The Legend of the Farm Girl

Yunfang took a short rest and then started to embroider Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix again.

When she got off work, Yunfang stepped out of the door of Linglong Embroidery Workshop and saw her mother coming to pick her up with Yunfeng and Yunying.

Yunfang was touched, but she said, "Mom, you don't have to come to pick me up. Although the winter in Yiqing County is not as cold as that in Deping County, it is getting colder."

Yun Fangniang interrupted her: "Okay, stop talking. We don't have anything to do at home. I've already prepared dinner. I'll pick you up for a while. Otherwise, I'll be worried if you're not at home."

Seeing her mother's determination, Yunfang no longer refused: "Okay, Mom, I'll listen to you."

Then Yunfang told her mother about the meal she had eaten in the cafeteria today. Yunfang's mother was very happy to hear that Linglong Embroidery Workshop had such good treatment.

After returning home and having dinner, Yunfang called Yunfeng and asked him, "What books did you read at home today? Is there anything you don't understand?"

Yunfeng said, "Sister, don't worry. I have studied hard and reviewed what I learned before. There is nothing I don't understand. When I was studying with Master Feng before, Master Feng said that I have good talent. If I continue to study, I can learn the Four Books and Five Classics."

"Okay, I know you are a capable person. When you grow up, you will definitely be successful."

In this way, Yunfang began to work from sunrise to sunset, and go to study in the system at night.

Every day at Linglong Embroidery Workshop, she worked hard on her quilt cover with a pattern of birds paying homage to the phoenix, but she didn't hand in any embroidery work for several days in a row.

The people who evaluated the embroidery were all looking forward to what kind of work Yunfang would produce for the first time, because Yunfang's reputation as a little prodigy had somehow spread little by little in the embroidery workshop.

On the morning of the fifteenth day, Yunfang finally finished the embroidery of "A Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", and she rang the bell for the first time.

Soon three people came to evaluate the embroidery work. Yunfang was a little surprised. She had seen other people ring the bell, and usually only one person came. Why did three people come here?

Little did they know that these three people were very curious about Yunfang's embroidery work. When they heard Yunfang's bell ringing, they all wanted to join in, so they all came over.

Seeing Yunfang was a little surprised, the leader said, "You can call me Aunt Feng. Her surname is Qian, and her surname is Wu. The three of us used to be the top embroiderers in Linglong Embroidery Workshop. Now we are old and our hands are not as good as before, but our vision is still there. The boss still gives us a living and allows the three of us to evaluate the embroidery works of other embroiderers. So don't worry, we are the most fair and will not bring shame to the boss."

Yunfang replied, "There's nothing to worry about. Please give me some comments, ladies."

After saying this, he revealed the quilt spread on the table.

The entire embroidery gives people a vivid feeling, as if one can feel the unparalleled elegance of the phoenix and the submission of the birds. Such embroidery will surely be liked by the mistress of a wealthy family.

The only drawback is that this girl's stitching is a bit rough. This requires many years of experience. Yunfang in front of us is only ten years old and her experience is definitely insufficient. After she practices for a few more years, it is possible that she will become a top embroiderer!

Aunt Feng and the others changed their minds and realized that to become a top embroiderer, one must not only be able to do ordinary embroidery, but also have one's own unique skills. Aunt Feng is capable of the famous double-sided embroidery, Aunt Qian can work with both hands at the same time, and embroiders things quickly and beautifully, and Aunt Wu can embroider three-dimensional patterns that look as if they were real.

The three ladies all wanted to take in apprentices, but if they did, only one of them or Yunfang would stay in Linglong Embroidery Workshop, because the evaluator and the embroiderer have a vested interest in each other and cannot have a too close relationship.

No one expressed their ideas, so the matter still needed to be considered carefully.

However, this did not stop them from giving Yunfang a good evaluation. Several people estimated that Yunfang's quilt cover should be able to be sold for fifteen taels of silver. They found Yunfang's page in the account book, recorded the estimated price of fifteen taels, and Yunfang got seven taels and five cents. They asked Yunfang if she agreed. After Yunfang agreed, they gave the account book to Yunfang and asked Yunfang to sign her name.

After finishing all this, Aunt Feng picked up Yunfang's embroidery and said to Yunfang as she left: "Young Master Yu will come to pay the wages before the end of the work today. You can get the wages today."

Yunfang nodded and said, "Thank you, Aunt Feng."

After handing in the embroidery, Yunfang did not continue embroidering. In order to hand in the embroidery today, she rushed to finish it and spent a lot of effort. The ten-year-old Yunfang still felt very tired. She decided to have a good rest and not embroider anything today.

At noon, Yunfang and Tian Tian had a happy lunch together. After the meal, Yunfang took the initiative to say to Tian Tian: "Sister Tian Tian, ​​let's take a walk today!"

Tian Tian said in surprise, "The sun is rising from the west today! I asked you to take a walk for three or four days, but you refused, saying you were in a hurry to go back to work. What happened today?"

"Oh, Sister Tian Tian, ​​I'm anxious to get my first pay. I handed in the embroidery this morning, and Aunt Feng said I'll get my pay this afternoon."

Tian Tian was also very happy when she heard this. She knew Yunfang's family situation and understood why Yunfang was working so hard.

Tian Tian said happily again: "I got my wages today. Do you want to go shopping tomorrow?"

Yunfang was stunned and asked, "Don't you have to go to work tomorrow?"

Tian Tian covered her mouth and laughed.

"It's all my fault that I forgot to tell you that our Linglong Embroidery Workshop always takes a break the next day after paying the workers."

Yunfang was very surprised.

"So we have two months off every month, right?"

"There's something even better. Our embroidery workshop will be closed for half a month during the first month of the lunar year, and we will start working on the 16th day of the first month. We will also have other holidays on those days."

Yunfang was surprised again that she had so much vacation time, which added up to more time than the time she had taken off before when she was doing embroidery at home.

"I heard Master Yu say that only by giving the embroiderers time to spend money will they be more eager to make money and be able to produce more and better embroidery works."

Yunfang learned another lesson.

Tian Tian continued to ask: "How about coming out for a walk with me tomorrow?"

Yunfang thought about it and refused awkwardly, "I have to go buy some things with my mother. Before, we didn't have any income at home, so we didn't dare to buy anything. Now that I've lived here for a while, I find that I'm missing a lot of things. I've received my wages, so I have to go buy some."

Tian Tian was not angry, she just said, "Then when you have time, you have to accompany me."

Yunfang nodded and said, "I will definitely accompany you."

The two of them walked around the yard again and then returned to their respective embroidery rooms. Yunfang lay down on the couch to rest in the embroidery room. After a nap that had been the best in a long time, Yunfang felt a little bored when she got up, so she cleaned the room.

Just after she finished cleaning, someone knocked on the door of Yunfang's embroidery room. When she opened the door, she saw Ma the shopkeeper and Yu the young master standing at the door. Yu the young master held the account book and said to Yunfang, "Here is your salary. I didn't expect you to be so capable at such a young age. Among the five new embroiderers, you have earned the most in the past few days. You have to keep working hard. Maybe you can become the youngest top embroiderer in the end!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Young Master. I will work hard."

After giving the money to Yunfang, Master Yu went to the next embroidery room.