"Sorry." Seeing the girl holding the wheelchair tightly, Hua Jin was stunned for a long time, "I'm sorry for disturbing you."
Looking at the girl's red eyes, Hua Jin gradually came back to her senses from the joy of finding the weaver. She had forgotten how scary people's words could be in such a small place.
In recent years, traditional handicrafts that have been highly praised in big cities are luxury goods with low practical value in small places and are not highly praised. Economic level determines consumption concepts. She has been in big cities for too long and almost forgot the consumption habits of small cities.
She didn't know what had happened to the weaver and her daughter, but the other party's reaction was so strong, which showed that the memory was painful for them and she was not qualified to uncover it.
Seeing Hua Jin preparing to leave, Pei Yan was puzzled: "Don't you want to try harder?"
Hua Jin shook her head and said to Pei Yan, "There is a temple of the God of Wealth on the mountain next to us. Let's go and worship the God of Wealth and ask him to bless us to make a fortune."
"Hua Xiaojin, don't you take this fashion conference very seriously?"
"I do value it, and I hope that through this opportunity, more people can see the beauty of traditional handicrafts, but these are just my ideas and ambitions." Walking on the bluestone road, Hua Jin heard the sound of the wind blowing, "The meaning of art and beauty is to make people happy, not to make people suffer. If you put the cart before the horse, there is no need for them to exist."
Pleasant music can be heard from a traditional musical instrument store. In order to attract customers, the owner sits at the door of the store and beats a hand drum, making the scene very lively.
However, most passers-by looked at him with eyes of watching the fun, and then walked away slowly, and the business was not good. The owner did not care and was happy to take pictures.
Seeing this scene, Hua Jin couldn't help but laugh: "Some things can't be forced too much. Forcing is disrespectful to others."
"I understand." Pei Yan said, "Then in the remaining two days, can you take me around Xugou City?"
"Okay." Hua Jin smiled, "I also want to know what the entire Xugou City has become now."
"Wait a moment."
"Wait a minute!"
Hearing the anxious call from behind, Hua Jin stopped and looked back. It was the young girl in the wheelchair. The bluestone road was not smooth, and her wheelchair was shaking. Frightened, Hua Jin took two steps towards her and helped her hold the wheelchair.
The girl held her arm tightly, looked at her panting and said, "I, I'll take you to see my mother."
"You..." Hua Jin didn't expect her to suddenly change her mind.
"I can't guarantee whether my mother is willing to cooperate with you. You can discuss the cooperation with her." The girl turned her face away, "I won't speak well of you."
"Thank you." Hua Jin glanced at the bodyguard and assistant following behind her and Pei Yan, and whispered to Pei Yan, "They should be living alone. Let the assistant and bodyguard wait outside for a while. I'm afraid that so many adult men will make them feel uneasy if they go in."
"Okay." Pei Yan understood Hua Jin's concerns. He turned around and said a few words to his assistant, asking him to make the arrangements.
Aunt Cao and her daughter live on this street. In order to maintain the original appearance of the street, the houses here are all low wooden buildings and blue-tiled houses. Passing through a dim alley, Hua Jin saw a low blue-tiled house. A woman in her fifties or sixties was rummaging through dried vegetables hanging outside.
"Mom." The young woman called out. The woman turned around and looked a little haggard. As if she had not expected someone to come, Aunt Cao half-squinted her eyes and looked behind Hua Jin and Pei Yan. She found several tall and strong men following them. She threw down the chopsticks she was using to turn over the dried vegetables, ran to the young woman in two steps, and stopped her, saying, "I divorced that man a long time ago. His debt outside is none of my business. You leave now, or I'll call the police."
"Mom, they are not here to collect debts." The young woman held the old woman's hand. "This lady is an embroiderer from a big city. She wants to ask you to weave Shu brocade."
"Shu brocade?" The woman stared at the flower brocade in a daze. Her eyes brightened, but soon dimmed again. "I'm sorry, I haven't been doing this business for several years. You should go find someone else."
"Hello, Aunt Cao. I am an embroiderer at Fanhua Studio. I have been engaged in Shu embroidery for many years." Hua Jin noticed Aunt Cao's eyes and handed her her business card with both hands. "This time, I came here sincerely to seek cooperation. I hope you can consider it."
Aunt Cao looked a little flustered. She didn't take Hua Jin's business card. Instead, she turned her head away and said, "Lan Lan, you should entertain the guests. The chicken soup in the pot is almost dry. I'll go check it out."
Looking at Aunt Cao's hurried back, Hua Jin sighed in her heart.
"A few years ago, my father owed a lot of money. When the creditor came to our house, he accidentally pushed me down, causing my lower body to be paralyzed. In order to take good care of me, my mother divorced my father, closed the cloth shop, and never touched a loom again." The young woman's eyes were filled with tears. "My mother worked overtime to weave the Shu brocade, but she sold it to neighbors as a cheap product, and people even disliked it because it was not resistant to dirt."
"My mother said that her ancestors were all brocade masters for several generations. But when it came to my great-grandmother's generation, their looms were burned because of their bad background. After the educated youth went to the countryside, my great-grandmother married into a poor peasant family here." The woman wiped her tears. "When I was a child, my mother told me that she loved weaving. My grandmother also said that she was very talented and would be the most outstanding brocade master in the Cao family."
"But grandma doesn't know that this industry is no longer needed in this era. No matter how good your talent is, it's useless." The young woman grinned self-deprecatingly, "Come and sit down."
"If that's the case, why did you bring us here?" Hua Jin pushed the wheelchair under the shade of the tree. She dragged a long bench and sat down with Pei Yan.
The assistants and bodyguards left the alley after making sure there was no one else here. So the courtyard with only the three of them was very quiet. Hua Jin looked at the pomegranate tree with fruits hanging on it, wondering as he walked, "Are the pomegranates ripe?"
"I know she likes weaving, even though the loom at home has been placed in the utility room and is covered with a thick layer of dust." The young woman lowered her head and said after a long while, "She has been harmed by my father for decades in this life. I don't want me, as a daughter, to be the second person to harm her."
Hua Jin didn't expect to get this answer. She thought that this young girl with disabled legs hated Shu Jin.
"I don't hate the profession my mother likes, but I hate that she has paid so much for this profession but has not received any reward." The young woman looked at the brocade, "If you hadn't lied to me, my mother would be happy if the Shu brocade she wove had the opportunity to participate in the international fashion conference."
Hua Jin put Aunt Cao's uncollected business card into the girl's hand and said, "When I was ten years old, I went to the street with my grandmother and accidentally discovered the cloth shop run by Aunt Cao. I'm not afraid of you laughing at me when I tell you this, but at that time I thought the cloth in the shop glowed and Aunt Cao was a fairy from heaven."
The young woman was stunned. She looked at the beautiful woman in front of her and couldn't help asking, "Really?"
"Really, I don't come to the county town very often, but every time I go into the city, I will secretly come to the store to take a look." Hua Jin said, "So when it comes to choosing clothing fabrics, the first person I think of is Aunt Cao."
"I understand." The young girl tightly grasped the business card in her hand, raised her head and looked towards the main door, and raised her voice and said, "Mom, please agree to her. I also want to see the shining brocade."
There was no movement in the house.
After a long time, Aunt Cao came out with red eyes and tea in her hand. She looked around and asked, "Where are the other guests?"
"They like the scenery of your place very much, so they went out to enjoy it." Pei Yan took the tea she brought and thanked her.
Such scenic streets can be found in many cities, and they are nothing special. Aunt Cao guessed that the two young people did not want to cause trouble for her, so they let the others leave first. She looked up at Pei Yan and Hua Jin, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did you organize the fashion conference?"
"That's not the case." Hua Jin explained what happened. After Aunt Cao understood it thoroughly, she said, "This conference is very important to the fashion industry and our traditional handicraft industry. I hope you can cooperate with us."
Aunt Cao didn't say yes or no. She glanced at her daughter and said to Hua Jin, "You and this gentleman, please come with me."
Hua Jin and Pei Yan followed Aunt Cao into the house. It was a little dark and they could smell the damp wood. Aunt Cao took them to a low wooden door and opened the lock with a key.
As soon as the door opened, Hua Jin was choked by the dust and couldn't help coughing. Then she found that the little house was empty except for a dusty loom.
"I haven't touched it for five years." Aunt Cao wiped the dust off the loom, which creaked. She picked up a shuttle and smiled bitterly: "This loom is broken."
"I will arrange the best loom for you." Pei Yan said, "If you are willing, there will be a foundation to support the local Shu brocade industry and help you expand the sales channels of Shu brocade."
Aunt Cao didn't say anything.
"If you are willing to let go of something you have persisted in for your whole life, why don't you have the courage to pick it up again?" Pei Yan said, "If someone says that you can't get any money or profit from doing something you have persisted in for your whole life, you should take this opportunity to slap those people in the face. Even if you don't care about these things, you should still fight for your children. You should let everyone know that the craftsmanship that has been passed down for so many years is a treasure, a precious legacy left to us by our ancestors."
"For Lanlan..." Aunt Cao was a little dazed.
"For her, and more importantly for yourself." Hua Jin took over the conversation, "At least you have to prove that your persistence over the years is meaningful."
"I understand." Aunt Cao nodded. "I don't care about the reward, but I only have one request."
"Please go ahead."
"If I need to go to a big city, I want to take Lanlan with me. She has difficulty walking, and I'm worried that she will be bullied by others when I'm not around."
"It's my duty." Hua Jin smiled brightly, "Thank you very much for your willingness to cooperate with me."
In the studio, the assistant who received the news said to Mark, "Sir, the flower embroidery master has found an unsuitable Shujin master and will be back in two days."
Mark nodded: "Go to the restaurant and book a table later. I want to thank the flower embroidery master for his hard work these past few days."
"Sir." The assistant hesitated, "What if the weaver hired by the flower embroidery master is not reliable?" It was she who said that Shu embroidery should be paired with Shu brocade to better highlight the style of the clothes, and it was she who found the Shu brocade master. Who knows if she made up the reason on purpose?
"Do you know why most of the partners are willing to work with me a second time after working with me once?" Mark put down the design draft and glanced at the assistant: "Trust the people you employ, and don't employ the people you doubt."
"Yes." The assistant's expression changed. He knew that what he said just now made Mr. Mark unhappy.
"Miss Hua is a person who is responsible for her work. The Shujin master she found will definitely not disappoint us."
It was the first time for Lanlan to take a private plane, and she felt a little dazed. This time, in order to invite her mother to participate in the cooperation, Miss Hua not only arranged a place for them to live, but also specially hired two people to take care of their food and daily life. It is said that one of them is very knowledgeable about medical theory.
She had seen the other party's sincerity, the only thing she hadn't expected was that they were so rich.
Before coming, relatives and friends were worried that they would be cheated. Now that they were on the plane, she suddenly felt that even if the rich people with private jets were scammers, they would not bother to waste their energy to deceive them.
Aunt Cao didn't expect that the young couple was so rich. She sat beside her daughter a little stiffly, staring at the rolling white clouds outside the window in a daze.
Will this trip really allow more people to appreciate the Shu brocade she weaves?
While Hua Jin and Pei Yan's wishes came true, the Xu family was in a state of despair and had nowhere to turn to.
The Xu family's business suffered a series of setbacks this week. Those who wanted to plead for the Xu family found that Pei Yan was not there at all. He had gone on a trip out of town with his girlfriend.
Everyone immediately understood that Pei Yan was not going on a trip. He was clearly telling everyone that no matter who came to plead for him, it would be useless. Even if the old man of the Xu family died of illness in the hospital, he would not change his decision and he just wanted to go against the Xu family.
The old man of the Xu family stayed in the hospital for several days in embarrassment. Seeing that Pei Yan was really unwilling to keep him, he had to go home.
Not long after he returned home, Xu Changhui, who was preparing to go abroad, was taken away by the police on charges of drunk driving, drug driving, and intentional injury to others.
A year ago, Xu Changhui had a conflict with someone in a bar and seriously injured one of them. Unexpectedly, after such a long time, the incident was brought up again.
The Xu family finally understood that Pei Yan would never let Xu Changhui go. Old Master Xu was sent to the hospital again, and this time he was not acting, but was really sent to the emergency room.
After learning that Pei Yan would be back on Monday, the brothers Xu Yi and Xu Qiang waited at the door of Pei Yan's house early in the morning. Things had come to this point, and they had no choice but to throw away all their dignity and beg Pei Yan.
The two waited in front of Pei Yan's gate for several hours before Pei Yan's car finally showed up.
"Mr. Pei!" Xu Yi had been in the business world for many years and knew that face was useless. He opened his arms and stopped Pei Yan's car: "Mr. Pei, please give me a few minutes."
Looking at Xu Yi who was blocking the way of the car, Hua Jin suddenly remembered the look in his eyes when he first saw her in the courtyard.
It's like looking at the rubble and extra weeds on the ground, just sitting there is redundant.
What a superior and elegant person he was, but when he asked for help, his attitude was not much better than hers when she was lying on the ground seriously injured.
Pei Yan glanced at Hua Jin who was silent beside him and said to the driver: "Don't bother."
Seeing the car start again, Xu Yi became ruthless and climbed onto the windshield: "Mr. Pei, what do you want in exchange for letting the Xu family go?"
Through the windshield, Xu Yi saw that there was a woman in Pei Yan's car, a woman who made Pei Yan turn against their Xu family despite the presence of many guests.
Hua Jin met Xu Yi's eyes and smiled at him with the corners of her mouth raised.
"The Xu family is the Xu family. They can resort to any shameless means." Pei Yan sneered, "When it comes to shamelessness, who can compare to them?"
Pei Yan opened the car window and said to Xu Yi and Xu Qiang, "Okay, get in, or people will think I hired a circus troupe to perform at the door."
This sentence was extremely arrogant and rude. Hua Jin saw the muscles on Xu Yi's face tremble, but he did not show any dissatisfaction.
She frowned. People like this are much more terrifying than those who show their emotions on their faces.
The group returned to the villa. Pei Yan took Hua Jin's hand and sat down at the main seat. He leaned back on the sofa and looked lazily at the two brothers Xu Qiang and Xu Yi: "I wonder what the two uncles of the Xu family want from me?"
"Please, Mr. Pei, spare our Xu family." Xu Qiang was straightforward and said immediately, "Our two families have been friends for many years. Why do we have to go to this extent just for a woman?"
"Spare me?" Pei Yan narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean by that, Uncle Xu? Your company's business is in trouble, what does it have to do with me? I am just an idle, unproductive, and money-spending kid. How can I compare with the elites in the business world?"
Hearing this, Xu Qiang suddenly remembered that Xu Yi had commented on Pei Yan behind his back a few years ago.
He does not work, is idle, and is a scourge to the Pei family.
Could it be that Pei Yan, the person involved, knew about these words?
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