Chapter 102: The Emerald Flower Appears
Hang Yidong's ready-to-wear shops have become popular in the capital.
Not only in the circle of noblewomen, but in the entire capital, even the ladies in the palace have heard the rumors of this shop.
And Hang Yidong's ready-to-wear shop can be completely popular, or because of an anecdote.
The old lady of Shaoli Siqing's family is famous for her love of beauty in the capital, even if she is now a lot older, she will spend a lot of time on her own dress every day, determined to become the most beautiful old lady in the capital.
But recently, I don't know why, the old lady fell ill, lingered on the sickbed, couldn't get up after being sick for more than a month, drank a lot of medicine but didn't work, everyone was very anxious, I don't know what went wrong.
Until one day, Shaoli Siqing's wife, Song, who was the old lady's daughter-in-law, wore a light purple tunic dress that she had never seen before.
Not only does the slender waist of Yingying's grip be completely outlined, but also the tunic shrouded in tulle will emit a crystal clear luster under the illumination of the light. Even the patterns on the skirt are exquisite like never before.
As soon as Song entered the old lady's room, the old lady's eyes never moved away from her, and pointed at Song's clothes with a trembling hand, Song looked at the clothes on his body, and instantly understood, and said to her gently: "Mother, this is the new clothes that my daughter-in-law bought in a newly opened ready-to-wear shop in Beijing, the ready-to-wear clothes in this store are very special, and every piece of clothing in it is unique. ”
The old lady's hands trembled even more, and she said in a hoarse voice, "Help, help me up, go to that store and have a look." ”
From that day on, the old lady's problem suddenly cured, and she became a loyal fan of Hang Yidong's ready-to-wear store, and she always picked one day a month to go to the store, even if she didn't buy her favorite clothes, she had to sit in the store and chat with Hang Yidong.
In addition, there is another incident that has detonated the enthusiasm of women in Beijing for ready-to-wear shops.
Everyone knows that the daughter of the Shangshu family of the Ministry of Rites is very ordinary, so much so that she is already seventeen years old and has not decided on a good marriage.
Then at the latest banquet, this girl attracted everyone's attention as soon as she appeared, the lake blue dress made this girl have a different elegant and generous temperament, and the conversation was also very good, after the banquet, the matchmaker who went to the Ministry of Rites Shangshu to propose marriage was about to break the threshold of his house.
Which girl didn't want to marry a good man, so she hurried to ask her where she bought the lake blue dress she was wearing. So more people knew about the mysterious shop, and the flow of the shop went up a new level.
Hang Yidong sat in the store lazily and lazily counted the profit of the store in the account book during this time, there were 20,000 taels of silver, you know, their store has been open for less than a month, and sure enough, women are the first productive force. Hang Yidong sighed secretly.
Xu Yingliu looked at so much silver and asked with some curiosity: "Madam, we have only opened the store for half a decade, and the prices of the clothes in the store are so expensive, why are so many people flocking to it?" Is it because of propaganda? ”
Hang Yidong didn't answer, but asked her: "Do you think our clothes look good?" ”
"Beautiful." Xu Yingliu nodded stunnedly.
"If there is a very beautiful, expensive, but unique dress in front of you, as long as you wear it, it will not only make you beautiful, but also show your noble status, will you buy it?"
"Of course."
Hang Yidong snapped his fingers: "That's not it." ”
Xu Yingliu nodded as if she didn't understand.
Xu Yingliu was a little worried: "Madam, what if someone imitates our clothes?" ”
Hang Yidong smiled mysteriously: "You don't have to worry about this, the patterns on our ready-to-wear clothes are double-sided embroidery that have been lost for a long time, and they may be ordinary patterns on the surface, but from the reverse side they are a mark." ”
Hang Yidong dipped his fingers in water and drew an "H" on the table.
"It's a special mark for our ready-to-wear store, and no one else can imitate it. After all, this is a dress that only the official family can afford. ”
Xu Yingliu exhaled and nodded reassuringly.
But what Hang Yidong hasn't said is that in addition to the special signs embroidered on both sides, there are also special silk threads used on clothes, which are silk threads made by Hang Yidong with modern special technology made by redeeming points from the mall with points from the live broadcast system, which can emit fluorescence under the sun, and this silk thread will be more or less used in the production of ready-to-wear in the store.
Hang Yidong thought about it and felt that it was time, so he whispered to Xu Yingliu: "Yingliu, let the news out, just say that the clothes in our ready-to-wear store are all imported from another fabric store under our name." ”
"Yes."
The next day, an unexpected guest came to Hang Yidong's shop.
"Emerald Flower?"
As soon as Hang Yidong turned around, he saw that familiar face, but the girl in front of him was different from before.
Dressed in silk and satin, with a golden tortoiseshell hairpin, followed by a girl and a mother-in-law, the face that was originally a little malnourished is now white and red.
"Ma'am." Cuihua saluted Hang Yidong.
At this time, Xu Yingliu appeared, frowned when she saw Cuihua, and walked to Hang Yidong's side: "Cuihua? Aren't you gone? How did you get back? ”
The woman behind Cuihua didn't look very good: "What Cuihua?" My young lady's name is Gu Jinyu, and she is the eldest lady of the Qing family of Guanglu Temple, a dignified three-grade master! ”
Cuihua shouted: "Mama Hai! ”
The mother-in-law walked behind her young lady in a huff.
Cuihua, no, it should be called Gu Jinyu now, and said to Hang Yidong respectfully: "Madam, can you take a step to speak?" ”
Hang Yidong nodded happily, led a few people to a small room, before entering the door, Gu Jinyu said to the girl and her mother-in-law, "You are waiting for me outside." Mama Hai wanted to refuse, but her own lady had already gone in and closed the door.
As soon as she entered the door, Cuihua fell to her knees.
Hang Yidong was a little dissatisfied: "What are you doing here?" As he spoke, he tried to help her up.
Gu Jinyu avoided Hang Yidong's support, and her body straightened: "I'm sorry madam, Cuihua shouldn't have left without saying a word, but I really can't wait." ”
Hang Yidong listened to her words, and his face turned pale: "Since you are a child of a big family, why don't you dare to tell me, will I still stop you from going home?" ”
Gu Jinyu didn't answer, just looked at Hang Yidong with a serious face: "Madam, I have something unspeakable, but please believe me, I will never hurt you." ”
"My father is Guanglu Siqing, my mother is the daughter of a wealthy family, I am the only daughter of the two of them, everyone thinks that I am the lady of the sky, the pearl they hold in the palm of their hands. But what they don't know is that my father spoiled his concubine and killed his wife, since my aunt's daughter was born, my father's heart seems to be biased, my sister is right in everything I do, and everything I do is wrong, as if the three of them are a family, my mother hugs me every day and washes my face with tears, and I have changed from obedient and sensible to arrogant and eccentric. ”
"It wasn't until last year that my aunt actually bought someone to throw me at the lantern festival, and called someone to sell me. I found a chance to escape, changed my name and surname, met Brother Shi and them, learned how to win sympathy by pretending to be weak in the wandering, I ate leftovers for the first time, was punched and kicked for the first time, and it wasn't until I met you, Mrs., that I felt alive again. ”
"If it was at the beginning, I might still have a little bit of my own careful thoughts, then in the relationship with you, I really respect you as an adult, and I also want to learn my skills and become a person who can have the ability to protect myself like my wife, not afraid of the eyes of outsiders, and not afraid of other conspiracies."
"But after Madame took me to the capital, I thought of my life in the Guanglu Temple Qing Mansion again, and thought of my weak mother who needed protection, so I took advantage of your inattention and ran home by myself. This time, I won't give them another chance to hurt me, not even my father. ”
"I don't want to implicate you in our house, but after returning home, I often remember you, so I often go out of the house to secretly see you, when you decide to open a ready-to-wear shop, I often promote it to others, although I know it's useless, but I still want to eliminate the guilt in my heart, I'm sorry madam, please forgive me, okay?"
Listening to Gu Jinyu's words, Hang Yidong was not untouched.
"You get up first." Hang Yidong sighed.
"Ma'am?"
"I forgive you."
Gu Jinyu shouted in surprise: "Really? Thank you ma'am! ”
Hang Yidong nodded with a smile, and seeing this familiar smile, Gu Jinyu immediately stood up.
"Madam, actually, I have come this time to tell you a piece of news. I overheard in my father's study that the Second Prince's Mansion wants to deal with your ready-to-wear shop, and you must be careful lately. ”
Hang Yidong was stunned, the second prince saved Xiao Hao before, and later installed someone to find out the news around her, and now she has to deal with her ready-to-wear store, she really can't see what the second prince wants to do now.
Hang Yidong's brows were furrowed, and his hands kept twisting: "Do you know why the Second Prince's Mansion is targeting me?" ”
"I vaguely heard something, because the Su Mansion is from the second prince's faction, but the ready-to-wear shop you opened made them feel threatened, so it seems that they want to use the Su Mansion to suppress you."
Hang Yidong nodded, signaling that he understood, and the heavy expression on his face was gradually replaced by gentleness: "Thank you today, Gu Jinyu." ”
Hang Yidong took out a moon-white fringed dress and handed it to Gu Jinyu.
"This?"
"Take it. It's a memorial to you for so long. ”
"Madame...... Thank you. Gu Jinyu's voice was a little choked.
Hang Yidong smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Okay, it's all big girls, don't cry." I don't have anything to say to you, just protect yourself. ”
Gu Jinyu nodded solemnly with tears in her eyes.