The cloth shop then began recruiting embroiderers, hiring thirty at a time.

This made Manager Luo across the street extremely envious.

At this moment, Manager Luo was fanning himself with his palm while pacing back and forth, gritting his teeth.

"Hmph, it's just making a few more identical clothes, right? Where can't we make them? Why do we have to go to Yunji Cloth Shop?"

The maid beside her chimed in, "That's right. If you ask me, our family is truly unique. What's so great about making clothes that are exactly the same?"

Manager Luo huffed, "That's right, being unique is what makes us special!"

Just then, two women stepped in and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you make uniforms?"

"cannot!"

"able!"

The maid and Manager Luo spoke in unison.

The maid answered "no," while Manager Luo answered "yes."

The maid looked at Manager Luo in astonishment.

The two women looked at each other, wondering, "Is it possible or not?"

The maid was quick-witted and immediately changed her tune, "Yes, yes, yes!"

She stepped forward to greet them, "So it's Madam Feng and Madam Feng! It's been a while since you two have visited!"

Manager Luo quickly came out from behind the counter and pointed to the table next to him, "Please, please, of course we can. We can send someone to your residence tomorrow to take your measurements. Is it the Feng family or the Feng family that wants to place the order?"

The visitors were none other than Feng Shi from Na Yun's sixth aunt's family and her sister-in-law Zhong Shi. The Feng family was headed by Na Yun's sixth aunt, so her daughter-in-law Feng Shi was called Little Madam Feng.

The two women frowned upon seeing Manager Luo.

Madam Feng covered her mouth and laughed, "Oh my, it's just the New Year, but Manager Luo looks quite prosperous!"

Manager Luo said with a wry smile, "Please don't make fun of me, Madam Feng. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I've gained weight in the last two months, even just from drinking water or taking a breath!"

Madam Zhong also laughed and said, "These days, it's good enough for ordinary families to have enough to eat. It's a blessing that Manager Luo can still gain weight."

She looked at the maid beside her and said, "You're lucky to have such a wealthy master."

The maid smiled obsequiously, but inwardly she scoffed.

The price of rice has tripled, but her wages haven't increased at all. Her monthly salary isn't even enough to feed herself.

She was also envious of the booming business of Yunji Cloth Shop across the street. She heard from Xiao Liu that his monthly salary had increased from two strings of cash to five strings of cash a month, and even the newly hired embroiderers were earning two strings of cash a month.

She was still receiving her monthly allowance of one string of cash and five hundred coins. If it weren't for the fact that Manager Luo was a distant relative of hers, she would have wanted to go to Yunji Cloth Shop across the street as well.

Manager Luo asked, "Which household are you two ladies ordering from?"

Feng said proudly, "Naturally, my Feng family school will have uniforms made. Bring out a few sets of scholar's attire first."

Manager Luo quickly led the two to the ready-made clothing section, where he showed them several garments hanging on the wall.

Feng frowned. "Still these few styles? They're too outdated."

Manager Luo hurriedly replied, "If Madam has a design and pattern, we can make it according to your drawing."

There were at least several dozen students in the clan school! That's several dozen items!

"How much does it cost?"

"Let's take the cheapest one as an example, it's 260 coins per piece. How many does Madam Feng need?"

Feng frowned.

Zhong said, "Oh, Manager Luo, your style is old and monotonous, and the fabric is just plain satin. The collar and cuffs are trimmed with some jacquard silk. Yunji Cloth Shop uses brocade for all their clothes, and the trim is brocade. Moreover, for orders of ten or more pieces, regardless of size, it's all 198 cash per piece, and they even give you a pair of socks."

Shopkeeper Luo was dumbfounded. "One...one hundred and ninety-eight coins per garment? And you're even giving away a pair of socks? Wouldn't that be a loss? The cost of making one of our garments is at least two hundred and thirty coins! Both ladies are regular customers, and we're only making thirty coins per garment."

Feng was getting impatient. "Your clothes are too old-fashioned. Just tell me if you can make 191 pieces. There are over 30 children in our clan school."

When Manager Luo heard that there were more than thirty sets of clothes, he was delighted, thinking that the cost of making more than thirty sets of clothes should be lower, so he prepared to agree.

She excitedly leaned halfway into the cabinet to retrieve the account book, intending to make a note of it, but then she heard a "hiss" sound as the fabric under her armpit ripped open.

Manager Luo covered his clothes, his face turning bright red.

Zhong and Feng exchanged a glance, their expressions both extremely unpleasant.

These days, a woman's clothes tearing is no small matter; it's a major accident that could affect her reputation!

You, a shopkeeper who specializes in selling fabrics and ready-made clothes, don't even know if your own clothes fit properly?

How can outsiders believe that the measurements she makes are absolutely correct?

Zhong tugged at Feng's sleeve, stood up first, and said with a smile, "We realized we might need to go back and ask about the quantity again before placing the order. Manager Luo, you should deal with the clothes first."

The two got up and quickly walked outside.

Seeing such a big order slip away, Manager Luo was so anxious he stomped his feet. He wanted to twist the ear of the dull-witted maid, but he had to cover his armpits tightly and couldn't free his hands, so he could only kick her in the calf. "You stupid girl, don't you have any sense? Go and stop them!"

The maid bent down, rubbing her sore feet, and said aggrievedly, "They walked so fast, and they're the county magistrate's wives, how could I dare to stop them?"

Unbeknownst to Manager Luo, it was this kick that caused the maid to spread the news that her clothes had torn.

Originally, only the four people present knew about this matter, and if no one brought it up, it would have been forgotten.

But the maid was inexplicably in pain and harbored resentment. She told her sister-in-law and mother-in-law about it as a joke, and that caused quite a stir.

One tells ten, ten tell a hundred.

Soon, all the ladies and young women in Wufeng County knew that the Luo family's cloth shop had a good-for-nothing manager.

If a maker can't even get her own measurements right, who would dare to buy clothes from her?

Even some of her regular customers who used to buy fabrics from her have gradually stopped going.

While the three sisters-in-law were busy running around, Guo finally received a reply from her mother.

This time, her mother didn't insist that she stay at the Yun family home and agreed to let her return home.

Upon receiving the letter, Guo was overjoyed and went to find Old Madam Yun.

Madam Yun did not insist on keeping him. She immediately wrote a letter of divorce for her third son, Yun Rui, and summoned Yun Tianyi and Yun Manyin to inquire about their wishes. Influenced by their mother, the two naturally agreed to return to the capital with her.

Madam Yun agreed to let the mother and her two children return to the capital, but on one condition: the siblings would live in the Guo family home, but would still bear the surname Yun and be considered members of the Yun family.

Guo responded without hesitation.

There was really nothing left for her to cherish in the Yun family.