"It rained in the middle of the night, and no one was guarding the cloth shop, so all the cloth got wet," the manager continued.
"What should we do? The date set by the palace is fast approaching!"
"If we cannot finish the guards' uniforms on time, that would be treason!"
The manager spoke at length, her heart filled with worry. She looked anxiously at Liao Ziwan, her eyes asking what she should do.
The two boarded the carriage, and Liao Ziwan instructed, "Uncle Li, go to Wen's Cloth Shop in the East Market, and be quick!"
"drive!"
Uncle Li whipped the horse, urging it to run at top speed, because it was raining outside and there weren't many pedestrians on the road.
Soon, the carriage turned into the East Market and arrived at the street where Wen's Cloth Shop was located. As they approached the shop's entrance, Liao Ziwan vaguely heard Manager Wen wailing and howling.
"Heavens above, my money! What am I going to do? If I can't deliver the goods, I'll lose my life! My son, it's all my fault, sob sob sob..."
Liao Ziwan took three steps at a time and quickly walked to the backyard. She saw Manager Wen sitting on the ground, his face pale and his lips trembling, wailing loudly.
"Sister Wen, are your undergarments all soaked?"
Liao Ziwan looked around at the various clothes that had been rescued and asked a question.
"Only a small portion of the best quality undergarments were kept in the front hall, where they didn't get wet in the rain, but most of them were stored in the storeroom! Who knew that the storeroom would leak!"
"What are we going to do?!"
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