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Chapter 35
Chapter 35
Chapter 35
When Shen Yin heard this, she said, "It's okay, no need to explain."
She didn't care anymore.
When Xu Xiuhe saw Shen Yin's attitude, he felt inexplicably angry. How could she act as if nothing had happened? But he didn't know where this anger came from.
Time passed in a flash, and the weather in Rong City was getting hotter and hotter. During this time, Shen Yin had decorated the small building on Qinghe Street nicely. The third floor was furnished very cozily.
The first and second floors were also renovated. The layout of the rooms was personally guided by her for the workers and craftsmen, especially the office on the second floor and the workplace. She chose the best materials and the newest machines.
There was a place on the first floor that was specifically for drinking tea and discussing work. Shen Yin sat on the sofa, checking the materials in her hands, and making phone calls one by one to the newly recruited employees to notify them to come to work on time tomorrow.
In the exhibition hall on the first floor, Shen Yin had put some clothes she had made recently when she had nothing to do. Although Zhengzheng was young, he was very sensible. Not only did he not disturb her work, he would also help Shen Yin fetch things from time to time.
"Miss Shen, the store is about to open. I've seen you come here often these days," Su Jin said, leaning on a cane. But it didn't make her look uncomfortable at all, on the contrary, it made her temperament look even more noble.
"Granny Su, you're here." Shen Yin got up and let Su Jin sit down.
Seeing Shen Yin stand up, Zhengzheng also hurried to Su Jin's side. Su Jin was very happy to see Zhengzheng running and jumping around. "Slow down, don't fall."
"Oh, I see you've put out a few pieces of clothing here. You must have just made them recently." Su Jin pointed to the clothes on the hanger over there and walked over to take a closer look.
"Yes, Granny, I have to have some clothes to prop up the storefront when opening a studio." Shen Yin smiled.
Su Jin stood in front of a big red wedding dress and looked at it closely for a while. She said, "Miss, did you embroider this yourself?"
When Shen Yin made this wedding dress, she thought that the studio had to have a decent piece of clothing. In Dashang, the most precious clothing for a woman was the wedding dress she wore when she got married.
She also learned about the Chinese-style wedding dresses of this era, and felt that not only were they expensive, the quality was not very good either when examined closely. If she was going to make one, she had to make a unique one. She spent a long time in the fabric market before finding the right material for this wedding dress based on the specifications for ordinary family women in Dashang getting married.
"Granny, my skills are not very good. It took me half a month to embroider this." Shen Yin answered truthfully.
"What? Are you saying you embroidered this wedding dress in half a month?" Su Jin couldn't believe it and asked again to confirm.
Only then did Shen Yin remember that there weren't many embroiderers in this era, only some professional embroiderers, and some even more professional ones who spent their whole lives learning the craft passed down from their ancestors.
"Yes, Granny. I was interested before, so I learned for a while." Shen Yin replied.
She didn't just learn for a while. In Dashang, without electronic devices, let alone so many recreational facilities, women rarely went out, spending all their time learning musical instruments, chess, calligraphy and painting. As the legitimate daughter of the Xiang family, she had been required to learn various skills for women since she was a child. Her father Xiang even wanted to groom her to be the future princess consort, aiming for the position of Empress of the country.
But after her stepmother Xu Zhen was established, Xiang never had this idea again. He didn't know what kind of love potion Xu Zhen had given Xiang, and almost married her off to a bad-tempered old man of 37.
"Just interested and learned for a while. No one can embroider like this nowadays, let alone embroider so skillfully with such vivid patterns. Even this wedding dress is quite unique." Su Jin was even more surprised, reaching out to touch the pattern on the wedding dress.
The other clothes were modern evening dresses. Shen Yin redesigned them based on the original owner's drafts, adding her own ideas. Because they were modern evening dresses, Shen Yin took advantage of modern machines and added some of her own thoughts. They also had their own style, but compared to the wedding dress, the impact was still greater.
"Miss, when will you open?" Su Jin asked.
"Granny, we're opening tomorrow."
After saying goodbye, Su Jin was still carefully recalling Shen Yin's embroidery on the way back.
At this moment, Shen Yin knew how valuable this wedding dress was and that she must preserve it well and not sell it lightly.
"Mommy, hungry, want dinner dinner." After playing enough, Zhengzheng looked up at Shen Yin with his hands behind his back.
Shen Yin smiled, "Okay, take Zhengzheng upstairs, but Zhengzheng has to wait for Mommy for a while. Mommy has to make dinner for Zhengzheng."
Because Shen Yin and Zhengzheng had been solving lunch at the small building these days, she had never let the ingredients run out.
Shen Yin made tomato egg drop soup, stir-fried okra with egg, fish slices with sauce, and braised pork ribs.
At 11:50, Shen Yin looked at the time. Her phone hadn't been taken back yet. The screen displayed the three words Xu Xiuhe.
"Hello, are you still at Qinghe Street?" Xu Xiuhe asked.
"Well, we're still at the small building."
The distance between Qinghe Street and Xu Xiuhe's company was not very far or very close, a 20 minute drive. Because Xu Xiuhe had been working overtime these past few nights, Zhengzheng would already be asleep when he got home. Before when he worked overtime, even if Zhengzheng was sleeping, he could still go in and see him. Now considering that Zhengzheng was with Shen Yin, he hadn't seen Zhengzheng for several days. Shen Yin had been busy these days and hadn't brought Xu Xiuhe lunch for a long time.
There were rumors in the company, wondering if he had offended his wife and that's why his wife stopped coming.
Under the excuse of seeing Zhengzheng, and getting a free meal wasn't too much, right?
When Xu Xiuhe walked into the small building, he saw some clothes right away. He figured their dining area was probably on the third floor, so Xu Xiuhe went straight up.
Zhengzheng saw Xu Xiuhe first. He was very surprised and happy to see Dad after such a long time. "Dad!" he said.
Shen Yin's movements paused as she was bringing out dishes. She turned around and saw Xu Xiuhe standing at the top of the stairs: "What are you doing here?"
Xu Xiuhe explained, "I had some things to do around here this morning, so I thought I'd come by to see you guys."
"Have you eaten?" Shen Yin asked.
"Not yet."
Fortunately, Shen Yin had cooked three dishes for lunch today. The rice might not be enough, "Let me make some noodles for you."
Shen Yin went back into the kitchen again. Xu Xiuhe picked up Zhengzheng and stood in the kitchen doorway, watching Shen Yin with her hair in a low bun cooking noodles for him. Xu Xiuhe's heartbeat suddenly slowed down by half a beat. It seemed, possibly, perhaps that he had fallen for Shen Yin.
Xu Xiuhe's mood was a little chaotic. He hurriedly took Zhengzheng to the dining table.