Chapter Seventy-Three: The Enemy
I endured this forbearance for more than a month.
For more than a month, Zeng Rong has been embroidering purses, after the orchid series, she made four series of plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum and peony, and finally put the grasshopper and the grasshopper together into a series, which was already in August.
After embroidering the purse for more than two months, Zeng Rong's mind was almost empty, but it happened that the purse materials she had on hand were also used up, in order to change her thinking, she embroidered the silk handkerchief again, and there were more than 20 of the 100 silk handkerchiefs she received before, she wanted to finish the job, and then find Yu Yunqing to talk about embroidering the kang screen.
After dinner on the seventh day of the eighth lunar month, Zeng Rong took more than 20 silk handkerchiefs and entered the east wing again, Yu Yunqing was not in the east wing at that time, Zeng Rong found the hall, Yu Yunqing was standing in the middle of the hall and instructed the maids to place all kinds of embroidery, Zeng Rong found those purses embroidered by himself in the ornament group at a glance, none of them were like the usual ones on the display cabinet, but hung up, hanging up in groups, very eye-catching.
It turned out that this was a sales strategy for Yu Yunqing, she was afraid that the series of purses embroidered with poems would be counterfeited by others in advance, so she prepared enough inventory, and planned to launch these purses on the eighth day of the eighth day of August, with the topic of Mid-Autumn Festival and Autumn Festival, priced at 500 wen apiece, selling not only new ideas, but also meanings.
Seeing Zeng Rong coming in with a bunch of silk handkerchiefs, Yu Yunqing was not angry, beckoned to her, and Zeng Rong walked to her side.
"Here, guess which of these goods will be the best selling one tomorrow?" Yu Yunqing pushed her forward a few steps and walked to the jewelry group.
These ornaments not only have purses, but also silk handkerchiefs, sachets, fan sets, fan pendants, palace tapestry, wipe foreheads, etc., Zeng Rong only knew that Yu Yunqing actually played a big game of chess in a muffled voice, she ordered someone to use the patterns of those series of purses made by Zeng Rong to silk handkerchiefs, sachets, fan covers, fan pendants, and even wipe the forehead, that is to say, she plans to launch these things in sets, some suitable for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and some suitable for the Autumn Festival.
Those who can enter the Splendid Workshop are not ordinary people, naturally no one will care about this little money, but it is different for the Splendid Workshop, fame and fortune are inevitable.
"The shopkeeper is worthy of being the shopkeeper, this exquisite seven-trick heart is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and Zeng Rong admires it." Zeng Rong praised from the bottom of his heart.
"If you want to talk about the exquisite seven tricks, how many people can compare to you? I've learned this little bit from you. Yu Yunqing's words are not humble, she was indeed inspired by Zeng Rong.
Seriously, if it weren't for her selfishness, she would have wanted to hire Zeng Rong as a full-time painter, and with her in charge, she would definitely be able to become a dominant force in the capital in less than three or five years.
Of course, the current business of the embroidery workshop is also good, but there are too many rivals in the competition in Beijing, not to mention anything else, there are four of the same imperial merchants, and the splendid workshop is only one of them, and the other three also have their own characteristics, comparable.
So in order to take care of the splendid workshop over the years, she has been worried about labor, and if she has to pay, she will naturally want to reciprocate, which is also human nature, but Zeng Rong is a person from the Xu family, a person sent by Mrs. Bai, Yu Yunqing is worried that she can't handle her.
No, when it was time to embroider a silk handkerchief, she changed her mind to make a purse, and the purse was done well, and suddenly she changed her mind to embroider a silk handkerchief; I wanted her to add verses as she wished, but she refused without saying a word; If you want her to embroider some elegant patterns, she just embroidered those cicadas, grasshoppers, gnats, etc.; Later, she didn't want her to show her talents, but she gave her a big surprise and created a new school of embroidery.
In short, Zeng Rong did things according to his own interests, and he was too freewheeling, so Yu Yunqing didn't dare to use her too much, and he didn't want to be busy for so long and finally made a wedding dress for her.
"Shopkeeper Yu praised it, compared to you, I'm still far behind." Zeng Rong said in a panic.
"Okay, don't talk about that, you're here to deliver the goods?" Shopkeeper Yu reached out and took out two silk handkerchiefs from Zeng Rong's hand.
This time, Zeng Rong's embroidered silk handkerchief is more miscellaneous, there are all kinds of patterns, some have inscription poems, some don't, but it really responds to the shopkeeper's evaluation of her, do whatever you want, embroider if you want, don't embroider if you don't want to embroider.
"Let's go, go back and settle the math with you." Yu Yunqing found that there was no shortage of good goods in this batch of silk handkerchiefs, and they needed to be priced in different grades, so she took the lead and went out.
Entering the east wing, Yu Yunqing took all these silk handkerchiefs and looked at them one by one, Zeng Rong sat opposite her and waited patiently.
About two pillars of incense, Yu Yunqing memorized the twenty-eight silk handkerchiefs and put them away, and finally looked at the previous data, silently calculated, looked at Zeng Rong and said with a smile: "Congratulations, according to your earning speed, it is estimated that it will take less than two years to buy a small yard in the capital." ”
"It's all up to the shopkeeper." Zeng Rong made a fist salute.
"That's a long way off, these months, you... Before Yu Yunqing finished speaking, the voice of the maid suddenly sounded outside, saying that Mrs. Zhenyuan Hou had brought her two young ladies here.
As soon as Yu Yunqing heard Mrs. Zhenyuan, she hurriedly got up and went out.
It was also thanks to Yu Yunqing's anxiety that she didn't notice that Zeng Rong, who was sitting opposite her, suddenly changed his face when he heard the words "Mrs. Zhenyuan Hou", and his whole body seemed to tremble.
Zeng Rong was still sober in his mind at this moment, knowing that he should remind himself not to be too excited, and he also knew to remind himself to leave quickly, because under normal circumstances, the shopkeeper Yu would bring the guests she thought were important to the east wing to taste tea and select embroidery, if she continued to stay here, it would not only hinder the shopkeeper, but also lose her manners in front of the Wang family, and more importantly, she could not face Wang Chuchu calmly.
It's just that at this moment, Zeng Rong didn't know why, his body was weak, and he easily climbed down the Luohan Collapse, and his legs trembled again.
When she was clenching her fists with both hands and trying to calm down, Amei suddenly came in, and saw Zeng Rong supporting Luo Han, her face was pale, and she couldn't care about anything else, so she hurriedly came up and helped her.
Zeng Rong didn't wait for the other party to ask, and took the initiative to say: "I'm sorry, I suddenly had a stomachache, you help me go to the back of the pit." ”
Amei didn't doubt him, and decisively took Zeng Rong out of the east wing and into the verandah of the back room, Zeng Rong felt much better, declined Amei, and entered the thatched house alone.
When his mood calmed down a little, Zeng Rong came out of the thatched house.
Who knew that it was very unfortunate that when Zeng Rong just turned to the corridor of the workshop, he happened to catch a glimpse of Yu Yunqing bowing down and leading a noble lady wearing a coupling color gown out of the hall, followed by a bunch of maids and servants, as well as an eleven or twelve-year-old girl and a seven or eight-year-old girl.
Although there was a big difference between Wang Chuchu at this time and Wang Chuchu in adulthood, Zeng Rong still recognized the seven or eight-year-old girl at a glance as her enemy Wang Chuchu.