CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 087: WOMEN MUST MAKE THEIR OWN CLOTHES

The lightweight items like toothbrush cups are placed on the top shelf of the miscellaneous rack.

The dishes and chopsticks are placed on the table.

The miscellaneous rack and the table were made by Li Yuzhu and her brothers a few days ago.

Of course, they are the most primitive and simple ones.

Down the mountain, at the bamboo house covered by the Liu family, there were pre-cut bamboo strips.

They carried a bundle of bamboo strips back.

After sawing the bamboo strips shorter with a saw, they assembled a rough three-tiered miscellaneous rack and a square tabletop.

As for the table legs, they were made from tree branches as thick as an arm, sawn short.

The old cloth that had been spread on the ground as a makeshift table was washed clean and spread on the table, turning it into a clean dining table.

As for the stools to sit on, there weren’t any.

Those things are complex to make, unlike tables that only need to hold the weight of bowls and plates.

Stools have to bear a person’s weight.

If a table is made slightly crooked, it doesn’t affect dining, but a crooked stool could cause someone to fall.

No matter how many times Li Yuzhu compared and sketched, her brothers studied for a long time but still couldn’t successfully make a single stool.

They all had to give up.

After sorting the small items, Li Yuzhu called her brothers to move the fabrics into the cave.

Fabrics for eleven people formed quite a thick pile; she couldn’t lift it.

"Mother, each person gets material for an outer garment, material for an inner garment, and fabric for a pair of shoes," Li Yuzhu said.

The Princess Consort Luling looked at the brand-new fabrics, deeply moved, "Good, good, I’ll divide it."

Madam Xue eyed a piece of fine water-red fabric.

But before she could speak, the Great Princess snatched it away, "I picked this, no one else takes it."

Li Xing’an scoffed coldly, "I won’t fight for it."

Madam Xue was one step too slow, and she didn’t dare to compete with her sister-in-law, holding a sullen face in anger.

The other fabrics, apart from the beige lining fabric and the dark blue coarse cloth for shoes, were either light green or dark green, or light gray or dark gray for the outer garments.

Madam Xue raised an eyebrow, "Why are they all these colors?" The fabric is already poor, and the colors are ugly, just like what the servants doing rough work in the Prince Mansion wear.

"Because they’re cheap!" Li Yuzhu knew the Young Madam was getting worked up again and said coldly, "Just buying these fabrics cost eighteen hundred wen. If we want to wear good clothes, we must earn more money."

Earn more money!

Saying it as if it’s as easy as breathing!

Madam Xue was tired of hearing this and turned her head away, not wanting to listen.

The Princess Consort Luling threw two large pieces of fabric and two small ones to her, "These are for your family; make them when you have time."

"Yes." Madam Xue reluctantly accepted them.

All light green fabric, well, the whole family must look uniform.

The Second Princess received a piece of dark green fabric.

She didn’t mind at all and found a thread in a similar color in the sewing pile, taking it to her cot.

Despite being a Commandery Princess of Lu Ling Royal Mansion, she had been taught handicrafts from a young age.

The Great Princess’s needlework skills were the talk of the Capital.

The Second Princess’s might not be spectacular, but she could easily make clothes for herself.

Except for Li Yuzhu, who couldn’t.

She held her piece of fabric in shock.

In her memory, the original owner had never used a needle!

And in her modern life, she only knew how to sew a split in a rag doll.

Madam Xue noticed Li Yuzhu frowning at the fabric and felt pleased.

Finally discovered this sister-in-law’s flaw!

"Third sister, women have to make their clothes themselves, asking for help would be a joke and could ruin your chances of finding a husband," she said, raising an eyebrow with a half-smile.