hehe!"
Chen Xian nodded: "I'll take this opportunity to continue writing the second part of Detective Dee, and I'll also use it to advertise our shop."
Uncle Fu nodded: "Good idea, hehe, I'll also arrange for people to advertise on the walled forum and storybook seminar."
"Oh, and while you're at it, ask Old Zhang from Xuan Nan Bookstore to lend a hand. Damn, we've used so many of Brother Chen's stories; it's time for him to step in."
Song Shaobai from next door asked with a smile, "What's going on next door?"
Lu Bo: "Young Master, the other party controls the walled forum and the storytelling seminar, and that old man Fu also has a close relationship with Zhang Qiu of the storytelling hall. This person is truly a formidable enemy."
Song Shaobai laughed and said, "It's fine if they don't insult us, but once they open their mouths and spew Song family stuff, we'll let them know what sixty years of accumulated knowledge and experience really means."
"Let the tailor work more overtime. It's just a single character, the character 'Song' on the collar. What's so difficult about it? Apart from eating and sleeping, he must work overtime to embroider the character."
"Young master, I was just about to tell you about this. Those tailors said they wanted extra pay, saying it was too tiring to do all that work. They said at least 100 coins a day, otherwise they would quit."
Song Shaobai smiled and said, "Is it because I'm too kind? Who gave them the courage to raise prices with me?"
I can offer them more money, but they can't ask for it on their own initiative.
Tell them, "Take it or leave it. There's no shortage of tailors in town."
The old man opened his mouth, but seeing the young man's violence, he kept his mouth shut.
"yes."
I glanced at the man's white robes, which were wrinkled, but he couldn't bear to change them.
My feelings are complicated.
"However, young master, I've heard that the shop next door will be hiring some beautiful young women to work as shop assistants in seven days. They're supposedly older women from the brothel, Qunfanglou."
"Tsk tsk tsk, who would have thought that old man Fu, who looks so serious, is actually full of cunning tricks."
"Hehe, since they don't care about their reputation, let them spread the word. Tell them that the clothing store next door is using the guise of hiring female workers, but actually just keeping the door half-closed!"
Oh, and tell the servants to help us maintain order. I promise they'll pay them more than they paid, and I will keep my word.
Also, recently, stop feeding them meat every day and give them more wild vegetable dumplings. I think we shouldn't be too nice to the workers; they've lost sight of their place and become a bit arrogant.
Eating too much meat can easily make you feel tired.
"yes."
My feelings became even more complicated, even though this person also came from a poor background.
...
The forums on the Great Firewall have been quite lively lately.
The second part of Detective Dee has also been released. On the title page of the book, it says something: Seven days later, Uncle Fu, the owner of Rainforest Bookstore, invites everyone to come to the affordable clothing store next to Baixing Cloth Shop to see the new product exhibition, which features excellent dance and music performances.
"Wow, even the author of Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio is starting to advertise now?"
"Something's not right, why is there a 100-coin entrance fee?"
"Hehe, you don't know this. The most beautiful young ladies in Qunfanglou are... no, I mean older ladies. Don't listen to people talking nonsense about brothels. They're just jealous."
These girls, apart from being a bit older, were clean and respectable employees; they were all entertainers at Qunfanglou, not prostitutes.
By the standards of my youth, watching these girls sing and dance would have required an entrance fee of several tens of taels of silver per performance.
Affordable clothing stores—that's truly the ambition of men like us.
"Why don't you buy some ready-made clothes? Go take a look. It's a makeshift, low-priced clothing store that hasn't even been open for a month. How can it have the 60-year heritage of the Song family's store?"
Seven days passed quickly.
Recently, local pigs have been infected with disease, and Liu's butcher shop is suffering a severe blow, selling only a few kilograms of meat a day.
They might as well just close down and avoid seeing it altogether.
Liu Rengui, on the other hand, rarely has any free time lately, and he has been sneaking off to visit the pleasure boats quite often.
Having never had a holiday before, I decided to take advantage of the swine fever outbreak and have some fun.
He had already heard that girls from Qunfangge would be performing songs and dances at the clothing shop.
Looking at the woman dressed up in her finest attire, he chuckled and said, "Alright, you look beautiful. Where are you getting ready, my wife?"
The woman glanced at him, rolled her eyes, and said, "What a scoundrel."
"Not to mention, I heard that there's a new product exhibition at the South Street fabric store and the affordable clothing shops. Let's go check it out."
Do you want to come along?
Liu Rengui bluntly said, "What's so interesting about clothes? I'll go find Old Zhou next door and see how his pigs are doing at his pig farm. They're just sitting at home all day, and I can't make any money. It's making me feel bad."
"We can't go on like this. What are we going to eat and drink? We'll be starving! I'm miserable."
The woman said helplessly, "Alright, that's how it is now. It's not just our family. I'll go see if there's anything suitable and buy you another outfit."
The man suddenly remembered something and complained, "This time, you absolutely mustn't accept whatever they recommend."
He cursed under his breath: Damn it, it's really unpleasant to have a bunch of young gigolos taking money from you.
The woman seemed not to hear.
The man continued, "When buying ready-made clothes, you should still choose the better ones."
I heard that the Song family recently opened a clothing store on South Street. They say you can buy anything there with complete peace of mind.
Although it's a bit pricey, it's a large, reputable clothing store in the southern prefecture, so the quality is guaranteed. You won't encounter situations like today's clothes snagging.
"knew."
The woman said impatiently.
This time, they didn't say there would definitely be young men. Ever since the last time a woman's family caused trouble there, it seems like we haven't seen any young people since.
Could it be that he really went to the backyard to dye and weave cloth?
What a waste!
As if remembering something, the woman smiled and said, "Old Liu, why don't we go take a look together? I heard there are incredibly beautiful girls performing the opening dance, all specially purchased from Qunfanglou."
Liu Rengui said impatiently, "What nonsense! I have important business to attend to. All my energy is focused on that business. I don't have any spare time to waste."
The woman nodded with great satisfaction.
"Um."
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