PWDLAW Chapter 211: Reward
Chapter 211: Reward
In these past few days, Ye Muyu had been busy making clothes.
She had promised to make clothes for Chu Heng but she had only completed half of the work so far. With Chu Heng attending school daily and Hu helping at home, she had less physically demanding tasks to handle.
Ye Muyu had just picked up her needle and thread and had only stitched a few times when Hu came over.
"Madam, someone is looking for you at the old house." Hu informed her.
Ye Muyu saw that it was Wang Pozi, the servant Chu Heng had brought to the old house. Wang Pozi was skilled and efficient and she had been doing most of the heavy work, such as making sour cabbage, for Chu Liushi and Zhang.
However, when Ye Muyu saw the slightly cracked hands of Wang Pozi, she instinctively frowned.
She instructed Hu, "Go get the hand cream."
"Yes, Madam." Hu responded and went to Ye Muyu's dressing table, opening a wooden box containing two boxes of hand cream.
"Pozi, take this. Working in our house might be tough but as long as you work diligently, you won't be treated unfairly." Ye Muyu said to Wang Pozi. Hu handed the hand cream to her.
Wang Pozi looked a bit surprised but quickly reacted, tremblingly accepting it. "Thank you, Madam."
"Madam, the servant's hands were like this before she came here. It's because she has always done laundry work. As she got older, her hands naturally became like this. Thank you, Madam, for your kindness." Wang Pozi expressed her gratitude, kneeling down and kowtowing.
Ye Muyu was not accustomed to this, so she asked Hu to help her up. "Alright, I understand." Seeing that Wang Pozi did not hold any resentment for being sent to the old house and her attitude was respectful and sincere, Ye Muyu nodded in satisfaction.
She then asked, "Why did Madam summon you? Is there something?"
"Madam, the Old Madam is going to the Patriarch's house to discuss some matters. She asked this servant to invite Madam to go along." Wang Pozi explained.
"Alright, I got it." Ye Muyu thought carefully and realized that the only significant matter in the family now might be the upcoming women's arts competition.
It was less than a month away from the Dragon Boat Festival.
Although the Chu family members had known about this news in advance, they encountered busy farming afterward. Collecting medicinal herbs and harvesting wheat kept even the family's young girls busy, let alone helping the family.
As a result, many young girls lacked confidence which was only natural when considering the pressure of becoming mothers.
Moreover, according to Ye Muyu's knowledge, besides the invisible fame reward, the county magistrate had set aside some uncultivated land as a reward for the top ten women in the arts competition. This land would serve as their dowries when they got married.
Before, few people were interested in uncultivated land. However, since the people of Xingshui Village found medicinal herbs on the mountain and in the uncultivated land, everyone's attitude toward these lands had changed.
Free medicinal herbs were like silver. Besides, even if it was uncultivated land, it was worth three or two silvers.
Thus, the entire village paid great attention to this women's arts competition. Not to mention the people in Xingshui Village even the residents of all the villages in Nanchang County were concerned about it.
Ye Muyu changed into a dark blue dress and left Hu to take care of things at home. She followed Wang Pozi toward the old house.
Upon arriving, she saw that Chu Liushi and Zhang were still busy making sauerkraut.
When they noticed her, Chu Liushi greeted, "Third daughter-in-law, please sit down. There's no rush."
Hearing this, Ye Muyu had a rough idea. It seemed that the Patriarch had some requests from their three families.
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