Quick Wear: Male supporting role, come to my arms quickly

Chapter 141 The Little Maid in the Prime Minister's Mansion 5

Chu Yuan walked in and was greeted at the door by a very beautiful lady.

"Miss, do you want to buy some clothes? Let me introduce them to you."

"No, I'm here to discuss cooperation with the shopkeeper. Please take me to see your shopkeeper."

"I'm sorry Miss, our shopkeeper is not in the store today. If you have anything to say, you can talk to me. I can make the decision."

Chu Yuan took out two drawings and said, "This is the dress pattern I designed. Please take a look, lady."

"Miss, you can just call me Madam Ying. The dress style painted on it is quite nice. I will accept it from Nishang Pavilion. How about 20 taels of silver?"

20 taels, this price is not bad, at least higher than Chu Yuan expected, but she wants to do long-term business.

"Madam Ying, I said at the beginning that I am here to discuss cooperation. I can easily draw a drawing like this, and even better than this is not a problem.

From now on, I will provide the drawings, and you will make the clothes and sell them. How about we split the profits 40% to 60%? "

"Cooperation? That depends on what the better drawings that young lady mentioned look like."

Chu Yuan took out another drawing and spread it out on the table.

This dress was created by combining the current dress style with later designs. It was both exquisite and novel, and immediately caught Madam Ying's eye.

"If all the dress patterns you provide are of this style, I can consider cooperating with you. Please follow me upstairs to discuss in detail."

After several confrontations, Chu Yuan and Lady Ying finalized the details of the cooperation. She would provide two fine drawings and five ordinary drawings to Nishang Pavilion every month.

Nishang Pavilion would give her 40% of the profits from the sale of these clothes.

The two signed a contract and went to the government office to get a clear path. Starting next month, Chu Yuan will be able to get dividends.

So Chu Yuan left the three drawings and went home to continue his creation.

I have to draw four more to make up this month's quota.

Nishang Pavilion was located in the inner circle of Shangjing City, quite a distance from their house, so she hired a carriage when she went home, and the trip cost 100 coins.

When I passed by Baoshilou, I packed two dishes to take home.

After arriving home, Chu Yuan saw his brother sitting at the door: "Didn't I leave you a note saying I'd be back at noon? Why are you still sitting outside waiting?"

"Sister, you didn't come back all morning, and I was very worried at home."

The capital city is full of rich and powerful people, and my sister is so beautiful. If she goes out alone, what will happen if she is kidnapped by some playboy?

Chu Yuan looked at him like a little adult and touched his face lovingly: "Okay, next time when sister goes out, take our Yang'er with her, okay?"

Chu Yang looked away awkwardly: "Sister, I'm already 9 years old, don't always treat me like a child."

After saying that, he took the food box from Chu Yuan's hand and ran into the yard.

The two sat at the dining table. Chu Yuan took out the food from the lunch box and started eating with relish.

But the person opposite him was still reluctant to pick up his chopsticks. Chu Yuan saw his hesitant expression and smiled maliciously:

"Yang'er, after this meal, our family will really be out of money. From now on, you will have to eat coarse food with your sister."

Chu Yang's face suddenly fell, and four big words were clearly written on it - As expected.

However, he considered himself the head of the family, so he still pulled himself together and comforted his sister: "It's okay, after dinner, I will go to the bookstore to find a job copying books, and I won't let you go hungry."

Chu Yuan was touched, thinking that the original owner’s love for his younger brother was not in vain.

"Hahaha, don't worry, your sister has already earned some money this morning!"

Chu Yuan was afraid that he would not believe it, so he took out a bulging purse from his waist and put it on the table: "See, I didn't lie."

Chu Yang poured out the silver and counted it carefully. There were actually 50 taels.

"Sister, where did you get so much silver?"

Chu Yuan told him what happened in the morning. The 50 taels of silver was the deposit given by Madam Ying.

Chu Yang showed an admiring look: "Sister, you are amazing! But since you can draw dress patterns, why did we have to sell ourselves into slavery when we first came to the capital?"

This question stumped her, and Chu Yuan could only explain that she learned the skill of drawing in the prime minister's mansion, and she learned the styles of the dresses by seeing the nobles wearing them.

So she had no other choice at the time but to work as a servant in someone's mansion to make a living.

Seeing that his words had made his sister sad, Chu Yang apologized repeatedly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that."

"It's okay, that's all in the past, and we won't have to live under someone else's roof anymore.

You should study hard in the academy and try to pass the imperial examination. Then your sister can become a lady from an official family."

Chu Yang patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, sister, Yang'er will definitely work hard."

Chu Yuan spent two days to finish the remaining four drawings and planned to submit them to Nishang Pavilion early the next morning.

This time she brought Chu Yang with her and went to the city to inquire about the conditions for studying in the academy.

After showing the blueprint to Madam Ying, Chu Yuan asked her about the academy in Shangjing City.

Most of the academies in the inner city only accept children of aristocrats. If children from common people's families want to study, they will mostly go to Xuanren Academy in the north of the city, or Hengchuan Academy in the west of the city.

As for tuition and admission requirements, she was not very clear.

After Chu Yuan received the deposit, he took his brother to the north and west of the city respectively to learn about the conditions of the two academies.

There is not much difference between these two academies. Admission to both requires passing a test, and the annual tuition is 50 taels.

They finally chose Hengchuan Academy in the west of the city because it was close to their home and it was convenient for them to go home during the monthly rest days.

Chu Yang took the test that afternoon and successfully met the academy's requirements. He will be able to enroll next month.

After solving his brother's school problem, Chu Yuan prepared to celebrate properly, so he bought a piece of pork belly and made a pot of braised pork by himself.

There was no soy sauce in this era, so Chu Yuan secretly poured some from the space.

Although the taste is not as good as it is in modern times, it is already a rare delicacy compared to other dishes here.

As soon as the braised pork was served, Chu Yang was so enchanted by the aroma that he ate without even raising his head, and exclaimed that her cooking skills were good enough to open a restaurant.

In fact, Chu Yuan really thought that with her skills, opening a restaurant in this era would definitely be very profitable.

But the biggest reason why no action was taken in the end was that there was no capital, or no reasonable source of income, to support the operation of a restaurant.

The second reason is laziness.

In Shangjing City, if you want to keep a restaurant open for a long time, you have to secretly maintain a lot of relationships, and if you are not careful, you may lose your head.

Chu Yuan didn't want to live in fear anymore.