Next, they went to the embroidery shop and bought silk thread, a special brush for drawing patterns, an embroidery frame, and a few small frames. Then they met Gu Zhang and others at the city gate and went home together.

After returning home, Mrs. Chen took out the pair of pearl flowers she bought and insisted on putting them on Gu Fei’s head.

Gu Fei felt pain when she heard that she had spent ten taels of silver.

But it was already bought, so it would be useless if it was just left there.

Gu Fei returned to her room with two pearl flowers on her head, locked herself in the room, took out the book “Artificial Cultivation of Pearls”, copied it into the language of this era, and glossed over some of the contents involving modern knowledge, or replaced them with other words.

Pearls were so valuable, how could she not raise them?

Better raise them!

Although she felt a headache looking at some of the special terms in this book, and some of the operations in it were complicated, she still had to do it!

Although the family prepared to plant peppers in the spring, once peppers were on the market, they would become less and less valuable as more and more people planted them.

To make money, she has to rely on pearl farming.

The money of rich people was the easiest to make.

She doesn’t know how to operate, but she still has her father and her elder brother, as well as her capable mother. Everyone discusses and tries, and slowly they will always figure it out.

After dinner, Gu Fei handed the copied book to her father and let him digest it slowly.

She clapped her hands and went back to the room to split the thread with Lanzhi and Lian’er.

Today, they went to the embroidery shop to ask, and the shopkeeper didn’t believe in Lanzhi’s craftsmanship. He asked her to take some embroidery to see first. If her skills were acceptable, she would be given the work to take home.

Lanzhi planned to embroider a handkerchief and a purse. She was holding back her energy and wanted to embroider it very delicately.

The more delicate the work, the thinner the embroidery thread should be.

This thread has to be split, one thread, into two strands, four strands, or eight strands, and the most can be sixteen strands.

Mrs. Chen and Li Chunhua were sorting out some old clothes and cloth scraps, planning to make paste tomorrow, make jackets, and make soles.

The shoes bought outside were too expensive, so they had to make them at home.

Gu Qing took Xiao Cao to play, while Gu Erlang and Gu Sanlang fed the mules. Those who fetched water, fetched water. In short, no one was idle.

*

In Prince Qi’s Mansion, Xiao Yu was also busy.

He stared at Shitou, who took out a package from his arms with a sad face. When he opened it, there were more than ten incense sticks, which were more than one finger long.

Xiao Yu asked him: “What is this?”

Shitou made a bitter face: “The Rooster Crows at Five Drums to Resurrect Incense.”

Xiao Yu’s eyes lit up when he heard the name: “How do I use this thing?”

Shitou said helplessly: “Just light it and put it in the room.”

“This stick of incense can make people fall into a deep sleep and sleep until the fifth watch, which is when the rooster crows. That’s why it’s called the Rooster Crows at Five Drums to Resurrect Incense.”

Xiao Yu laughed: “This thing is good, it’s so good!”

“I said you have a lot of tricks, and it’s true!”

He stood up and turned around the room excitedly: “When this thing is lit, how long will it take for people to fall asleep?”

Shitou opened his mouth: “I don’t know about this. The person who gave me this thing didn’t tell me.”

Xiao Yu glared at him: “Idiot, you don’t even know to ask.”

“We have to know when this incense will take effect after it is lit. A quarter of an hour? Half an hour? Otherwise, we will light the incense and wait outside stupidly?”

Shitou quickly suggested: “My lord, how about we try it first?”

“Anyway, there are more than ten sticks here, which is enough.”

“Well, we have to try it.” Xiao Yu nodded.

He glanced at Shitou, who quickly shrank his neck: “My lord, I can’t do that. I have to go out with you at night.”