Under the osmanthus tree

Lv Qinghan's absence for the past few days and her father's tough attitude made Ding Yao stubbornly raise her head and wait for his hand to drop.At this moment, she hoped that he would hit her. It seemed like this, so that she could bear not to look at her mother's tearful eyes, and the guilt in her heart would be much less.Her mother has always been a timid and cowardly woman, and many men probably like this, clinging to herself and completely obeying herself.Maybe her mother thinks a woman is like this, but she will feel sad, she is obviously a human being, but she must please him and obey him, and she has lost any self-esteem.

When the hand was about to fall on Ding Yao's face, her mother blocked it. She saw her mother kneeling on the ground crying and begging his father not to beat her.

Ding Yao was really upset, "Mother, get up."

"Yao'er, you also knelt down and begged your father, you too, how could you talk to your father like this."

"Is he still my father? No father would do this to his daughter."

"You, you are going to piss off your old man, right? Mother of the child, let's go. I want to see how a defenseless girl like you survives, and how you can take out the 50 taels of silver. Also, if you can get With that 50 taels, I agree with what you said before that I will never come to you, and you are no longer my daughter!"

"Okay, it's a deal." Even though she no longer believed what he said, she still couldn't help but believe this sentence even if it was a lie.It's better to have hope than no hope.In fact, she could take out the 50 taels right away, but she knew very well that if the money was given to her father at once, he would not use it to pay off the debt, and maybe he would use the money to gamble right away.She might as well give it to him slowly, at least it can make her mother's life better.

Without the disturbance of other people, Ding Yao's life has gradually stabilized. Although she and Lu Qinghan live a relatively poor life, they are happy, happy every day.Since Ding Yao didn't think about what to do, she only took the embroidery job and worked at home, and the money she earned was actually only enough for her own expenses.Originally, they could live a better life. The money from the pawn shop was paid back to Daoist Qiu, and there were still 400 taels. This money can buy this small courtyard, even in places that are not considered prosperous. You can buy a shop with a small facade.But Lu Qinghan felt that the money should not be spent indiscriminately now, and Ding Yao's embroidery work was not a long-term solution, and she should do some small business. Although it was a bit tiring, it would not hurt her eyes like doing embroidery work.

"Yao'er, why don't we open a clothing store? It's the same as selling cloth and making clothes. If customers have fancy styles brought by themselves, we can also make them for them. Of course, we can also design some styles for customers. For reference, your embroidery is so good, you will be very popular."

"Well, your idea is good, but it takes me several days to make a piece of clothing by myself."

"We can ask some people to come over and help. Your good friend Xiaoya can also embroider, and she should also be able to make clothes." Making clothes here is the basic skill of a girl, not to mention how good she is. , but all will.Because the less affluent families make their own clothes after marriage, it can be said that the clothes of the whole family are made.

"The main customers of your shop are the wives and young ladies from rich families, right?"

"That's right, ordinary women can make clothes and it is impossible to spend money in our store, but it is different here. We must always have the latest styles and beautiful fabrics. What we want is to be different. Those who love beauty There is a comparison between women, the lady of the rich family is not very happy to be able to wear new clothes immediately, who cares how much the clothes cost. "

"I don't think our little money is enough to open such a store?" Lu Qinghan is not very clear about the amount of money, but Ding Yao knows that this little money is only enough to open a small store, but listening to Lu Qinghan's words The idea is to open a relatively large store, at least there must be enough space in the store to store some ready-made clothes and fabrics, and of course there must be a place where the embroiderer can stay and work, so it is best to have a room in the store. of.

"Ah, it's not enough, hey, why don't we go to Daoist Qiu, ask him to borrow some money, and give him a dividend at that time." Anyway, Daoist Qiu is a rich man in her heart, and he spent nearly 3000 taels at the beginning. He used all the money to buy soul-locking beads, but he didn't even bat an eye.

"Is it not too good?" It seems that every time they encounter something, they go to Qiu Daochang, and she feels a little embarrassed?

"What's wrong, we didn't ask him for help this time, but just asked him to borrow some money, and we will pay him back with interest soon. Maybe we can give you a few more taels of silver. He, he still thinks we are annoying him before he is happy. Think carefully about how much money you can make from doing this now, and you promised your father to give him 50 taels of silver. Of course we have to open a store to make good money. .”

"Well, you can ask Daoist Qiu to borrow money. I'll go to Xiaoya and ask her if she would like to come and work. She is definitely not enough by herself. You can ask her to ask other girls if they have this idea. , it is best to recruit three."

"Well, just do it."

After having an idea and a goal, the two of them started working. They found a shop and ordered some good cloth, and the embroiderers were fully recruited as they wished.On the surface, Ding Yao was doing everything. For some things, Lu Qinghan couldn't help even if she wanted to, so she had to take care of finances and draw some patterns to design some clothes.

I don't know why, after getting started with these few things, Lu Qinghan actually found that she was quite good at this, and she could tell where the fabrics came from with a single glance.This involuntarily made Lu Qinghan start to suspect that she also did this business in her previous life when she was still alive. Her family was originally in business, and it was normal for her to come to help her before leaving the cabinet.

After preparing for a month, a store opened in a not-so-bustling area. There are all kinds of beautiful women's clothing and handsome men's clothing. If you are not satisfied, you can also customize it.Women always know beautiful things very quickly, and girls will talk about this store when they play together.At the beginning, there were not many people who came to see it. Finally, the business gradually became popular. The clothes that were made earlier were basically bought when they could be worn. If they could not be worn, they went to the store to buy and customize them. They could be bought within three days. Put on new clothes.

As the shopkeeper, Ding Yao was extremely busy. Luckily, Lu Qinghan could stay in the back room to help settle the accounts, and her life was somewhat fulfilling.