After Zhou Quan rode his horse to deliver the cut clothes to the village, Li Mai went upstairs to discuss the new design with several embroiderers.
Yun Chang looked around his house today and decided to have it properly renovated. He plans to live here for the next year.
I finally have a younger sister, and if I don't spend more time with her, the emperor might send me to guard the frontier again next year, and I won't be able to see her for a while.
However, he was completely clueless about the town. The two guards who looked after his house didn't often go out to interact with people. Besides growing vegetables and practicing martial arts in the house, they would go to the neighborhood to help their master gather information.
Yun Chang thought for a moment and then headed towards Li Mai's shop.
He remembered Lu Qianlai. Didn't Xiaomai say yesterday that he was the young master of the Lu family, the richest family in town? He should have a lot of connections in this town. He decided to ask him for help.
Li Mai was busy when Yun Chang arrived with Chu Yan and Zhong Hui.
"Big brother, why are you out again? Weren't you supposed to be tidying up the house?" Li Mai asked curiously.
"Hmm, I've taken a look. A small overhaul might not be enough. I'm planning a major overhaul. I'll come find Lu Qian; he should have a wide network of connections. I'll ask him to help me find people."
After Yun Chang finished speaking, she waved her hand, "You go ahead and do your thing. I'll go find him. I can tell he's giving you a lot of face. If I go find him, he should be able to help, right?"
Li Mai nodded and smiled, "I definitely will, go!"
That kid was talking about his older brother all morning, and here he is, he's come looking for him.
Chu Yan and Zhong Hui watched as Xuan Wen and Xuan Wu followed Yun Chang away, but they didn't go with them. Instead, they started rolling up their sleeves and asked, "Master, is there anything we can do to help you?"
Li Mai glanced at them and said, "There's nothing you can do. Do you know how to embroider?"
Two people: ......
“Master, if you really need embroiderers, the two of us can learn.” Finally, the two of them made up their minds and said.
"Haha, just kidding, there's nothing for you to do." Li Mai finished laughing, just as three girls walked into the shop.
Upon seeing two handsome young men in the shop, the three girls immediately became more elegant, raising their heads and puffing out their chests.
"Ahem, shopkeeper, how much is this dress?" A girl in a yellow dress coughed lightly and asked Li Mai.
After asking the question, he secretly glanced at Chu Yan.
Li Mai glanced at the girl, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Miss, this dress is three liang (a unit of weight), part of the Peach Blossom Fairy Dress series. A girl wearing this dress walking in the peach grove will surely be more beautiful than the flowers, and her dress will be more vibrant than the blossoms."
"Hehe, you're quite the talker. Give me two pairs in my size." The girl trembled when she saw Chu Yan glance at her!
He looked at me! He looked at me!
"Alright, miss, would you like one color and one style, or can we change the color and style?" Li Mai smiled and glanced at Chu Yan before asking the girl.
“Same here, I also have a twin sister, and we both like to wear the same things,” the girl in the yellow dress said to Li Mai in a coquettish tone.
"Okay!" Li Mai replied.
Chu Yan finally understood what was going on. He had been doing business in the capital, and seeing this scene, he immediately understood.
Therefore, he smiled and asked Li Mai, "Master, where is it? Should I help you find it?"
Li Mai pointed upwards, "It's hanging on that shelf, use this pole to get it!"
Chu Yan went behind the counter to help.
Zhong Hui understood immediately.
He walked over to the counter and looked at the other two girls. "Ladies, is there anything you like? I'll get it for you."
“Okay, thank you for your trouble, young master. I’d like to try on that light green one, is that alright?” Another girl in light blue clothes blushed as she saw Zhong Hui talking to her and asked.
Zhong Hui looked at Li Mai, "Master, may I try?"
“Sure, there’s a fitting room over there. Once you’ve chosen one, I’ll go in with you to try it on,” Li Mai said with a smile.
Then, Li Mai gave his two apprentices an approving look. As expected of kids who had traveled abroad, they were perceptive and knew how to handle things.
Hmm, I'll teach them a sword technique when I get back tonight!
So, on the recommendation of her two apprentices and four waiters, Li Mai and Zhou Tao helped the three girls try on several dresses.
In the end, the three of them bought three skirts each, four yellow dresses, and four capes.
After the three girls left happily with the four handkerchiefs given to them by Li Mai, Li Mai sold a total of fourteen items in this transaction, amounting to forty-five taels of silver.
Li Mai looked at his two apprentices and laughed, "Okay, you two have jobs now. Be our mascots. Go outside for a couple of walks now and then, and when there are customers, come back and give them a proper sway."
"Hehe, thank you, Master. That kid Yang Rui is always bragging to us. Master took him to be a mascot for a while, and he did a great job. I want to beat him up after seeing that." Chu Yan snorted twice and happily pulled Zhong Hui outside to be a mascot.
Li Mai chuckled a few times and said to the four waiters, "So, after experiencing so many big transactions, have you learned anything?"
The four people nodded. "Yes, we've learned something."
They observed that the owner's ease and flexibility in dealing with customers were things they could learn from.
Soon, the store became more crowded, and the staff got busy.
Zhou Tao also learned some things from Li Mai, Chu Yan, and Zhong Hui, and gradually she also got the hang of marketing techniques.
So, when Yun Chang and Lu Qian finished their conversation and came over together, they saw the busy scene and heard Chu Yan and Zhong Hui bustling about.
Occasionally, the two would chat and laugh with the young girls buying clothes.
What happened? Why are there so many people all of a sudden?
Lu Qian originally thought that Hongshiliu wouldn't be as busy as yesterday, but unexpectedly, there were even more people today.
Thinking about it again, this is Li Mai's business, so it's actually quite normal.
"Xiaomai, then I'll head back first. Young Master Lu is going to take us to find someone to help me repair my house," Yun Chang said with a smile.
“Okay, go back now. You can all come to my place for lunch and dinner. I told my mother-in-law about it when I left this morning,” Li Mai instructed them.
Yun Chang responded.
He went out, then came back. "Xiaomai, I have something to ask you."
“Go ahead,” Li Mai said while helping the customer with her clothes.
"Could you make a small door between my brother's side and your side? That way I won't have to go through the main street every day to get there," Yun Chang asked.
“Sure, you can go back and make the arrangements.” Li Mai nodded, it’s no problem.
"Okay!" Yun Chang was delighted and left with Lu Qian.
Chu Yan and Zhong Hui had already stopped paying attention to Yun Chang. They were happily helping their master sell goods, and they discovered that they had learned new skills.
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