Mrs. Luo, Miss Chu's aunt, smiled and said to the guests after the little girl left, "Sister Yan is treated very delicately and rarely comes out to see people, so she is a little timid and afraid of things. Please bear with her."
Someone laughed and said that the child was still young and it would be better when he grows up.
Someone else praised that the child was so beautiful, she looked like a flower and dressed like a flower...
Some people also said, "Oh my, this child is as beautiful as the little fairy in front of the Guanyin seat..."
In short, Miss Chu performed surprisingly well yesterday, which disappointed those who wanted to see a nymphomaniac. It also made many people suspicious. Didn't they say that Miss Chu was very stupid? Not really! The little girl was just a little slow in reaction at best. Maybe she was afraid of seeing so many people suddenly because she didn't have any female elders to teach her. But she was really beautiful...
As for which annoying person, or which noble person in the palace, Steward Luo did not specify.
Shopkeeper Luo wiped his eyes with a handkerchief and said, "If the master knew that my sister was so well-behaved in front of everyone, he would be very happy."
Steward Luo said with a smile, "The old marquis, my master, and Madam Luo are all very happy. Yesterday afternoon, my master sent someone to Honglin Mountain to deliver a letter to make the master happy." He then said to Chen Afu, "My master asked me to thank you on his behalf. The clothes and dolls you made are very beautiful, and my sister loves them very much." He took out a red envelope from his arms and said with a smile, "This is a thank-you gift from my master. I specially sealed it with red so that you can also share my sister's happiness."
Chen Afu thanked him and took the red envelope. The red envelope was light and should be a silver note.
Unexpectedly, her good deed, and of course Jin Yanzi's kindness, not only helped the little girl, but also made the Chu family so happy. It seemed that she had made a small fortune. She didn't expect that the little girl Chu's family background was so noble.
Good things happened to her one after another. It turns out that the time-traveling girl is really blessed.
After they chatted and laughed for a while, Chen Afu told them the purpose of coming to the Nishang Embroidery Workshop.
When Shopkeeper Luo heard that she needed the materials for making buttons, he not only gave her the satin, embroidery thread and cords she needed, but also gave her a two-foot-long piece of money.
Shopkeeper Luo also said that Grandma Luo had agreed to cooperate with the Nishang Embroidery Workshop and also allowed Chen Ahfu to design buttons again. So she asked her to quickly make the button samples, and she wanted to see them when the time came.
Manager Luo and Chen Ahfu left the embroidery workshop together, and he even asked a carriage to take Chen Ahfu home. He told her that he was very busy in the next two days, and when he was done, he would accompany her to the embroidery shop to buy land.
Chen Ahfu returned to her house and opened the red envelope, which turned out to contain a hundred taels of silver. She smiled happily, as she could buy another twenty mu of land.
Wang, A-Lu and Da-bao were all there, and they were all delighted to hear that they could buy more land. Da-bao smiled even more brightly, because he heard that his beautiful sister had performed very well yesterday and was praised by everyone.
Chen Ahfu and Wang were locked up in a small room again, making buttons. All the money was spent on the phoenix buttons. The bright red phoenix was shining with gold, which was both beautiful and noble.
All six pairs of buttons were completed on the morning of September 18. In the afternoon, Chen Afu and Wang went to the Nishang Embroidery Workshop with the buttons.
Shopkeeper Luo invited them into the backyard hall, and when he saw the pairs of buttons, his eyes widened. Holding the phoenix button, he said, "Oh my God, buttons can be made like this! I thought the chrysanthemum button was already beautiful, but there is something even more beautiful."
Shopkeeper Luo looked at each button one by one, and then covered his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed for a while. Then he said with a smile, "Mrs. Chen is really clever and skillful. No wonder even my uncle wants you to be a needlework master for my sister. Oh, you deserve the title." He laughed again, "These buttons are all beautiful, but some are more complicated and some are simple. In this way, the design prices will not be different."
Chen Ahfu smiled and said, "That's true. As for the price, I trust Shopkeeper Luo."
Shopkeeper Luo smiled again and said, "The Phoenix and Mandarin Duck clasps are more complicated and beautiful, so give me thirty taels of silver each. The Flower Basket clasp, Pipa clasp, Swallow clasp, and Longevity clasp are simpler, so give me twenty taels of silver each. What do you think, Madam Chen?"
Chen Ahfu nodded and smiled, "Just follow what Shopkeeper Luo says."
Shopkeeper Luo added, "Buttons are not easy to make. These pairs of buttons are so delicate, especially the big phoenix buttons. Even the best embroiderers in our embroidery workshop cannot surpass this level. I will pay you three taels of silver for these pairs of buttons."
As he said this, he stood up and took out a silver note of one hundred taels, a silver note of forty taels, and three small silver ingots of one tael from the drawer of the cupboard and handed them to Chen Afu.
Chen Ahfu pocketed the banknotes and silver. He thought that since he had earned so much money, he might as well give some ideas. He pointed to the mandarin duck buttons that were clasped mouth to mouth and said, "This kind of button is both beautiful and auspicious, suitable for sewing on the bride's wedding dress. The pair of longevity buttons must be suitable for sewing on the birthday clothes of the birthday god. These buttons do not necessarily have to have the same pattern on one piece of clothing. The same size buttons can be used in different patterns. For example, the first button can be a more complex large button with a flower basket, phoenix, chrysanthemum, etc., and the rest can be small buttons with pipa, swallow, and Chinese character. Buttons do not have to be used on clothes, they can also be used on purses and shoes..."
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Luo nodded repeatedly and smiled with his lips pursed.
Afterwards, Shopkeeper Luo brought out six pieces of soft satin of different colors and said with a smile, "There are enough patterns of buttons. My eldest brother said that the clothes you made for my sister are very beautiful and unique. Take these satins back to the countryside and make beautiful clothes for little girls or older girls. They must be beautiful and unique. Remember, you must not let others see them. After they are made, let my eldest brother or nephew send them to the capital."
As he was talking, a waiter came running in and said, "Shopkeeper Luo, our fourth cousin's grandmother is here."
Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Luo quickly stood up and locked all the buttons except the butterfly button plate and the flower basket button plate in the drawer of the cupboard.
Chen Afu said, "Manager Luo, you are busy, we will leave first."
Shopkeeper Luo nodded and walked out first, followed by Chen Ahfu and Wang, each holding three pieces of satin. As soon as they walked into the yard, they ran into Fourth Grandma Luo who was coming towards them.
Mrs. Luo Si was wearing a rose purple brocade jacket with a front opening. The front opening was edged with light purple satin. There was no embroidery, but there were more than a dozen pairs of chrysanthemum buttons, which were much more unique than the embroidery. She wore a red gold phoenix hairpin inlaid with jade and pearls on her head. She had phoenix eyes and thin lips, and she had the aura of Wang Xifeng.
She even recognized Chen Ahfu, pointed at him and said with a half-smile, "You are a capable person that I found, but you were snatched away by Luo, the old yellow ginger. Oh, I am so angry, it's a big loss." She also scolded Luo, half-seriously, "Old yellow ginger, you are the first one who snatched away my aunt's money and made me suffer a loss."
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