"This is the embroidery shop you call." Luo Gong touched his chin and said, "This shop doesn't look big!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice sounded behind him, "Are you here to buy embroidery?"
When Luo Gong turned around, he saw a girl of thirteen or fourteen standing not far away. Although this girl was young, she wore her hair in a woman's bun and was obviously married.
She has pretty features and fair skin. She is wearing a snow-grey plain jacket. There are no embroideries on the clothes and no jewelry on her head. Her whole person is like a budding lilac flower, which looks fresh and moving.
Luo Gong had always teased a beautiful woman whenever he saw one. But things were different today. He was anxiously waiting for money, so he held back his words and asked politely: "Miss, who is this embroidery company?"
The shopkeeper?"
Shen Xiu also saw clearly the appearance of the guest in front of him. He was the rich man who brought the double-sided embroidered handkerchief.
After examining the double-sided embroidered handkerchief, Shen Xiu thought it was fake. But at the rich young man in front of her, Shen Xiu took a look at the moon-white satin with square pattern and dark floral pattern he was wearing, as well as his overall style.
, and silently came to a conclusion.
The veil is definitely fake, but the identity of this rich young man may be real.
When she thought of this, she withdrew her gaze and said with the same polite smile: "I am the manager of this shop, please come with me!"
He neither denied his identity as the shopkeeper nor explained his identity as the owner.
Luo Gong didn't care. Since he was in charge, he could always make the final decision on a transaction worth several hundred taels of silver.
Shen Xiu welcomed him into the shop. There were no partitions or screens in the shop, so Luo Gong immediately noticed the four screens of flowers and birds hanging on the wall.
"The embroidery on this screen is quite unique. It seems to be different from the Su embroidery I have seen." Luo Gong walked to the screen with four flowers and birds and looked at it carefully.
Shen Xiu nodded silently. It seemed that he had guessed correctly. The identity of this rich young man was indeed true.
"Your Majesty, you have good taste. This embroidery screen is made of Hunan embroidery. Hunan embroidery is famous for embroidering calligraphy and painting, which is naturally different from Su embroidery, which is good at embroidering cats." Shen Xiu said with a smile on her face.
Luo Gong listened to Shen Xiu's explanation with interest, "So according to what you said, which one is better, Hunan embroidery or Su embroidery?"
This question has been raised constantly since Shen Xiu learned Hunan embroidery. She has also prepared a set of rhetoric.
"Suzhou embroidery is good at fineness, and Hunan embroidery is good at lifelikeness. It can be said that both have their own strengths. If we really want to compare, it depends on the skill of the embroiderers of the two schools. Although Hunan embroidery is temporarily lower than Su embroidery, if it is
If there is an embroidery lady with outstanding skills who promotes Hunan embroidery, she might be able to compete with Su embroidery."
Luo Gong chuckled and said: "This statement is reasonable. However, I always feel that since Su embroidery is at the top of the four famous embroideries, it must have extraordinary skills. Not to mention other things, it is said that Su embroidery can create double-sided
If you embroider something like this, you deserve to be ranked number one."
Shen Xiu said silently that double-sided embroidery was indeed invented by Su embroidery. Although later generations of Hunan embroidery could also embroider double-sided embroidery, they also borrowed techniques from Su embroidery.
Luo Gong was satisfied that he had silenced Shen Xiu, so he took out an embroidered handkerchief from his arms and said, "I happen to have a double-sided embroidered handkerchief in my hand. I got this handkerchief by chance because I was living in a foreign land.
I'm in a hurry for money, so I plan to sell it for money. I think the young lady is also a discerning person, so let's do this. As long as the young lady is willing to pay two hundred taels of silver, I will give this veil away."
Shen Xiu looked at the square handkerchief in his hand and suddenly laughed. No wonder when he came to the store, he asked her to comment on the quality of Su embroidery and Hunan embroidery. It turned out to be because of this fake double-sided embroidery handkerchief.
"What are you laughing at, young lady? Do you think the price I offered is too high?" Luo Gong frowned and said, "I spent three hundred taels of silver to buy this veil, so selling it to you for two hundred taels of silver shouldn't be an exaggeration, right?"
"
Shen Xiu smiled and said: "If this veil is truly a double-sided embroidered veil, two hundred taels of silver is really not an exaggeration."
Luo Gong's expression couldn't help but change, "What do you mean by this?"
Shen Xiudao: "Young master sold this fake handkerchief twice in a row. It seems that he is really waiting for money. But fake handkerchiefs are still fake handkerchiefs after all. If you want to use money, why don't you take out the real handkerchief."
"How do you know this veil is fake?" Luo Gong frowned and said, "Wait a minute, you said I sold this fake veil twice, so you have seen me at the embroidery shop?"
Shen Xiu said calmly: "I used to be the embroidery lady of the embroidery village, and I just came out to open a shop these days. When the young master went to the embroidery village, shopkeeper Liu took this handkerchief to the second floor for us to take a closer look."
"I see." Luo Gong said in a deep voice, "I made a mistake. I didn't expect that your embroidery shop would be in the same spirit as the embroidery shop."
When Luo Gong saw the other party exposing the truth, he immediately wanted to turn around and leave.
"Master, wait a minute." Shen Xiu stopped him and asked, "Do you have a real double-sided embroidered handkerchief in your hand? If you are willing to sell it, I am willing to pay three hundred taels of silver."
"No need." Luo Gong's voice has turned cold. It's embarrassing enough to exchange fake handkerchiefs for money, and he has lost face twice in front of the same person.
At this moment, Luo Gong was just glad that this was not the capital and not many people knew him. Otherwise, he would have really wanted to dig a hole in the ground.
Shen Xiu watched the other party leave and could only sigh. She didn't know when she would get a real double-sided embroidery product.
Luo Gong came out of the embroidery shop and looked around at a loss.
This time Chang Gui learned wisely and did not rush to ask him what the result was.
Luo Gong walked angrily for a while, and finally stopped.
"Sir, why don't you leave?"
Luo Gong sighed and said, "I didn't expect that I, Fourth Young Master Luo, would be stumped by money sometimes."
"Sir, why don't we go to the county government office!" Chang Gui suggested boldly: "That Mrs. Wen is also your cousin after all. It's not a big deal if you give some money to relatives."
Luo Gong was silent for a long time. Just when Chang Gui thought he would refuse, Luo Gong finally spoke, "That's all. How can you not lower your head when you are under a low eaves. Let's go and see my cousin."
Changgui was overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to show Luo Gong the way.
In the backyard of the county government office, Wen Min looked at the three rooms that had just been tidied up, and slowly told the maids: "The new aunt will move in next month. You should be careful, paint the windows again, and replace the screens with
new."
As soon as she finished giving instructions to her servants, a maid came over and reported, "Madam, Mr. Luo is here. He says he is from the capital."
The young master from the capital is also named Luo.
Wen Min was only confused for a moment, then came back to his senses and said calmly: "Since someone from the Luo family is here, let's invite him in quickly!"