Chapter 1023 Bringing Back an Embroiderer

Shu Yu was a little confused. Shu You had already walked up to her and said in a low voice, "Young Master Meng said that he still has some things to take care of in the prefectural city and will not be back for two days. He asked us to tell you so that you don't worry."

Shu Yu coughed lightly. "I'm not worried."

Shu You smiled, then looked at the girl who got off the mule cart behind and introduced her to Shu Yu, "This is Miss Tian Qin, she is the embroiderer we found."

Shu Yu raised an eyebrow, "Embroiderer?"

At this moment, Madam Ruan stepped forward and said, "Alright, don't stand at the door. Come inside and we can talk about it inside."

The old lady nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, let's go inside and talk."

The group turned away again, but Tian Qin, the young woman, did not follow them in. As an embroiderer, she was naturally assigned to the tailoring room.

And that mule cart behind them was rented in the prefectural city; inside were the goods they had purchased there.

Zhao Xi readily agreed, "You two go inside and talk. I'll take Miss Tian and this piece of fabric over first."

"I'll go too." Shu You followed, as she was the one who had to arrange things for Tian Qin.

Zhao Xi was all smiles as the two of them led the mule cart and horse-drawn carriage away.

After entering the courtyard and taking a sip of water, Madam Ruan began to recount the gains she had made on this trip.

They did indeed visit many clothing shops in the prefectural city, as well as fabric stores and other places frequented by young ladies and wives. They observed the prevailing fashions in the prefectural city and examined the novel and rare fabrics.

After reviewing the documents, I went to a suitable cloth shop to sign a contract.

Fortunately, Zhao Xi accompanied them on this trip. Since the Ruan couple lacked experience, they encountered a cunning shopkeeper at the first cloth shop they visited who was tampering with the contract. They almost fell for it; if they had signed the contract, they would have given away several hundred taels of silver for nothing.

Even now, when she thinks about it, Ruan still feels terrified.

“We’ve already looked at that contract carefully and didn’t see anything wrong with it. It was Zhao Xi who spotted it. We felt that the innkeeper was dishonest, so we left immediately. The innkeeper at the second place was a very honest man. After we signed the contract, we showed it to Yunzheng when we got back to the inn, and he said there was no problem with it.”

As they were talking, Madam Ruan took out the contract and showed it to Shu Yu again.

Although Shu Yu is experienced in doing things, Meng Yunzheng is definitely more skilled at reading contracts.

He said there was no problem, so naturally there was no problem.

She was more curious about something else, "That Miss Tian Qin, I heard from you that she's the embroiderer you recruited in the prefectural city?"

“Yes.” Madam Ruan nodded. “We originally planned to find one in the county town. Think about it, if it were an embroiderer from the prefectural city, would a skilled one be willing to come back to the county town with us? And it wouldn’t be suitable for us to recruit someone without skill. But this Miss Tian Qin has excellent embroidery skills.”

Lady Ruan took out two handkerchiefs from her bosom and handed them over. The group of people took a look and found that they were indeed very exquisite.

Ms. Nguyen reminded her, "Try turning it over and looking at it."

The group paused for a moment, then looked at the other side and exclaimed, "Wow, it's double-sided embroidery!"

The old lady was shocked. "With such good skills, she shouldn't have trouble finding a cloth shop in the prefectural city. With such amazing embroidery skills, there should be plenty of people vying for her."

Shu Yu nodded. No wonder she had noticed that Tian Qin earlier. She had a different temperament than ordinary people. Although she looked a bit haggard, she didn't show any unease about being in an unfamiliar place.

(End of this chapter)