Fan Guangzu was still immersed in sadness. When he heard Shen Xiu's words, he couldn't react for a while, "What do you mean, little lady?"
"What I mean is that I can help Jinxinxiufang restore its former glory." Shen Xiu said solemnly.
Fan Guangzu thought he had failed, but when he saw the seriousness on Shen Xiu's face, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why do you want to help me, little lady?"
For a moment, Fan Guangzu even suspected that Shen Xiu had ulterior motives.
Shen Xiu saw Fan Guangzu's expression and knew that he had misunderstood.
"Listen to what I have to say. I do have the ability to help you, but I am not asking for nothing." Shen Xiudao: "You probably don't know my identity yet. I am an embroiderer who is good at Hunan embroidery."
"Are you an embroiderer?" Fan Guangzu said, "No wonder you know so much about embroidery."
Shen Xiu smiled slightly and said: "I originally wanted to open an embroidery shop by myself, but I don't like trouble, so I wanted to open an embroidery workshop in partnership with others."
"Then why did you choose our embroidery workshop?" Fan Guangzu asked puzzledly, "There are so many embroidery workshops in Fucheng, and each of them has better business than ours."
Since we are going to open a shop together, we must naturally put interests first.
Fan Guangzu couldn't understand that Shen Xiu didn't look for those embroidery shops with good business, but chose Jinxin Embroidery Shop, which was about to close down.
Regarding this issue, Shen Xiu explained directly: "I don't like to add icing on the cake, I like to provide help when it's time. Besides, those embroidery shops with good business may not agree to the conditions I offer."
"What conditions do you want?" After hearing this, Fan Guangzu already had a plan in mind and asked.
Shen Xiudao: "I want to spend more time on embroidery work and don't want to spend too much time entertaining guests. Also, I want half of the embroidery workshop's dividends. Any business decisions made by the embroidery workshop must be approved by me."
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Fan Guangzu now understood the reason why Shen Xiu came to find him. The conditions she set out were simply impossible for ordinary embroidery workshops.
But it is different for Jinxin Embroidery Fang. At present, the most important thing for Jinxin Embroidery Fang is to survive. As for dividends and decision-making power, it seems not that important.
"The young lady speaks directly, so I won't hide it. These conditions can be discussed again, but I want to ask, can the young lady really help our embroidery shop come back to life?"
Shen Xiudao: "Since I boast about this Haikou, I am somewhat sure of it. If the shopkeeper is willing to tell me the details of the imminent closure of the embroidery workshop, then I may be a little more sure."
She didn't get much useful information from the waiter in the teahouse. She only knew that it was related to Mrs. Meng.
"What they said is absolutely correct. Our current fate at Jinxinxiufang is indeed related to Mrs. Meng."
Fan Guangzu couldn't help but bring out a bit of a wry smile when he thought about what happened this spring.
"Our Jinxin Embroidery Shop started with Bian embroidery. Bian embroidery is no better than the four famous embroideries. It has a famous brand and many talents. What we rely on for Bian embroidery is word of mouth and nostalgia."
"This old lady from the Meng family is from Kaifeng, just like my grandmother. She probably saw a lot of Bian embroidery since she was a child. She has been coming to our embroidery shop to customize embroidery since she got married, and she has been our embroidery shop's customer for decades.
Already."
"This spring, Mrs. Meng customized an embroidered statue of Guanyin for us. The most skilled person in our embroidery workshop is Li Xiu Niang, and she has embroidered the most embroidered statues of Guanyin. So I feel very relieved."
"I didn't know that Li Xiu Niang had something wrong with her eyes when she was halfway through the embroidery. In fact, Li Xiu Niang had suffered from an eye disease the year before last. This new disease combined with the old one suddenly broke out, and she was no longer able to do embroidery work."
"I had no choice but to hand over the work of embroidering the Guanyin statue to another embroiderer named Tan. Tan embroiderer's embroidery skills are not as good as Li embroiderer, but she can handle it. It took some time, but finally within the deadline.
The embroidery is finished."
"On the day she finished the embroidery, I saw it with my own eyes. The entire embroidery was clean and there were no stains at all. But after it was sent to Meng's house, it was discovered that there were stains."
"I also asked Tan Xiu Niang about this, and she told me that when she handed over the embroidery work to the clerk, there was no problem with the embroidery. So I asked the clerk, and the clerk at first just said he didn't know. Then I became anxious and asked
After I sent him to see the official, he told me that he was only talking to people on the road and accidentally bumped into someone. That person happened to be holding a piece of oil cake in his hand. The oil cake was stained with the baggage outside, and then oozed out.
When we got inside, we soiled the embroidered image."
"The boy didn't know it at the time, and he didn't open the bag to take a look. Only when Mrs. Meng asked someone to send a message, did the boy know that he had caused a big trouble."
Fan Guangzu sighed: "I think he is pitiful, and because it was an unintentional mistake, he just drove away the matter."
"Since it was an unintentional mistake, and Mrs. Meng is a Buddhist, she should be compassionate. Why didn't the shopkeeper make it clear to Mrs. Meng?"
Fan Guangzu said: "Of course I sent someone to tell her, but Mrs. Meng was so angry at our embroidery workshop that she kicked the embroidery ladies out without even seeing anyone. Later, word spread that our embroidery workers would no longer be used.
thing."
"The Bian embroidery produced by our Jinxin Embroidery Workshop is not as famous as other embroidery workshops. After this word spread, some people who were jealous of Jinxin Embroidery Workshop came to add insult to injury. In less than half a year, the embroidery workshop had only one customer.
No more."
It is human nature for other embroidery shops to add insult to injury.
Shen Xiu felt that the key to the problem lay with Old Mrs. Meng.
"Does Mrs. Meng have a high status in the city?" Shen Xiu asked her doubts, "Which Meng family is she in?"
Fan Guangzu said: "The Meng family where Mrs. Meng lives is the same Meng family that once produced prime ministers. The Meng family is a powerful family in the city, and the two sons born to Mrs. Meng are both promising and have official titles. Here we are.
Although Fucheng cannot be said to be unique, it is still very rare."
After hearing that Mrs. Meng was still Mrs. Gaoming, Shen Xiu realized that the problem was a bit tricky.
It's just that it's tricky, but it's not that I don't have any clues.
Shen Xiu remembered that Lu Caiwei's husband's family was the Meng family. Although she didn't know whether the Meng family was related to Mrs. Meng, they all had the surname Meng and were all in Fucheng, so they had some contact with each other.
As long as there is contact, things will be easy to handle.
The worst case scenario is asking Lu Caiwei for help, but if that doesn't work, you can also ask Wei Yan for help.
After all, Wei Yan has the reputation of being a disciple of Mr. Meng. No matter how arrogant Mrs. Meng is, she must betray Mr. Meng's reputation.
Shen Xiu had an idea and said to Fan Guangzu: "You wait for me for ten days. If I can't restore the reputation of the embroidery workshop after ten days, then the partnership will naturally be abandoned. But if I can restore the reputation of the embroidery workshop, Shopkeeper Fan will
You have to agree to my conditions."
"That's easy to say. As long as you can help the embroidery shop restore its reputation, don't mention these conditions, and I will agree to one more."
"Okay, then it's settled. Shopkeeper Fan will just wait for my good news!"