"Yes, boss." Chen Xiaohua was almost crying. With red eyes, she lowered her head and went to the backyard.
Several children also followed Lin Shuang into the store, looking around curiously, with envy in their eyes.
"Hey girl, don't be angry. I'll fine Xiaohua later. I'm really sorry. It's my fault for not disciplining her well."
"It's because she's eager for quick success and instant benefits, and desperately wants to make money, otherwise she wouldn't be like this. She's also a person with a hard life, and she's very filial, so I let her come to work for me."
Mei Lan, who still had her charm, sighed as she spoke, and waved the fan in her hand, bringing wisps of cool breeze.
"What do you mean?" Lin Shuang raised her eyebrows, looking forward to Mei Lan's next words.
The three children next to her stayed obediently by Lin Shuang's side.
"Her father died early, and her mother raised her alone. Now she's sick and needs a lot of money to make a living. She's been looking for work everywhere, but no one wants her. I took pity on her, so I took her in and let her work in this shop."
Lin Shuang also understood what the shopkeeper meant by this statement.
"It's really pitiful. It's better not to do these things in the future."
"Yes, yes, what kind do you like?" Mei Lan smiled charmingly, with the fan in her hand covering half of her face.
"I don't have that much money, so I'll just buy a few sets of cotton clothes for the children. Two sets for each child. There's another child who hasn't come yet, so a set the same size as this little one will do."
"Okay, Xiaohua, come over here and help this girl choose clothes." Mei Lan called out, and Chen Xiaohua ran over.
"Madam, take a look at these. They are all popular and will make the child look even more delicate and graceful."
Chen Xiaohua introduced the clothes to Lin Shuang carefully, and from time to time she took the clothes and tried them on the children, who were also very happy.
But Xiao Ce was a little worried that the money he earned today would not be enough to buy so many clothes, after all, they were all made of coarse cotton.
Of course, Lin Shuang knew that it was not enough. In the conversation with Mei Lan just now, she already had a general idea of what kind of person Mei Lan was and felt that they could be partners in the future.
"Have you chosen everything? Do you like it?" Lin Shuang touched the children's heads.
"I like it, stepmother, but it's so expensive. Let's buy the linen ones, which are cheaper." Xiao Nanxin really liked it, but these all looked very expensive.
Lin Shuang didn't say anything after hearing what Xiao Nanxin said. She turned around and asked Xiao Wangshu.
Xiao Wangshu shook his head. Xiao Ce said directly: "Stepmother, I don't like it, let's go home."
"You don't have to save money for me. I'll buy it all." Lin Shuang said with a smile, turning to look at Mei Lan, "Boss, can I borrow some pen, ink, paper, and inkstone?"
Mei Lan was slightly surprised, then turned around and said, "Yes, wait, I'll get it."
Mei Lan got up and went to the back, and soon took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Walking towards me, "Girl, you use it."
He put it on the table, sat aside, fanned himself, and looked at Lin Shuang with a smile.
Lin Shuang took the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to draw on the paper.
Lin Shuang painted very smoothly, because her major was fine arts and she had practiced calligraphy before, so painting was effortless for her.
Mei Lan just looked at it. The more she looked at Lin Shuang's painting, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, and a serious and solemn expression appeared on her face.
"Girl, what are you doing?"
Mei Lan looked at her seriously and with surprise, and her hand unconsciously held Lin Shuang's hand.
"Shopkeeper, we've run out of pens and ink at home, so I'd like to borrow some from you."
"I'm talking about this drawing. Is this what you thought?" Mei Lan looked at Lin Shuang in surprise, unable to hide the heat in her eyes.
"Yes."
"Can you sell it to me? I'll pay you twenty taels for this blueprint." Mei Lan had never seen such beautiful clothes before. They were different from ordinary clothes.
"Since you call me sister, I'll call you sister. I don't intend to sell this blueprint for twenty taels of silver. It took me a long time to come up with it. I'm really sorry, sister."
Lin Shuang spoke to Mei Lan with an apologetic look on her face, and blew on the drawing as she prepared to fold it.
"Sister, how much silver do you want to sell it for?" Mei Lan didn't expect that the young lady in front of her was unwilling to sell it even for twenty taels, and her face was anxious.
Although her Dieyinglou is bustling with people every day, it is a place that caters to the common people. No rich people come to buy things because she cannot afford to buy nice clothes and cannot retain these people.
"Then how much silver do you want to sell it for?" Mei Lan held Lin Shuang's hand and didn't let her go, but she didn't hurt her, showing a good sense of propriety.
"Sister, I want to tell you something from the bottom of my heart. I want to invest."
"Investment, just this one piece of clothing?"
Mei Lan's face looked unhappy. She didn't expect that this girl would make such a request.
After some hesitation, he said, "Sister, we can invest in this dress. You get 30% and I get 70%. How about that?"
"Since you are so insincere, I, your younger sister, have no choice but to leave sadly. Xiaoce, Wangshu, Nanxin, let's go."
"Hey, hey, hey, sister, don't go. We can discuss it." Mei Lan immediately stepped forward and grabbed Lin Shuang with a flattering smile on her face.
"I'll give you four, how about that?"
Lin Shuang shook her head. "I want a fifty-fifty split."
"This is too much, isn't it? You just provided a blueprint, and I provided the manpower and materials. I'll even give you half of the profit after we sell it. Isn't that a bit too much?"
Mei Lan was a little distressed. She really liked the dress in Lin Shuang's hand. If it was made into ready-made clothes, it would definitely catch the eyes of those rich people.
"Sister, think about it, if there are no nice-looking clothes, will people buy them? Will they pay a high price for them? Everything is sold, and how much it sells for depends on the quality of the clothes."
"You're right. Let's do this. You provide the blueprint, and we'll split it 50-50."
Mei Lan was also enlightened by Lin Shuang's words. How can you sell something at a high price if it's not good?
"That's it, isn't it? Sister, to be honest, I have some pictures here, and you can also match them with some accessories, such as bags, earrings, and headwear. It will look even better if they match the same color scheme."
"Really? Hurry up and draw the color scheme that matches this dress." Mei Lan felt like fireworks were exploding in her ears when she heard it.
It just so happened that his mother's family made jewelry and was quite famous, but it was nothing compared to the powerful and those with status.
"Sister, should we sign a written agreement?" Lin Shuang blinked innocently, with cunning hidden in her eyes.
"Oh, look at my brain. Come on, let me write a document, and then we'll go to the government office to get it stamped, and then it will be a contract."
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