Civilian Edition Traveling Farming Diary

It was raining heavily today, and it was impossible to go out, and the thunder and lightning were particularly terrifying.It was the most terrible heavy rain that I have experienced in this world.

The weather was not cold, I stood in front of the study window thinking about our future plans, while Chen Xiang lit the lamp and tried to make bags in front of the table. He told Qingping about the idea of ​​the bags, and Qingping helped him design several This pattern, I think it is quite beautiful, they made the bag into several shapes such as bucket bag, dumpling bag and so on.

What Chen Xiang has to do now is to find a way to make these bags, and find a suitable material for making bags. Now there are leather, but the leather dyeing technology is very poor, or it is almost impossible to make soft and beautiful leather.

But if the bag wants to be crisp, it needs to use a stronger material. Chen Xiang thought for a long time, and finally decided to try it by referring to the method of layered bottom. It is really laborious, and he is trying this now.

I'm thinking about the activities of Qixi Festival. The traditional festival is after the Dragon Boat Festival. Qixi Festival is a very romantic festival. I plan to do a romantic blind date meeting, including a dance and a costume show. Everyone must wear a mask to participate. Mask Bring your own, haha, but don’t worry, there are still small shops to buy masks, such as the grocery store.

Clothing, this is the most important thing for me, because I want Chen Xiang's clothing store to stand out in this exhibition.

Clothes, of course, have to be fairy-like and cater to the theme of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. I am now searching for clothes styles in my mind. The characters in those fairy tale movies in the past popped up in my mind one by one, and I don’t recall their faces. , just focus on their clothes.

I said to Chen Xiang: "Ah Xiang, I have been paying attention to the land outside the city for the past two days. Let's go buy some land and grow crops tomorrow."

Chen Xiang paused at the work, and asked, "Why do you suddenly think of buying land?"

I said: "I have read some books on etiquette in the past two days, and I learned that...there will be a three-year national mourning period. During the three years, the whole country is not allowed to have any entertainment activities, nor can it live extravagantly, that is to say, for three years. We will no longer be able to hold poetry ceremonies and other activities, nor can we sell gorgeous clothes and bags, and we need to live in a low-key way, and I’m afraid it will be difficult to live on my five taels of silver per month.”

"And there has been a history of turmoil in the new emperor's ascension to the throne. If unfortunately we catch up, all our wealth will be damaged when the war breaks out. After thinking about it, everything may be lost, but the land will not. As long as we have land and plant crops, we will always have a way to survive."

Chen Xiang put down the needle and thread in his hand, and said, "You really think a lot, I don't think it will be so bad, just change..."

I shook my head, I don't know why I always have a bad feeling in my heart, I don't want to say more about this, but Chen Xiang didn't object, although he didn't think things would be that bad, but he agreed that land is the most important asset.

The harvest is good now, and the land price is not expensive. You can buy one mu for about one tael of silver. I plan to buy fifty mu.

I can't grow anything else this season, I plan to plant beans all over.

Qixi Festival must be put on the agenda. I plan to ask Chen Xiang to find more people and make some clothes.

The design draft is still my first draft, because it is much easier to put the image in my head into writing than to let these ancient people imagine it by themselves.

Chen Xiang is always worried about his lack of inspiration and not being able to design beautiful clothes. I told him not to rush, and he will gradually get inspired by seeing more, doing more and participating.

The Runbi is no longer Cui Changyu, but Qingping. The design drawings she and Chen Xiangcou researched together always have the tenderness of a woman and a brother in them, which Cui Changyu, a rough guy, can't draw.

Sometimes I think that Cui Changyu likes Qingping so much, probably because of the talent in her bones to be able to get along with him and become friends with each other. A woman with a mature and deep appearance at a young age.

This era always requires women to be gentle and virtuous, to behave well, and to cultivate women's morals and etiquette. A woman who has been educated successfully is like a young lady, but after all, she lacks a little vitality. How can she compete with those lively and charming women? What about cute girls, so there is always a saying that a wife is not as good as a concubine.

If I were the young lady, I would have taken the initiative to reconcile with Cui Changyu long ago, but when Chen Xiang and I gossiped, Chen Xiang was very puzzled. He felt that his husband's family could treat each other with courtesy, so why should we reconcile? So outrageous.

Look, this is the difference between us. Chen Xiang is also a little brother who was born and bred and was poisoned by feudal dogma. Poor man, I may not be able to change the foundation of the education he received since he was a child, which is deeply rooted in his heart, but I I will love him, respect him, be single-minded, never have a second heart, and use my civilized education to bring him the warmth that is rare in this era.

Speaking of clothes, Chen Xiang still decided to ask Xiangzhi and Sister-in-law Fen for help. I have no objection, these two are really good at work.

I told Chen Xiang that if they open a shop in the future, they must clearly determine their work tasks and wages. They can't just hand over money to others like wedding clothes. There are no embroiderers all over the world with such high wages. , No one can afford to hire them all the time.

Chen Xiang stuck out her tongue and said, "I know, it's because Miss Wang gave me a lot of money. Usually, if I sell clothes, I can't sell them at this price!"

It's fine if you're not stupid.

The rain outside the window became heavier, the thunder roared, and the trees were bent by the strong wind. I closed the window, and Chen Xiang stopped making bags. The house was too dark, and my eyes would not be able to bear it.

So what should two people do when they have nothing to do at home?

I expressed my confusion that I hadn't had time to say all this time: "Ah Xiang, why is that little bellyband missing? I haven't found it after searching for a long time."

Chen Xiang blushed all of a sudden, and said stiffly: "How do I know, you must have thrown it away when you packed it up!"

Me: "It shouldn't be! I remember I washed it and hung it in the yard, and then it disappeared."

Chen Xiang: "That means being blown away by the wind."

I spread my hands and pretended to be helpless and said: "There is no other way, Ah Xiang, you have to make a new one. Miss Wang had a lot of fabric left over from her wedding dress last time, and she doesn't want it. I think it's better to make a light green one." of?"

Chen Xiang shook his head straight: "No, I don't want to wear that thing!"

Me: "Then make a dark green one."

Chen Xiang: "I said I don't want to wear it!"

I smiled slightly, turned around and took out a small red bellyband from the cabinet and put it on the table.

Chen Xiang was taken aback, and blurted out: "Impossible, I clearly hid it in... Huh..."

I quietly watched his face change again and again, yes, this is not his one.

"Where is it hidden?"

"..."

I picked up the little bellyband and said, "Ah Xiang is not good, he has learned to hide things and deceive people."

Chen Xiang took two steps back, and said bravely, "Where did you get it, which girl should it be?"

I clicked my tongue and said, "I have learned to be jealous."

Then I turned around and took out two small bellybands, one light green and one dark green...

Chen Xiang: "..."

"I made it myself. Although the stitches are rough and not too strong, it doesn't affect the use. Come on, Ah Xiang, show me one by one. I'll see which color you look best in."

Chen Xiang yelled no and ran away, haha, how could he run faster than me, I caught him easily and threw him on the bed, I bit his ear and asked, "Ah Xiang, do you know why I made a bellyband?"

Chen Xiang replied without hesitation: "Because you are perverted!"

"No", I threw three small bellybands to his face and said, "It's to tell you to give up struggling, no matter what, your man will never let you wear them without a small bellyband!"

With three small aprons, Chen Xiang cried four times, how many times did each apron cry on average?