She went to the "Feng Ya Cloth Shop" and bought two bolts of fine white cotton cloth. She planned to sew all of the baby's undergarments with the most expensive fine white cotton cloth in Zhong City.
Besides, summer was coming, and Ah Yao and her undergarments would need to be changed into two new sets.
Therefore, Su Shuiche ordered the shopkeeper to buy three bolts under the envious gazes of the surrounding people.
She had just handed in the embroidery and received five taels of silver. She planned to use it to prepare for the baby.
Before she came, she had specifically asked Aunt Lao about the miscellaneous items needed during the birth and after the birth.
This included the clothes, shoes, socks, swaddling clothes, and diapers that the baby would need after birth.
"Madam, look at this. This is a new piece of fabric from our shop. It is said that it came from overseas.
As for the price, if Madam likes it, I will definitely give Madam the best price. "
The shopkeeper already knew Su Shuiche.
He knew that she liked to choose fine, comfortable, and breathable fabrics, so he had already ordered the shop assistant to bring in a few bolts of new fabric from the back hall.
"Fine hemp?" Su Shuiche didn't have to touch it with her hands to identify the material of the fabric.
"Madam recognizes it?" The shopkeeper was surprised.
Thinking of this fine hemp, his cloth shop was the first to get it. Other shops shouldn't have sold it yet.
"I have seen it in a book before." Su Shuiche explained with a smile.
In the past, many of her clothes were made of this fine hemp fabric.
However, silk and cotton were also added to it, so it was much more delicate and soft than the current pure hemp fabric.
"Hehe, Madam has good eyesight. It is indeed fine hemp.
Feel it. Although it is not as soft as fine cotton, it is breathable.
Seeing that the weather is getting hot, would Madam like to try it at home? "The shopkeeper smiled as he looked at Su Shuiche and suggested.
Although she didn't know which family these two people were from, ever since they came to her cloth shop to buy a few bolts of fabric a year ago, they would come back every once in a while.
Most of the time, such as before the New Year, she would buy them in batches. When she had less, she would only buy a few feet of fine white cotton cloth.
The shopkeeper had been careful. This madam looked young, and unlike other women who would drag their feet for two to four hours, the clothes she chose were often the most comfortable, and the prices were relatively more expensive.
Therefore, when he saw her come in to choose cloth, the shopkeeper had the shop assistant go into the back hall and take out the few bolts of fine linen that had just been brought in last night and hadn't had time to properly arrange them and put them on the rack for sale.
"Alright.
In that case, I'll have to trouble the shopkeeper to help me stretch out these colors by five feet. "Su Shuiche nodded with a smile.
She chose three colors: navy blue, pink purple, and light yellow. Navy blue should be very suitable for Ah Yao. She decided to make him an outerwear suitable for summer.
Fen Zi, on the other hand, planned to make it for herself.
If the fine linen cloth was made into a set of high-waisted skirt with wide sleeves and short lapels, it should be very cooling. Moreover, the skirt was loose enough to completely cover the protruding belly.
As for the soft light yellow, she was going to sew a set of Luohan clothes of different sizes for the baby.
In addition, she chose several feet of bright and lively thick cotton cloth to make swaddling clothes of different thicknesses for the baby before the baby's confinement.
As a matter of fact, she bought a total of six bolts of cloth by five feet.
When it was time to settle the bill, the shopkeeper's wrinkled old face almost bloomed with a smile.
"Madam, I've rounded off the odd number for you. It's a total of three taels."
The beads on the abacus in front of the shopkeeper clicked, then he raised his head with a smile. He looked at Su Shuiche, who was resting on a chair by Lin Siyao, and gave her a price that was within her expectations.
Without saying a word, Lin Siyao took out three pieces of silver from his sleeve pocket and threw them on the counter next to the shopkeeper. He then took a large bundle of cloth that was tightly tied with a cloth rope from the shop assistant and carried it in one hand. With the other hand, he helped Su Shuiyue, who looked a little tired, up and carefully carried her out of the cloth store.
"Tsk tsk, which family's young master is this?
He's been trained by his wife to take care of people like this!
It seems like she's pregnant, right?
No wonder … "
"Which family in the city has married such a beautiful wife?
How come I've never heard of her? "
"That's right, and she's so good at spending money. She pulled three taels of silver. Tsk tsk, that's more than our family's annual expenses."
"That's right, this fine linen is so expensive. She pulled three sets of clothes …"
"Shopkeeper, do you know which family she's from?"
"I don't know."
"Eh?
You don't know her, but you're so familiar with her? "
"Haha … that madam comes to our store every time to pull cloth. After a few times, I recognize her."
"Forget it, who cares which family she's from. Shopkeeper, is that fine linen really that good?
Give me five feet of it. I'll try it on first. "
"Okay!
I guarantee that madam won't want to change clothes with other fabrics after wearing it! "
"Shopkeeper, you're saying it's that good!
Then give me five feet of it … "
"Shopkeeper, I'll pull four feet … if it's good, I'll come back next time …"
"Hahaha, okay, okay. There's enough stock. Madams, don't worry …"
Thanks to Su Shuiche, "Fengya Cloth Store's" new thirty bolts of fine linen were sold out on the first day they were on the market.
The shopkeeper was so happy that he decided to give Su Shuiche the best discount next time.
This was a story for later, so let's not talk about it for now.
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Another month passed in the blink of an eye.
Blossom Town had also entered a real summer.
It was only after three months of pregnancy that Su Shuiyin's morning sickness improved.
Although she still couldn't eat much food in a meal, at least she didn't feel like vomiting.
However, after being pregnant, Su Shuiche's sleeping condition wasn't as good as before.
Every day, she would wake up at half past five in the morning.
She also discovered that Lin Siyao woke up so early every day. After he was done with the northern courtyard, he was busy with the southern courtyard. After he was done with the courtyard, he was busy with the kitchen. He didn't stop for a moment and was busy until half past five in the morning.
"Ah Yao …"
After getting up, she tied her hair into a simple bun and then went to the kitchen to wash up. Su Shuiche came to the southern courtyard. As expected, Lin Siyao was cleaning the chicken coop.
"Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Lin Siyao looked at her body, which looked thinner because of the lotus green spring dress. He couldn't hide the heartache in his voice.
He decided that later, he would take out the Jade Heart Immortal Essence that was in the gourd and at the bottom of the box for her to eat.
If she continued to be so thin, what would happen when she gave birth?
What was the use of him having more of such worldly things?
"I've slept enough."
Su Shuiche wiped the sweat from his face and said with a smile, "I'm not a good wife. I didn't even know you woke up so early every day."
"Nonsense." Lin Siyao frowned and glanced at her. "These are all my pleasure.
What do you mean by incompetent? Don't say that next time. "
"Okay."
Su Shuiche saw that he was so serious and could only nod. "By the way, Ah Yao, Aunt Tian told me yesterday that Uncle Tian has already made the baby's cradle. He'll send it over this afternoon."
These days, she and Ah Yao were busy preparing the things that the baby would need when it was born.
The underwear inside and outside, as well as the swaddling clothes for the baby's confinement, were almost done.
Lin Siyao asked Tian Dafu to make the cradle. The wood was a high-quality chicken wing wood that he chopped from Dashi Mountain. The design was based on Su Shuiche's sketch — a cradle-style baby bed with guardrails that was popular in Suzhou City during the Republic of China.
The baby bed was half a meter wide and one meter long. The cradle could be used alone or on top of the baby bed.
Generally speaking, newborn babies would use a cradle before they were half a year old. After that, they could leave the cradle and sleep directly on the baby bed.
According to the size of the baby bed, it shouldn't be a problem to sleep until they were three years old.
As for after they were three years old …
Well, Lin Siyao had long planned to buy the two acres of vacant land west of his house.
Anyway, the old house wasn't safe after so long, so he might as well build a spacious house in the north and south.
As for the old house, naturally, it would be rebuilt.
What should he build?
Lin Siyao already had an idea.
"Okay, let's go have breakfast first.
Today, I made your favorite white fungus and red date soup. Drink more. "
Lin Siyao cleaned up the chicken coop and put the chicken feces in the dustpan together. Then, he went to the river to wash his hands. Only then did he gently support Su Shuiche, who was slightly pregnant, and walked to the kitchen.
…
That day, just after seven in the morning, Lin Siyao was ready to go out.
"Be careful. I'll be back before noon."
Lin Siyao had Xiaochun stand guard a few feet away from the cherry tree to protect Su Shuiche, who was sitting on a bench and sewing a linen summer shirt for Lin Siyao.
"Don't worry. It's been less than two hours. What can happen to me?" Su Shuiche teased him. "Okay, I promise you that I'll be very careful.
I'll just sit here and wait for you to come back, okay? "In any case, he had placed a few plates of snacks and a pot of warm water on the stone table that was almost within reach.
"That's not what I meant." Lin Siyao slightly frowned.
"I know. I'm not as weak as you think.
Besides, I've already taken the Jade Heart Immortal Marrow for several days. You should be relieved. "
Su Shuiche naturally knew that he was worried about her, but he was too nervous. He was even more nervous than her, his future mother.
"Okay, then I'm going out.
No one is allowed to open the door. "Lin Siyao once again emphasized her safety.
Today, Little Snow had already brought the three wolf pups to live with the wolf king in Dashi Mountain.
He really couldn't be at ease with only Xiaochun at home.
This was because the people who had knocked on the door before were either love-struck fools, kidnappers, or even his fellow sect members who killed without batting an eyelid.
If he hadn't seen the secret signal left behind by Louis Stu this morning, he wouldn't have even taken half a step out of the house.
However … Lin Siyao narrowed his eyes as he sped along. Based on the secret signal left behind by Louis Stu, one of the three must have been seriously injured.
Otherwise, with Sirou's tendency to enjoy watching a good show, if the mission was completed perfectly and the three of them were unharmed, he wouldn't have stopped by Fanluo City to "greet" him.
At the thought of this, Lin Siyao sped up. If someone nearby saw this, they would definitely feel a gust of cold wind blowing past them, followed by a green shadow darting past them at a high speed …
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