Erniu laughed as well, and the Qian family gatekeepers exchanged a knowing smile but remained silent.

"Take me to the embroidery shop first, I need to buy some silk thread," Yu Banxia said to Erniu as she climbed onto the mule cart.

Erniu quickly responded, and a gatekeeper ran over and placed a stool at the back.

"Thank you," Erniu said to him.

The doorman chuckled and scratched his head: "You're welcome."

"Girl, let's set off then." Erniu said to Yu Banxia as he got into the car.

Yu Banxia pushed open the car window and said to the gatekeeper, "Tell my mother I'll come back tomorrow morning."

"Yes."

The mule cart headed toward the main street, passed through three streets, and finally stopped in front of the town's largest embroidery workshop.

"Wait here for me for a while," Yu Banxia said to Erniu.

Erniu responded, and Yu Banxia entered the shop.

Inside the shop, several women were selecting embroidery items. The shopkeeper was a woman in her early thirties, quite pretty with fair skin, clearly someone who had used Yuejirong products.

"Miss Yu, what do you need?" the shopkeeper greeted her happily.

Yu Banxia is now quite a celebrity in the town. She smiled and told him what she wanted.

The shopkeeper summoned a clerk to fetch what Yu Banxia wanted, and within a few words, everything was ready.

"The young lady is all here." The shopkeeper checked again and, seeing that everything was of the highest quality, handed the items to Yu Banxia.

After checking and finding no problems, Yu Banxia asked, "Manager Yao, how much is the total?"

“Miss Yu, you’re embarrassing me. These things aren’t worth much. If it weren’t for you, my mother-in-law’s illness wouldn’t have improved.”

"How could I possibly ask you for money for something so small?"

“That’s not right. You’re running a business too, how can I take your money for nothing?” Yu Banxia quickly waved her hand.

Shopkeeper Yao insisted on refusing, saying, "Miss Yu, listen to me. This time it's on me, but next time I'll charge the normal rate."

Seeing that she really didn't want it, Yu Banxia nodded: "Okay, then I'll make a little toy out of these things and give it to you to play with."

Manager Yao initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, he smiled and nodded: "Then thank you very much, Miss Yu."

"Then let's not stand on ceremony, I'll take the things." Yu Banxia took the things and left the shop directly.

After she got into the car, Erniu asked again where they were going.

"go home!"

"Okay," Erniu replied, driving the mule cart toward Anping Village.

Half an hour later, the mule cart returned to Anping Village.

"Oh, Xiaxia is back. You must be tired these past few days. So many people have come to our house to thank you."

An aunt came out to get water and happened to see Yu Banxia getting off the car with her things, so she smiled at her and said something.

Yu Banxia asked curiously, "Did I disturb everyone's work?"

"No, no," the auntie quickly waved her hand.

Upon entering the courtyard, she first went to the kitchen and saw her family making snacks together. After greeting everyone, she went directly to the thatched cottage.

Just as she sat down and set up the wooden frame, hanging a silk thread, Yu Banyue brought over her small tea table.

Yu Bantao also brought over two plates of snacks, put them down, and sat down beside her, watching her.

"What are you doing? Are you going to embroider a handkerchief? Tell me what pattern you want, and your second sister will make it for you later." Yu Bantao reached out and touched the silk thread, smiling as she spoke.

Yu Banxia shook her head: "It's not embroidering handkerchiefs, it's making some small trinkets, you two sisters will find out when the time comes."

"Do you need any help?" Yu Banyue asked.

"We really need to split up the lines, do you have time, sister?" Yu Banxia asked coquettishly.

Yu Banyue smiled at Yu Bantao: "Lazy girl."

"Okay, Yueyue and I will help you split the line," Yu Bantao said indulgently.

As they spoke, they each took a bundle of silk and sat down to separate the threads, chatting about the free clinic they had been doing these past few days.

Yu Banxia also took a bunch of flowers and started sharing them, while recounting the events of the past few days.

When the two sisters heard that Xu Xiucai still dared to come to their door to cause trouble, they were so angry that they immediately looked up and said, "He actually dares to come and cause trouble for you. He's shameless."

"It's alright, it's alright, this time it's completely resolved, he won't dare to come near me again," Yu Banxia quickly reassured him.

She then recounted how she had taken thirty-three taels from Cheng Da, which instantly relieved the two sisters.

Yu Banxia took out a large rectangle, a long strip of wood, and a wooden bristle brush.

The Yu sisters looked on in confusion, only to see her attach two different colored silk threads to a long stick and then fix it to a wooden board.

Then they picked up a bristle brush to brush the silk threads, and the two of them became more and more confused.

"What are you doing?" Yu Bantao was genuinely curious.

"I'll make you some velvet flower hairpins to wear." Yu Banxia smiled, while the two sisters were full of questions. Velvet flower hairpins? What were those?

Although puzzled, he still sat quietly to the side separating the threads.

As Yu Banxia moved, the silk threads were combed together. She used something to fix the velvet, then cut and twisted it into strips, and then trimmed it, slowly turning it into individual petals.

She even used a stainless steel kettle to flatten the flower petals that were coated with hairspray before styling them.

By lunchtime, Yu Banxia had already prepared several finished products.

There are chubby plush flowers, and there are plush flowers that have been flattened with hairspray and then reshaped to look like real flowers.

"Oh, what's this? Did you pick real flowers to make hairpins?" Zhao came over to see what the three sisters were busy with.

I immediately spotted the finished hairpins stuck on the wooden board. I picked up a peony velvet flower and smelled its fragrance.

That smells like hairspray.

"These are the velvet flowers that Xiaxia just made with these silk threads," Yu Bantao introduced to Zhao.

"Don't be ridiculous, how can you make flower petals out of silk threads?" Zhao Shi was skeptical.

Yu Bantao nodded seriously: "It really is made of silk thread."

"Oh? Really? Our Xiaxia is so clever, she can even make such beautiful hairpins, they look just like the real thing!"

"Who says it isn't? It's really beautiful." The commotion quickly attracted the attention of other onlookers.

However, the aunties and sisters-in-law were quite polite and didn't all rush in.

"Xiaxia, would you like to make one for your aunt later? Your sister Yunxing is getting engaged soon. I'll give you the money." Yunxing's mother said shyly.

Upon hearing this, Yu Banxia immediately replied, "Alright, I won't take your money, Auntie. I'll dress up Sister Yunxing myself, and I guarantee that young man will be completely captivated by her."

Upon hearing Yu Banxia's words, Yun Xingniang instantly burst into laughter.

They seemed quite satisfied with their future son-in-law. Several of the young wives, somewhat embarrassed, asked how to do it and if they could be taught.

"Ladies, I can't entrust this to you. After all, you are now the master chefs in the pastry workshop."

"Don't worry, everyone. I'm going to teach the young girls how to make these velvet flowers. Firstly, so that everyone will have a skill in the future, and secondly, so that they can supplement their income."

"Oh? Really?" Everyone immediately cheered.

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