HLnovel Chapter 317 Cangzhou Li Family
Chapter 317 Cangzhou Li Family
In fact, things were easy after that. After Qitao returned to the restaurant, An Qiao just asked him, and Qitao was naturally 100% willing.
"I have wanted to discuss this with you for a long time. A few days ago, many people asked me if they could embroider the sachets themselves. I naturally said yes, but if so, we will not be able to use up the sachets we ordered from the embroidery building."
Qi Tao has been worried about this for a while. Originally, she thought that since the embroidery would not spoil for a while, she might as well put it aside and use it slowly.
"In that case, we won't order sachets next season. But the little patterns we drew can still be made into handkerchiefs or small handkerchiefs. It's not a good idea to completely stop ordering at once."
An Qiao thought about it and felt that she had to be more calm and not suddenly turn hostile.
Qi Tao nodded, "Those handkerchiefs are selling well, probably because the pictures the young lady drew are so interesting."
An Qiao took out a few handkerchiefs and square towels that Zhao Hengzhi had given her today from her sleeves, "It seems that the young lady's embroidery is indeed very good."
"Zhao Hengzhi's unmarried young lady is really interesting. She looks like she was forced to learn embroidery, but she has some natural talent. Didn't Zhao Hengzhi say before that he was educated by this young lady day and night when he was a child?"
Qi Tao smiled and joked that no one in the restaurant regarded Zhao Hengzhi as the young master of the Zhao family in Qingzhou. It was probably because he had never regarded himself as the young master of the Zhao family during the one year he had been in this restaurant.
"Qitao, you are saying bad things about me behind my back again." Zhao Hengzhi stood behind with a sinister look on his face. He didn't know when he stood there, but he was sure that he heard everything.
"That's impossible. I'm just praising your talent. It would be impossible to embroider this much without more than ten years of practice." Qi Tao had been training outside for a few months, and his eyesight was getting better and better.
Zhao Hengzhi nodded imperceptibly, with an indescribable gloom in his eyes.
"She is as unlucky as I am. Born in such a family, she can only obey the teachings of the elders and do things she doesn't like. She doesn't really like embroidery, but it's probably what you call a gifted talent. In fact, she can run horses in the morning and embroider when she comes back in the evening, and she can do it very well. I didn't know she was so good at embroidery before, and I only found out a few days ago."
An Qiao nodded and shook her head. Every family has its own problems.
The poor want to become rich, and the rich envy freedom.
"That young lady, Qi Tao has agreed to let her come to teach embroidery. However, according to the old rules, she will be paid the same as you, so she has to listen to Qi Tao and can't be petty at any time."
An Qiao had only met that young lady a few times, and he was indeed worried that he might not know her heart by just looking at her appearance. What if she didn't obey his orders in Huancai Tower...it would be better to make things clear first.
"She knows this." Zhao Hengzhi went to the kitchen and scooped a bowl of potato rice, then sat aside and started eating.
An Qiao and Qi Tao continued to chat idly.
"Now that we have an embroiderer, shouldn't we arrange the others earlier?" An Qiao asked Qi Tao. Actually, An Qiao really wanted to solve it all at once, but Qi Tao had the final say in Huancai Tower, so she still had to see if it was appropriate.
"I would like to arrange them all at once. Now there are vacancies on both the first and second floors. I might as well arrange them all at once. But it may be difficult to find a teacher." Qi Tao thought about it and it seemed that these people who had the skills to make pottery almost all worked in the official kiln.
Even if you can't enter the official kiln, you can build your own kiln if you have the skills, and you won't have to worry about food and drink.
Besides, many private kilns may become official kilns one day. In this case, not many people will be willing to pass on this technology.
"Well, let's discuss this matter later. Let me think about it."
An Qiao also had a headache. Before, she had to look for a pastry chef, then she looked for a college for Jinli, and later she had to look for a medical teacher for him. Now, after looking for all these, she finally had an embroidery lady, and maybe she had to look for a pottery teacher in a hurry.
Moreover, Huancailou has its own special characteristics. If a gentleman were invited here, perhaps many young ladies would mind.
It would be better if the Huancai Tower is kept as full of young ladies as possible.
"If you have a way, you can contact him instead of coming back to ask me." An Qiao looked at Qi Tao and said, after all, Qi Tao is out all day now.
"I thought about posting a notice and give it a try, just in case." Qi Tao rubbed her dress, her face full of confusion.
"You want to find someone who knows pottery? That's quite troublesome." Zhao Hengzhi wolfed down the potato rice in his hand.
"I know it's troublesome, but I'm not in a hurry." An Qiao sighed and simply stopped thinking about things she couldn't figure out.
"This pottery art is mostly in Cangzhou. There are more kilns in Cangzhou than shops in Kyoto. The Li family has been the official kiln for many years, and they act very arrogant all day long." From Zhao Hengzhi's tone, it seemed that he really disliked the Cangzhou Li family.
"Aristocratic families have their own background, so it's understandable that they are a little arrogant." An Qiao thought about Zhao Hengzhi when she first met him, including Gu Qingyun's little temper, and the young master of the Bai family.
Although everyone looked gentle and modest, that was not the time to touch anyone's sore spot.
"That's true. All the brothers in our clan have bad tempers. If we disagree, we will be sarcastic and mean. Everyone looks down on everyone."
A big reason why Zhao Hengzhi was unwilling to go back was because he didn't like the life in an aristocratic family, even though he was a legitimate son and was much more noble than other illegitimate sons.
But there are many people who say one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. In the big gardens and small courtyards, there are intrigues and deceptions every day, just like a play.
Zhao Hengzhi was very unhappy. Even if he had no intention of competing for anything, others would still want him to get involved.
His elder and second brothers had written many letters this year to persuade him to go back, but Zhao Hengzhi was still unwilling.
It's not that he was speculating maliciously about anyone, but it was obvious that if there was one more person, there would be one less share of the family property.
Although he ran away, the family property will most likely be divided among him.
He was just escaping for a short time, thinking that one day in the future he could accomplish something and return home in glory.
After all, he has been a noisy, ignorant and bad boy since he was young.
"Cangzhou isn't far away, but even if I go there, I won't be able to find a suitable husband."
An Qiao held her chin in her hand and said in annoyance.
Zhao Hengzhi nodded, "This Cangzhou is not a place that is easy to deal with. If you go looking for someone like that, then either they are not skilled enough and want to work for you for a living. Or they have other bad intentions waiting for you. Be careful."