Quick Wear: Passerby A's Daily Life of Eating Watermelons

After paying the person who cleaned the well, Jiang's father left. His mother Chen also put down her embroidery and went to the yard to wash clothes. Jiang's father took a bucket and went outside to get a tank of water to prepare for food and drink for the next two days.

I had originally planned to go purchase goods early tomorrow, but when I looked at the time, I realized it was still early, so I said goodbye to Chen, hitched up the ox cart, and set off.

After washing the clothes, Chen went into the house to embroider a handkerchief purse with Jiang Yue. In the afternoon, Chen looked at the time and asked Jiang Yue to stay at home and not go out, and then she went to pick up her brother from school.

Jiang Yue was quite comfortable at home alone. She took out some snacks from the space and rewarded herself. If one had to say what was the worst thing about ancient times, it would probably be the food. The dishes were basically boiled in water, and the rice was basically coarse grains. It wasn't dry rice, but semi-dry rice, so that it would appear more when soaked, which could deceive the eyes and stomach and save some food.

I looked at the new house again. Although it was a new house, it still gave people a feeling of being bare. There was an iron pot in the house and it could cook, but there was no method of cooking. The method of cooking was not spread until the heroine of the book couldn't stand it anymore.

Jiang Yue ate a spicy strip and sighed. The most important thing now is to make some money to improve life. The means of making money cannot be too unconventional. It can only be done in a subtle way. Although Jiang Yue knows how to make sugar and salt, if you really make it, the whole family might die of plague the next day.

Looking at the handkerchief on the table, even this couldn't be too out of the ordinary. It would take a long time for Jiang Yue to live a good life on his own. He still had to rely on Jiang's father or Jiang Ze. Either he could make some money through business, but the money couldn't be too much. Or he could wait for his younger brother to take the imperial examination. The requirements were not too high. As long as he could have the status of a juren, the family could live a good life.

As for becoming an official through the imperial examination, the probability of that is too low. Jiang Yue suddenly remembered watching a certain audio video in later life. You thought the imperial examination was: white hair floating on water, red palms – clear waves. In fact, you took part in the joint examination. As soon as you opened the test paper, the question was: Please write a 3,000-word article on the topic “Only green water can raise white swans”, discussing the relationship between local culture and talent cultivation. The handwriting should be neat and the arguments should be clear.

Without experience and no one to teach you, you don’t even know what the local policies are. That is why students have to travel, and why teachers are ranked high among the Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents, and Teachers. It does not mean that you can take the imperial examinations after reading the Four Books and Five Classics.

After eating the spicy strips, she washed her hands and rinsed her mouth, then picked up the handkerchief on the table and started embroidering again, using some basic techniques. The pattern that Jiang Yue chose was already the limit of what could be achieved with basic techniques.

Jiang Yue was so absorbed in embroidering the handkerchief that she didn't notice Chen bringing her brother home. Seeing how absorbed her daughter was, Chen didn't disturb her. She patted Jiang Ze and pointed at the desk. Jiang Ze nodded and quietly sat down to write.

Chen looked at her children and nodded with satisfaction. She took the food and went to cook. When Jiang Yue put down her handkerchief and stretched, she saw her brother reading a book obediently. At this time, her brother also noticed that Jiang Yue had finished embroidering, and ran over to hug Jiang Yue: "Sister, I missed you so much!"

"Bullshit, I think you just want to eat candy." Jiang Yue rubbed his brother's head and flicked his head.

"hey-hey."

After moving to the new house, Jiang Yue put the candy away for him. The place where he put it was a little high and he couldn't reach it. He didn't dare to ask his mother Chen to get it for him, so he had been waiting for Jiang Yue.

Jiang Yue stood up and took out a candy from the cabinet and handed it to him. Jiang Ze broke a piece of candy in half, put half in his mouth and handed the other half to Jiang Yue: "Sister gives it to you, you eat it too."

Jiang Yue looked at her cute little brother and her girlish heart overflowed. She rubbed his face and said, "You eat it. Sister won't eat it." In the end, Jiang Ze didn't eat it either. Jiang Yue put it away for him. He still remembered to eat half a piece a day for fear that his teeth would be eaten by worms.

Just as Chen's meal was ready, Jiang's father came back. Jiang Yue ran over to open the door. Jiang's father drove the ox cart into the yard, parked the cart and took care of the ox before he began to sort the goods. After sorting the goods, he put a piece of oilcloth, which he had bought at a high price, on the cart to cover the goods in case of sudden rain or snow. Otherwise, many things would deteriorate if soaked in water.

After packing up, the family went to eat. On the way, Father Jiang asked about his younger brother's studies and said that he would go to a far place to deliver goods tomorrow and might be back home late. He asked the family not to worry and that they didn't have to wait for him to come back for dinner, just leave it for him.

After dinner, Chen cleaned up by herself. Jiang Yue took her brother to play around for a while. The family went to bed as soon as it got dark. What else could they do if they didn't sleep? Who could afford to light the oil lamp? They would only use it in emergencies.

Jiang Yue got up early the next morning and accompanied Chen to pack things for Jiang's father. They had to bring some dry food and enough water for a day's outing. They also tied a bell around the big black cow's neck so that it would make a sound wherever it went, easily attracting other people's attention.

After saying goodbye to Jiang's father, Chen woke up her brother. It was getting late. She got up, cleaned up, had dinner, and sent her brother to school. Then she took the embroidered handkerchief and purse to the shop. After the old shopkeeper finished a business, Chen hurried over with the basket and said, "Shopkeeper, take a look. These are the purses and handkerchiefs that I embroidered this month."

"The quality is OK. Let's keep the original price. A handkerchief is 2 wen and a purse is 10 wen. Do you think it's worth it?"

There is no need to worry about the technical content of a handkerchief, but a purse is not simply made by sewing two pieces of cloth together. It requires many processes, including seams, embroidery, etc. The purse embroidered by Chen costs only about 10 cents because the fabric used is relatively cheap and the style is not novel.

This month, because of moving and cleaning up the house, Chen only made 6. Normally, she makes about 8 per month, and can also make a few handkerchiefs. Jiang Yue makes about 4 per month, so the total money in the purse is 100 wen, the handkerchiefs are 14 wen, and the total money is 114 wen.

After the shopkeeper gave Chen the money, Chen took out a purse and three handkerchiefs from her sleeve and handed them to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, take a look at these."

The shopkeeper frowned, not knowing what Chen meant, but he still took it and looked at it: "Hey, this stitch, this pattern."

After studying it carefully for a while, he found the one embroidered by Jiang Yue from the purse and handkerchief and compared them: "Is this embroidered by your daughter? It looks like they are from the same lineage."

"You are amazing. My girl seems to have come to her senses recently. The ones I will show you later are the ones I embroidered recently. I think they have improved a lot."

The shopkeeper nodded and sighed, "It's a pity that the fabric is not good, otherwise this technique and this pattern would be worth 100 coins each. Now it's only worth 20 coins."

"The purse is 20 wen, the handkerchief is doubled to 4 wen each, 3 pieces to 12 wen, a total of 32 wen."

After giving the money to Chen, the shopkeeper said, "Why don't you buy some good cloth and needlework? Your daughter is ruining her craft by using coarse cloth."

"Then please recommend me what you think is good to sell. Anyway, I will come to your place to sell it when the time comes."

Afterwards, the shopkeeper recommended some cloth to Chen, and she bought some coarse cloth for her own use. She took the things and went home. When she got home, she happily told Jiang Yue the latest price and asked Jiang Yue to use the newly bought cloth in the future. She also told her not to be anxious and take her time, otherwise the cost of damaging one would be quite high.