Chapter 45: The courtyard that spans time and space
Early the next morning, several craftsmen gathered in a small courtyard of the palace, quietly waiting for the arrival of the king.
This is a mini courtyard, with only three rooms and a courtyard of 40 to 50 square meters. It is not very conspicuous in Prince Han's palace. This courtyard has been empty before, and no one lives in it. In Fang Fengzhu's words
...Ahem, it's just for the future concubine.
So after confirming that Yuwen Shutaro would come to the mansion to "apprentice" in two days, Li Yuanjia walked around the house twice and quickly settled on this small courtyard. The courtyard is in a good location, just two hundred meters away from Li Yuanjia's study.
, and the size of the courtyard and the three rooms are enough for the little girl and her maids to live in, so it is very suitable in all aspects.
"Arrange manpower to clean the house and yard for me!"
After walking around in a circle, Li Yuanjia stood in the middle of the yard and said to Liu Mei next to him: "It's just ordinary furniture. All the things on the bed have been replaced with new ones... Well, the remaining cotton in the warehouse
Is there any more?"
"Go back to your Majesty, there are many more."
Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Mei immediately replied: "Although the princess is not fond of fabrics and quilts made of cotton, these items are extremely precious. Except for a few of us, no one else is qualified to use cotton to make quilts...
As for cotton, it’s not particularly good now and needs to continue to be improved.”
When talking about cotton, Liu Mei's eyes lit up a lot.
Li Yuanjia now has four personal maids around him. Although Mo Hua and Si Qi spend more and more time with the king, in essence, they all have a balance in their hearts - Si Qi and Mo Hua are still more on the princess's side.
, and the people whom the King trusts the most...or is the closest to are still Chun Yan and Liu Mei.
Li Yuanjia would leave all important matters to Chun Yan and Liu Mei.
For example, the "use" of cotton, the weaving of cotton cloth, etc., have always been taken care of by these two girls. They have already formed a set of simple and effective methods for removing and processing cotton; as for the cotton cloth, they have already developed a set of simple and effective methods.
Although weaving is not very successful yet, as the cloth spun is unevenly dense and not tough enough, it is still much stronger than at the beginning.
Anyway, Liu Mei and the others know that the king attaches great importance to cotton, and they have never dared to neglect it. This is why Liu Mei can quickly give the answer as soon as Li Yuanjia asks.
After listening to her answer, Li Yuanjia nodded and said: "Be prepared and make more bedding for Shutara... Well, don't be too anxious. It's not too late to do it when the weather gets cooler."
"……yes."
The corners of his mouth twitched twice, and Liu Mei nodded.
But before she could complain about her king in her heart, she heard Li Yuanjia say again: "Well, you'd better prepare some cotton in advance, and also prepare some satin, cotton and so on, and make a few things for me in the next few days.
"
"Yes... Your Majesty, what do you want to do?"
Liu Mei blinked and asked curiously.
"Hey, some things little girls like."
Thinking of the toys he still remembered, Li Yuanjia narrowed his eyes and smiled proudly: "Anyway, you and Chun Yan these days... well, call Mo Hua and Si Qi and make something for me together!"
It is impossible for a high-class maid from a wealthy family to be inferior in craftsmanship.
Even though Li Yuanjia had doted on Chun Yan and Liu Mei since they were young, under the supervision and discipline of the housekeeper and several old ladies in the house, they still learned a lot of skills. Although Li Yuanjia mainly relied on the embroiderer for his clothes on weekdays, some
The more personal items, such as underwear, handkerchiefs and scarves, were made by Chun Yan and Liu Mei, and he did not use the ones made by others.
These two girls are like this, and Si Qi and Mo Hua are no exception.
Anyway, under the strange gaze of Chun Yan, Li Yuanjia didn't feel any shame in working with the maids to become female celebrities... or instructing them to become female celebrities. At this time, he just thought proudly: "What a rag doll?"
That's all. You can fool the little girl by just making a few. But if you want her to like this small yard, you still need to put more thought into it, and make everything inside and outside the house so that the little one won't be confused when she comes.
Just be willing to leave..."
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Regarding his first "disciple", Li Yuanjia's attitude was indeed a bit exaggerated, which surprised others around him.
He gave the order, and the entire Prince Han's palace became lively.
That's fine with the others. The key is that after Li Yuanjia gave an order, Chen Mu was directly called back to the palace from the club. This made Fang Fengzhu quite unhappy. Although several of Chen Mu's carpenters were also good at craftsmanship.
, but without the head carpenter watching over there, it always makes people a little uneasy.
But there was no way, who made Li Yuanjia persist?
Fang Fengzhu had no choice but to pout her mouth in displeasure while busy taking care of things at the club.
She now meets with Li and Du almost every two or three days to discuss what should be added, what needs to be renovated, and so on. Wei Shuyue will occasionally participate and put forward some of her own ideas.
Fortunately, it was only June, and the big bosses such as Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng were all staying in Jiucheng Palace. Even when they came back occasionally, they were too busy to take care of their children who were left behind in Chang'an, so these months happened to be the most relaxing time for them.
A few months... In fact, the Li family and the Du family are just that. One of them is Li Yuanjia's clan sister and aunt, and the other is Fang Fengzhu's sister-in-law. They are all close relatives, so naturally there is nothing to worry about.
Taking the Li family as an example, since Yu Wenshiji had agreed to hand over his daughter to Li Yuanjia to teach him, he had naturally made up his mind and would definitely not stop his wife from having more interactions with Fang Fengzhu.
Du's situation is not much different.
In contrast, the eldest lady Wei Shuyue is actually a bit worrying, because no one knows what kind of attitude Wei Zheng will have towards his daughter getting involved after he returns to Chang'an in the future.
However, even if she is a little worried, it does not affect Wei Shuyue's enthusiasm. Whenever she has time and opportunity, she will definitely come to meet with the three sisters and seriously discuss all the big and small things in the club.
With the efforts of the four of them, and of course, more importantly, the hard work of the craftsmen of Prince Han's Mansion, Chang'an's first ladies club took shape bit by bit.
At the same time, the same was true for a small courtyard in Prince Han's Mansion.
In just three days, the courtyard seemed to have traveled through the long river of time and space, more like it had spanned thousands of years, from the 21st century to the 13th year of Zhenguan...