Chapter 542 Fulfilling Filial Duties

Chapter 542: Chapter 542 Fulfilling Filial Duties

Wufu would always buy some things when she visited a place, and Madam Zhou had long been used to it, but this time, she was truly astonished.

"This, you girl, did you bring back the entire county town?" Madam Zhou said with a shocked face.

Madam Zhou’s words were an exaggeration, but there really were too many items, a variety of everything, including all kinds of ornaments for decorating the house, curtains, bed canopies, and colored porcelain wares, fine silks and satins, various medicinal herbs and precious supplements; there were even items for women’s adornment, filling the place to the brim, leaving no room to put one’s hands down.

"Wufu, this, I know you have silver in your hands, but you can’t spend it like this. Keep some as a dowry, so you will have some leverage when you get married," Madam Zhou whispered after her surprise had subsided.

She had seen her daughter’s extravagance and feared she would squander everything, leaving her without silver at her in-law’s mercy and bullying.

Wufu felt warmth in her heart and smiled, "Mother, this didn’t cost too much silver."

Madam Zhou scolded lightly, "Don’t think you can fool me. Could you get all this bird’s nest, ginseng, and cordyceps without one hundred taels of silver?"

Wufu followed her mother’s pointing finger and saw the very precious supplements she was referring to. Then, wrapping her arm around her shoulder, she laughed and said, "These things are for you, Mother, to nourish yourself daily. Drinking a bowl of bird’s nest is good for your health. We couldn’t afford it before, but now we can have it every day!"

A warmth flashed in Madam Zhou’s eyes, deeply feeling her daughter’s filial piety. Her heart swelled with warmth, and she grabbed Wufu’s hand and said, "I can’t be the only one eating this. You should eat it too; it’s even better for a young lady."

"Alright, we’ll eat it together," Wufu said with a smile, then picked up a few handkerchiefs and passed them over, "Mother, these are Shu embroidery. Don’t you like doing embroidery when you’re free? I specifically bought these for you to look into."

Shu Embroidery, also known as Sichuan embroidery, is named one of the four great embroideries along with Su, Xiang, and Yue embroidery. It involves using silk thread to embroider patterns on silk or other fabrics, noted for its bright, graceful colors, and exquisite, delicate stitching, forming its unique charm, hence it is the most abundant among the four great embroideries.

Wufu herself didn’t understand it, but Madam Zhou loved it, and they had used it to sustain their lives as mother and daughter in the past, so she bought quite a bit for her to ponder over when idle.

"They say Shu embroidery is the foremost among the four great embroideries, and it truly is beautiful. This stitching technique, Mother is not even one-tenth as skilled," Madam Zhou’s hands dared not touch it, afraid she would dirty it, as she just kept praising it incessantly.

Wufu then handed over a round fan, also featuring Shu embroidery depicting red plum blossoms heralding spring, which was exquisitely beautiful, and the plum blossoms corresponded to Madam Zhou’s name, Peony.

Madam Zhou liked it as soon as she saw it and said, "It’s not even spring or summer now, why did you also buy a fan?"

"Because it’s off-season, it was cheaper," Wufu giggled.

She glanced over the pile of items, then took out a big box, opened it, and inside were large and small silk flowers that looked lifelike and very beautiful.

Madam Zhou’s gaze was also drawn to them.

Wufu personally picked a peony and pinned it to her mother’s hair, nodded her head in satisfaction; not bad, no wonder the ancients liked wearing flowers. Although she found it quite silly, she could not deny their love for it.

"Madam looks very beautiful," Qiu Ye, always quick-witted, was the first to compliment.

Madam Zhou was somewhat embarrassed, and just at that moment, Qiu Xiang brought over a hand mirror. Looking at her reflection, she saw it added a youthful charm, her face flushed with heat: "At my age, how can I wear such bright flowers?"