Chapter 64: Fool Yi Fan

After half a month of work, another batch of clothes on the garment hall has been put on the shelves.

The news that the garment hall will be open again has been spread among the older girls and young wives.

A manager of the King of Wu's Mansion opened the door of the ready-to-wear store early, waiting for the guests to come.

Yi Fan and Li Ke were drinking tea on the second floor of the garment pavilion. Looking down from the window, women in groups of three or three came to the garment pavilion in the cold.

Seeing that more and more people came to the garment hall, Yi Fan became interested in betting with Li Ke.

"Brother Zhengzhi, guess how long will it take for our goods to be sold out by these women?"

Li Ke looked at Yi Fan unexpectedly. He didn't expect Yi Fan to use this as a bet.

"Since Ping An is happy, I will bet with you. Since it is a bet, I will naturally have some lottery. It is better to do this. Who loses? How about who treats Yingchunyuan tonight?"

When Yi Fan heard that he was going to the brothel, he was a little excited. He had been in ancient times for so long and had not been to the brothel. Yi Fan thought to himself, "Why go and see it tonight?"

After his idea was settled, Yi Fan said, "Okay, just say it's settled."

Then, Li Ke guessed that the clothes in the ready-to-wear pavilion downstairs would be sold out, while Yi Fan guessed that the clothes in the two and a half hours.

Two hours later, Yi Fan and Li Ke went downstairs and came to the garment shop.

I saw that there were only a few customers in the entire garment shop, but the clothes on the shelves did not decrease.

Yi Fan and Li Ke looked at each other. What is the situation? This is completely different from what they expected!

Li Ke called the manager and asked, "What's going on?"

The manager said with grievance: "Your Highness, my subordinates are incompetent, and they have not sold a single piece of clothing until now."

Yi Fan and Li Ke both exclaimed: "How is that possible?"

Li Ke's tone turned cold and said, "What's going on? Tell me clearly."

The manager said tremblingly: "I don't know the specific subordinates, but I just heard from them that the clothes in our store are too old and there are no new ones."

Yi Fan was confused. In just half a month, these clothes that combine modern design concepts have expired?

Yi Fan looked around in the store and saw that the woman with a weight of more than 100 pounds was also there, so he stepped forward and asked, "This sister has invited me. I have something unknown. I want to ask my sister for advice."

The fat woman was called out by Yi Fan and called her sister Shutan, so naturally she agreed.

"This sister, I saw you buy a lot of clothes last time, why didn't you buy a single one today?"

I heard the fat woman say, "Last time, my sister, I saw the clothes here are novel, so I ignored them and gave them one piece to each one, so I could go back and make one for my husband and son as I did.

I wanted to see if there are any new models this time, but I know that it is the same as the last time's clothes, so why do I buy it?"

Yi Fan twitched the corner of his mouth and squeezed out an ugly smile. Last time he thought others were stupid, but he was stupid. He didn't plan to buy it back and wear it. He just used the clothes from the ready-to-wear garage as sample clothes.

The fat woman seemed to be talking, and she couldn't stop it. She looked around and saw that the manager under Li Ke didn't pay attention to this place, and she just heard her whisper.

"Little Langjun, let me tell you, this shopkeeper of the ready-to-wear court is not a fool."

The fat woman pointed at a piece of clothing and said, "Look, there are no ones who sell spring and autumn clothes in the middle of winter? Do you think he is stupid?"

In love, this fat woman didn't recognize Yi Fan as one of the owners of this store.

When someone said he was stupid, Yi Fan could only remain silent. Who would make him want to find out the news from her?

When the woman saw Yi Fan silent, she thought he had agreed to his point of view, and she became even more excited when she spoke.

"This shopkeeper is really stupid. How can we sell already made clothes! We women have our own hands and feet. If we buy clothes here and wear them, we will not be laughed at to death. If my husband wears clothes here and goes out."

Speaking of this, the fat woman shivered, as if she had thought of something terrible.

Yi Fan quickly asked, "What's wrong with your husband wearing the clothes here?"

The fat woman said with lingering fear: "What else can happen? If my husband knew that the clothes he wore were bought by me, not by me, he would have divorced me.

Neighbors would also say that I am a lazy woman and I can’t even make clothes. In that case, I would be shameless to see people.

So no woman would buy clothes here and go back to wear them for her family. As for women who buy clothes here themselves, that would be even more of a joke."

Yi Fan finally figured out the situation.

The ready-to-wear garment cabinet I built was indirectly depriving women of this era of family status and social status.

This is an era where the male leads to the outside and the female leads to the inside.

In addition to the male protagonist, he is nothing more than making money to support his family.

The heroine is cooking, washing, and sewing and repairing. This sewing and repairing naturally involves making clothes for her husband and son.

If a woman makes good clothes, her husband will naturally be proud of her when wearing them. The woman's status at home will also be relatively higher.

On the contrary, women make poor clothes and men are embarrassed to wear them. You can imagine what kind of treatment that woman will be treated at home. After all, in ancient times, it was a patriarchal society.

Although women in the Tang Dynasty were very awesome, they were only individuals. Compared with the entire society, they were still dominated by patriarchal power.

The ready-to-wear cabinet closed again after a long time of opening. Last time, it was because there was nothing sold, but this time it was because it couldn't sell things and it closed.

Yi Fan and Li Ke returned to heaven and earth with a dejected look, and no one mentioned the trip to Yingchun Garden at night.

Both of them felt a little frustrated. In order to vent this feeling, they could only drink.

Someone got a mutton hotpot. Yi Fan and Li Ke were in the private room on the second floor. You and I started drinking one cup after another. After a while of the wine, Li Ke spoke a little drunk.

"Pingan, do you know? Because of this ready-to-wear pavilion, I was also written by that old guy Wei Zheng, saying that I was competing for profit with the people, but the dignified prince did the business of merchants, which hurt the royal face.

Do you know, why did I promise to do this business with you?"

Yi Fan did not respond, he knew that Li Ke would continue.

As expected, Li Ke continued: "Because you, because you are from a hundred families, I want to make friends with you better than you and achieve the goal of indirectly making friends with hundreds of families.

Another reason is that I have no money. Last time, I lost a lot of people because of your scallion and tofu. For the aftermath, my money has been almost done.

I invested the last remaining money into this garment pavilion. Now tell me, can our garment pavilion be opened?"

Yi Fan put down his wine glass and said, "Yes, of course, can this little thing be. How can we bother us? You, a dignified prince, wouldn't you be discouraged like this?"

"Who said I was discouraged?" Li Ke jumped up like a cat with a trampled tail.

"Dong, dun, dun."

The door of the private room was knocked.

Yi Fan shouted: "Come in."

The person who came was Yi Yun.

After Yi Yun bowed to Yi Fan and Li Ke separately, he said, "Brother, that man's teeth are here, saying that it was the cotton you want, which was already transported into Chang'an by the people of the Western Regions before the heavy snow blocked the road."

Yi Fan slapped his thigh and shouted: "Okay!"

Then he said to Li Ke happily: "What is missing is what you want, what is the treasure that saves our garment pavilion."
Chapter completed!