"Do you really have a way to remove the stain?" Miss Ninth asked uncertainly.
Shen Xiuze nodded firmly: "I do have a way."
Miss Jiu looked at her for a while, and finally believed her, "Okay, wait a minute, I'm going to see my grandmother. If the stain can really be removed, it will solve one of my grandmother's worries."
I don’t know what Miss Ninth and Mrs. Meng said, but Mrs. Meng quickly sent her maid to invite Shen Xiu over.
Shen Xiu knew that the critical moment was coming. She straightened her clothes and then followed the maid to the room.
There were not only Mrs. Meng and Miss Ninth in the room, but also a forty-year-old master's wife, presumably Mrs. Yun Xin.
Master Yun Xin glanced at Shen Xiu and asked first, "I've seen that embroidered statue before. Although it was only the Guanyin rosette that was stained, there are still some problems to deal with. Do you really have a solution?"
Shen Xiudao: "When my master taught me embroidery, he also taught me how to repair the embroidery and clean the stains on the embroidery. I do have a solution, but I have to see the embroidery image first."
Old Mrs. Meng did not speak immediately when Shen Xiu came in. Shen Xiu's tone was very confident at this time, so she said to the maid next to her: "Then take the embroidered statue and show it to Mrs. Shen."
The maid quickly left and returned, holding a brocade box in her hand. Inside the brocade box was the embroidered image of Guanyin embroidered by Jinxin Embroidery Workshop.
Shen Xiu stepped forward and took a look. As Mrs. Yun Xin said, the embroidered statue of Guanyin indeed had a palm-sized stain on the rosette.
This palm-sized stain was probably accidentally stained by the oil cake.
"The stain is not big, but I'm not sure what it is. If I can figure this out, I'll know what to use to remove the stain."
Everyone present couldn't help but fell silent when Shen Xiu mentioned what the stain was.
After a long while, Mrs. Meng still said: "When the embroidered statue was delivered, it was already like this. We don't know how it got dirty."
Shen Xiudao: "I heard Miss Ninth said that this embroidery seems to have come from Jinxin Embroidery Workshop, so let's invite the shopkeeper of Jinxin Embroidery Workshop. He must know what the stain was stained by."
Old Mrs. Meng obviously hesitated.
Master Yun Xin didn't have so many scruples, "Old lady, Madam Shen is right. If you want to know what this stain is, you have to invite people from Jinxinxiufang so that they can make up for it."
Mrs. Yun Xin's words reminded Old Mrs. Meng, and she straightened her expression and said, "Then go and ask the shopkeeper of Jinxin Embroidery Shop and say that I have something to ask."
Fan Guangzu was sitting in the embroidery workshop. He was still thinking about whether Shen Xiu could impress Mrs. Meng, when he saw two acquaintances coming to the embroidery workshop.
These two acquaintances were the stewards of the Meng Mansion. Fan Guangzu was surprised and happy, and he quickly stepped forward to say hello.
The two stewards didn't want to talk nonsense with him. They directly explained their purpose of coming and said that Mrs. Meng asked him to come to the house.
So Fan Guangzu came to the old lady's Yishou Courtyard with great fear.
When the maid reported that the shopkeeper of Jinxinxiufang was waiting outside the courtyard, Mrs. Meng glanced at Miss Ninth, who then retreated behind the screen.
When Fan Guangzu was taken to the room, he did not even dare to raise his head for fear of bumping into the female family members.
Old Mrs. Meng waited for him to finish her salute, then she said with a smile: "I called Shopkeeper Fan to visit today because I want to ask you something. What's the matter with the stain on the embroidered statue?"
Fan Guangzu was still a little confused. Shen Xiu next to him coughed lightly and said: "Shopkeeper Fan, please tell the truth how the embroidery thread got stained, so that I can prepare a solution to clean the stains."
As soon as this voice sounded, Fan Guangzu was stunned. He didn't expect Shen Xiu to be here. In this way, he was called here because of Shen Xiu.
He was still stunned, and Shen Xiu smiled generously at him: "What are Shopkeeper Fan doing in a daze? Did he forget how the embroidery was stained?"
These words were like the sound of bells and drums, waking up Fan Guangzu who was stunned.
Shen Xiu clearly knew where the stain came from, but she called him over and asked him to explain it again in front of Mrs. Meng, just to let him explain the reason clearly.
At that moment, he quickly understood Shen Xiu's thoughts, quickly looked away, and honestly told Shen Xiu what he had said.
"It's my fault. If I had put the embroidered statue in the box, there wouldn't have been so many things." After Fan Guangzu finished speaking, he blamed himself again.
After hearing the whole story, Mrs. Meng couldn't help but sigh softly. She originally thought that the embroiderer of Jinxin Embroidery Shop was careless, but it turned out that the clerk accidentally bumped into someone.
Thinking about it this way, Jinxinxiufang is also in a state of disaster.
Shen Xiu saw this and knew that she had made the right move. As long as Old Mrs. Meng knew the inside story, there would be room for change.
Now that the cause of the stain was clear, Shen Xiu asked for soju and rice soup.
Two things were quickly brought from the kitchen.
Master Yun Xin stood up from her seat and watched Shen Xiu remove the stain.
Shen Xiu first wiped the shochu on the stain several times. The stain had been there for some time. After wiping the shochu several times, some stains still remained on it.
Master Yun Xin couldn't help but shake her head. Although she didn't say anything, she couldn't hide the disappointment on her face.
Old Mrs. Meng was still calm, thinking that Shen Xiu was so confident that there must be a solution.
Shen Xiu calmly immersed the stained part into the rice water. After a few breaths, she took out the embroidered statue. After the rice water on it dried, someone took out a knife and gently scraped off the dried rice flour on it with the blade.
After scraping the rice flour, the clean rosette underneath will be revealed.
Master Yun Xin couldn't help but exclaimed, "The stain is really gone. This method really works."
Mrs. Meng took a few steps forward and saw that the base on the embroidered statue had returned to its original state and became clean.
"Okay, this is a good idea." Mrs. Meng looked at Shen Xiu with a smile on her face: "Good girl, I really didn't misjudge you."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "This is just a small matter. There are actually many ways to remove this stain. I originally thought that if the stain cannot be removed, I will get the needle and thread and embroider a rosette on it again."
"The embroidered image is dead, but the person is alive. There is always a way to solve it."
Shen Xiu was quietly complimenting Jinxinxiufang.
Mrs. Meng didn't know about the private deal between her and Fan Guangzu. She just felt that such a thing was really insignificant after she said it.
Mrs. Meng felt a little dissatisfied when she thought that she had been angry at Jinxinxiufang for such a trivial matter.
In addition, the embroidered statue had been restored to its original state, and Mrs. Meng was relieved of her heartache, so she kindly asked someone to bring a red envelope and gave it to Fan Guangzu as a thank you gift for inviting him to come.
Fan Guangzu refused to accept it. He knew this was an excellent opportunity, so he pinched himself, squeezed out two tears and said: "Now that I can tell the truth in front of the old lady, Fan will die without regrets." ."
Old Mrs. Meng heard what he said was desolate, and she felt pity when she thought about what others had said that Jinxin Xiufang had almost no customers now.
"Don't be sad. This matter has wronged your embroidery workshop." Old Mrs. Meng comforted, "I have promised Master Yun Xin that I will embroider ten Heart Sutras to Shuixian Nunnery. I will give these ten Heart Sutras to you. Let’s go to the embroidery workshop! Just don’t make any more mistakes.”
Fan Guangzu hurriedly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and quickly assured: "No, old lady, don't worry, there will definitely be no problem with the Heart Sutra this time."
Mrs. Meng also knew that after this incident, Fan Guangzu would definitely be more attentive in the future, so she smiled and nodded: "That's good."
After Fan Guangzu left with a lot of gratitude, Miss Ninth walked out from behind the screen, walked up to Mrs. Meng with a smile and said: "Grandma, Mrs. Shen helped us solve such a big problem, how can you thank her?"