Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 2 The Tailor Shop
She ran until her legs and feet were numb, and then she stopped out of breath, and realized that she had just crossed the Xinzha Bridge and was far away from the flower market.

That calm and composed face suddenly flashed in her mind, that person should be fine... After thinking about it, she felt that her worries were unnecessary. Since he has such good skills, how could he be killed so easily? One doesn't live with his head up, how dare he come out to mess around if he doesn't have the guts.

She remembered that she hadn't bought fabric for her younger brother Zizheng's new clothes yet, so she beat her legs and began to look for a nearby tailor shop, but she still couldn't forget the beautiful pot of narcissus, it was a pity to buy herself new shoes.She looked down at her exposed big toe, shyly shrank into the broken shoe.

After going around, she came to an old tailor shop.Looking up, there was an old wooden sign with the words "Shen Ji Tailor Shop" written on it, and the paint on the words was a little faded.

The shopkeeper is a big-eyed girl who is about the same age as me, and there is another boy doing odd jobs.

"Look at whatever you want, choose whatever you want, is the girl making clothes or buying cloth?" The store clerk greeted her with a smile on his face.

"I'm buying cloth... I'll see for myself first." She reacted for a second before answering. She was still a little unaccustomed to hearing someone call her a girl outside. Remembering that she just ran away and lost that broken felt hat, she couldn't pretend now. up.

"Zijin, are you here too?" An old lady walked into the store and saw her immediately.

The old lady walked over and held her hand, she laughed toothlessly, "I just came here to pick up the clothes, this time-honored shop's Master Shen is very skilled, my grandson ordered a jacket for me a month in advance, and now I'm just picking up clothes." got it."

"Grandma Qin, Xiao Xia is so filial, you can enjoy your life with peace of mind." Ye Zijin laughed.

"Yeah, he recently found a job in the police station, and he finally looks a bit serious. I used to tell him that he should study like Zizheng, and that he is capable if he can study in Nanyang Public School. Unfortunately, he is not that kind of student. Guess..." The old lady sighed, her eyes narrowed into a line.

"Little Xia is clever and can talk, why should Grandma Qin be worried about him being worthless? Maybe the police station in Shanghai will be under his control in the future." Ye Zijin said so that the old lady smiled.

After sending away Grandma Qin who came to pick up the jacket, Ye Zijin finally found a piece of indigo cotton cloth in the corner, thinking that he would use this piece of material to make a long gown for Zizheng, it would look good on him.

"How much is this piece of cloth?" Ye Zijin asked the shop assistant.

The store clerk held out two fingers, "Twenty Xiaoyang one size, what size do you want, girl?"

"I want two sizes." Ye Zijin chose the cloth and went to the counter to pay.

She took out the money bag and poured out the remaining money. The copper coins fell on the counter with a "ping-pong ping-pong". She picked up the two rolled copper coins and counted them, but there was still a few copper coins short.Now that Zizheng has grown taller, at least two yards of cloth should be used to make a gown...

Seeing her distressed face, the shopkeeper's girl comforted, "I'll charge you the money first, and I'll make up for it when you have enough money. Xiao Wu, cut two yards of cloth for this girl."

Ye Zijin's heart warmed, and she looked at the girl in front of her gratefully.She has a round face, almond eyes, and a row of white teeth when she smiles, and her two black braids hang down her shoulders, making her look even more delicate.

The store clerk was not very happy when he heard it, "Xiaoyue, what can you do if you always do this, people won't come back to make up for the money after taking the cloth."

Ye Zijin didn't want to embarrass the girl, so she took back the copper coins scattered on the counter, and said to the girl: "Then I won't buy it, and come back when I have enough money, thank you."

"Wait a minute." The girl called Ye Zijin, then got up and walked towards the cloth rack, skillfully took off the indigo cloth, cut it into two yards and wrapped it in Ye Zijin's hand, "Take it first, I will trust you."

"This..." Ye Zijin was a little embarrassed, and the shop assistant gave her an angry look.

At this moment, a well-dressed middle-aged woman came in. The shopkeeper hurriedly collected the money, nodded at Ye Zijin and went to greet the customer.

Ye Zijin held the wrapped cloth in his hand, feeling a little heavy, thinking that he would come out to sell cigarettes later at night to make up for the shortfall.

When Ye Zijin passed by the middle-aged woman, the shopkeeper girl said apologetically, "Madam, I'm sorry, Master Shen is not here, so we can't mend the cheongsam."

The middle-aged woman was dissatisfied and said: "Why can't it be mended? I found it here because of Master Shen's craftsmanship. This cheongsam is made of very good material and it's still new. I don't care. You have to find a way to mend it for me." .” The woman looked arrogant and arrogant.

(End of this chapter)