Seeing Li Mai laugh, Jiang Wenhan gave a wry smile. "Little sister, really, I'm not saying this now, but after I found out you went to the Zhang family, I regretted not telling you that I had a dye shop that day!"
Li Mai smiled and said, "It's alright, Brother Jiang. Once my garment workshop opens, we'll have plenty of time to collaborate."
Jiang Wenhan smiled and said, "That's true, then I'll wait for you to come to me to buy fabric!"
Li Mai nodded in agreement.
After that, Li Mai got down to business, sitting quietly to the side and observing the situation in the store, trying to find problems based on her own understanding.
After Jiang Wenhan took his leave, Li Mai and Madam Yu went to the main room in the backyard to talk.
After the two discussed the problems with the shop, Li Mai gave suggestions for improvement and left her with six jewelry designs for November and December.
The fisherwoman knew that she must have been painting these past few days while sleeping. Touched, she praised the jewelry for its beautiful design.
In particular, this time there are several styles of gold-inlaid jade. As the end of the year approaches, many ladies like to wear gold-inlaid jade jewelry. I didn't expect that Li Mai even knows about this and has drawn several styles.
Seeing that she was satisfied with the style, Li Mai stood up with relief. "Then all the styles for this year are finished. Sister, you can decide when to make them, or you can sell them in separate shops according to the area. Some of my styles are simple and elegant, while others are elaborate and elegant. They should be able to meet the consumption levels of your shops in different areas."
Madam Yu understood. "Thank you, little sister. You two should go back and rest. There are too many people around here, so I won't go out to eat with you. See you in the capital."
Li Mai smiled and said, "Okay!"
"By the way, I've already prepared a few sets of jewelry for you at the shop outside. Take them with you; you'll inevitably need to buy new clothes when you go to the capital, so you can wear them to match!" Madam Yu said with a smile.
"Okay, thank you, sister!" Li Mai thanked Madam Yu for her gift with a smile.
She went out to find Zhou Quan, and the two left Jin Yu Ge. Zhou Quan was carrying a large box, and outsiders couldn't tell how much jewelry was inside, but Li Mai had just seen it. Madam Yu had given her six sets of jewelry, including two-piece sets, four-piece sets, and six-piece sets.
After returning to the inn, the two of them did not go out again, and asked the waiter to buy them food.
Li Mai put the jewelry into her spatial storage. After dinner, the two sat in the pavilion in the backyard of the inn and played chess. Li Mai taught Zhou Quan how to play Gomoku.
While they were playing chess, two other people came to the pavilion and stood quietly to the side watching them play.
However, as they watched, the two men were completely baffled. What kind of game were they playing?
They saw a path with many opportunities, yet they chose a different one; they saw a dead end, yet they chose to walk it anyway.
Suddenly, the two men felt like they had forgotten how to play chess.
After Li Mai and Zhou Quan finished their game, the two men bowed and asked, "Young master, madam, is the game you played not Go?"
Li Mai smiled. "Of course not, this is Gomoku. Haven't you noticed that the game record is simpler than Go's?"
The two then noticed that the chess notation was indeed missing several lines.
Li Mai's approach was simple; she drew a simple chess notation with thirteen lines.
Of course, the standard chessboard usually has fifteen lines, and there are also large chessboards with eighteen lines.
"Gomoku? That sounds interesting. Can you teach us?" the two asked expectantly.
Li Mai glanced at the two people curiously, as if they didn't know each other.
Zhou Quan glanced at the two men and asked, "May I ask who you two gentlemen are?"
"Oh, we're from the capital, traveling around. We just happened to be here today and came over after seeing you playing chess. If you and your wife find us bothering you, we'd like to pay a fee to learn how to play this game of Gomoku from you, would that be alright?"
The two found this way of playing quite novel, and wasn't the point of their travels to learn about things they had never seen before?
Zhou Quan paused, looked at Li Mai, and asked in his eyes.
Li Mai smiled and raised an eyebrow, "Alright, I wonder how much tuition you plan to pay for this course?"
"Name your price, Madam!" The young man in blue knew there was a chance when he saw Li Mai ask such a question, so he quickly replied.
"You can name your price, just consider it as taking on an apprentice!" Li Mai smiled and gestured for Zhou Quan to sit next to her, letting the two of them sit opposite her.
"Where is Master going next?" the young man in blue asked immediately.
Li Mai smiled. "What a coincidence, it's also the capital."
The two exchanged a glance. "It's quite a coincidence. We didn't bring many silver notes with us when we came out. How about we give our master a treasure we found on the way as a donation?"
Li Mai nodded, "Okay!"
The young man in blue reached into his sleeve pocket and pulled out a jade cigarette holder. "Is this alright?"
Li Mai glanced at it and laughed, "Forget it, this is obviously something you bought for your elders. Keep it. If you have money, just give me one tael of silver each."
After learning that they were from the capital, Li Mai decided to get to know them. After all, they had never been to the capital before, and once they met, she could ask them more about things in the capital.
The young man in blue couldn't believe it.
The young man in black was also surprised. He was usually a man of few words, but he was also taken aback by Li Mai's sudden offer of one or two taels of silver.
Actually, they still hoped she would accept the jade cigarette holder.
However, the young man in blue had already taken out two taels of silver and handed it over.
Li Mai took it, put it away, and began to teach seriously.
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