Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 109 Phobia of Sharp Objects

"Forget it, Sister Agate, I'm not suitable for it yet. If you really want to make it, just make one for Pearl. You have her size here." Hua Lei declined.

Agate thought about it and decided that the buds were still in mourning. Even if the clothes were made of plain fabric, it would not be good to wear them so showily. So she nodded and began to cut spring and autumn dresses according to the size of the pearl.

Hualei helped the embroiderer from time to time and gave her some advice. Soon, a beautiful skirt was finally made. The light green skirt was dotted with various flower patterns, just like a variety of colorful flowers blooming on the green grass, which looked very beautiful.

Agate picked up the skirt, looked at it again and again, and couldn't let it go. She said, "I want to give birth to another daughter soon, and make such beautiful clothes for her to wear. Let her be pretty and be my little Lolita." Hualei specifically explained the meaning of Lolita when she gave Agate advice, and Agate remembered it very clearly.

Hualei smiled. "Well, then let brother-in-law do his best. Try to have more children, so that sister will be surrounded by a group of little girls."

With a soft "pop" sound, a large piece of cloth was draped over Hualei's head. Then a hand covered Hualei's mouth. Manju leaned over and whispered softly in Hualei's ear, "Sister Hua, you...you can't say nonsense. You...you haven't found a husband yet."

Ai, having forgotten that she was now in ancient times, Hualei couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed. She pulled off the cloth on her head sheepishly and stuck out her tongue at Manju.

"You silly girl." Seeing Hualei's naughty look, Agate rubbed Hualei's face and couldn't help laughing.

"If the skirt is changed to a blue background, these flowers can be replaced, and silver yarn can be used to make stars and dotted on it, and it will become a starry sky skirt."

After a pause, he emphasized, "The star shape should be made more delicate and smaller, so that the whole skirt looks as real as the starry sky at night, so as to better show the charm of the starry sky skirt.

If it is customized by a young lady from a rich family, it can be embellished with some shiny gems, which will make it look better and the price can be set higher. "Hua Lei said softly.

"If the skirt has a light blue base, you can use fluffy fabric to make some cloud-like shapes of different sizes on it and dot them on the skirt. It will become a cloud skirt, which will look good. But there can't be too many clouds, and they should be more flexible. It can show the lightness of the clouds. You can think of the rest on your own." Hua Lei offered another suggestion.

"Xu Xiu Niang, please write down Sister Hua's ideas quickly so you don't forget them." Agate happily called to an embroiderer beside her.

"Sister Hua, how come you are so smart? I really like you. Can you come to my shop every day in the future?" Agate put his arm around Hualei's waist, shook it, and said excitedly.

Hualei smiled, "Sister Manju, I don't have time to come here every day. I still have to go to the Girls' School to study."

"I think you can go to a girls' school to be a teacher. Oh, by the way." Agate seemed to remember something, "Sister Hua, I suddenly remembered something and wanted to ask you. Can you please tell me first that you can't be angry?" Agate asked Hualei cautiously.

"Sister Agate, if you have anything to ask, just ask me. I promise I won't be angry." Hualei promised with a smile. "But if you accuse me of murder, arson, prison break, robbery, etc., I won't promise." Hualei started to play tricks again.

"Tsk, do you think I'm the kind of person who doesn't know right from wrong?" Agate glanced at Hualei, "It's like this, when I went back to the Marquis' Mansion, I heard my cousin Qingge talk about you, saying that you studied women's work in the women's school for more than a year, but you can only sew a button, is that true?

I see that you are very good at designing clothes, you don't look like someone who can't do housework. Did Qingge slander you deliberately?" Agate was a little confused.

"It's true. Miss Han didn't slander me. I've been learning women's work for more than a year, but I can only sew a button, and I always poke my finger. Mr. Shi is also speechless with me. He taught me step by step, but I still can't do it. After more than a year, there has been no improvement.

Master Shi said that I was the worst student she had ever taught in her life. She had seen people with clumsy hands, but she had never seen someone as clumsy as me. Now Master Shi has given up on me. "Hua Lei sighed softly, "In fact, I am afraid of many sharp objects, especially sewing needles."

"Ah, why is that? I have never heard of anyone who is afraid of sewing needles." Agate looked incredulous.

"Well, actually, this is related to something that happened when I was a child. When I was seven years old, my grandmother thought I should learn some women's work, so she let me learn needlework at home every day, sew buttons, and embroider some simple flowers and plants. At that time, Xiaoyuan was just two years old, and he was still unsteady when he was walking.

My grandfather was a private school owner and had to teach children in the town every day, so he had no time to look after the family. My grandmother had to take care of a lot of things at home and had no time to take care of Xiaoyuan. My parents were not around, and Uncle Fu and Aunt Fu were both living in the village at the time. So the task of taking care of Xiaoyuan fell on me.

One day, I was sewing buttons with a needle when Xiaoyuan stumbled towards me. I didn't pay much attention to him, but he accidentally tripped and fell straight towards me.

The sewing needle in my hand poked his face directly, and almost hurt his eye. The doctor said it was just the width of a fingernail. If it had been hurt, Xiaoyuan might have gone blind." Hualei used her little finger to measure the length of the little fingernail.

"Xiaoyuan was howling in pain, and I was howling in fear. Since then, I have developed a strong fear of sewing needles and other sharp objects. For a long time, I didn't dare to hold a needle, especially when Xiaoyuan was in front of me. I was even more afraid to hold it."

Hua Lei paused and lowered her head. “My grandparents saw that I really couldn’t hold a needle, so they stopped forcing me to learn housework, so I really can’t do housework.

And since that incident, I have developed this strange disease. Whenever I see sharp objects, I get goosebumps all over my body and can't touch them. When it's serious, I'm afraid of even the pointy beak of a chicken.

However, as time went by, this fear of sharp objects gradually improved and the symptoms were no longer obvious. But on the first day of girls' school, when I took the sewing needle, I was still a little scared.

I just want to force myself to learn, and it would be best if I could correct this problem. But I don't know why, now that I can move the sewing needle, I just can't control its direction.

So now, even if I just sew a button, I still often poke my hand." Hualei blushed a little embarrassedly.