Transmigrated Female Official

"Phew! We have our own shop now!" Chu Qingluo looked around, resting her chin on her hand as if deep in thought.

"So what do we need to do now?" Gongsun Yu asked.

"First, we need to go back to the Chu family and bring everyone over to tidy up the place. Then we need to choose a few suitable tailors... and also, I need to order some things first."

Seeing how articulately she spoke, Gongsun Yu couldn't help but laugh and say, "Your brain works really well at times like this."

Is that what you call a compliment?

“Of course.” He shrugged. “What did you think?”

Chu Qinglu smiled and pursed her lips, not arguing with him.

The two were full of energy. They first went back to the Chu family and brought over Jiuwei and a few other people who were free. They cleaned the entire shop thoroughly twice. Then, following Chu Qingluo's instructions, they arranged the nice fabrics on the wooden shelves on the wall and moved the rest into the inner room, arranging them neatly.

Chu Qingluo also had Tongmu buy several sturdy wooden tables to use as workbenches in the inner room. She and Gongsun Yu went to the woodworking shop to have some racks specially made to better display the clothes. Finally, they went to choose a carpet... She ordered a vermilion carpet with a subtle vine pattern, planning to cover the entire shop with it, which would both have a sound-absorbing effect and look high-end.

It will take a few more days to finish the wooden frame, so we can use this time to find a suitable tailor and make some of the garments first.

The two of them walked around the streets around the shop but couldn't find a place to tailor clothes, let alone recruit people.

"Since we don't find them around here, shall we look elsewhere?" Gongsun Yu suggested.

"Hmm..." After thinking for a moment, Chu Qingluo said, "Let's go buy some paper, inkstones, brushes and ink."

Knowing she was full of tricks, Gongsun Yu didn't ask any more questions and simply said okay.

The two bought paper and pens, and Gongsun Yu wrote a stack of job postings according to Chu Qingluo's requirements. Afterward, she asked Jiuwei and Tongmu to go around the city and distribute the job postings everywhere, while she went to the shop and posted a larger one... She deliberately stood far away to take a look, and the effect was not bad, quite eye-catching.

After a whole day of hard work, the group finally made some progress; the shop was beginning to take shape.

However, Nine-Tailed Fox and Kirito would have to continue their hard work. In the next few days, besides picking up Chu Qingluo from the manor regularly, they would be out and about, handing out job postings to everyone they met.

Fortunately, her hard work paid off, and someone actually came to the shop with a job posting. However, after seeing the skills of several people, Chu Qingluo felt that they were not ideal, so she still couldn't find anyone.

She began to wonder if all the skilled craftsmen had been recruited by the clothing store.

……

That day, the custom-made wooden shelves arrived at the shop on time, and Chu Qingluo was busy arranging them. Then someone else came to the door—a refined-looking, slender man. He wore a simple blue robe without much adornment and carried a job posting written by Gongsun Yu.

As soon as he entered, he asked, "Excuse me, is this the place where you need someone?" His face was expressionless as he spoke, appearing somewhat serious and stiff.

"Yes." Chu Qingluo warmly invited him over, handed him a paper pattern she had drawn, and said, "Can you make the clothes according to this pattern?" She had drawn an extremely simple short skirt, and the size was marked on it, so it shouldn't take long.

The slender man glanced at it twice, initially showing surprise, but didn't ask any further questions, simply saying, "I'll give it a try."

Chu Qingluo invited him into the inner room, where he was free to use the tools and fabrics.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the slender man came out with the finished dress. Without saying a word, Chu Qingluo took the dress back to the inner room, pulled back the curtain, and tried it on...

When she came out again, she simply smiled at the slender man and asked, "What's your name?"

"Lingnan."

"Okay, you can stay now."

When the previous people who came to try out the work saw the drawings Chu Qingluo made, they were always full of doubts and even questioned what it was... Only Ling Nan, who was taciturn, was able to make the dress fit perfectly without asking any questions, which really won her heart.

"……Thanks."

Seeing that Ling Nan showed no intention of asking any questions, Chu Qingluo began to introduce herself: "My shop doesn't just sell ready-made clothes, but also accepts custom orders, but they all have one thing in common... they're expensive. So your craftsmanship must be exquisite and meticulous, able to turn what I draw into a product with almost no errors. That's my requirement for you. Can you do it?"

She said a lot, but Ryonan only replied, "Okay."

He really was a man of few words, so Chu Qingluo had no choice but to continue: "I'll give you a one-month trial period, with a monthly salary of five gold coins. After that, the monthly salary will increase to ten gold coins. If business is booming in the future, the monthly salary will be increased accordingly. Are you satisfied?" The salary she was offering was already equivalent to the monthly salary of an executive officer, which was quite a lot outside the palace.

Ryonan nodded, indicating that he had no objections, and then said thank you...

In the following days, carpets were laid out in the shop, and the signboard was hung up and covered with red cloth. Two more people were hired, named Dongxu and Bayue. All three men hired by Chu Qingluo were in their early twenties and were of above-average appearance.

Dongxu is also a tailor, looking rather rough, but his skills are quite good. August, on the other hand, is cheerful and enthusiastic, a real chatterbox, constantly chattering like a myna bird. Chu Qingluo assigned August to this role of hostess, instructing him to be careful with his words and not to offend the guests by talking too much.

The shop's preparations are almost complete. Chu Qingluo has finished many designs. All that's left is for Lingnan and Dongxu to make the garments, then display them on the shelves, and finally, on an auspicious day, the shop can officially open for business.

Chu Qingluo felt an indescribable anticipation, seeing her own brand about to be born... She could wake up laughing just from dreaming about it.