The Legend of the Farm Girl

After Yunfang had embroidered a hundred plum blossom handkerchiefs, it was already mid-November. The weather had become very cold, and the days were very short. It felt like it would snow in a few days. Yunfang's mother decided to leave for the county town immediately, otherwise she would be delayed because of the snow.

After talking to Aunt Wang, Uncle Wang drove a ox cart to take Yun Fangniang to the county town. After arriving at the county town, Yun Fangniang rushed to the Shanhai Embroidery Workshop without stopping. As soon as she entered, she saw the busy shopkeeper Huang.

Shopkeeper Huang also saw Yun Fangniang and came over to her and said, "You came a little later than I expected this time!"

Yun Fangniang explained: "The days are getting shorter and shorter, and it's really hard to see clearly at night. For the sake of my daughter's eyes, I only let her embroider during the day, so it was a few days late. Fortunately, it didn't snow, so it was still delivered."

Shopkeeper Huang nodded and said, "You are right. How many years an embroiderer can work depends on her eyes. You can't exhaust all the resources. Give me the handkerchief you embroidered this time so I can check the quality."

Huang took a rough look at these plum blossom handkerchiefs. The quality of the patterns was still as good as before. The plum blossom petals were embroidered delicately and three-dimensionally, as if you could feel the soft touch of the petals. The embroidery skills had also improved compared to before.

Shopkeeper Huang said to Yun Fang Niang with a sigh: "Your daughter is really talented. You must not force her to grow!"

Yun Fang's mother listened to Manager Huang's flowery words and roughly understood what he meant. She knew in her heart that her daughter had unlimited potential, but there was no need to tell Manager Huang about this.

Huang then said to Yun Fangniang, "I'll still give you thirty coins this time. Take these three taels of silver. The boss may give you a reward at the end of the year. We'll talk about it next time you come. I won't assign you any work this time. It's going to snow soon, and I don't know when the roads in the village will be open. Do you want to take some unrestricted work?"

Yun Fang's mother thought for a moment and said, "No, the house gets darker after the snow, which is bad for the eyes. I'll bring my daughter to work when I move to the city in the spring."

"Okay, then I'll wait until spring comes."

After finishing these things, Yun Fangniang hurried out of the city and found Aunt Wang. This time, Aunt Wang also bought salt and sugar in the city. She saw Yun Fangniang entering Shanhai Embroidery Shop and couldn't help asking Yun Fangniang: "What are you doing in that embroidery shop?"

Yun Fangniang was stunned, but she thought that she would move to the city in the spring and had to find a reason, so she said to Aunt Wang: "I found a job in the embroidery shop. I have to find a way to support my three children. I will come to the city to work next spring."

Aunt Wang was still worried: "Will you, an orphan and a widow, be bullied in the city? In the village, everyone can help each other. If you go to the city and something happens, we will be unable to help you! Besides, you need money to live, eat, and everything in the city. The expenses are very high!"

Yun Fang's mother said soothingly, "Don't worry, I've found a job at that embroidery workshop. The wages are enough for us to live on. While I'm working at the embroidery workshop, Fang'er will have the opportunity to learn embroidery. If she has some talent, it will be even better."

Aunt Wang thought about it and felt that what Yunfang's mother said was right, so she asked her to tell her when they moved and she would come to help.

Soon, the group returned to the village.

Yunfang saw her mother coming back empty-handed and was a little confused: "Mom, why didn't you bring a handkerchief back?"

Her mother smiled and answered her, "I didn't discuss this with you before I left because I was afraid you wouldn't agree. The daytime hours are getting shorter and shorter, and most of the time the weather is gloomy and looks like it's going to snow. I was afraid your eyes couldn't take it, so I decided that you should take a break in the winter, and we'll start taking jobs again after we get into the city. You should just study hard in the system during the winter."

Yunfang knew that her mother was doing this for her own good and was deeply touched.

"Mom, I will continue to practice embroidering handkerchiefs in the system, and then I will learn to tailor and make clothes for Xiaofeng and Xiaoying."

"Okay, I can sew simple clothes. After all, the clothes in this village are usually made by the women in the family, but they are not very good, not as good as those made by the professional embroiderers in the city. You can learn how to do better in the system and come out to teach me."

After hearing what her mother said, Yunfang smiled and nodded, thinking that her mother really was a person who loved learning. If her mother had been able to get this learning system when she was a child, she would definitely do better than she did.

Little did she know that Yun Fang's mother was constantly praising her daughter in her heart. Yun Fang's mother thought that at her age, she knew how important it was to have a skill. If she were her daughter's age, it would be impossible for her to work as hard as her daughter.

The mother and daughter were still chatting and daydreaming when heavy snow began to fall outside. The snow fell at the right time as Yunfang's family had already prepared all kinds of supplies to get through the winter and officially started their hibernation life.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Yunfang has been learning to embroider various handkerchiefs in the system recently. In addition to plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum, she has also practiced various flowers such as peony, animals such as tigers and bats, and words with good meanings.

These are the main subjects of Yunfang's study, because these are the capital for his family to move to the city and settle down.

In addition, Yunfang would learn the content about clothing making in the system, and then teach her mother. It took Yunfang's mother a long time to learn embroidery and weaving rattan baskets, but she learned clothing making very quickly, even faster than Yunfang herself. In the end, Yunfeng, Yunying, and Yunfang's clothes were all made by Yunfang's mother, using the clothing making methods learned in the system. These clothes were comfortable, fitted, and beautiful.

Yunfang sighed in her heart again, her mother was so smart and studious, and she just took after her.

Wearing newly cut clothes inside and an old jacket outside, Yunfang's family welcomed the first Spring Festival after Yunying was born. On this day, the whole village would worship their ancestors, open the ancestral hall, and enter the children born in the previous year into the family tree. After entering the family tree, the village chief would take the names of these children to the township to register their household registration.

Therefore, this day is very important to the Yunfang family, as Yunying will truly have an identity on this day.

Women are not allowed to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, so Yunfang's mother took some sugar and eggs and her children to Yunfang's grandparents' house early in the morning. At that time, Yunfang's grandfather would take Yunfeng and Yunying to the ancestral hall to worship and enter Yunying in the family tree.

When Yunfang's mother arrived with a few children, everyone got up. Seeing the things Yunfang's mother brought, Yunfang's grandmother took them and said, "I didn't expect you to still think about your parents-in-law. In the future, just send some gifts during the New Year. I don't want anything from you at other times."

Yunfang looked at her mother's calm face and knew that her mother had gotten used to it. She felt sad at first for not paying enough attention to her grandparents, especially after seeing how Dafu and Erfu's grandmother took great care of them. But as time passed, she didn't care anymore. Now she feels that as long as the four members of their family live well, it's enough.

Soon, Grandpa Yunfang took all the male members of the Yun family and set off. Yunfang's mother and Yunfang waited at Yunfang's grandmother's house. Half an hour later, all the male members came back. Yunfang's mother asked her father-in-law, "Dad, is the Yunying family tree ready?"

Grandpa Yunfang replied, "Okay, the village chief said it will be delivered directly to your home in two days. If you have nothing else, you can go back first!"

He paused again and said, "Take good care of these children!"

"Well, okay, I can definitely take good care of them. If there's nothing else, I'll go back, Dad." After saying that, he took the children back home.