A few days later, the Ma craftsman followed Shen Xiu's wishes and opened up all the partitions in the shop, and changed the original small carved windows into large windows.
With this change, the store suddenly became much brighter.
Shen Xiu took out the four-striped screen of flowers and birds that she had embroidered a few days ago, framed it and hung it on the wall of the shop. She also went to the flower market to buy some flowers and placed them in various corners of the shop according to their height.
There were no waiters in the store to help, and by the time Shen Xiu finished the work alone, she was so tired that she couldn't stand up straight.
It seems that I need to find someone to help me as soon as possible.
Shen Xiu wanted to ask Sophora japonica for help, but Sophora japonica was introverted and couldn't handle greeting guests at all.
But if she really wanted to recruit a man who was alone and had only one woman, Shen Xiu would be afraid of people gossiping.
She thought about it again and again, but she couldn't think of a suitable candidate.
As for her husband's family, Ms. Zou is of a suitable age, but Shen Xiu doesn't want to ask her to help at all.
As for the natal family, the eldest sister-in-law Song is also suitable, but Song has to take care of the housework, so it is impossible for her to help. The remaining four sisters-in-law are even less likely.
Shen Xiu asked Hui Niang to help her find someone, "I don't have many requirements, as long as the person is honest and responsible. Then it is best to be married before, not afraid of stage fright, and able to entertain guests."
"Your requirements are not low." Hui Niang said with a smile, "This female clerk is not easy to find. Let me try to find it for you!"
After Shen Xiu finished talking about the female waiter, she still thought about the store and said goodbye to Madam Hui politely.
When I came down from upstairs, shopkeeper Liu was entertaining a guest. He took the embroidered handkerchief that the guest had given him and looked at it again and again.
The guest dressed up as a rich man and said in an impatient tone: "This is a double-sided embroidered handkerchief I bought from Suzhou. If I hadn't lost the money in the county, I wouldn't have thought of using it to offset the money."
Shen Xiu's heart moved when she heard the double-sided embroidered handkerchief, and her eyes fell on the embroidered handkerchief in shopkeeper Liu's hand.
She just glanced at it and didn't see clearly what the embroidery looked like. Suddenly a boy came in from the door and said, "Master, Boss Zhang wants to see you even if he doesn't see you again. He also said that if he doesn't see you again, he will take away our goods."
Button them all down.”
The rich man scolded him: "It's useless."
But after all, he was worried that the other party would really take the goods, so he hurried away with the double-sided embroidered handkerchief.
"Shopkeeper, is that handkerchief really embroidered on both sides?" Shen Xiu asked curiously as soon as the wealthy businessman left.
Shopkeeper Liu said: "It looked like it, but before I could take a closer look, he took the veil away."
Shen Xiudao: "Shopkeeper, I think this young man wants to come over again. If he comes over with a handkerchief next time, can you let me know?"
Shopkeeper Liu thought she was interested in the double-sided embroidery, so he said: "Of course I can show it to you. If he really comes back tomorrow, I will let you know so that both you and the boss can take a look so that they can be identified.
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At noon the next day, the rich man came over again with the handkerchief, saying that he was eager for money and was willing to sell the double-sided embroidery handkerchief to the embroidery shop for two hundred taels of silver.
Double-sided embroidery is not common. A rich man only needs two hundred taels of silver, which is not too much.
Shopkeeper Liu spread the double-sided embroidered handkerchief in front of Shen Xiu and Huiniang, "I think the price is right. I wonder what the owner thinks?"
Huiniang looked at the handkerchief and said, "If this handkerchief is truly double-sided, two hundred taels of silver is indeed not cheap."
Shopkeeper Liu turned the back over and showed them, "I think it looks real. The front and back are embroidered with dianthus butterflies."
Madam Hui took a serious look at the back of the veil and nodded: "I think it's true too." She then asked Shen Xiu on the side, "What do Madam Shen think?"
Shen Xiu looked at the double-sided embroidered handkerchief and shook her head slightly: "But I always feel that this handkerchief doesn't look like double-sided embroidered."
Shen Xiu does not know how to embroider double-sided embroidery, but following the master, she has seen some double-sided embroidery works.
The handkerchief in front of me looks like it is double-sided embroidered. The pattern embroidered on the front and back is the same, and the stitching is very delicate, with almost no threads visible.
But the more this happens, the more it seems fake.
"I heard from the master that there is a craftsman with exquisite skills who can stick two identical veils together. In this way, from the outside, the two veils almost look like one veil."
Shen Xiu pointed to the double-sided embroidered handkerchief in front of her and said, "I always feel that this handkerchief seems a bit thick, as if two pieces of handkerchief are stuck together."
After Shen Xiu's reminder, Shopkeeper Liu and Hui Niang both picked up the handkerchief and looked at it carefully. Hui Niang even touched it and said, "This handkerchief is indeed a bit thick."
Initially Hui Niang was a little certain, but after touching the handkerchief, she began to lean towards Shen Xiu's theory.
"Uncle Liu, go and tell that customer that our embroidery shop has been unable to turn over funds recently and cannot come up with so much money. Please ask him to go elsewhere!"
Huiniang was a businesswoman, and even if she guessed that the veil was fake, the most important thing in doing business was to be friendly and seek money, so she did not intend to expose the customer's tricks, but she only hoped that the customer could retreat in spite of the difficulties.
Shopkeeper Liu came down from the second floor, handed the veil back to the guest, and told the guest what Madam Hui had said.
Two hundred taels of silver is not a large sum of money. As the largest embroidery shop in the county, it is impossible that they cannot even come up with two hundred taels of silver.
Obviously, this is just an excuse.
The guest who looked like a young man from a wealthy family couldn't help but be slightly startled after hearing this, and then glanced upstairs. He didn't expect that this embroidery shop was really a hidden dragon and a tiger, and someone could actually tell that his handkerchief was fake.
Now that people had noticed, Luo Gong smiled, put the handkerchief into his arms, said goodbye and left.
The young man beside Luo Gong, Changgui, saw his young master coming out of the embroidery village. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Sir, have you got the money?"
Luo Gong touched his chin and said, "No."
"Didn't the young master say that the imitation of the handkerchief is very lifelike?" Changgui said, "Is it because the price you ask is too high?"
Luo Gong kicked Chang Gui directly, "I am anxiously waiting for the money now, so I will raise the price at this time. Have you been kicked in the head?"
His young master's temper comes at the drop of a hat, so Changgui can only apologize and say with a smile: "That's right, the villain said something wrong."
After Luo Gong kicked the person, he touched his chin again, "There isn't only one embroidery shop in this county, right?"
Chang Gui said hurriedly: "I have inquired about it. There used to be a Ruyi Embroidery Workshop in this county, but it was later moved away."
"That means, is this really the only embroidery shop in this county?"
Changgui said: "No, I heard that a new embroidery shop has opened recently, but the embroidery shop has not officially opened its doors yet."
"Since the door has not officially opened yet, it is the time when we need to decorate the door with embroidery." Luo Gong called to his servant, "Let's go and have a look with me. I don't believe it. This veil looks so imitative." Really, can’t I get two hundred taels of silver in exchange?”
"Sir, that embroidery shop is just a small shop." Chang Gui said from the side, "Why don't we go to the county government office? I heard that the left county magistrate married the three thousand gold daughter of Wen Shangshu's family. Wen Shangshu
She is related to our family, and Mrs. Wen will not leave her alone."
"I want you to go. I can't do anything like begging at home even if I'm killed." Luo Gong didn't listen to Chang Gui's advice, "Let's go to that embroidery shop."