Chapter 135 Jiang Sanmei's Elders
Outside the courtyard gate, Su Yu's gentle and charming voice was heard.
"Brother Jiang, why are you here? What a coincidence. Please help me take these cakes and snacks to the kitchen and arrange them. Then ask someone to make some sweet-scented osmanthus and jujube tea. It will help to relieve the greasiness and help digestion. Oh, by the way, ask Aunt Zheng in the kitchen to prepare more maltose. Third sister Jiang likes sweet things."
Jiang Qibin smiled and said, "I was originally basking in the sun in the yard. It's almost noon now and the sun is getting hotter. My face is hurting from the sun. I thought about taking a nap under the porch in the front yard where there is the most shade."
After that, he took the food box from Su Yu's hand and said, "Since my sister has work for me to do, I can't be lazy any more."
He suddenly raised his voice and said, "Sister, please go in. Mr. He is talking to Miss Jiang San and the others."
The three people in the courtyard fell silent immediately. He Zhilin looked towards the gate of the courtyard vigilantly and said to Jiang Xue, "We'll discuss this later."
Jiang Xue nodded and said, "I will find a suitable place to talk later and send someone to deliver the letter then."
Jing Ye still drank the tea in the cup calmly and said slowly: "This tea is not bad. Master Yan is really thoughtful."
He Zhilin glared at him without leaving any trace and said, "My humble abode is simple, and the tea and food are just simple and plain. It's rare that the guest doesn't mind."
Su Yu walked into the yard, the warm sun shining on her sparrow green dress, the hem of her skirt shimmering faintly as she walked. Jiang Xue shouted, "Sister, you're back," and immediately stood up, trotted over, pulled her sleeve and took a closer look.
"Where did you get this material, sister?" Jiang Xue held the end of the wide sleeves and looked at it with shining eyes.
"This," Su Yu burst out laughing, and said, "It's a new weaving method that my lady Rong from the Jinxiu embroidery building developed a few days ago."
She pulled Jiang Xue to sit on the stone bench in the yard, nodded gently and thoughtfully to He Zhilin and Jing Ye as a greeting, then turned around and continued talking to Jiang Xue.
"It's not some particularly precious satin material. It's just a kind of silk thread that Madam Rong found herself. She ground the pearls into powder and made it into pulp. Then she soaked the silk thread in it, washed it, and dried it in the shade. She repeated this eight times, and the thread now has the luster of pearls."
"This dress is made of this kind of silk thread?" Jiang Xue asked, "Wouldn't it take a lot of silk thread? Is it easy to find this kind of silk thread?"
Su Yu shook his head and said, "Yes and no. I think this thread is too bright and dazzling. I feel that if it is used alone to weave clothes, it will be too ostentatious and vulgar. So the sisters in the embroidery building used the method of weaving gold thread into clothes, mixing this thread with other plain threads to weave it into eight strands, so that it can have this faint glow, not too bright, and not too vulgar."
"This silk thread is not a precious thing, and it can even be said to be cheap. It is only because the density of the thread is just right that it can contain pearl powder. Speaking of which, the origin of this silk thread is still in Jiaodong, Mr. Yan's hometown. Because ordinary weaving and embroidering clothes would dislike this thread for being a bit rough, they don't use it very much, so no merchants in Jijing have imported this kind of silk thread for many years."
After saying that, Su Yu looked at He Zhilin with a smile.
He Zhilin only responded with a distant and polite smile.
"Jiaodong?" Jiang Xue asked curiously, "How could the lady in the embroidery building find such an inconspicuous thing?"
"Madam Rong is also from Jiaodong," Su Yu said with a smile, "She came to Jijing not long ago. Her family is poor, her husband died of illness and she has no relatives. She heard that there is an embroidery building in Jijing that helps women make a living, so she came all the way to me. I took her in at first because I felt sorry for her, but I didn't expect that her weaving skills are so superb and she can come up with so many new ideas. Look, the piece I'm wearing is her work."
Jiang Xue immediately became alert.
He was also from Jiaodong, and happened to arrive in the capital shortly after He Zhilin entered the capital. And as soon as he arrived, he happened to join Jinxiu Xiulou?
She shook her head, thinking that she was probably too nervous because of the discussion about Jiaodong just now.
Hope it's just a coincidence.
Her frowning and thoughtful look caught Jing Ye's eyes. Jing Ye listened to the conversation and looked at her in a daze, with unspeakable emotions passing through his heart.
He suddenly asked, "I am a traveling merchant, and I am very interested in new and exotic goods. I have an unwelcome request. Could you introduce this lady Rong to me? I see that the dress you are wearing is very rare. If I could take a look at how the fabric is woven and whether the quantity is large, I might be able to go to Jiaodong and buy more raw materials to bring to Jijing. It must be a big business."
Jiang Xue was somewhat puzzled when she heard this. Why was he, a prince, trying to sell silk threads? Wouldn't such a cover-up make her and He Zhilin suspicious? What was he looking for these things for?
Su Yu was slightly stunned, but He Zhilin immediately said, "Since you know it's an unreasonable request, why did you insist on asking, Master Ji? Su Yu runs an embroidery shop and has hundreds of people to support, and the fabrics are made by them. Master Ji knows that this is a business opportunity, but he still has the audacity to rush to it before her. I am really disappointed that Master Ji asked this question. I thought you were the elder of Jiang's sister, but I didn't expect you to speak such mercenary words."
Jiang Xue almost spit out her tea. "Jiang family's sister's elders" were such vicious words.
She looked at Jing Ye worriedly, because he was so ruthless that he could not resist such words.
It would be better not to cause any embarrassment in front of Su Yu.
Jing Ye was not angry, he just narrowed his eyes and smiled slightly, with a teasing tone, he said: "It seems that Mr. Yan and Madam Yu must have a close relationship, and he can even put himself in Madam Yu's shoes and consider everything carefully. Ji, seeing that you two live in the same dormitory, I think good things are coming?"
He Zhilin couldn't hide his anger, and said in a deep voice: "Master Ji, don't you know what it means to be cautious in what you say and do? Su Yu and I are close friends, and we are innocent. Do you think you can ruin Su Yu's reputation with just one sentence?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed across Su Yu's eyes, but he still looked at the two of them with a warm smile.
"When I saw Mr. Yan speaking so harshly, I thought—" Jing Ye said with a smile, "he was worried that I, Ji, might have offended your sweetheart."
Seeing that Jing Ye was getting more and more outrageous, Jiang Xue couldn't help but glance at him hastily, hoping that he would shut up. Seeing that he turned a blind eye, she could only grit her teeth, stretch out her foot, and kick him hard under the table.
Jing Ye sneered, gave her a warning look, then turned to Su Yu and said, "Don't worry, my lady. I'm talking business. I just want to see the skills of reeling and weaving silk and the effectiveness of the products. If I'm really interested in this silk thread in the future, I will never raise the price to make money. Although I'm a businessman, I've also read the Four Books and Five Classics, and I know that a gentleman has some things he should do and some things he shouldn't do."
"Don't worry, Master Ji," Su Yu said with a smile, "Madam Rong has been busy these days, so I'm afraid she won't be able to find time. When she has less work to do in a few days, I'll introduce you two to each other. It's a coincidence that what she's been busy with these days is related to one of your friends."
Jing Ye asked: "Friend?"
"I saw you and the owner of the Wanbao Tower that day. They seemed to be very familiar with each other..." Su Yu saw that he didn't react and asked in confusion, "Could it be that you two are not friends?"
Jing Ye nodded and said, "We are business friends. I am used to traveling around the country, and Ji Yan likes to collect rare treasures from all over the world. Occasionally, he would ask me to bring some things back."
Su Yu smiled and nodded, saying, "Master Ji Yan likes to collect these novel things. When he saw the dress I was wearing yesterday, he was like a horse breeder who saw a thousand-mile horse. He immediately asked Madam Rong to come over. He said he wanted her to weave some fabrics, and then he would find someone to cut out the latest style to put in Wanbao Tower. He said it would definitely attract attention."
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