The Qin and Huang families soon arrived in Jiaxing and joined the fleet. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Back on the ship to live, Qin Hanzhen didn't feel anything, but Niu and Mrs. Huang Jincheng were a little used to it. Along the way, they were also tired from the carriage, so they went back to rest. However, because the relationship between the two families is better now and not as good as before, the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law simply moved to the main ship of the Qin family and no longer went back to live on their original ship. In this way, during the cruise, they can also talk to Niu, Qin Hanzhen and others to relieve their boredom, instead of sitting on their own boat all day to pass the time.

The main ship of the Qin family is still quite large, and the Huang family's aunt and sister-in-law only occupy four or five cabins with a few girls and sisters-in-law who are accompanying them, which is just enough to live. Niu's is quite happy, she is chatting with Mrs. Huang Jincheng these days, and she is chatting very well. It would be too disappointing if you returned to the boat and took two separate boats and could no longer meet from time to time. Now the sister-in-law of the Huang family has moved in, which can be regarded as she wants.

Qin Hanzhen's mood was a little complicated, because Mrs. Huang Jincheng and the Niu family talked very happily, but the topics of conversation between women may not always be suitable for girls who have not left the cabinet to listen, so Huang Qingfang often went to talk to her. But in this way, it is not good for Zhao Mo to accompany her to practice calligraphy and learn painting.

Of course, Huang Qingfang is also a pleasant good girl, and Qin Hanzhen likes her quite a bit. Thinking that they haven't been together for so long, but Zhao Mo lives in Qin's house, are you afraid that you won't have a chance to meet? Qin Hanzhen sent a letter to Zhao Mo's side, compensating him, but persuaded him not to come over for the time being. The friendship between her and Zhao Mo is not constrained by etiquette, and it has something to do with their young age, but it is estimated that an ancient lady like Huang Qingfang may not be willing to be in the same room with a young man with a foreign surname.

What kind of mood Zhao Mo will be in after receiving the letter, Qin Hanzhen doesn't know. Since she has the heart to make friends with Huang Qingfang, when the two are together, of course, it is impossible to ask Huang Qingfang to accompany her to practice calligraphy and learn painting like she did with Zhao Mo. Qin Hanzhen chose a foolproof topic in the boudoir, and discussed with Huang Qingfang the batch of cotton cloth he bought in Songjiang before.

After the cotton cloth was transported to Jiaxing, it was sorted out by the housekeeper and stored on the ship carrying the goods. When he bought cotton cloth at that time, Qin Bai was to support the Ye family, but he didn't carefully select the color and type of cloth. Fortunately, Ye Xiucai was kind and honest, and the people he took him to were all time-honored brands with good faith and education, and the ones he bought were all kinds of high-quality muslin, some of which were also very valuable, more valuable than silk and satin. Such cotton cloth, even if the Qin family brings it back to Beijing and makes clothes for daily wear, it will not be rude.

Therefore, after Niu saw the pile of cloth, although he complained in his heart that Qin Bai did not ask her to pick it up, he did not object to his approach, and discussed with Qin Hanzhen that he would carefully read the fabrics batch by batch, divide one point, and make a few more sets of winter clothes for the New Year, and the new clothes after the spring next year will also be settled.

Qin Hanzhen thought of the cloth plates used by clothing designers and clothing factories in modern society, and it looked very convenient one by one, so he asked a few big girls to cut out a small piece of those Songjiang cotton cloths, as well as all kinds of silk fabrics that had been purchased from Suzhou, and nailed them together, just like a stack of cloth plates. She and Niu Shi wanted to discuss what clothes to make with these fabrics, and they only needed to take out the cloth plate for reference, and they didn't have to ask the girl to move the whole cloth to the cabin every time.

For those monochrome or small floral fabrics, you only need to cut a small piece of material half the size of a palm, and it is enough. However, for some materials with dark lines or jacquards, the intervals between the patterns are larger, and the size of one foot square must be cut out to clearly see the color of the material. Qin Hanzhen was worried at first that the size of these cloth plates was too uniform, but then he simply divided them into categories and nailed them to a stack, and the matter was solved.

Niu also praised Qin Hanzhen for coming up with this method very convenient, but there is one shortcoming: if you look at the whole piece of material, you want to know what the effect will be after the clothes are over, you only need to compare the material with people, and you will have a number; Niu's imagination is relatively poor, and he always feels that it is not as intuitive as the whole material, but it is really convenient and can be saved.

In the end, Niu decided to adapt to the new method, so as not to have to worry about moving the fabric from ship to ship.

The aunts and sisters-in-law of the Huang family are all from beautiful backgrounds, and in terms of taste and aesthetics, they are actually far better than Niu's. When they saw such an interesting thing, they couldn't help but come and help come up with an idea. Seeing this, Qin Hanzhen also came over to join in the fun. In fact, among those fabrics, there are a few horses that she has already taken a fancy to, and she is ready to make a few new clothes for her family, as well as Zhao Mo and herself, and she even has a draft of the style. She was bent on asking her grandmother Niu for the material, so that Niu didn't know, and decided where the material would go early, or gave it away, wouldn't she be in vain?

These Songjiang cloths, outside of Jiangnan, are not something that can be bought with money, and they are even less common in the capital. If Qin Hanzhen missed those few horses, could it be possible to go back to Songjiang and buy a few more horses of the same color?

Qin Hanzhen quickly told the Niu family about the material and plan he liked. The gray, blue, and bamboo-green materials are relatively wide in texture, but very soft to the touch, just for his grandfather Qin Bai to make a few winter and spring clothes; those few horses with slightly darker colors and with a group pattern of purple, burgundy, royal blue, honey color materials, are most suitable for Niu's; a few horses of different shades of blue monochrome fine fabric, as well as blue silk with dark lines, are very suitable for Qin Ping and Wu Shaoying to make clothes; there are a few ivory white, light blue, pine green, moon white and other slightly lighter colors, Brighter clothes, it's just right to make new clothes for Zhao Mo.

Zhao Mo has a silent temperament, he speaks little in front of the living, and his face is often a little depressed, which inevitably makes people feel gloomy, and he should dress brightly to reduce the depression on his body, maybe even his mood can get better.

The Niu family and the Huang family's sister-in-law were a little stunned when they heard her assignment. Huang Qingfang pursed her lips and asked her with a smile: "What about yourself? Which cloths are suitable for you?"

"Me?" Qin Hanzhen blinked. Oh, by the way, she almost forgot her share. She flipped through the cloth plates, and she had already decided: "I will also take a few pieces of fabric with a lighter color and few patterns to make home-style clothes." By the way, these two horses are blue cloth bought in Suzhou, right? It's quite distinctive, I don't know if my grandmother has thought about what to do with them? If not, make me a few chair supports, chair cushions, and pillows for the kang. Anyway, we also bought some cotton in Songjiang, which just came in handy. When I get back to the capital, I'll use these things to decorate my house. ”

Niu Shi smiled: "You saw these blue cloth that day and liked it, I said that this kind of cloth is not good to look at clothes, why don't you listen to it, I am still waiting to see how you make them into clothes and put them on, I didn't expect you to use them to make chairs and cushions and other gadgets? Why didn't you say it earlier?!"

Qin Hanzhen said with a smile: "Blue cloth is also very beautiful as clothes, it just depends on how to design and conceive." It's not that I don't plan to use them to make clothes, but I think there are more materials that can be used to make clothes, and this kind of blue cloth is more strong and wear-resistant, and it is the most suitable for making chair cushions and pillows. ”

In fact, she just thinks that with the aesthetics of the high-ranking families in the capital, it may not be able to accept this kind of clothes made of cloth with a strong local flavor......

Huang Qingfang took the cloth plate in Qin Hanzhen's hand, turned out the blue cloth and looked at it, and said with a smile: "In this way, it seems that such materials are really good to make mattresses, cushions or chairs." I also bought several pieces of blue fabric, the pattern is very beautifully printed, I heard that it is a Suzhou specialty, and it is rare to see it in other places, so I bought more. When I bought them back, I regretted it and didn't know what to do with them. If it is cut and made into a dress, it seems to destroy the beauty of the original picture. Now that I have listened to Hanzhen's words, I finally have a number in my heart. ”

She thought of doing it, and immediately ordered a girl to come with her, and when the boat docked, she would go back to their Huang family's boat, take a few pieces of blue cloth down, and take advantage of the fact that there was nothing to do during the boat, and first make a few thick cotton cushions or pillows, so that they could come in handy when they landed again and changed to a carriage.

Seeing this, Qin Hanzhen also smiled and assigned the same task to Qing Xing and the others. In fact, she would think of using these cloths to make chair cushions, pillows, or something, which also came to her when she was riding in a carriage. Since she hoped to find a way to alleviate the bumps in the carriage, and said that she wanted to make her life more comfortable, the easiest way to alleviate the fatigue of their journey under the premise that the carriage could not absorb the shock for the time being, was not to stuff some thick mattresses into the carriage?

It just so happened that she also remembered that when she returned to the capital next spring, the three of them would move into the Xinhou Mansion to live. She had never been to that house before, but she knew that she had an independent yard, so of course she had to find a way to make her place more comfortable. The hard pretending will definitely not be her turn to speak, she has long been supervised by her father, and the people in the government have made a decision. She can only work on soft furnishings.

The sofa can't be made, she can make thick cotton cushions to create a sofa effect. Pillows and pillows are essential, and the lighting at night should also be brighter. The bathroom facilities also need to be remodeled, I wonder if you can get a simple flush toilet or shower unit? In autumn and winter, it is best to spread a thick carpet on the indoor floor, so that you will not feel cold when you step on it barefoot. I don't know if the new house has a fire wall or something......

Qin Han really thought about it, and then he lost his mind. She has already begun to think about how to arrange her future residence so that she can live comfortably and comfortably. Maybe you still need to get some small "inventions and creations"? Go back to Zhao Mo and discuss it......