Chapter 291 Donate Cotton Clothes
When the emperor heard this, he came up with another plan and issued an eye-popping edict, which he posted in front of the government office gate.
"Old madam, second aunt, mistress, the emperor has issued an order."
Chu Lin, who was responsible for inquiring about the news outside, hurried in happily.
Xia Zihan was sitting on the fire bed, embroidering a small pocket for the baby in Zhuo's belly. She did the double-sided embroidery, and Yue Jin liked it. She took a handkerchief and sat next to her to learn.
The Zhuo family and Zeng family also sat aside to help divide the lines.
What Nuanyu embroidered on her hand was a small shoe, no bigger than her palm. It was also embroidered for the child in Zhuo's belly.
Everyone heard Chu Lin's yelling and seemed to be used to it, because during this period, Chu Lin always brought them all kinds of news.
Xia Zihan put down the small pocket in his hand and looked at her, "What is your intention?"
"Excellent, really excellent, this is me... No, this is the first time anyone has ever seen this kind of imperial edict."
"The Emperor is really amazing."
"He actually issued an order to ask all the ladies and ladies in the capital to donate unworn clothes to the people in the disaster area. Master, tell me, these clothes worn by the noble ladies can be worn by the people doing farm work all over the world. ”
Just like a monk wearing a hairpin on his head, no matter how you look at it, it feels like a waste.
Xia Zihan was shocked, stunned, and dumbfounded.
What happened to the emperor, how...how could he issue such a strange imperial edict?
But why does she feel so sad?
It is a cold winter this year, and the people cannot wear warm clothes, and many people freeze to death. But among the wealthy families, who doesn’t have a warehouse of old clothes piled there waiting to become moldy?
The maids in the mansion wear both winter and summer clothes all year round, which are actually wearable. When the clothes are half-worn, new clothes come, and the old clothes are put aside and not worn. It is indeed a waste.
There is no maid in Chu's house who doesn't have dozens of old clothes, and these clothes are piled in boxes and no longer worn.
But those people froze to death because they lacked a piece of warm clothing.
The emperor has good intentions and thinks of the people wholeheartedly.
Chu Lin also said, "Master, the imperial decree says that each mansion must donate at least one hundred old cotton clothes."
If it's not enough, you have to buy a hundred pieces, otherwise it's disrespectful.
"Then pass the order and anyone who has extra old cotton-padded clothes can donate it." Xia Zihan said with a smile.
Then he told Si Cao, who was waiting for tea on the ground, "Go and see if I have any old cotton clothes and donate a few."
Nuanyu then answered, "The county master's clothes were all cleaned up by the servants last time, and the ones that were no longer worn were sent to the village for the children to wear. I'm afraid they are gone."
The county lord is a rich lady, how can he wear it for strangers he doesn't know?
Nuan Yu said again, "I have some old cotton clothes. I will pick them out later."
Due to the emperor's decree, everyone in the Chu residence became busy. They all took out their cotton-padded clothes that they no longer wore and gave them to Butler Cui.
Under Nuan Yu's glare and pursed lips, Xia Zihan also took out two cotton-padded clothes from the cabinet and told Chu Kuan to give them to Butler Cui.
Nuan Yu stamped her feet and said, "Master, these two cotton coats were given by Qi Mei last year. You can still wear them."
"If you feel sorry for the poor people who are suffering from the cold, we can use the money to make a few cotton clothes and donate them, and we can't let the master's clothes get spread."
The clothes that the children were given to Zhuangzi before were all small clothes that the master wore a few years ago. Although they were expensive, they were only of ordinary value.
But in the past few years, the mistress's clothes have all come from Yusha Pavilion, and each piece is priceless. Although the mistress has outgrown her clothes, she has kept them all well, and she wants to keep them for her little mistress to wear in the future.
Seeing that Nuan Yu was anxious, Xia Zihan thought for a while and said, "You are right, peasant girls are really not suitable to wear these clothes."
These clothes are not only gorgeous, but also have large cuffs, making them inconvenient to wear for farm work.
"Then take a thousand taels of silver to buy some cotton cloth and cotton. We will make some new cotton-padded jackets and donate them."
"If there are not enough people, go to nearby villages and hire people to do it, and you will be paid on a piece-by-piece basis."
Nuanyu responded with a smile.
Three days later, it was time to hand in the cotton-padded clothes.
There were seventy-seven guards, maids, wives, and servants in Chu's house. They received 320 pieces of old cotton-padded clothes. In addition, Nuanyu bought cotton and fine cotton with one thousand taels of silver, and asked people to make a total of five thousand sets of new cotton-padded clothes. Cotton pants.
A set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers costs two hundred cents. This is the price after the cotton price increased this year. In previous years, a set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers cost sixty or seventy cents.
In the past few days, in addition to people from all over the house who helped make cotton-padded clothes and trousers, there were also peasant women and maids in her village and the Chu family's village, as well as those who lived in the garment-making pavilion in the Chu family's village. Everyone also helped, and Xia Zihan gave each of them a big red envelope to show their gratitude.
When the day came to hand over the cotton-padded clothes, Manager Lu and Nuan Yu prepared four carriages and sent 5,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers to the government office.
After returning, Nuan Yu said with a smile, "The imperial court sent the Minister of Household Affairs to personally collect cotton-padded clothes at the gate of the government office. There are also two supervisory ministers to assist. Each household must register how many pieces it receives."
At that time, when the ministers saw that she and Manager Lu had sent five thousand sets of new cotton-padded clothes and trousers, their eyes widened.
"County Lord, guess who the supervisory minister is?" Nuan Yu pursed her lips and smiled, and before Xia Zihan could guess, she couldn't wait to say it out, "It's Lord Liao." "Master Liao also secretly said I told my slave that Miss Liao got sick from eating ice a few days ago and was punished by her grandmother for being confined for half a year.”
How could a minister say this to a little maid?
Xia Zihan was stunned.
After thinking deeply for a while, she understood what Lord Liao meant.
"Master Liao wants me to go to Liao's house to play with Liao Fangyi, right?" She went, and Mrs. Liao was too embarrassed not to let Liao Fangyi come out to meet the guests.
In solitary confinement, or for half a year, Liao Fangyi's restless temper was still driven crazy?
As a son of a human being, Mr. Liao did not dare to disobey his mother's orders, so he thought of ways to help his daughter.
Lord Liao really dotes on Liao Fangyi.
"No wonder Miss Liao has been looking for the county master for a long time. It turns out that she is locked up." Chu Fei gloated.
But Nuan Yu saw that Xia Zihan was planning to go, so she said, "When the county master goes to Liao Mansion, the servants can inform the coachman to prepare the carriage."
"Just tomorrow."
All the maids heard that they could go to Liao's house to play tomorrow, and they all got busy in a hurry. Si Cao said happily, "Then slaves first prepare the jewelry for the county master to go out tomorrow."
"The county boss happens to be wearing newly embroidered cotton shoes made by Nuan Yu a few days ago. They have mink velvet inside. They must be very warm."
The upper is also decorated with two large pearls and a large ruby, which are noble, gorgeous and very eye-catching.
Nuan Yu said, "I heard it will snow in a few days. The weather is getting colder and colder. I need to find out the purple fox fur cloak that Prince Chu sent last year, as well as the hand wraps around my neck. Everything is indispensable." .”
"I went to the government office today and forgot to wear a scarf. My ears were blown by the cold wind and were icy, cold and red. It's really cold outside."
"The county master has not been out this winter. All he wears in the house are the two cloaks sent by Qi Mei. The big cloak has not been taken out yet,"
"I remember that the big cloak was stored in the warehouse."
"Look for it quickly."
"I'll go find Mother Cui to get the key."
A group of maids were all busy talking and it was extremely lively.
Xia Zihan left them behind and went to Mrs. Zeng's house. Together with Mrs. Zhuo and Zeng, they sat on the fire kang and embroidered clothes.
Zhuo's belly was more than three months old and she was already pregnant, but she couldn't tell even though she was wearing thick winter clothes.
Zhuo's complexion was very good, her complexion was rosy, her complexion was full, and she was a little fatter than when Chu Xuanyu left.
Mothers always dress up when they are pregnant with a girl. Zeng said cheerfully, "She must be a girl. If she is pregnant with a boy, the mother will lose weight."
"That's just right. Xuanyu and I both want a small cotton-padded jacket." Then he looked at Xia Zihan, "I'm almost jealous to death when I see my godmother has such a cute little cotton-padded jacket next to me."
I really want to hope that Aqi will grow up soon and take this little cotton-padded jacket home as soon as possible, then she will be even happier.
"Humph, I have known for a long time that you are thinking about my Jade Niang. If you hadn't accepted me as your godmother, Jade Niang would have been your daughter."
"It would be nice to be a daughter-in-law in the future."
Mrs. Zeng narrowed her eyes with a smile, and it was clear that she was very happy that Xia Zihan could marry Chu Jingqi.
Can she be unhappy?
When Mrs. Xu drew such a lottery ticket, when she found out, she almost hit the wall with sadness.
I almost died of sadness.
You know, if a girl's family is not engaged after she is seventeen, she is an old girl. Xia Zihan will stay at home until she is nineteen, and then she will be an old girl among old girls. Who will want her?
And the Zhuo family was able to agree to Chu Jingqi's marriage to Xia Zihan, which was a beautiful marriage that the Zeng family had never dreamed of.
What's more, Mrs. Zhuo and Xia Zihan get along closer than mother and daughter. After Xia Zihan comes over, she believes that Mrs. Zhuo will treat Xia Zihan well and won't be like other mothers-in-law who only think about Xia Zihan. You need to temper your daughter-in-law. Once your daughter-in-law's spirit is worn away, your daughter-in-law can be driven by you as you please.
And Chu Jingqi, that kid is also devoted to Xia Zihan. He doesn't care about anything, is willing to endure hardships, and is only good to Xia Zihan.
In comparison, Chu Jingqi is more than a hundred times better than Song Huai.
Zeng was relieved to hand over Xia Zihan to Chu Jingqi. When she woke up from her dreams at night, she would smile happily.
Being teased by her grandmother and aunt, Xia Zihan blushed and turned away, pretending not to hear.
Mrs. Zhuo pursed her lips and laughed, and Mrs. Zeng laughed again and again.
The next day, Xia Zihan got into the carriage wearing a purple fox fur coat, a scarf and a handbag.
On the carriage, Nuanyu had set up two small stoves in advance to keep the inside warm and not cold at all.
A new layer of thick blue cotton curtains was hung around the carriage. This was specially made by Grandma Yu and Mama Cui when they were free. They were worried that when the old lady and Xia Zihan went out, leaks would leak around the carriage. Cold wind comes in.
(End of chapter)