Chapter 177
"Girl, Miss Wang and Miss Fang are here." Lin Wan had just finished her etiquette class on Madam Bai, and was just hearing Madam Bai talk about gossip between aristocratic families in the capital, when she saw Dongxue coming in a hurry.
Miss Wang is Wang Siqi, Miss Fang is Fang Yuanyuan, Ye Zhan and Ye Shen have become a student of Sanyuan Academy. In Qian Feifei's words, the enthusiasm between these two girls and Lin Wan can only be expressed in the four words "by leaps and bounds".
Because the two sides live in front and back streets, the two places are very close to each other and are about the same age, the two girls come to Sanyuan Back Street to look for Lin Wan every now and then.
Qian Feifei didn't come often, and she only came twice, but she met these two little girls sticking to Lin Wan and saying the same thing.
In fact, it was okay for the two girls to come to Lin Wan. They just talk about food and clothing that the little girls were interested in, and then they just gossip about which student looks the best in Sanyuan Academy and which student has the best knowledge.
Of course, the two brothers of the Ye family are mentioned the most. Lin Wan is basically an audience every time. It is rare to say a few words when the two girls mentioned the knowledge of their two brothers, but it also inspired the two girls.
Since the little girl was here, even if Lin Wan was not so welcome, she could not really turn people out. She still had to cheer up and treat the guests. She hurriedly bowed to Madam Bai and greeted the two girls who were chirping like birds into the house, so as not to disturb Madam Bai's tranquility.
Lin Wan only realized after coming to Qingzhou Prefecture that this era does not seem to be as harsh as written in the novels in previous lives. At least in Qingzhou Prefecture, few families require women to "not go out of the door without going out of the door". Otherwise, let alone Qian Feifei, the daughter of a co-education, even a small family like Wang Siqi and Fang Yuanyuan, wouldn't be possible to come to Sanyuan Back Street to find Lin Wan from time to time.
Today, the two little girls came to ask Lin Wan to go out shopping. Lin Wan thought about it and agreed.
Time flies very quickly, and it has been almost a month since Ye Zhan and Ye Shen come to the city. The weather is getting colder and colder. Lin Wan knows that it will snow soon.
Although Chen and Wu must have made winter clothes and winter shoes for them early, Lin Wan knew that these clothes, shoes and socks must be made from cotton clothes, trousers and cotton shoes made by the countryside.
Although the Ye family is in good condition now, they are definitely using new cotton, so it is no problem to keep warm, but it looks a bit clumsy when worn on them. Lin Wan thought of going to the cloth shop or grocery store to see if she could buy suitable leather, and make some cold-proof jackets or cloaks for her brothers that are both cold-proof and not so bloated.
I don’t know if there is wool thread in this era. If there is one, it would be great. You can knit scarves, hats, gloves, sweaters, etc. for your brothers, but most of them are not available.
If there is one, even if Guilin Wan wants to buy some, she will buy some back. Anyway, she has the money and there are still a lot of them.
Dad Ye was afraid that the children would have a hard time in the city. Every time he returned to Houwu Village, he would give Lin Wan a sum of money, and every few days he would ask Jin Daman or Jin Xiaoman to deliver vegetables and rice to the city.
In this way, although there are eleven masters and servants in the courtyard in Sanyuan Back Street, there are not many places that really need to spend money. Now Lin Wan has at least three or four hundred taels of silver saved.
Lin Wan planned to choose some ordinary fur goods to make leather jackets for Ye Qing and his brothers, and then make two pairs of leather boots for each of them, so that even if it rains and snows, she would not get frostbite because of the wet shoes.
After walking around, I had no wool thread and bought a bunch of leather.
But when Lin Wan bought the skin back, she had to scratch her head.
She already knows how to make clothes, but the gap between the leather and the fabric is really not too big. It is really difficult to make the leather into the leather jacket and cloak she imagined, to be honest, with her current hand strength.
Dongxue is four years older than Lin Wan, and she is already twelve years old this year, but even if she is stronger than Lin Wan, Lin Wan feels it should be difficult to let Dongxue help make a fur coat.
When Madam Bai heard that Lin Wan had bought a lot of skins, she came over to see what was new, but saw Lin Wan in a daze at the pile of skins.
There are at least twenty pictures of this pile of skins. Except for the two black skins, they can't tell what kind of animal skin it is for a while. The others are either fox skin or wolf skin, but most of them are wolf skin.
Madam Bai just glanced at it and realized that neither fox fur nor wolf fur was a good product.
Just talking about the few fox furs, none of which are solid colors, are all mixed fur furs. Madam Bai, who has seen many good things in the palace, looks down on it. The only thing that makes Madam Bai thinks that she can still see is that the hair of these skins is still thick.
But after Madam Bai asked Lin Wan how much it cost in total, she was really surprised.
I thought that when a girl of Lin Wan was the age of buying skin, she might be killed. Unexpectedly, Lin Wan was not only not slaughtered, but the silver she spent was almost half lower than the estimated price of Madam Bai. Moreover, the two black skins were actually deer skins, and she had not asked Lin Wan to spend a penny. She was given to her by the hunter who sold furs.
These two deer skins should be made of nitrogen, so it was so ugly that even the knowledgeable Madam Bai could not recognize the skin of the animal at the beginning. It was not until she took it in her hand and looked carefully that it was deer skin.
Madam Bai grabbed the deer skin and pulled it hard, and found that the toughness was quite good.
This kind of deer skin is the best for boots. Lin Wan has found the treasure!
"What are the girls who have bought so much skin? "Madam Bai put down the deer skin in her hand, looked at Lin Wan, who was dazed at the fur with a smile, and asked.
"Wanwan wants to use fox fur to make fur coats or cloaks for her brothers, but Wanwan doesn't seem to be able to do this job." Lin Wan raised her hand holding the needle and thread and smiled bitterly at Madam Bai.
It was not until he tried to sew two pieces of fox fur or wolf fur together with the needle and thread that Lin Wan realized that she was too presumptuous.
Even if the fox fur is thin, it is still skin. How can it be sewn as easily as fabric?!
Madam Bai smiled. Although she had not been together for a long time with Lin Wan, she liked this smart, calm and self-sustaining girl one day more and more.
"This matter is not difficult, just leave it to me." Madam Bai couldn't see Lin Wan being embarrassed, so she took the initiative to take on this job.
Lin Wan was surprised and happy, but she was really embarrassed. After all, Madam Bai was not a slave, but her tutoring Madam, and she just needed to teach her to learn etiquette well.
"This... is so troublesome to the nanny. Otherwise, I'd better send it to the processing workshop to process it." Lin Wan said with some uncertainty as she looked at the pile of skins.
I always feel sorry for asking Madam Bai to do such a thing.
Madam Bai smiled and patted Lin Wan and said, "Don't worry, girl. This is really not a difficult matter. I just want to ask two people to envoys."
Madam Bai didn't want to take care of her. Seeing that the weather was getting colder, the earlier she did it, the better. She would no longer be as wronged as she did in the royal palace as she used to do the work that was all night long. She would have to pull Dongxue and Aunt Qian to do it together.
It is not difficult to use leather to make clothes, whether it is making a jacket or a cloak, as long as you master the tips of needlework.
Madam Bai carefully looked through the skins, discussed with Lin Wan based on her own experience, and finally decided to make a cloak for Ye Qing and his three brothers, and make a fur coat for Ye Qing and Ye Zhan respectively.
Because there are not many fox skins, there are probably not much leftover fox skins for the three Ye Qing brothers. According to Madam Bai's intention, it is probably only enough to make two hand warmers.
Wolf skin is enough to make a jacket for Dad Ye, Chen, Ye Damin and Wu.
Lin Wan didn't plan to make a fur coat for herself, but she also wanted to make a pair of deer leather boots for herself, which are both warm and convenient for going out in snowy days.
Madam Bai praised Lin Wan in her heart. She was a sensible and filial child, but she did not show any of it.
Madam Bai was a decisive person. Since she decided to take over this matter, she picked up Dongxue and went back to her house without saying a word. Then she asked Dongxue to find Aunt Qian, and the three of them divided the work and started the work that day.
Lin Wan wanted to help, but was shot out by Madam Bai. No matter what Lin Wan's background was, she was the master in Madam Bai's eyes.
If it weren't for the meals made by Aunt Qian, it wouldn't be comparable to Lin Wan, Madam Bai wouldn't agree to Lin Wan's three meals a day no matter what!
Chapter completed!