This was the first time for the three children to eat white rice. The feeling of chewing the fragrant rice particles in their mouths seemed to open up a whole new world.
It turned out that the rice could be so chewy, the slightly yellowed rice crackers could be so fragrant, and paired with Chu Yue's homemade sauce, the children couldn't stop eating.
Watching several people eating, Chu Yue reached out to collect the bowls, but was stopped by Lu Xinghe.
"I'll come, you go inside and do your work."
Seeing him put all the bowls in his hands, Chu Yue had no use for them, so she turned around and went to the main room.
"Mom, in the near future, can you make me some more little bundles like those you sewed last time that can be tied to my belly?"
Yun Cuihe stopped what she was doing and looked at Chu Yue.
"What? Are you giving it away again?"
Chu Yue smiled, "This time it's not a gift, it's a sale. Miss Shen used the warm palace bag I gave her and said it was very effective, so she recommended it to her sisters and said she would buy it with me."
"Ah! There is such a good thing." Yun Cuihe stopped embroidering the handkerchief. She put the half-embroidered handkerchief into the sewing basket, then got up and went to the house to find cloth, "I made clothes for you before. There isn't much cloth left, I can make six or seven at most. If it's not enough, you can go to town and buy some more cloth next time."
"Mom, help me make it first. If it's not enough by then, we'll buy some more."
She was not very good at needlework, so she could only do some work on the side, cutting cloth and so on. The stitches on the purse she made for Lu Xinghe before were uneven, but fortunately, he didn't mind it and kept hanging it on his waist.
Yun Cuihe took out the cloth from the house.
"Are you going to do embroidery this time?"
"Last time it was a gift, so it was more delicate. This time it's just a simple embroidery. It doesn't need to be as complicated as the last time. Don't bother me."
Yun Cuihe glanced at her and said, "You kid, you can't speak. When has the money you earned not been used by our family?"
Chu Yue smiled, and then her thoughts changed.
"Mom, let's not start in a hurry." She took the cloth from Yun Cuihe's hand, spread it out on the chair and gestured, "What we made before was a package that can be used once, that is to say, it is tied After a period of time, the medicine is useless after the effect wears off. It costs both fabrics and embroidery work. Let’s do it today. Do you think it’s okay to separate the outer binding from the medicine bag? The outer binding can be made more delicate. After it is done, sew four ropes up and down the inside to tie the medicine bag, so that the customer only needs to change the medicine bag every time.”
Yun Cuihe knew Chu Yue's thoughts as soon as she heard it, and immediately praised, "Yueyue's idea is very good. The medicine bag on the inside only needs stitches on all sides to be straight, and there is no need for embroidery, which saves a lot of effort."
"Yes, I am also making plans for the future. Today, Miss Shen also asked me if I have any idea of opening a medical clinic in the town. However, the revenue is not good now, so I don't dare to start. If I open a medical clinic by myself in the future, If so, these medicine kits can also be sold together."
She said, looking at Yun Cuihe.
"Does Mom think it's not good for girls to be in public? If Mom minds, I don't have to open this medical clinic."
Yun Cuihe held Chu Yue's hand.
"Thanks to you, our family can have the good life we have today. Mom is not that pedantic. You can do whatever you want. If you need your help, just tell her."
When Chu Yue heard this, a smile broke out on her face.
"My mother said this herself. Please don't trouble me in the future."
Yun Cuihe smiled and joked, "Sure, I gave you steps and you really climbed up the ladder."
"That's right, my mother has already handed me the ladder, do I still have to step on it to knock it over?" After Chu Yue finished speaking, she continued to tidy up the cloth on the chair.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finalized the design of the warm palace bag in the room, and Yun Cuihe began to make it.
While Yun Cuihe was cutting cloth, after Chu Yue prepared the medicinal materials to be put into the medicine bag, she took the bowl and started pounding the medicine.
Lu Xinghe heard the conversation between the two of them clearly while washing dishes outside the house.
After washing the dishes, he didn't go into the house right away. Instead, he went out to Lu Dagui's house, but he came back soon. Seeing that Chu Yue was having difficulty mixing the medicine, he hurriedly stepped forward and took the medicine bowl from her hand and started working.
"Ms. sir, you'd better read a book. I'll make the medicine myself." Chu Yue squatted aside and said.
Lu Xinghe's movements did not stop.
"You don't want your hands on these big packets of medicine?"
Chu Yue pursed her lips and said, "Then it's up to you to stir it up, and I'll make another medicine."
While the others were busy, Lu Yufang came to the house and looked surprised at the busy family.
"Are you all busy?"
Chu Yue hummed and said while using a small shovel to stir-fry the medicinal materials in the small pot, "Someone ordered a few medicine packages with me, and then they all started working. Yufang sat down to warm up the fire first, and then I will finish it." When the medicine is ready, I will come and talk to you."
"We are all so familiar, so there is no need to accommodate me. How about I come to help you?" Smelling the strong smell of medicinal herbs in the room, Lu Yufang felt comfortable all over. "How about I come to help you?"
Chu Yue shook her head, "No need, I can't control the heat of the medicinal materials. How is your embroidery skill? Why don't you go help my mother sew the medicinal bag."
"It works." Lu Yufang smiled and walked in the direction of Yun Cuihe, "Third Aunt, how should this medicine bag be sewn?"
Yun Cuihe took out an unsealed medicine bag and said, "It's just like this one."
"Hey, okay."
Lu Yufang picked up the cloth bag and looked at it carefully, and then started to work.
Although her embroidery skills are not as good as Yun Cuihe's, she is much better than Chu Yue. At least she can sew a medicine bag without any problem.
In a short while, the two of them sewed six medicine bags and made the remaining two longer square pieces of cloth into straps. However, she did not participate in the embroidery work and left it all to Yun Cuihe.
At this time, Chu Yue's medicine had been prepared, and only the medicine in Lu Xinghe's bowl was still being pounded.
Lu Yufang asked while helping her, "Has Yueyue received the medicine package business now?"
Chu Yue hummed, "It just happened by chance, so I gave it as a gift. People said it was useful, so they wanted to buy it from me. It's not too much."
"It's really good." Lu Yufang looked at Chu Yue with envy. After a moment, she mustered up the courage to speak, "Yueyue, can I study medicine with you? I don't want to learn how much skill I can recognize. It’s enough to earn a little money from medicinal materials and take care of the family.”
Chu Yue glanced at her, "Grandpa, fourth uncle and fourth aunt, do you agree?"
Lu Yufang nodded hurriedly.
"Nai told me a while ago that she agrees with whatever I want to do." She said, leaning close to Chu Yue's ear and lowering her voice, "It seems that my father has the final say in the family, but in fact he also listens to me." Yes, as for my parents, there is nothing to say, they all listen to my grandparents."
All in all, the mother has the final say in matters at home.
