It took Yu Guanshi two days of hard work to build a decent stage in Meilin.
The platform is surrounded by red silk, which is extremely festive. The road leading from the gate to the platform is lined with camellias on both sides. If you look closely, you will find that there are many precious varieties. In addition, the fragrance of wintersweets is everywhere, which makes it a great place to express your love.
After this arrangement, Butler Yu felt a little moved and wished he could return to his youth and have a wonderful encounter, not to mention those young boys and girls who were just beginning to fall in love.
Once you get here, you will be surrounded by flowers and hear some sweet words, which will make you feel dizzy!
Steward Yu had reason to suspect that the old lady was so painstaking in order to deliberately capture the hearts of those girls so that they could all be captured in one fell swoop!
Seeing Manager Yu taking out pots of camellia one by one to decorate the venue, Cao's mother felt very distressed.
Although they didn't spend much effort to cultivate this camellia, it's not cheap when sold on the market. Now that it's in full bloom, it's time to sell it for a good price, and it's about to turn into white silver.
But they take them out and put them in crowded places. What if some dishonest people pick a few of them? Wouldn't that be a waste of such good things?
Manager Yu comforted her, saying, "Don't be reluctant, ma'am. Don't we still have several acres of land in our nursery? The old lady said that this camellia represents ideal love and a humble heart. It's perfect to put it here at the blind date banquet!"
Just think about it, the old lady has arranged such a lively event with great difficulty, and we servants should not spoil the fun! Besides, isn’t this all for those kids? "
Aunt Cao finally said, "Then be careful and bring it back to me when you're done. This basin can be sold for dozens of taels of silver."
"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I'll ask some more villagers to look after it. But I still need your help to see how to arrange it properly!"
Wangjia Village and Tujiabao are near this village. This time, the young men in their village with good conditions are also allowed to participate in the event. Now it is very easy to arrange a few people to help look after the place.
As a grown man, he knew nothing about flowers and plants, so he could only ask Aunt Cao, a gardener, to help.
Yunxi Town has a hot spring valley, and the thing it has the most is flowers. In the previous dynasty, the various manors here cultivated flowers for the nobles.
It's just that it was badly ruined by those dog owners in the past few years.
After the incident of the vicious dog attacking people was dealt with, the place returned to its former tranquility with birds singing and flowers blooming. The Qiao family, as a rising star, was able to own a large farm here, thanks to the reward from Emperor Wu. Otherwise, with the surrounding properties of all the wealthy and noble families, it would not have been their turn.
In this day and age, there are some things that cannot be bought with money.
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Steward Yu was busy at the farm, and Steward Cao was also busy.
He was in charge of purchasing clothes at the order of Madam Feng.
People respect their clothes and horses respect their saddles; cats and dogs run happily with bells hung on them.
When it comes to blind dates, the first impression is the most important. Dressing neatly is also a way of showing respect to the other person!
Manager Cao went straight to the largest ready-made clothing shop in the capital and asked for more than 200 custom-made brocade robes, which he wanted to be delivered within half a month.
It was the first time that the shopkeeper met such a straightforward customer. The other party paid promptly and even prepared the styles of clothes in advance, and said that all he needed was to deliver the goods on time.
To be honest, the shopkeeper wanted to agree to it right away, but he also knew that he did not have the financial strength to do so.
Insufficient stock!
Who would have thought that the other party would order so many clothes at once, and all of them would be made of silk? The dozen or so batches of the same color fabric in the warehouse were not enough to make more than 200 pieces of ready-made clothes.
It's not that they haven't received a lot of ready-made clothing orders. Many noble families have commissioned them to make clothes for the four seasons for their servants, but they all used hemp.
This stuff is cheap and resistant to dirt, and they have a large amount of stock in their warehouse all year round.
Silk is different, as it is custom-made piece by piece by wealthy families. It is a precious item in itself, and even if they want to stock up, they may not be able to buy it!
In this day and age, who has ever seen a master custom-make thick clothes for hundreds of guards?
Manager Cao smiled and said, "If the shopkeeper is in a difficult situation, why don't you and his family join forces with a few other families that have good relationships to make the money together! Just make sure to deliver the goods on time in half a month!"
Although people in the same industry have always been wary of each other, it is not uncommon for people to make money by working together.
It all depends on whether the shop owner is willing to part with it. You can earn a few taels less, but you can do the other party a favor. This deal is a good deal no matter how you look at it.
The Qiao family needs it urgently, and if these garment shops do not cooperate together, they may not be able to complete the orders on time.
Before leaving, Manager Cao reminded the shopkeeper to prepare more festive red cloth, as he might come back in a few days.
The shopkeeper was startled and immediately stopped Manager Cao who was about to leave. He served him some good tea and snacks again and with just a few words they became closer.
One wanted to find out, the other didn't want to hide it.
It didn't take long for the shopkeeper to know that the Qiao family was going to hold a large-scale blind date banquet in accordance with the emperor's order. After the banquet was completed, there would definitely be many couples getting married.
The cloth, shoes, socks and accessories needed for this are quite a lot.
The shopkeeper's abacus was clacking in his mind, and the smile on his face became even more sincere.
This is a big customer. If I can satisfy him and get these orders, I will definitely be promoted by the boss this year.
Manager Cao was not born with a big mouth, otherwise he would not have been able to sit in the position of the manager of the old house.
The old lady did not ask everyone to keep it a secret. She revealed the news to the merchant in the hope that the other party would be tactful and give her a preferential price.
All these things were bought with the old lady's private money.
Just because the old lady is generous doesn't mean they can squander it at will.
Even if one person only spends a few taels of silver, the total expense is considerable.
Qiao Xin was happy to spend the money, but she still had to save what she could. As a trusted butler, it was her duty to budget carefully for the master.
After leaving the clothing shop, Manager Cao moved to other shops.
For the entire day, Manager Cao and his servants went back and forth between major shops in Kyoto.
Buy! Buy! Buy!
After buying clothes, buy shoes. After buying shoes, buy accessories!
As a grown man, he even went to sweep the rouge shop and prepared a gift for each girl who attended the blind date.
It's not that I don't buy from my own rouge shop, it's that I can't bear to...
After walking through the shops along the entire street, I found that almost everything that needed to be prepared was ready.
The news that the Qiao family was going to hold a blind date party for the guards also spread throughout the capital!
Some people thought it was strange, some wanted to see a good show, and some sneered. Naturally, some people criticized Qiao Xin for breaking the rules.
Some people even made a fuss out of nothing and publicly impeached Qiao Xin for acting recklessly and disregarding the law in the court.
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