Chapter Twenty-Nine: Silver Silk Hall
When I opened the box, I saw that the fabrics in the box were all old styles from a few years ago, and the colors and styles were not very outstanding, the needles and threads had been on for some years, and the silver needles had rusted.
Qin Kexin frowned slightly, picked up a piece of sandpaper, and gently polished the thin needle.
Passing the soft silk thread through the needle, Qin Kexin carefully passed through the old fabric and sewed it carefully with a needle.
From day to night, Qin Kexin didn't drink a sip of water, didn't rest for a quarter of an hour, the night gradually fell, and the ink color gradually rendered the sky.
With the sound of cicadas chirping outside the window, Qin Kexin walked out with a smile on his face.
At that time, Aunt Mei had just been wiping the table with a rag, and as soon as she saw Qin Kexin coming down, Aunt Mei's face was smug with a smile.
If this girl fails, she will definitely retreat.
"Miss Qin, has there been a result?"
While speaking, Aunt Mei proudly walked to Qin Kexin's side, wanting to see Qin Kexin make a fool of herself.
These fabrics are old styles from a few years ago, and it's hard to make a striking design.
Aunt Mei didn't believe that this young girl could bring these fabrics back to life.
But when Aunt Mei's eyes fell on the cyan fabric in Qin Kexin's hand, Aunt Mei's eyes couldn't help but freeze on the fabric.
The cyan background color is like the mountain daisy in the distance, and the originally uniform background color is extremely layered by Qin Kexin.
From a distance, it looks like a mountain peak.
On that peak, Qin Kexin embroidered a vivid bird, and a straight pine tree stood on the top of the peak.
What caught the eye was the middle of the fabric, where a fiery red sun hung in the middle of the mountains.
The greenness is from shallow to deep, and it looks like a mountain just dawning.
This delicate embroidery, even if Aunt Mei has practiced for most of her life, she may not be able to catch up.
Aunt Mei's eyes widened in surprise, her hands touched the delicate embroidery in disbelief, and after confirming that these embroideries were all from Qin Kexin's hands, Aunt Mei couldn't help but be surprised in her heart.
"Who is your embroidery master?"
Whether it's the bird or the pine tree, it looks as if it's alive in front of you.
Embroidery can do so much, must have put in the effort.
Qin Kexin smiled embarrassedly, "I started practicing embroidery at the age of five, and I am also quite interested in this aspect, so I learn quickly, these things are just small skills of carving insects." ”
In fact, Qin Kexin deliberately hid some, and when she was young, Mama Qiao cultivated Qin Kexin as her own daughter.
Embroidery and female workers are one of Qin Kexin's compulsory courses, and Qin Kexin does have a superhuman talent for embroidery.
The invited masters were all impressed by Qin Kexin's craftsmanship, and it didn't take long for Qin Kexin to become a good embroiderer in the palace.
At this moment, Aunt Mei was stunned and looked at the simple piece of fabric in her hand, and she already had the answer in her heart, it seems that this child is indeed a rare genius, and this inn can indeed be handed over to Qin Kexin's hands.
"I've decided, you can take over this inn."
A smile appeared on Qin Kexin's face, and he slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"Aunt Mei, then please go to the dyeing workshop these days, we are in the fabric business, and the dyeing workshop is indispensable, I have this hand embroidery effort, if there is no suitable fabric, naturally there is no way."
Aunt Mei also nodded very happily, this girl's dexterity, if she can embroider unique patterns, she can naturally sell it for a lot of money.
I really didn't expect that by mistake, I actually picked up a baby.
"Then tomorrow, I will bother Aunt Mei to renovate this inn, and we will officially turn the inn into a fabric workshop."
Aunt Mei nodded, but quickly frowned again, "It's just that this fabric business is not just our family, if you want to stand out, you must have a nice and loud name." ”
This also makes some sense, Qin Kexin propped his chin and began to think about the new name.
The name of the largest fabric house in the capital is Jinyufang, and the two most common words in the fabric business have been chosen by them, and they must come up with a more chic name to attract everyone's attention.
"Why don't you call it Silver Silk Hall?"
Yinsitang, this is a nice name, Aunt Mei nodded with satisfaction.
I didn't expect this girl to be not only ingenious, but also had some ink in her stomach.
"You're not an ordinary girl, are you? Looking at your knowledge and figure, isn't it a young lady from a big family who escaped in despair? ”
Aunt Mei had already discovered that Qin Kexin was unusual, Qin Kexin's hands were not covered with calluses, not like a maid who did rough work, and seeing that Qin Kexin was properly maintained on weekdays, her skin was delicate, and she had never suffered any hardship.
Hearing Aunt Mei ask this, Qin Kexin smiled embarrassedly, but there was a trace of imperceptible sentimentality in her eyes, "I'm ashamed to say that I used to be a girl in King Qi's mansion." ”
As soon as she heard this, Aunt Mei was stunned and her eyes widened, "You are actually King Qi's subordinate?" ”
No wonder it doesn't look as clumsy as the usual rough girl, it turns out that it is also from a famous family.
"I was abducted and trafficked by that trafficker since I was a child, and the princess picked me up with her kindness, so I lived with the grandmother in the house, who treated me like her own daughter, taught me embroidery and female workers, and I was even fortunate enough to go to the school to study."
As she spoke, Qin Kexin couldn't help but recall the days in the palace, although she had to live a life of observing words and emotions on weekdays, everyone in the palace was still friendly to her.
It's just that now it's no longer what it used to be, and she came out to see all the worlds to understand how happy her life was in the palace.
"Then why did you come out of the palace again?"
Looking at Aunt Mei's puzzled eyes, Qin Kexin just lowered her head and smiled bitterly.
"It's just a matter of making people, it's too complicated, I'll talk to you about it slowly in the future."
Since God arranged for her to leave the palace, it must be useful, rather than complaining, it is better to accept this reality peacefully.
Aunt Mei didn't want to say more when she saw Qin Kexin, so she didn't continue to ask, just left the sentence "You rest earlier", and turned to leave.
In the middle of the night, the night breeze was slightly cool, the cool wind blew across Qin Kexin's cheeks, curled up Qin Kexin's hair, and looked at the bright moon outside the window, Qin Kexin unconsciously lost her mind slightly.
……
"Kexin, you should get up early, and today I have to go to various dyeing workshops to meet those bosses."
The business has just opened, and it's not enough to just hang a sign of the Silver Silk Hall.
If you want the bosses of those dyeing workshops to cooperate with them, you must let those bosses see Qin Kexin's craftsmanship.
Qin Kexin didn't refuse, washed up briefly, and went out with Aunt Mei.
The store was handed over to the little Ah Mao to take care of alone.
"This is the largest dyeing mill in the vicinity, if we can do business with him, we don't have to worry about food and clothing after today."
Qin Kexin nodded, and there was still some confusion in his heart.
Aunt Mei also seemed to see Qin Kexin's nervousness, she stretched out her hand and gently put it on Qin Kexin's hand, patting it comfortingly.
"Okay, take it easy, with your embroidery, they will definitely agree."
With Aunt Mei's comfort, Qin Kexin's heart could be considered to have some bottom, and the two stepped into the door of the dyeing workshop together.
After entering the door, there are several large dyeing vats, and there are countless bamboo poles hanging next to the dyeing vats, and fabrics of different colors are drying on the bamboo poles, and Qin Kexin is dazzled when he sees it.
The guy who was mixing the dye in the dye vat seemed to see two strangers outside the door, raised his head and shouted at the two, "Who are you?" ”
Aunt Mei had a decent smile on her face, "We're here to find Boss Zhang." ”
The guy looked the two of them up and down, thinking that these two people might be here to do business, and he didn't embarrass them, just nodded.
"You guys wait here first, I'll report first."
Aunt Mei smiled and nodded.
After about a quarter of an hour, the man came out of the chamber and smiled amicably at the two of them, "All right, come in." ”
The two followed the man to a bright hall, and a rich middle-aged man sat on the Taishi chair in the middle of the room.
The middle-aged man looked like a blessed person, as if he was a Maitreya Buddha, and his appearance was extremely joyful.
Aunt Mei whispered in Qin Kexin's ear, "This is Boss Zhang, and his full name is Zhang Defu." ”
Qin Kexin nodded as if she didn't understand, and showed a smile to Boss Zhang.
The boss also looked approachable, always with a smile on his face, "Please sit down, two of you." ”
As soon as the words fell, the guy had already walked up with tea.
Qin Kexin and Aunt Mei had just sat down, and Boss Zhang opened his mouth with a smile.
"I wonder what kind of material you two want when you came here today?"
It turned out that the two of them were businessmen who came to buy fabrics, Aunt Mei smiled helplessly and shook her head, "Boss Zhang, you misunderstood, we are not here to buy fabrics, we are here to talk to you about doing business." ”
The smile on Boss Zhang's face suddenly froze, and it suddenly converged a lot, "I don't know what business you two want to talk about?" ”
Aunt Mei seemed to have expected such a situation a long time ago, and she was not too surprised.
"This is my distant niece, she is a good embroiderer, and she will definitely bring you a lot of business in this dyeing workshop."
While speaking, Aunt Mei opened the burden she was carrying and handed the fabric embroidered by Qin Kexin yesterday to the boss.
There was a flash of surprise in the boss's eyes, but it was only for a moment.
After all, Boss Zhang is still an authentic businessman, and he is naturally profit-oriented, seeing Qin Kexin's such a good embroiderer, Boss Zhang is also very excited.
"I wonder what this girl should be called?"