Chapter 36: Trouble
Ming Yan took a bite of a lady and a young lady, and Yu Molan searched for the memories of the original owner.
Only then did I remember that this person did have a vague impression, but the time was a little long, and there were many details that I didn't remember very well.
Moreover, now that so much time has passed, she doesn't know if this girl has been bought by that woman......
However, at present, when there is a shortage of manpower in Linxiu Pavilion, one more person is one more strength.
As for whether she is still sincere, and continue to observe for a while.
Thinking of this, Yu Molan pursed her lips and looked at her seriously.
When he saw that Ming Yan had calluses on her fingertips, she asked, "Are you good at Shu embroidery?" β
"This is naturally possible, the slave maid has been by the side of Mrs. since she was a child, watching Mrs. embroider Shu, and she still understands a little." Ming Yan replied truthfully.
At the same time, she also asked curiously: "Miss, over the years, has you learned Shu embroidery?" The slave still remembers that when you were a child, your wife used to teach you by hand, but you always stuck your hands, and over time your wife gave up. β
Yu Molan's eyes flashed slightly, in the past, someone asked her who she learned Shu embroidery from, and she could naturally say that she learned it from her mother.
Now that she has met acquaintances who know her past, she should be cautious.
"Since my mother's death, I have been angry, and now, I am not proficient, but I will have a little fur."
Hearing her say this, Ming Yan showed a happy and relieved smile: "Great! Miss knows how to embroider Shu, and Mrs. must be at ease. β
After the two chatted for a few words, Yu Molan asked: "I have redeemed this Linxiu Pavilion from others, and naturally I want to carry forward my mother's Shu embroidery, so now I am very short of manpower, I don't know ......."
Ming Yan was not stupid, she knew what the other party meant when she heard the words, and immediately knelt on the ground and said loyally: "If Miss doesn't dislike it, the slave is willing to help Miss." β
"Thank you very much." When Yu Molan looked at Ming Yan again, her expression was much softer: "As long as you work hard, I will definitely not treat you badly." β
"The slave will not live up to the trust of the young lady."
Looking at Ming Yan's frank and sincere heart, Yu Molan felt that she might be able to try to believe in the old people and things in the past.
With Ming Yan's help, the things that Yu Molan had to prepare before the opening were much more efficient.
Although Ming Yan's Shu embroidery skills are not as good as her for the time being, she is also superior, and her comprehension can be described as quite fast.
For several days, Yu Molan has been in the palace, running between shops, and her body is getting thinner and thinner. Although Nangong Jing was dissatisfied that she couldn't accompany Nuan'er all day, she saw the tiredness on her face, so she suppressed her dissatisfaction.
Anyway, according to the agreement, after she is busy with this post-opening matter, she should take care of Nuan'er seriously.
Three days later.
On the bustling street, the sound of firecrackers immediately sounded.
Passers-by gathered and discussed, "Have you heard? The half-dead Linxiu Pavilion has reopened! β
"I think back then, this Linxiu Pavilion was one of the best in our Hangzhou and even the entire Jin Dynasty, but since the shopkeeper changed his person many years ago, the business and reputation of this Linxiu Pavilion is not as good as day by day, who is this, who is not afraid of death to buy this Linxiu Pavilion?"
"Who knows! Anyway, I heard that the opening is a big deal, let's go and have a look! β
While talking, people who love to be lively have gone to Linxiu Pavilion.
Because of the prestige of Linxiu Pavilion, coupled with the love of everyone, soon, in front of Linxiu Pavilion, it was overcrowded.
Yu Molan felt very relieved to see all this, and a smile flashed in her eyes.
According to this state, it is not a problem for Linxiu Pavilion to make a comeback at all.
At this time, several big men suddenly squeezed over from the crowd.
They were all fierce and vicious, and they still had sticks in their hands.
At first glance, it looks like he is here to stir up trouble.
"Where's your boss?"
Ming Yan looked at a few men standing in the corner with sticks and ill intentions, carefully pulled Yu Molan's clothes, and whispered: "Miss, you have to be very careful, those people seem to be here to cause trouble." β
Yu Molan is not stupid, and when she hears the voices of these people again, she vaguely feels that trouble is coming.
However, she is not afraid, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover the earth.
"I am."
Yu Molan stepped forward, her eyes were fearless, and she looked directly at those big men: "What are you looking for me?" β
As soon as those big men saw Yu Molan, a trace of evil thoughts flashed on their faces.
Even the crowd of onlookers became stunned.
"It's a little girl!"
"A yellow-haired girl took over the Linxiu Pavilion? Isn't there no tomorrow in this Linxiu Pavilion? β
As soon as they saw that the boss was such a young woman, everyone was skeptical.
Even if she is looked down upon and distrusted, Yu Molan still has a calm face and is not slow.
"Everyone, although I am young, it does not mean that my Shu embroidery skills are young." Yu Molan gave Ming Yan a look, and Ming Yan immediately comprehended and brought a square handkerchief over and a needle and thread.
Long before the opening, Yu Molan thought that once everyone saw her age, they would inevitably doubt her Shu embroidery skills.
Fortunately, she was prepared.
I saw her holding a square handkerchief in one hand, threading a needle and thread in the other hand, without any depiction, directly shuttling the needle back and forth on the square handkerchief, but it was just a blink of an eye, and a delicate and full color plum blossom appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
A woman took the handkerchief and exclaimed: "There is no depiction, but it can show off the petals of the same size and regularity, and the stitches are completely invisible, it is a work of the upper class." β
After hearing this, Yu Molan glanced at the woman with some gratitude.
At this time, I heard Ming Yan exclaim.
"It's Lady Herland!"
As soon as he heard that it was Mrs. Heran, there was more talk in the crowd.
"I really didn't expect to see Mrs. Herlan in the Shu embroidery shop!"
Yu Molan frowned, Mrs. Helan, if her memory is not wrong, this Mrs. Helan should be a more famous Suzhou embroidery master in Hangzhou.
"Little girl, your Shu embroidery method is good, who do you learn?"
Mrs. Herlan didn't care about everyone's exclamations, but looked at Yu Molan with admiration.
"Inherited from my mother."
Even if she knew the identity of Mrs. Herlan, Yu Molan was still neither humble nor arrogant, neither flattering nor flattering.
Mrs. Herlan nodded, feeling that Yu Molan matched her name very well.
The hollow valley is not impatient.
"Since Mrs. Yun is behind, this Linxiu Pavilion is not as good as a day, little girl, do it well, Mrs. Ben is looking forward to the day when your Linxiu Pavilion will confront my Su Embroidery Workshop."
After saying that, Lady Heran handed the square handkerchief into Yu Molan's hands and turned to leave.
And those onlookers, after hearing Mrs. Herlan's evaluation of Yu Molan, everyone dispelled the notion that she was small and not good at technology.
"Everyone, please, the opening is a big reward, and the full fifty taels will be reduced by ten taels of silver."
Yu Molan also struck while the iron was hot and let everyone enter the house to choose.
On a carriage not far away, Nangong Jing hugged Nuan'er, looked at Yu Molan's smiling appearance, and then thought of her indifference in the face of him every time she came back, and didn't feel unhappy.
I'd rather smile at some people who don't know whether to pay for embroidery or not, but ignore him, the benefactor who helped her, all day long.
And Mrs. Herlan also walked to the carriage at this time: "Lord Wang, the things you have explained, the people have completed it. β
Nangong Jing hummed softly, and then said, "Thank you, madam." β
"The prince is polite."
Madame Herlan bowed a little and then left, and as she left, her eyes looked at the Linxiu Pavilion.
Yu Molan was smiling lightly, greeting the guests.
Thinking about the plum blossoms of the square handkerchief, although it was only a few strokes, Mrs. Herlan still understood that the embroidery world was about to be turbulent......
After Mrs. Helian left, Nangong Jing put down the curtain and asked in a low voice, "Nuan'er, is it okay to go home?" β
Nuan Erque shook her head, pointed to the things on the carriage, and said, "Daddy...... Gift ......"
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Inside the Linxiu Pavilion.
Because Mrs. Herlan suddenly spoke, the big men who were looking for trouble glanced at each other at this time.
"Big brother, look ......"
Mrs. Herlan is in Hangzhou and is a master of Suzhou embroidery, if she really talks about it, she is just an embroiderer.
But none of her guests are simple.
Especially her younger brother, who is still the prefect of Hangzhou......
"Take money to do things, this morality, our brothers still have to talk about it."
Sure that he was still going to make trouble, the big man slammed the stick in his hand on the table.
"Where's the boss? If you don't hand over 10,000 taels of silver today, Lao Tzu will let your store not open! β
"Miss......"
Ming Yan was a little worried.
Yu Molan patted her hand gently, and then looked at the big men: "What if I don't give it?" β
"Don't give it?"
The big man led by looked at the Shu embroidery in the store and smiled proudly: "You shouldn't want to let these things all become a pile of rags, right?" β
The words are very clear, that is, if she doesn't give money, they will smash the store.
Two fists are hard to beat four hands, not to mention that the other party is not two people.
Just when Yu Molan was thinking about how to resolve the crisis in front of her, she heard the voice of Steward Zhao outside the store.
"Jade girl! Congratulations on the opening of Linxiu Pavilion! β
Seeing Steward Zhao, Yu Molan's heart was inexplicably relieved.
She looked behind Steward Zhao, "Nuan'er didn't come?" β
"The county lord is in the carriage, and the old slave is here to give a congratulatory gift to the jade girl."
"Congratulatory gifts?" Yu Molan was a little puzzled.
But I heard that Steward Zhao had already begun to sing and harmonize loudly: "Wang Yeqing Lin Xiu Pavilion will open again, a set of mahogany carved tea tables, and a pair of golden cicadas ......."
A string of gifts were reported, and many people at the scene were stunned, not to mention that they had seen many things, and they had not even heard of them, but it was obvious that they were expensive treasures when they heard the names.
"Could this be the prince's shop?" Someone in the crowd guessed.
I'm afraid that only this reason is reasonable, since it is the prince's shop, it is natural to appreciate the face, and everyone has been paying for things since they started.
The reputation of Linxiu Pavilion has also been raised to a higher level.
The few people who wanted to make trouble before were sent by Ye Xi, but this was all said to be the prince's shop, even if they were given 10,000 guts, they wouldn't dare to act rashly.
Simply, a few people retreated in disgrace.
"What a useless guy."
Ye Xi originally wanted to see Yu Molan's jokes, but now that those big men didn't even make trouble, they came to him to ask for money, and he couldn't help but be angry, "They said that it was the prince's shop, so you believed it, what a bad seed." β
After all, the store was given to Yu Molan by himself, and Ye Xi naturally knew who the real owner was.
Those big men couldn't raise their heads when they were scolded by him, and watched Ye Xi walk around with angry faces.
Suddenly she stopped and came up with another great idea.
Next.
Yu Molan was ordering goods in the warehouse, and Ming Yan ran in, looking panicked.
"Miss, Miss is not good, someone has come to the door to make trouble."
Yu Molan was shocked, and hurriedly followed Ming Yan to the gate.
I saw a few men holding the door that had blocked the door tightly, holding embroidery in their hands, shouting something.
"You go to the official first, and leave it to me here." Yu Molan commanded.
Ming Yan was very worried, what would she do if her young lady was injured.
Yu Molan saw the other party's worries, and hurriedly comforted: "I already have a way, you go and invite the official to come over, the sooner the better." β
Ming Yan also knew that time was urgent, she looked at Yu Molan, nodded, and got out of the back door.
"Guest officers, what's going on?" Yu Molan walked away.
"You're the shopkeeper here, I need an explanation." The big man at the head shouted: "You buy embroidery from my shop at a low price, and then buy it at a high price for these people, you are not doing things authentically." β
As soon as he said this, everyone sighed for a while, after all, this legend is the prince's shop, and such a scandal happened within a few days, and then look at the two handkerchiefs in the hands of the big man, indeed, the color and pattern are very similar, and it is not surprising that it is from the same person's hand.
Yu Molan thought about it carefully and understood, the other party was planning to touch the dark Linxiu Pavilion.
She was not angry at all, and still had that smiling face: "This guest officer, you won't be a female celebrity, right?" β
Dahan was stunned for a moment, and immediately raised his voice and said: "Why do I want to learn female popularity as a big man?" β
"That's it." Yu Molan said with a smile: "These two pieces of cloth may be the same color and style, but that can only prove that this is the fabric and thread bought in the same house, as for the flower shape." β
She smiled and flipped through the threads of the two patterns, and motioned to show everyone: "It can be said that they are completely different, these two handkerchiefs are definitely not from the same person." β
The big man showed a hint of embarrassment at being exposed, but then he thought of an idea, and snorted coldly: "Who said that our family is only a female celebrity, you obviously bought it outside." β
This is typical of biting to death to frame yourself to the end.
However, Yu Molan also has her own way, she sneered: "I am the embroidery method of Shu embroidery, and what you took is just ordinary Su embroidery, although the style is the same, but the Shu embroidery is more three-dimensional, which is the same as our family." I'm afraid there is no second one in Hangzhou that can embroider out of Shu. β
The big man thought that there were so many exquisiteness in this embroidery method, and he opened his mouth for a while, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it.
"I don't care, you're going to lose money to me anyway!"
After the big man finished speaking, he simply sat in front of the store.
At this time, among the crowd of onlookers, someone recognized him: "Isn't this the person who asked the jade girl to pay 10,000 taels of silver yesterday?" β
"Looks like they're trying to make trouble!"
When everyone saw him like this, what else did they not understand, and they immediately began to discuss.
Just when the big man wanted to come hard, there was a sudden commotion beside him.
"The prince has arrivedβ"
Everyone knelt down one after another, and the big man wanted to run, but he didn't dare to run at this time.
Yu Molan looked at the man in the moon-white robe who came and was a little surprised.
"Why is he here?"
Seeing Ming Yan behind Nangong Jing again, Yu Molan understood a little in her heart.
Presumably when Ming Yan reported to the official, she met him.
But......
It's okay if he comes, if he comes, there shouldn't be anyone in his Linxiu Pavilion in a short time.
"What happened?"
Nangong Jing looked at the Linxiu Pavilion surrounded by so many people, and frowned a little unhappily.
"Nothing." Yu Molan shook her head, wanting to turn the page on this matter, after all, the big man did not cause substantial harm to her.
"Back to the prince, someone said that my little girl bought other people's embroidery at a low price and sold it to the guests at a high price. But the things we sell are all repaired by our young lady, who personally repaired them with stitches and threads, how can it be that they were bought by others? β
Yu Molan is broad-minded, but Ming Yan can't swallow this breath, from the opening of their business to today, this big man has always wanted to sabotage.
If this big man is not punished today, I am afraid that anyone will harass them in the future.
Hearing this, Nangong Jing pondered for a moment without partiality.
"Steward Zhao, report to the official, just investigate clearly."
As soon as Dahan heard that he was going to report to the official, he couldn't help but scold Ye Xi in his heart.
"The prince spares his life! The reason why the little one did this was because he was instructed by a woman! Beg the prince to spare his life! β
Nangong Jing's eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
The Ye family has been too rampant recently.
He waved his hand, and immediately a guard led the big man down.