroidery by looking at these two pieces of clothing. She had indeed made great progress, but she was still a long way from catching up with Madam Shen. What Aunt Huang said was just a compliment. It was fine to just listen to it, but if you took it seriously, you would lose.
Compared with the last sentence, Lin Chuyi was more concerned about the fact that Madam Shen taught Lin Jinxiu embroidery.
Before this, her grandmother had not told her that Madam Shen could embroider, so she must have been unaware of this. Otherwise, if she knew that Madam Shen had superb embroidery skills, she would never have sold her so cheaply.
She herself only knew about this through using her skills, but during the time she took Madam Shen home, she did not mention this to Madam Shen. In other words, in Madam Shen's view, no one knew that she was proficient in embroidery skills.
Then the matter of Madam Shen teaching her elder sister embroidery could only have been proposed by Madam Shen herself. Lin Chuyi's original intention in buying Madam Shen was to let her be her elder sister's master. In this way, she didn't need to bother with planning.
Lin Chuyi was satisfied in her heart, but pretended to be surprised, "Oh? Madam Shen can also embroider?"
Aunt Huang perked up when she mentioned this, "Yes, not only can she embroider, but she is also very good at it. The flowers she embroidered look like real ones. Alas! She is also pitiful, at the age of a flower, but her face is ruined like that." Aunt Huang was very emotional when she talked about this.
"Will be fine."
Lin Chuyi spoke in a very soft voice, so soft that Aunt Huang could not hear clearly. She was afraid that Lin Chuyi was telling her to do something. After hesitating for a while, Aunt Huang asked, "Miss, what did you just say? I am old now, and my ears are not very good. I did not hear clearly."
Lin Chuyi came back to her senses and responded to Aunt Huang: "Oh, nothing, I just suddenly remembered that there is something I haven't done yet, you can continue with your work."
"Oh, okay." When Aunt Huang saw Lin Chuyi like this, she knew that there was nothing for her to do, so she picked up the duster and started cleaning the dust on the furniture.
Lin Chuyi folded the new clothes, put them back into the closet, closed the door, and left the room.
Lin Chuyi returned to the main hall, greeted Lin Jinxiu, told her where she was going, and then went out to the headman's house.
At that time, the village head had just woken up from his lunch break and was planning to go to the main room to drink a pot of strong tea to wake himself up. Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the room, he saw Lin Chuyi sitting in the guest seat. The village head blinked subconsciously, thinking he was hallucinating.
He called Lin Chuyi tentatively: "Chuyi girl?"
Lin Chuyi came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, stood up and nodded to the head of the village with a smile, "It's me, Grandpa Head of the Village. Long time no see."
"Yeah, it's been a while." The head nodded seriously, "When did you come back? When did you come here? Why didn't you let anyone wake me up? You must have been sitting here waiting for a long time, right?"
Faced with the headman's continuous questions, Lin Chuyi did not show any impatience and patiently answered every question.
"I just got home this afternoon, and I have only been here for a short time. I heard from Auntie that you were taking a nap in the house, so I knew I came at a wrong time and did not disturb you to rest."
"Oh, I have to admit that I am getting old. If I don't take a nap at noon, I will have no energy in the afternoon. However, if there is something important, there is no need to worry. I can just ask them to wake me up. I can catch up on my sleep after I finish my work."
As the village head spoke, he walked towards the place where he usually drank tea with his hands behind his back. After sitting down, he waved to Lin Chuyi, "Girl, come and sit over here."
Lin Chuyi responded and went to sit down at the seat pointed by the headman. As soon as she sat down, she heard the headman's voice.
"Chuyi girl, where have you been all this time? Every time I go to your house to look for you, I can't see you. When I ask your elder sister, she can't explain it."
"I have already asked someone to clean up the barren hill you contracted, and I have also fertilized the land according to your request. I am just waiting for your saplings, but time passes day by day, and it is almost autumn, but I still haven't seen the shadow of the tree."
"I was so anxious. You have never planted trees before, so you may not know that there is a trial period after the seedlings are planted. In addition to the soil environment, the temperature of the climate is also critical."
"The soil quality here is not good to begin with, and your saplings haven't come back yet. Once the frost hits, it will be useless even if you bring back more saplings. Look at my mouth, it's blistered from my anxiety."
The headman pointed at the corner of his mouth. Lin Chu looked carefully and saw two red bumps, one big and one small.
"I had planned to go to your house to check on you after my lunch break. But I found you sitting in my living room when I woke up. I almost thought I was still dreaming."
Originally, Lin Chuyi knew that the head of the village was very upset about her family's affairs, and was about to express her gratitude and propose a solution. She had prepared her lines, but she suddenly heard the last words of the head of the village and couldn't help laughing out loud.
"Grandpa Lizheng, don't worry. You are not dreaming. I am really back. Not only am I back, I also brought back all the fruit tree seedlings. They are now placed in my yard. Each one is carefully selected, the quality is guaranteed, and the quantity is definitely sufficient."
"I came to you now to ask you to help find some strong laborers in the village to help me plant these fruit trees this afternoon. The wages will be paid according to the full-day wages. However, my family does not provide dinner, so the villagers have to prepare this meal themselves. To compensate, I will give each villager who comes to work a meal allowance of 5 cents."