Mrs. Zhang and Xiaoman talked for a long time, until the sky was getting dark, and the two said goodbye.

Mrs. Zhang, who returned to Zhang's house, was not idle, and as soon as she got home, she began to write posts, preparing to invite those ladies and young ladies she knew well to come to her home for a small gathering, so that she could complete Xiaoman's entrustment.

Zhang Shangqi was curious, and couldn't help but ask casually, "What are so many people invited to do?" I remember, aren't you the least of you who like crowds? ”

Mrs. Zhang loves to be quiet, even if she goes out to play in the past, she always finds a fixed number of friends, and the number of people they get together is only four or five at most, except for the big scene that he has to attend, he has never seen her get together with so many people at the same time.

"I've got something to do, not fun." Mrs. Zhang lowered her head and wrote the post seriously, and responded without raising her head.

Looking at the other party's serious appearance, Zhang Shangqi was interested, "What's the matter, why don't you say it and listen to it?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Zhang put down the brush and explained, "Didn't I go to the county lord's mansion today?" But the county lord insisted on refusing to accept the money, and I couldn't help it, so I wanted to do her a favor. ”

She picked up the invitation on the table and shook it, and said with a smile: "These are all ladies and ladies who usually have a good relationship with me, and they love to buy clothes and jewelry the most in Su Ri, and now that the county lord wants to open a shop, I naturally want to find more customers for her, so as to make the county lord's business more prosperous." ”

At that time, she looked at the county lord's mysterious smile, and thought it was something terrible, but she didn't think that the other party just wanted her to help her find more guests.

Speaking of which, although she likes to be quiet, this kind of thing is not difficult, it is just a gesture.

"I see." Zhang Shangqi touched his chin and thought thoughtfully: "It's good to leave such a thing to the next person to do, why do you have to write the invitation yourself?" How much time is wasted. ”

He also feels sorry for his wife.

"It's only when you write an invitation in person that you are sincere." As she spoke, Mrs. Zhang lowered her head again and began to write a post.

Seeing this, Zhang Shangqi smiled, "You are right, since this is the case, then I will write with you, so that it is faster than a person." ”

The two of them worked together, and the speed was indeed much faster, and there were fewer and fewer invitations to be filled, and with the concerted efforts of the two, all the invitations were quickly written.

Mrs. Zhang stretched her waist, put away the invitations one by one, and then raised her eyes to look at the sky outside the window.

It was already completely dark, and the surroundings were silent, so she asked the maid, only to know that the night was already very deep.

"Let's go rest first." Zhang Shangqi got up and said, "It's not too late to send these invitations tomorrow." ”

"Hmm."

Mrs. Zhang has been busy for a long time, and Xiaoman is not idle here.

In order to prepare clothes for sale as soon as possible, and to prevent supply from exceeding demand, the county lord's mansion has begun to prepare since sending Mrs. Zhang away.

Xiaoxue followed Xiaoman's instructions and re-traced the styles and patterns of the clothes she had designed, and Wang Youhe hurriedly began to prepare materials again, so that she could prepare the sample clothes in time so that others could follow suit.

Everyone was busy all night, and it wasn't until the next day that the maids from each province entered the house to start studying, and Xiaoman took Wang Youhe and Xiaoxue to the backyard, ready to let these maids get started and start practicing.

Before this, Xiao Man had already discussed with Ou Qianqian and Jiang Qiu and the other four people, and made sure that the maids in various prefectures had studied quite well during this time, so she put her mind at ease.

Because they were busy for half the night, Wang Youhe and Xiaoxue's faces were a little ugly, especially Wang Youhe, who had a very abrupt large area of black blue at the moment, and knew at a glance that they must have stayed up late.

"Madam, these maids have been studying in the house for less than a month, isn't it a bit hasty to let them start making clothes now?" Xiaoxue was a little worried.

Xiaoman smiled and explained: "Actually, it doesn't matter, after all, there are Ou Qianqian and they are pointing, and what they are asked to do is not very delicate work, just helping." ”

Wang Youhe yawned, and then asked, "Sister Xiaoman, but they have no experience after all, can this really work?" You won't waste a lot of fabric, right? ”

You know, Holley hasn't been to Beijing for a long time, and there are not many fabrics, cotton, and silk wool left in Bei'an City, if you waste some more this time, the cost of clothes will only be higher, and will anyone buy clothes that are much higher than the previous price?

"I've thought of everything you've said, don't worry, I've come up with a brilliant plan that won't waste cotton and cloth." Xiao Man said confidently.

While talking, the three of them also went to the backyard.

When they arrived, the person in charge of each class had already conveyed what Xiaoman said to everyone, and the maids were excited, looking eager to try, very excited.

Seeing this, Wang Youhe was even more uneasy, she approached Xiaoxue, lowered her voice and said, "Xiaoxue, how long did you learn before you really started making embroidery and clothes?" ”

"About a year." Xiaoxue scratched her head and said a little embarrassed: "At that time, the family had no money, so in order to support themselves, they could only go to the store to help with the work first." It's just that I didn't do well at that time, it was all cheap clothes, and I didn't ask for so much. ”

It still takes a year to make a cheap dress, but now these people have learned it for less than a month, and these people are far from being as talented as Xiaoxue, so can they really make clothes at this time?

The doubts in Wang Youhe's heart became even greater.

Although the two were whispering, after all, they were very close to Xiaoman, and the backyard was very quiet, so the sound of the conversation between the two clearly reached Xiaoman's ears, including Wang Youhe's doubts and worries.

But after all, she is more experienced than the two, how could Xiao Man not think of what they are worried and worried about? Moreover, she not only thought of these points, but also found a solution.

"Let everyone come out, I have something to announce." Xiao Man gave an order and asked Pearl to go to each room to call people.

Soon, many girls came out of the three rooms one after another, and the most conspicuous of them was He Miao in the best class.

He is the only boy among so many people, most of them are scarce, and he is highly talented, and he grew up in the pile of clothes, so he is very popular among these people, and even in the standing position, He Miao was pushed to the front by everyone.

Seeing that everyone arrived one after another, and also stood under the command of Ou Qianqian and others, Xiao Man found a higher position to stand up, and then cleared his throat, ready to start announcing his decision.

"Everyone should have heard that we are going to make a batch of clothes this time, and the requirements for this batch of clothes are very high, and there must be no flaws." Xiao Man looked down at everyone and tried to raise his voice so that everyone could hear it.

But it backfired, and as soon as she finished the first two sentences, she had already begun to chatter below, completely overpowering her voice.

"We've only been learning for a few days, how can we make clothes?!"

"There should be no flaws at all, with all due respect, even if it is an embroidery girl who has studied for several years, it may not be so good, right?"

"What are you doing with so many clothes, do you want to sell them for money? Can you give us some of the money from the sale? ”

There is a lot of nonsense and all kinds of topics, but in general, the most is that everyone is worried that they don't have that ability, and the fear and resistance to this matter.

"Everyone, be quiet!" Xiao Man tried hard to raise his voice, and shouted at the top of his voice: "You guys be quiet first, and listen to me finish talking first!" ”

After this sentence was shouted, some people did obediently raise their heads and look at Xiao Man, but there were still a large number of people who kept talking and didn't take what Xiao Man said seriously.

Seeing this, Wang Youhe and Xiaoxue on the side also shouted at the top of their voices, and Ou Qianqian and others were also guided to help scold those noisy students together, so that the backyard could be quiet and Xiaoman's voice could be heard.

After a lot of effort, the crowd that had been noisy finally quieted down, and he was able to raise his head seriously and listen to Xiaoman.

At that time, Xiao Man had already spent most of her strength, she took the tea sent by the pearl, drank a sip of hot tea to moisten her throat, and then had the strength to continue: "I know that you are all worried about whether you can do it well, but believe me, since I am willing to let you do it, I absolutely have confidence in you, I believe that you can do it well!" ”

As soon as the words fell, a hand was suddenly raised in the dense crowd, and then a female voice sounded: "Then what if we do something bad?" Does the county lord have to make us lose money? ”

"Oh, how much money do we only make a month, if we want to accompany us, where can we afford to lose?!"

"That's it, I've been learning things here this month, and the monthly money issued by the house is not much, where is the money to lose!"

Seeing that the bottom was about to shout again, Xiao Man hurriedly drank again: "Don't worry, as long as you are willing to follow my instructions, you will definitely not make mistakes, and you will never lose money!" ”

As he spoke, Xiao Man took a breath and asked, "Do you have any other questions now?" Ask one after another! ”

"County Lord, County Lord! I have! ”

Xiao Man raised his hand and gestured, "You say." ”

"As we all know, the county lord wants to sell all these clothes, so if we make money, can we who make clothes get a share of the money?"

Xiao Man nodded and said, "Of course you can, if this dress really makes money, you will naturally have the corresponding salary, do more and do it well, then you will naturally earn more." ”

"Really? The more you do, the more you earn, and there are still such good things in the world?! ”

"Then according to what you say, who will go back to the house to be a maid! It's better to make clothes in the county lord's mansion, right?! ”

Hearing this, Xiao Man couldn't help but smile, "While doing it fast, you must also do it well, otherwise no matter how much you do, as long as you are unqualified, you still can't pay wages." ”