My Lord, my wife said she doesn't have time to talk to you.

The next morning, the hungry Egg Yolk was pulling at Huaying's door again and making a squeaking sound. Huaying woke up and remembered that she had to go to the town to hand in her drawing today, so she got up early.

After making breakfast and feeding egg yolk, Huaying called out to Fu Shiyan and went out.

The peach blossoms in the peach forest are still blooming. I glanced at the time and had no interest in appreciating the flowers. I quickened my pace and walked towards the town.

Halfway through the journey, I met a young man with slightly darker skin driving a horse-drawn carriage, which was filled with bamboo baskets, bamboo grates, bamboo steamers...

Seeing Huaying walking alone, the young man kindly asked, "Girl, where are you going? I'll give you a ride on my way to town."

Huaying thanked him repeatedly and got on the carriage happily. During the conversation with her eldest brother, she learned that his name was Maizi and he lived in Zhangjia Village. He made a living by weaving baskets with his father. When he had enough bamboo baskets to fill a cart, he would take them to the town to sell.

Ask Brother Maizi how much two bamboo baskets can be sold for? When Huaying learned that one tael of silver in Wu State was equal to one thousand coins, she looked at the design draft in her hand and had an idea in mind.

After arriving in town in a carriage, Huaying said goodbye to Brother Maizi and went to the jewelry shop on West Street. When the shopkeeper saw Huaying, he came up to her with a smile on his face.

"Your young lady has finished the painting." The boss looked at Huaying with anticipation.

Huaying smiled and asked, "Can you make the decision? My lady specifically told me to give this to the boss."

"What a clever girl. Don't worry, I am the boss and the shopkeeper." The boss was amused by Huaying's cautious look. Could Hongji really blackmail a little girl like her?

At this time, in the Tianzihao room on the second floor of the Hongfu Restaurant opposite, three young men in noble attire were sitting by the window.

Among them, a man with picturesque eyebrows, eyes like stars, and wearing ink-and-black clothes, was sitting by the window. He was holding a folding fan on his chin and looking with interest at the girl in the jewelry store opposite, who was wearing a goose yellow dress and pigtails. The man who practiced martial arts had good hearing and heard their conversation.

He was curious whether this girl could make the deal.

At this moment, the shopkeeper of Hongji had a smile on his face. The moment he took the drawing and saw the blueprint, his eyes seemed to be lit up and sparkling.

He stretched out his trembling hands and gently stroked the earring pattern on the paper, as if it was not a piece of paper, but a piece of extremely precious gold.

He murmured to himself, "Excuse me, young lady, where is your daughter from? This painting skill, and these earring designs, are simply fantastic ideas! It's really wonderful!"

The shopkeeper did not hide his admiration. He continued, "I have lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I have seen such a beautiful design for earrings."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but look at the earring patterns a few more times, and the admiration in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

Huaying stood aside, and the huge stone in her heart finally fell. She knew that the design of these earrings incorporated many modern styles, and she had always been worried whether the ancient ancestors would be able to accept and appreciate them.

Seeing the shopkeeper's excited reaction, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that judging from the boss's attitude, this matter should be done.

Huaying struck while the iron was hot and said hurriedly, "Boss, this is something my daughter worked so hard to draw after staying up all night. I can't just give this draft to you for nothing!"

"That's right, that's right. After this batch of jewelry is made, one copy of each style will be reserved for the young lady. Oh... in the future, whenever the young lady comes to the store to buy jewelry, she can get a 20% discount. What do you think of this?" The boss looked at Huaying sincerely.

Huaying frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Boss, to be honest, the jewelry store that my young lady has a relationship with is willing to pay a high price to buy this manuscript paper. My young lady has always been honest. Since she has agreed to give you the manuscript paper first... then you should at least show some appreciation!"

The shopkeeper was a shrewd man. He carefully examined the exquisitely painted paper in his hand and found that it was drawn with the cheapest paper at that time. In an instant, he understood the secret.

So the shopkeeper pulled Huaying into the inner room, took out twenty taels of silver from the drawer, and said, "From now on, the jewelry designed by your daughter can only be sent to our store. As for the price, we can negotiate."

Huaying's heart beat faster and faster, as if it was about to jump out of her throat! After all, it was the first time in her life that she saw so many white silver ingots!

However, no matter how excited she was, Huaying did not reach out to take the silver.

She said to the shopkeeper calmly, "Shopkeeper, you know that this batch of jewelry will be sold at a high price after it is made, so this drawing is definitely worth fifty taels of silver."

Huaying's eyes were extremely firm, and she looked straight at the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let's make a deal!"

At this moment, by the window on the second floor, a man in black clothes was playing with a folding fan, silently staring at the door of the jewelry store below.

His eyes were focused and deep, as if he wanted to see something special through the door.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally, he saw the girl in the goose yellow dress and pigtails talking and laughing with the shopkeeper and saying goodbye at the door.

The man's eyes lit up instantly. He left his friends behind and hurried downstairs, leaving his friends behind in shock. They couldn't help but ask, "Zimo, where are you going?"

However, the man did not answer them, nor did he even turn his head, leaving them with only a receding back view.

Zimo quickened his pace after leaving the restaurant and soon caught up with Huaying. He carefully kept a certain distance, not wanting to attract her attention but also not wanting to lose her.

Huaying walked into a women's clothing store and seemed to be discussing something with the owner. Zimo saw this and turned to the tea shop next door. The waiter saw a customer coming and hurried over to greet him warmly.

On the other hand, Huaying's negotiation went very smoothly. With her excellent painting skills, she successfully sold the sketch of spring and summer ready-made clothes for thirty taels of silver.

Huaying was so happy that she pocketed the eighty taels of silver note. The dimples on her face hadn't disappeared since she left the jewelry store.

Looking up at the sky, she found that it was still early, so she decided to go to North Street to look for Brother Maizi. Along the way, Huaying was in a good mood, walked briskly, and hummed a little tune.

When they came to Maizi's stall, Huaying handed him a hot bun. Maizi refused at first, but he couldn't resist Huaying and had to take it and eat it.

"Brother Maizi, I'm going to buy some things later. Can you take me home? I'll give you ten cents." Huaying asked vaguely while eating a bun.