Chapter 37: Making Clothes for Him
"Not really. I thought that we would send the clothes we had sewn by ourselves to Brother Xu. Ye Qingshu shook his head and explained,
"First, this clothing is cheaper, and secondly, I have the intention of sewing it by hand. It's just that if you let the eldest sister make clothes for a man, I'm afraid you don't want to, and I'm afraid that the other party will misunderstand. ”
When Ye Qingyu heard this, he almost understood Ye Qingshu's words in a second, and gave a man a hand-sewn dress in modern times, this kind of behavior implies a bit of affection.
What's more, in ancient times, a woman's reputation was greater than the sky, and this kind of thing of making clothes for a man was very inappropriate, and there was even a suspicion of giving it to each other privately.
Ye Qingyu naturally couldn't directly say that she didn't mind at all in order to save money, and her reputation still had to be maintained, so she said,
"It's not important, when the time comes, I'll do it, you send it to him, just say it's our mother's doing.
You don't have to be afraid of me, I should just open the door and do business, and I don't make clothes for anyone.
I also took a lot of work to embroider purses, maybe my embroidered purses were bought by other men, is it possible that I also mind? ”
Ye Qingshu didn't expect the eldest sister to say this, and after being stunned for a moment, a smile appeared in her eyebrows, "What the eldest sister said is very true!" ”
"There is the embroidery workshop not far ahead, let's go there and buy fabrics." Ye Qingyu said.
Ye Qingshu naturally had no opinion.
The shopkeeper saw Ye Qingyu and Ye Qingshu coming in, and greeted her very warmly, "It seems that the girl has finished her errands, this is the eldest brother you are talking about, and at first glance he looks like a scholar." ”
"Yes, my eldest brother has been studying since he was a child, and he is very smart." Ye Qingyu praised the eldest brother with a smile, and said,
"Shopkeeper, I want to buy a few feet of silk cloth to make clothes, what colors do you have, show me it."
This kind of silk cloth is made of filament as warp, cotton or other yarn as weft, thick texture, clear texture, much better than coarse cloth, kudzu cloth.
But it is not as good as silk and satin, it is a medium-grade fabric, and the price is about half a tael of silver.
Ye Qingyu chose to buy this kind of fabric, and he also thought about it carefully, the price is not expensive or cheap, and it is cotton sweat-absorbing, which is very suitable for Xu Jingnan to wear.
"Wait a minute, do you want to make clothes for your eldest brother? There are a few young horses that are more suitable for a student like him. The shopkeeper said with a smile, turning around to pick up the goods from the container.
"Shopkeeper, I'm not doing it for my eldest brother, I'm going to give it to others." Ye Qingyu talked about Xu Jingnan's height and calm temperament.
Hearing this, the shopkeeper looked at her more, but didn't say anything else, but immediately fetched her a few dark-colored and atmospheric fabrics.
Ye Qingyu consulted his eldest brother's opinion, and finally chose a dark blue fabric, the texture on it was quite good-looking, and Ye Qingyu was quite satisfied.
Because Xu Jingnan was relatively tall, Ye Qingyu simply bought a zhang of cloth, thinking about the rest of the fabric, and was happy to make clothes for Xiaobao of the second aunt's family.
Subsequently, Ye Qingyu spent another thirty yuan to buy a five-foot cloth, which was bought for the second aunt, and now that the money is small, he can only buy the cheapest Ge cloth.
"Shopkeeper, do you have any unwanted rags here, very fine, you completely abandon the ones you don't want." After paying the money, Ye Qingyu asked again.
"Yes, there is, but you don't even have the value of splicing those rags together, and they don't cost enough needlework, what are you going to do?" The shopkeeper asked curiously.