The Legend of the Farm Girl

Three years passed in a blink of an eye.

All the people in the Yun family sat in the courtyard. Yun Fang, who was already fifteen years old, looked like a grown-up girl. She wore a light blue top with silver patterns embroidered with hundreds of butterflies. The sleeves were wider than usual, rustling in the wind. Her waist was tight, and she wore a long goose yellow skirt embroidered with white magnolias. She had a simple heart-shaped bun and wore only a few milky white pearl necklaces, which set off the dark green and glossy silk of her hair. She also wore a jade hairpin slanting sideways.

In the past year, countless people have come to propose marriage, but Yunfang has not come to her senses and has always told her mother that there is no rush.

Twelve-year-old Yunfeng had already become a student last year. Over the years, Yunfeng had been studying hard, and except for paying tuition in the first quarter, he had always been in the top five in the class and had never paid a cent for tuition.

The twelve-year-old Yun Feng had long lost his youthful appearance. His eyebrows were long and sparse, and the luster in his eyes was like the slight luster on a jade, looking gentle but actually very tough.

Yunying, who was eight years old, was still quite lively and active, but he knew that there were important things to do today, so he sat quietly on the stool.

Three years later, Yun Fangniang, who had not aged at all, said solemnly to her three children, "After the mourning period ended, Mr. Sun, who rented the house to us, went to the provincial examination and won the title of Juren. He sent us news that he no longer wants to rent out the house and would consider selling it to us first. If we don't buy it, we need to move out within three days. If we do, we have to sell it to us for two hundred taels of silver."

Yun Fang's mother asked, "Do you three have any opinions? I've asked around, and two hundred taels of silver for a house isn't expensive around here. I've saved some money over the years, so I can buy one."

Yunfeng and Yunying both looked at Yunfang. They always listened to their sister, so now their sister's opinion was their opinion.

Yunfang said, "Mom, let's buy this house. We've gotten used to living here. We've bought a lot of stuff, and it's troublesome to move back and forth. And this place is close to Tingfeng Academy, where Yunfeng and Yunying are both studying. And it's hard for us to find a new place to stay in three days, and this place doesn't ask us for a high price, so let's buy it."

When Yunfang's mother heard what Yunfang said, she nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the government office to handle it. The person who notified me before said that if we want to buy it, we can go directly to the government office to pay the money and they will give us the title deed here."

Yunfang's mother turned around and asked Yunfang, "Are you going to Linglongxiufang tomorrow?"

Yunfang nodded and said, "Of course I will go. I will go to collect the wages for working at Lord Zhao's house tomorrow."

Half a year ago, Yunfang had already become the top embroiderer of Linglong Embroidery Workshop. Top embroiderers do not need to work in the Linglong Embroidery Room every day.

Yunfang's reputation has spread throughout Yiqing County. Although she is very young, her embroidery skills are exquisite, and her designs are novel and unique.

The top embroiderers at Linglong Embroidery Workshop are all invited to work in the homes of wealthy families, and their wages are incomparable to those in the embroidery workshop.

However, the embroidery workshop has its own rules. Even if you become a top embroiderer, you still need to go to the embroidery workshop to get paid once every two weeks.

Fortunately, she has more free time now. Apart from working for a wealthy family, Yun Fang spends the rest of her time working at Yun’s Garment Shop.

The current clothing store is not only the same size as it was three years ago, Yunfang has also rented the two shops next door.

The shop had also experienced shocks in the past. At the beginning, many people imitated Yun’s ready-made clothes and made similar clothes, selling them at the same price or even lower price.

However, these people could only follow the trend but could not create new styles, and were soon eliminated by the market. Only Yun's Garments remained standing in the wind and rain.

However, these also gave Yunfang a headache. The reason why Yun's Garments could always provide novel styles was because of the help of the system. Yunfang and his mother did not have the ability to design new styles.

However, Yunfang has gradually noticed recently that her younger brother Yunying can never sit still when studying, but when he sees the design drawings drawn by Yunfang, his eyes always light up. Every day after school, Yunying likes to go into the shop and even entertain guests.

Yuan Fang had the idea of ​​training her younger brother, but she couldn't make a decision. She still wanted her younger brother to take the imperial examination. After all, the imperial examination was respected by everyone and could gain a higher social status.

But I am still young and cannot consider all these things. The important thing is to let him study for a few years. If he doesn’t achieve any results in the imperial examination, it will still be time for Yunfang to train him in this aspect.

The next afternoon, Yunfang came to Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

Although Yunfang no longer works at Linglongxiufang, the workshop still retains her embroidery room.

After arriving at the embroidery workshop, she went to visit Tian Tian first. Over the years, she still only had a good relationship with Tian Tian.

Tian Tian got married successfully three years ago. Fortunately, she chose a good husband. The two of them lived a warm, peaceful and happy life.

Tian Tian is now five months pregnant. Yun Fang visits Tian Tian every time she returns to Linglong Embroidery Workshop.

The two of them had another good chat.

Tian Tian's personality was still as carefree as ever. She suddenly remembered something and told Yun Fang: "Have you heard? From today on, the one who will pay our wages will no longer be the eldest young master, but the second young master."

Yunfang was a little surprised, and quickly shook her head and asked Tiantian what was going on.

Tian Tian whispered mysteriously, "I'm telling you, I heard that the second young master saw that he had failed the imperial examination and wanted to fight for a share of the family business. The first young master had no choice but to give the Linglong Embroidery Workshop in Yiqing County to the second young master, as he didn't want the family to be disturbed."

Yunfang exclaimed: "Such a large embroidery workshop, is it given to you just like that?"

Tian Tian waved her hand and said, "What is the Linglong Embroidery Workshop in Yiqing County? The father of the young master, the master we have never met, has already expanded the Linglong Embroidery Workshop to the capital. So, in the eyes of the eldest young master, the second young master is like snatching a toy. The eldest young master doesn't care and just gives it to him. He just feels sorry for us embroiderers. The second young master is young, and I don't know if he will have any new ideas to make us feel uneasy."

Yunfang saw that Tian Tian was a little nervous, so she patted Tian Tian on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. After all, Linglong Embroidery Workshop is the largest embroidery workshop in Yiqing County. We can all earn a stable salary."

After reminding Tian Tian to get enough rest, Yunfang returned to her embroidery room and waited for her new owner to arrive.

Yunfang returned to her embroidery room and was about to take a nap when she heard a noisy voice in the yard and someone shouted, "Everyone come out, everyone come out, let the second young master see you."

Soon the sound of doors opening could be heard throughout the embroidery workshop, and the embroiderers came out of their rooms one after another.

Yunfeng also walked out with everyone else, neither standing out nor lagging behind.

I saw two handsome men standing in front of the yard.

One of the young masters was accompanied by several servants, and it was one of these servants who was shouting for everyone to come out in the yard. Shopkeeper Ma was also standing next to the two young masters.

Seeing that everyone had come out, Shopkeeper Ma signaled everyone to be quiet.

After everyone quieted down, Shopkeeper Ma said in a clear voice: "From now on, our Yiqing County Linglong Embroidery Workshop will be managed by the Second Young Master. Everyone come and pay your respects to the Second Young Master."

After hearing what Shopkeeper Ma said, everyone looked around curiously, because there were two young masters, and everyone couldn't tell who was the second young master, Yu.

The young man with the guard beside him was a little younger, wearing a pale green silk robe, with a casual posture and lively pupils, giving people a feeling that he was not steady.

The other young man was wearing a dark robe with some fine patterns on the collar, and not too many embellishments on other places, but he didn't look plain at all, but instead had a kind of low-key luxury. There was a piece of white jade on the man's neck, and a colorful bead in his hand. There was an indescribable momentum in his every move.

Soon the younger young master stepped forward and everyone said in unison: "Greetings to the Second Young Master."

At this time, the young man spoke, "Everyone, don't be shy. My brother used to manage this place very well. Just keep everything as usual. I am here today to pay everyone their wages. I hope everyone can have a good rest tomorrow."

Although it was just a payment of wages, the arrogance and boasting in the boy's tone could not be concealed.

Next, the second young master actually started to pay the wages in front of everyone. This had never happened before. Before, the money earned by each embroiderer was her own secret. Others would not tell or ask how much money they were paid, and no one would see it. But today everyone saw how much money others were paid, and this was a change.

It is unclear whether this change is good or bad for Linglong Embroidery Workshop, but it has no effect on Yunfang. As early as when Yunfang was promoted to a first-level embroiderer, everyone realized that this little girl had an extraordinary ability to make money. Later, after Yunfang became a top embroiderer, no one was jealous of her anymore.

So when it was Yunfang's turn to receive wages, no one was surprised to hear that he had earned thirty taels of silver at Lord Zhao's house.

But the young master next to the second young master looked at Yunfang curiously, with a hint of interest in his eyes.

After receiving her wages, Yunfang returned to her embroidery room. She did not see the tall young man lowering his head and saying something to the second young master, and the second young master also looked towards his embroidery room.

Soon all the embroiderers were paid. There was no sound in the yard, and Yunfang thought about leaving with the embroiderers when the work was over.

At this time, the door of Yunfang's embroidery room was pushed open, and the shopkeeper Ma walked in with the second young master Yu and the tall young man.

Yunfang was a little surprised because Master Yu had already paid his wages, but he still came to his embroidery room. She didn't know why.

Yun Fang bowed and asked, "Second Young Master, do you have any other instructions?"

The second young master Yu looked Yunfang up and down and said, "I heard that you are the youngest top embroiderer since the establishment of our Linglong Embroidery Workshop? My cousin will go to Beijing to take the imperial examination next spring. He is staying in a house in the south of the city. Starting tomorrow, you will go to his house and embroider a few clothes for him."

Yunfang nodded and looked at the second young master's cousin.

When he noticed Yunfang looking at him, he showed a gentle and clean smile. Yunfang was a little stunned, she felt that she had never seen such a handsome man.

Seeing Yunfang was a little dazed, the man’s smile deepened.

Realizing that she seemed to have made a fool of herself, Yunfang quickly looked away, blushing and her heart beating fast. This was a feeling Yunfang had never experienced before.

At this moment, Yunfang, whose heart was beating fast, did not notice the worried look of Shopkeeper Ma and the meaningful smile of Master Yu.

Soon, Master Yu took his cousin and left Yunfang's embroidery room, but Shopkeeper Ma stayed here.

After the two left, Shopkeeper Ma said worriedly, "Yunfang, there are some people we cannot get close to. We have known each other for such a long time, I want to remind you to be careful so as not to get hurt in the end!"

Yunfang was a little confused and didn't know what Shopkeeper Ma was talking about.

Seeing that Yunfang still looked like she was not getting the hang of things, Shopkeeper Ma felt relieved. Before leaving, he still gave Yunfang a few words of advice, asking her to have less dealings with those rich young men.

When it was time to get off work, Yunfang went to Yun's Garment Shop. Today was a day off for Tingfeng Academy, so the Yun family was all in the shop. Yunfang went to find them and go home together.

When they arrived at the shop, it was just about to close. Yunfang saw Li Muwen also came to pick up her mother.

In recent years, Li Muwen often came to the shop to pick up his mother, so Yunfang had many opportunities to meet him and the two of them had more interactions.

Yunfang sometimes admired Li Muwen. Although the conditions of the Li family were not as good as those of the Yun family, he passed the examination and became a scholar last year. Now Li Muwen was also studying at Tingfeng Academy. Because he passed the examination and became a scholar at such a young age, Tingfeng Academy waived his tuition.

Yunfang's mother, Aunt Li and Aunt Wang also need to count the clothes in the shop.

Yunfang's three siblings and Li Muwen were waiting on the side, and they couldn't help but chat for a while, but they didn't know that this was the happiest time for Li Muwen.

Every time he was able to talk to Yunfang, he was smiling, as if basking in the spring breeze. In fact, the adults of both families could see his feelings, but Yunfang was slow to understand, so everyone could only wait for them to develop naturally.

Today, the Yun family had dinner at Aunt Wang's house, and after dinner, they returned home. Yunfang told her mother that she was going to embroider clothes at her cousin's house the next day.

Yunfang's mother nodded to indicate that she understood. Starting from tomorrow she would pick up Yunfang in the evening and send her off in the morning.

This has been a habit that Yunfang's mother has maintained since she became a top embroiderer and went to work in a wealthy family. In the first three days, she would pick up and drop off Yunfang to find out whether the wealthy family where Yunfang was working was safe.

In fact, these wealthy families are backed by Linglong Embroidery Workshop, which is well-known for its protection of embroiderers. No one dares to offend it, and no one dares to bully the embroiderers who come to their doorstep.

However, as Yunfang became more and more beautiful, Yunfang's mother was still a little worried. Even if it was unnecessary for her to do so, she hoped to ensure Yunfang's safety, and those who really wanted to bully Yunfang would be afraid.