In Meixiang Embroidery Workshop, shopkeeper Dong looked at the order in his hand, with a smile on his face, and said to Shi Xiuniang in front of him: "Shi Xiuniang is really the lucky star of our embroidery workshop, first Mrs. Gu, and then the clothes made of fine cotton. It seems that we
In a few days, our embroidery workshop will become one of the best in Fucheng."
Shi Xiu Niang smiled proudly and said: "I told the shopkeeper at the beginning that my embroidery skills would not be the best in any embroidery studio. I came to Mei Xiang Embroidery Studio because I just thought we were destined."
Shopkeeper Dong nodded in agreement: "I will ask the accountant to give Shi Xiu Niang a red envelope later. From now on, your salary will also be increased to fifty taels of silver a month."
Shi Xiu Niang's wages at Mei Xiang Embroidery House were only twenty taels of silver a month. Now it has risen to fifty taels, which puts her in comparison with other embroidery ladies in Mei Xiang Embroidery House.
Shopkeeper Dong’s meaning is very clear. Since Shi Xiu Niang has brought so much business to Mei Xiang Embroidery Shop, she will be the number one embroider girl in Mei Xiang Embroidery Shop from now on.
When Shi Xiu Niang first came to Meixiang Embroidery Workshop, she was very marginalized by other embroidery ladies. Now that Shopkeeper Dong is supporting her, she has regained her former arrogance and instructs other embroidery ladies to do things for her.
Several embroiderers were not angry, but now that shopkeeper Dong was protecting her, they had no choice but to swallow their breath.
Since Shen Xiu told Nishang Embroidery Studio to stop taking orders for fine cotton clothes, several other embroidery shops thought that Nishang Embroidery Studio had given up on this way of making money.
In order to seize the opportunity, Meixiang Embroidery Shop began to snap up duck down on the market at high prices.
No one cared about duck down before Shen Xiu used it to make clothes.
Ever since Meixiang Embroidery Shop learned that duck down was used in clothes, they began to buy duck down at high prices.
Several other embroidery shops also asked people to buy muslin clothes in order to study why the muslin clothes from Nishang Embroidery Shop were light and warm.
Among these people, there were many well-informed people, such as Shopkeeper Zhou from Manfang Embroidery Workshop, who quickly recognized that the clothes were duck down.
Now that he knew that duck down was used in the jacket, shopkeeper Zhou also started to purchase this duck down.
Therefore, the price of duck down quickly rose.
The price increased from ten cents per catty to fifty cents per catty.
Shopkeeper Guo followed Shen Xiu's instructions and sold all the duck down he had when the price reached fifty cents per catty.
The duck down has been sold, but the Nishang Embroidery Workshop has just received a batch of fine cotton cloth from the provincial capital.
Guo Abacus said: "Ms. Shen, it will take at least some time for the guests to know that the duck down cannot be washed into the water. During this period, I don't think we can wait."
"There is nothing we can do except wait. But if you have any good ideas, you can tell us." Shen Xiudao.
Guo Abacus said: "Ms. Shen, a few days ago, the embroidery workshop had to sew clothes for the guests, and there were a lot of fine cotton scraps left. I thought it was a pity to throw away those cloth scraps, so I gave some to the guys in the embroidery workshop.
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"What I thought was that the muslin was strong and durable, so I could take it back and let them make cloth shoes. Who knew that after a man took the muslin home, his mother thought it was a pity to make shoes out of muslin, so she made it out of cloth.
Some pairs of socks.”
Guo Abacus said: "The guy also gave me a pair. Not to mention, the socks made of fine cotton are breathable and comfortable, much better than the coarse cloth socks I used to wear."
When Shen Xiu heard this, she became somewhat interested and said, "That's a good idea. This fine cotton cloth is really suitable for making socks."
"I know that rich people wear damask socks, but damask socks are not breathable and comfortable enough." Shen Xiudao: "We can definitely make some fine cotton socks and then embroider some beautiful patterns on the socks. It would be best to have a few new ones. style."
The more Shen Xiu thought about it, the more he thought it was a good idea, so he handed it over to Guo Abacus.
While Guo Abacus was planning how to recommend this fine cotton cloth to his guests, Sophora japonica was carefully raising silkworm babies.
Shen Xiu knew that Huaihua alone was not enough to feed these silkworm babies, so she found two helpers for her.
Using duck down for jackets was just a temporary measure. In autumn, Shen Xiu wanted to continue using silk for jackets.
Although silk is not very valuable, it still costs a lot of manpower and material resources to transport it from the south of the Yangtze River.
The silk in Shen Xiu's hands was produced by silkworms raised by herself, so the cost was naturally lower than that shipped from Jiangnan.
In this way, she could use silk to make her fine cotton clothes bigger.
Shen Xiu had never told anyone about this thought, but someone had guessed it.
In Manfang Embroidery Workshop, Shopkeeper Zhou said in deep thought: "Although I don't have much dealings with Mrs. Shen, I also know that she is not someone who gives up easily. A while ago, Nishang Embroidery Workshop tried to frame her, but she not only saw through it, but she also Instead, the embroidery workshop was also lost."
Bai Xiu Niang said: "Does Shopkeeper Zhou want to say that Mrs. Shen's sudden withdrawal from the fine cotton clothing business has some profound meaning?"
Shopkeeper Zhou said: "I'm not sure. But I always feel that Mrs. Shen is trying to take advantage of her. Maybe the more prosperous the business of Meixiang Embroidery Shop is now, the greater the trouble will be in the future."
Bai Xiu Niang couldn't help but said: "Then do we still want to do this fine cotton clothes business?"
Shopkeeper Zhou did not answer directly, but said: "I have been thinking these days why Mrs. Shen used silk before but changed it to duck down later. Is this a move by her to deal with those who follow suit? embroidery workshop?"
Bai Xiu Niang said: "If this is the case, then we can't do this fine cotton clothing business."
Shopkeeper Zhou said: "I think so too. Fortunately, I didn't buy much duck down and muslin. From tomorrow on, we will no longer take orders for muslin clothes. We will wait until there is news from Mrs. Shen and then make plans." .”
But there are not many sober people like Shopkeeper Zhou.
Other embroidery shops are more or less following suit. Some of them couldn't guess what was used in the clothes, so they stuffed goose and chicken feathers that are similar to duck down.
While all the embroidery shops in Fucheng were competing to sell muslin jackets, Nishang Embroidery Shop began to sell cotton socks made of muslin.
These cotton socks are a new style that several embroiderers from Nishang Embroidery Studio came up with after thinking for several days. Not only is the style simple and elegant, it is also easy to wear.
Of course, the most important thing is that these cotton socks are elegant in color and embroidered with some elegant patterns. They are very useful not only as a gift but also for wearing yourself.
After the launch of these cotton socks, they have been very popular among people. The key is that the price of cotton socks is not expensive, and ordinary people can afford them.
For a time, the business of these embroidered cotton socks was very good.
After shopkeeper Zhou heard about this, he still had some doubts. Could it be that Shen Xiu really felt that the competition in fine cotton clothes was too great and that's why he quit, instead of taking advantage of the situation as he thought.
Just when shopkeeper Zhou had doubts, a waiter brought back bad news.
"Shopkeeper Zhou, shopkeeper Dong of Meixiang Embroidery Shop was beaten."
Shopkeeper Zhou was surprised: "You were beaten, what's going on?"
The waiter whispered: "There's something wrong with those fine cotton jackets sold by Meixiang Embroidery Shop, and it's a big problem."