Chapter 148 Wrong Measurement
Ye Daquan and his wife felt a little scared when looking at such a big yard.
Ye Daquan: "Little sister, this doesn't look like a master's residence. It's even bigger than the man's house. Did we find the wrong place?"
Ye Caiping was also a little surprised: "But in the whole North Street, this is the only family with the surname Chen. Let's ask first."
But this yard... really doesn't look like a secluded place!
There were two servants sitting by the gate chatting. When they saw them, they immediately came over and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
Ye Caiping said, "Brother, let's go find Master Shen."
"We don't have any teachers here."
"Oh, then go find your master."
"Sorry, the master doesn't see guests. Unless there is an invitation from the master or the young lady." The servant said with a smile.
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, little brother."
Ye Daquan and Mrs. Du were already extremely nervous. After Ye Caiping got on the ox cart, they slowly left.
It was not until they were out of North Street that Ye Daquan said, "I've never seen anyone ask for so many things."
Mrs. Du said, "If anyone in the village has an open door, you can just walk in. If the door is not open, you can knock and you can get in. Even if it is a wealthy family, the servants will pass the message. Just now, Master Shen's family, why is there so much going on? The boy guarding the door is the same, smiling and polite, but it feels like you can't say a word more."
Ye Caiping looked up at the sky speechlessly. This is a wealthy family!
Where is the seclusion you promised?
She originally thought that seclusion meant living in a mountain village. Even if it was a small town, it would only be a small courtyard, where she could live like ordinary people, tending to flowers and plants, or reading and playing chess every day...
As long as the other party opens the door, she can go in and she can always convince the other party.
Who would have thought that this seclusion would be so conspicuous!
Ye Caiping felt that she had been fooled by this old man, Master Qian.
"Let's go find Master Qian!" said Ye Caiping.
…
Qian Fuzi's home——
In the main room, Master Qian was chewing on the peanut crisps that Ye Caiping had brought over, laughing:
“I told you, it’s not easy to worship Master Shen!”
Ye Caiping sat on the chair below and said speechlessly, "Is this an easy question? We can't even get through the door."
"Yes, the yard is so big... Not to mention our town, even the county doesn't have such a big yard," said Mrs. Du.
"Hey, I told you before, this Shen Mansion is very conspicuous and you can find it as soon as you go there."
Ye Caiping said, "How about Master Qian go with us to ask?"
"No." Master Qian refused. "I have nothing to do with them. It's useless for me to go. You guys think of another way!"
Mrs. Du and Ye Daquan felt discouraged after listening to this. They thought it was too difficult. What solution could they come up with?
Without an acquaintance to introduce you or an invitation, you can’t even get in the door.
Mrs. Du said, "Why not wait until April to take the county exam?"
Master Qian nodded: "That's fine. But with such a good opportunity in front of us, I think we should try harder and find Master Shen."
Ye Caiping: "I'm afraid Master Shen's family is not ordinary."
"I only know that he is from the capital. He is originally from the capital."
Ye Caiping nodded: "How are Xuan'er and Peng'er doing in school recently?"
"as always."
They chatted for a while and then left.
After leaving Master Qian's house, Ye Caiping said, "Let's go see Jinhua!"
Mrs. Du quickly responded, "Okay, let's go take a look. I have to buy two more boxes of snacks."
The two boxes that Ye Caiping bought have already been given to Mr. Qian.
They arrived at Jixiang Cloth Shop. Jinhua was sewing clothes with Shopkeeper Yao. When she saw Ye Caiping and the others, she ran out quickly and asked, "Dad, Mom, and Aunt, why are you here?"
"I went to town to do some work and came to see you." Mrs. Du smiled and saw Manager Yao coming over. She quickly stuffed two boxes of snacks into her hands and said, "Thank you, Manager Yao, for teaching Jinhua the craft."
Shopkeeper Yao was not polite. He took it with a smile and put it on the counter: "Jinhua, take a rest and talk to your parents."
"good."
Ye Jinhua then pulled Mrs. Du and the other two to sit down at the tea table nearby.
Ye Caiping looked around and picked up a piece of light yellow cotton cloth: "Boss, cut me four feet."
Shopkeeper Yao's eyes lit up: "Okay."
As he spoke, he took out a ruler and began to measure.
"Boss, do you know the Chen family on North Street?" Ye Caiping pulled the cloth for her.
"Is it that big courtyard?" Shopkeeper Yao paused, "Of course I know."
"Then... has Miss Shen ever bought cloth from you?"
Ye Caiping remembered it very clearly. The servant said that it would only be possible if there were notes from the master and the young lady. In addition to Master Shen, there is also a young lady in the Shen Mansion.
Shopkeeper Yao snorted and glared at Ye Caiping, "She hasn't bought any cloth. Our Jixiang Cloth Shop is just a small shop, Miss Chen wouldn't have thought highly of it. But she once passed by and bought a fan pendant from me."
"She only bought it once, and you know her last name is Shen?"
"Of course. In this small town, the number of girls who can go out with maids can be counted on one hand. And her accent is different from ours, so I know she is from the Shen Mansion who moved in a year or two ago. Why are you asking about her?"
As he said this, Shopkeeper Yao picked up the scissors and cut the cloth with a "hiss".
"It's a personal matter."
Master Shen was "living in seclusion" here, so Ye Caiping naturally couldn't bring herself to ask for a teacher for her nephew.
Now that I can’t contact Master Shen, I can only contact his relatives.
People go to high places, and water flows to low places.
Just as Master Qian said, with such a good gentleman around, you have to try your best.
Shopkeeper Yao folded the cloth and said, "You can't get in touch with her here. You might as well go to Shunkelou. I've met her there a few times. She was eating sweets there."
Isn’t Shunkelou her client?
Ye Caiping's eyes lit up: "Thank you. Cut me another four feet of that coarse cloth over there!"
"Okay!" Shopkeeper Yao smiled even more happily.
"What's wrong with your clothes!" an angry shout rang out.
Ye Caiping and Shopkeeper Yao were both startled and turned around.
A young couple in their early twenties walked in, and the young lady threw the clothes in her hands to the ground.
Shopkeeper Yao walked over quickly and said with a smile, "Young lady, what happened?"
"Six days ago, I came to your house to get my measurements taken. The goods were delivered today, but the clothes don't fit me at all!"
Shopkeeper Yao quickly picked up the clothes on the ground, opened them and took a look, then compared them to the young lady's figure and said, "Let me measure you."
"snort!"
Ye Jinhua had already brought a measuring tape and was measuring the young lady together with Manager Yao. They found that the dress was indeed one size too small.
Shopkeeper Yao took out the store's notebook and found that he had indeed made such a suit six days ago.
The sizes were all a size smaller, and there were no customer fingerprints on them.
Shopkeeper Yao looked at Ye Jinhua with some reproach.
Ye Jinhua's face turned pale, because she was the one who measured the young lady: "It can't be wrong... I measured three times at that time."
"I'm standing right here! You said you didn't make a mistake? You look unfamiliar, are you new here? If you made a mistake, then you made a mistake, and you won't admit it!"
Ye Jinhua's face changed.
Mrs. Du was a little flustered when she saw her daughter being scolded by a customer, and Ye Daquan was very angry!
Ye Caiping was about to speak when a clear voice sounded behind her:
"My dear lady, we at Jixiang Cloth Shop cannot be so careless."
A young man of about eighteen or nineteen walked out from the inner room, wearing a blue brocade robe and having a handsome appearance.
"This is our young master." said Manager Yao.
The young lady was angry: "I don't care if you are the young master or something, I just want to ask you, does this dress not fit? It's because you measured it wrong!"
Zhou Ziyang had already come up to them and looked at Ye Jinhua: "Did you measure wrong?"
"I, I didn't! I just didn't!" Ye Jinhua was not a soft-hearted person and had a stubborn temper. She was not willing to suffer this loss.
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