【New Red Mansion】Perfect World

The assistant brought Baoyu to the yard again and packed some exquisite wooden boxes that had just been unloaded from the car.

You Kunling came out holding a few crab legs in her hand to talk to Baoyu. She was wearing light makeup and looked more natural and charming standing under the afterglow of the setting sun. She wore a magenta silk jacket and green loose-leg pants. Her hair was tied up loosely with a tassel hairpin at the back of her head.

"Several boxes of sea crabs arrived today. Although there is no roe in them, the crab legs are meaty and the shells are thin, so they are easy to open, just like eating melon seeds. Would you like to try some?" After saying this, You Kunling extended the crab claws in his hand in front of Baoyu.

Baoyu waved his hand: "I don't want to eat anymore. They are waiting for me to go back and eat."

"Yes, my nephew's wife must have packed some for you. Go home early and cook it tonight. It's still fresh. I think steaming it will waste the juice, so it's better to ask the kitchen to make soup or seafood porridge."

After hearing this, the assistant also hurriedly agreed:

"Mr. Qin has arranged everything. One box of crabs, one box of sea urchins, and one box of cod. They are all fresh. The crabs are alive and will be eaten today or kept. There is sea water in the box, or you can keep them dry in a basin. But don't put fresh water in it. The sea urchins can be made into sashimi, and the cod can be frozen and eaten at any time. We put them in a stew pot to make soup here."

After saying this, he sent several people to carry Baoyu onto the carriage and send him there.

When Baoyu returned, Lin Pin'er and the others had not returned yet. I heard that they had gone to the store for a meeting. Baoyu instructed the kitchen to have the three boxes unpacked and packed separately, and to send some to Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing. I thought it was too much just now, but now I see that each person can only eat one.

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Over here in the "Fen Dai" studio, Shui Rong quietly looked at the latest financial statements. The accounts of the studio were managed by Shi Fan. He majored in international trade in college, so it was really a waste of his talent to work as an accountant, but he could do the job part-time.

Lin Pin'er and Wu Qing were enthusiastically discussing the latest cheongsam designs. Although it was lively here, it did not disturb Shui Rong at all. He seemed to have a natural shielding function.

Lin Pin'er took out her little notebook and flipped through it while saying:

"We need to develop some accessories for cheongsam, such as back cloud, forbidden steps, hand-held, silk scarf, and cloud shoulder. Because autumn is coming, many people will try to create new styles for cheongsam."

Wu Qing agreed, "Yes, and there are also shawls. I told you that shawls are a big market. Now we need to prepare mesh shawls, and if it gets colder, we need to prepare cashmere and fur shawls."

Two apprentices and a newly hired cheongsam master also participated in the discussion.

"I only know how to crochet the mesh style, but we need to find the best silk thread and create some new styles." said one of the apprentices.

Lin Pin'er immediately became interested and said, "Please teach me too. I really want to crochet a large light green blanket to cover my bed."

Wu Qing started to speak sharply again:

"I thought you had learned to help us with some work, but who knew you wanted to crochet bedspreads? That would take you a year or so. Are you trying to be lazy?"

"Then he will definitely do the work in the store first, and then hire me when he has free time." Pin'er coaxed her.

They discussed the patterns, styles and materials and compared the silk thread books sent by various manufacturers.

Shui Rong also finished reading the financial statements and slowly asked the new Master Bo:

"Do you find the work hard? Can you adapt to it?"

Master Bo immediately replied: "The Huili is not hard at all, but it is very adaptable. The fabrics and silk threads we use are all excellent. What do we craftsmen pursue? Of course, we strive for perfection. Let us make this fine thread and satin, which is also good for our eyes. How dare we say that we can't adapt to it?"

Wu Qing nodded hurriedly after hearing this, thinking to herself: Fabrics and materials are really important. For example, when cutting and sewing the best fabrics, the stitches don’t skip and the hands don’t hurt. The low efficiency of my small workshop before may also be related to the fabric selection. No wonder the rich like to wear good fabrics, even craftsmen are willing to choose good fabrics!

Shui Rong continued to strike while the iron was hot and said to Master Bo:

"Since it's not hard work, we will speed up our pace. At the beginning, we were afraid that you wouldn't adapt, so we accepted orders casually. If you adapt, we will increase the order acceptance rate. I have discussed with your General Manager Lin that we will hold a cheongsam show when we open on November 1st, so we should not only seize the orders in hand, but also save some designs for display. Of course, your commission is included in every cheongsam. If the opening cheongsam show is well done, the monthly orders will double in the future, and your commission will also double."

Lin Pin'er also hurriedly continued:

"Although there will be many orders, we cannot rush to complete the work without paying attention to quality. Our handmade cheongsams require meticulous workmanship. If you feel that you are short of manpower at any time, please tell us immediately."

As they were talking, Shi Fan had already returned from outside, carrying a lot of food in his hands. Shui Rong then quickly told the waiters to take turns serving food, and then hurried back with Lin Pin'er.

When they returned to the Jia family, dinner had already been finished. Jia's grandmother knew that they were coming back, so she asked the kitchen to leave some food for them. The two of them washed their hands and came over to have dinner.

Baoyu mysteriously took out a small round fish tank with a metal rim. Inside it was a small crab.

"Sister, I specially left a small crab for you. Do you like it?"

"I like it. Is it easy to raise?"

Lin Pin'er looked into the fish tank. Although the crab was small, it had a prismatic shape. It was waving its legs lively. The legs were gray-blue and very cute.

Baoyu continued, "Today I went to the mansion over there, and Qin Ke'er gave me a box of crabs. When I was packing them just now, I found a very small one hidden in the box. It would be too cruel to eat it, and there is not much meat in the other one, so I caught it and asked my grandmother for a small fish tank to raise it for you."

Shui Rong saw that Pin'er liked the girl, so he didn't object. He was just worried about how to raise her. He would be sad if the girl died.

"Does Baoyu know how to raise him?"

Baoyu replied, "There is a large bag of seawater in the box, and I have already poured it in. I just searched on Baidu and found that raw chicken or shrimp meat can be used to feed crabs. I also bought a bag of sand from the Internet for it to burrow into the sand."

"Thank you, I'll adopt it then!" Pin'er was happy and continued to eat, but she didn't touch the bowl of crab soup anymore.

Shui Rong had almost finished eating, so he took the bowl of crab soup from Pin'er and drank it slowly, then asked Pin'er:

"Since you're going to raise it, give it a name!"

Lin Pin'er looked at Baoyu and said, "You should name it. After all, you saved it."

Baoyu was quick-witted: "Then let's call him: little thing!"