Ji Xia smiled gratefully at the Xie brothers: "Brother Xie reminded us yesterday, so we brought the design drawings with us today. We'll show them to you when we're done!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you later," Jiang Yizhi said with a smile.
Ji Xia smiled slightly. She had a feeling that this time, she might bring more friends and more orders, just like Su Yujing.
She was delighted, and when she looked at Chen Jing across from her, he gave her an approving look, his eyes gentle and tender.
No need for many words, just a glance, and she felt sweetness in her heart.
Xie An raised his lips and couldn't help but remind him, "Actually, it's fine for you to go now. Anyway, with so many of us, we can finish it quickly."
With Xie An speaking up, the others felt reassured and echoed his sentiments, telling Ji Xia to go about her own business.
Including the two aunties, there were a total of ten people sitting around the two square tables.
Ji Xia had already reminded us of the key points many times, and with Chen Qiuyu and Hou Xiaolian keeping an eye on things, there was no need to worry about any problems with the brewing.
Ji Xia responded, went to the well to fetch water to wash her hands, dried them with a towel, and then took out her backpack.
She took out two thick notebooks: "These two are the design drafts we recently prepared. One is about wedding dresses, mainly Chinese-style wedding dresses; the other is about bedding, including six-piece and eight-piece sets, mainly wedding-themed."
Jiang Yizhi opened the wedding dress design drawings, and the first one was a bright red Xiuhe dress embroidered with dragons and phoenixes. The bright red wedding dress was adorned with gold embroidery, with a stand-up collar and a fitted waist on the top, and an eight-panel horse-face skirt on the bottom. The combination of black and red made the whole dress look noble and elegant.
"The embroidered patterns on this piece are auspicious dragons and phoenixes, auspicious clouds, and the Five Blessings at the door. Each pattern is a classical Chinese element and represents ancient blessings and celebrations."
Jiang Yizhi flipped through several design drawings, from renderings to design drawings and dimension drawings, her eyes filled with increasing amazement.
No wonder the Xie brothers are on good terms with them; this young couple is quite capable, and they're not just ordinary flatterers.
There were more than twenty designs, including more than ten kimonos, several cheongsams, several princess gowns, and several bridesmaid dresses. Jiang Yizhi thought every single one of them was very beautiful, making it a bit difficult for her to choose.
But he was certain that if his sister came to choose, she would like it.
Looking at the bedding designs, most are bright red, but there are also gold and peach colors, with embroidery, jacquard, six-piece sets, and eight-piece sets, each one is very beautiful.
Even if he doesn't get married, he still wants to buy himself a six-piece bedding set, he thought to himself.
"Are all these bedding sets for weddings? Don't you have any for everyday use?"
"Yes, my classmates at the art academy have ordered more than 20 sets, but individual sets are usually four-piece or three-piece sets, not that many different styles."
"Really? Do you have the design drawings?"
Ji Xia chuckled upon hearing this: "We don't have that for now, but our workshop has more than a dozen four-piece sets that you can see."
"Really? You have a workshop? Where is it? Can I come and take a look?"
Jiang Yizhi rubbed her hands together, then suddenly remembered something: "No, I'll go back and find my sister first, and ask her to come and take a look together. By the way, do you have any finished products for wedding bedding and wedding dresses?"
"Some are finished products, and we are working hard to produce them. However, the embroidery on these is all handmade, which is very slow. We have been working on it for more than ten days and we only have a dozen or so sets."
Purely handmade embroidery is indeed too slow. Ji Xia is now considering whether to cancel embroidery or hire more embroiderers.
In those days, it was hard to find embroidery workers, especially in the capital. It was extremely difficult to find someone who knew how to embroider. The few people we've recruited now were sent-down youth in southern Jiangsu, where they learned their skills from others.
Jiang Yizhi nodded excitedly: "No problem, as long as there's a finished product, that's good. I'll call my sister and come find you later."
Jiang Yizhi left in a hurry. Ji Xia packed her things and returned to the octagonal table, only to find that half of the hundred catties of grapes had already been squeezed.
The four large glass jars each weighed thirty pounds. One hundred grapes, with stems and seeds removed, filled the four jars more than halfway.
Because the grapes are quite sweet, Ji Xia suggested adding rock sugar in a 4:1 ratio, and used about 30 kilograms of rock sugar.
After everything was finished, Ji Xia realized it was too full and suggested adding another jar to prevent the fermentation gas from causing the bottle to explode.
She also reminded the two aunts to open the cap every few hours to prevent gas from bursting it open, and not to press it too tightly. When the pulp separates to form a cap, they should stir and break the cap so that the pulp is fully immersed in the wine.
The two aunties listened to her explanation so eloquently that they even took out a notebook to write it down.
Xie An glanced at his watch: "It's already past twelve o'clock. There's no time to cook. Let's go to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Ah Xun, go and reserve a table and order food now."
Xie Xun turned and went out to order food, while the rest of the group cleaned up the mess and washed their hands.
Just as they were about to leave, Jiang Yizhi arrived at the courtyard with his sister Jiang Cairong, blocking them right outside the gate.
"Where are you going? My sister just arrived!"
Jiang Yizhi hurriedly introduced Ji Xia to Jiang Cairong: "Sister, this is the art college student I mentioned, Ji Xia. She studies fashion design, and all those dresses were designed by her."
"Not graduated yet?"
Jiang Cairong pursed her lips, her eyes filled with a hint of suspicion.
"So what if you didn't graduate? Others have the ability and can do it without going to university."
Xie An, hands in his pockets, lazily interrupted the two: "What time is it now? Aren't we going to eat? Let's go to the restaurant and talk about it. Anyway, she has her backpack on her back."
"Alright, I'll see for myself later."
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