Chapter 35 Size "Old man, please take a look at this 'Splendid Mountains and Rivers...
Chen Ying thought for a moment and said, "No. Although I heard that this is a 20-year-old shop and the quality is fine, I don't like the style of this clothing. Of course, I still want it even if it's given to me." He paused and added, "If the boss likes this Liuguang Cuiying fabric, we should find another shop to make ready-made clothes."
Pei Yixue nodded and analyzed: "We stayed in this store for nearly an hour. It was the time to digest food after lunch, so the flow of people should be quite large. But there were only 20 customers entering the clothing store, which was more than half less than other shops around. And among these 20 people, only our order was finally completed."
Having said this, Chen Ying became more energetic and began to look at the garment shop in front of him.
Pei Yixue continued, "When the flow of customers is high, the transaction volume is very small. Let's assume that the shopkeeper completes three orders a day, and a standard order is about 20 taels. Then in a month, it will be 1,800 taels. After deducting the cost of labor, the profit is 1,000 taels.
Occasionally, there would be a large order of more than 1,000 taels, which would be five orders a year. Adding all the money together, the shopkeeper could only make 15,000 taels a year.
We have 927,178 taels of silver that we picked up for free. How many taels do you think we need to buy this shop and all the greenery there?"
The moment their eyes met, Chen Ying's lips curled up into an evil smile.
Pei Yixue spent less than 600,000 taels of silver to take over the clothing shop and all the flowing lights and green shadows inside the shop, and he has not yet spent all the silver he picked up.
Chen Ying, who was standing by, got the deed to the garment shop, his eyes full of admiration, and he praised Pei Yixue for his vision and courage, and for using a tactic of feinting to the east and attacking in the west to cheat the middle-aged man and the thin man out of hundreds of thousands of taels.
Pei Yixue just smiled faintly while listening, without saying much. Who knows that he came to the store just to buy Liuguang Cuiying and wanted to put this material on Xie Yushu.
However, while strolling around the store, he inadvertently noticed the layout of the shop and the poor customer flow, and he then considered whether the ready-made clothing shop could be an alternative.
All in all, he bought the shop by accident.
After coming out of the clothing shop, Pei Yixue separated from Chen Ying and rented a carriage alone. He pulled seven or eight horses all the way to a famous tailor shop in the east of the city, ready to have all the clothes made.
Seeing Pei Yixue making such a big fuss, the shopkeeper invited him to a private room and enthusiastically introduced the styles of clothes in the store.
"My dear father, please look at this 'Beautiful Mountains and Rivers', which is one of the new models in our store. It uses delicate embroidery craftsmanship to show the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers. The magnificence and vastness of mountains and rivers will surely highlight the noble temperament of your young friend." With the money and Pei Yixue's current "age" in front of them, the shopkeeper and the shop assistants were extremely respectful.
Pei Yixue nodded slightly and praised: "It is indeed exquisite. Do you have any more?"
The tailor brought out another pattern: "This one is called 'Flowing Clouds Chasing the Moon'. It is themed on flowing clouds and bright moonlight, making the clothes seem to have a flowing beauty. Wearing it, it is like a banished immortal with mist under his feet, gracefully detached from the mortal world."
Pei Yixue's eyes lit up, "It seems to be suitable for him, go on."
"There is also this 'Bamboo Shadow and Breeze'. It is inspired by bamboo leaves and breeze, and uses a unique tailoring technique to make the clothing have both the toughness and uprightness of bamboo and the softness of breeze."
Pei Yixue nodded and continued to listen to the tailor's introduction.
"…'Cloud Brocade Flying Crane', with flowing clouds as the base and cranes spreading their wings on top, is noble and elegant."
Pei Yixue nodded, "Not bad."
The tailor pointed to another style: "'Landscape Ink Rhythm'. It uses landscape painting as the background, with smooth lines and elegant colors. Wearing it feels like being in the mountains and rivers, showing a refined temperament without losing the grandeur."
Seeing this style portrait, Pei Yixue's heart moved. The figure of the person in the painting was very similar to Xie Yushu's. He could fully foresee what Xie Yushu would look like after wearing it. He couldn't help but step forward and gently stroke the portrait, his eyes full of satisfaction: "Great, it suits Ah Shu's temperament and figure very well."
After picking out ten clothing samples, Pei Yixue paid a deposit of 40,000 taels of silver at the buyout price.
The shopkeeper couldn't stop laughing, and asked, "Well, about the size..."
Pei Yixue smiled slightly, pointed at the person in the "Landscape Ink Rhythm" portrait and said, "It's similar to this."
The shopkeeper looked at the portrait, was stunned for two seconds, and said with some difficulty: "This... Father-in-law, tailors need specific measurements to prevent deviations." The shopkeeper said with a flattering smile: "If you don't know, how about asking your friend to come and measure it?"
Pei Yixue was in a dilemma. It was so far away and Xie Yushu couldn't be there. Besides, how could he give the person a surprise if he asked Xie Yushu to come over?
After thinking for a while, Pei Yixue raised his hands and formed a circle, sometimes enlarging and sometimes shrinking. After feeling it for a while, he confirmed that Xie Yushu's chest circumference was this big, and glanced at the circle formed by his arms and said, "Chest circumference is three feet and eight inches."
As he spoke, he moved his arms down a little, and fumbled around the person he imagined for a while, "Waist circumference is two feet and nine inches."
Then Pei Yixue moved her hands down again, and the distance between her hands widened. It was obvious that she was measuring the size of the buttocks this time.
"The hip circumference is three feet and three inches." Pei Yixue glanced at the booklet in which the shopkeeper kept records, and continued to concentrate on measuring Xie Yushu's thigh circumference, sleeve circumference, sleeve length and other dimensions.
Seeing Pei Yixue touching, patting and pinching in the air, with such a skilled and confident look, the shopkeeper couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He felt that this man in his sixties looked decent, but he was actually a pervert, and he must have done a lot of harm to his friend in his twenties.
The shopkeeper couldn't help but think of the disgusting scene of "a pair sleeping together in a mandarin duck quilt, and a crabapple tree overshadowed by a pear tree". He could no longer look directly at the guest in front of him.
But he still had to do this business. Life was not easy, he could only sigh.
Pei Yixue had no idea that his serious measurement gestures were misinterpreted in this way, and he was still concentrating on discussing the measurements with the shopkeeper.
Suddenly, there was a sharp scolding and the sound of tables and chairs colliding from next door.
"You blind man, I said I want this one, no matter if it's decided or not, or who decides first, do you understand?!"
Pei Yixue frowned slightly. This voice seemed to be the voice of the thin man from before.
The shopkeeper's face changed, he apologized to him, turned around and rushed to the next room.
I saw a customer in a blue shirt yelling at the waiter in the store.
If it’s not the thin man, then who could it be?
The thin man was furious because he had given Pei Yixue hundreds of thousands of taels for free when he bought a shop in the morning. He originally wanted to buy some clothes to relieve his anger, but he saw a beautiful and satisfying "Landscape Ink Rhyme" painting. However, the clerk suddenly told him that someone else had booked it first.
Everything went wrong one after another, and he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.
"Oh, Manager Xing, I didn't know you were here today. I'm sorry for being so rude." The manager smiled flatteringly and greeted him. He looked at the broken tables and chairs on the ground, and the quail-like waiter next to him: "This waiter has just been here for a short time and is ignorant. Please forgive him this time."
"Hmph!" The thin man flicked his sleeves and flipped open the clothing sample album. "Manager He, you and I are old acquaintances. I won't make things difficult for you. But I'll say it again. I want this 'Landscape Ink Rhythm'. Do you hear me clearly?"
The thin man was firm in his attitude, and there was obviously no room for negotiation. Shopkeeper He was embarrassed and had to grit his teeth and say, "Of course, Shopkeeper Xing, please wait a moment."
Shopkeeper He turned around and wanted to find Pei Yixue, calculating how to compensate Pei Yixue so that she could give up "Landscape Ink Rhythm". He took only two steps and looked up to see Pei Yixue leaning against the door.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting, sir." Shopkeeper He gave a standard professional fake smile.
"It's you!" The thin man in the house heard the voice and looked over. He also noticed Pei Yixue, and walked over angrily, blurting out sarcastically: "This Jinxiu Shop is not a place where old country folk can come whenever they want. The money to buy a shop must be funded by others. Do you have money to buy clothes here?"
Pei Yixue stood up straight, not angry or annoyed, and calmly stated the fact: "The 927,178 taels, after I bought the shop in Pingyao Street, I still had a lot left."
The thin man suddenly choked and his face looked as ugly as if he had eaten a fly.
"Manager Xing, please calm down." Although Manager He didn't know the details of the 927,178 taels, this was his store. If the customers had conflicts, he had to help smooth things over, otherwise his store would be in trouble.
Manager He knew very well the temper of this thin man and his status in Pingyao City, so he must not offend him easily.
So, he quickly pulled Pei Yixue aside and whispered, "Father, look at this... How about you change your clothes? Shopkeeper Xing must not be offended. We will give you a discount and give you two new products as gifts. How about that?"
Pei Yixue glanced over and refused: "Manager He, I must have this 'Landscape Ink Rhythm'."
Hearing the words "landscape and ink rhyme", the thin man immediately stared at him and asked, "Did you decide on 'landscape and ink rhyme'?"
"That's right." Pei Yixue felt that he and the thin man were quite a bit of enemies, and they would even run into each other and argue when buying clothes.
The thin man probably felt the same way, and stared at him fiercely for a long while, "Ha! This requires two materials, Flowing Light and Green Shadow, and Heavenly Silkworm Silver Silk, which are known as gold-eating beasts. The total price of your full-body lens is no more than one hundred taels. Do you see the price clearly?"
"Of course, I not only decided on 'Landscape and Ink Rhythm', but also 'Bamboo Shadows and Fresh Breeze', 'Flowing Clouds Chasing the Moon'..." Pei Yixue listed the dozen or so styles he had decided on one by one.
It would have been fine if Pei Yixue hadn't said anything, but once she did, the thin man got even angrier. Because there were several styles that the thin man liked, but he just hadn't had time to tell the waiter.
Now Pei Yixue says all of them have been chosen?
"Okay, okay." The thin man's eyes widened with anger, and he turned to pressure Shopkeeper He, saying, "Shopkeeper He, you decide. I must take this 'Landscape Ink Rhythm' away today!"
Pei Yixue said with a smile: "Manager Xing may not be able to take it away."
He took out ten clothing sample pictures from his arms and pulled out the "Landscape Ink Painting" one. There was a square red mark on the lower right corner of the exquisite portrait.
This red mark is Jinxiufang's proof that this clothing pattern has been purchased exclusively.
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