Jia Lu through the Red Chamber

"It's nothing, I don't know you, and seeing you look familiar, I thought you were from Sister Feng's yard." Because Jia Lu was in front of everyone, it was hard for Jia Lu to ask more questions, so she dismissed her.

Seeing that there was nothing exciting to see, everyone dispersed one by one. Only Qingwen was still on the side. Jia Lu took this opportunity to ask,

"Sister Qingwen, your embroidery work is so good, have you ever thought about earning some pocket money by doing it?"

Qingwen shook her head, and said, "Why bother, the work in the garden is light and the rewards are many, why should I have to suffer and be tired!"

Jia Lu asked again, "Don't you think about the future?"

Qingwen looked at her curiously, and said, "Miss, you are really joking, we are all slaves in the mansion, we will live in the mansion in the future, everything is up to the master, happy today, happy today, why bother yourself?" ?”

Jia Lu calmed down her agitated mood, and said, "Then what did you learn in the garden?"

"What do you want to learn? The more you say this, the girl, the more strange it becomes. We slaves and servants are just to serve the master comfortably. What else do we need to learn?"

Jia Lu was silent for a while, looking at the carefree people playing in the yard, that’s all, those who help themselves by God, those who are self-motivated, will find opportunities to learn even if they have no chance, and those who are not self-motivated, in the warm and comfortable Grand View Garden In the environment, I would not think of struggling.

Afterwards, she said the words of Huizi again, and left Yihong Courtyard. After that, Jia Lu went for a walk in other courtyards, and the servants in each courtyard had their own temperaments.

For the second girl, because of the cowardly and kind nature of the second girl, the servants in her yard are more ostentatious. The maid is also very worry-free.

Regardless of whether it is flamboyant, well-behaved, worry-free, or noisy, no one who is attached to the big tree of Jia's family thinks that maybe the big tree will fall down, and no one has ever thought more about the future. Fan.

Under such circumstances, even if someone pulls her away, they may dislike you for getting in the way.

In this way, Jia Lu came out in good spirits and returned in disappointment.

Two days later, the people from the stable came to respond, saying that the horse was cured, and the girl could go out at any time. It would be better to hit the sun than to choose a day. Now that the horse was healed, Jia Lu informed the elders and took Jiao Qian with her. , Nanny Li, Nanny Sun and others went out.

Because the Sishifang on Zhuangyuan Street was crowded with fish and dragons, it was not suitable for Jia Lu to go there, so they went to Fugui Embroidery Village.Fugui Embroidery Village mostly does business for rich and noble families, so it is in the inner circle of Kyoto, not very far from Rongning Street, sitting in a carriage, but the time for a stick of incense will arrive.

"Girl, you can dismount now." The groom shouted outside.

Jiao Qian and the others dismounted first, and then helped Jia Lu down.

The shopkeeper of Fugui Embroidery House has been waiting outside for a long time. Seeing Jia Lu coming down, he hurried up to say hello, saying,

"The little old man greets Miss Master, and welcomes Miss Master."

The shopkeeper is a chubby middle-aged man, with thick earlobes and lips, making him look very simple and amiable, with a pair of shrewd eyes hidden in the slender eyelids.

"I don't know what to call the shopkeeper?" Jia Lu asked.

"The little old man's surname is Wang, Sanheng Wang, and you can call me Shopkeeper Wang."

Jia Lu nodded and said, "Come over here today and have a look, and I need an introduction from Shopkeeper Wang."

Shopkeeper Wang said with a flattering smile, "It's only natural, please invite the girl inside."

Jia Lu stood for a while, looking at the gate, she was a little speechless, strangely said before Qian Nanny said that idlers would not enter this embroidery village, look at this embroidery village, a three-story building, the word "rich" on the plaque is Painted with gold lacquer, the gate is about ten feet high, and it looks more dignified than ordinary rich people's houses.

Then he joked to shopkeeper Wang, "You are such a magnificent embroidery village, are you afraid of attracting thieves?"

Shopkeeper Wang said with a smile, "Girl is really joking. As the saying goes, you should respect clothes first and then people. This is true for people, and it is the same for our shop. We are in the business of rich and powerful. Only then will real customers come over, look, is there any Bai Ding who comes and goes to our store?"

Jia Lu looked around while going in. There were not many people going in and out of the store, but it was not easy to look at the clothes.

Shopkeeper Wang went on to introduce, "Most of the people who come to our store are housekeepers and grandmas, just to buy new styles of clothes. Besides, some grandmas and girls will come here occasionally when they go out. Let's take a stroll here, but we won't stay in the lobby, most of them go to the wing rooms upstairs."

Shopkeeper Wang pointed to the upstairs. The Xiuzhuang Building has a unique design. The first floor is an exhibition area, not to mention, and only half of the second floor is a wing house, and the rest is generally empty. The exhibition hall on the first floor is extremely spacious. Atmosphere, only three layers are the whole layer.

The walls of the exhibition hall on this floor are covered with ready-made garments, but all the items on the table are fabrics.

"In our shop, we sell fabrics and ready-made clothes, but most of them are custom-made. Generally, when grandmas and wives come, they will go to the second or third floor to talk. Mother said it face to face, and then you can place an order."

"Don't we offer styles?"

Shopkeeper Wang was a little puzzled, "The clothes are all made by the embroiderer. How can I provide styles? Could it be that the girl is talking about the ready-made clothes hanging here?"

Jia Lu shook her head, "Master Wang, have you ever seen the recipes in restaurants?"

"What is a recipe?" Shopkeeper Wang asked.

Jia Lu was surprised, "There is no recipe, so how do you order food in a restaurant?"

Shopkeeper Wang thought to himself, this girl from the main family really doesn't understand human fireworks, so she might be a little fooled, thinking so in her heart, but she didn't delay in replying, saying,

"Girl doesn't know, when we go to restaurants on weekdays, the restaurants will naturally make wooden signs with the names of the various dishes in the restaurant and hang them on the wall, but there are not many scholars after all, so we usually invite a young second who can speak well to be in the restaurant. The dishes that can be cooked are memorized, and then reported to the guests."

Jia Lu thought for a while, this type of booklet might be an innovation, and she said,

"Shopkeeper Wang, maybe you can invite a painter to draw all the styles of the clothes and make it into a booklet. New styles can be released every quarter, so that when guests come, they will Wouldn't it be more convenient and simple to show them the booklet?"

Shopkeeper Wang's eyes lit up when he heard it, "What a good idea, the girl is really talented and intelligent, very comparable to others."

The flattering made Jia Lu's ears turn red, and she said, "Stop talking like that, I don't know where Xiuniang is? Take me to have a look!"

"Yes, yes, please, girl, please, the embroiderers are all in the backyard." Then he led Jia Lu into the backyard.

The backyard is in the style of a quadrangle with two entrances. It looks no different from other houses. When you enter the house, you will feel that there is a universe inside. The whole wall is hollowed out, and the lighting is excellent. Shopkeeper Wang explained,

"The most important thing for embroiderers is their eyes. This is a high requirement. They can neither look directly at the sun nor be too dark. That's why we invited master craftsmen to make this whole hollowed-out curtain wall, which is the same for every room. "