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"Mom, it's already happened. Getting angry will only make yourself worse and make the thieves more proud." Xie Liuzheng helped Xie Xiangyu sit down and poured her a bowl of warm tea. "What we need to do now is to try to recover the losses."

Xie Xiangyu leaned back in her chair with a tired look on her face, and waved her hand helplessly, "I was also on guard against people tampering with the material, so I kept it on hold and didn't make the finished garment."

"Even if there are some minor mistakes, as long as they are not too serious, it won't be a big deal if we adjust the position and make it match the pattern."

"I didn't expect that the thief was so vicious that he used a knife to poke several holes in the material from top to bottom."

"There are only three days left. Even if we invite the Weaver Girl to come down to earth, we can't make up for it."

Xie Liuzheng nodded slowly.

The competition is not just about the material, but also about the clothing craftsmanship, embroidery work, and so on.

Each company has tried their best to achieve perfection, but the textures of the garments they submitted for the competition don't even match. How can they win? They will probably just be laughed at.

Xie Xiangyu let out a long sigh and forced herself to cheer up. "It's my fault for not preparing well this year. I'll have another chance next year. Okay, you should go back first. You've been exhausted these days. Go back and rest early."

"Mom, there is still a chance." Xie Liuzheng held Xie Xiangyu's hand tightly and shook it hard.

More than a month of hard work went down the drain, and Xie Xiangyu felt worse than anyone else. With her daughter by her side during the most difficult times, Xie Xiangyu felt warm in her heart. She stroked Xie Liuzheng's hair lovingly, and her tone softened. "Good child, mother knows you are worried about me."

"But if you lose, you lose. Just come back next time."

"No, mother, there is a real chance." Xie Liuzheng's eyes sparkled, without a trace of dejection. "The competition rules only require you to participate in the competition in the form of ready-made clothes, but there is no regulation on the size of the ready-made clothes."

"We can reduce the size of the garment so that the pattern will match."

Xie Xiangyu's heart moved and hope rekindled in her eyes.

"No, it's hard to show the texture of the material if the size is reduced. We make children's clothes."

Xie Xiangyu has been dealing with materials for half her life and knows more about them than Xie Liuzheng. Inspired by this, she quickly came up with a more perfect solution.

"Other companies usually invite prostitutes to display their ready-made clothes, but we find some children to wear our clothes and display them on stage."

Xie Liuzheng's heart surged when she heard this, and she couldn't help but speak up, "The competition is held once a year, and everyone is used to seeing the charming women in brothels. When they see the innocent and cute children we found, they will definitely feel refreshed."

"That's right..." Xie Xiangyu suddenly thought of something, put away her smile and gently scolded Xie Liuzheng, "What do you mean by charming? You are a girl who has never left the boudoir. You can't say such words. If others hear it, I don't know how many lies you will make up behind your back."

Xie Liuzheng forgot herself and said something wrong. Xie Xiangyu heard it. Her face turned red and she secretly stuck out her tongue, "Mother, I know I was wrong. I won't dare to say anything nonsense again."

"Alas." Xie Xiangyu sighed and helped Xie Liuzheng fix the straps of her cloak. "Mother doesn't want to be too harsh on you, but it's harder for women to gain a foothold in this world than for men. It's always better to be more careful about everything."

Xie Liuzheng nodded to accept the instruction. Xie Xiangyu took her to the door and urged her to go back. "My masters and I will start researching children's clothing styles right away. We will not be back for the next two days. You should worry more about the affairs of the mansion and don't wrong yourself. I will send someone to pick you up before the competition."

Xie Liuzheng knew that Xie Xiangyu was here, and she was worried, so she obediently responded and got on the carriage.

When he returned home, he was still excited about helping Xie Xiangyu, so he ordered Qiuyue to grind the paper, and then he picked up the pen and drew patterns of more than ten children's clothes in one breath.

Qiuyue smiled and joked: "Why did you suddenly think of drawing this, Miss? Are you planning to get married..."

Xie Liuzheng's face suddenly darkened and he glanced at Qiuyue indifferently.

Qiuyue realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly bowed her head to admit her mistake, "I was too arrogant, please punish me, Miss."

Xie Liuzheng's expression eased a little, "Don't say such things again in the future, I won't get married."

It’s not that I don’t want to get married, but that I don’t want to get married.

In her previous life, she married a top scholar and got pregnant three months after the marriage. Who wouldn't envy her good fortune? But what happened? The top scholar turned out to be a wolf, and the child was beaten away by Qin Shouyin.

Living her life over again, she only wanted to protect everything that belonged to her and take revenge on Qin Huan and his son.

As for getting married, the thought of it made her feel sick.

The competition is held at noon on the day before the Tantric Festival.

Xie Liuzheng got up early in the morning, took a shower, put on some decent light makeup, and changed into the clothes she had prepared for the day.

Looking at herself in the mirror, her originally slightly heroic eyebrows and eyes became softer after eyebrow trimming, and her lips also became fuller and smoother.

With a peony bun and ink-wash silk cape, the overall style is gentle yet sweet.

Xie Liuzheng was very satisfied with her makeup. She took Qiuyue and Xianglian, who were also dressed up, to the competition venue.

The competition will be held by the West Lake and the seats have been clearly allocated in advance.

The merchants participating in the competition were on one side, and the officials and guests invited to watch the competition were on the other side. The display stand was set up on a specially built wing pavilion, with a nine-curve floating bridge on each side connecting to the shore.

Xie Xiangyu saw Xie Liuzheng waving at her to come over and looked at the floating bridge with a frown.

"In previous years, the display stands were all on the shore. This year, I don't know whose idea it was to change it to the wing pavilion. Unfortunately, the clothes we display are all child-proof. The youngest is only three years old and doesn't understand much. If he falls into the water, wouldn't he be scared?"

The more Xie Liuzheng got to know Xie Xiangyu, the more he felt that she was a good person.

At this time, the worry is not about losing the competition, but whether the child will be scared.

Such a good person met the wrong person and was schemed and deceived by Qin Guangjin all his life. God is really unfair.

He couldn't help but hold Xie Xiangyu's arm and said with a smile: "I will accompany those children to the stage to perform, and I will make sure nothing happens to them."

"Why? You are an unmarried woman, and you are being watched by so many people. How can you maintain your reputation? How can you get married in the future?" Xie Xiangyu glared at Xie Liuzheng. "At worst, you can just not compete. There will be another chance next year. You must not ruin your reputation."

"Mom, I'm not doing anything bad. What's wrong with being seen? If I don't go on stage, others won't be able to see me." Xie Liuzheng couldn't bear to see Xie Xiangyu's efforts go to waste, so she tried her best to persuade him. "Besides, I'm just taking care of the children, not posing for others to see. What can others say?"

Xie Xiangyu was persuaded, but she was still not willing to agree to let Xie Liuzheng go on stage.

"What you said does make some sense, but it's not appropriate for you to go. I'll go."

Xie Liuzheng was stunned, and the more Xie Xiangyu's words sounded, the more they made sense.

"I'm old, married, have children, and travel all day. I'm used to people gossiping about me. You're different. You're still a young girl. It's decided. I'll go."