Chapter 314 Who is Thick-skinned
Zhang Juexia understood, "That's it? There are actually people willing to spend money?"
"There's nothing I can do. They sell it cheaper than you."
"Oh..." What Manager Yao said was indeed correct, and Zhang Juexia had no way to refute it.
However, she doesn't seem so bored anymore...
After Shopkeeper Yao finished his work, he handed over the remaining matters to the young man and came to accompany Zhang Juexia. "How long will you stay at home this time?"
"Ye Beixiu didn't say anything? Anyway, the county town is not far from here, so you can come back whenever you want!"
Shopkeeper Yao rolled his eyes at her and said, "That's easy for you to say. I haven't seen you come back yet."
"Isn't it all right?"
"Come on, I'll take you to the Xiucai Embroidery Workshop."
Zhang Juexia followed Manager Yao out of the door. From a distance, they looked outside the scholar's embroidery workshop. There were several women dressed in fancy clothes, who kept coming forward to ask questions of passers-by.
"Sir, would you like some embroidery?"
"Sir, if you use the embroidery of our Xiucai Embroidery Workshop, you can pass the imperial examination."
As Zhang Juexia and Manager Yao walked forward, someone came up to ask them.
One of the sharp-eyed women recognized Shopkeeper Yao and said, "Shopkeeper Yao is a very busy man. What brings you here?"
"I came here when I wanted to, and I didn't need the wind to tell me to come! Is your shopkeeper Fang here? You said she's not young anymore, she's already a grandmother. Why is she so disrespectful to her elders? Instead of thinking about how to improve the quality of her embroidery, she's thinking about all sorts of messy and irrelevant things."
Shopkeeper Yao rubbed his nose in disgust. "How much powder did you put on? Why does it smell like this?"
She covered her nose and swaggered into the scholar's embroidery workshop.
Zhang Juexia, who was following behind, was even more exaggerated. He covered his nose with his hands, not daring to breathe at all, and ran into the shop quickly.
Shopkeeper Yao started yelling as he walked in, "Fang Lan, you're so dishonest! You let people solicit customers outside, but instead you buy some good powder and ask them to put it on. Oh, the smell! It's so stinking!"
Fang Lan walked out slowly from the inner room. "Shopkeeper Yao, our shop can't compare with yours. We're lucky to have powder to apply. We can't be picky."
"Don't make sarcastic remarks. Everyone knows that your Xiucai Embroidery Workshop is doing a booming business right now."
Fang Lan was slightly taken aback when she saw Zhang Juexia standing behind Shopkeeper Yao, but Zhang Juexia greeted her generously, "Hello, Shopkeeper Fang!"
"Okay, okay, I heard that Mr. Zhang's husband won the title of Wu Xiucai. I was so busy that I didn't even go to his house to congratulate him! I'd like to congratulate Mr. Zhang first."
"Thank you very much."
Shopkeeper Yao couldn't stand Fang Lan's hypocritical attitude the most. "Go out, turn left, then right, and you'll find Shengxia Embroidery Workshop.
But speaking of it, Shopkeeper Fang may not think highly of our Wu Xiucai, after all, his son is a scholar with real talent and solid learning."
Fang Lan stammered, "How could that be possible! No matter what kind of scholar he is, it's out of our reach, right, Manager Yao?"
“Yes, yes!”
While Fang Lan and Shopkeeper Yao were bickering, Zhang Juexia had already walked to the counter and was rummaging through the things in their shop.
The waiter knew Manager Yao but not Zhang Juexia. He thought she was just some other customer and was afraid of neglecting her, so he kept introducing her to her.
Zhang Juexia asked him to take out the purses made in the shop and have a look.
The young man was beaming with joy, thinking that he had really secured a big client, and quickly took out several samples.
"Sir, this is our latest purse style. It's better than the ones from Shengxia Embroidery Workshop in every way. Most importantly, our price is cheaper too."
Zhang Juexia looked over it several times before being interrupted by Fang Lan, "Boss Zhang has seen all kinds of good things. I'm afraid the things here won't catch your eye."
Fang Lan signaled to the waiter to take all the things away. Although the waiter was a little confused, he still listened to the shopkeeper and put the things away.
Zhang Juexia was pulled aside by Fang Lan, "Let's go over there and have some tea."
"Shopkeeper Fang, what are you afraid of? Jue Xia just took a look at your wallets. Look how anxious you are.
What? Do you think they are here to steal my knowledge?"
If Zhang Juexia didn't say anything, Fang Lan would think she was easy to bully. "It's still unclear who stole whose work!
Just now, I looked at these purses and they all looked familiar.
To be honest, Shopkeeper Fang, the embroiderers here aren't very skilled. They've only learned about 70% of the art, but I'm afraid they haven't grasped the essence."
"It's not that they can't learn it, it's that they can't see it at all. Shopkeeper Fang, if you really want to steal their business, why don't you use some good materials and surpass them."
Fang Lan pretended to be ignorant even though she knew the truth. "Yao Tao, you know my embroidery skills. I don't think I need to steal someone else's style just to make a few purses."
She smiled and walked forward to pull Zhang Juexia, "Come on, the tea is ready, let's have some tea."
After sitting down, Fang Lan kept smiling and asking Zhang Juexia all sorts of questions, completely ignoring Manager Yao who kept rolling his eyes.
"I heard someone say you have a shop in the county town. Is that true?"
"I do have a shop in my county town. Things like real gold and silver are the most difficult to fake."
"That's right, that's right."
"I also heard that you and the county magistrate's wife are very close?"
Zhang Juexia pretended to be shocked and asked, "Mrs. Liu, how did you know about this?
Oh, I thought I was being discreet. Oh, now I remember, it was that time when the magistrate came to our house for dinner with such fanfare, and I wonder who leaked the news.
Mrs. Liu's face changed like a chameleon, sometimes pale, sometimes black. "Mr. Zhang is so lucky!" Her words sounded like sour vinegar and burning jealousy.
"How could that be possible? I went to the county town, but I heard that your Third Young Master's wife, Li Yiran, is the real celebrity in the county town!
The daughter of the teacher's family is well-known to all the wealthy families in the county. She has a good relationship with the ladies and daughters of those wealthy families!"
Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up when she heard this. She asked in disbelief, "Mr. Zhang, are you serious?"
"I can't possibly fake something like this. I had planned to visit her with my bestie that day, but for some reason, her house was locked.
We got off the car and asked others, who were also curious and said that she had gone back to her parents' home for some unknown reason.
Mrs. Liu, she is your third daughter-in-law. Do you know what happened?
Why are you going back to your parents' home for no reason?"
Fang Lan smiled awkwardly, "I haven't been to the county town for quite some time. We rarely interfere in their affairs."
"I didn't expect that Mrs. Liu is such a sensible mother-in-law. No wonder her business is so big!"
Zhang Juexia wanted to applaud herself in her heart. It was just a competition of who was thicker-skinned. When had she ever lost?
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