Some people speculated that he was secretly killed by someone he had offended in the past. But a few years later, he reappeared. He had learned the carpentry skills from somewhere, bought a yard, and quietly started a business.
His craftsmanship is excellent, but he has a bad temper. His business depends entirely on his mood. He does business when he is in a good mood, but he will scold the customers when he is in a bad mood.
This also led to the fact that his shop's business never improved. After all, there were more than one carpenter in the world, and his skills were not so good as to shock the world and make ghosts cry. Why would people come to his shop to make trouble? However, Zhang Jiuzhi didn't seem to care about these things.
He is the only one in the whole shop. He does everything by himself, including carrying wood, carving, grinding, polishing, painting, etc.
When Xue Huan came to visit him that day, Zhang Jiuzhi was probably in a good mood. He took the blueprint she handed over, glanced at it, and asked her, "What is this sculpture for?"
She told the truth.
Zhang Jiuzhi nodded to indicate that he understood. "How much do you want?"
"Let's carve ten first."
"Come back in five days to pick it up."
"Okay, how much is the deposit?"
"Five taels."
Five days later, Xue Huan went over to take a look and found that the mold had indeed been carved, exactly as she had drawn it. She hired someone to transport the things to the embroidery workshop.
At this time, Xue's mother and two maids were looking at the molds.
The hangers and clothes rails were custom-made in another shop. In order to ensure that Jinluoyi Embroidery Workshop would be the first to use these hangers, she signed a contract with the shop in advance, which prohibited the shop from using her drawings to make hangers for profit without permission, otherwise she would sue them to the government.
She didn't specify what the hangers were for when she ordered them, so the store owner didn't know what they were for. They just thought they looked strange and didn't think of using them to hang clothes.
When Xue Huan proposed signing the contract, she felt strange. What's the big deal? It's just a few shelves. Although puzzled, the store owner still signed the contract happily.
Xue Huan didn't intend to stop the spread of the clothes hanger. She just wanted Jinluoyi to be the first place to launch the clothes hanger. This would also help increase Jinluoyi's popularity. In the future, when people mentioned clothes hangers, they would think of Jinluoyi. This would also be a kind of brand effect.
When Xue Huan was demonstrating to Xue's mother and others how to use hangers, molds, etc., the incense stick in the lobby had already burned to the bottom.
When the time was up, the twelve embroiderers put down their needles and threads.
Although some people regretted that some parts were not embroidered yet, they did not dare to delay any longer because they had already experienced the consequences of delay in the first interview.
Madam Qiao sent her maid to the back to invite Xue's mother and the others to come out and judge the twelve embroiderers' work. In the end, after the unanimous selection of Xue's mother, Xue Huan, and Madam Qiao, five pieces of embroidery stood out. One of them was Xie Yun's.
The moment she heard the results of her selection, her nervousness, uneasiness, and anxiety instantly vanished, replaced by ecstasy. But here, she couldn't express it freely, so she could only bite her fist to prevent herself from screaming.
Those who are selected are overjoyed, while those who are not are depressed, disappointed, and unwilling to give up.
Madam Qiao comforted them: "Your embroidery works are all very good, but our embroidery workshop has just opened, so we don't need so many people for the time being. When business picks up and we need more manpower, I will invite you back as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, those people felt better.
Finally, Madam Qiao paid money to buy all the embroidery works of these people at the market price, and these people became even happier.
Afterwards, Madam Qiao introduced the identities of Xue's mother and Xue Huan to Xie Yun and the other five embroiderers who passed the interview, and gave a brief speech.
"...Okay, I've said everything I need to say. From now on, you're all employees of the Jinluoyi Embroidery Workshop. Now, let Yuanyang take you to measure your size and familiarize you with the environment here. Starting tomorrow, you'll officially start work here."
Behind the main hall, the courtyard was surrounded by a circle of houses. The main house had three rooms, with three side rooms to the east and west. The three east side rooms served as a kitchen, toilet, and storeroom, while the west side served as dormitories for the embroiderers. They were simply furnished with basic furniture and essentials, requiring only a few personal belongings to be added before moving in.
Each room contained four single beds, each covered with a canopy. When the canopy was lowered, it essentially became a separate space. Next to each bed was a table, chairs, and lockers for personal belongings, each equipped with a locker. The layout resembled a modern university dorm.
Seeing such accommodation conditions, several embroiderers were surprised and delighted. Some of them did not even have such good conditions at home.
Yuanyang handed each of them a key and said, "This is the key to your own locker. Keep it to yourself."
After visiting the dormitory, Yuanyang brought a little maid to measure their bodies, including chest circumference, waist circumference, hip circumference, shoulder width, leg circumference, foot length, etc.
A girl about the same age as Xie Yun asked, "Sister Yuanyang, what's the purpose of this test?"
Yuanyang: "Shopkeeper Qiao said that everyone in our embroidery workshop must wear the same clothes and shoes. This is called a uniform. Have you noticed? My clothes are the same as those of the other maids. You see, the words "Golden Threaded Clothes" are embroidered on my cuffs and collar. However, I am a first-class maid, a higher rank than the others, so my belt is red.
"Here, belts come in three different colors: gold, red, and white. Gold is the highest grade, and white is the lowest. Shopkeeper Qiao wears a gold belt.
"From now on, when you work at the embroidery workshop, you must wear uniforms so that customers can tell we are from the embroidery workshop. I am taking your measurements now so that I can make your uniforms."
Qin Lu, the girl who had asked the question, cheered in surprise, "Really? That's great!"
She hadn't expected that the embroidery workshop would make clothes for them. Even though she had to wear the same clothes as everyone else, she was happy as long as she had new clothes to wear! Besides, people back then didn't have the concept of wearing the same clothes as others.
The other people were also very happy, and they were even more grateful that they were selected because of their good embroidery skills.
At this time, Yuanyang gave them a dose of vaccination in advance: "Don't be too happy too soon. Even if you have entered the embroidery workshop now, it doesn't mean that everything will be fine. You will have a one-month probation period. If you don't perform well during the probation period, you will be fired. Only if you perform well will you be retained."
Qin Lu hurriedly asked, "Sister Yuanyang, what does it mean to perform well?"
This is what the others wanted to ask.
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