Rebirth in 1980: The Farm Wife Makes a Comeback
Chapter 357: The Benefits of Packaging

Chapter 357: Chapter 357: The Benefits of Packaging

The old lady didn’t know how to do embroidery, but she could make some clothes. However, whether she knew how to or not, others weren’t aware and it wasn’t possible to go ask her. Of course, her honest brother wouldn’t have suspected anything either.

After finishing the meal, Qin Xiangnuan took the bowls and plates from the table into the kitchen to wash them. The scent of the dish soap was faintly fragrant in her hands, and the clear water from the faucet washed over her fingers from time to time. Sometimes she would even feel as if she were in a trance, especially when she remembered how her fingers used to be as dry as tree bark.

She unintentionally rubbed her eyes, only to smear some soap bubbles into them, making her eyes uncomfortably tear up constantly.

It was quite a while later that her eyes felt much more comfortable. It was only when she looked in the mirror again that she realized her eyes were as red as a rabbit’s.

She rubbed her eyes again and thought it was better not to touch them. She decided to rest for the day and start embroidering the everlasting happiness design the next day.

From her previous cross-stitch experience, she remembered a lovely pattern of a couple in wedding attire. She decided to embroider that, but with a variation: she’d switch the man’s suit for a military uniform. After all, Qin Xiangnuan was making this for a soldier, and it needed to have some symbolic meaning. Oh yes, and it would be best to get her brother to find a photo of their company commander and his wife to use as a reference for her embroidery—it would be like creating an upscale wedding photo, utterly unique.

She had fabric in the system; she would also make a four-piece bedding set, bright red with embroidered cartoon-style traditional designs, cartoons of dragons and phoenixes. Currently, she didn’t have a pattern for that, so she needed to check with the system to see if it was available. Originally planning to rest, her impatience got the better of her, and she entered the system with her red eyes wide open.

She had some understanding and exposure to ancient line drawings, but as for modern designs, she felt rather helpless. In her previous life, she had only seen them but hadn’t had much contact with them. Therefore, she was hoping the system would have these designs; otherwise, she really would have to rack her brain trying to conceive and draw them.

She pulled up the system’s transparent panel and said, "You know what I want, right? Do you have it?" She went straight to the point.

Ding, the system responded.

"Yes."

Conditions, the word appeared below.

Qin Xiangnuan sighed. The system was becoming more humanized by the day but also more fond of setting conditions.

Another line of text appeared: Whatever you embroider, make two of each—I want one to consume.

Fine, Qin Xiangnuan agreed readily. It wasn’t a difficult matter, after all. She would be in the system for an hour each day. The system had a ten-to-one time ratio, so in those ten hours, she would spend at least five of them embroidering things for the system to "consume," while the other half was for her studies. She wouldn’t exploit someone else’s destiny for her beauty like Qin Xiangmei. There’s no such thing as unmerited good fortune in this world; if you want something, you have to give something in return. Just like the system, she didn’t feel that the system’s charges were anything unreasonable.

You would have to pay a tutor for lessons, after all.

The system nurtured her in the past; now she supports the system, which was perfectly normal.

She obtained several ready-made patterns from the system, all featuring cartoon characters wearing phoenix crowns, very cute and festive indeed. It would be much simpler than the Qingming River Painting to embroider. She figured she could finish it in about a month, and naturally, she could also complete the portion that the system wanted to "consume."

Early the next morning, she heard noise from outside, only then did she remember that a few greenhouses hadn’t been finished. She got up to go have a look, and even though she couldn’t help much, she had to personally see to it.

It took about a week for the greenhouses to be completed, twice as long as Qin Xiangnuan had anticipated, but the results were excellent. The glass at the bottom layer was like windows, able to open freely for ventilation.

Inside, even the stove was ready, albeit unnecessary for summer use.

The land was about five acres in total, the greenhouses taking up about one acre. It was quite considerable, and the vegetables they grew in winter would be more than the family could consume. Even if Granny Lu took them daily for business, incorporating them in flatbreads, it wouldn’t all be used up.

Moreover, they could grow some out-of-season crops in the winter, such as cucumbers and green beans.

Qin Xiangyang could grow these, and the seeds just needed to be purchased. This way, they would have fresh vegetables even in the dead of winter, without the need to buy them from the market. Regardless of the cost, with money, one couldn’t always buy truly fresh produce; growing your own was both convenient and safer.

So, the greenhouse was not only a favorite of Qin Xiangnuan but also of Granny Lu.

Now, aside from the greenhouses, the field was fully planted with a variety of vegetables—bok choy, spinach, Chinese cabbage, onions, and plenty of leeks. Every day, fresh vegetables were picked for home use, saving Granny Lu a significant amount of money.

Though it was small change, it added up to substantial expenses over the year.

During this time, Qin Xiangnuan was nearly a recluse, in the morning Qin Xiangyang would help Granny Lu sell flatbreads, while Qin Xiangnuan was in the system working on the embroidery. And she still managed to squeeze in over an hour to write Spring Festival couplets. She would begin writing the next year’s couplets right after the New Year, which is why she could amass so many by the holiday season. She wrote far more this year than before, easily over ten thousand couplets. Apart from selling them, she would use them as gifts, that is...

She picked up the Spring Festival couplets she had written,

Such bare couplets might seem somewhat shabby to give away. Nowadays, presentation matters a lot. Sometimes, the content might not sell for much, but fancier packaging can significantly increase the price.

Therefore, Qin Xiangnuan felt that it would be quite classless to give these away as they were.

So, she had to think of a way to make them presentable.

She opened the door and sought Jian Zhiqing’s help, thinking that Jian Zhiqing should be back by now since it was his day off. Indeed, the two of them knew each other well, even clear about each other’s days off.

She had stayed indoors and hadn’t been out in the sun, so her skin was fair and clear, not darkened at all. She also remembered the skincare knowledge from her previous life—staying hydrated was key. She would apply cucumber slices to her face regularly, and over the year, she had grown - not in height, as she felt she wouldn’t get taller, but she had matured in appearance. Her baby fat was gone, replaced by a pointed chin, quite the beauty to behold.

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