Chapter 284 It's just a temporary solution after all
After being indirectly reminded by Liu Er, Shen Xiu planned to launch Bijia to attract customers.
But Bi Jia alone was not enough. After Shen Xiu took Liu Er back to the house, she began to draw the style of clothes in the study.
She quickly drew the prototype of the half-arm on paper. The half-arm, also known as the half-sleeve, is a short-sleeved cardigan.
Bi A is more suitable for married women, while Half Arm is suitable for unmarried girls.
After Shen Xiu finished the painting, she added some patterns on the half arm, and then showed it to Liu'er, "I plan to make you a half-sleeved shirt, and I will embroider the orchids on the clothes myself. What do you think?"
Liu'er will often go to the embroidery workshop with her in the future, and Shen Xiu plans to make a beautiful half-sleeve for her, so that it can attract the attention of some customers.
Liu'er looked at the patterns on her clothes and asked, "Ms. Shen, can these orchids be replaced with peach blossoms? It's spring now, and I think peach blossoms are more suitable for the occasion than orchids."
"Then I'll listen to you." Shen Xiudao.
She was used to painting orchids casually, but later she felt that Liu'er was right, peach blossoms were more common than orchids, and the peach blossoms were about to bloom, so embroidering peach blossoms on the arms would be more popular among girls.
Time quickly slipped to late March, which is when the peach blossoms bloom.
When Mrs. Qiao brought her daughter to the embroidery workshop, she happened to see Liu'er wandering around the embroidery workshop.
Miss Qiao came with her mother today. She was bored at home and had no intention of buying any embroidery. But after seeing the half-armor Liu'er was wearing, her eyes immediately lit up.
The half-arm piece worn by Liu'er was made with great effort by Shen Xiu. The front and sleeves were embroidered with a few peach blossoms using Hunan embroidery stitches.
The half-arm style is suitable for lively girls, and Liu'er has fair skin and is pretty, so wearing this carefully sewn half-arm makes her look even more picturesque and bright-eyed.
Miss Qiao quickly fell in love with the half-arms worn by Liu'er, and even pulled Mrs. Qiao's sleeve to let her look at the half-arms worn by Liu'er.
As soon as Mrs. Qiao arrived, shopkeeper Guo came to greet her personally. Seeing Ms. Qiao's little movements, shopkeeper Guo smiled and said, "Ms. Qiao has taken a fancy to the new half-arm in our store. The half-arm has a lively style and is just right for Ms. Qiao." Such an age."
"It turns out that the dress is called half-arm." Miss Qiao nodded and said, "I really like it. The peach blossoms embroidered on it are also beautiful."
"Actually, in addition to peach blossoms, there are also crabapples and orchids in several varieties to choose from." Shopkeeper Guo said and brought out a brochure.
The brochures are all half-arm designs, some are embroidered with orchids, some with peach blossoms, and some with begonias, all spring flowers.
Mrs. Qiao suddenly pointed to a page of the brochure and said: "Why do these peach blossoms have three patterns? Some peach blossoms only have a few blooms, some have half blooms, and some even have all blooms?"
Shopkeeper Guo explained: "These half-arms painted with peach blossoms are a set. There are three pieces in total, which are specially used to meet guests. If it is morning, only a few half-arms will be opened with this peach blossom. If it is noon, Just wear this half-arm piece with half-open peach blossoms. If it’s afternoon, wear this half-arm piece with full peach blossoms.”
Liu Er came up with this idea, and Shen Xiu thought it was a wonderful idea.
Rich families are very particular about dressing up, and Liu'er's idea just caters to their pursuit of luxury.
Sure enough, Mrs. Qiao nodded and said: "Your embroidery workshop is quite clever. In this way, you can wear different clothes to meet guests at different times every day."
The most important thing is that it not only shows off the family's financial resources, but also looks low-key compared to changing into several different sets of clothes a day.
The Qiao family is a new rich, so it is inevitable that they will be called nouveau riche.
Mrs. Qiao liked to show off in the market at first, but as time went by, she felt that wearing a head full of pearls was meaningless, and instead she was ridiculed by those wealthy families.
Later, after hearing more people talk about it, Mrs. Qiao realized that aristocratic families actually also pay attention to dressing, but they pay more attention to details.
This set of clothes coincided with the luxurious yet low-key work style of the aristocratic family, so Mrs. Qiao took the initiative to order a set of peach blossom embroidered half-arms for Miss Qiao without waiting for her request.
Shopkeeper Guo saw that Mrs. Qiao liked this half arm and recommended a set of already embroidered bijia to her.
This set of bijia is tailor-made for married women. The bijia is embroidered with orchids.
Mrs. Qiao looked at the orchid above and asked, "What's so special about this orchid?"
Shopkeeper Guo smiled and said: "Mrs. Qiao, look carefully. There are three sets of Bijia. Although they are all embroidered with orchids, there are slight differences. The first one has pink petals, and the second one has pink petals.
It turned goose yellow, and the petals of the third piece turned golden yellow."
Mrs. Qiao took a closer look, and sure enough, as shopkeeper Guo said, when she first looked at these three pieces of bijia, she thought that the orchid leaves and petals were all embroidered exactly the same. After taking a closer look, she realized that the original color of the petals was actually
Not the same.
"Why is this?" Mrs. Qiao asked.
Shopkeeper Guo said: "According to Mrs. Shen, this orchid is called Golden Lotus, and it is an orchid that can change color. In the morning, the petals are pink, and at noon, the petals will turn to goose yellow. In the afternoon, the petals will turn green again.
Turns golden brown.”
When Mrs. Qiao heard the name of this orchid, her eyes changed slightly, "I have also heard of the name of this golden lotus. It is said to be a rare and famous orchid. But I have never seen it. I didn't expect you, Mrs. Shen, to see it.
Pass."
Shen Xiu came up with the idea of embroidering gold Dutch flowers on the bijia after being inspired by Liu Er.
She had never seen this golden lotus before, but she had heard from Luo Gong that there was a color-changing orchid in the capital. It was first bought by a businessman from Zhejiang for a thousand gold, and then brought to the capital, and finally bought by a prince for ten thousand gold.
Down.
Luo Gong was fortunate enough to meet him once and even painted a picture of golden Dutch flowers for Shen Xiu.
When Shen Xiu was designing the pattern of Bijia, she thought of this orchid and asked the embroiderer to make a set of Bijia embroidered with gold lotus.
Mrs. Qiao was very fond of this set of bijia, or in other words, what she really liked was the golden Dutch flowers embroidered on the bijia.
In a few days, it will be her fortieth birthday.
Mrs. Qiao came to the embroidery workshop today. She originally wanted to wear luxurious and low-key clothes, but after seeing this set of bijia, she changed her mind. She felt that this set of bijia embroidered with golden Dutch flowers was more suitable for her status.
In just two quarters of an hour, shopkeeper Guo sold a set of half-arms and a set of armors.
He calculated that these two sets of clothes would earn him at least two hundred taels of silver, so he went to see Shen Xiu with a smile.
"Ms. Shen, you did the right thing by letting Liu'er hang out in the embroidery workshop with half-armor." Shopkeeper Guo said, "And the peach blossoms and golden lotus have different ideas in the morning, noon and afternoon. It's difficult for Mrs. Shen."
You can figure it out."
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "The idea of peach blossom was Liu'er's idea. As for the golden Dutch flower, I was inspired by peach blossom."
Shopkeeper Guo heard that Liu'er came up with this idea, so he glanced at Liu'er and said, "Miss Liu'er is really smart."
Liu Er showed a bright smile: "Thank you, shopkeeper Guo, for the compliment."
Shen Xiu also glanced at Liu'er, and then said: "Liu'er is just wandering around in the embroidery workshop wearing half-armor. After all, it is just a temporary measure."
She paused and said: "Shopkeeper Guo, tomorrow you ask the craftsmen to make two dummies. The dummies must be exquisite and beautiful. After the dummies are made, we will put on half arms and armor, and then put them on In the most conspicuous position of the embroidery workshop."
Shopkeeper Guo quickly understood what Shen Xiu meant, "Ms. Shen wants the dummy to replace Liu'er."
Shen Xiudao: "That's what it means. It's best to change the clothes on the dummy every day, so as to attract more customers."
After talking about the dummy, shopkeeper Guo brought up the fine cotton cloth.
"The batch of white muslin we bought from the provincial capital has almost been used. A few days ago, I sent someone to the provincial capital to restock, but I don't know why, but this person has not come back."
Shen Xiudao: "Maybe we were delayed on the road. I heard that the road to the provincial capital was a little rough recently, so it won't be a big deal if I'm delayed for a few days."
That being said, the embroidery shop was still waiting for fine cotton cloth, so Shopkeeper Guo wanted to send someone to take a look. At the same time, he sighed: "It's a pity that our city does not produce this fine cotton cloth, otherwise we wouldn't have to wait so many days."
Shopkeeper Guo just sighed casually, but after hearing this, Shen Xiu felt moved in her heart.
Yes, since transporting cloth from the provincial capital is so troublesome, why don't they buy some looms and weave their own cloth in the provincial capital?