Oh no! Seven kids at the start, all yellow and skinny.

Chapter 252 Opening a Clothing Shop

The Lin couple were taken aback. Cooperation? Cooperation in what way?

“I’m in business, and I know the Lin family has scaled back many of its businesses, leaving only a few.” Yunyi looked intently at Lin Wan. “But if we want to protect so many people, cutting costs alone won’t work; we also need to increase revenue.”

Lin Wan was a born businessman, and his ancestors had always been merchants, so he keenly understood the meaning behind Yun Yi's words: "Then I don't know what you want to cooperate on and how you want to cooperate."

Mrs. Lin couldn't help but glance at her husband, feeling somewhat surprised. Although the young girl was quite capable, doing business was not the same as fortune-telling and saving lives. But why did her husband seem so interested in it?

"Although the Lin family's business has shrunk by more than half, its foundation is still there, especially your fabric shop, which has always been at the forefront." If the Gu family and the Crown Prince hadn't fallen, they would definitely be imperial merchants. Therefore, what Yunyi wants to do is the ready-made clothing business.

Although there were many ready-made clothing shops and embroiderers at that time, she knew more styles, and making them all would also bring in income.

When she first entered an ancient world, she became rich by selling recipes and clothing designs.

"That's right, our mulberry orchards are the best, our silk is the best, and our technology... well, never mind." Lin Zheng waved his hand, "Unfortunately, now..."

“Lin’s Cloth Shop mainly deals in silk, and its customers are high-class families. But now, I know that Qin’s Cloth Shop has replaced your position.” Yunyi tapped the table lightly with her fingers. “But don’t forget, ordinary people make up the majority of people in a country. So, I’m thinking of opening a mid-to-low-end clothing store so that ordinary people can also afford to wear clothes.”

“We also have inexpensive clothes in our shop, but not many ordinary people come and go,” Madam Lin couldn’t help but say.

"That's because everyone has self-esteem. Think about it, if there are a few cheap clothes among a pile of expensive clothes, would the buyer feel comfortable? What's more, many of them are made of coarse linen or coarse cotton, which are actually not comfortable."

“Father, Mother, I think it’s a good idea.” Lin Yanran’s eyes lit up. “Ordinary people don’t care about the fineness of their clothes. As long as they are comfortable, convenient and cheap, that’s fine. Although many shops have cheap clothes, the shop assistants don’t bother to sell them, and the workmanship is also very rough. What if we could make clothes that are both good quality and inexpensive?”

"This..." Lin Wan thought it was feasible, but also felt it was somewhat risky.

“Master, I think it’s feasible,” Madam Lin spoke up again. “How about this, let Yanran and Yunyi cooperate. We have shops and embroiderers, we can support them from behind.”

“That’s a good idea.” Lin Yanran nodded, then looked at Yun Yi, “Let’s try to open shops all over the country.”

Yunyi smiled and said, "Okay."

Next, they discussed the details of the cooperation. Yunyi would invest in the technology, help improve spinning and weaving machines, provide dyeing technology, and produce clothing patterns. Lin Yanran would be responsible for finding a shop, recruiting shop assistants and embroiderers, etc.

Yunyi originally proposed a 40/60 split, with her taking 40%, since she wouldn't have to spend a penny or even do any legwork, just give orders. However, Lin Yanran wanted 40%, and after much arguing, they settled on a 50/50 split.

Once the negotiations were completed, the contract was signed.

The next day, after Old Madam Lin woke up, she felt much better and learned the whole story. She was even more grateful to Yunyi. Not only did she give Yunyi a set of jade jewelry as a gift, but when she learned that her granddaughter wanted to do business with her, she took out two thousand taels of her private savings to support the two girls.

“This can be considered as the old lady’s investment. You will receive dividends when the company makes money in the future,” Yunyi suggested.

Madam Lin laughed: "Haha, just do your job well, we can talk about profit sharing later." She didn't take the matter to heart at all.

Yunyi stayed another day to finalize the details with Lin Yanran. She even checked out a shop in town before leaving, saying she would come back after the shop was renovated.

Lin Yanran personally brought a bunch of gifts to take Yunyi home. It was almost Chinese New Year, so she called it a New Year's gift delivery. She also wanted to visit Gu Chengrui. Of course, when she learned that Yunyi had seven children, including her cousin's two, she was even more grateful to Yunyi.

Yunyi's family was already used to her disappearing for two days at a time. The only one who was upset was Hongyi, who was her personal maid. However, her young mistress had left her for a full five days, which made her feel very frustrated.

Yunyi patted her head: "You're a mature young woman now. You need to learn to live independently. I can't be with you forever, okay?"

Hong was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized: "Miss, I'm going to be with you for life. What did you mean by what you just said? Are you looking down on me?"

It's so wronged.

"I didn't," Yunyi hurriedly waved her hand. "Don't talk nonsense, spreading rumors is illegal."

Pfft! Someone nearby couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Miss Jinxiu, are you still laughing?" Hong Yi glared at Xiao Jinxiu.

"Am I supposed to laugh or cry?" Xiao Jinxiu shook her head. "Alright, stop being so dramatic. I still have a lot of questions to ask. Go play by yourself for a while, okay?" She then pulled Yunyi away. "Master, let me tell you, I just discovered a problem, it's this stitching..."

Hong Yi felt even more angry and aggrieved.

"Ah Hong, come and help me if you're alright." He Miao called out to her while holding a basket. "I'm going to make some clothes for the young lady."

"I'm not good at needlework," Hong said, scratching her head. "I can't make clothes, at most I can embroider a handkerchief."

"Then embroider a handkerchief." He Miao handed over the needle and thread.

"Your belly is showing quite a bit," Hongyi said, glancing at Hemiao's stomach. "What are you thinking?"

He Miao touched her belly: "This is my child."

"Have you never thought about finding the child's father? Or..."

He Miao shook her head: "I don't know him... Although it was by a twist of fate, I don't want to have anything to do with him, especially since he's from an enemy country." She paused for a moment, then added, "This is a child of the He family, and has nothing to do with anyone else."

"But that person doesn't seem to give up; they keep looking for you."

“As long as Miss doesn’t give any instructions, he won’t be able to find me.” He Miao wasn’t worried at all.

Hong nodded, said nothing more, and lowered her head to begin embroidering the handkerchief.

Lin Yanran had just left when Ning Xingchen arrived.

"You haven't returned to the capital yet?" Yunyi frowned.

"How can I leave before I've finished dealing with this?" Ning Xingchen rolled her eyes at him. "But it's all packed up now, I'll leave first thing tomorrow morning."

"That's fine."

Aren't you going to see me off tonight?

"why?"

"You have those 20,000 taels of silver from Changtai, right?"