Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

She had already looked at these blueprints while they were in the carriage. Although she didn't understand them very well, she thought they were quite nice.

To have clothes made at the Lin family's tailor workshop, she definitely needed to inform Madam Lin. After thinking about it, she decided to just give the pattern to her mother-in-law directly.

If there's a clothing store in the family, my mother-in-law will definitely be able to understand the patterns.

Sure enough, Madam Lin opened the blueprints and looked at them repeatedly before finally looking up and asking, "Where did these blueprints come from?"

Mu Xia answered truthfully: "Mother, this pattern was drawn by my eldest sister-in-law. She also gave me two bolts of fabric, wanting me to make a few clothes for her at the Lin family's tailor workshop. If we can use this pattern, we can use it."

"This, this was really drawn by your sister-in-law? The clothing styles in these drawings are so beautiful." Madam Lin was somewhat incredulous and handed the drawings to Mr. Lin: "Sir, take a look at the styles in these pictures."

Mr. Lin was also a little puzzled as to what kind of blueprints could surprise his wife so much, so he took them and began to look at them.

"I've never seen clothes like this before! Did your sister-in-law really draw them?"

Even after seeing the clothes, Master Lin couldn't believe it. They had never seen these styles before, but they knew that these clothes were novel and would definitely sell better than the clothes in his shop.

“Father, Mother, it was really my sister-in-law who drew them. She said she can draw many styles, and she can draw more if we need them.”

"Muxia, is your sister-in-law some kind of goddess? How can she do everything?"

Mu Xia chuckled and said, "Mother, my own sister-in-law said the same thing, that my cousin-in-law is a fairy."

"Haha, I definitely have to meet your sister-in-law."

“Mother, not only is Xia’er’s cousin’s wife good, but her eldest cousin is also very knowledgeable. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 10, but he did not continue to take the imperial examination because of some changes in his family in recent years.”

"I see. They really are a match made in heaven. It's just a real pity that my eldest cousin didn't participate in the imperial examinations."

"That's just a woman's perspective. What's there to regret? There's more than one path in the world besides the imperial examinations. I didn't even pass the lowest level of the imperial examinations back then, but I still managed to do very well."

"Yes, yes, yes, you're the best, sir." When Mr. Lin said this, Mrs. Lin not only wasn't angry but also smiled and praised him.

"Don't flatter me. I can see right through you. You keep forcing Shen'er to study. I told you to come with me to learn how to do business and inherit the family business, but you just won't."

“My Shen’er is a natural scholar, so of course I want him to study hard and pass the imperial examinations. Don’t you think about this…” Madam Lin’s voice rose as she spoke, and she was somewhat angry.

Mu Xia hadn't expected the elderly couple to argue over this.

Master Lin had always disapproved of his wife forcing their son to study day and night to pass the imperial examinations, even though their son had been physically weak since childhood.

With so much homework every day, my health hasn't improved over the years. Although I don't get sick often anymore, I still look too thin and weak.

Madam Lin, however, was determined to have her son pass the imperial examinations and enter officialdom, hoping he could hold a position in the court.

If no one in her family held an official position in the imperial court and had no power or influence, how could her family's business in the capital have failed?

The Lin family's cloud-patterned brocade was once all the rage in the capital. Later, some people became envious and colluded with officials in the court.

This forced the Lin family to close their silk shops in the capital and in the surrounding prefectures.

Not only did the business suffer a significant loss, but Old Master Lin also fell ill from anger over this incident, causing other businesses in the family to plummet as well.

Finally, Master Lin gave up the imperial examination and returned home to manage the business, which brought some improvement to the Lin family's business.

However, the shops are all located in some remote prefectures, counties, and towns.

After marrying into the Lin family, Madam Lin learned about these things and could not swallow her anger. She vowed to make her son pass the imperial examinations, become an official, and protect the Lin family.

Seeing his parents arguing about this again, Lin Shen shook his head helplessly. They had been arguing about this for years, and he was used to it.

Lin Shen got up and walked to his parents, saying, "Father, Mother, Xia'er and I are going back to our own courtyard. I haven't finished my studies yet, so we'll have dinner in the courtyard."

He took Mu Xia's hand and said, "Xia'er, let's go back first."

"Oh, okay." Mu Xia thought to herself, her father-in-law and mother-in-law are still arguing, shouldn't her husband try to stop them?

Lin Shen pulled her outside, and Mu Xia followed helplessly behind him: "Husband, I haven't taken my blueprints yet."

Upon hearing this, Lin Shen immediately went back to pick up the blueprints on the table and led Mu Xia out of the flower hall.

Meanwhile, the elderly couple in the flower hall were still arguing. After they got tired of arguing and stopped, they realized that their son and daughter-in-law were no longer in the flower hall.

The two then blamed each other, criticizing each other for arguing in front of their son and daughter-in-law.

The last two were so angry that they ignored each other and sat in their chairs sulking.

In the end, Madam Lin got up first, and went to the kitchen with her personal maid and nanny to give instructions about dinner.

She even specifically instructed that a chicken be stewed with the medicine she had bought that day be brought into the young master's courtyard after it was cooked.

She wants her son and daughter-in-law to have some good nourishment, because she's waiting to hold her grandson.

The Lin family has few descendants, and his own son is not physically strong, so he is really worried that it will affect the family line.

The main reason she chose Lin Xia was because she felt that Lin Xia's figure was the kind that would make her easy to bear children.

The other young ladies were all thin and frail, clearly not good at conceiving. She herself was too weak and could not conceive again after giving birth to two children.

Although Master Lin was much older than her, he was always very strong, and the children born to his concubines were also very healthy.

Madam Lin felt that her son, Shen'er, had been frail since childhood, and that this was all due to her own health.

Therefore, a daughter-in-law must be chosen with a rosy complexion and a plump figure.

She had seen Mu Xia when she was very young; the chubby little girl was someone she liked very much.

His son also liked this girl. If it weren't for the fact that Master Lin had arranged a marriage with the Mu family because of their past relationship, he would have been in a difficult situation.

She also wanted to arrange for Muxia to enter her son's courtyard and become a concubine.

In short, this daughter-in-law is not the best, but she is definitely the most suitable, so Madam Lin values ​​her highly.

The young couple returned to the courtyard. Lin Shen went straight to the study to read, while Mu Xia asked the maid to take the fabric, blueprints, and the measurements of the couple to the workshop to make clothes.

After thinking for a moment, she took out several bolts of fine brocade from the small storeroom in the courtyard and asked them to make clothes according to the drawings.

She also had another thought in mind: if the pattern her sister-in-law drew was made into clothes, it could actually be sold.

She then cleared out half of the space in the silk shop next to the soap shop to sell ready-made clothes.