Poor Lady - Chapter 72

“Rong, I want to travel far, and there is something wrong with the shop in Liancheng.” Jin Yun said to Qi Surong.

“What’s wrong?” Qi Surong asked worriedly.

“It’s hard to say the specific situation, you have to go and see for yourself.”

“How long will it take?”

“If there is no accident, you can come back in ten days and a half months.”

While helping him change his clothes, Qi Surong said warmly, “Be careful on the road, I’ll wait for you to come back.”

“Yeah.” Gu Jinyun looked at her with an expression, if he didn’t care that her body was not suitable for long journeys, he really wanted to take her with him.

“Aren’t you reluctant to part with my wife?” Qi Surong hugged his waist, raised her head and smiled at him.

Gu Jinyun nodded honestly.

“Little Biesheng is newly married. It’s only half a month, and it will be over soon.”

“We are newly married now and don’t want to say goodbye.”

“Hey.” Qi Surong pinched his ear and teased, “Who told you to be busy? You should train more right-hand men.”

“Trustworthy people are hard to find.” Gu Jinyun grabbed her hand and played with it.

“That’s true.” Qi Surong leaned in his arms, “Unfortunately I’m a woman, so I can’t share it for you.”

“If you are a man, I will be troubled.”

“Haha.” Qi Surong was overjoyed.

The two are about to part, and it is inevitable that the night will be extremely lingering and inseparable.

Three days later, Gu Jinyun went out dressed up, and the business in the capital was temporarily left to Gu Yufeng to take care of.

Qi Surong was a little worried about Gu Jinyun’s safety, and quietly sent a letter to the Digital Gang, asking them to send someone to pay attention to the safety of Jinyun and his party.

Jin Yun had only been gone for two or three days, and she was worried, and she couldn’t sleep well at night. To divert her attention, she set about preparing the embroidery promised to Aroba’s envoys. It is a little difficult for Qi Surong to produce two or three finished products every year. Her energy is limited, and she can’t just focus on embroidery for a year, and don’t care about anything else. Qi Surong plans to hire a few embroidered maids from Jiangnan with outstanding embroidery skills, with a little adjustment – teaching should be able to take care of herself. Double-sided embroidery was originally developed in the south of the Yangtze River, but Qi Surong integrated the experience of later generations and innovated more exquisite embroidery art in advance. However, Xiu Niang’s character needs time to be tested. In the past two years, Qi Surong needs to do it herself.

The training of the servants of the Gu family has been going on for more than two months. Even though there are some complaints, but with generous rewards ahead, their performance is remarkable. After all the new clothes are ready, the training will be over.

On the day when the new clothes were distributed, all the people in the Gu family were in high spirits, just like the Chinese New Year, because Qi Surong sent eight sets with one hair, two sets each for spring, summer, autumn and winter. Whether it’s the texture, color or cut of the clothes, it’s all good. This made Father Gu and the brothers and sisters of the Gu family jealous. How come everyone has new clothes to change, but they don’t have one? Daughter-in-law, we can’t treat you differently!

“Dad, don’t worry, how could your daughter-in-law forget you?” Qi Surong held the two sets of ready-to-wear to Gu Chang, and smiled, “I asked the old tailor who made your clothes before to see if they fit? “

Father Gu immediately smiled.

Then, Qi Surong gave two more sets to his uncle.

“Me too?” Gu Yufeng pointed at himself, his face full of surprise.

“Of course, how can you favor one over the other?”

“Shuangshuang, and Shuangshuang!” Shuangshuang raised his hands and shouted eagerly.

Qi Surong pinched her face: “Didn’t Shuangshuang already have several sets of new clothes? But they were all sewed for you by my sister-in-law. Don’t you like it?”

“I like it.” Shuangshuang nodded again and again, but still looked at his father and second brother greedily.

“Little greedy bastard.” Qi Surong whispered, “If Shuangshuang wears new clothes every day, then father and brother will be sad. Do you want to see them sad?”

Shuangshuang shook his head quickly, and said around his fingers, “Shuangshuang doesn’t need new clothes.”

“Good boy.” Qi Surong patted her head admiringly.

Both laughed happily.

Gu Chang and Gu Yufeng looked at them with a smile.

In addition to taking care of his family, Qi Surong did not forget his parents. It was almost late autumn and the weather turned cold. Qi Surong sewed two sets of autumn clothes and sent them to them, and bought some supplements by the way.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, but Gu Jinyun did not return as scheduled, but only sent a letter to tell the family that it would probably be delayed for a while before returning.

Qi Surong was worried in her heart, so she could only instruct him in her reply, hoping that he would come back soon, and asked the messenger to send him two sets of autumn clothes.

“Father, a few young ladies will be visiting the house in a few days. Surong wants to entertain them.” Qi Surong said to Gu Chang.

“Okay, you treat me well. When exactly, I happened to be going out as a visitor.”

“Two days later.”

“Well, I’ll take that kid Yufeng out too, so that he won’t disturb Jiao Ke.”

“It’s not necessary, my uncle is also of marriageable age…” Qi Surong seemed to be pointing.

Gu Chang suddenly realized: “Yes, yes, yes! Hahaha… I’ll leave it to you. You young people communicate more, don’t pay attention to me.”

Saying so, he walked away happily.

Qi Surong smiled and shook her head, her father-in-law really thought she was going to introduce someone to Yu Feng face to face? That was too abrupt, at most let him take a few glances from a distance.

The ladies invited this time included famous ladies and daughters from wealthy families. They were quite curious about the gifts that Queen Aroba gave her, so they decided to meet up to see the treasures.

It is rare for this group of coquettish guests to take the initiative to meet, and Qi Surong will not refuse, and arranges people to prepare one day in advance.

On that day, all the daughters arrived as scheduled, and the maids respectfully led them to the flower hall.

The flower hall is elegantly furnished, and the hanging beads at the door sway gently in the wind, making bursts of crisp sounds. There are vines entwined on the panes, flowers are clustered, and an incense burner is placed in each corner of the room.

Instead of the usual ottomans, tables and chairs, the flower room is filled with upholstered lacquer cases with small cups and delicate snacks.

The ladies took their seats one by one, and the maids respectfully stepped forward to pour tea, smiling, and their movements were steady, and the tea was not splashed at all. Uniform clothing, pale pink color, quite eye-catching.

All the coquettish guests originally thought that the Gu family was just a businessman’s family. Before coming here, they were a little careless. Now that they see the dress and manners of these maids, they are all well-behaved, and they can’t help but be a little more serious and happy. After all, whether the host attaches great importance to the guests can be seen from a few details.

This kind of small gathering doesn’t have much red tape. After a few words of greetings, Qi Surong said, “It’s rare that the weather is sunny today. How about drinking a cup of tea before we appreciate the treasures?”

“Of course, I will listen to Madam’s arrangement.” The spoiled guests replied with a smile. Several of them have only heard of Qi Surong’s name for a long time and have never seen him. Now that he can see him, aside from other things, it is quite admirable for his appearance and attire.

Qi Surong ordered the tea utensils to be set up one by one. A woman in her mid-thirties bowed out and bowed to everyone, and then sat on the cushion at the back. After cleaning her hands, she began to make tea.

Most of the rich and noble people like to drink tea, so the tea ceremony is very popular. They are commonplace and do not find it unusual. Naturally, Qi Surong wouldn’t use the tea ceremony to raise his own worth, otherwise he would be slapped with an axe, which would be laughable and generous.

It’s just that the tea she uses is the only clear mist tea in the world, and the water she uses to make the tea is the Yunwu Ice Spring. Qi Surong was usually reluctant to drink, and the remaining few taels are now used to entertain these coquettish guests. Although it is distressing, it is worth it. After all, this is the first time she has officially received a well-known female guest since she married into the Gu family.

While waiting, the charming guests chat and laugh with each other, which is mostly a topic of some girls’ homes. Qi Surong is good at observing words and expressions, adjusting the atmosphere in a timely manner, and trying his best to take care of everyone’s emotions. Often a sentence or two can make people happy.

As the ice spring boiled, a faint scent of tea filled the flower hall.

The Qingwu tea is ready, and the maids pour it out for the guests one by one.

Just smelling the tea aroma makes people feel refreshed. They may not be able to tell the pros and cons, but they can also feel the difference of this tea.

Several people wanted to inquire about the name of the tea, but out of respect, they did not ask. Qi Surong is just a businessman’s wife. If she can afford tea, who can’t afford it? When I get home, I will try to buy more kinds of tea, and I can always find out which kind of tea it is, so I won’t be rude next time. It’s a pity that they are destined to be disappointed. Before the Gu family’s tea garden was built, Qingwu tea could not be bought at all, and the one they drank was even more excellent.

After the tea tasting, the main play was finally staged. Qi Surong said with a smile, “I am fortunate to receive a gift from Queen Aroba. I don’t want to treasure it myself, so I will show it to you now.”

All the women were looking forward to it.

Qi Surong clapped her hands, and several maids filed in with five gift boxes, neatly placed the gift boxes, took off the box cover, and stepped back to the side.

The five treasures are colorful, not only beautiful in shape, but also auspicious.

The crowd couldn’t help but get up, got close to watch it, exclaimed in amazement, and commented enthusiastically. In the end, he was even more envious of Qi Surong.

Qi Surong smiled and accepted everyone’s half-truths compliments, neither humble nor arrogant.

“Mrs. Gu’s single-handed embroidery skills are truly unparalleled in the world, and even Queen Aroba is so sought after.” A female guest suddenly asked, “The little girl is quite interested in embroidery, I wonder if Madam can give me some pointers?”

“Ms. Wang is interested in this, and I will welcome it. If you have time, you can come to the mansion to chat and exchange ideas at any time.”

“Thank you so much for that, and I hope Madam will give me some advice.” Miss Wang smiled meaningfully.

When others heard the words, they also expressed their desire to ask Qi Surong to “please teach me”.

Qi Surong nodded in agreement. She never knew their minds, she just wanted to learn some skills from her, and she might be able to embroider amazing embroidery in the future. In fact, each embroidery method has its own characteristics. If you specialize in one, you can achieve something. Double-sided embroidery is not superior to other embroidery, but these ladies probably don’t have the patience. In the last life, Qi Surong had no choice but to study embroidery skills in order to make a living. It was a pity that she was poor at that time, and even the best embroidery could not sell for high prices.

After admiring the treasures, Qi Surong took the girls to go to the garden again. The autumn color was thick and the chrysanthemums were blooming gorgeously, which made the garden very lively.

While the girls were admiring the flowers, Gu Yufeng was watching secretly not far away. I saw a group of young women chatting and laughing in the garden, which is really more delicate than Huahua.

His eyes swept over each woman, subconsciously comparing them to his sister-in-law. Hmm… this is not tall enough… this is too rich… this temperament is too vulgar…

“Tsk, why is there no one comparable to sister-in-law?” Gu Yufeng shook his head and pouted, “Forget it, don’t look at it, let’s play with both.”

Qi Surong raised her head and saw Gu Yufeng turned away. Not only was she wondering, isn’t there any woman around her who can catch her eye?

At dusk, all the girls were very happy, and they all said goodbye and left, and Qi Surong smiled and said goodbye. The meeting ended without any surprises, and it was a successful start. As expected, the previous training was not in vain. From the change in the attitude of this group of female guests, one or two can be noticed. Presumably in the future, if I invite them to come as guests, they will not refuse. This is enough.