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The shopkeeper’s eyes darted around before he quickly approached Lin Yuan, flashing a pleasing smile, "Miss, although Red Smoke Pavilion is renowned as the best embroidery shop in the Capital city, our place here..."

Understanding the shopkeeper’s thoughts, Lin Yuan smiled reassuringly, cutting him off before he could finish his sentence with a reassuring look, "Shopkeeper, don’t rush, since we have already chosen fabrics from you and have asked you to come and take measurements, we certainly won’t back out on this deal.

As for future collaboration, that will depend on the quality of your work. "

Lin Yuan’s words were clear, and the clever-minded shopkeeper instantly understood their meaning, promptly assuring with a bow, "Miss, rest assured, although we are not as well-known as Red Smoke Pavilion, we conduct our business with a clear conscience and will certainly not let our customers down. "

Lin Yuan nodded with a smile, indicating her trust.

As a businesswoman herself, Lin Yuan naturally understood the principle of first-come, first-served, but still, she put forth a bit of an attitude to signal to the shopkeeper not to slight them because they were outsiders.

While they were talking, Tian Hui entered with a smile.

Although it was only the second time Lin Yuan had met Tian Hui, she had a very good impression of her.

It was said that the relationship between sisters-in-law was second only to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship in its difficulty.

One need only think of Lady Liu, Lady Ma, and Li Feng’e to understand this.

Fortunately, Lin Yuan was very fond of Tian Hui, her elder sister-in-law, who was gentle, generous, kind, and sincere. She truly treated her like her own younger sister.

"Yuanyuan."

Tian Hui first paid her respects to Lao Fan and Lin Jiaxin, then turned to Lin Yuan, saying, "You’ve just arrived in the Capital city, and I haven’t had the chance to give you a welcome gift.

Just yesterday while I was sorting out my clothes at home, it suddenly occurred to me that nothing would be more suitable than to gift you and your sisters some new clothes. "

She paused and glanced at the pile of fabrics on the table inside the room, which was stacked like a small mountain, and laughed behind her hand, "Oh dear, it seems you are already prepared? It looks like I’ve arrived late!"

Although Tian Hui spoke subtly, Lin Yuan still understood somewhat that the upcoming gift was meant to save face for them, considering they probably didn’t have many presentable clothes upon just arriving in Capital city. Tian Hui had hurried over with people from Red Smoke Pavilion.

Lin Yuan was truly grateful for Tian Hui’s kindness and her intent to maintain their dignity.

Holding her hand, Lin Yuan sat down, saying, "Sister Hui, you’ve arrived at just the right time, we are just taking our parents’ measurements.

Yesterday, when we went out shopping, I found several pieces of fabric with nice colors, thought it was perfect for making clothes for my parents, so today the shopkeeper brought the embroidery ladies over. "

The shopkeeper Lin Yuan had invited was far inferior to Red Smoke Pavilion in terms of status, yet Tian Hui didn’t show any disdain. When the shopkeeper, young girls, and two embroidery ladies came over to greet her, she nodded naturally, smiling and telling them to carry on with their work.

"It’s perfect timing since you’re taking measurements. I’ll have the embroidery ladies take some for you all too. If they rush the job today, they should be able to deliver the clothes by tomorrow morning," Tian Hui added.

The capability of Red Smoke Pavilion was not to be underestimated; they could definitely pull off crafting several outfits overnight.

Tian Hui nodded to the two embroidery ladies she had brought with her and watched as one pulled out a measuring tape from a small cloth bag at her waist, while the other took out a small notebook and a very detailed charcoal pencil.

The two worked in tandem, one measuring and the other recording, their movement skilled and much more efficient than the previous shopkeeper and young girls had been.

Not only Lin Yuan, but even the two embroidery ladies that had come with the shopkeeper couldn’t help but stop their own work and watch, their eyes widening as they learned.

As the embroidery ladies took the measurements, Tian Hui waved her hand and took two boxes from the servant girl, delivering them personally to Lao Fan and Lady Xin Liu.

"I came in a hurry, and didn’t know what was suitable to give the elders. This ’Hundred-year Ginseng’ was acquired by my father last year. Although not very old, it is of excellent quality, large and full. I hope Elder Zhen won’t find it lacking," she said.

As a medic, especially one from the Imperial Pharmacy, Lao Fan had seen all kinds of precious items, yet he valued Tian Hui’s filial piety highly, rarely showing a trace of a smile as he placed his hands on the box of ginseng and lightly tapped it a few times.

Lin Yuan’s lips curved upward; it appeared that Lao Fan was also quite fond of Tian Hui.