Zi Fu's words made Lu Yinghuai break out in a cold sweat again. Where did his mother find such an honest man who didn't miss a single thing and didn't hold back a single word?
Lu Yinghuai bit his lower lip, afraid that Yun Ling would say something, yet also afraid that Yun Ling would remain silent. He followed her into the carriage and sat on the cushion, feeling increasingly uneasy the longer he sat.
“Lingniang, I folded the paper you drew and pressed it down. I folded it with my eyes closed, so I didn’t see the pattern at all.”
"oh."
Lu Yinghuai knew that this person was angry.
"Lingniang, I was wrong."
With just that one sentence and that one attitude, what could Yunling say? She was stuck with a bellyful of complaints, unable to find the words to say.
However, upon reflection, she realized she was in the wrong. She had interrupted him and asked if he could go immediately; otherwise, he would have informed her.
Besides, she was the one who needed his help in the first place, and now she's gotten a whole bag of wool. How could she possibly be angry?
"I'm just thinking about something, please stop nagging me."
Now that Lu Yinghuai knew the man's anger had subsided, he replied with a "Okay." He then mustered his courage and sat down beside Yun Ling. To avoid arousing Yun Ling's suspicion, he specifically explained:
“Zifu is not driving the carriage steadily. I am worried that when we turn the corner, I will fall off again like I did on the way here, so I sat down here first.”
"oh."
Lu Yinghuai was now saying one thing and meaning another. He wasn't worried about being thrown off balance at all; he actually wished that Zifu would make the turn as sharp as possible so that he could fall into Yunling's arms again and hug her once more.
But he won't be able to wait that long today.
Zi Fu drove the carriage extremely steadily. Along the way, Lu Yinghuai didn't even have a chance to hold Yun Ling, let alone touch her little hand.
After Yunling alighted from the carriage and left, Zifu grinned and came forward, looking like he wanted to take credit.
"My lord, I was driving the carriage extremely carefully just now, afraid that what happened yesterday might happen again. I hope you weren't hurt?"
It would have been better if he hadn't mentioned it, because the moment he did, Lu Yinghuai wanted to slap the man away. He had finally managed to get close to Yunling, but this man had ruined that opportunity. How could he not be angry?
"Zifu, just consider what I said yesterday about doubling wages as a pipe dream and forget about it."
Zi Fu: ? ? ?
Why is that?
Oh, so all his efforts in catching fireflies and carefully driving the carriage were in vain?
No, that won't do.
Zi Fu was unconvinced and followed Lu Yinghuai like a little tail, calling him "Young Master" repeatedly, wanting an explanation.
Yunling was unaware of the situation at the Lu family's trading company, and she wasn't in a hurry to go home. She drove her carriage to the fabric shop first, and when she passed the shop that made "Zhaoyeqing" as a substitute, she was still surprised by the long queue.
In just a few days, business has become so booming. If she is allowed to continue, "Zhao Ye Qing" will probably be replaced soon and become a substitute.
Yunling withdrew her gaze, steadied herself, and knew she wouldn't lose, she definitely wouldn't.
Yunling entered the fabric shop with the intention of making two sets of colored bras and panties first to test the market reaction before starting mass production. Therefore, she had to choose the right color for the cotton fabric first.
Black... black makes skin look fairer.
If you want to compete on color, you need to choose a color that makes your skin look fairer and has a sophisticated feel.
Yunling didn't understand these things very well, but she still remembered the green and yellow that Zhang often mentioned.
But there are many shades of green, and if you choose the wrong one, your overall skin tone will appear yellowish. Yunling walked up to the bolts of cotton fabric, pulled out a small amount from each one, and compared them to her arm.
Among them, emerald green and duck head green are very flattering to the skin, but for making bras, they are too overpowering and the colors are too bright. In summer, when wearing thin clothes, they are easy to show, which is not good.
Bean green and grass green don't make the skin look white. If it's a rainy day, they might even make the skin look yellowish. As for wormwood green and stone green, Yunling doesn't consider them either. They're too light. For women whose skin isn't fair, they might just darken their skin tone, which wouldn't be good.
"Young lady, you're picking and choosing like this, aren't you sure you want to buy a certain color?"
"I wonder if the landlord has any cotton fabric that blends bamboo green and bean green, with a hint of grass green?"
If it weren't for the fact that the shop across the street had taken over all her business recently, she would have loved to sweep this person out with a broom. He didn't seem to be from a wealthy family, yet he was so picky about what he bought.
"No, if you can buy tens of thousands of horses, I will arrange for someone to mix this color for you."
Yunling was very understanding. The dyed fabric was being put into the dye vat according to standard colors to boost sales. If she wanted custom colors, there were three ways to do so.
Firstly, there are large order volumes, which allows us to customize a single color for each buyer.
Secondly, if you have a certain number of orders, you can pay a separate fee for color matching to get a custom order.
Thirdly, one can simply pay a fee for color matching to create a design. However, this fee is usually quite high, but for those who are dedicated, it is undoubtedly a good method.
Yunling compared them again and finally chose a jade-colored one. The color was neither too light nor too dark, just like the warm and smooth texture of jade, and it should look good against the skin.
"Master, how many copper coins is this jade-green bolt?"
"Last year it was 800 cash a bolt of cloth, but this year the price of cotton cloth has risen, so this jade-colored cloth has risen to 850 cash a bolt of cloth."
"Then let's try one first."
Seeing that Yunling didn't object to the price, the shopkeeper's expression softened a bit, and he became more enthusiastic.
"Young lady, you should take a look at other colors. This newly arrived peach pink is perfect for a young lady your age. Several people have bought it and, after wearing it just once, all said they met their ideal husbands."
Yunling had no interest in pursuing romantic relationships; focusing on running her business was more important than anything else.
"Let me think... then I'll go with the yellow one."
"Yellow is good, it makes people look younger. Pale yellow is the most popular color here, would you like to have one?"
Yunling immediately rejected the overly bright pale yellow and the highly saturated amber yellow, but found the turmeric and straw yellow to be quite nice.
Yunling, just like before, pulled the two kinds of fabrics out a little and put them on her arm to compare. She immediately recognized the turmeric color. The color was so outstanding that she couldn't even imagine how fair-skinned it would be if it were made into a bra.
"How about a ginger-yellow one? Is it 850 coins a piece?"
"The ginger-yellow one isn't; this one is more complex to make and costs nine hundred coins a bolt."
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