Chapter 85 Cooperation with Jinxiufang
Cui Qingyi's purpose of inviting the female shopkeeper was very simple. She wanted to tell the parents who sent their girls to study that it was not a waste of time for girls to learn this craft. Embroidery is a skill that can truly bring income to a family and can also give girls an extra support in the future.
The female shopkeeper knew very well why Cui Qingyi invited her here, so she did not shy away and stood in front of everyone, allowing them to look at her.
"Today is the children's assessment time, and I won't take up too much of your time. I just want to tell you that if the children can learn the skills of Mr. Cui and Master Konjac in the future, they can send their embroidery works to my Jinxiu Workshop. I promise to give them a fair price.
If the girls are interested, they can come to my embroidery workshop to work after they have learned it. I promise that I will not refuse anyone. "
After saying that, the female shopkeeper took another look at Chen Yingchun, which made Chen Yingchun very excited.
Similarly, after she said this, everyone present had a look of joy on their faces.
Just as the women in Huaihua Lane gossiped about, the female shopkeeper of Jinxiufang was a person with eyes that were as big as the top of her head. But now such a person stood in front of them and said that in the future the embroidery made by their children could be sent to her shop, and even the children could work in her embroidery workshop. They would never have dared to think about this before.
We are all human beings, and no one is a fool. In the past, there were few opportunities, and women could only make a living in a few ways. But now there are opportunities, they cannot seize them, but their children have seized them, and they are living longer than them, which is exciting enough.
In the following time, Cui Qingyi and Konjac commented on each assessment work on site.
Of course, this comment does not mean that your embroidery skills are not good enough and you are not suitable for learning embroidery.
Instead, he explained everything from the overall layout of the work to the color matching and threading, praising the good aspects and suggesting solutions for the bad ones. Not only the children but also the parents present listened with great interest.
When Mrs. Li heard Konjac say that Li Miao's embroidery was full of spirit and that if she could study hard, she might become a master of embroidery in the future, she couldn't suppress the smile on her face.
At this moment, she felt that her daughter-in-law was really far-sighted.
After finishing commenting on the children's works one by one, Cui Qingyi then explained that some literacy courses would be added to the girls' school in the future, and parents could prepare some writing materials for their children when they returned home.
When they heard that the girls' school would also teach children to read, some were happy while others were worried.
Someone immediately asked, "Mr. Cui, does learning to read require a separate tuition?"
In fact, many people are also worried about this problem. Cui Qingyi shook her head and said: "No, the girls' school charges a tuition of ten taels of silver per year, and there will be no other additional fees.
Children are not forced to take these courses, so there is no burden on everyone."
After all, the cost of pens, ink, paper and inkstone is not low. It is already difficult for some families to support their daughters to learn embroidery. If they are determined to learn, they can learn something even if they just copy on the ground with a stick.
Even for other courses that will be offered in the future, Cui Qingyi does not plan to force the children to learn them. It all depends on whether they are interested.
Hearing that it was not forced, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and some had already started planning to buy some cheap pens and ink for the girl. Such an opportunity was rare, so learning as many characters as possible was beneficial.
The first ancient version of the parents' meeting of Cui's Girls' School ended successfully. The parents left with their children and embroidery with satisfaction, and Cui Qingyi also felt very satisfied.
The teachers of this era and the teachers in modern society really feel two different things.
The female shopkeeper of Jinxiufang stayed behind to talk to Cui Qingyi, "Mr. Cui, don't you really plan to open your own embroidery workshop? If you train apprentices here and spread your reputation, I'm afraid your business will be able to cover the entire Dajin area in the future."
Cui Qingyi shook her head and said, "I don't plan to. Doing business is not an easy thing. Just this female student has already kept Konjac and I busy.
If we open another embroidery workshop, I’m afraid we won’t even have time to eat.”
When the female shopkeeper heard Cui Qingyi's words and looked at her expression, she knew that she was not lying and she really did not plan to open an embroidery workshop.
"Then I've really got a great deal. My cloth shop has always been lukewarm, but ever since I came across the novelties in your shop, I've never been short of them.
Now, seeing that you have trained so many people, I am thinking of opening an embroidery workshop.
How about this, Mr. Cui, you can take 20% of the profits from my embroidery workshop, and from now on, you must introduce your apprentices in this school to my embroidery workshop first."
The female shopkeeper knew that for these disciples who graduated from Cui's Girls' School, a word from Cui Qingyi or Kong Ran could influence where they would settle in the future. As long as she was on good terms with Cui Qingyi, she would always be able to obtain first-hand resources.
Moreover, her target is not limited to Dongping County. She has the ambition to expand her business to Qinghe County and even further.
In other words, no matter how many students Cui's embroidery workshop has, it can accommodate them all.
Cui Qingyi was waiting for the female shopkeeper to say this. Although she did not intend to open an embroidery workshop to make money, she had no grudge against money.
She is not a real saint. She worked so hard to cultivate someone, but in the end she was just making wedding dresses for others.
The female shopkeeper is very good at doing business and knows how to seize opportunities. Her character has also passed the assessment over this period of time. Cui Qingyi also discovered that the female shopkeeper is actually very willing to help disadvantaged girls.
Just for this reason, Cui Qingyi felt at ease working with her.
Cui Qingyi thought for a moment and said, "I do want to cooperate with the shopkeeper, but I can't ask for it for free. I can treat the money as my own capital, but I won't participate in the management of the embroidery workshop. Do you think it's feasible?"
The female shopkeeper was delighted: "Okay, of course not, but this way I will make Mr. Cui suffer a loss."
Cui Qingyi didn't think so. She didn't want to bother running a business. She only needed to invest some money and she could get a large profit at the end of the year. This money was enough for her and Konjac to live a rich and idle life for the rest of their lives. Why not do it?
The cooperation with the female shopkeeper was thus finalized, and the Cui family had another channel to make money. Konjac felt that the days were getting more and more promising.
The days went on as usual. Every day, apart from embroidering the double-sided picture of a hundred years of longevity, Cui Qingyi would sit under the eaves of the courtyard, reading books, drinking tea and eating snacks. When her eyes were tired, she would put the book aside, close her eyes, lie down on the chair and take a nap.
A raccoon came to their yard at some point. It was so skinny and small that it hid in the corner of the yard every day, waiting only for Cui Qingyi to fall asleep before running out to eat the food specially prepared for it.
Although the raccoon cat is small, Cui Qingyi tried to catch it when it first came to the yard, but it always escaped. Later, it would not appear for a day or two, and when it appeared again, it was thinner.
Cui Qingyi couldn't bear to watch, so she stopped trying to catch the kitten. She prepared food in the yard every day for the kitten to eat on its own. She wanted the kitten to feel safe here, and then gradually let down its guard against humans.
Cui Qingyi's days of petting cats and playing with dogs are extremely leisurely.
But at this moment, Wangcai disappeared.
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