Chapter 10： A slap can count

Chapter 10 A slap can count

Qiao Mai came to both sides of the official road and went directly to the cloth shop, but was disappointed when he entered it.

How can a small town have high-end fabrics? Except for old coarse cloth, fine coarse cloth, cotton cloth, there are at most a few bolts of silk and satin, which are still enshrined and protected.

She opened her mouth and asked, "Shopkeeper, do you have yarn here?"

There were several customers in the shop, and the shopkeepers were all busy. Hearing what she said, they all turned to look at her.

Seeing that she was dressed neatly and had a silver hairpin in her hair, the shopkeeper called another guy to greet him, and he came to receive Qiao Mai himself.

"Madam, we don't have any here, but if you want, our shop can buy from Chengfu."

"How much is a horse?"

"Five taels of silver a piece, if you buy it yourself, you can't buy it at this price."

Qiao Mai understands that there is cooperation among peers, and what they pay is wholesale price.

"When will it arrive?"

"the day after tomorrow"

"That's fine, I'll order a piece of white Luosha. Do you have the outer circle of palace fans here?"

"No, this one has to be customized."

"Then do you sell fans here?"

"Ordinary fans are sold in grocery stores, expensive ones, few households in our small town can afford them, so our store generally doesn't buy such products."

Qiao Mai didn't ask any more questions. He paid the deposit at the cloth store, took the receipt, and started walking around the town.

At first, she wanted to try to make it herself, but after seeing the carpenter's shop, she decided decisively that she should find someone to order.

Entered the shop, the guy was doing his work, he wiped his hands and greeted him.

"Ma'am, do you want to order carpentry work?"

"Can you make frames for palace fans and round fans here?"

"Yes, this is a delicate job, and it has to be done by our master. Others can't do it."

"Are the fans of different shapes the same price?"

"Pure bamboo is one tael of silver. If the outer ring of the fan needs to be decorated with wood, silver will be added accordingly according to the difference of all the wood."

"Are you more specific?"

"Pink pear wood adds two taels of silver to one leaf, mahogany adds three taels of silver to one leaf, black walnut five taels to one leaf, and the next step is expensive sandalwood, ten taels of silver to one leaf."

"Is it convenient for me to go back to Gabe by myself?"

"Naturally convenient. There are buckles inside the bamboo. After the cloth is evenly stretched, you can directly buckle it in, and the cloth will unfold."

Thinking that there were only five taels of silver left in his hand, Qiao Mai said, "Then order a yellow pear tree first. If your master's craftsmanship is good, I will order more in the future."

"Who are you?" The guy wanted to ask what she did.

"I am Xiu Niang, and I will deal with you often in the future."

The man was very happy to hear that, even though she is not the young wife of a rich family, but she has a good job, and she will definitely order more in the future, and I will have to talk to the master about it later, so I became more respectful.

"Ma'am, I won't give you a cheap price for this one. Next time you become a regular customer of our store, I will definitely report to Master and give you the most suitable price."

"OK."

After Qiao Mai paid the deposit, he got the receipt again and left the carpenter's shop. The next step was embroidery thread and needles.

When I came to Ruyi Embroidery Village, there were several women who were handing in their work. When Lu Sanniang saw her, she waved to her, and pouted again, which meant to tell her to wait a while.

She stood by the side of the shop, looking outside while she was wandering, a woman kept staring at her.

Don't say that Qiao Mai didn't know a few people when he first wore it. Even the former Qiao Mai didn't know a few people in the two villages of her natal family and her husband's family. She can count them with a single slap.

The woman looked at her for a long time and asked cautiously.

"Are you the Joe from Taohua Village who separated from the Tian family?"

Qiao Mai turned around and glanced at her, "Who are you?"

"Oh, I'll just say it looks familiar, so it's true, I haven't seen you in half a month, you've changed a lot, you've even put on a silver hairpin, tsk tsk!"

Qiao Mai looked at her coldly, this day will come sooner or later, she has long been mentally prepared.

"Yeah, no one in the village rescued me, so I came to the town. Not to mention, people I don't know in the town can feel pity, but people in a village ignore it. It's really a cold world."

The woman rolled her eyes, "Don't criticize Sang and scold Huai, we are all having a hard time, besides, the Tian family is watching, if we help you and let the Tian family know, then the old Tian Tou and his mother-in-law are not allowed to come to our house It's noisy, we can't afford it."

"I'm not swearing, I'm just telling the truth. Excuse me, after talking for a long time, who are you?"

"I am the eldest daughter-in-law of Zhou's family across from Tian's family. My maiden's family is from the same village as yours. My maiden's family name is Du."

"Oh, got it."

Qiao Mai was indifferent to her, and then looked into the distance again after speaking, ignoring her.

Ms. Zhou Du kept talking endlessly, "I said Mrs. Qiao, now that you are well-off, why don't you go back to your natal family. Your natal family lives like a year, and life is very poor."

"They said that the water poured out by the married girl will not let me go back to my mother's house in the future."

"That's just talking, it's not what the Tian family told your natal family, they told you like this, which father and mother don't love their children."

"Yes, which father and mother don't love their children."

Qiao Mai was about to continue talking when Lu Sanniang called her from the shop.

"Joe, if you don't come in to work, if you don't work hard, you will be fired."

Mrs. Zhou Du turned around and looked at Lu Sanniang, "Shopkeeper, is Mrs. Qiao working here?"

"yes,"

Zhou Du curled his lips and glanced at Qiao.

"I didn't expect your life to be really good. It turns out that you met a nobleman. She is a well-known rich woman in our ten miles and eight towns."

Qiao Shi also glanced at her, turned around and entered the shop, Zhou Du Shi snorted coldly, and walked away with a twist.

Walk far away without looking back.

Lu Sanniang saw that there was no one else in the shop, so she took her hand.

"How come out?"

"I went to the cloth store to order a piece of Luo yarn, and then went to the carpenter's shop to order a palace fan. I tried to embroider a palace fan first. The weather is getting warmer and warmer. I think the girl from the rich family, the lady's, will come out soon. Manually, holding a palace fan in your hand should be very impressive."

"How long did you embroider on both sides for this palace fan?"

"Half a month."

"Double-sided embroidery is time-consuming and troublesome, so how much do you think this palace fan should sell for?"

"The cloth is worthless, five taels of silver for a piece, and only a small piece is used. The fan stand costs three taels of silver, and a long tassel needs to be added under the handle. Including my embroidery skills, the cost is worth ten taels at least." Bar,"

"It's more than ten taels, just because of your double-sided embroidery skills, it's worth a lot of money."

"Then let's calculate it at the cost of twenty taels. This palace fan will cost at least one hundred taels?"

Lu Sanniang's eyes widened, "I was thinking of selling fifty taels, but you actually want to sell one hundred taels, can you sell it?"

"Only those who have no money can bargain. Rich people don't care about such a small amount of money as long as the things look good. By the way, I forgot to order the wooden box for the palace fan, so that it can improve its grade. .”

"Grade?"

"It is to increase its value, just like people, people rely on clothes, horses rely on saddles, do you understand?"

"Haha, if you say that, I will understand."

Qiao Mai went to the carpenter's shop again, and ordered a wooden box for palace fans, and the requirements were also very high-end.

After taking the needle and thread from the embroidery shop, she didn't hang around anymore. She knew the things and prices here, so she went home.

As soon as Mrs. Zhou Du returned to the village, he ran to the opposite Tian's house, dragged Mrs. Tian Li and started talking.

"Auntie, guess who I saw today?"

"If you fart, who can you see? Could it be that you can see ghosts?"

"Cut, it's your Joe's!"

"Bah, it's not long ago, I wanted to divorce that **** a long time ago, Lang Hoof, didn't let me catch that man, otherwise she would have to be burned to death."

Zhou Du shuddered, "Auntie, she is in Tianshui Town now, I haven't seen her in half a month, she is wearing a good one, a new fine cotton coat, and a silver hairpin in her hair."

(end of this chapter)