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I don't know when she really fell asleep, and she didn't wake up until Yan Cui brought the prepared clothes into the room. When she woke up, Yuchun had already got up, and the sun was shining as far as she could see, and there were birds chirping outside the window. On a plum tree that harvested fruit early, I hopped happily among the branches and bushes with my friends, judging which plum was sweet and delicious.

Yan Cui put down her clothes and said with a smile: "Madam has cooked breakfast for you, miss. We have already used it, and we will wait for you, miss."
"Okay, I'll be right there." Zhilan sat up on the quilt, the sun shining through the window lazily and warmly shone on her body, she stretched her arms outstretched, and she was in an unprecedentedly good mood.

Zhilan should go to work at Qi's after dinner.The Qingshiban road is uneven, and the winding alleys can't go to the end. Only when you walk out of the alley can you find a rickshaw.

In the depths of the alley, there was a house with a half door open. She passed by many times, and she remembered that it was always a lock that locked the secrets and legends in the door.Today, however, half of the fans were opened, and there was a din of voices.Zhilan didn't find it strange, it was like this in Yong'an, sometimes the quiet courtyard suddenly became noisy and noisy, sometimes the lively and noisy people fell silent for a moment, only to find out after a few days that the house had changed owners, and the new ones would come and go again and again.There is a saying that properly describes this situation: the higher the quality of the house, the more distant the neighbors.

Zhilan passed by and took a quick glance. There seemed to be servants shuttling around in the dark corridors of the house, and it seemed that someone was giving orders in the courtyard, and it seemed that they were cleaning.Guessing which family had moved in again, she kept walking to the alley and called a rickshaw.

Not far away, someone in the black car followed her in surprise as she climbed into the car and left. His hand was resting on the back of the driver's seat, and he crumpled a newspaper unconsciously. Baba.

Along the way, Zhilan's thoughts about shopkeeper Sun emerged in Zhilan's mind, and she planned to visit the silk and satin village first.She told the coachman to turn around and go to Qi's silk and satin village.

Shopkeeper Sun was surprised by Zhilan's arrival, and he was a little panicked. Could it be that because he publicly questioned the power of attorney at the meeting, he offended Ms. Qi and couldn't hold back, so he came here to find fault?But he was calm at the bottom of his heart. The goods coming and going in and out of the silk and satin shop were clearly recorded, and the money exchange was clearly recorded.

Zhilan walked around without saying a word, the store was very neatly arranged, and the tidying up was particularly clean. The expensive mulberry silk satin was separated from the low-cost rayon fabric. There were various patterns of flowers and a complete range of plain colors.In addition to soft satin, there are also categories such as yunluo, brocade, and seersucker.The waiter on the cabinet is introducing the characteristics of the cloth to the customer in detail, and everything is in order.Seeing that Shopkeeper Sun was always meticulous in his work, she then asked Shopkeeper Sun about the daily flow of water, and it was consistent with the account book data he handed in for inspection. She nodded silently in her heart, and went to Buzhuang without saying a word.

The cloth shop is obviously different from the silk shop. When there are too many customers, the staff will inevitably be a little bit flustered.Zhilan asked shopkeeper Qiu: "There were so many customers before?"

"No, after entering April, I don't know why so many people come to talk about cloth. Indanthrene cloth is the most commonly purchased, and coarse cloth, homespun cloth, and cotton cloth are also very popular."
"Why is that?" Zhilan frowned, seeing that shopkeeper Qiu also went to the cashier to help, she pretended to be a customer and asked a man in the checkout line who was holding a few pieces of cloth: "Excuse me, I also want to buy some Cloth, just because I am not good at tailoring clothes, I don’t know where to go to make clothes?”
The man shook his head and said he didn't know. His wife walked over gracefully and said with a smile, "It's not easy to find a tailor shop? Well, there is a shop just at the corner of this street. Boss Yan has good craftsmanship. They are good at long vests. Well, you can find out by asking."
"I heard that there is a Qi's tailor shop with good craftsmanship, how about it?" Zhilan inquired.

Unexpectedly, the woman looked her up and down, and said with a loud smile: "Oh, look at your outfit, you must be a lady from a wealthy family, who doesn't know the world's fireworks. Make ordinary clothes and go to Qi's Tailored Clothing Shop? It's really tofu The price of the plated meat, and it’s not embroidered and weaved, so we small households can’t afford it. Besides, they don’t take orders for ordinary robes and coats, and even if they go, no one will receive them.”
Zhilan was like a muddleheaded empowerment, she said hello to shopkeeper Qiu, and hurried back to the tailor shop to find the master.

Mu Qing was doing the accounting at Wande Commercial Bank. He asked Xiao Zhao who brought the data: "Why did the sales of soap double in the sales volume of goods in the past half month? Even the sales of some daily necessities that cannot be turned around quickly have increased a lot." ? Has the accountant checked this data, is there a calculation error?"
"No, I asked Mr. Accountant, and he said that he checked it many times." Xiao Zhao said, "I also did an actual inventory, and it is true."

"What do you think is the reason?" Mu Qing pointed to the number and asked Xiao Zhao. He had a vague idea in his mind, and asking him was also asking himself.

Xiao Zhao was puzzled by his question and shook his head.

"Then~ did anything happen in your Taiping, such as someone's family getting a new population?"

"That's too much. The couple in the front alley just gave birth to a son. Grandma Nie's nephew from the No. [-] miscellaneous courtyard is far away in the country. A family of four came to Jiangcheng to ask for a living. Grandma Nie's wife passed away the year before last, and none of the nephew's family has ever been here." People, if you dare to lick your face and seek refuge now, if the mother-in-law can think about it, I would have been kicked out. Oh yes! Now that I said it, I still remember that there are several families in the alley like Granny Nie’s house recently. They ran over after a long absence." Xiao Zhao slapped his forehead and realized something, "So what do you mean, manager?"
After listening to Xiao Zhao's words, Mu Qing affirmed his thoughts, but instead he was frowning deeply, and Jiang Cheng was afraid that something would happen soon.

The master's workshop has always been filled with all kinds of beautiful women. According to her practice when she was an apprentice, Zhilan waited patiently outside the door.

She was pacing in the corridor with her hands behind her back, and passed by other people's workshops inadvertently. Other masters who had not yet had guests saw her and hurriedly saluted: "Manager Qi."

Zhilan saw Lao Yu at a glance. When he stepped into Lao Yu's workshop, the little apprentice Afa was sweeping the melon seeds, shells, rags and other sundries on the ground with a broom. Grabbing the melon seeds with the left hand, the right hand twisted one boredly and put it in the mouth, bit it open with a "snap", rolled out the melon seeds with a flick of the tongue, and threw the skin casually on the ground.Ah Fa sighed instinctively, picked up the broom and came over to sweep again.

A trace of displeasure flashed imperceptibly on Zhilan's face, but soon suppressed it.

Old Yu didn't expect that Zhilan would enter the room, and he was startled unexpectedly. He secretly put the melon seeds in his hand into the pocket of his coat, but Zhilan guessed his movements and didn't make a sound.

"Master Yu, have you finished your work so early?" She asked knowingly.She looked at her watch, it was already 10:30, and it passed by in the middle of the morning. There was an endless line in the workshop of Old Master Li, while the workshops of Lao Yu and the other three were empty.

Old Yu was embarrassed by the question, so he could only smile.

Zhilan immediately understood that he hadn't opened a shop in the morning, so she turned around and came out.The little apprentice Ah Fa made an excuse to get a dustpan, and then came out, followed Zhilan timidly, she noticed Ah Fa keenly, and said softly: "If you have something to say, go to the office to talk to me."

She took him into the office.

"Sit down, just tell me if you have anything to say." Zhilan let him sit on the sofa.

"Qi, Manager Qi." Ah Fa was a little uncomfortable, his face flushed red, wondering, "Please, can you let me change jobs, even if I go to the laundry room or ironing room in the backyard."

"Why don't you want to stay with Master Yu as an apprentice? This is the only way to become a tailor in the future. You have to know that the salary of a tailor is much higher than that of others. Besides, the laundry and ironing environment is poor and hard work." Lan still remembered the friendship that Ah Fa once brought her bean paste buns when she was both apprentices, so she couldn't help asking kindly.

"Anyway, I don't want to stay with Master Yu. Master, he has a bad attitude and has few customers. Sometimes he has a verbal fight with customers, and they will use me as a punching bag after they leave. And I have been with him for so long. To tell you the truth, he I never taught me anything, I just fumbled around with a hammer and a stick." Ah Fa said very frustrated.

"Let me ask you, can you take off ordinary clothes such as coats, vests, bunts, etc.?"

"What's so difficult about it? No matter how poor we are, we have been apprentices for so long. Of course, each of our apprentices can make ordinary clothes. In fact, we have the skills to go out and open a tailor shop to make ends meet, but we are not reconciled. That's why I'm willing to stay in the Qi family to learn some more refined skills from the master." Ah Fa laughed, and when he talked about his ideals, his face was shining brightly with longing, and he had a panoramic view of the haze.

"I understand. How about this, Ah Fa, you go back first, and endure it for a maximum of two days, and I will reconsider your work."

Ah Fa listened to her words with a bit of hesitation, a bit of expectation, and also a bit of disappointment.Zhilan could read his skeptical look, and she patted him on the shoulder: "You believe in me. Thank you for bringing me buns."

Afa lowered his head in embarrassment. After he left, Zhilan called shopkeeper Cai to the office to discuss, and then went to Master Li's workshop to wait for his free time to discuss with him.

After finishing everything, it's time to get off work in the evening.She stretched, and shopkeeper Cai said, "Manager Qi, it's getting late, I'll send a car to take you back."

Zhilan looked from the window, and the sky outside really began to darken towards the night, she agreed.

When the car drove to the entrance of the alley in Yong'anli, Zhilan suddenly wanted to take a walk, and said, "Just stop here, it's not far away, I'll walk in by myself."

When she got out of the car, there was still a faint color of the afterglow in the sky. Walking in this alley, she inexplicably missed Mu Qing. He should have prepared for the Qi family to bury the old lady. Even if Bi Chun hated him again, in Qi When the master is unable to manage the housework normally, she still has to rely on him.

She carried a big cloth bag and went to the house deep in the alley.