Su Shuiche and Jiang Yingyun looked at each other for a few seconds. Then, under Jiang Yingyun's anticipation, Su Shuiche smiled and nodded. She accepted Jiang Yingyun's invitation, "Okay.
I'll take it. "
Su Shui Yue was willing to give herself a chance to prove that the promise of this heroic and straightforward woman in front of her was as trustworthy as her appearance suggested.
Her intuition also told her that Jiang Yingyun must have some unknown difficulties.
Otherwise, with her identity as the second shopkeeper of the largest embroidery house in the city, she didn't have to come to persuade her in person.
The remuneration was generous, the reward was high, and even the tight deadline was extended to the end of the year.
Thinking of this, Su Shuiche also took a step back politely, "I will try my best to finish it around December 20th, so that you have more time to perfect the screen."
"Really?
That's great! "
When Jiang Yingyun heard this, she jumped up from the kang in surprise and reached out to hold Su Shuiche's hand. She couldn't help but thank her, "Thank you!
Thank you! "She thanked her for accepting and understanding.
This time, she bet on the right treasure and won the bet!
…
"Then it's settled. As soon as I return to the embroidery house, I'll immediately send someone to send the embroidery pattern and related items of the 《Drunken Consort》."
After Jiang Yingyun and Su Shuiche finished talking about the embroidery work, the sun was already high in the sky. There were still a lot of work in the embroidery house waiting for her to go back to deal with. She had to get up and say goodbye to Su Shuiche.
"Okay."
Su Shuiche nodded. Just as she sent her and Xi Cui out of the central room, she saw Lin Siyao and his disciple, who had been practicing martial arts all morning, and Xiaoxue, who was holding a mole in her mouth, came back.
"Ah Yao, you're back?"
Su Shuiche stepped forward with a smile and took a bundle of Leymus chinensis from his hand. She then introduced him to Jiang Yingyun, who was standing to the side and looking at him with curiosity, "Ah Yao, this is the second shopkeeper of the Yueyun Embroidery House, Jiang Yingyun." She turned around and smiled at Jiang Yingyun, "Yingyun, this is my husband, Lin Siyao."
Oh God.
At this time, this was the only thing that flashed through Jiang Yingyun's mind.
Her guess was ridiculously wrong.
How did the man in front of her look like a farmer?
He was an outstanding hero with a handsome face and a cold temperament!
Even Jiang Yingyun, the Second Shopkeeper Jiang, who had always had sharp eyesight, a nimble way of handling things, and an organized analysis, had her brain completely shut down at this moment.
One Su Shuiche wasn't enough for her to think things through. Now she had to add Lin Siyao!
It was obvious that her ten years of business experience wasn't rich enough, right?
On the other hand, Lin Siyao was obviously much calmer than her.
He expressionlessly nodded at her, then picked up Tian Dabao, who was squatting on the side with a sword in hand, and went to the South Courtyard's river to wash his hands and clean his face, preparing to eat.
"Shuiche … your husband …" No matter how she looked at him, he didn't look like a farmer at all. Instead, he looked more like a hero living in seclusion.
Jiang Yingyun swallowed the saliva in her throat. She watched the cold and handsome Lin Siyao pick up the laughing youth like an old hen and leap several zhang away with a few steps, disappearing before everyone's eyes. She couldn't help but click her tongue.
"Sorry, Ah Yao's temperament is like this." Su Shuiche thought that Jiang Yingyun was blaming Lin Siyao for his rudeness and felt a little embarrassed.
That man was really too much.
In front of others, he was so cold, but in private, he was as passionate as fire.
It was so hot that she almost couldn't bear it.
Ah!
How could she think of those embarrassing things at this time!
"It's fine. I can see that your relationship is very good." Jiang Yingyun seemed to be a little envious as she teased Su Shuiche.
Although that man hadn't said a word since he entered the courtyard, his gaze had been glued to Su Shuiche, not leaving her in the slightest.
Even when he nodded at her as a greeting, his gaze was still locked on Su Shuiche.
In a woman's life, if she could receive such attention from a man, what regrets would she have?
Jiang Yingyun secretly sighed.
She reckoned that she wouldn't be able to fulfill such an extravagant wish in this lifetime.
Eleven years ago, when she was ten and her elder sister, Jiang Yingyue, was sixteen, her parents were killed by bandits while they were replenishing goods, leaving her and her elder sister to depend on each other for survival. She took over the only thing her parents had left behind in this world — Yueyun Embroidery House. This was founded by her parents when she was six years old. Its name was "Yueyun", which was taken from the last characters of her and her elder sister's names.
Eleven years passed in the blink of an eye.
The current "Yueyun Embroidery House" had already established itself in Fanluo City several years ago and had become the boss of the embroidery industry.
Of course, all of this had to be attributed to the self-sacrifice of her elder sister, Jiang Yingyue.
She had sacrificed her beautiful youth by not marrying, leaving no children, and wholeheartedly devoting herself to the operation of the embroidery house.
For example, her elder sister, Jiang Yingyue, who was already twenty-seven years old this year, was mentioned by many merchants in Fanluo City.
They praised her management skills and lamented her lonely future.
However, how could she, Jiang Yingyun, let her elder sister grow old alone?
If she couldn't help her elder sister achieve a happy marriage, then she would accompany her elder sister until she grew old.
Moreover, she was already over twenty years old and had long since passed the flower-like age of marriage. She had already passed the age of youth that men were most eager to obtain.
Even if she wasn't picky and was willing to marry now, she was afraid that waiting for her other half would either be old, weak, sick, or stupid.
She'd rather not marry such a man.
She'd rather be like her elder sister and simply keep the man away from her side.
However, her elder sister had long since made up her mind to never marry again in this lifetime.
Even if there were many merchants and widowers who looked favorably upon her, she would politely decline them one by one with a smile.
However, when it came to Jiang Yingyun, her only sister's marriage, she was always vigilant. Not only did she help Jiang Yingyun find many suitable men for her, she also asked a matchmaker to secretly inquire about them.
Once she heard that there was a good man, Jiang Yingyue would immediately send a matchmaker to inquire about him.
Unfortunately, up until now, the men that she, Jiang Yingyun, had come into contact with were either blinded by lust or immature.
After experiencing this no less than several times, she gave up. Her elder sister also had no choice but to temporarily slow down the pace of urging her to get married.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yingyun secretly shook her head bitterly and restrained the sudden burst of compassion in her heart.
Yes, compassion.
In the past eleven years, Jiang Yingyun felt self-pity for the beautiful couple in front of her for the first time. It made her, who had always been known for being calm and capable, feel bitter.
…
"Ah Yao, there's something I want to tell you."
After breakfast, Su Shuiche lowered her head and whispered to Lin Siyao, who had just finished cleaning the table and was washing the dishes at the kitchen door.
"Embroidery?"
Lin Siyao raised his head and glanced at her. Seeing her guilty expression, he couldn't help but chuckle.
"Eh?
How did you know? "Su Shuiche raised her head in surprise and happened to meet his smiling eyes.
There, she didn't find any hint of reproach.
"Shuiche, it's not that I don't want you to take it. As long as it's not as urgent as last time, I won't stop you." After all, this was her specialty and also her hobby.
Lin Siyao put away the washed dishes and dried his hands. He took Su Shuiche to the warm living room and pulled her to sit on the kang.
"No, no, there's plenty of time this time." Su Shuiche repeatedly waved her hand and promised, causing Lin Siyao to burst out laughing.
"Am I that scary?" He secretly kissed her lips and confirmed with a smile.
He didn't want her to think of him as a scary and unreasonable man.
"No. I'm worried about you."
I know you're worried about my health. "Su Shuizui shook her head.
She had never thought that he was scary.
Oh, of course, when she first saw him in the Wolf Cave of Dashi Mountain, she was still a little afraid of him.
After all, at that time, he was too cold and unpredictable.
"It's good that you know.
In short, even if you take the embroidery job, in addition to the three meals a day, you have to get up often to drink water and walk around.
Otherwise, I will confiscate your embroidery. "Lin Siyao said again and pretended to be a fierce threat.
In any case, he now had a profit.
The game he hunted a while ago had been sold for a total of seven or eight taels of silver.
Of course, Dabao earned more than him.
In this aspect, he never took more.
As long as the two of them went to the mountain together and sold the game together, he and Dabao would split the money four to six.
After the Tian Family's protest, he no longer took Dabao to Dashi Mountain to practice swordsmanship and hunt.
However, they could occasionally hunt a lot of game near Xiu Feng, but the value was relatively low.
… …
Just after noon that day, the shop assistant of Yueyun Embroidery House drove the carriage to Su Shuiche with all the things needed to embroider the 《Drunken Consort》.
He also handed over a letter from the head shopkeeper of the embroidery house, Jiang Yingyue, which was a letter of appointment.
It meant that from now on, if Su Shuiche agreed, she would be the chief embroiderer hired by Yueyun Embroidery House.
She could choose her embroidery work freely without going to the embroidery house. Every month, regardless of whether she took the embroidery job or not, she would receive a fixed sum of one tael of silver.
In addition, the embroidery job she took would be paid and rewarded according to the contract.
Su Shuiche was speechless after reading it.
What good would it do for the embroidery house?
Regardless of whether she took the embroidery job or not, she would receive one tael of silver every month.
If she took the job, the embroidery job and reward would still be paid according to the old method.
Then, wouldn't the embroidery house be paying her one tael of silver every month for nothing?
"They want to keep you." Lin Siyao glanced at the letter of appointment and said with certainty.
With Su Shuiche's beautiful embroidery skills, no matter which embroidery house she signed the contract with, that embroidery house would become famous.
As for the speed of the news, it would naturally depend on how often she took the embroidery job.
Therefore, Yueyun Embroidery House wanted to be the first to sign the letter of appointment with Su Shuiche.
Even if there were no requirements as to whether she would take the job or not, or how many jobs she would take in a year, there was at least one thing that was clear. Once Su Shuiche signed the contract as the chief embroiderer, she would not be allowed to take any jobs from other embroidery houses.
That's right, Yueyun Embroidery House had this idea in mind.
Of course, to Su Shuiche, this kind of contract not only had no harm, it also gave her a fixed income.
And to Yueyun Embroidery House, this move could completely eliminate the risk of other embroidery houses trying to poach her.
Therefore, to both parties, once Su Shuiche agreed to be hired, it could be said to be killing two birds with one stone.
(To be continued.
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