【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

The atmosphere of lunch was very relaxed. Madam Li watched Shui Rong cut steak for Lin Pin'er. The skilled movements and the tacit understanding between the two of them should have been going on for more than a day or two. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart that the grandson she had spoiled so much had someone he liked in the blink of an eye.

He seemed to have suddenly matured in the past month and started planning his life.

After the meal, they ordered another pot of flower tea and two desserts. Madam Li wanted to test Lin Pin'er's talent, so she talked to her about many things, from her hobbies to the books she had read, from music to the perception of colors. It seemed that she didn't say much, but her words were very humble. She was indeed a talented, thoughtful, and hardworking child.

"When you have time, let Shui Rong take you to our house. Bring your guqin. We can also spend an afternoon doing some artistic exchanges." Old Madam Li sincerely invited Lin Pin'er.

"My grandmother plays the piano very well. Maybe the three of us can form a small orchestra." Shui Rong suggested.

"That's great. I just happened to have written a new poem recently. I'll visit you when I finish it." Pin'er was also very excited, as if she had already thought about how to spend that afternoon.

"Then I'll take it as your agreement?" Old Madam Li smiled even more happily.

In the end, it was Old Madam Li who sent them back to the store. Only after she sent them downstairs did she go back.

When they arrived at the store, only Lady Jia and Wang Xifeng were still sitting in the hall chatting and laughing.

"Grandma and Sister Feng, haven't they eaten yet?" Pin'er asked with concern.

"How could we let the old ancestor starve? She suddenly said that she had come out with great difficulty and she had to eat French fries. We just ordered takeout from your store. The old ancestor was happy and even ate two chicken wings." Wang Xifeng quickly continued.

"Pin'er, you have to give your sister Feng some salary today. She has been helping you since you left. Her clever words make everyone happy. No one who came today came empty-handed. She persuaded them all to order several sets of clothes before she was willing to give up." After saying this, Jia Mu and Wang Xifeng laughed together.

Pin'er thanked Fengjie hurriedly, and then continued:

"I don't dare to pay Sister Feng a salary, but I will take care of all of Sister Feng's cheongsams from now on. You can just come and order any style you like."

Wang Xifeng was pleased to hear this and felt proud:

"Then I won't be polite. I won't ask for your food for nothing. I will definitely attract more customers for you. But the two ladies couldn't get used to eating French fries, so they went back early. It's their bad luck." After Wang Xifeng finished speaking, she laughed with Jia Mu, and then they set off to go back.

After closing the shop in the evening, Shui Rong, Pin'er and Wu Qing calculated today's income in the workshop: 36 cheongsams were ordered today. The expected income is about 490 million. The deposit was received: 299 million.

Wu Qing said excitedly: "We are off to a good start!"

Shui Rong was also very happy when he saw today's performance. However, Pin'er was not thinking about these things. She felt a little sorry for Wu Qing:

"I need to find you a few more skilled masters. Otherwise, it will be very hard for you."

Wu Qing looked indifferent:

"I'm not afraid of hard work. The key is to make money. I calculated that I only need to provide 24 designs. You can provide the other 12 designs. This is not a lot. The key is that some fabrics have not arrived yet."

Shui Rong quickly called the fabric and accessories manufacturers, urging them to ship the goods as soon as possible.

After seeing him finish all these, Pin'er said to Wu Qing:

"Please approve the small things that need to be done to me first, and I will take them back and ask Zijuan, Xiangyun and the others to help me with the work. The school exams will start soon, so I may not be able to come to the store every day. Shuirong will arrange for the additional staff as soon as possible."

Wu Qing nodded, holding a bamboo basket and picking things on the shelves.

"It's really hard for you to help me." Wu Qing felt a little sorry.

Shui Rong hurriedly comforted them: "It's bound to be a little chaotic at the beginning. It will be fine once you get things sorted out."

Wu Qing wanted to stay to embroider the screen, so Lin Pin'er told her to be careful and go back early. Then she followed Shui Rong back to Jia's house.

*

In the green gauze cabinet, Xiangyun had not come back yet. Shui Rong saw that it was still early, so he prepared to play a little game with her.

He picked up an eraser from the desk and said the rules of the game:

"Take this eraser as your target. I will hide first. You can hide anywhere in this room. You can only communicate with me in English. You can only ask each question once.

For example: You can use the bed as the center point and ask if I am on the left or right side of the bed. Then narrow the area and ask what object I am near. Then narrow the scope again and ask what color and shape I am near. Finally, you can ask if I am under, on top of, or inside something. Do you understand?"

Pin'er was very smart and understood it immediately. She nodded quickly.

"I understand. Let's get started!"

Pin'er walked out of the room to give Shuirong some time to hide.

Shui Rong thought: It's the first time, so I can keep it simple. She just put the eraser into her pencil case.

But he still deliberately walked around the room, making some noise to confuse her. It was a long time before he called her in.

After Pin'er came in, she first looked around and carefully observed anything that had been moved, but she didn't find anything. Then she prepared to ask questions.

"On the left or right side of the bed?"

"It's on the right side of the bed."

Pin'er immediately went to the bedside table and looked up and down. When she didn't find it, she checked the carpet, turned over the carpet, and even looked under the bed.

Finally, I can only ask:

"Where is it near, please?"

"It's near the desk." Li Shuirong answered while sitting at the desk.

Pin'er then came over to check, secretly annoyed at herself for forgetting to check the desk just now.

She checked around the desk lamp, computer, and bookshelf, but couldn't find the eraser.

Then she opened every drawer and checked again, but still found nothing. Pin'er was a little disappointed.

She guessed that Shui Rong might be holding it in his hand, and even opened his palm to check, but it was not there. This time she had no choice but to ask again:

"What colors are nearby?"

Shui Rong didn't even look at the grass-green pencil case, and simply answered, "green."

Only then did Pin'er notice the pencil case. She unzipped it and found the eraser.

"I found it." She shouted in a childish voice of a little girl.

"Well, it's my first time playing. It's awesome. So next time, you hide and I find, how about that?"

"Okay." Pin'er had just thought of a good place to hide something.

Shui Rong had no choice but to get up, go out and close the door.