Chapter 296 Xiaoyan Wants to Open an Embroidery Shop

Ye Hufen said, "I would like to build a house of my own. Now that you, Dad and Mom, are going to build a new one, why don't you let me live in the old one?"

Old Lady Ye scolded her: "How can you live in a new house instead of an old one? Anyway, we'll talk about it when the time comes."

She also understood her daughter's concerns. No matter how good her parents' family was, there were still several brothers' wives around. If she moved out and lived somewhere else, she would be much more comfortable.

Xiaoyan looked at Ye Caiping and said, "Aunt, I won't work here or get paid anymore. Aunt Yang and the others have already gotten the hang of it. If I stay and get paid by you, I'll be taking advantage."

Ye Hufen nodded: "Yes, yes, I have already told her about this. But I will live with you for the next one or two months..."

As she spoke, she took out three taels of silver from her sleeve and said, "This is for food."

Ye Caiping knew that they were all honest people and would feel uncomfortable if she did not accept them, so she said:

"Okay then. I'll take it."

The mother and daughter breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Caiping asked again: "What are Xiaoyan's plans for the future? Looking for someone to marry?"

Second Aunt Ye smiled and said, "Yes, yes! The matchmaker has found several young men. I have learned that they all have good family backgrounds and good personalities. They are just waiting for Hu Fen to come. As long as Hu Fen thinks it's a good idea and Xiao Yan is willing, then the marriage can be settled."

Xiaoyan's face turned red: "We'll talk about marriage later..."

"How can it be later? You are fifteen! You will be sixteen after the new year!"

Xiaoyan clutched her sleeves tightly: "I want to make money...I want to open an embroidery shop."

"Embroidery shop?" Second Aunt Ye was stunned for a moment, then she disagreed: "A girl's..."

Ye Caiping said: "Second Aunt, women can also do business, just like me."

Aunt Ye and others were stunned. Yes, Caiping is also a woman.

Ye Caiping looked at Xiaoyan: "Opening an embroidery shop, what a good idea!"

Xiaoyan was relieved to get Ye Caiping's support: "I have made an appointment with Jinhua to open an embroidery shop together. My embroidery work is very good now."

"Before, when I went to an embroidery shop, I could only take on small items like handkerchiefs and bellybands, and I only earned two or three cents for each handkerchief. Now I can take on the job of embroidering wedding dresses, and I can earn one or two taels of silver for a set of embroidery."

"I have my own work, and I embroider slowly, so I can only embroider one set in a month. But the owner of the embroidery shop never dares to rush me, and he tries his best to give me work. I think my embroidery skills are pretty good."

Ye Caiping smiled and said, "That's more than good, it should be very good."

Xiaoyan looked at Ye Caiping gratefully: "It's all thanks to my aunt, who promised to let me take on embroidery work when I'm free."

"Also, although I didn't go to the Shen family for classes, Jin'er and Huan'er would teach me the embroidery techniques they learned. Especially Jinhua, she learned tailoring and embroidery from the Shen family, and I learned a lot from her."

Ye Caiping said, "That's because you are ambitious and willing to learn. If you were a lazy person, you would have gone to bed earlier."

An ambitious person, no matter what environment he is in, will squeeze out time to study, strive to be the best, and find a way out for himself.

People who have no ambition will ignore and give up even the greatest opportunity.

Xiaoyan continued, "Jinhua and I have already agreed that we won't do anything too big. We'll rent a small shop first and do it step by step. We'll make small embroidery pieces first, and then some larger clothes. She'll cut the clothes, and I'll embroider them."

Aunt Ye originally did not approve of Xiaoyan's business, but when she heard that she had so many ideas, she was gradually moved.

Ask her: "Do you have enough money?"

Xiaoyan said: "It was not enough originally...but if mother is not in a hurry to build a house now..."

Ye Hufen said hurriedly: "Okay, I'll give you the remaining thirty taels to open your embroidery shop."

"Thank you, mother. I have saved some money. My wages and the embroidery work I received have saved about eight or nine taels. Add half of Jinhua's money and it should be enough."

Ye Caiping estimated that the total was eighty taels, which was about the right amount.

The main costs are fabric and labor. In a county or town, the rent is not much, a few dozen taels are enough.

Ye Caiping said, "Call Jinhua over later, and I'll teach you some new patterns. I can also give you some advice on clothing design."

She is not a fashion designer, and modern clothes are very different from ancient ones.

But her thinking is more open, and it is always possible to give Jinhua and Xiaoyan some advice to broaden their thinking.

Xiaoyan's eyes lit up: "Thank you, auntie."

She never doubted Ye Caiping.

Not to mention the ability to make money, just looking at the styles and patterns of the furniture, Xiaoyan knew that Ye Caiping's design ideas were unique.

When Xiaoyan saw those furnitures, she thought that if they were embroidered on clothes, they would also be novel and beautiful.

Xiaoyan clenched her fists tightly.

She couldn't rely on her cousins ​​for her mother's future. She had to make money on her own and provide for her mother in her old age.

The more Aunt Ye and the others listened, the more they felt that Xiaoyan's embroidery shop was feasible, and they discussed it with great interest.

Second Aunt Ye smiled and said, "It's good to open an embroidery shop, but you are not young anymore, you can't delay getting married."

"We should meet in a few days. If you like each other, we can get married. It will take more than half a year to complete the three letters and six ceremonies."

Xiaoyan touched the velvet flower on her head and blushed: "Anything is fine."

They chatted for a while, and then Aunt Ye and the others went back.

Yang Ma and Gui Xiang had already moved Ye Hufen's belongings to Xiao Yan's room.

Xiaoyan immediately found Jinhua and went into the study with Ye Caiping.

Ye Caiping taught them several new embroidery patterns.

Ye Caiping also gave a lot of suggestions on the design of Jinhua's painting. Jinhua and Xiaoyan's eyes lit up when they heard it. It turned out that they could match them in this way.

Finally, Ye Caiping said, "Sometimes you should be bolder in your thinking and not limit yourself to just a few styles."

The two of them nodded as they listened, benefiting a lot.

Then the two of them returned to their room to discuss the shop, and decided that each of them would take out 40 taels of silver, and each would own half of the share.

Jinhua didn't have much savings, so she went back and asked Mrs. Du for it.

When Mrs. Du learned that her daughter wanted to open a shop, she gave her forty taels without saying a word.

The next morning, Jinhua and Xiaoyan went to the provincial capital, bought five or six pieces of silk cloth and various silk threads, beads, fan stands and other items, and started to work.

Small handkerchiefs, purses, round fans and sweat towels, large bellybands and ready-made clothes.

Prepare the goods first, then rent a shop.

After Xiaoyan stopped working at Ye Caiping's house, she spent all day sewing and embroidering with Jinhua, and was very busy.

In my spare time, I would go with Aunt Ye to see them, but no one was willing to agree.