Chapter 29 - 29 29 Try Your Best to Bluff_1
29: Chapter 29: Try Your Best to Bluff_1 29: Chapter 29: Try Your Best to Bluff_1 Zhulan did not go to the main house, maintaining her persona.
She took the dough and eggs and turned back to her room.
Lady Li would bring the dumpling soup when it was ready.
Zhulan increasingly felt that becoming a mother-in-law directly wouldn’t be too bad.
Back in her room, Zhulan saw her daughter feeling the pieces of fabric, smiling like the big bad wolf.
“Does Babe like these fabrics?”
The little girl earnestly nodded, “Mom, these fabrics feel so nice and smooth, better than what they sell in the county town.”
Zhulan agreed.
The fabrics from the south were indeed better than those from the north, and her daughter had a good eye.
“Babe has been learning needlework for over a year now, Mom will entrust your brothers’ fabrics to you.”
The little girl waved her hands in panic, “Mom, I can’t do it, I won’t succeed.”
Zhulan understood the girl’s thoughts.
It was normal in ancient times to patch and mend clothes for years, the girl did not dare waste the fabric.
Zhulan remembered that her progenitor had presentable clothing not just because of favorable conditions, but mainly due to her family’s connections.
Her eldest nephew, who worked as a courier, would always buy some when he found a good deal, especially fabrics from his trips to the south.
That’s why her progenitor never lacked fabric.
But this was only the case in her progenitor’s family.
Most families in the village could not afford to make even a single set of clothes in a year; a piece of fabric was considered a decent gift for visiting relatives and friends.
Zhulan hugged her daughter, “Mom believes you can do it, Babe.
You are the most skillful child Mom has ever seen.”
The little girl felt somewhat elated by the praise.
Zhulan persisted, “Mom really looks forward to wearing clothes made by Babe, they must be the best Mom has ever worn.”
The little girl had never faced such a situation, her head heated up in the moment, “Mom, leave the clothes to me!”
Zhulan didn’t feel the slightest bit of guilt for encouraging the little girl, “These two pieces are for your third and fourth brothers.
Take them and let your sister-in-law guide you.
Don’t worry, with your sister-in-law here, learn well before making clothes for Mom.
Mom’s not in a hurry.”
Xue Han, “….”
She felt like her mom didn’t have much confidence in her either.
She also felt a bit sorry for her two brothers!
Zhulan looked at the light-colored fabric intended for her daughter, feeling a pinch of conscience, “Your sister-in-law will make your clothes for you.
Her craftsmanship is excellent.
Mom wants Babe to look beautiful.”
Xue Han, “….Right.”
Zhulan sent her daughter away and tidied up the fabric, ready to take a nap.
She didn’t know how long she had slept when the sound of rain woke her up.
When she opened her eyes, she was face to face with Zhou Shuren, a little dazed by their closeness.
Zhou Shuren opened his eyes too, “Awake?”
Zhulan sat up, “When did you come back?
Where’s Wu Chun?”
Zhou Shuren had sat for too long at noon and was too tired to move.
“He’s chatting in third brother’s room.”
Zhulan hummed in agreement, listening to the rain worriedly.
The book only mentioned a rainstorm, but this rain was pattering down like it was pouring.
Zhou Shuren, “There’s something wrong with this rain.”
Definitely!
Zhulan didn’t hide it either and shared the plot details with Zhou Shuren, “I’m glad I remember.”
Zhou Shuren’s eyes were especially bright, “Now that the plot has changed, it means this is a real world, where everything can be altered.”
Zhulan smiled too, “Right.”
Having arrived in ancient times, the heavy burden that had weighed on their hearts was finally moved aside.
They had been fearing the protagonist’s halo, but now they felt much lighter.
Houses in ancient times were dim to begin with; with the rainstorm outside, visibility was low, not to mention inside the house—it was as if it were night, and the sound of the rain was unsettling.
Zhulan said pensively, “Fortunately, we repaired the roof this spring, otherwise, it would definitely be leaking.”
Zhou Shuren also felt relieved, “We’ll be staying in this yard for a year or two.
Let’s change the roof to tile in a few days!”
Zhou Shuren laughed, “This rainstorm really gives us a good reason.”
Zhulan laughed as well, her thoughts wandering to the Wang family, and her laughter grew even more joyous.
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