Chapter 523: with translation of chapter title

523. Chapter 523: Looking for trouble, do they have any face?

"Got it!"

"Let's go!"

Qiao Sheng thought of a solution: to cooperate with Cheng Xianglan.

"Ah…"

Yin Li hadn't managed to voice her question when Qiao Sheng pulled her away from here.

She recalled Cheng Jinyu's previous actions.

Yin Li subconsciously asked Qiao Sheng: "Sister Sheng, Cheng Jinyu shouldn't be in his mother's shop at this time, right?"

She heard.

Qiao Sheng stopped and said, "Why did you suddenly bring up Jinyu?"

"I—I just said it offhand."

Yin Li began to stammer.

Qiao Sheng couldn't help but think that perhaps something had happened between Yin Li and Cheng Jinyu that she didn't know.

Seeing that Yin Li had nothing to say.

Qiao Sheng said that he probably wasn't in the shop at this time, and led her toward Cheng Xianglan's shop.

In the back courtyard, Cheng Xianglan was teaching a few new apprentices embroidery; when she learned that Qiao Sheng and the others had arrived, she smiled and greeted, "Ah Sheng, Yin Li, you're here."

They exchanged greetings.

Cheng Xianglan led them toward the living room.

They chatted casually for a few sentences.

Qiao Sheng then stated their purpose: "Sister Xianglan, we want to partner with you to make money."

"Partner to make money? Partner to do what?"

Cheng Xianglan asked Qiao Sheng with a curious expression.

Qiao Sheng told her the specifics: "Plush Toys, Stuffed Doll and the like."

She realized she hadn't brought any samples.

Qiao Sheng asked Cheng Xianglan for brush, ink, paper and inkstone, and drew in front of her and Yin Li; in no time, a dozen endearingly goofy cartoon animals leapt onto the paper.

"Ah Sheng, your drawing is really beautiful; what little animal is this? I've never seen it. This one looks a bit like a duck, this one a bit like a bear…"

Cheng Xianglan held the drawing, looked at it, and said.

Qiao Sheng introduced each one, and after finishing said, "Actually, besides making the items I mentioned for sale, you can also have people embroider them onto fabric to sell, or turn them into various garments…"

"Ah Sheng, you're amazing."

Without hesitation, Cheng Xianglan agreed to partner with them to make money.

Qiao Sheng originally planned for Yin Li to hold one share, Cheng Xianglan to hold sixty percent, and himself thirty percent.

Cheng Xianglan didn't want that much; she only took fifty percent.

They discussed how to proceed.

Following Qiao Sheng's instructions, Cheng Xianglan recruited staff responsible for assembly and packaging; they didn't need embroidery skills, but since most of her workers were women, she hired only women.

Originally.

Qiao Sheng asked Yin Li to invest only two hundred taels of silver, but she gave five hundred taels outright.

She only wanted a ten percent share.

Qiao Sheng couldn't argue, so he let her have her way.

At the start, some problems were inevitable.

Qiao Sheng then took Yin Li to the Lanxiang Embroidery Workshop every day.

Thus.

It actually made it convenient for Cheng Jinyu to occasionally interact with Yin Li.

That day.

Yin Li couldn't help but ask Cheng Jinyu: "Cheng Jinyu, aren't your grandmother and the others coming to cause trouble for you now?"

"Cause trouble—do they have any face?"

When Cheng Jinyu spoke of them, his complexion turned rather bad.

Yin Li said nothing more.

Cheng Jinyu handed Yin Li a piece of pastry and said, "I didn't mean to make you uneasy, I…"

"I understand."

Yin Li was just about to leave to find Qiao Sheng and the others.

Cheng Jinyu called her back: "You going won't help them anyway; just stay here and sit with me for a while."

After all, there was no one else here.

Otherwise.

He wouldn't dare let Yin Li sit with him for a while.

Yin Li suddenly remembered what had happened before, gave Cheng Jinyu a sidelong look and said, "How could I not be able to help? You're the one who can't help with anything!"

Having said that.

Yin Li walked away without looking back.

Seeing her walk so fast, Cheng Jinyu hurried after her: "Did you also have dinner here tonight before going back?"