"Don't talk nonsense." Su Liuye glanced at her, but her cheeks were slightly hot, "Go and get busy, I have to go out at noon."
"Where are you going? It's rare for Brother Chu to come back and you don't even take time to accompany him. How can this be okay? You two don't look like a couple at all!" Qin Lian said a little unhappy and pulled her to the side. , to explain to her how to get along between husband and wife.
Su Liuye was dumbfounded by her, "Lianlian, please stop telling me these things. You are not married yourself, how can you understand these things?"
"Why don't I understand? There are many storytellers in town telling these stories!"
Luoxi Town is very prosperous. At night, there are still many people on the street, including many storytelling stalls.
Occasionally, these storytelling stalls will come to their restaurants to tell stories to the guests who are dining.
Qin Lian usually likes to listen to books the most. The more she listens, the more she will understand naturally.
Su Liuye blushed at what she said, "Okay, stop talking, I still have a lot of things to be busy with!"
After saying that, she went to help in the kitchen, leaving Qin Lian laughing.
After noon, the restaurant was not so busy. Su Liuye selected a few pastries, packed them, and took Qin Lian to the place where she met Huang Ying before.
As soon as I walked over, I saw that Huang Ying was indeed there, but today there was no cloth for sale. There were only some knickknacks placed on the stall, and there were not many customers coming and going.
These gadgets were brought back from other places by boat people. They were not rare. There were several companies on the street who bought these things.
"Aunt Huang, I'm here."
"Oh, it's Shopkeeper Su!"
Huang Ying was busy doing embroidery when she heard Su Liuye's voice and looked up. She smiled in surprise and invited Su Liuye to come and sit.
Seeing that she had brought pastries, Aunt Huang felt embarrassed for a moment, "Shopkeeper Su, what are you doing? You came right over here, why did you bring me something? I was already sorry for breaking your cloth last time." I'm worried about how to compensate you."
"It's okay, Wu Sheng will compensate me for those things." As she said that, Su Liuye saw the embroidery in her hand.
The embroidery is of the scenery along the Lingjiang River, which is lifelike and beautiful, and the embroidery work is also top-notch.
"Aunt Huang, did you embroider this yourself? It's so beautiful!"
Aunt Huang smiled and said, "Shopkeeper Su, you're welcome. Several generations of my family have owned silk and satin shops. I have also learned embroidery from my mother since I was a child. Now this is the only craft that I can master."
"Look, I embroidered this specially for you." As she said that, she took out several pieces of embroidery from the bamboo basket next to her.
The embroidery work on it is meticulous, the silk thread used is also high-quality, and the color is bright, much better than those bought in the town.
"Aunt Huang, you are so amazing! I have never seen such beautiful embroidery!" Qin Lian looked at it with surprise.
Huang Ying just smiled faintly and told them many things about the town.
Because Luoxi Town is close to Lingjiang, shipping is very developed. All kinds of strange things can be delivered by ship, among which fabrics are the most outstanding.
Because Huang Ying had never followed the ship, she couldn't tell where the fleet was going. She only knew that it was a far away place, and it would take half a month to walk to get there after getting off the ship.
There, just outside the border, was a big trading town, and all the cloth was brought back from there.
In the past, before Xu Zhou and Liu Wei were involved in the town's shipping, the town's silk and satin shops were in full bloom, with all kinds of fabrics and embroidery available. In order to attract customers, every store tried its best and used special skills.
Among them, Huang Ying's Jinxiu Fang is most famous for its embroidery.
Jinxiufang's embroidery has been passed down for three generations, and businessmen from the capital often order large quantities of their embroidery to be purchased in the capital.
Huang Ying went to the capital with her grandfather when she was a child. The bustling scene at that time is still unforgettable to her.
Her husband is the son of another silk and satin shop in the town. After the marriage, the two families originally cooperated with each other, but the good times did not last long. Liu Wei focused on this big fat man in the town and used despicable means to get many people to join the contract. He signed the contract and then purchased the store at a very low price.
For this reason, many people have long since moved away from Luoxi Town and made a living elsewhere.
Because her youngest son was ill, Huang Ying had already spent a lot of money to see a doctor. She had no capital to make a comeback. In these years, she could only rely on her husband to secretly bring back some cloth to buy when he was out running a boat. She often set up a stall to sell it. Embroidery makes a living.
Although he had known these things for a long time, Su Liuye still felt angry after listening to them again. This kind of monopoly behavior was simply going to cut off other people's lives!
"Aunt Huang, you don't have to worry about this problem now. The new Mr. Xiao is a good official. He will definitely not help profiteers like Liu Wei like Liu Liangzhi did!"
"Yes!" Qin Lian said, "We met Mr. Xiao yesterday. Mr. Xiao will never tolerate this kind of thing."
"this……"
Huang Ying's eyes flickered.
Su Liuye knew that she would not believe it easily. After all, Liu Liangzhi had been in the town for many years, and anyone would think that these officials were like this.
Su Liuye was not in a hurry and asked, "Aunt Huang, is your business doing well in setting up a stall here?"
"Of course it's not good." Huang Ying sighed, "I usually only put these trinkets on the stall, embroidery and the like, but I don't dare to take them out. Shopkeeper Su still remembers what happened to Wu Sheng last time, right? "
"Of course I remember." Su Liuye frowned, "Are they usually like this? When they see you selling embroidery and cloth in the town, they just throw it on the ground and trample it to pieces?"
"Not entirely." When talking about this, Huang Ying became even more worried. "They would look at it before throwing it away. If they didn't have something, they would take it back and sell it. If they had something, they would just crush it. . The embroidery I make will be snatched away by them if you are not careful."
"There's nothing we can do about it. Mr. Liu helped them before. Otherwise, why would the others move away? It's because they can't sell embroidery in Luoxi Town."
"Are they so arrogant? How is this different from bandits?!" Su Liuye said angrily.
Huang Ying sighed and didn't want to mention these things anymore.
Su Liuye thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Huang, let's do this. I will provide the money and you will provide the embroidery work. We will open a silk and satin shop in the town! Don't worry about the fabric, I will take care of it. Now Mr. Xiao Now that I’m here, I don’t believe that Xu Zhou and Liu Wei still dare to be so arrogant!”
"Shopkeeper Su, what are you—oh, you really don't want to provoke Boss Liu!" Huang Ying was extremely anxious.
