Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

"The numbers on this are Arabic numerals, which are what we call one, two, three, four."

You can think of it as a sequence number. When you're doing cross-stitch, you see numbers on the pattern. You find the corresponding number on the thread. If two numbers match, then use the thread corresponding to that number for that area on the pattern.

After she finished speaking, she looked up at Li and Chen, unsure whether they had understood her.

Explaining Arabic numerals to them might be a bit difficult for them; she doesn't know if Arabic numerals were used in ancient times.

Chen and Li nodded; they had roughly understood what Ji Yunshu had said.

However, the numbers on this page are too dense, and the sheer number of them makes them somewhat difficult to read.

Ms. Chen scratched her head sheepishly.

"Yunshu, I understand what you're saying. You mean that as long as we know what number is on the picture where we need to embroider, we just need to find it on the line, and once we find that number, we can use the thread below it to embroider that area, is that right?"

Ji Yunshu looked at her with approval.

"That's right, Second Sister-in-law, that's exactly what I meant. It sounds complicated, but it's actually very simple."

You happen to know how to recognize the color of the thread. Once you find the numbers, you can embroider it according to the pattern, and the embroidery will be completed very quickly.

After you finish embroidering, wash the cross-stitch in water and the pattern will be washed off.

Then, we can frame the finished cross-stitch and it will be a complete embroidery pattern.

It looks good no matter where it's hung.

At this point, Ji Yunshu thought for a moment and continued.

"By the way, when you're shopping in the mall, you should know that these cross-stitch kits come in different sizes. The one you picked up is probably one of the larger ones."

There are also some smaller ones; if you really put them together, it won't take a whole day to embroider them. You guys should try them out first.

If the trial is successful and people are interested, we can try making some semi-finished products to sell. What do you think?

Ji Yunshu became more and more excited as she spoke.

As they talked, another way to make money came up.

When cross-stitch first came out, it was very popular. Almost every household with a girl had one, and it was all the rage for a long time.

She wasn't very interested in these things at the time, but she still studied them and later discovered that she had to patiently embroider them stitch by stitch.

She soon gave up the idea; she didn't have that kind of patience.

Now that Chen and Li both like it, it's a good opportunity to make use of it.

Upon hearing that they could sell it for money, both Chen and Li were extremely excited.

They knew that Ji Yunshu had a lot of money in her space, but they also knew that Ji Yunshu was leading everyone to make a living.

They are willing to try any way to make money.

Li was the first to nod, "Of course it's good. I think this method is feasible. Can it really be sold?"

"If it can help us make some money, we'll do it!"

"Yes, you let me and my sister-in-law do it. We've got nothing to do anyway. You can take a lot, and we'll embroider it when we're free."

When the time comes, have someone take both the finished and semi-finished products to town to sell. See if you can get a good price. If there are buyers, we'll embroider more samples!

Both of them were very excited. It was a rare opportunity to help out at home, and it was something they were good at, so it was no problem for them at all.

They learned knitting from a young age; they didn't need to learn it at all.

"Okay, then let's go to the mall together later, pick out some smaller patterns, embroider two pieces first, and ask someone to sell them in Liancheng to see the market."

If we get a lot of inquiries, we'll bring out more samples to embroider. If they don't sell well, we can just hang the ones we embroider in our own homes; they'll look nice too.

The group quickly reached an agreement, and the old princess listened with great satisfaction.

She was getting old and no longer had the strength for such things. She sat on the sofa, teasing the little dumplings, looking at them with a loving expression.

"Alright, alright, you guys go ahead and pick out some nice styles. I'll watch the dumplings here for you."

With the old princess's words, Madam Chen and Madam Li no longer hesitated and pulled Ji Yunshu towards the mall.

Xie Moyao and the old princess were left alone in the living room to watch the little dumpling.

The three of them entered the mall and walked straight to the area where cross-stitch was displayed.

As you approach, you see cross-stitch pieces of all sizes, from the small ones to the large ones, each one bigger and more beautiful than the last.

Ji Yunshu took a few of the smallest ones and then picked out a few medium-sized ones.

They were all landscape patterns and figures, and the modern feel on them was too jarring, so she didn't dare to take them out for the time being.

When Chen and Li saw the figures in those patterns, they also felt something was strange.

It didn't fit their current aesthetic standards, so they didn't choose any characters.

Finally, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Li each picked out a cross-stitch piece they liked, which was relatively large, and then pushed a shopping cart full of cross-stitch pieces back to their little villa.

Looking at the shopping cart full of cross-stitch embroidery, Chen and Li's eyes sparkled; they couldn't wait to try it out.

Realizing that it was getting late, Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao discussed it for a while and decided to let Chen Shi, Li Shi and the others stay in the space.

The lights inside were much brighter than outside, so it wasn't too difficult to embroider the eyes for cross-stitch.

Chen and Li did not refuse. Now, as long as they are asked to embroider cross-stitch, they can do it no matter where they are placed.

After giving them some instructions, Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao left the space together.

Madam Chen and Madam Li were busy embroidering cross-stitch. The little dumpling was too small to be taken out without anyone to look after it. The old princess was also getting old, so she could only help look after it in the space.

They simply left them all in the space. Anyway, it was nighttime, and ordinary people wouldn't easily come to their house or notice anything unusual.

As the two went out, they ran into Xiaolan and Xielin walking in from outside.

Several basins of various sizes were placed in the yard, each containing some fish. Xiao Lan held an account book in her hand, her face beaming with smiles.

Ji Yunshu quickly waved for her to sit by the stove.

"Are they frozen? It's cold outside. Those fish aren't in a hurry. Let them rest for a bit and catch their breath. Don't let them get cold."

Making money is secondary; talent is the primary concern.

Xiao Lan happily put the account book aside; her hands were a little red from working on it for quite a while.

"It's alright, Third Sister-in-law, I don't feel cold. Xie Lin is helping me. I've already counted all the fish outside. We just need to wait for Er Mao and San Mao to come and collect them tomorrow."

She didn't want to put off until tomorrow what she could finish today.