Seeing the woman's pleading expression, Xie Youwei couldn't help but frown, and stepped forward, but was stopped by a hand that suddenly stretched out from the side.
Xie Youwei looked to the side in confusion and saw the woman holding his hand.
She looked like a woman, wearing gold and silver, and she was also gorgeously dressed.
The woman looked at the woman kneeling on the ground, with a bit of disgust on her face.
"You've just arrived, right? Don't be fooled by this woman's pretending to be pitiful."
Xie Youwei was stunned.
"What's wrong?"
The woman curled her lips, put down her hand holding Xie Youwei, and pointed at the woman.
"This is not the first time this woman has done this. The name she just mentioned sounds familiar, right? It's the Mandarin Duck Hairpin Shop in the city that is almost out of business."
Xie Youwei nodded.
Just listened to it yesterday.
"She is the lady who is the shopkeeper of that house."
"Their shopkeeper used to be a craftsman of the Pearl Pavilion, but who knew that he suddenly stole the designs from the Pearl Pavilion and went out to work alone? The shopkeeper of the Zhuyu Pavilion in the human world was kind-hearted and only asked them to stop stealing and did not ask them to compensate.
Who knew that they would bite back the shopkeeper of Zhuyu Pavilion and say that the person who copied it was from Zhuyu Pavilion."
At this point, the woman's face showed a bit of deep disapproval.
"The Zhuyuge store is so big, how rare is it to copy theirs?"
"Let's go back and forth. Zhuyu Pavilion doesn't want to pay attention to them anymore. Let them make trouble. Everyone knows about their nasty things. But lately..." The woman moved closer to Xie Youwei and lowered her voice, "Probably
It must have been retribution, the man in their family fell ill."
"It just happened that during that time, Zhuyu Pavilion displayed the treasure of the store, which is the pair of hairpins in the middle, the Double Happiness Silver Hairpin. Who knew that he would be entangled by this woman and couldn't pay for the medical expenses?
She ran to Zhuyu Pavilion every two days, and because of the pair of hairpins with a pair of mandarin ducks on them, she insisted that they were from their mandarin duck hairpin shop, and yelled at the shopkeeper to return them to her."
After saying that, the woman clicked her tongue, shook her head, and made an evaluation of what she had done.
"It's got a bad reputation. It's better to make your own from the beginning instead of copying the stuff from Zhuyu Pavilion."
Xie Youwei listened to the whole process, sighed, and finally did not come forward.
The begging woman was just kicked out.
Xie Youwei followed the clerk's instructions and followed the shopkeeper to a quiet place to discuss the matter.
"For this manuscript of yours, the most I can give is this number."
The shopkeeper of Zhuyu Pavilion stretched out two fingers with a shrewd light in his eyes.
Xie Youwei frowned slightly.
"Two hundred taels?"
After hearing Xie Youwei's words, the person opposite frowned even deeper than Xie Youwei.
"What two hundred taels? I'll give you twenty taels of silver at most."
The shopkeeper put down the design draft and looked at Xie Youwei with squinted eyes.
"Little girl, you are not a well-known designer, and your designs are not well-known. The manuscript... To be honest, it is just mediocre. I have given you so much because you are still young and the work is still spirited, so I reluctantly accepted it.
If you want to buy it, go and look elsewhere, they can't offer such a high price, I've already taken good care of you."
Suppress first.
"Besides, you should have seen how popular our Zhuyu Pavilion is. As long as you sell me a few more manuscripts and sell them here for a while, you will definitely become famous. I won't treat you badly by then. I'll give it to you.
Price increase!”
Draw another pie.
Xie Youwei's little face twisted into a ball under her veil.
Why are there still workplace pua here?
Sure enough, capitalists do not distinguish between times.
Xie Youwei didn't make any comment on the shopkeeper's workplace pua quotations, but simply took back the design draft.
"Since the shopkeeper said so, I'll go check out other stores."
Even if she opens her own shop, she won't sell her child to such a black-hearted capitalist.
Xie Youwei frowned, suddenly thinking of the woman who had just been kicked out.
Xie Youwei suddenly felt that the rumors among people were not so credible.
The shopkeeper in front of her could not let her see the slightest bit of kindness.
After hearing Xie Youwei's words, the shopkeeper was not angry and smiled lightly.
"Okay, then I'll wait here for you to come back."
He wanted to see where this little girl was going.
Going to Bai Yutang?
That is also his territory, and the price given will only be lower, not higher.
It's rare to see such a good design draft, he must be tightly tied to it.
Xie Youwei walked out of Zhuyu Pavilion and remembered the other two shops introduced by Xicui.
Bai Yutang and Yuanyang Hairpin are in opposite directions.
Almost without much hesitation, Xie Youwei walked in one direction.
Soon, Xie Youwei stopped in front of a shop.
Compared to Zhuyu Pavilion, this shop looks particularly shabby.
The overall decoration of the store is much simpler, and there are no customers in the store. There is only a little girl sitting on the bench inside, shaking her legs every time.
Xie Youwei stepped in.
Sure enough, Xie Youwei had seen many of the styles in Zhuyu Pavilion.
Xie Youwei, who had experienced similar things, did not come to a conclusion immediately. Instead, he walked to the side and took a closer look at the hairpin placed on it.
The little girl in the store looked up and saw the customer. Her eyes suddenly lit up. She quickly stood up from the bench and ran to Xie Youwei's side.
The little girl is not very old, and her voice still has a childlike sound.
"Pretty sister, let's see what you like."
Xie Youwei couldn't help laughing.
"I've wrapped myself up like this, how do you see how beautiful I am?"
The little girl scratched her head in embarrassment, rolled her eyes in a circle, and spoke bravely despite being unable to reason.
"On top of her temperament! When I look at my sister's temperament when she's standing there, she must be a beauty!"
Xie Youwei was so amused by the little girl's rainbow fart that she couldn't help but reach out and touch the little girl's head.
"Are there no adults in the store?"
"Yes, yes." The little girl nodded her head, "Pretty sister, wait a moment, my mother will be here soon."
As she spoke, the little girl stared closely at Xie Youwei, fearing that the only customer who had entered the store in recent days would leave if she didn't pay attention.
Xie Youwei saw what the little girl meant and laughed and said: "Don't worry, I won't leave."
Just as the little girl said, not long after, a woman came out.
It was the woman Xie Youwei saw in Zhuyu Pavilion who had begged the shopkeeper of Zhuyu Pavilion for a long time.
The woman's face was full of fatigue. When she looked up and saw the guest, she couldn't help but be surprised. She hurriedly cheered up and walked forward, and cautiously asked.
"Miss, do you have a look at the jewelry you picked?" This chapter has been completed!