Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Worthy to be Compared Side by Side?
Yue Jiannan sighed in his heart.
In fact, from the moment he entered the store and saw the interior décor, he had also beat a retreat, knowing that today’s business was likely to fall through.
Yue Xiaofang bit her lip and reached out to take her things back.
A tug, but they didn’t budge.
Shi Yongshou, with his hand raised, said indifferently, “The customers here have high standards, and you must use the materials I provide to make things.”
Yue Xiaofang looked up incredulously, wondering if this person meant…
“Didn’t you understand?” Shi Yongshou handed her items back to Yue Xiaofang, “I can let you take them home to work on, and you can also have the extra materials, but you must ensure the quality. If my customers are not satisfied, our cooperation will be canceled.”
Yue Xiaofang nodded hurriedly, “Okay!”
“Come with me, and I will discuss how to calculate your pay.”
Yue Xiaofang excitedly followed Shi Yongshou, and as the two were about to step through the back door, the sound of glass doors being pushed open and hitting wind chimes rang out crisply.
Shi Yongshou turned around, immediately putting on a warm smile.
“Madam Zhuang, what brings you here today?”
The woman who entered was dressed in the height of fashion, as if she had stepped right out of a fashion magazine.
Her long hair was curled into soft waves, her eyes were big, and her skin was extremely fair.
Yue Xiaofang couldn’t help but steal glances; the clothes on this woman fit better than anyone else on the street, obviously costing a pretty penny.
Behind her followed a nanny-like person, carrying her handbag.
“I’ve just finished confinement and was thinking of coming here to have two new suits made.”
Zhuang Rouhui’s gaze swept past Yue Jiannan and Yue Xiaofang indifferently, her brows slightly furrowed.
“It seems your shop is now willing to receive any kind of client.”
Yue Xiaofang’s face turned pale; the envy and yearning she had just begun to feel for this woman instantly dissipated.
Shi Yongshou rubbed his hands together with a smile, “They’re not customers, they are distant relatives of mine.”
Zhuang Rouhui then relaxed her brows, and took a seat on the single sofa in the shop with graceful poise.
It was only after sitting down that she noticed the small Yue Qingqing.
“Is this child also from your relatives’ family? She’s quite cute.”
The accompanying nanny chimed in, “Yes, the child has such big eyes; she will surely be just as beautiful when she grows up.”
Zhuang Rouhui shot her a cold glance.
Her own children were born favored by heaven; this was clearly a little girl from the countryside. How dare she compare them?
The nanny then realized her faux pas and bowed her head low.
“Having had a child, I’m not sure if my measurements have changed. Please take them for me so I can have two long dresses made as soon as possible; I’ll need them next week. You do it yourself, don’t let anyone else touch it.”
Shi Yongshou immediately agreed, “Don’t worry, you are a longtime patron of our shop, and a priority client at that.”
Zhuang Rouhui then nodded in satisfaction, and Shi Yongshou had the female clerk take her behind the screen to carefully take her measurements.
For some reason, hearing this woman’s voice made Yue Qingqing feel it was somewhat familiar.
But as soon as she thought she couldn’t possibly have any connection with her, the little doubt was immediately cast aside.
Zhuang Rouhui did not linger long; after having her measurements taken, she left.
Her neck was slender, like a proud swan.
As she walked out of the store, many eyes fell upon her.
Yue Jiannan couldn’t help but sigh, “You can tell she’s someone substantial, very impressive indeed.”
Shi Yongshou had already put away his obsequious smile and casually remarked.
“She is quite wealthy indeed, her man used to work as an official, made it big once, but seemed to have stumbled later and chose to go into business, even has branches in the provincial city.”
The clerk also expressed envy, “I heard Madam Zhuang had boy and girl twins, blessed with both a son and a daughter in one birth, and still managed to keep her figure so well after childbirth.”
Shi Yongshou was more knowledgeable, “I heard it’s not her first birth.”
The clerk was astonished, “Ah? But isn’t everyone only allowed one child now?”
Shi Yongshou didn’t continue, just waved his hand dismissively, “These are the affairs of clients; why pry so deeply? Go back to work.”
The clerk had no choice but to embarrassingly return to sorting clothes.
Shi Yongshou looked at Yue Xiaofang, “By the way, can you read? If you want to take work from here long-term, you’ll need to sign a contract with me.”
Yue Xiaofang, filled with excitement, quickly put the thought of that woman out of her mind.
She never imagined her craft could actually feed her, that her work would be sold in such a fine shop.