Chapter 44
Jiang Jiang had never been to a photo studio to take pictures, but she thought that since she was going to take pictures, she must dress more beautifully than usual. She opened the wardrobe, picked for a long time, and finally chose a goose yellow dress.
Jiang Jiang has a lot of clothes, all bought for her by her mother. Her mother doesn't care much about herself, but is very keen on dressing up her daughter. The clothes Jiang Jiang wears are always the most popular styles. The closet can no longer hold them, so some clothes can only be moved into a big box. This goose yellow skirt was bought for her by He Guijuan when she went to the provincial capital to study last time. Jiang Jiang has never worn it yet.
Jiang Jiang put on her skirt, braided herself into a simple ponytail, looked in the mirror to make sure everything was fine, and then went out with her cloth bag on her back.
There was no class today, so there were not many people when she arrived at the photo studio, and she waited for a while before taking the photo.
Jiang Jiang sat on the sofa next to him waiting for the photos to be developed.
After waiting for a while, a photographer with explosive curly hair came over and asked her in not very fluent Mandarin, "You are such a beautiful girl. Can we print an extra copy of your photo and put it on the door as a gift? We won't charge you for taking the photo this time. It's considered as a reward for you."
Jiang Jiang thought about it. Taking a photo costs one dollar and fifty cents. Since it's free, why not do it? If he wants to post it on the door, he can do it. She doesn't lose anything anyway.
She nodded. "Okay."
The photographer smiled and shook hands with Jiang Jiang excitedly. "That's great. Thank you, little girl. Thank you so much."
Jiang Jiang quickly stood up and shook hands with him, "You are so polite."
He gave the developed photos to Jiang Jiang. To express his gratitude, he also gave Jiang Jiang a wooden photo frame. In addition, he also developed a few more photos and gave them to her.
Jiang Jiang picked out a photo and put it in the envelope, put a stamp on it, and confirmed the sender's address several times before sending the letter.
After sending the letter, Jiang Jiang went to Master Yang's tailor shop.
After private business was allowed, Master Yang opened this tailor shop with the help of his daughter, son-in-law, and Jiang Jiang's parents. The shop is not big and the location is not very good. Although ready-made clothes have become popular, Master Yang's business is still very prosperous. Many young girls like to order wedding clothes from Master Yang.
In addition to Jiang Jiang, Master Yang also recruited two other apprentices to work. When Jiang Jiang arrived at the store, one of the apprentices, A Yuan, was sweeping the dust with a feather duster. When he saw Jiang Jiang coming, he stopped cleaning.
"Junior Sister, Master Yang's daughter and son-in-law are here, and they are talking in that room."
The two apprentices started following Master Yang later than Jiang Jiang. Although they were several years older than Jiang Jiang, they always jokingly called Jiang Jiang "little senior sister". Jiang Jiang was not used to it at first, but got used to it over time.
Jiang Jiang nodded, "Then I won't bother them for now. I'll take another look at the guest's clothes."
"Okay, it's on the table."
Jiang Jiang arrived at the inner room. She took off the cloth bag and placed it on the table beside her. On the transparent glass table was a red wedding dress. This was the first dress Jiang Jiang had made for a bride. The top was a one-piece collar style, and the sleeves were slightly hollowed out.
The bride had a slender and straight figure, so Jiang Jiang made the dress in the style of a modified cheongsam, with the slit slightly above the knee. It not only retained the charm of the cheongsam, but also looked dignified and generous. In fact, pink wedding dresses are popular nowadays, and many young girls think red is old-fashioned, but Jiang Jiang discussed with the guests and decided to make a red dress. In fact, a red dress can also be made very fashionable and beautiful.
Jiang Jiang stroked the dress gently and ironed it flat before putting it in the box. In addition, Jiang Jiang also made a red pearl veil and an exquisite silk flower bracelet. Jiang Jiang bought the materials with her own money and made these as a wedding gift to her first guest.
After a while, Master Yang came in. He took a look at the dress Jiang Jiang had made and nodded approvingly, "It's very well done."
After receiving Master Yang's praise, Jiang Jiang smiled and said, "Thank you, Master."
Although it has always been Master Yang who taught Jiang Jiang the tailoring skills, to another extent, Master Yang feels that Jiang Jiang is more like his teacher.
Unlike his rules where patterns and styles are fixed, Jiang Jiang always has many unique and novel ideas for making clothes. Her stitches are always full of inspiration, which has given Master Yang a lot of inspiration.
Many times when they communicate, they don't seem like master and disciple, but more like friends.
In fact, Master Yang has had an idea in his mind recently.
He felt that there was nothing more he could teach Jiang Jiang.
The two were chatting when the voice of Master Yang's daughter came from the door, "Dad, Jiang Jiang, come out for dinner."
Jiang Jiang hurried out to help set the table. Master Yang's daughter Yuying originally worked in a cotton mill, but after private operation was allowed, the factory became increasingly rundown. Her husband happened to open a small food factory, so Yuying submitted an application to buy out her years of service and went to work as an accountant in her husband's small food factory.
The dishes were all bought by them, including steamed fish, cold pig ears, braised chicken nuggets, cold Chinese spinach and fried bamboo shoots with bacon. It was very rich. Master Yang's son-in-law also brought wine for Master Yang. The couple were busy with factory affairs and had not eaten with Master Yang for a long time.
"Jiang Jiang, are you used to going to junior high school?" Yuying picked up a piece of fish with the bones removed and gave Jiang Jiang a piece of fish. She was a dozen years older than Jiang Jiang and had always treated her as her younger sister.
"I'm used to it. Besides, I don't have to bring my own lunch when I go to junior high school. I can eat in the school cafeteria at noon as long as I pay the money." This way, her mother doesn't have to spend time preparing lunch for her to take to school. However, He Guijuan and her husband love their daughter and always give her pocket money so that she can improve her diet at small restaurants outside.
Yuying glanced at Master Yang and said to Jiang Jiang with a smile, "By the way, I just saw the clothes you made, they are so beautiful. Can you also make a new set of clothes for my sister? Your brother-in-law has a business deal to discuss in the provincial capital next month, and I will go with him then."
Jiang Jiang quickly put down his chopsticks and said, "Of course I can, but I don't have enough experience, and I don't know how it will turn out..."
"It's okay, sister believes in you."
Jiang Jiang nodded, "Okay then."
"Okay, it's settled."
Yuying picked up some chicken nuggets and bamboo shoots for Jiangjiang and said, "Eat more..."
Jiang Jiang stayed in the tailor shop all day until around five in the afternoon when she left and went home.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com