Chapter 31 (1/2)

Chapter 31

Mu Yunyao gladly accepted Yang s.h.i.+’s kindness, but after five to six days, she called her over and gave her a silver . When she saw Yang s.h.i.+’s face darken, she quickly explained .

“Auntie, I know that you were not sending food to us just for silver, but we can not possibly eat for free . Everyone in the village is having a tough time keeping up with the daily expenses . ”

“Haaa, little girl, fine, since it’s like that, then I will use this silver to buy better ingredients for you and your Mother . Just look at yourselves, you two are so thin, a single gust of wind can blow you two away . ”

“Alright, thank you Auntie . Oh, right, I have some thread here, some of them have become useless to me and there also some left overs . I’ve already arranged them properly . Auntie, if you are free, I can teach you a thing or two?”

“Oh, that embroidery technique of yours is way too difficult for me,” Yang s.h.i.+ quickly rejected her . She really did not believe that she could ever do that .

“There are many embroidery techniques . The technique I was using is indeed way too complicated, but I also know some simpler ones . Auntie has a clear mind, you can definitely learn it . You can take advantage of your break times from the field work and st.i.tch up things like handkerchiefs . You can even sell them to earn extra revenue for your family . ”

“I can really do it?” Yang s.h.i.+ was very unsure .

Mu Yunyao smiled and nodded her head, “Of course you can . ” Yang s.h.i.+’s sincere kindness towards her and her Mother is something that she will never forget .

Mu Yunyao took some time out to teach Yang s.h.i.+ some simple embroidery techniques . She then drew out some flowers for Yang s.h.i.+ to practice on . Although Yang s.h.i.+ was quite slow in learning, she was extremely focused . Thus, her work was quite refres.h.i.+ng and the quality was not low .

Yang s.h.i.+ was very happy . She brought along her work and went to Yan City for Market Day . When the shopkeeper from Spring Embroidery saw her handkerchief, he also thought that it was quite good and bought it at twenty wens . He told Yang s.h.i.+ that Spring Embroidery can provide her with handkerchiefs and threads, while she would be in charge of just the embroidery . For every handkerchief done, she would get five wens .