Wear It with Space

The light green Indian silk is lighter and thinner than Chinese silk, so it is suitable for summer clothes. It just so happened that this season had reached the end of spring, so Shen Ling simply made a half-sleeved cheongsam for Feng Mei. Then I embroidered large and big magnolia flowers with silver thread on it, with elegance and richness, which was the first feeling she gave to Feng Mei when she first came to Qian Mansion that day.

After finishing this cheongsam, Shen Ling began to use the fabric that Feng Mei gave to make samples. She is going to pack her bedroom into a studio, and then build a few shelves and put the clothes she has made on them, so that when the guests come, there is a room to choose from.

Shen Ling made a cheongsam with silver-gray Chinese silk and light-green Indian silk. The pattern on it is the same as that for Feng Mei. One embroidered with light blue peony leaves and one embroidered with silver. Magnolia.

Shen Ling held the jade Indian silk for a long time, planning to make a long skirt first. There is a chiffon long skirt in her space, the color is similar to this material, and it will look very fairy when worn. Shen Ling felt that too many wealthy people like Feng Mei would like it. After she made the skirt in the style of the chiffon dress, she embroidered some white smiling flowers on it, which immediately became a little more delicate. .

Shen Ling felt that if the stamens of the smiling flowers could be replaced with rhinestones, the effect would be better. Unfortunately, she doesn't have so many silver dollars in her hand, and she can't afford a relatively expensive luxury product like rhinestones.

Although she did not have the most popular rhinestones of this era, she did have many inferior pearls, so when Shen Ling used that jade Indian silk to make a shirt, she embellished a lot of pearls on the neckline. Go up. This single shirt was used to match the long skirt, so she didn't embroider any patterns on it, but because of the pearl embellishment, the effect of this single shirt is also good.

The royal blue Chinese silk was made into a dress with golden thread embroidered with weeping begonia flowers, but it was slightly closed at the waist, and then the heart of the begonia flowers was inlaid with a little finger-sized pearl.

The reason why Shen Ling made these clothes so exquisite and magnificent was because she wanted to follow the mid-to-high-end route just like the beauty workshop she had opened before. The clients we face are mainly the wives and young ladies of wealthy people, so that we can make a lot of money.

To this end, she later disassembled some of the unused jewellery inlaid with rice beads, polished turquoise beads, and slightly inferior jade beads for later use. After all, these decorations are indispensable if you want clothes to be upgraded.

When Shen Ling was doing these tasks, young grandma Xu, who had not heard from her for a long time, came to Wei's house in person that day. When Shen Ling was called out of the room by Mrs. Wu, Xiaomao Xu was looking at a calligraphy and painting hanging in the living room. Hearing footsteps, she turned her head and smiled: "Sorry, I was busy with family affairs a few days ago. You introduce the client. But my mother-in-law likes the light green gown you gave me very much, so I will come to you as soon as I get free, can you help my mother-in-law make a gown like that, the material and size are all available Brought it."

She beckoned gently, and a servant woman came up with a piece of azure satin.

Shen Ling glanced at the material and asked, "I don't know what pattern Madam Xu wants to embroider on her clothes, is it a dandelion pattern or something else?"

Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "I want the dandelion pattern. But if you have other patterns here, if you like, I will make another one."

Shen Ling said with this: "Then please come here." He directly took Young Master Xu to his bedroom.

Grandma Xu caught the jade-colored silk shirt and long skirt at a glance, and she wanted to buy it. Shen Ling asked her to try the size of the clothes, and it was just right for them to be neither long nor short nor fat nor thin. When Shen Ling first made clothes, he made them according to Feng Mei's size, and Xiaomao Xu was about the same height as Feng Mei, and she was of the kind of thin body, so it fits perfectly.

In the end, Xiaomao Xu gave out a hundred silver dollars to buy the clothes. Although the clothes material is not very valuable, the pearls embellished on it are still worth dozens of dollars. With this hundred silver dollars, Shen Ling suddenly felt a lot looser in her hands. She took the money and asked Mrs. Wu to go to the city to buy some satin and rhinestones.

After returning, Shen Ling first made a dress for Mrs. Wei with a piece of silver-gray silk.

Then, she chose two colors of silk, aqua green and lake blue, and made two cheongsams. For the aqua-green cheongsam, she embroidered magnolia flowers on it, rhinestones for the stamens, and buttons made of jade beads she removed from the jewelry.

The lake-blue cheongsam was embroidered with half-open hibiscus, and the stamens were also made of rhinestones. As for the buttons, turquoise buttons were used.

After these two cheongsams were finished, Shen Ling made a few more dresses at the back, fearing that some wives and young ladies would not be able to accept the new style of cheongsam for the time being.

After these samples were almost made, when Feng Mei was wearing a newly made cheongsam to hold a banquet at home, she really caught the attention of the female guests. Several people asked her where the cheongsam was made.

Within a few days, an acquaintance of Feng Mei from Shen Ling came to visit, and when he saw the sample hanging in the bedroom, he asked to try it out to see the effect.

In just a few days, Shen Ling took several business orders, and because he was afraid that he would be too busy, he mobilized the other two members of the family. Mrs. Wei helped cut the fabric, and Mrs. Wu was responsible for sewing buttons and beads.

After these clothes were made, Shen Ling found that she had earned hundreds of dollars just by using the pearls to embellish the clothes. Those beads are the pearls produced by shellfish in the pool. They are not very good in appearance. If they are sold, they will not sell for a good price. But when they are placed on clothes, the quality of the clothes is greatly improved. This was a surprise to Shen Ling. Regarding the origin of the beads, Shen Ling was afraid that Mrs. Wei was suspicious, so she said that she bought them from her natal sister-in-law. Her maiden sister-in-law lived in a town in Linhai before she married, and she had a lot of such less valuable beads in her hand, which was more convincing.

With Feng Mei's introduction, Shen Ling slowly had some repeat customers. Because Wei's family is full of women from top to bottom, those female guests found it very convenient when they came over, and they couldn't help but love to go to Shen Ling a few more times. Take a look at what new clothes have been released during the recent period. If you like it, place an order on the spot.

There are also some repeat customers who come here to make clothes whenever they have to attend some important occasions. Sometimes they are in a hurry. When this time comes, Shen Ling works overtime, but she can’t make time to wait until the evening when she arrives in the space. To do it, people who smell the air in the space will at least be more energetic, and they will be quicker at hand.

When you are busy, time will pass very quickly. Before you know it, it's the end of the year. Wei Lin is coming back from the school for the New Year.

On the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, Shen Ling made the last piece of clothing on hand, and after the servants of that family took away the clothes in the afternoon, he began to help Mrs. Wei prepare for various matters concerning the New Year. After sweeping the dust, washing the floor, killing chickens, slaughtering geese, and buying pork, Wei Lin also returned from the school.

When he came back, he brought some dim sum from Hangzhou.

To Shen Ling's surprise, he also bought himself a pair of small silver flower and bird combs. When the family had dinner in the evening, Mrs. Wei mentioned the work Shen Ling had done recently, and tried her best to praise her. Shen Ling only smiled and did not speak at the time, Wei Lin couldn't help but looked at her in surprise.

When he returned to the bedroom, Shen Ling took out a prepared purse with one hundred silver dollars in it. When she asked Wei Lin to take the pocket money, Wei Lin refused to ask for it. Shen Ling was not reluctant, anyway, her heart had been fulfilled, and it was his business if Wei Lin didn't want it.

After washing, the two lay down on the bed. Wei Lin still didn't mean to round up the room. In Shen Ling himself, he had already settled on the idea of ​​separation, so naturally he wouldn't make any hints. So nothing happened to the two of them these days when Wei Lin was at home.

After the New Year, Wei Lin left.

Shen Ling breathed a sigh of relief, and every night lying on the same bed with a man who would abandon him in the future, thinking about it made people feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, after the third year, he didn't have to suffer such torture.

After the first month, Shen Ling continued his busy days.

It was about that cheongsam began to become popular in the city where they lived, and now more and more people are looking for Shen Ling as cheongsam.

Shen Ling spent some extra time to make some samples of cheongsam. There are half-sleeved, long-sleeved, high-necked, low-necked, high-slit, and low-slit samples. Be sure to have a variety of varieties. , So that customers have a choice.

After she put these various cheongsams in the bedroom, more and more wives and ladies came to make cheongsams. Some people even suggested that she would come to the city to open a shop. That will not only be convenient, but will also attract more guests.

Shen Ling didn't want to do this, it's just that she is now the wife of Wei's family. At most, Mrs. Wei allows her to do the business at home. If she goes out to open a shop, she probably won't agree.

And Shen Ling is unwilling to bear any bad reputation. After all, men and women are not equal in this era. Once the Wei family proposes to divorce his wife, not only her reputation will be damaged, but even the reputation of the Lu family will be burdened by her. So what Shen Ling thought was that he would wait until Wei Lin filed for a divorce at Wei's side for now. It takes only two years or so, so you can wait for a while.

She can also take advantage of these two years to attract more customers, and opening the store will be much smoother.