Chapter 58 - 58 58 Cai Ping's Worries (2)_1

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58: Chapter 58 Cai Ping’s Worries (2)_1 58: Chapter 58 Cai Ping’s Worries (2)_1 Walking into the kitchen with the water bucket, Cai Wei poured water into the jar, adding a bit of Lingxi River’s water as well. After finishing, she straightened up and listened to the movement in the room. Surprisingly, she didn’t hear her mother’s nagging or complaints, which was quite a shock. Upon entering the main room, she found that her mother wasn’t home, nor were Wen’er and Wu’er. Only Cai Fei was in the room. At this moment, Cai Fei was sitting at the kang table, sewing underpants for Wu’er. With her head slightly lowered, her face appeared serene and distant, a far cry from the aggressive demeanor she displayed when she had thrown her basket of needle and thread at Lady Li that day! In fact, her younger sister was a gentle and delicate girl at heart. It was the harsh life that had shaped her into this aggressive and daring appearance! Thinking this, Cai Wei felt a pang of heartache. Once she earned money, she would definitely make her younger sister live like a lady from an important family, tasting tea, embroidering flowers, playing chess, and reciting poetry every day... Cai Fei noticed her elder sister. She put down her work, beaming cheerfully, “Older Sister, why are you standing there so silently? You didn’t even let me know that you were back.” Cai Wei replied, “I didn’t want to disturb you seeing how focused you were. Come, let me see how well you’re improving with your embroidery.” She stepped over, sat on the edge of the kang, and began to examine the finished little underpants. Fei’er’s needlework was basic and her embroidery was not good, but she was serious. The stitches in Wu’er’s small underpants were even and neatly arranged. She even intentionally made it a size larger, stitching up the bottom of the pants so that when he grew bigger, they could be let out for him to continue wearing. “Mmm, the work Fei’er did is really good-looking! In the future, you will certainly be someone who is skillful and thoughtful!” Cai Wei praised. Hearing her older sister’s praise, Fei’er was very pleased. She took out a pair of shoe tops and belly wrap and asked Cai Wei to make remarks on them. Cai Wei looked at the shoes and belly wrap. Both were embroidered with a design of a rich and noble peony. Although the embroidery was not very good, one could see that she had put a lot of thought into it. The peony petals were gradient-colored, making them seem realistic and vibrant! “You’ve really done the embroidery beautifully. It almost matches the work of the embroiderers in the embroidery village.” She insincerely complimented. Cai Fei modestly said, “It’s not as good as what older sister is saying. My skill is just the most basic. The best embroiderers can embroider different patterns on both sides of a piece of cloth. Ah! One day, when I can learn that craft, then it would be really good!” The technique Fei’er mentioned was the well-known double-sided embroidery, the top-tier embroidery skill. Most people who have this skill work in the Palace’s Embroidery Bureau, and it is rarely seen among the common folk. Cai Wei found it strange. In such a closed and backward northern mountain village, there were very few who knew about double-sided embroidery. How would a small child like Fei’er know about such a high-end craft? “Who did you hear about double-sided embroidery from?” Cai Fei said, “Of course I heard it from mother!” After speaking, she seemed to remember something and said, “Right, Older sister went to fetch water, why did it take you so long to come back? Mother has been nagging about it. If Aunt Zhou hadn’t come to take mother away, she was going to go out and look for you!” “What did Aunt Zhou want with our mother?” Cai Wei was puzzled. Wasn’t Aunt Zhou supposed to stay home and attend to their noble guest? Upon hearing her sister’s inquiry, Cai Fei immediately became excited with curiosity and gossip, “Aunt Zhou’s house has visitors, who Brother Jiujin met on the mountain. According to Aunt Zhou, each of them is tall and strong, with apparent high status! Aunt Zhou ran out of tea and came to borrow some from mother, also having mother help with the cooking at her house!” Tea! Cai Wei clutched her chest and anxiously asked, “What kind of tea did mother bring over?” Fei’er pointed at the large bowl on the corner of the table, saying, “Our house doesn’t have any real tea, just the flower tea that Older Sister bought. Mother said that our flower tea tastes very good and those nobles would certainly like it, so she took some flower tea.”

Chapter 58 - 58 58 Cai Ping's Worries (2)_1

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