Chapter 180: Tailoring the Cloak
Chen Danxia had no idea about the second room. Even if she knew, she couldn't care. At this time, she stood in the corridor without fear of the cold, carrying a pair of moist apricot eyes, and extremely bored to count the ice slivers hanging on the eaves of the room. Her pretty little face was red with cold. She obviously didn't apply rouge, but it looked better than rubbing rouge.
"What are you doing when you stand outside on this cold day? Did you know that I'm back and wait for me specifically?" A smile came.
Chen Dan looked at the sound of Xunsheng and said in surprise: "Brother Lang, when did you come back?"
Xu Lang walked over wearing a black plain cloak and strode, "I came back early this morning. It just stopped snowing. The sun didn't come out. It was so cold outside. Why are you standing outside?"
"Bored, count the icy guys to play with." Chen Danxia laughed and stuffed his little hand into his palm.
Xu Lang held her cold little hand and said, "Are you not afraid of getting sick by yourself? Aunt Tao asked Dr. Hao to give you bitter medicine?"
"I won't be freezing, my clothes are very thick." Although Chen Danxia said that, he still brought Xu Lang to the East Nuan Pavilion and sat down, "Why did my mother let you come to Zhiyuan?" There is a difference between men and women, just Shen Baimi and Shen Baiyu, two relatives. Tao usually doesn't let them come to Zhiyuan, let alone Xu Lang, a foreign man.
"Aunt Tao is going to the Cheng family." Xu Lang didn't expect that he would be so lucky that he would be able to enter the house and come directly to see Chen Danxia.
Chen Dan imagined the business of Tao and Miao. It was the end of the year, and it was time for the general account to order the maid to pour hot tea and deliver the tea to Xu Lang with his own hands. "It was so heavy snow last night, did you come back in the snow?"
"There are cow tendon ropes tied to the wheels, and they walk slowly and don't slip." Xu Langzhi was worried about something.
"Is the matter done?" Chen Danxia asked while sitting down on the couch.
"Go out after the night, go away." Xu Lang replied.
Chen Danxiaheng glanced at him and said, "Then what are you going to do when you come back?"
"I've come back to see you. I haven't seen me for so many days. I'm afraid you will forget me." Xu Lang said seriously.
Chen Danxia burst into laughter, "I forgot no one can forget you. Who can forget your face?"
"I brought some gadgets from outside, and I'll send them to you when I look back." Xu Lang rushed over to see her, but he didn't collect any of the things.
Chen Danxia took a sip of tea and smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Lang."
The two of them talked for a while, and before the brothers Tao and Shen Bomi came back, Chen Danxia sent Xu Lang out. Xu Lang was going to see Gao Ju. He found something in Yancheng and had to communicate with Gao Ju.
At dusk, Xu Lang beat someone to deliver all kinds of gadgets he bought along the way, full of a large box of things, including porcelain dolls, small dolls, and rattles! Chen Danxia twitched his mouth, and he was coaxing her like a little kid.
Although the gift Xu Lang gave was not satisfactory, no matter what, it was his intention. Chen Danxia cherished it and played with it carefully, he wanted to give him something. He gave him a purse and a belt, and gave him repeated things. Chen Danxia was not very willing, but Xu Lang had to leave after the night, and it was only about twenty days. He gave something that was too complicated to embroider, and with her ability, she could not embroider it.
Chen Danxia supported her chin and thought about it. She could make a cloak for Xu Lang and embroider a small qilin on the lining of the cloak. The cloak is easy to make and the small qilin is easy to embroider. Chen Danxia felt that he was so smart.
The next day, Chen Danxia asked the Shou Woman who was in charge of the warehouse to move out the materials and animal skins stored in the warehouse and piled them on the kang in the Dongnuan Pavilion. Chen Danxia's clothes all year round were made in the Zhenxiu Clothing Village. She was not the one who liked to store materials and skins. In the warehouse, there were not too many materials and skins. After choosing a few, they were not suitable now. Chen Danxia ran to Ruoshuiyuan and asked the Tao for materials and skins.
"Oh, what's wrong with my girl? You have to make clothes yourself?" Tao asked with a smile.
"It's okay to be idle, be a female girl, so you won't be laughed at." Chen Danxia was embarrassed to say that he was helping Xu Lang make a cloak and told a lie.
"Who is laughing at you?" Tao suddenly became serious. Even if her baby daughter doesn't know how to be a female celebrity, she hired ten or eight needlework ladies, and everything was solved. Who dares to laugh at it?
"No one is laughing at, I'm afraid of it." Chen Danxia quickly explained that her mother's calf-protecting style was too amazing.
"Silly girl, no one will laugh at you. Among the ladies of the family, there are a few outstanding female celebrities who are outstanding. Embroidery of things takes a lot of eyes. Look at the needlework and thread ladies, they are not old and are all dazzled. They have to squint their eyes when they see things. Don't let your eyes break down in order to be a good female celebrity. Mother will feel distressed." Tao hugged Chen Danxia and persuaded.
"I don't embroider at night, I will embroider for an hour during the day." Chen Danxia said with a smile.
"One hour is too long, half an hour is enough for embroidery." Tao said with a smile.
"Okay." Chen Danxia agreed readily, she didn't like to be a female red girl.
Tao was worried, so he told Jinshu and others to serve Chen Danxia well. She would never allow her to touch needles and threads at night. She should not be able to be a girl during the day. At night, Chen Danxia had to read books and practice calligraphy, so she must light five candles...
After giving a lot of instructions, Zhaocai asked the key to open the material and leather warehouse, so that Chen Danxia could go in and pick it. Chen Danxia was picky and looked for it, but he couldn't find the right one. He decided to go to the street in the afternoon to pick it.
In a cold weather, Tao did not want Chen Danxia to go out to get cold and said, "What do you want? I'll send the material and skin in."
"I don't know, I want to choose someone who is in line with my eyes." Chen Danxia said with a smile.
The thing about Eye Fate was clearly stated. Tao said angrily, "You child." He agreed to Chen Danxia go out. After lunch at home, the servant reported that the mule cart was ready, and Chen Danxia carried the silver notes and took Mo Si Mo Wang out.
The mule cart went to Dongshi Street, where there was an alley that specialized in selling leather and materials. It was almost the New Year. The clothes for the rich families had already been prepared for the New Year, and the small families had no financial ability to buy leather and materials. So there were several shops in the alley, with few doors left.
Chen Danxia, the customer, was overjoyed by the store owner. When she heard that she wanted to pick up the skin, she took out a bunch of good skins and let her choose. Chen Danxia took a look at a complete piece of white fox skin at first sight, "How much does this store cost?"
"One thousand six hundred taels of silver pattern." said the shop owner.
"Let's get less." Chen Danxia bargained.
"Girl, look at this skin, it is not damaged, the fur is bright and thick, 1,600 taels is the real price, and it is almost the Chinese New Year, I don't want to keep the goods under control. When the spring starts and the weather gets hot, the skin is not easy to sell, so it's so cheap. If you have to come a month earlier, you will definitely not be able to buy such a good skin." The store owner said authentically.
"The store doesn't want to keep the goods on the New Year, so I'll sell the skin to me. I'll buy skin at the end of the year, just to pick up the cheap ones." Chen Danxia smiled sly.
"If you want to get a bargain, go to the Armpit Alley next door. The skin is suitable for you as poor as you. Why don't you have any money to pretend to be... Sister Nine." A woman walked in from outside the door, wearing a double-ring bun, wearing a peony silk flower in the middle, a gilded peony floral golden hairpin, and a peony cloak embroidered with a big red gold silk peony flower cloak, and walked in.
"Sister-in-law." Chen Danxia smiled faintly.
Wei Mudan looked embarrassed, "My sister is here to buy skins, too."
"Yes." Chen Danxia turned his eyes and looked back at the store, "I will buy this skin of 1,200 taels."
Before the store could speak, Wei Mudan walked over and said, "Sister Nine, it's hard to buy good things with money. If you like this, buy it. Don't care about the hundreds of taels of silver."
Chen Danxia frowned slightly and said, "My sister-in-law is generous and doesn't care about hundreds of taels of silver. Forget it, I can't negotiate this price, and I don't want this skin anymore." After saying that, he turned around and left without hesitation.
This white fox skin has been in for more than three months and has not been sold because it is too expensive. After finally someone has decided to buy it. When the store saw someone going to leave, he was anxious and hurriedly called out: "Girl, aunt..."
Wei Mudan glared at him and whispered: "I want this slut."
Mo Wang, who was so clear-headed, heard it and looked back at her. When he went out, Mo Wang told Chen Danxia about this. Chen Danxia smiled disapprovingly and said, "That piece of skin is not worth the price. If she likes it, give it to her."
While speaking, Chen Danxia entered the second store, and the skin of this store was also good. Chen Danxia picked three pieces of gray rabbit skin, three pieces of white rabbit skin, a piece of silver rat fur and a piece of yellow sheepskin, and only cost 600 taels of silver. After choosing the leather, Chen Danxia went to the cloth store to choose fabrics, and chose pink blue makeup brocade and gray-blue brocade, gray-blue plain silk satin.
He returned home with these things, but he didn't show them to Tao, so he directly sent them to Zhiyuan. Chen Danxia estimated Xu Lang's height based on his visual observation and asked the Shou Woman to help cut out the cloak. The cloak was made of gray-blue cotton on the outside, and the inside was made of gray-blue plain silk satin, and the collar was lined with fluffy silver rat skin.
After cutting, Chen Danxia began to sew slowly.
It was the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. During the New Year, Xu Lang got a small basket of fresh leeks from somewhere. Tao was reluctant to give Chen Muke and Shen Dan to taste it. During the New Year's Eve dinner, he did not let him serve, but during the midnight snack, he personally made a meal of dumplings made of leek meat for his children.
Seeing that the children were eating with relish, Dow sighed, "I don't know if Lang Ge'er had eaten dumplings?"
"Mother, don't you want me and my elder brother to send dumplings to Lang Ge'er now?" Shen Baiyu asked in horror. On the day of the winter solstice, Tao's mutton soup was cooked. Suddenly, he thought of Xu Lang, and asked Shen Baimi and Shen Baiyu to send a big bowl over.
"I didn't ask you to send it here now. I asked you to call Lang Ge'er to come and eat it tomorrow. After all, Lang Ge'er sent it here, so he had to let him taste it." Tao said with a smile.
"I understand, I'll go find him tomorrow morning." Shen Baiyu then felt relieved to continue eating dumplings.
Chapter completed!