Chapter 178: Brocade Workshop
Ten embroiderers worked hard for three days, and finally made 20 ready-to-wear clothes, 10 men's robes and 10 women's dresses, which were quietly sent to Chen Jingfeng's courtyard.
Everyone looked at the clothes neatly hung in a row, which was indeed eye-catching, Meng Xiaoran nodded and said: "The craftsmanship of these embroidery girls is much better than mine, and now they are embroidering some patterns and decorations on this dress, Shen Qian, how are your painting skills?" ”
Chen Jingfeng smiled when he heard this, "Xiao Ran, you are asking the right person, Shen Sangongzi is talented, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, it is best to let him draw this pattern for you." After saying that, I couldn't help laughing.
Let the famous Shen Sangongzi draw patterns, this is indeed overkill, Meng Xiaoran thought about it and was a little embarrassed, "Then forget it, I'll go back and draw some simple ones myself, and let the embroidery girls embroider on this dress." ”
"No need, I'll draw it, you tell me what patterns you want to draw." Shen Qian looked at her and said, Meng Xiaoran glanced at him, and then nodded, "With a great talent like you to draw patterns, I believe that our twenty clothes will definitely be sold out." ”
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard this, and Shen Qian also laughed, just looking at Meng Xiaoran and smiling very gently.
Meng Xiaoran asked everyone to take all the twenty pieces of clothes to the backyard, lined up, she looked at ten men's robes, four of them were white, which Meng Xiaoran specially ordered.
Shen Qian asked Qingfeng to move the table and put it in the courtyard, the rice paper and pen and ink were ready, and she waited for Meng Xiaoran to speak, she thought for a while and walked to the table, and said to Shen Qian: "Draw four paintings of Meilan, bamboo and chrysanthemum, it just so happens that these four white pieces use this series, I think the princes who are vassal and elegant must like it." ”
Shen Qian looked at her and smiled, then lifted the pen and dipped it in ink and began to draw, there were only two people left in the courtyard at this time, Meng Xiaoran had been watching beside him, and gradually admired him, his painting was like flowing water, and in the stroke of a stroke, the high purity of plum blossoms jumped on the paper.
After the four paintings were finished, but in an hour, Meng Xiaoran felt that she had seen an artistic feast, and it was the first time she had seen Shen Qian's talent, and finally understood why Shen Sangongzi was so famous in the world, and it was indeed worthy of his reputation.
"I finally understand why so many ladies in Yujing City secretly promised you that you really became famous at a young age, and you can write poetry at the age of eight?" Meng Xiaoran asked with some curiosity.
Shen Qian put down his pen and looked at her, "What about you?" ”
"What?" He suddenly didn't have a beginning or an end, and Meng Xiaoran looked dazed.
"So many people have a secret promise to me, what about you?" Shen Qian's straightforward words made Meng Xiaoran's face turn red.
She turned her head away from him, and said with some chagrin, "I'm telling you to be serious, and you're talking nonsense." ”
"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm serious, I asked you before, you said you wanted me to give you time, it's been so long, haven't you thought about it?"
"Shen Qian, I'm enjoying the current state, let's not change it for the time being, okay? Now I'm just thinking about opening our ready-to-wear store and running it well, let's not think about the rest, okay? ”
Shen Qian looked at her and sighed, "Okay, I hope you don't keep running away from my feelings." ”
For Meng Xiaoran's repeated evasions, Shen Qian was very depressed, but he was helpless, he could only hope that this situation could be changed soon.
On this day, Shen Qian and Meng Xiaoran together painted the patterns on the twenty pieces of clothes, in addition to the four pieces of men's robes, the remaining six pieces Meng Xiaoran asked him to draw some pictures of landscapes, flowers and birds, of course, she had already thought about it, these patterns on the men's robes can only be embroidered with silver threads, so that the faint appearance can highlight the man's temperament.
The women's dress is beautifully designed, and the pattern must be simpler, and she only embroiders various flowers on the cuffs and skirt corners, so that a touch of bright color can be seen between the actions, which is very exquisite.
After the embroidery girl embroidered the pattern, the clothes were ironed and sent over, Meng Xiaoran and Ni Sheng stood in the room and looked at the clothes hanging there, they all secretly sighed, Ni Shang couldn't take her eyes off, "Girl, this dress is really beautiful, especially these women's dresses, I believe that no girl will not like it, our shop will definitely not worry about business." ”
"Hopefully, the store will open tomorrow, remember Shen Qian's instructions, put on the new clothes we made before, and we will stand there as the best advertisement."
"Advertising? What does this mean, girl? Nishang asked, a little puzzled.
Meng Xiaoran knew that she was speechless, and said a modern phrase, she thought about it and explained: "Advertising, that is, advertising, so that everyone can quickly know that the clothes in our store are good-looking, you see that we are all wearing and standing there, or walking on the street, everyone must be curious when they see it, and then find someone to say that this is the clothes from our store, so that everyone will definitely go to see it." ”
"Oh, this is a good idea, as soon as Shen Gongzi and the girl wear it, it is the best advertisement, everyone will definitely want to buy it when they see you dressed so well, girl, let's tell Shen Gongzi and Brother Chen about this idea, and let them arrange for someone to talk to people on the street tomorrow." Nishang said excitedly.
Meng Xiaoran nodded, and couldn't help but secretly sigh, these people she knew were all quite business-minded, just a little bit of it, this neon dress may be reused in the future.
On the second day, the weather is fine, the sun is shining, it is a good day for everything, this day is the day of the opening of the Jinyi Fang, this name is still the three of them came up together, meaning to make splendid clothes, Meng Xiaoran believes that the Jinyi Fang will soon be hot in Yunzhou City.
Meng Xiaoran did not wear a hat this time, since she wanted to advertise, it could not be covered, just to let people see the real effect of wearing this dress, today she wore a skirt made of goose yellow Ruan Yanluo, according to her design, the group of layers of water like water waves fluttered down, and the action was like the most beautiful willow branches in spring, which was refreshing.
Sure enough, her dress attracted the attention of most people on the street, and many women cast envious glances.
"Oh, you see this dress looks so good......"
"Yes, her face is also good-looking, and this dress is even more beautiful on her......"
"Who said that such a beautiful skirt will be so beautiful if anyone wears it!"
"Yes, yes, Chunhua, if you wear it, you will be more beautiful than her......"
The sound of the women's playful laughter reached Meng Xiaoran's ears, she couldn't help pursing her lips and chuckled, and the brilliance between her eyebrows couldn't help but make the men watching look straight, and after they disappeared, someone asked, "Who is this girl?" Why haven't you seen it before? And this skirt is really like a fairy's clothes. ”
"Don't you know? The rouge gouache shop at the corner of the street closed last month, and it opened again today, but this time it opened a ready-to-wear store, called Jinyifang, some days ago, the owner of this Jinyifang went to some people's girls to customize clothes, just now the girl is wearing from the brocade shop, I won't tell you, I'm going to see it, I don't know if I can buy one. ”
As soon as everyone heard it, they responded and went to see it together, so it spread ten or ten hundreds, and the news that there was a "brocade shop" to open on the street spread, and many people came to join in the fun.
Jinyifang opened today, Chen Jingfeng and Qingfeng stood at the door, the two of them were dressed in chic new clothes, and they were lined with a straight posture, and when it was auspicious, Qingfeng lit the firecrackers, Chen Jingfeng took off the red silk on the plaque with one hand, revealing the vigorous and powerful "Jinyifang" three words.
"Everyone, our brocade shop opened today, only ten men's robes and ten women's dresses for trading, if you fancy you can book with our store, the store will send embroidery girls to make a special trip to tailor, for everyone to customize a unique brocade clothes."
The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, who was selected by Shen Qian, who is very lively, and his words are sonorous and powerful, without losing his harmony, he invited everyone to come in after he finished speaking, and said: "Open today, all refreshments are free." ”
When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered loudly, and a group of people flocked to it, and there were only twenty ready-to-wear clothes hanging on the wall of the store, and the young girls were stunned at first sight, and they didn't care about what free refreshments to eat, and they all ran to Xiao Er's side to ask for the price.
A ready-to-wear costs one hundred taels, this is the price set by Shen Qian, Meng Xiaoran felt that his heart was dark, but Shen Qian laughed and said: "The higher the price, the more people will buy, our store is mainly customized, if the price is too low, how to deal with the rich people in Yunzhou City?" ”
His words naturally made sense, Chen Jingfeng and Meng Xiaoran had no objections, so the price of one hundred taels of ready-to-wear was set, which was too expensive for ordinary people, and everyone could only look away, but there were also some wives or young ladies from rich families who came in to join in the fun, and bought a few sets at the moment.
The four sets of men's robes of the Meilan Zhuju series were really bought by a vassal and elegant noble son as Meng Xiaoran thought, and then they were even more in the limelight at various banquets, which is all a later story.
Twenty pieces of ready-to-wear were sold out in an hour, and the store was clean for a while, Meng Xiaoran and Shen Qian sat on the opposite teahouse and looked at everything in the store, she took a sip of tea and said: "I have to go back and continue to draw drawings, I believe that in less than half a day, more and more people will come to us for customization." ”
"Yes, some of us are busy, but I have already instructed Zhao Kun to only take ten customized orders a day, and if there are more, we can only arrange them for the next day, ten a day, can you?"
Meng Xiaoran smiled, "I feel more and more that you can do business, ten words will definitely be no problem, but I have to consider bringing an apprentice, otherwise I won't have time to rest in the future." ”
"It's best if you can bring an apprentice, and I don't want you to be so tired."