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93. Embroidery Mother 15

After the Double Ninth Festival, Lin Dan's business became better. There were many people coming to book clothes, and they were all ladies and ladies from Lin'an Mansion. But Du Ruyan only picked orders from a few of the people with high identities for Lin Dan to do, and all the rest were rejected. She seemed to have been born with knowing how to socialize with people, and the guests who were turned away were not annoyed at all. She also praised Lin Dan's embroidery skills even more.

Lin Dan had no time to take the order, so everyone settled for the second best. He asked the third and fourth aunts to make clothes. The most popular one was the jacket and skirt that used silk cotton pockets as linings. One piece cost more than twenty taels of silver, but the ordering was still endless. Seeing that winter was coming, who wouldn't want to wear it warm and thin? Such a silk cotton jacket and skirt is almost a must-have in winter. In spring, you can still take the mezzanine and continue wearing it. It's very cost-effective.

A month later, Lin Dan moved the money box to the bed, called Zhang Hui, the third aunt, the fourth aunt and Cuilan together, and said, "This is the money we earned last month. Everyone has made efforts, so let's share it together."

"How much did you earn?" Zhang Hui climbed onto the kang and asked expectantly.

"Let me count it." Lin Dan opened the money box and fell on the kang. There was a crackling sound. Many silver rolled out from it and shone under the candlelight. There were ingots of whole silver, pieces of broken silver, melon seeds, beads, and peanut-shaped silver, which could not be counted.

"Oh my mother!" Even before the Lin family was ruined, the third and fourth concubines had never seen so much money, and they were stunned.

Cuilan covered her mouth with an expression of disbelief.

Only Zhang Hui was the most calm, but she couldn't help but lick her dry lips and said hoarsely: "I guess it's 3,400 taels." Three,400 taels of silver were indeed nothing at the peak of the Lin family. However, these silvers were just the money my daughter earned in a month, which means that in a year, her daughter could earn at least 1,000 taels, which was a huge amount!

The Lin family is hopeful. Master, have you seen it in the underworld? Thinking of this, Zhang Hui's eyes were red and tears flashed, but she was embarrassed to let her daughter discover it. She quickly turned around and wiped the corners of her eyes. The two aunts sat next to her, one left and one right, and gently patted her spine. All the suffering has passed, and everything will be better if they survived it.

Lin Dan was born without the nerve called "sensationality". She just handed Zhang Hui a handkerchief, then took out a small notebook and said seriously: "Last month, the third aunt made five silk cotton jackets and skirts, and the fourth aunt made six. Cuilan helped cut fabrics every day, receive customers, and modify the size of the clothes. My mother and I made a set of iron armor together, and contacted the blacksmith to customize twenty kilograms of iron sheets... The profit of a silk cotton jacket skirt is ten taels of silver, and I will give it to each person.

The commission of my aunt is one-tenth of that is five taels of silver and six taels of silver each; Cuilan does a miscellaneous work, and the technical content is not high, but it is very hard, so I give two taels of silver a month; although my mother only made a set of iron armor, it was very time-consuming and labor-intensive, and she still took risks. I would give ten taels of silver a reward, and I would rent a storefront for the remaining money, and then buy embroidery thread, embroidery cloth, dye, etc. The budget is within 200 taels of silver. This is our income and expenditure last month."

Lin Dan closed the small notebook and asked, "Do you have any questions?"

"No problem." The two aunts shook their heads together. They were used to following the eldest lady's orders, and felt that following the eldest lady would have countless good days in the future. Even when Lin Dafu was there, their monthly money was only five taels of silver, and they could not be more. But following Lin Dan was different. As long as they were diligent, they would not have to worry about not being able to make money. If the aunts who stole the Lin family's property and ran away at night knew that the Lin family could get up again, they would not know how to regret it.

"No problem, no problem, thank you girl!" Cuilan almost jumped up happily. Before the Lin family was defeated, she was just a rough girl and could get two hundred copper coins a month. Later, the Lin family was defeated. She was afraid that she would be sold to such a pickled place by her brother and sister-in-law, so she was begging for nothing. She never dreamed that she would get two taels of silver one day! The girl was so generous!

Lin Dan glanced at her and mentioned, "When you are fine, you will learn embroidery from your two aunts. When you are good at craftsmanship, you will get more money when you can make clothes alone. Simple dresses are less profitable, and luxurious dresses are more profitable, and extravagant dresses are more profitable, and you will get more wages. If you want to make a lot of money, you have to practice your craftsmanship desperately."

The three of them nodded in a flash, looking like they were just following the head of the young lady.

Lin Dan was very satisfied with the enthusiasm and belief in their eyes. He found that Zhang Hui was a little unhappy, so he pushed the remaining lot of money to her feet and said, "Mom, I earn all of these, I will respect you. When I find a suitable store, you will give me the rent."

Zhang Hui, who frowned, was immediately happy and hugged her daughter in her arms and screamed with heart. Others laughed at her for not being able to give birth to a son and could not resist the Lin family's door. She has no support in this life and has lost her life. Now, what if she sees it again? She has one daughter, more promising than other people's ten sons!

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I heard that Lin Dan wanted to rent a store, Du Ruyan came with a stack of land deeds the next day and said generously: "If you like a store, just take it. It is the money I have to invest in. Although I, Du Ruyan, have no power and power, I have too much money to spend. Don't worry!"

Lin'an Mansion was originally the hometown of the Du family. When Du's mother and Empress Du got married, they got many shops and fields in Lin'an Mansion. Although the sisters were abandoned in the end, the dowry was not greedy. The emperor could not do such a despicable thing. Even if he hated Empress Du, he gave him enough compensation, which was enough for her to spend the rest of her life richly. The emperor had not driven away all the killings and arranged a way out for Empress Du. It was obvious that there was still a trace of love in his heart. The Anding Hou Mansion did not dare to bully the brother and sister. Not only did he return Du's dowry, but he also gave him a lot of extra money. This made the sons and daughters of Anding Hou angry, but he could do nothing.

Lin Dan knew about Du Ruyan's situation, so she was not polite to her at all. She took the land deed and looked through it one by one, pointed to one of them and said, "Zhuque Street? If I remember correctly, Meng's embroidery shop is also open on Zhuque Street, right?"

"Yes, my shop is opposite her shop, with the door facing the door."

"Then I want this shop." Lin Dan unconsciously rubbed his hands, always feeling that it seemed like a happy thing to be able to open the shop opposite the Meng family embroidery shop, and he felt that he had finally fulfilled it.

"Yes, I'll ask Uncle Sun to clean the store immediately." Du Ruyan said with a smile.

"By the way, make another plaque and write the name of our store. How about our store called Danyan Embroidery Shop?" Lin Dan spoke slowly.

"What did you say?" Du Ruyan was stunned.

"I said that our embroidery shop is called Danyan Embroidery shop. Do you think this name is suitable?"

"It's appropriate, of course!" Du Ruyan came to her senses and wanted to smile, but her eyes turned red. She really didn't do anything to help Lin Dan, but she just liked the tenacity she was in the face of difficulties. But Lin Dan held her hand hard and pulled her out of the mud. Danyan Embroidery Village, this is their name and their career, it's so good!

"Dandan, we must make Danyan Embroidery House the best embroidery house in Lin'an Mansion!" Du Ruyan swore passionately.

Lin Dan shook her head, her expression calmly: "No, our goal is to make Danyan Embroidery House into the best embroidery house in the Great Zhou Kingdom." She either doesn't do it, but if she wants to do it, she will do the best.

Du Ruyan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled happily. She liked Lin Dan's personality very much. She looked uncontested and very Buddha-like. But when it was time to be serious, she would immediately become enterprising and unyielding.

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Both of them were acting and took only half a month to renovate the store and put on signs.

Meng Si frowned and murmured, "Danyan Embroidery Village, whose family opened it?" As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the door of the shop opposite opened. Lin Dan and Du Ruyan walked out one after another, holding two large flower baskets in their hands, and Zhang Hui was carrying a string of firecrackers and lit them in the unmanned alley next to her.

The crackling sound attracted many passers-by, but because the shop was decorated too exquisitely and luxuriously, each piece of floor tiles was specially made by craftsmen, looking as smooth as jade. Although there were not many fabrics on the shelves, they were all rare and precious varieties on the market, which made ordinary people not very dare to visit.

Du Ruyan looked at Menkelaoque's store with a little frustrated expression.

Lin Dan was not worried at all, just arranged the needle and thread and embroidery frame one by one.

Just at this moment, Du Rusong walked in with a strong suit and holding a sword. He did not rest today. He rushed over after changing defense with his comrades. He handed a beautiful small box to Lin Dan and said softly: "Miss Lin, I wish you a good start."

"Thank you." Lin Dan opened the box and found a folding fan lying inside, and a picture of flowers and birds embroidered on the fan. The use of colors and the transformation of needles are completely different from the embroidery of the Great Zhou Kingdom. It is a very gorgeous but extremely simple style. The selection of embroidery threads is not only limited to silk threads, but also added grass stems, ribbons, bird feathers, cashmere, etc.

"What a wonderful idea to use real grass stems to embroider the futon!" Lin Dan immediately fell in love with the gift and said confidently: "Isn't this an embroidery from the Great Zhou Kingdom?"

"This is what I seized from the Japanese pirates' ship. The Japanese embroidery skills were inherited in the prosperous Tang Dynasty hundreds of years ago. Many acupuncture techniques of the prosperous Tang Dynasty had been lost in the Great Zhou Kingdom, but they were completely preserved." Du Rusong looked at her with a look of anticipation: "Do you like this gift?"

"I like it very much!" Lin Dan nodded vigorously, his eyes wide open, "Can I cut it open? I want to learn the Japanese acupuncture method."

Du Rusong's expression was frozen for a moment, and Shaoqing shook his head and smiled, his tone was very helpless: "Cut it, how do you cut it?" Lin Dan deserves to be Lin Dan, and he always has practicality first. No wonder she was able to reopen the Lin family embroidery shop in just half a year.
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