"My sister is too polite to be out of touch! If it weren't for your inspiration, I would have run out of talent and inspiration long ago! Don't worry, my sister will not treat you badly! From now on, we will take care of you and Mrs. Fang's clothes at Linglong Embroidery Workshop! For the first quarter, my sister will personally make a suit of clothes for you and Mrs. Fang. And the profits from the sale of this banner will be distributed to my sister 20%—don’t refuse. Otherwise, I’ll throw these blueprints into the brazier!”
If Jiang Siniang hadn't been strong, she wouldn't have resisted the pressure to take over Linglong Embroidery Workshop, which was on the verge of closure, and used her own strength and hard work to achieve the current reputation and embroidery workshop.
This Jiang Siniang originally planned to find the designer of the new clothes on Mrs. Yu today, and buy the blueprints and design plans. Unexpectedly, Yu Xiaocao, the designer of the clothes, was so congenial that she even recognized her as a sister with a different surname.
She always pays attention to integrity in business, and pays attention to courtesy when dealing with people. As an older sister, she naturally wouldn't take advantage of her younger sister. Not only did he promise to help Xiaocao and Mrs. Fang make clothes with his own hands, but he also wanted to convert Xiaocao's design ideas into components and give them dividends at the end of the year.
With the strength of the Yu family now, Xiaocao doesn't care whether to pay dividends or not. However, feeling Jiang Siniang's resolute attitude, I stopped being polite to her: "Then I will have the cheek to accept the gift from my sister."
Only then did Jiang Siniang show a happy smile, she got up and said, "I'm going back first, I have to sort out these blueprints, and draw up a contract for dividends, and I'll let Xiang'er send it to you later."
Yu Xiaocao wanted to keep her for lunch, but she declined on the grounds that there was still something to make up her mind about in the embroidery workshop. Xiaocao was not reluctant, and asked someone to put a few watermelons and cantaloupe in a basket for her to take with her.
After getting into the carriage, Xiang'er happily put the watermelon and cantaloupe away, and said, "Miss, Miss Yu is quite generous. These watermelons alone cost hundreds of taels of silver. In the vegetable and fruit shop of Prince Jing's mansion, a medium-sized watermelon It costs ten taels of silver each! At such a price, you may not be able to buy it. They sell in limited quantities, only fifty watermelons and thirty cantaloupe are sold every day... "
After a pause, he covered his mouth with a gossipy smile and said, "I heard that Wei Guogong's family held a birthday banquet. In order to allow each table to have a fruit plate with a long face, they asked the servants to line up in the middle of the night. It coincided with his deadly rival Rong The prince's house is also hosting a banquet, and the two families almost fought for the first place!! The melons and fruits in the greenhouse on Wangzhuangzi in Yangjun are not like chickens that lay golden eggs."
"Then do you know who built this greenhouse that can grow vegetables and melons and fruits in winter?" Jiang Siniang asked casually without raising her head, looking at the design drawing in her hand.
"Why don't you know? Who in Beijing doesn't know Mr. Yu, the agricultural officer of the Ministry of Household Affairs? Not only can he grow high-yield grain, but he can also grow vegetables and fruits in season. From now on, all the lords, ladies and ladies in Beijing will be lucky. Hey!! Who would have thought that such a great contribution would be made by a teenage girl with a weak literary background?" Xiang'er was full of envy and admiration.
"Sister Xiaocao is not only very talented in planting, but also has high attainments in cooking. It is said that she developed many best-selling dishes in Zhenxiu Restaurant. She is also good at medicine, and she also cured the little prince in the palace. Sick!" Jiang Siniang couldn't help admiring that girl who was five or six years younger than herself had such abilities!
Stars flickered in Xiang'er's eyes. She held her cheeks, sighing and whispering: "Master Yu looks like he is only eleven or twelve years old. He has studied so many things and is so proficient. Could it be that Is it the so-called genius?"
Jiang Siniang's eyes couldn't bear to leave the design drawings of flag outfits, she wished she could go back and immediately turn these drawings into sets of beautiful costumes. She could imagine what kind of hurricane these extraordinary designs would create in the capital!
Hearing this, she nodded approvingly. Just from a few words from relatives, many special elements can be extracted, and people can make dazzling clothes. If Sister Xiaocao puts more effort into drawing, I am afraid that her title of "No. 1 Embroidery Master in Ming Dynasty" will soon be replaced.
Not to mention how Jiang Siniang embroidered flags day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep when she returned home. After she left, Yu Xiaocao went back to the inner courtyard, climbed onto the slum next to the fire wall, and lay down lazily. Beside her, Mrs. Fang listened quietly to He Chun's chirping and gesticulating.
"Ma'am, you don't know how powerful Miss is! Just a few words, let Mrs. Jiang treat each other as sisters sincerely! And the novelty flag dresses that Mrs. talked about, the servants were all fascinated when they heard it. The costumes that the young lady said were based on the blueprints, although they are only black and white, they are all pleasing to the eye. Thinking that in the near future, those flag outfits that are popular among the ladies will pick up our young lady's teeth, and the slaves will have It's a feeling of elation!" After all, He Chun is a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, and she is sincerely proud of serving such a young lady, and her eyebrows are beaming with pride when she speaks.
But Yu Xiaocao smiled lightly and said: "That's Sister Jiang is amazing, she can refine and sublimate what I think and say in my mouth. She is the real power in the clothing industry!"
He Chun also agrees with this, but she still thinks that her lady is amazing: "Everyone Jiang also said that without the inspiration of the lady, she would never be able to design such a unique and beautiful costume. The lady is her big brother." Where is the hero!"
Linglong, who has always been prudent, also jokingly said: "Our girl is the first among all the ladies in Beijing to make everyone Jiang sincerely friends!"
He Chun nodded like a pounding garlic, smiling so brightly that a flower bloomed on his face: "Ma'am, guess what! What did Mr. Jiang promise to Miss?"
"What did you promise? Make clothes for Cao'er?" As for her own daughter, Mrs. Fang didn't think there was anything bad about it. "Cao'er, you are getting older, you should have a few sets of clothing and jewelry that you can go out with!"
The smile on He Chun's face deepened: "From now on, miss, you will wear the clothes embroidered for you by Master Jiang when you go out, one set per season, it will definitely make those noble girls with noses that grow to the top of their heads envious like little rabbits! "
"A set for one season? Every year??" Mrs. Fang was very pleasantly surprised. One of the ladies in competition, having a dress made by Jiang Siniang herself, is enough for her to be famous in the circle for a whole year, let alone every season. Can have a set.
"Not only Ms., but you also have it, madam!! It's a set for one season, Mr. Jiang made it by himself. Mrs. Jiang also said that the first flag dress is according to your size, madam. You are the first one in the whole capital to own a flag dress." Where is your noble lady!" As soon as He Chun's words came out, the maids in the room all exclaimed and congratulated the master.
Mrs. Fang looked like she couldn't believe her ears. Jiang Siniang and her daughter were like-minded, so it was fine to help her make clothes. Unexpectedly, the daughter's weight in Jiang Siniang's heart is not light, and she loves the house so much that she promised her clothes. Who in Beijing doesn't know that Master Jiang of Linglong Embroidery Workshop doesn't easily make clothes for people. How lucky she is!
"Cao'er, the Jiang family treats each other like this, and we should reciprocate with courtesy!" Mrs. Fang was thinking about what she could get at home.
Yu Xiaocao said without hesitation: "It's a big deal, I'll take care of the Jiang family's fruits and vegetables this winter!"
However, He Chun hesitated to say: "Miss, the reason why Jiang and everyone promised to help you and your wife make clothes is because of the style of the flag you gave her. If you continue to supply others with vegetables and fruits, isn't it a bit strange?" …”
Mrs. Fang thought for a while, nodded and said: "What He Chun said is that if there are too many interests between friends, they will not be pure. However, some innocuous small gifts are still okay. Don't you like to make Snacks? You can occasionally send some newly developed snacks for her to try."
Seeing Xiaocao's eager expression on He Chun's face, she smiled and said, "Say what you want, and no one is blocking your mouth! Why are you making such a weird look."
He Chun chuckled and said, "Miss, in fact, we also have novel items that can be given to girlfriends as small gifts!" She had heard the word "girlfriend" from the lady. Jiang Siniang should be her lady's best friend in the future, right
Xiaocao's eyes lit up, and said, "You mean, those handmade soaps?"
He Chun nodded his head like garlic: "Yes, yes!! The servant tried for a long time according to the method you told me, and finally made aloe vera handmade soap and honey milk soap. I am waiting for you to come back to check and accept it!"
"Go, show me!" Yu Xiaocao was excited.
Speaking of handmade soap, when she was washing her face one morning, she sighed with emotion at the inferior soap: "This soap is expensive, but its function is mediocre. It can neither moisturize nor whiten. It's not worth it!"
This girl, He Chun, is usually the most smug, and likes to make some rouge and gouache. A tin of five taels of silver a piece of soap turned into something dismissive in the mouth of the young lady. She has a personality cult for Xiaocao, pestering her master about what kind of soap is moisturizing and whitening. Xiaocao casually mentioned a few simple handmade soap methods. The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was interested, He Chun remembered it in his heart, and secretly tried to do it. I didn't expect that it took only more than a month, and this guy really made a fuss!
When He Chun brought two pieces of handmade soap of unknown shape, the other girls in the room covered their mouths and laughed. That piece of aloe vera handmade soap, a lump of green, looks like someone crushed the vegetable dumpling. The piece of honey milk is yellow or white, like expired cheese. Are you sure it will work
Wu Tong was just robbed of the limelight by her, and now she seized the opportunity to bury her: "He Chun, what kind of handmade soap are you talking about? Are you sure it's not something broken and used to fool the lady? Such things, Who would dare to take it out?"