Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 263

The owner of the shop next door planned to go back to the village to live in the village, and the shop in the town did not want to operate it, so it happened to be leased to Xia Junyan. The rent was 15 taels a year, and Xia Junyan signed it for a year first.

While looking for someone to renovate the store, he sent the finalized patterns of the five pairs of handkerchiefs to Shouqiao Village. After talking with Guilan in detail for nearly an hour, he watched Guilan match the colors and embroider the pattern with his own eyes. After a sample, Xia Junyan left with peace of mind.Three days later, he took the handkerchief and handed over the red seal with a penny of silver.The creases on Jiang Luoshi's smiling face were all ironed, and he said, "Shopkeeper Xia is really very polite, but a few handkerchiefs will not take much trouble."

"Integrity is important in business. I will take these back first. If the sale is good, I will definitely come to Sister Guilan again."

Jiang Luoshi immediately said: "It must be selling well. Shopkeeper Xia's vision is top-notch, and coupled with my family's Guilan's craftsmanship, this handkerchief may be sold in a day."

"Thank you for your blessing."

Xia Junyan didn't keep much, and put the beautiful square handkerchief in a special wooden box, which was made by Xia Junyan staring at the carpenter, and there was heaven and earth inside.After getting ready to get together, she rushed back to the town without stopping. Mrs. Chen's women's school had already set a date, and this box of handkerchiefs was her congratulatory gift.

For this show, Xia Junyan put on some makeup and dressed up specially.The silver hairpin on the head was replaced with a jade hairpin, which was inserted into the cloud-like bun, which looked extraordinarily small and delicate.She was dressed in a bright red and tea-and-white chest-length skirt, holding a Qinghe round fan in her hand, and specially summoned a small sedan chair, took a congratulatory gift and went to the female school.

Mrs. Chen's women's school is located in a separate courtyard of the Chen Mansion, where a bamboo grove was planted, and a spring was drawn to create a garden landscape, which is very elegant and very suitable for young ladies to study.

Xia Junyan was invited, and after handing over the name card, she was led to a place to drink tea and sit down by the maid.In the courtyard of the other courtyard, the low tables are placed one by one, and the low tables are placed with cushions.There is an incense burner on the desk at the front, and in front of the desk is a hall with portraits of saints.

One after another, all the ladies who came to watch the ceremony arrived.This time, Mrs. Chen accepted eight female students in total, so the mothers of the eight female students were particularly respectable among the crowd.

Huang Niangzi couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, and she was worried about being said, so the fan kept blocking her face.

Xia Junyan looked left and right curiously. It was the first time for her to visit the opening ceremony in ancient times, so she felt very fresh.

After Mrs. Chen burned incense, a dignified woman in her thirties, wearing a dark black and red dress, announced the auspicious day of the academy with a solemn expression, and struck the cloud board three times. Another woman ordered eight female students to recite poetry.After the poem was finished, the woman before hit the cloud board three more times, and Mrs. Chen began to give the opening speech.

Xia Junyan noticed that apart from those who came to watch the ceremony like them, there were two seats on the opposite side.A younger woman and an old lady sat respectively.According to Xia Junyan's observation, the younger woman was holding the pen, and the old lady should be the special guest.

The whole opening ceremony was solemn and solemn, and even Huang Niangzi, who was a little bit overjoyed before, restrained her smile.Xia Junyan always had a decent smile on her face, but her heart was already full of joy - judging from the style of the opening ceremony, she prepared this congratulatory gift really well!

(End of this chapter)