Farm Tough Girl
Chapter 536 - 536 537 Mutual Support_1

Chapter 536: Chapter 537 Mutual Support_1 Chapter 536: Chapter 537 Mutual Support_1 Lady Rong looked at Muniang with surprise but was so delighted at the moment that she didn’t ponder further.

This time, not only did Rong Mansion’s reputation spike, but as Lady Rong’s favor with the emperor rose, so did the popularity of Yuyang Embroidery House.

The news of Lady Rong earning the emperor’s cherished affection again through a piece of embroidery spread like wildfire. The embroidery, being novel and playful and not of the traditional sort, fascinated every fortunate daughter of nobility who caught a glimpse of it at the palace. They all extolled its extreme beauty and went out of their way to inquire which Embroidery House had crafted it.

As a result, the reputation of Yuyang Embroidery House soared, with countless young girls eagerly yearning for a piece from it.

Although there was a Yuyang Embroidery House in the Capital City indeed, no one there could create such playful characters. Hence, orders had to be sent to Qinghua City to paint the images. Once painted, they were dispatched back to the Capital, to be made into embroidery at the Capital’s Yuyang Embroidery House.

Just the transportation of these paintings alone would take at least one or two months.

By contrast, customers in Qinghua City were much more conveniently placed. Lady Rong’s favor was a well-known affair across the land, and this time her fondness for the embroidery piece, which helped her rise in rank, naturally caused a national sensation. Even in Qinghua City, there were plenty eager for Lady Rong’s “signature” piece.

Seeing the booming trend, Muniang simply doubled the price of such embroidery pieces. After all, with the reputation established, it was only natural to earn as much as possible.

As for the prices in the Capital, they were obviously higher, taking into account the travel expenses!

Since only Muniang could paint such designs, all customers had to wait for her hand-painted works before they could have their embroidery pieces produced.

Other Embroidery Houses in the region also wanted a piece of this success, but sadly no one else knew how to create such designs, so they could only watch Yuyang Embroidery House flourish.

Muniang was not in a rush, though. Although she could paint quite fast, producing more than fifty pieces a day, she did not let this matter take up too much of her time. Thirty pieces a day was her limit, as she couldn’t let her own affairs delay the House.

Even with Muniang painting twenty or thirty pieces a day, half of them still needed to be sent to the Capital.

The clients waiting in line formed a crowd, and seeing the pace at which the products were being shipped out, they found them even more precious, attracting more people. The principle that rarity breeds value was at play here.

The success of Yuyang Embroidery House’s life-like portrait embroidery also fueled sales of other products, especially the series inspired by The Condor Heroes, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, and Journey to the West, which Muniang had previously introduced.

These were all based on the same painting style, featuring characters from Mei Garden’s plays. As the personal portrait embroidery was yet to be released, these too looked appealing and thus desirable.

An idea sparked in Muniang’s mind, and she immediately arranged for the shipment of various play-related merchandise to the Embroidery House in the Capital.

Originally, these products were merchandising for the plays, intended for those who had seen the performances. With no theater in the Capital, Muniang had no outlet there for these items. Now that the character painting style had become popular, she thought it would be better to use these items to promote her theater company.

Mei Garden and Yuyang Embroidery House were originally interdependent and supportive of each other.

With these products going out, buyers would naturally inquire about the characters embroidered on them, and the stories passed down through word of mouth were even more captivating. By then, she didn’t believe her stories wouldn’t become popular.

Once the stories became popular, Mei Garden would naturally flourish!

These days, Muniang was planning to build an embroidery room in Qinghua City, as so far she only had the one in Tupo Village. But now the business in Qinghua City was booming, and there indeed was a bit of a supply shortage.

“My idea is to recruit skilled embroideresses in Qinghua City, and once the embroidery room here is built, it will specialize in high-quality products. As for the villagers of Tupo Village, their skills are not so exquisite after all, they were not born into the craft, so let them do the more general embroidery, which also will not take away the villagers’ means of livelihood,” Muniang said.

Madam Liu laughed, “After all this time, you still care about the villagers of Tupo Village. If they had any sense, they should be grateful to you.”

“After all, they are fellow villagers. If I can help, I naturally will. It’s been a while since I’ve been back, I wonder how things are there now.”

“Tupo Village is not poor anymore. The wages from our Embroidery House are high, and the women are now the ones supporting the households. The men working in the fields can’t earn more than what the women make with their craft. Xiangcai just happened to come into the city the other day and she told me about it. She said ever since she started making good money, her mother-in-law’s attitude towards her at home has improved a lot!

She also mentioned that now, with the wages from doing embroidery work, many people in the village have managed to build tiled-roof houses, and the days of not having enough to eat are long gone. The villagers can’t thank you enough for this Embroidery House.”

Muniang smiled and said, “In that case, life must be better for the women in Tupo Village now, more prosperous, and probably more people are willing to marry here too.”

The village used to be so poor that girls from other villages weren’t willing to marry into it, and the village girls were eager to marry out, which worried the Village Head.

However, Madam Liu said, “That’s right, you have no idea how many people are eager to marry into our village. Just because of a word from the Village Head, our Embroidery House, which only accepts villagers from Tupo Village as workers, everyone wants a good life. Marrying into our village means that anyone with a bit of skill can make money. Now, the young men in our village even have to be choosy when taking a wife!”

As Madam Liu spoke, there was a sense of pride in her voice. Although she once despised the place that had bound her, it was, after all, her hometown where she had lived for so many years. Now that the village was prosperous, she too felt a sense of pride.

“Ah, by the way, don’t you plan to set up a theater in the Capital City? I’ve heard that the reputation of your Mei Garden is quite widespread, and you don’t want to miss out on that business over there,” Madam Liu suddenly said.

But Muniang shook her head, “Mei Garden only has one establishment in Qinghua City. If someone wants to see a play, they naturally have to come to Qinghua City!”

Muniang had already made up her mind. She wanted to capture the attention of the Capital City. Next year, she planned to pick a good day to take the troupe on a tour to whet the appetite of audiences from other regions. But if they wanted to watch a play, they would still need to come to Qinghua City. Just like the Embroidery House, which also existed in the Capital, it took two extra months to release new embroidery products there compared to Qinghua City, a delay that Muniang had intentionally created.

As they were talking, Qingya came in, holding an invitation, “Lady, it’s from Rong Mansion. Lady Rong is hosting a grand feast in West Garden of the estate tomorrow, inviting all the notable figures of Qinghua City, and you’re on the list too.”