Although I don't know why Pearl and Hongyu are so malicious to Shopkeeper Du, Lao Zhou adheres to the style of talking less and doing more, so he still retreats and doesn't ask more.

Pearl looked at the food box still on the table, and said to Wang Qinunu, "Take advantage of the fact that there are no guests now, hurry up and return the food box to others, so that he can talk to his wife by taking the food box again." ”

"Okay, I'll go back." Wang Qi obediently responded, and immediately put away the food box and walked in the direction of Baiwei Zhai.

Last time, it was also his food box, so Xiao Er of Baiwei Zhai recognized him at a glance and hurriedly called out his shopkeeper to pick it up.

Shopkeeper Du walked out of the back kitchen, wiped his hands and smiled: "How is the breakfast this time, is Shopkeeper Su still used to eating?" ”

It would be false to say that he has no other thoughts, but Du's shopkeeper has not renewed his strings for many years, and he is devoted to studying dishes, and rarely interacts with the outside world, so sometimes he doesn't seem to be very gregarious, and his way of pleasing people is also a little clumsy.

Wang Qi is a clever person, as soon as he heard the shopkeeper Du say this, he smiled and thanked: "The craftsmanship of the shopkeeper Du is well deserved, you are the shopkeeper, the craftsmanship is so good, the guys in our store are full of praise for your craftsmanship!" ”

"Shopkeeper Su didn't eat?" Although he had been rejected a long time ago, he was said so clearly by Wang Qi, and the shopkeeper Du was still a little disappointed.

Hearing this, Wang Qi smiled and said: "Our shopkeeper had breakfast in the house in the morning, so I am not hungry, and please forgive me with the shopkeeper Du, we will eat the breakfast you carefully cooked." However, the shopkeeper Du is so busy in this store, so let's concentrate on taking care of the business in the store, and our shopkeeper doesn't often eat out. ”

Shopkeeper Du smiled and put away the food box, but did not speak.

Wang Qi saw that the time was almost up, and all the things that should be said were brought, so he took the excuse that there were not enough people in the store to leave.

After Wang Qi left, most of the smile on the shopkeeper Du's face instantly dissipated, and he looked at the clean dishes that had been eliminated, and sighed helplessly.

"Shopkeeper, where are you delivering food again?" Xiao Er leaned out and asked, looking at the clean food box.

Shopkeeper Du sighed, "It's sent, but people don't eat it, hey." ”

Xiao Er rolled his eyes, "Shopkeeper, have you taken a fancy to this Su showcase?" ”

You know, he's never seen the shopkeeper so attentive to anyone, and he delivers lunch and breakfast, and he must have gotten up early in the morning to make breakfast, this kind of behavior is really abnormal.

"It's not that vulgar, I just think that I have a similar temperament with this shopkeeper Su and want to make friends with her." Shopkeeper Du sighed.

Xiao Er couldn't help but say "ouch" when he heard this, hurriedly came out from behind the cabinet, and lowered his voice to persuade: "It stands to reason that you are the shopkeeper, and it is not our turn to talk if you want to do anything, but this time, I have to advise you, don't deal with this shopkeeper Su again in the future!" ”

Shopkeeper Du was puzzled, "Why?" ”

"Do you know, in addition to being the shopkeeper of Manrou Garment Workshop, she is also the wife of General Lu Lilu, the famous general of Zhenguo in Donglan, and the wife of the emperor's own order, and she is a person with a master!" Xiao Er lowered his voice, lest the conversation between the two be heard by others.

There were a lot of people eating in the store in the morning, and no matter how careful Rao is Xiaoer and Du were the shopkeeper, a man at the table next to him had already pricked up his ears and listened to a lot of bits and pieces.

"If she is so noble, why should she open her own shop? Could it be that she and the general did not agree? The shopkeeper Du wondered.

He is not in the kitchen of Baiwei Zhai every day, that is, in his own kitchen, he rarely has contact with people, and he doesn't know anything about the gossip and rumors in Beijing, so for what Xiao Er said, Du Shopkeeper didn't understand it at all, and he didn't fully understand it at all.

Xiao Er couldn't help but sigh again, explained everything over again, and then said: "So, people also deliberately avoid you, and you don't have to rush to offer courtesy." ”

After speaking, Xiao Er said again: "Shopkeeper, how many women in Shangjing want to marry you, if you have a fancy self-interest, you can marry home, but this married woman, you must not think about it anymore." ”

Shopkeeper Du is not unreasonable, he didn't know before that he flattered Su Xiaoman in every way, but now that he knows that she and Lu Li have a deep relationship, he doesn't go back to get involved, and he doesn't want to summon rumors to the other party because of his own negligence.

For the change of Du's shopkeeper's mind, no one in the Manrou Garment Workshop naturally knew about it, Wang Qi rushed back after sending the food box, and repeated what he said to Du's shopkeeper to Pearl word for word.

"Yes, that's it, it's like this, completely cut off his thoughts." Pearl complained with some indignation; "I know that our wife is a person with a husband, but I still have to come to deliver food again and again, isn't it obvious to ruin our wife's reputation."

Hongyu on the side came over and persuaded: "Okay, since Wang Qi has already told Shopkeeper Du, presumably he will not come again." ”

"It's better to be like this." Pearl pouted and folded the fabric neatly at hand.

In the attic, Su Xiaoman drew the patterns he thought in his heart, and then put down the pen and handed it to Xia Wanrou to see.

Xia Wanrou gently unfolded the white paper, looked at the big red plum on it that was still covered with snowflakes, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful!" I can think of the appearance of embroidery, white snow and red plums, it is so beautiful! ”

Now it's just a white pattern, and the color is not on it, but Xia Wanrou is sure that this embroidery will definitely surprise the four after it is embroidered.

Being praised without hesitation, Su Xiaoman blushed again, she smoothed the white paper, raised her eyes and looked at Xia Wanrou with sparkling eyes, bit her lip and said carefully: "Sister Wanrou, I still have a reluctant request, I don't know if you can agree to me." ”

"You say."

Su Xiaoman unfolded the book on the side, turned to the page he folded, pointed to the poem on it and said: "I want to embroider this poem on the embroidery, but my calligraphy is not good, so I also trouble Sister Wanrou to help me write it, so I can embroider it according to your handwriting." ”

This kind of embroidery can be described as unique, and it will definitely shine in tomorrow's competition.

"That's good, but you're in such a hurry, can you embroider it by tomorrow?" Xia Wanrou was still a little worried.

Xiao Man smiled sweetly, "Of course it's no problem." ”

The next day, the two of them took the embroidery they had been busy with for a day and went to the council hall in the west of the city, because they had calculated the time to come, so when they arrived, there were only three or two people in the house.

Most of the people who came to participate in the discussion were the shopkeepers of each store, but today they are all embroiderers and men, so women are the majority.

The two put down the embroidery, Xiao Man leaned back on the chair to take a breath, looking at the embroidery that he had been busy with all day, and was satisfied.

The brown branches are full of large red plums that are half-opened and half-closed, these red plums are as bright as fire, especially against the backdrop of layers of snow, the two styles of delicate and cold are mixed together, and they do not feel abrupt.

In addition, the small poem in the upper left corner of the embroidery has raised the level of the whole embroidery.

"Wow, are you embroidering this a red plum? It's so beautiful! ”

"I didn't expect you to embroider such a large work, in such a short period of time, the embroidery is still so exquisite, I really admire you!"

"You're the shopkeeper of the new Manrou ready-to-wear shop? I've heard of your name for a long time, and it looks like you're going to get a good ranking this year. ”

Listening to everyone's appreciation and blessings, Xiao Man's cheeks were slightly red, and he thanked them one by one.

She thought to herself: The little guy before said that there was intrigue in the game, and everyone was on guard against each other, but now it seems that everyone seems to be quite harmonious, and it is not as terrible as he said.

"Xiaoman, what do you want?" Xia Wanrou saw that she was distracted, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Su Xiaoman said what he was thinking just now, and then said with a smile: "In this way, I can finally relax, otherwise, I always feel like someone wants to harm me." ”

Hearing this, Xia Wanrou smiled, "It's only the preliminary round now, naturally there is no need to be nervous, that little guy is talking about the final competition in previous years, can we talk about it in the end, don't be nervous." ”

As the two spoke, more than 100 shops that came to participate in the competition gradually arrived, including more than 20 people in the ready-to-wear shop, and they were led alone to a secluded courtyard, and then took out their embroideries one by one according to the instructions of the housekeeper next to them.

The embroidery was put on the high platform one by one, and after a while, the people who decided who went and who stayed in the more than 20 shops arrived.

As soon as it seemed that the person was Jiang Qiming, the head of the Jiang family, the people below talked about it.

"The head of the Jiang family personally participated in the selection this year?"

"It's so strange, weren't they all selected by the head of the Jiang family in previous years? How did you change him this year? ”

"It doesn't matter who chooses, if you can get by, you can get by."

"You guys are new this year, I don't know, this Jiang Qiming can be strict, it seems that my embroidery this time is more auspicious, hey."

Xiao Man heard the discussion of the people next to her, and she couldn't help but be worried, her black and white eyes stared at Jiang Qiming tightly, and her heart was beating faster and faster.

Her red plum Aoxue was at the very edge of the stage, and Xiao Man watched Jiang Qiming walk towards his embroidery step by step, which couldn't help but become more nervous.

Suddenly, a pair of warm hands held Xiao Man's hand, she hurriedly looked over, but saw that it was Xia Wanrou who was looking at her gently.

The other party smiled at her and said with his mouth, "Don't worry. ”

Xiaoman breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes and said silently in his heart: I just came to see the scene, it doesn't matter if I am screened down, anyway, there is still a chance next year, she has just opened a store, it is normal to be screened down, this is normal, you must not be nervous.

Jiang Qiming stood beside the red plum Aoxue, his eyes swept over the audience, and asked in a low voice: "Who embroidered this red plum?" ”

Su Xiaoman hurriedly raised his hand, and his voice trembled slightly: "I embroidered it." ”