After the Double Ninth Festival, Lin Dan's business improved. Many people came to book clothes, and they were all ladies and young ladies from Lin'an Prefecture. But Du Ruyan only selected a few of the high-ranking people's orders for Lin Dan to do, and rejected the rest. She seemed to naturally know how to communicate with people, and the guests she turned away were not at all annoyed, and even more respected Lin Dan's embroidery skills.
Lin Dan didn't have time to take orders, so everyone took the next step and asked San Yiniang and Fourth Yiniang to make clothes. The most popular was the jacket skirt lined with silk cotton pockets, which cost more than 20 taels. Silver, but there are still an endless stream of people ordering. Seeing that winter is coming, who doesn't want to dress warm and light? Such a silk padded jacket skirt is almost a must-have in winter. In the spring, the interlayer can be taken apart and continue to be worn, which is very cost-effective.
A month later, Lin Dan moved the money box to the bed, and called in Zhang Hui, San Yiniang, Si Yiniang, and Cui Lan, and said, "This is the money we earned last month, and everyone has contributed. , let's share it together."
"How much did you earn?" Zhang Hui climbed onto the kang and asked expectantly.
"Let's do some calculations." Lin Dan opened the money box and fell on the kang, only to hear a crackling sound, a lot of silver rolled out from it, and glistened again under the candlelight, one ingot and one ingot. The whole silver, there are pieces of broken silver, as well as melon seeds, beads, and peanut-shaped reward silver, it is almost impossible to count.
"Oh my mother!" Even before the Lin family was in ruins, San Yiniang and Si Yiniang had never seen so much money, and were immediately stunned.
Cuilan covered her mouth with an expression of disbelief.
Only Zhang Hui was the most calm, but he couldn't help licking his dry lips, and said dumbly, "I guess there are three or four hundred taels at a minimum." Three or four hundred taels of silver did not count when the Lin family was at its peak. What, however, these silvers are only the money that my daughter earns in a month, that is to say, after a year, my daughter can earn thousands of taels at least, which is a huge amount!
The Lin family is hopeful, sir, have you seen it under Jiuquan? Thinking of this, Zhang Hui's eyes were red and tears were flashing, but she was embarrassed for her daughter to find out, so she quickly turned her back and wiped the corners of her eyes. The two aunties sat down beside her and patted her back lightly. All the hardships have passed, they have survived, and everything will be fine.
Lin Dan was born without the nerve called "sentimental", and just handed Zhang Hui a handkerchief, then took out a small notebook, and said seriously: "Last month, San Yiniang made five silk cotton jacket skirts, Si Yiniang made six pieces. Cuilan helped cut fabrics, received customers, and changed the size of clothes every day. My mother and I made a set of iron armor together, and contacted the blacksmith to customize 20 catties of iron pieces... A silk cotton jacket skirt The profit is 10 taels of silver, and I give each aunt a tenth of the cut, that is, 5 taels of silver and 6 taels of silver respectively; Cuilan does miscellaneous work, and the technical content is not high, but it is very hard, I give 20 taels The monthly money of silver; although my mother only made a set of iron armor, it is very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is also risky. I will pay ten taels of silver as a reward, and I will use the remaining money to rent a storefront and buy embroidery thread. , embroidered cloth, dyes, etc., the budget is within two hundred taels, and this is our income and expenditure last month."
Lin Dan closed the notebook and asked, "Do you have any questions?"
"No problem." The two aunties shook their heads in unison. They are accustomed to obeying the eldest lady's orders, and feel that following the eldest lady, they will have countless good days to live in the future. Even when Lin Dafu was there, their monthly money was only 5 taels of silver, no more. But following Lin Dan is different, as long as they work diligently, they will not worry about making money. If those concubines who stole the property of the Lin family and fled at night knew that the Lin family could get up again, they would not know how they would regret it.
"No problem, no problem, thank you girl!" Cui Lan almost jumped up with joy. When the Lin family hadn't fallen, she was just a rough girl who could get two hundred coins a month. Later, when the Lin family fell, she was afraid that she would be sold to that kind of pickling place by her brother and sister-in-law, so she begged for nothing. Laid to stay. She never dreamed that she would one day get two taels of silver per month! The girl is so generous!
Lin Dan glanced at her and mentioned: "When you are free, learn embroidery with your two concubines. When you improve your craftsmanship and can make clothes by yourself, you will get more money. Simple dresses are less profitable. The wages you get are also less, and the luxurious dresses are more profitable, and the wages you get are more. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to practice your crafts hard.”
The three of them nodded their heads straight, as if only the eldest lady followed suit.
Lin Dan was very satisfied with the enthusiasm and belief in their eyes, and found that Zhang Hui was a little unhappy, so he pushed the remaining pile of money to her feet, and said, "Mother, I earned all these, all of them. Honor to you. When I find a suitable store, you will give me the rent."
Zhang Hui, who frowned, was immediately happy, and took her daughter into his arms and cried heartily. Others laughed at her for not being able to give birth to a son, for not being able to stand up to the Lin family's door, and she had nowhere to go in her entire life, and she had no place to depend on her children. Now, what about her? Her one daughter is more promising than ten sons in other families!
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Hearing that Lin Dan wanted to rent a storefront, Du Ruyan came the next day with a stack of land deeds, and said boldly: "You can just take it from any store you fancy, and it will be counted as part of my shareholding money. Although I, Du Ruyan, have no You have no power, but you have too much money to spend, so don’t worry!”
Lin'an Mansion was originally the home of the Du family. When Du Mu and Empress Du got married, they were given many shops and fields in Lin'an Mansion. Although the two sisters were finally abandoned, the dowry was not greedy. The emperor couldn't do that kind of shit, and even if he hated Empress Du, he paid enough compensation, enough for her to live the rest of her life prosperously. The emperor did not kill them all, but also arranged a way back for Empress Du. It can be seen that there is still a trace of affection in his heart, and the Marquis of Anding did not dare to bully the brothers and sisters. gave a lot of money. This made the concubines and concubines of An Dinghou angry, but there was nothing they could do.
Lin Dan knew about Du Ruyan's situation, so he was not polite to her at all, took the land deeds and looked at them one by one, pointed to one of them and said, "Suzaku Street? If I remember correctly, Meng's Embroidery Village is also located in Suzaku. On the street?"
"Yes, my shop is opposite her shop, door to door."
"Then I want this shop." Lin Dan unconsciously rubbed his hands together. He always felt that it was a pleasure to open the shop opposite Meng's Embroidery Village.
"Okay, I will immediately ask Sun Bo to clean the store." Du Ruyan said with a smile.
"By the way, make another plaque and write the name of our shop. How about our shop is called Danyan Embroidery Village?" Lin Dan said slowly.
"What did you say?" Du Ruyan was stunned.
"I said that our embroidery village is called Danyan Embroidery Village. Do you think this name is appropriate?"
"It's suitable, of course it's suitable!" Du Ruyan came back to her senses and wanted to smile, but her eyes turned red. She really didn't do anything to help Lin Dan, she just liked her tenacity in the face of adversity. But Lin Dan held her hand tightly and pulled her out of the quagmire. Light Smoke Embroidery Village, this is their name and their career, so good!
"Dan, we must make Danyan Embroidery Village the best embroidery village in Lin'an Prefecture!" Du Ruyan swore with pride.
Lin Dan shook his head with a calm expression: "No, our goal is to make the Danyan Embroidery Village the best embroidery village in the Great Zhou Country."
Du Ruyan was stunned for a while, then laughed happily. She likes Lin Dan's character very much. She seems to be indifferent to the world and very Buddha-nature, but when she should be serious, she will immediately become enterprising and indomitable.
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Both of them are activists, and it took only half a month to decorate the store and put up signs.
Meng Si frowned and looked at the opposite side, and murmured, "Danyan Xiuzhuang, who owns this?" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the door of the shop on the opposite side opened, and Lin Dan and Du Ruyan were in front of one another. He came out from the back, holding two large flower baskets in his hand, and Zhang Hui carrying a string of firecrackers, igniting them in the deserted alley next to them.
The crackling sound attracted many passers-by, but because the shop was decorated too delicately and luxuriously, each floor tile was specially made by craftsmen and looked as smooth as jade. Although there were not many fabrics on the shelves, they were all from the market. It is a rare and precious species that ordinary people do not dare to patronize.
Du Ruyan looked at the storefront of Men Keluoque with a frustrated expression.
However, Lin Dan was not worried at all, just arranged the needles and embroidery frames neatly one by one.
Just at this moment, Du Rusong walked in wearing a strong suit and holding a sword. He didn't rest today, he came here in a hurry after switching defenses with his comrades, handed a small exquisite box to Lin Dan, and said softly, "Miss Lin, I wish you a good business opening."
"Thank you." Lin Dan opened the box and found that there was a folding fan lying inside. The fan was embroidered with a picture of flowers and birds. The use of colors and the transformation of stitches were completely different from the embroidery of the Great Zhou Kingdom. With a very simple style, the selection of embroidery thread is not limited to silk thread, but also adds grass stems, ribbons, bird feathers, cashmere and so on.
"It's a wonderful idea to embroider futons with real grass stems!" Lin Dan immediately fell in love with the gift, and said with certainty, "This is not an embroidery from the Great Zhou Kingdom, right?"
"This is what I captured from the boat of the Japanese pirates. The embroidery skills of the Japanese were inherited from the prosperous Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago. Many of the prosperous Tang needle techniques have been lost in the Great Zhou Kingdom, but they have been completely preserved." Du Rusong looked down at her. , and asked expectantly, "Do you like this gift?"
"I like it very much!" Lin Dan nodded vigorously, his eyes widened, "Can I cut it open? I want to learn Japanese acupuncture."
Du Rusong's expression froze for a moment, and after a while he shook his head and laughed softly, with a very helpless tone: "Cut it, you can cut it however you want." Lin Dan is worthy of being Lin Dan, and practicality always comes first. No wonder she was able to reopen Lin's Embroidery Village in just over half a year.
No, it is no longer Lin's Embroidery Village, but Danyan Embroidery Village. Thinking of this, Du Rusong smiled softly.