The Legend of the Farm Girl

Meng Sanniang was one of the ten people who bought a set of ready-made clothes today. Her family lived in the suburbs of Yiqing County. They had ten acres of fertile land and were considered a well-off family in the village.

After trying on the clothes at Yun’s Garment Store, she put them on immediately. Although she could make clothes herself, she had never made clothes that fit her so well and the styles were so novel. She wanted to wear them back to show to her little sisters who were unwilling to accompany her to the market.

I thought to myself, if my friend also wants to buy it, I have to make her beg me to tell her the location of the store, and also make her promise not to buy the same style as me. We have similar body shapes, so we can switch between the clothes when the time comes.

As soon as she arrived at Mengjia Village, Meng Sanniang did not go back to her mother's house, but went straight to her little sister's house and called out from outside the yard: "Xiaomei, come out for a moment."

Xiaomei walked out helplessly. Before she saw Meng Sanniang, the voice of explanation came.

"It's not that I don't want to go with you today, but my brother wet the quilt last night, and my mother has to go to my grandfather's house today, so I have to wash the quilt, otherwise my mother will scold me when she comes back."

The moment she saw Meng Sanniang, Xiaomei was stunned and asked in surprise: "Have you become rich? You want to order clothes? How much does this set cost? Aren't you saving for a dowry?"

Meng Sanniang smiled coquettishly: "How much do you guess?"

"It should be at least eight hundred coins. My cousin from my aunt's family ordered a set of clothes and it cost her two taels of silver. I know you are reluctant to spend so much money, but it should not be less than eight hundred coins!" Xiaomei replied.

"Haha, only 300 wen. You didn't expect that, did you? This is a new shop that opened today. There are many different styles of clothes in it. They are all very beautiful, and the price is 300 wen."

"Ah? Then I've lost a lot today. I should have gone to the market with you. Tell me where this shop is. I want to buy one too."

"I can't tell you that easily. You have to beg me and call me sister a few times. And you are not allowed to buy the same thing as me. Do you hear me?"

"Please, dear sister, please, dear sister, I am about to go to the 15th birthday, if I can wear such clothes, I will be so proud!"

"Haha, Xiaomei, you want to dress up more beautifully to attract my third uncle's sixth brother. Since you have the potential to become my cousin's wife, I will tell you!"

Xiaomei's face turned red after hearing what Sanniang said, but she still carefully wrote down the address Sanniang gave her and prepared to go buy clothes tomorrow.

Since then, Yunfang's Yun's Garment Store has become famous among some beauty-loving women thanks to live advertisements by old customers. These women will come to Yun's Garment Store at important time points to pick out a set of clothes they like.

Almost five or six sets of clothes were sold every day. Yunfang's mother and Aunt Wang could not handle it anymore, so they went to the Li family and hired the eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family to help. Yunfang and her mother each gave 10% of the profit to Aunt Wang and Aunt Li.

Gradually, Yunfang no longer had to worry about the affairs of the garment shop, and her high-intensity work at Linglong Embroidery Workshop was also suspended.

The hard work of the past two months has left Yunfang physically and mentally exhausted, so she decided to start working on new embroidery projects in the embroidery workshop.

The blank quilt cover that Shopkeeper Ma had given to Yunfang was all used up. On the first day of work, Shopkeeper Ma came to Yunfang's embroidery room as usual and asked, "Little Yunfang, do you want more quilt cover this time?"

Yunfang said to Shopkeeper Ma, "I don't want to be seen this time. I think I can embroider clothes myself."

Shopkeeper Ma was quite surprised.

"You have to know that embroidering clothes is much more complicated than embroidering quilt covers. The clothes we embroider are all custom-made. We can only get paid if the customers give us good reviews. Moreover, clothes are worn when people are moving around, so the embroidery requires smoother movement so that people don't look stiff when walking. If the embroidery is not good, you may work for a long time but still not earn any money."

Yunfang knew that Shopkeeper Ma's reminder was well-intentioned, but she had already practiced embroidering clothes in the system for a long time and had passed the system's assessment. It was precisely because of the difficulty that she could get more wages.

At Yunfang's insistence, Shopkeeper Ma went to get a silk dress for women and told Yunfang, "The materials sent to our Linglong Embroidery Studio are very expensive. You must be careful. I'm not exaggerating. If you make a mistake in sewing, the dress may be ruined and you will be punished."

Yunfang nodded solemnly and said, "Shopkeeper Ma, don't worry, I know what's going on. Could you please tell me what the customer who ordered this dress wants?"

Seeing Yunfang's insistence, Shopkeeper Ma could only tell her what the customer wanted: "The customer wants the clothes to be lively and natural, to make her look like a beautiful girl. The customer is a young woman who likes orchids. That's all the information. The rest is up to you."

Yunfang nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Yunfang was somewhat confident, Shopkeeper Ma encouraged her a few more words: "If you can make clothes that satisfy the customers, you can get a salary of no less than twenty taels of silver. Then you can almost become a third-level embroiderer. Come on, little Yunfang."

After Shopkeeper Ma left, Yunfang looked at the clothes in front of her. It was indeed the best material she had ever seen. Clothes made of such material would cost at least one hundred taels. She also believed that if she could embroider the clothes well, she could get at least twenty taels of wages.

But she was a little confused. How could Shopkeeper Ma send her such nice clothes? Logically speaking, she was a novice, and Shopkeeper Ma was so worried about her that why would he let her embroider such nice clothes?

Little did they know that the requirements put forward by the customer who wanted to make this dress were too general, and the other embroiderers all refused. Shopkeeper Ma was having a headache, and when she was choosing clothes for Yunfang, she somehow brought this dress here. Maybe she subconsciously wanted this little girl who had given her so many surprises to help her solve her problems!

Yunfang recalled the requirements that Manager Ma had mentioned. She was a little confused, but she had a best teacher. During her lunch break, Yunfang entered the system and told the system her requirements. The system immediately generated a pattern and started teaching Yunfang right away.

After studying in the system for an hour, Yun Fang woke up feeling refreshed and clear-minded, and immediately started working on her clothes.

Embroidering clothes is much slower than embroidering quilt covers. The clothes are not big, but one must always pay attention to the position, so Yunfang has been embroidering this clothes during this working cycle.

Shopkeeper Ma also paid a lot more attention to Yunfang. She regretted her impulsiveness. If her performance did not satisfy the customers, Yunfang would be punished and she would not be happy either.

Shopkeeper Ma spent more time observing Yunfang every day, but fortunately, seeing that Yunfang was not depressed, he knew that nothing particularly bad had happened.

Just in time for the day when wages were to be settled, Yunfang finished embroidering the clothes.

As if at the moment Yunfang rang the bell, Shopkeeper Ma rushed in, took the clothes from Yunfan's hand and looked at them carefully.

After taking a closer look at the clothes, Shopkeeper Ma couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. The pattern of the clothes was seamless, revealing a sense of youthfulness without being exaggerated. There were many orchid patterns faintly visible in the dark. This dress would definitely satisfy the customers.

Yunfang was a little confused when she saw that the only person who came in was Shopkeeper Ma. Shopkeeper Ma quickly said, "Little Yunfang, Aunt Feng and the others won't comment on clothes like this. They have to deliver them to the customers, and then the customers will give the wages and tips to the people in the store, and then the people in the store can record it in your account. But don't worry, I'll send it to the front now and let them deliver it to the customers. It won't delay your wages this time."

Yunfang nodded: "Okay, thank you, Shopkeeper Ma."

Soon, the shopkeeper Ma took the clothes and left. Yun Fang was free and began to think about what to do after receiving the wages, and what to do tomorrow. Yun's clothing store has been open for a month, and it's time to settle the accounts.

Yunfeng is going to school in April, and there is still a month left. These days, Yunfeng and his mother have been going out early and coming back late in the yard behind the shop. It is very noisy there during the day, and I don’t know if Yunfeng’s studies have been affected.

Little Yunying should be very happy recently, as she can be with Dafu and Erfu every day. However, Yunying will have to go to school in another year, and she doesn’t know where to go. You can ask Tian Tian, ​​as she knows Yiqing County better.

Speaking of Tian Tian, ​​this girl has been preparing her dowry recently. It seems that the embroidery works she handed over were not many, so I have to embroider something for her as a wedding gift!

As she was thinking, Yunfang fell asleep on the couch.

Yunfang woke up when she heard a sound in the house. She looked up and saw that it was Shopkeeper Ma and Aunt Feng. Shopkeeper Ma said to Yunfang with a smile, "Are you awake? The clothes you embroidered were highly praised by the customer. The customer even asked for the name of the embroiderer. You will be famous in the embroiderer circle! The person in front brought back fifty taels of silver, and I will give you twenty-five taels. Come and sign."

Yunfang was very surprised. Twenty-five taels? This was the most money she had ever earned.

He immediately signed Aunt Feng's account book.

Aunt Feng also looked at Yunfang with praise: "With this salary, you will become a third-level embroiderer. You are really one of the fastest promoted embroiderers!"

Yunfang was very happy. From now on, she could not only get an extra half of her wages, but also have an extra dish at noon.

At noon, Yunfang was promoted to a higher table by the shopkeeper Ma, which shocked all the embroiderers. Yunfang, who was originally afraid that Tian Tian would be angry, did not care about anything else after tasting the extra dish. She decided in her heart that she had to upgrade to the second level or even the first level as soon as possible, because this dish was so delicious.

After dinner, Tian Tian pulled Yunfang aside. Tian Tian was definitely not angry, but was just very surprised that Yunfang had improved so quickly. She knew that she had come in a year earlier than Yunfang, and now she had only received a salary of more than ninety taels. Yunfang had only been in place for four months, and she had already received one hundred taels. How fast was this?

Tian Tian couldn't help but ask: "Do you have any secrets? How to increase speed or something like that?"

Yun Fang laughed when Tian Tian asked, "There is no secret. It's just practice makes perfect. If you hadn't been embroidering dowry recently, you would have been promoted long ago."

Tian Tian thought about it and decided to stop worrying about it.

Yunfang added: "That extra dish is really delicious!"

Tian Tian said indifferently: "How can it be delicious? My mother often brings us leftovers, and what I eat is just so-so!"

Yunfang shook her head and said, "How can the leftovers be the same as the ones that just came out of the pot! They are really delicious."

Tian Tian agreed when she heard that. She hadn't eaten the dish yet, and she only had a few left to reach 100 taels. She hadn't worked hard this month, so she would try to get a promotion next month, not just for that dish, but also to have a meal with Yun Fang.

In the afternoon, Master Yu came on time to pay the wages. When he arrived at Yunfang's embroidery room, Master Yu couldn't help but praise Yunfang a few words: "This morning, I received news that our Linglong Embroidery Workshop has a talented young embroiderer named Yunfang. I didn't expect you to be so talented and make such rapid progress. Here is your twenty-five taels of wages. Keep it quickly."

"Thank you for the compliment, Master Yu. I will continue to work hard."

Yunfang was so happy that she couldn't express it in words when she finally got the twenty-five taels of silver.

Now, after work, Yunfang would walk to the shop with the embroiderers going in the same direction, and then go home with her mother.

When they arrived at the shop, Yunfang's mother and Aunt Wang and Aunt Li were closing the shop door and preparing to close. Yunfang greeted everyone one by one, and then said to everyone, "Let's check the accounts after closing tomorrow, and rest the day after tomorrow. From now on, when I rest at Linglong Embroidery Workshop, we at Yun's Clothing will check the accounts and divide the money. We will also rest the next day. We should combine work and rest!"

Everyone was very happy to hear this, for the money they would get the next day and for the upcoming day off the day after tomorrow.

The next day, Yunfang slept in for a rare time. When she woke up, she found that her mother had gone to the shop, and Yunfeng and Yunying were left at home. Yunfeng had gotten up early to study, while Yunying was still sleeping soundly in her mother's room.

Yunfang found Yunying and asked him, "Xiaofeng, how are your studies going recently? Tingfeng Academy will soon be recruiting students. Do you have confidence?"

"I am confident, sister, there will be absolutely no problem."

Yunfang knew that Yunying was not the kind of person who would act without purpose, so she invited Yunfeng and Yunying to have lunch together and took them to Yun’s Garment Shop.

When they arrived at the shop, they found that today's business was unexpectedly good. Yunfang also saw a familiar face, who turned out to be the embroiderer from Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

Naturally, all the embroiderers in Linglong Embroidery Workshop have a pair of skillful hands, and they make their clothes by themselves. However, the designs of the clothes in Yun's ready-made clothing are more novel than anything they have ever seen, and the prices are not expensive for these embroiderers. So today is a day off, and many embroiderers came to take a look.

Almost everyone bought one.

At night, when everyone counted, they found that the embroiderers had bought nearly twenty pieces of clothing.

After closing, Aunt Wang, Aunt Li and Yunfang sat together. The four of them took out the account books and began to calculate this month's income. Of course, the recording method of the account books was also taught by Yunfang to her mother. In the end, they calculated that the net profit this month was twenty taels. As agreed, Yunfang gave two taels each to Aunt Wang and Aunt Li, and eight taels each to her mother and herself.

Except for Yunfang, the other three were all very excited when they received the money. They chattered about how to spend the money.

After settling the bill, everyone went back home.

After arriving home, Yunfang took out another twenty taels of silver and gave it to his mother, saying, "Mom, this is my salary for this month, as well as the various expenses you paid for me before. You must keep it. My two younger brothers need to go to school, and they need to pay rent in a month. In two years, when the lease on this house expires, they need to buy a new one. You have to pay for all this money, so just as I said before, I will give you half of my salary for one month, and you must not refuse to accept it."

Yun Fang's mother had no choice but to take the money and said with tears in her eyes: "I can't even imagine how good our family's life will be in the future!"