Emily looked at the cheongsam on the wooden man, a hint of joy flashed in her eyes, and she reached out and touched the peony flower on it.
"Oh! Emily, you really understand. This is our country's precious silk. It takes our women workers four months to weave one piece. And look at the peony flowers on it. They were embroidered by our women, stitch by stitch. Do you like it? If you like, go and try it. It's free anyway. And since you have a camera, you can take a picture wearing our cheongsam as a souvenir."
Before Emily could speak, another girl named Qiaolin quickly said, "Can I wear it? I like this flower too."
Emily immediately quit, "Qiaolin! This is the one I liked first. There are some over there. You can look at other ones."
Huang Wanzhen pulled out a booklet from a box nailed to the wall. "We have them all. The cheongsams here are custom-made. The one Mode wears might not fit you, but if our female craftsmen tailor it to your measurements, it will definitely fit you perfectly and look beautiful."
"I have to say you're incredibly lucky. It happens to be an important national holiday, and we're having a promotion right now. Two pieces are 10% off, three pieces are 15% off, four pieces are 20% off, five pieces are 25% off, and we're also giving away handmade lace outlines."
Not only the women were interested in cheongsams, but even the men inside were asking if they could try them on.
Although Huang Wanzhen was complaining like crazy in her heart, her expression remained calm. "Oh! Robes suit you well. If you like embroidery, you can also embroider robes with things, plants and animals, mountains and rivers, anything. You can tell me what you like, and I can design it according to your preferences. For only $100, you can own a unique, precious silk embroidered dress. What's more, there is a promotion right now. If you buy two, it will be $90 each. It's really a good deal."
Emily was the first to take out her wallet. As she did so, she asked, "What kind of important holiday is it? Does your family celebrate it? Can we attend?"
Huang Wanzhen's eyes rolled, and she replied calmly, "Of course, my friend, spring is here, and all the flowers are blooming. In a few days, it will be our Hundred Flowers Festival. Everyone is welcome to come to my house for dinner."
"Oh! Honey, thank you. The Hundred Flowers Festival sounds like an extraordinary festival." Emily excitedly handed Huang Wanzhen a hundred dollars, "I want the cheongsam the model is wearing."
Huang Wanzhen also excitedly took the hundred dollars and said, "You're welcome, dear. Let our master chef here take your measurements. I'll tell them to make it for you first. You're so beautiful and lovely. I really want to see you in a cheongsam."
If Emily's aesthetic taste is relatively normal, then Qiao Lin's is much more exaggerated. After picking and choosing, she actually fell in love with the jacket and skirt worn by a guest. The woman was wearing a bright red jacket and skirt, and she walked in gracefully supported by her maid. Huang Wanzhen subconsciously lowered her head to look at her feet, but unfortunately the skirt was too long and covered her feet. However, Huang Wanzhen concluded in her heart that the woman had bound feet.
"Is it okay? Andy? Can we do it here?!" Qiao Lin looked at the woman's big red coat and skirt with an obsessed look on her face.
Huang Wanzhen nodded nonchalantly, "Of course, I used to have a lot of these skirts. They are our country's traditional costumes. When the time comes, let our image designer do your hair. You will be even more beautiful than that goddess."
Just three days later, a group of unique foreigners appeared on Dengshikou Street. The men wore long gowns and jackets, the women wore cheongsams, and there was even one wearing a bright red coat and skirt. Everyone was watching as if they were watching a foreign spectacle. They didn't dare to approach them for fear of disturbing the foreign masters, but they also found them strange and kept walking around nearby.
"Oh! Look, they're all looking at us. It must be because our clothes are so beautiful. Let's go to the Forbidden City and take some pictures."
Smith hesitated and said, "Aren't you going to the girls' school? I want to see the handicrafts Andy mentioned."
Liam waved his hand, “Let’s go tomorrow. We have such beautiful clothes on, it would be a shame not to take pictures today.”
Huang Wanzhen also said, "It just so happens that tomorrow is our Hundred Flowers Festival. After visiting the Women's Workers' School, you can stay there for dinner. I'll treat everyone to a Hundred Flowers Rice."
Finally, everyone agreed to take a rickshaw to the Forbidden City.
In the afternoon, Huang Wanzhen returned to Jixiang Hall humming a little tune. As soon as she entered the door, she saw a man in shorts. He obviously knew Huang Wanzhen. When he saw Huang Wanzhen come in, he hurried forward and handed her a file bag.
Huang Wanzhen took it and nodded at him, "Thank you."
After the man left, Huang Wanzhen took the file bag back to the office, sat down, unsealed the coil, and took out a piece of red-lined letter paper, on which was written Zheng Yusang's recent movements.
Huang Wanzhen read it carefully. It said Zheng Yusang and Lin Qingrou had broken off their engagement. Surprise filled her face. Had the plot deviated again? Without the original owner's involvement, their undying love hadn't blossomed? This was a major point in the original novel. How could they just break up like that? It was completely unexpected.
As we continued reading, we discovered that Gao Weizi was the one behind the incident, and of course Huang Wanzhen herself was also an accomplice. After she and a group of classmates beat up Lin Qingrou, Lin Qingrou, who was already disliked by the Lin family, became even less popular with them. After Zheng Yusang was dismissed from his post, he went to the Lin family to ask for Lin Qingrou's help, but not only did he not see Lin Qingrou, he was chased out by the Lin family's servants with sticks.
When the Zheng family saw Zheng Yusang coming back with injuries, they were concerned at first, but when they heard that it was done by the servants of the Lin family, their expressions changed immediately. Mr. Zheng was afraid that the marriage would change, so he asked someone to go to the Lin family as a lobbyist, hoping to set the wedding date as soon as possible. Unfortunately, Gao Weizi went to the door of the Lin family under the pretext of speaking up for Zheng Yusang and scolded the Lin family.
The Lin family was not so easy to bully. They immediately arrested Gao Weizi and sent her to the police station.
Things could have turned around at this point, but Zheng Yusang didn't know what he was thinking. He actually went to the Public Security Bureau to pay the fine for Gao Weizi and brought her back to the Zheng family.
Seeing this, Huang Wanzhen couldn't figure out who was Zheng Yusang's true love.
The day after Gao Weizi was rescued, the servants of the Lin family carried eight loads of betrothal gifts to the Zheng family to cancel the engagement.
After reading it, Huang Wanzhen threw it aside and received several foreign friends the next day. Su Jingyi had just finished submitting the order from the UK, so she and Huang Wanzhen took the foreign friends to visit the Women's School.
"Mr. Smith is very interested in our lace. Jingyi, please explain it to him. I will take everyone to see our lace outlines first."
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