“I want to make two sets of clothes from this yan brocade, and you can bring out the cloud brocade for me to see.”
This kind of yan brocade is usually embroidered with various patterns, and He Xiuyuan needed to look at them to find some patterns he liked for his clothes.
“Alright, honored guest, please come this way.”
The waiter listened to He Xiuyuan’s request and immediately led him aside, then pointed out their fabric shop’s yan brocade to He Xiuyuan.
He Xiuyuan’s eyes scanned each piece of yan brocade the waiter pointed to. The brocade was embroidered with various patterns and looked extremely beautiful.
A moment later, He Xiuyuan’s gaze fell on a piece of yan brocade not far ahead. This section of yan brocade was embroidered with clouds.
Given the inherently mysterious nature of this yan brocade, with the clouds embroidered on it, it instantly took on a very ethereal and refined feel.
Next to this section of cloud yan brocade was a piece of yan brocade embroidered with green bamboo. After seeing the green bamboo on this piece of yan brocade, one got a sense of delicate elegance.
He Xiuyuan instantly loved these two sections of yan brocade at first glance and immediately asked the waiter to wrap them up.
“I’ll take both of these sections of yan brocade.”
The waiter secretly tilted his head to observe He Xiuyuan. Seeing that He Xiuyuan directly wanted these two sections of yan brocade, his face immediately lit up with joy.
This honored guest’s attire didn't seem to indicate he was particularly wealthy, yet he was so generous with his spending, which surprised him greatly.
“Honored guest, do you want to make the clothes yourself, or would you like our shop to tailor them for you?”
The waiter’s thoughts raced for a moment, then he quickly suppressed them and immediately asked He Xiuyuan.
“Hmm, you can help tailor them, and also include matching undergarments and trousers.”
He Xiuyuan also replied quickly upon hearing this.
Upon seeing this, the waiter immediately stepped forward to help He Xiuyuan measure his length and sleeve length, then asked He Xiuyuan what style he wanted.
Listening to the waiter’s questions, He Xiuyuan recalled for a moment, then quickly decided on a style with long, very wide sleeves.
The waiter listened to He Xiuyuan’s words and immediately noted them down one by one. After measuring He Xiuyuan’s height and taking a fifty tael deposit from him, the order for the clothes was finalized.
According to their tailoring speed, He Xiuyuan would only need to come back tomorrow to pick up his clothes.
He Xiuyuan then got up and left, just waiting to come back tomorrow to pick up his clothes... “This place is truly bustling...”
He Xiuyuan sat in the teahouse, watching the people coming and going below, then withdrew his gaze.
“Don’t be like that. Which of those guests in the teahouse isn’t a high-ranking official or noble? Every time you come in like this, if you offend a guest inside, I won’t have a good outcome either!”
He Xiuyuan drank tea and ate pastries. These were unique local delicacies, various small pastries that were exquisite and delicious, and the tea here was also very good.
Therefore, quite a few people came here to drink tea.
If He Xiuyuan hadn’t sold ginseng for some silver earlier, he wouldn’t have been able to enter this place.
As He Xiuyuan was lost in thought, he heard a faint dispute at the entrance.
“Brother Lin, please, just let me go in and try. If the esteemed guests inside don’t agree, I’ll turn around and leave immediately, how about that?”
As the pleading voice sounded, a moment later, a woman gracefully walked in.
The woman held a pipa in her hand. After entering, she carefully walked to some tables, softly asking something.
After being rejected, the woman quickly apologized with a face full of regret, then continued to walk towards the next table of guests.
After several such attempts, the woman was repeatedly rejected but showed no signs of giving up.
He Xiuyuan, observing from the side, seemed to have understood by now that the woman was asking if anyone wanted to hear a song, saying she could sing and it was very cheap.
He Xiuyuan watched this scene, thought for a moment, then secretly cast a divination to test if his previous thoughts were correct.
As He Xiuyuan performed his calculations, he quickly completed the divination. Then, his gaze shifted slightly, settling on the floor not far in front of him.
“If it’s as I previously thought, this floorboard is slightly loose. This woman might step on it, or she might not. But now, because of my divination, the result of the hexagram must give me an answer, and after the divination, this matter has become a foregone conclusion...”
He Xiuyuan looked at the floor in front of him, stroking his chin in thought.
Originally, according to his calculations, at first, he vaguely divined that the other party might encounter some trouble later, but also might turn danger into safety.
However, He Xiuyuan was somewhat dissatisfied with this divination and continued to calculate further.
After that, he divined that the other party would later step on this wooden board, and due to the board’s looseness, she would fall and damage the pipa in her hand.
But if He Xiuyuan hadn’t continued to calculate further before, perhaps the later result of the divination might not have been stepping on this particular wooden board.
He Xiuyuan kept thinking, his gaze following the woman’s movements.
When the woman finally saw that none of the surrounding guests wanted her to sing, her gaze fell on He Xiuyuan by the window.
He Xiuyuan no longer looked at her at this moment, but continued to drink his tea and eat his pastries.
The woman, on the other hand, carefully held her pipa and walked towards him. When she reached not far from He Xiuyuan, her foot landed on the loose wooden board.
“Ah!”
The woman was startled, her body instantly losing balance and falling forward.
In an instant, she was scared out of her wits.
If she fell hard, her pipa would definitely be broken.
If that happened, her only means of livelihood would be gone.
Just as her mind went blank, her body suddenly paused, and her falling body instantly stabilized.
Gong Yuanyun was still somewhat shaken. When she looked up and saw that He Xiuyuan was supporting her, she quickly thanked him profusely.
“Thank you, Young Master. If it weren’t for Young Master... I, this humble girl...”
Gong Yuanyun was still somewhat disoriented at this moment, her face filled with lingering fear.
He Xiuyuan, seeing this, helped her up and smiled faintly, “It’s nothing. If it weren’t for me, you might not have fallen this time.”
“Ah?”
Gong Yuanyun was stunned upon hearing this, then looked at He Xiuyuan with some confusion. She didn’t understand what He Xiuyuan meant by that.
Her fall wasn't her own doing; what did it have to do with He Xiuyuan?
He Xiuyuan saw her bewildered expression and didn't explain anything, merely waved his hand, indicating that she didn't need to thank him.
Gong Yuanyun bit her red lip slightly. After an internal struggle, she still took a step forward and bowed, saying, “Then, Young Master, would you like to hear a little tune? I, this humble girl, can sing many songs.”
