Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 7

Early the next morning, Ye Zijin took the mended cheongsam to the street.She was a little apprehensive. At the beginning, she didn't consider that that mean woman would be picky. No matter how well she repaired herself, she would still be able to find all kinds of faults and say she was not satisfied. This is a bit difficult...

When I passed by Paramount, I found that the workers were replacing the posters on the advertising wall.Old posters were thrown on the ground and trampled on, and new posters showed another fashionable beauty and read "Miss Lucy, Queen of Music and Dance".

Paramount's top cards changed so quickly, Ye Zijin vaguely remembered that the singer Feng Qixia who was popular with Paramount some time ago, and now Miss Lucy appeared again.She couldn't help but feel sorry for these beautiful women, they all wanted to fly here and become a phoenix, but in the end it was just a flash in the pan and nothing else.

Ye Zijin took a look at the woman on the poster, her hair was permed into a wave style, and she clung to her head obediently, like a butterfly hiding on her head.Willow leaves with slender eyebrows and red phoenix eyes, with a cigarette stick in one hand and chin in the other, blurred eyes, charming red lips, not a bit glamorous.Ye Zijin suddenly thought of Gu Qing's back that night, presumably that woman was as beautiful as this.

When they came to Shenji Tailor Shop, Xiao Wu had just opened the shop, and Xiao Yue was tidying up in the shop.

"Good luck, business is booming." Ye Zijin walked into the shop to pay his respects for the new year.

"Zijin, you are here." Xiaoyue came forward to greet her.

Ye Zijin took out the cheongsam from the bag and spread it out on the table, "Come here and see if you can pass the test."

Xiaoyue looked over and over again, and exclaimed: "At first glance, I thought it hadn't been scratched, Zijin, you are so skillful with your hands and mind. I never thought that you could combine the two sides according to the pattern on the fabric. .”

Xiao Wu glanced at it, touched the opening again in disbelief, but said disapprovingly: "Xiaoyue, it doesn't matter if you say it, it's up to that difficult plague god to say it, she might say it." Pick out some faults and make us lose money, you just wait for the master to come back and punish you."

Xiaoyue was a little worried when she heard that, she forced a smile at Ye Zijin, and said: "It's okay, Zijin, you mended very well, and you are almost catching up with my master's technique. You can pay for it, I believe the master will not What did you say?"

At this time, a rickshaw stopped at the gate of Shen Ji, and the middle-aged woman got out of the car, followed by a maid.

The middle-aged woman walked in swaggeringly supported by the servant girl.

"Ma'am, step carefully, this place is dirty, don't stain your new shoes." The maid said softly.

The middle-aged woman walked to the counter, trimmed her hair, and said with a look of disdain: "How are the clothes mended?"

"It's done, please have a look." Xiaoyue spread the cheongsam in front of her.

The middle-aged woman glanced at it twice, with a surprised expression on her face, and then looked at the back of the repaired hole. If she didn't look closely, she couldn't really see the scratches on the front.

"Madam, are you optimistic? If there is no problem, please pay. According to the agreement the day before yesterday, you should pay us five oceans, but this Chinese New Year work requires additional money. The total is six oceans, six or six Dashun. .” Xiao Wu stood aside and said with a smile.

"Who said it's okay, such a rough needle and thread dare to fool me, and I won't lose money if I ruin my cheongsam. Let me tell you, I am in charge of the business under Mr. Liang, and I can smash this shop if I say so." The woman said. He glared at Xiao Wu fiercely, and Xiao Wu dared not speak when he heard the words "Boss Liang".

"We have mended your cheongsam obviously, no other tailors can do this kind of work, if you dislike Shen Ji, why did you come here to mend clothes?" Seeing the middle-aged woman being aggressive, Ye Zijin felt a little upset, she didn't know what it was Boss Liang, I only heard that there is a Boss Meng in Jin'antang.

"You still dare to talk back at such a young age. You look pretty good, and you will be able to get a good price if you sell it to a kiln." The middle-aged woman threatened, and picked up the scissors to cut a hole in the cheongsam, "Now this The cheongsam was ruined by you, what else can I say?"

"You're deceiving people too much!" Ye Zijin was about to retort, but Xiaoyue gently pulled her sleeve and shook her head to stop it.

Seeing that the three of them were silent, the middle-aged woman immediately became proud and gave the little maid beside her a wink. The maid understood and said loudly: "Madam, I'll call someone over right now."

In desperation, Ye Zijin suddenly said loudly to Xiaoyue next to her: "Xiaoyue, have you delivered the long gown ordered by Boss Meng? He has always been wearing clothes made by Master Shen, and he even sent someone to the shop a few days ago I asked, if this is not sent, he will be in trouble once he gets angry."

Xiaoyue didn't understand what Ye Zijin was talking about for a while, Xiaowu immediately reacted, and replied: "I haven't sent it yet. I forgot about it because I was busy with business a year ago. Master told me before returning to my hometown. Hey! This is going to be a big deal." Yes! I'll go right away!" After finishing speaking, Xiao Wu rushed into the back room in a hurry to look for goods.

The middle-aged woman stopped the maid who was about to go out, frowned and asked Ye Zijin, "Which Boss Meng?"

Ye Zijin said unhurriedly: "Of course it's the boss Meng of Jin'an Hall. The singing and dancing venues, casinos and Baohui Foreign Firm in the French Concession are under his control. He is our regular customer here." Ye Zijin often runs on the road. I have heard a thing or two about the big shots in the gang, and I think the prestige of Boss Meng of Jin'an Hall should be able to suppress this woman's arrogance.

The middle-aged woman sneered and said: "Little girl, don't think that I have never seen the world. Since when did Boss Meng like to wear long gowns? It's not that I haven't seen him before. How could a man of such status be in your small house?" Tailor shop makes clothes, it’s really laughable. Xiaocui, go and get some people to come and smash this place.”

At this moment, two men in suits came in, and one of them, a slightly fat man, smiled and said, "Why is Mrs. Ma, who is celebrating Chinese New Year, so angry? Who made you angry?"

The middle-aged woman was startled, it was Qian Jiang and Qu Xiangtian from Jin'antang who came here, Boss Meng's right and left arms.

(End of this chapter)