Chapter 31 (2/2)

(T/N: I got this from online: 5 jiao = 1 wen . 1000 wen=1 silver . 1000 silver=1 gold . )

(T/N: As you can see, 1 silver is quite a lot . Stupid Li s.h.i.+ hmph!)

When Yang s.h.i.+ told Mu Yunyao all about it, Mu Yunyao immediately knew that the shopkeeper was trying to get on her good side . “Auntie’s handiwork has been recognised . ”

Yang s.h.i.+ was incredibly grateful . She knew that nowadays when people find a way to make money, that would keep their skills to themselves . But Mu Yunyao sincerely taught her some of her techniques . Yang s.h.i.+ had only sewn on a flower at the corner of the handkerchief . The flower was not even big . If she was quick, she could make quite a few of these in one day . This way of earning money was a bit too easy .

On a particular day, Mu Yunyao finished laying out the foundation for the mountains and rivers . She carefully rolled up her art piece and used a pure white cloth to cover it . Again, Su Qing and Yang s.h.i.+ accompanied her into the city .

The moment they reached the entrance of Spring Embroidery, the shopkeeper immediately rushed out to welcome them and brought them to the tea room upstairs . “Miss Mu is here, are you lacking anything else?” As he spoke, his eyes were glued onto the fabric that Yang s.h.i.+ and Su Qing were carrying .

Mu Yunyao did not find it weird when the shopkeeper said out her surname . She would have instead found it weird if he had not gone to do a background check on her . “I thought about it very hard, and I did think that shopkeeper’s words from the other time made a lot of sense . If I did just depend on myself to earn the money for the thread I want, it would take way too much time . It would be much better to just use the materials provided by shopkeeper . But, I wonder how much silver shopkeeper is willing to pay?”

“Wouldn’t this purely depend on Lady’s handiwork? Embroidery has never had had a fixed price . If one likes it, one would even give tens of hundreds of silver . But if one does not like it, even two wens would be way too expensive . ” When the shopkeeper finished speaking, he searched Mu Yunyao’s face for any signs of uneasiness, but he realised that she was very calm, even calmer than him, who had overcome many obstacles .

“I used the thread to somewhat st.i.tch out the outline of the picture . Shopkeeper can take a look at this . ” If she wanted to reel in a large fish, she had to be very careful .

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