Fragrance on Red Sleeves (II) (M)

Red Sleeves didn't hesitate, got out of the car neatly, and followed.

"Why is the girl in such a good mood to follow my car today?" Lian'er asked pleasantly.

Red Sleeves was a little embarrassed, but he was relieved: "The jasmine powder that Miss tried for us yesterday is so good, so I want to buy some from the girl today." ”

"Oh?!" Lian'er smiled: "That powder will soon be listed in several fat powder shops in the capital, and it is also available at the counter at the entrance of Yuehuaxuan." The girl told the girl to buy it. You don't have to come in person. ”

"Isn't that still waiting?" Red Sleeves pretended to twist: "You know that women are so fresh, Red Sleeves just wants to stock up on a few first, and give them to friends, and it also seems that Red Sleeves has face." ”

"Oh, then thank you girl for helping Baihuatang in business. I didn't bring it out here, how much? I'll have someone send it to you. ”

"Ten boxes." The red sleeves gestured: "This is ten taels of gold." ”

"Girl, think a box of powder and a tael of gold?" Lian'er said with a smile.

Xing'er, who followed behind, was startled. One or two pieces of gold are enough for a small family of three or four people to pay for a year's food. The most expensive gouache in the capital is two taels of silver a box. One or two gold, that's five times the price. It's really the sister in the building who loves to save face, and she slandered in her heart.

The red sleeves blushed slightly: "It's not entirely about the price, didn't the white girl say yesterday that Baihuatang is doing good deeds." I can get something new, and I can contribute to the affairs of Baihuatang, and it is within the scope of Red Sleeves, isn't it good? ”

"Okay," Lian'er nodded gently, and continued to lead her inside.

Walking into the courtyard, Red Sleeves was shocked to realize that this courtyard was different from other ordinary houses. Standing at the gate of the courtyard, you can see that there are three or four small courtyards inside, and now they are standing in the middle of the first courtyard, and the front door is the road leading to the courtyard inside, and there are wings on both sides. The windows of the wings are very large, all the windows are wide open, and in each room there are two rows of embroidery racks and chairs, and women in white aprons and white sleeves are sitting on the chairs and flying needles. The courtyard was very quiet, and the two of them talked and walked loudly. The embroiderers were not disturbed by their arrival, and continued to do their work. But the warden, who was on patrol, saw them come in and hurried to greet them.

"White girl, this is here?" Redsleeves asked a little in hindsight.

"This is Baihuatang's embroidery workshop in the capital." Red Sleeves is only now looking around, and if you guess correctly, there is a gate in this courtyard that opens on the street of Bird and Flower Market. She has been with Xinjie for several years, and she knows that Xinjie takes care of Baihuatang, but she never knew that Baihuatang has such an embroidery workshop in this downtown area. The doors and windows here are all new, and the embroidery frames, tables and chairs are all new, I wonder if they have been opened recently.

"The red-sleeved girl is here for the first time." As he walked, he said to her: "This is the embroidery workshop that Baihuatang opened in the capital after the beginning of this year, and the store is in front of the Flower and Bird Market Street, and the yard is connected to here." Except for the head of the embroidery girl who was just transferred from Jiangnan, the other apprentices were selected for needlework in several Baihuatang in Gyeonggi Province. ”

Red Sleeves nodded, From the embroidery completed by those embroiderers, it can be seen that the craftsmanship is good.

"The red-sleeved girl might as well take a look around, or you can go to the front store and sit down." Lian'er said gently: "I have something to do with the steward here, and I will ask the steward to find someone to accompany you." ”

After Red Sleeves left, the steward stood close and said, "If my subordinates are not mistaken, it is the girl from Tianyin Tower." ”

"Yes." Lian'er nodded.

The steward looked at her a little strangely: "The white girl has just come to the capital, I'm afraid I don't know, Sanshao is a frequent visitor to Tianyin Pavilion." ”

Lian'er smiled: "Let's open the door to do business, anyone can come." Sanshao is a frequent visitor to Tianyin Pavilion, so let's not make their money? Since ancient times, my sister loves to be pretty, we are opening an embroidery business, and the things that the sisters in this building want are not necessarily expensive and fine, but they want to be fresh. We have just gathered all the embroidery girls, the craftsmanship is uneven, and most of the things that come out are still far from the boutiques. In addition to Xiuzhen and a few of them who can take on the top work, many others still need to be experienced. The style I give you is just the right way to use some medium and upper fabrics to produce some novel models. If you go back and use your brain, maybe they're big names in our garment business. When Xiuzhen brings out a few more good embroiderers, let's open another embroidery workshop specializing in high-quality products, and completely separate it from here. When the time comes, only the high-quality products will be ordered. ”

The steward frowned and listened, hesitated for a long time, and then spoke: "Girl, I have understood what you said about business since you explained it last time. That's not what the subordinates said. Your subordinates understand that you are thinking about the church and our embroidery workshop. The subordinates are saying that these sisters have a lot of thoughts, they used to chase the three young, and now they are pestering you, who knows what kind of heart they have? ”

"No matter what kind of heart she has, we don't have to care. She entered our embroidery workshop and was a guest. If they are willing to help Baihuatang do good deeds, they are guests who donate. As for them chasing the three less, that's another matter. Are there still few people chasing your family inside and outside the capital? Could it be that we don't do these women's business? Lian'er said with a smile.

"No, that's not what it means." The steward said anxiously: "Girl, you know that those women in the building have the most crooked intestines, and your subordinates are afraid that she has any special thoughts, and that she will have some bad ideas that will harm you." ”

Xing'er, who followed next to her, frowned, this woman's business is really annoying. The red-sleeved girl has been following the third young man for many years, and she has never seen anyone have a bad heart, to be honest, it is much better than the Lan Xin girl that the young master originally ordered. When there are more women, they like to stir up trouble. Thinking of him, he looked at the steward with great disgust.

Lian'er glanced at Xing'er's expression and thought it was funny, but in her heart, she further refreshed her perception of the two women, Red Sleeves and Hualu. It's not difficult for a showman to please a man, and even the little guy around him recognizes it, so he must have something extraordinary. She smiled and patted the butler on the shoulder: "Okay, Sister Hong, I know you are for my good." But you have to believe in Sanshao's vision, he is not so easy to be deceived. Moreover, if you continue to talk about it, I'm afraid that Xing'er will turn against you. They must have seen these girls in the past with Sanshao, and they must have a good impression of these girls. If you say bad things about them again, I'm afraid..." He covered his mouth and laughed as he spoke.

The steward glanced at Xing'er and pouted: "Girl, don't pay attention to him, he doesn't have all the hair, he knows something." Most of them see these women as good people. How many tricks these women have made in order to chase the third one, maybe they must have received a lot of benefits from these women. ”

"Miss Table," Xing'er was a little annoyed, but the other party was the manager of Baihuatang, and he was not good at having a direct attack, so he complained: "Miss Cousin said that she believed in the vision of the third young master, why are you so smiling?" ”

"You men, you are easy to be deceived by women, and you don't let girls laugh at you." The steward laughed, too.

Xing'er felt that it was really boring for her to argue with a woman, so she snorted and stopped talking.

Lian'er also knew that Xing'er was a little obsessed and a little prejudiced against her, so she didn't care, she just smiled faintly, and pulled Steward Hong to talk about other things.

The more Xing'er thought about it, the more she felt that these women were troublesome, so she simply stayed far away and didn't listen to what they had to say.

He found a stone bench and stared at it for a while, seeing that Lian'er was still talking to Steward Wu with a piece of cloth, so he looked at the embroidery girls in the room boredly, embroidering stitch by stitch. These embroiderers are all mediocre in appearance, but they do this job calmly, and they are pleasing to the eye. Soon I saw the red sleeves coming from afar with the people in the embroidery workshop, still holding a burden in his hand. Seeing him sitting here, I chatted with him with him with or without a match, including his hometown, Kansai, and the daily life of the third young master. Lian'er looked up at this side, and Steward Hong also looked at it and frowned.

In the Pingluan Pavilion, Chen Cheng was looking for some documents in the Clerk's Pavilion. It's lunchtime, and it's very quiet. After a while, I heard two scribes who had come back early after dinner talking while walking, and only one of them said: "Of course, those of us who do copywriting can't compare to their skills in the field." ”

"Do you think the people they go out on the field have a much more interesting life than we do? I knew that I also applied to run in the field back then. ”

"With your body running in the field, can you pass the martial arts test? After walking three or five miles, he will lie down. ”

"Yes, yes, it's too late to regret it now, I knew that I should have found a master to practice martial arts in my early years, instead of spending so much time practicing calligraphy. At least going out to find a woman doesn't suffer, and it's more knowledgeable, and it's more interesting, than we copy documents here every day. ”

"What's the mess you're thinking of again?"

"I just went home to get you tea, and a few neighbors and mothers-in-law happened to be chatting there today, and they didn't hear me go back, so they talked a lot. There is a woman's husband who is in the furniture business, and it is said that Tianyin Pavilion has invited them to rebuild a lot of furniture in the past few days. Some people said that the families of the generals who came from Kanto and Jiangxi to report on their work were not in the capital, and after a few people discussed it, they went to wrap up a few courtyards in Tianyin Pavilion. These martial artists were idle at night, and not only broke a lot of people's beds, but also broke a lot of tables, chairs and benches. ”

"Fight over women in a brothel?"

"Where, it is said that there are many and good girls in Tianyin Pavilion, these soldiers and ruffians come back to open meat without moderation, and shake it for others. What do you think you have to do to be so heavy-handed?! He laughed unscrupulously as he spoke.

"It's not easy for them on the outside, either. And when you go to Beijing to report on your work, you don't have to take the relationship to find a way out, and it is a good place to socialize in a place like Tianyin Pavilion. This year is the fifth year of the military department's small impeachment, but I'm afraid that girls in places like Tianyin Pavilion will be tortured enough this time. ”