On the top floor of "Yujinfang", all kinds of cloth are cut into handkerchief-sized samples, arranged in order from light to dark according to color, and half-hung in the air with silk threads, which is quite dazzling when the breeze blows.

Su Muli, who was sitting on the lower left, retracted his gaze, tasted the tea soup in the cup, and waited for the shopkeeper.

Yu shopkeeper, about 50 years old, the old lady of the Su family's distant relatives, perennial for the old lady is very important, because of its good account management, in the early years was allocated to dot the "Yu Jinfang", has been more than ten years.

"Below is the shopkeeper of the store, surnamed Yu, I don't know what guidance the lady has?" Although the man who walked slowly was older, he didn't want to be so polite and polite, and Su Muli's master and servant also returned the courtesy respectfully.

"Shopkeeper Yu, I wonder if you've heard of double-sided embroidery?" Su Muli asked him when he was all seated.

Double-sided embroidery?

"In the early years, I heard that there was a mysterious embroidery girl in Xuanwu who was proficient in this skill, but it was just hearsay from decades ago, but I have never seen it so far, I don't know, what does the lady mean?" Shopkeeper Yu raised his hand and slowly stroked his beard.

Su Muli nodded sideways to Chensu, and Chensu's mother-in-law handed over the silk handkerchief in her hand, "Please also ask the shopkeeper Yu to evaluate it." ”

Started is the sharp-eyed woman stared at the green cicada wing flower pear silk handkerchief, is the Yu shopkeeper this kind of business all kinds of fabrics for decades of experts, see the hand of this silk handkerchief is still a bright eye, soft and soft, not to say, this flower ink pear is like a brush to depict up, fine touch is difficult to feel the uneven touch brought by the silk thread embroidery, Yu shopkeeper changed the carelessness, frowned, carefully dragged up the silk handkerchief in his hand, looked at the window corner sunlight again, only to see the fine and dense stitch lines inside, I secretly sighed in my heart that it was a clever embroidery method!

Just remembered the double-sided embroidery he just talked about, he curiously turned the handkerchief over, this time he couldn't help but exclaim, and couldn't believe it again turned over and carefully compared the pattern, I don't want the two-sided lines of this flowery pear to be really the same, it is really the rumored double-sided embroidery! He touched the flower pattern on the back carefully, but it was still difficult to feel the existence of the embroidery thread, he turned around suspiciously and looked at the lady in a plain green gauze skirt, and looked carefully at the sunshine boy for a long time.

"This shopkeeper Yu is really interesting, I've been watching it for a long time, and my body is about to lean out of the window, haven't you seen it clearly?" Banxiang looked at the body of Shopkeeper Yu leaning out of the window half-obliquely, and chuckled.

Granny Chensu frowned slightly, but did not stop.

Xu is shopkeeper heard a sentence or two, maybe he couldn't figure it out, and after tossing for a long time, he still frowned and walked over.

"I don't know the lady's surname, the old man still has something to ask!" He handed back the silk handkerchief and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Don't dare to ask for advice, shopkeeper Yu asks the juniors." Su Muli is not well-known.

"I think this handkerchief belongs to the lady, I don't know ...... this double-sided embroidery?"

"This handkerchief is indeed mine, but the embroidery on it is from the hand of Banxiang." Mu Liyang pointed to the girl beside her.

"Oh, it's from this young embroiderer?" Shopkeeper Yu was even more unbelievable.

"It's really me who embroidered, but it's all the guidance of the lady, I couldn't even embroider flowers well before." Half incense 1510 authentic.

"I see, I see!" Shopkeeper Yu seemed to suddenly realize, thought about it, and asked with interest: "I don't know what kind of deal the lady wants to talk about with the old man?" ”

"It's this double-sided embroidery!" Su Muli replied briskly.

When Granny Chensu heard this, although her face was as usual, she was very surprised in her heart.

"I wonder how this deal is done?" Shopkeeper Yu asked with a smile.

Here's the crux of the matter!

In fact, this buying and selling is just one hand to pay and one hand to deliver, but this double-sided embroidery business is not easy to do. Double-sided embroidery, in essence, is a kind of skill, and the fabric of double-sided embroidery is the finished product, do you say to buy the ancestral skills of the lady, or buy the finished product embroidered?

But the question is, not to mention whether the strange lady in front of her is willing to teach her ancestors the secret skills, just looking at her young age, whether she is really proficient in this way remains to be explored.

Shopkeeper Yu habitually stroked his beard, squinted his eyes slightly, changed his enthusiasm and waited for an answer carelessly.

The shopkeeper of "Yujinfang" has been in the business for more than ten years, and must be good at this, but now he asks the lady in turn, it seems that he is still suspicious of this double-sided embroidery. Granny Chensu looked at the lady beside her, still smiling lightly and quietly, and couldn't help but tighten the silk handkerchief in her hand.

Speaking of which, she had also heard about "double-sided embroidery" in her early years, when she was just the nurse of the three ladies of the imperial capital, but she heard the ladies and ladies in the house talk like a gonzo, because the lady of the Wang family, that is, Su Muli's biological mother, had inquired many times to obtain such strange things, and it was still profound.

When the lady showed her the handkerchief this morning, she was also very surprised, and read it several times before confirming that it was really the rumored double-sided embroidery, and she heard Banxiang say that she had embroidered the veil with that in her leisure recently, so she was even more puzzled. She followed the lady from her background so far, she has never seen her pinch needle threading, not to mention this Laoshzi sewing embroidery, and half incense usually sews and repairs it, but this double-sided embroidery must be unheard of, and now it is like a trick to take out such a magical thing, not to mention the shrewd Yu shopkeeper in front of her, even she can't believe it.

Early in the morning, the lady only said that she wanted to take the handkerchief to the "Yujin Fang" to do a deal, and did not come carefully, along the way she was nervous, how is this situation good?

Banxiang is also very puzzled, but she is not anxious about the embarrassing situation of the lady, nor is she curious about the double-sided embroidered handkerchief, the handkerchief is really taught by the lady to embroider her, which she can swear to anyone, although she does not know where the lady learned these, but she does not have these clear and exquisite hearts, so she only honestly according to the lady's teaching, at this moment she really wants to know, how to do this deal.

Early in the morning, the lady said that she would take us to earn a lot of money, so that she only drank a few mouthfuls of white fungus longan porridge in the morning, and her stomach just sang "Empty City Plan", just for the glittering silver, she has been holding back and not saying, but she doesn't want to talk about the key point at this time, no one speaks, you say it's not in a hurry!

But they are really short of silver, really, all the time! In the past, the three of them depended on each other, although there was no shortage of food and clothing, but as long as the mother-in-law and her got some silver, they went around looking for medical advice for the lady, and the day before yesterday when she got twenty taels of silver when she went out of the general's mansion, she was happy for a while, but the silver was gone like water before she was completely hot. Chun Manlou ** Li Jiao Niang has a hundred taels of consultation fees, but the cunning ** said that she would give it when they left, which is really infuriating! Although she doesn't understand these plans that the mother and mother-in-law said, she knows that they really have no money now!!

"In fact, the fabric of Yujinfang has always been the best product." Su Muli looked at the various fabrics dancing in the wind again, "From the royal harem to the common people, it is not easy to meet it, and it is just icing on the cake for Yujinfang." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was shocked, only Shopkeeper Yu nodded lightly in agreement, but he was more interested in the lady's next remarks.

"However, the icing on the cake is hard to find." Su Muli looked at the shopkeeper Yu with a calm face, and asked with a smile, "Did you say that?" ”

Indeed, double-sided embroidery is a long-lost skill, so many years, I dare not say that the entire Middle Earth, at least the entire Dayue country on the market that has really not appeared a piece, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is difficult to find a thousand gold! Shopkeeper Yu nodded in agreement, although this woman is young, her words are to the point, and they are all truthful.

"When I first entered your store, there were only a few customers in the lobby, so I felt a little lonely compared to the people outside the store."

As soon as these words came out, everyone present gasped, lady, why did you think of going with me? Banxiang hurriedly covered her mouth, for fear that she would call out.

Only the shopkeeper Yu sat quietly beside him, and his face did not change!

"Looking closely at the store, the cloth and ceramic utensils are all carefully arranged, and the servants are also polite and thoughtful, and they are at ease, so I don't think the problem is here." , she continued.

With such a straightforward remark, even the most calm mother-in-law in the daily life is also anxious.

However, Shopkeeper Yu was not angry because of this, "I don't know, where does the problem come from?" ”

Yes, so far, his face is as usual, and he is worthy of being the old shopkeeper of "Yujinfang"! Su Muli admired it in her heart, and then said: "As we all know, Cenzhou Yujinfang is a branch, although it is nominally the general's wife's dowry, but I just heard the woman downstairs say that the newly made Yunyan Jin Emperor also has it, and I want to come to this cloth and the goods are not separated." ”

"Yujinfang is good at manufacturing all kinds of high-quality fabrics, which does not need to be detailed, but if it is the same style and color material for many years, and it still needs a large amount of silver that is difficult for ordinary people to accept, I think the source of customers is decreasing day by day!" Su Muli ignored the colorful eyes around her, and stopped to drink the fragrant tea slightly.

Hearing such a key point, why did it stop again! Banxiang couldn't hold his breath the most, and hurriedly asked: "Lady, what should I do?" ”

She casually put down the teacup in her hand and said word by word: "Push through the old and bring forth the new!" ”

At this moment, Shopkeeper Yu, who had always been careless, immediately straightened his waist and stared at Su Muli with candles.

Over the years, outsiders may not know, but he is very clear about the shopkeeper.

Although Cen Zhou Yujinfang is the marriage of the general's wife, because of the personal gift of the Holy Treasure today, coupled with the prestige of General Changfeng and the supervision and management of the old lady, the trading income in the early years was very considerable, and even once exceeded the head office of the imperial capital. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, first General Changfeng and his wife died tragically on the battlefield, and then the old lady was sick and dying, and the people in the shop began to feel uneasy. The most common flower color is the blossoming black pear, of course, there are spring peach blossoms, summer night lotus, autumn daisies, winter snow red plums, etc., but in exchange for these old colors, it is always these old colors, that is, the embroidery is realistic and smart, and the fastidious lady also complains about this, and the price of the reputation of the brocade is high, and a piece of fabric casually has to spend dozens of taels of silver, and the general merchants are difficult to accept, so this business is even more difficult to do.

Besides, it is true that the woman said that the Kyoto head office is not separated from their branches, although all the fabrics are supplied by the head office, but since the death of the shogun and his wife, all the new shipments have met the needs of the imperial capital head office before they are shipped to Cenzhou, so the business cannot be compared with the imperial capital.

Over the years, the old lady is unwell, so she no longer interferes in the business of the store, all by the master of the long house, the old man is diligent that has nothing to say, the shop is supervised every day, any big and small matters are done by themselves, but the situation of the shop has not improved, and the recent handover to the master of the long house is not as good as before.

Looking at the market today, although there is no shortage of embroidery skills, such double-sided embroidery has never been seen, not to mention the embroidery technique on the handkerchief that is so dense as if it was painted, if it is really double-sided embroidery to decorate the fabric, with this exquisite skill for the reputation of Jinfang icing on the cake, Cenzhou Yujinfang will be able to revive the reputation and turn things around!

Shopkeeper Yu suddenly smiled and talked with Su Muli diligently.

Half an hour later, he personally sent the three women out of the Yujin Fang, and took out the green cicada wings double-sided embroidered silk handkerchief in the cuffs, but his heart was happy and worried, happy that the Yujin Fang could finally bring forth the new and revitalize, but the worry was that the woman exchanged this silk handkerchief for three feet of cloud smoke brocade, if she reversed her word, what should she do if she handed in the double-sided embroidered cloud smoke brocade in the future ten days later? What if this double-sided embroidered cicada wing silk handkerchief is difficult to sell? What if the eldest master finds out halfway through and makes his claim without authorization?

"Oh......," he sighed, wondering if what he had just done was appropriate.

Many years later, the shopkeeper Yu, who was over the age of six, only knew that it was his small unauthorized proposition that brought unimaginable glory to Cenzhou Yujinfang in the future! Of course, that's all for later.

Shopkeeper Yu was about to turn around and go back to the hall, but he didn't pay attention for a while, only to see a flash of figure in front of him, and he didn't think that the silk handkerchief in his hand had been snatched away.

In broad daylight, there are people who rob it!

He was angry and was about to shout, but he saw the strange boy in front of him, with a noble and handsome face, and he looked even more noble and compelling in a gorgeous brocade robe.

"Shopkeeper, I want this silk handkerchief!" The man held a double-sided embroidered silk handkerchief with green cicada wings, and added categorically: "No matter how valuable it is!"

Shopkeeper Yu......