"Excuse me, could you please give our young lady a ride to the clinic in front? Our carriage is broken down and our young lady is still sick." A person who looked like a maid stepped forward and stopped the carriage of the Qu Mansion.
Yudong jumped off the carriage and saw a carriage parked on the side of the road opposite. Two maids were standing beside the carriage. They were taller than ordinary maids, but very thin.
"Does your young lady want to see a doctor?" Yu Dong asked.
"Yes, it's not far ahead, but my young lady may not be able to walk that far. Can we take your car?" The maid who blocked the road looked helpless. She looked at Yu Dong and begged, and then pointed to the front, "It's not far ahead. It will only take a while!"
Yudong turned around to report to Qu Moying. Qu Moying thought about it, held Yuchun's hand and got off the carriage. It happened that she was not in a hurry to go back home, and wanted to see her own Yueyi Pavilion. If she went there across, it was actually not far. If she took a carriage, she would have to go around a big circle.
Yu Dong walked up to the maid and said, "Our young lady happens to be in trouble, so I will lend you the carriage for a while. Help your young lady over here, and I will take you to find a doctor."
She stayed behind to take care of the carriage.
The maid bowed profusely in the direction of Qu Moying getting off the carriage, and then helped a young lady out of the carriage.
Looking in the direction of Qu Moying, he saw a tall lady, but her hair was combed a little differently from the way it was done in the capital, with a lot of it falling in front of her face. In addition, she had her head lowered, making her look very sick, and his face could not be seen.
Two maids helped her get on the car, and when she was about to get on, she suddenly raised her head slightly and looked sideways at Qu Moying.
The two people looked at each other invisibly through their veils.
The young lady was very beautiful, with delicate features and clear contours, but her face was too pale, just like Qu Moying's.
After making eye contact with Qu Moying, the woman gently leaned towards him to express her gratitude, and then climbed into the carriage with the help of her maid with difficulty. There were indeed too many inconveniences in her movements.
It looks like he's not feeling well.
Qu Moying frowned and looked at the young lady's back, as if thinking about something.
"Miss, what's wrong?" Yu Chun noticed her abnormality and asked in a low voice.
Qu Moying shook his head in confusion, turned his eyes back from the carriage, and whispered, "Let's go!"
The maid was quite tall, but this young lady was even taller. I had never seen a young lady so tall before, and this young lady seemed to be very ill. They were a special pair of master and servant.
The carriage had already moved forward, and Qu Moying took Yuchun along a small path. As they walked, the image of the young lady just now still appeared in Qu Moying's mind.
The sick lady had no choice but to stop a carriage and ask for a ride. If she had been left with no other options, how could she have done such an impolite thing
Qu Moying's footsteps suddenly stopped and his eyes darkened.
"Miss?" Yu Dong followed her, and when he saw her stop, he stopped too.
"The lady just now wanted to take our carriage?" Qu Moying asked thoughtfully. This was a point that confused her just now.
"Yes, he said he was sick and couldn't move forward. The clinic is not far ahead." Yu Chun thought for a moment and answered truthfully, although he didn't understand what his young lady was thinking.
"You can't tell from the outside of the carriage where the people are sitting.
Is it a boy or a girl?" Qu Moying took another slow step.
"It's impossible to see it." Yu Chun said with certainty this time. There were coachmen outside the carriage, and the maids and masters were all in the carriage. There was no way they could see it.
"Then how can this lady just stop a car and take a ride casually?" Qu Moying spoke in a low voice, almost talking to himself.
After she finished speaking, she stopped again, slowed down for a while, and then walked forward again. There are differences between men and women. Even if this lady really has difficulty traveling, she can't just stop a carriage and say she wants a ride. If she didn't happen to get off the carriage, and if there was a man in the carriage, would she still want to take the ride
This doesn't make sense!
No lady from any family would ride in the same carriage with a strange man.
Even if the man in the carriage would get off and walk because he was concerned about her being a woman, this young lady was so careless that she didn't think about how it would affect her reputation if it was a man, and if this man was not a good person.
Is it because you don’t care, or is there some other reason
Qu Moying couldn't figure it out for a moment. When he raised his eyes, he had already walked out of the alley and arrived in front of his own shop.
I sorted out my thoughts and put the matter behind me for the time being. After all, this matter had little to do with me. Maybe the other person was just too sick to wait and could only stop a car casually.
Too sick to wait? Although the young lady just now seemed to have some difficulty in moving, when she looked over, her eyes were still very clear, and she didn't look like she couldn't wait even a moment!
The more I thought about it, the more confused I became.
"Greetings, young lady!" The shopkeeper, Aunt Yang, happened to be out, and when she saw Qu Moying standing at the door, she hurriedly came forward to greet her.
Qu Moying gathered his thoughts, nodded to Aunt Yang with a smile, and then followed Aunt Yang into the store.
There are quite a few women in the store, and it seems that business is pretty good. The five-color brocade sold in Beijing is doing well. Aunt Yang said before that she wanted to get another batch, and asked Qu Moying what he thought.
"How many five-colored brocades are left?" Qu Moying went upstairs to find a private room, sat down, and asked.
Aunt Yang told the waiter to serve tea while she replied, "I was just about to tell you, young lady, that there isn't much left in the warehouse. The business of five-color brocade has been very good these days, and many young ladies come to our store and ask for five-color brocade directly. I think it's okay even if we have a little more."
The five-color brocade is not only lightly woven, but also has extremely beautiful patterns. It is very different from the brocade used in the capital city. However, it is said that there are not many of these five-color brocades in the Jiangnan area.
The reason why Yueyi Pavilion was able to attract such a large number of people was due to the power of the Jiangnan Yue family, and also because of the intention to revitalize Yueyi Pavilion.
This five-colored brocade has boosted a small portion of Yueyi Pavilion's business. On the other hand, without the five-colored brocade, Yueyi Pavilion's current business would drop a lot.
Aunt Yang has been very worried these days and has been sending messages to the Qu Mansion again and again, hoping that Qu Moying will come over and make a direct decision.
"Miss, why not ask Jiangnan for help?" Aunt Yang saw Qu Moying pondering in silence, hesitated for a moment, and then suggested.
Qu Moying shook his head slightly and refused.
Although the Jiangnan Yue family is my maternal grandfather's family, they have helped me so much before, and it is already a favor. I can't keep bothering them with this favor. My mother has passed away for many years, but the favor needs to be maintained and cannot be wasted.
"Can't we purchase the goods ourselves?" Qu Moying asked after a moment of hesitation.
"You can buy goods, but you may not get particularly good ones, and the prices may be high." Aunt Yang had done some research before and knew that several other stores were also selling five-color brocade, but none of them were as good as hers, and the prices were high. Many customers who came to buy five-color brocade would talk about this.
"We will also raise our prices a bit to be on par with those of the other stores." After hearing what Aunt Yang said, Qu Moying already had an idea in mind.
"If the prices are high, won't there be fewer customers?" Aunt Yang said in surprise.
"Although there are fewer customers, those who stay must agree with us, and our goods are no worse than those of other stores, but the prices are lower, which is not reasonable in the first place. We don't have much supply of our own goods right now," Qu Moying explained.
Aunt Yang nodded repeatedly after hearing these words. She was also a shopkeeper with many years of experience, so how could she not understand this logic? It was just that she had been a little greedy for credit before, so her thinking was a little biased. Now, after hearing what Qu Moying said, she immediately understood that what she had to do was long-term. Even though the present was good, it would not last long.
If you know it won't last long, then cut the Gordian knot.
He admired his young lady, who looked so weak, more and more. To have such a long-term vision and such courage was something that not only ordinary young ladies could do, but even the lady who had been in charge for many years could not do this.
After all, the immediate benefits are visible benefits, and few people can give up these benefits.
"The things embroidered by those two embroiderers from Jiangnan should be usable too, right?" Qu Moying asked again.
"Okay. There are embroidered handkerchiefs, some small ornaments, sachets, and table screens. Although they are small items, I will store them for the time being as you instructed." Aunt Yang nodded. The work of these two embroiderers is really good, and different from that in Beijing. If they are put on the market, they will definitely attract a large number of customers.
But I still feel that the goods are too few. After all, the strength of two people is not enough. Even if two people have been embroidering all the time, it still feels not enough!
"How are the group of embroiderers who learned from them before?" Qu Moying had made preparations early on.
"It's not bad, but my embroidery skills can't compare to theirs." Aunt Yang said.
"Send someone to contact the supplier that Yue contacted for us last time, and purchase the goods ourselves. If the price is a little higher, we can make appropriate adjustments." Qu Moying thought for a while and said, the supplier has been running the route between Jiangnan and Beijing. If our company raises the price appropriately, we can still get the supply.
Although the Jiangnan Yue family’s face is gone this time, the price looks much better.
"Okay, miss, I'll do it right away." Aunt Yang said excitedly, as if a huge stone had fallen from her heart. If the five-color brocade that she had bought was broken, it would be a huge blow to the Yueyi Pavilion that had just revived. Now that the miss had distributed these things one by one, it would definitely help the Yueyi Pavilion out of trouble and allow it to truly stand up.
"What's going on with the Yuejin Pavilion next door? It looks like business isn't very good, with not many people coming in and out?" After talking about her own affairs, Qu Moying had the leisure to ask one more question. She picked up the tea on the table, took a sip and then put it down. When she entered the door just now, she took a quick glance next door and found that the business next door was really not that good!
"Miss, something happened in Yuejin Pavilion!" Aunt Yang sighed.