296. Prices
I can't think of a way, Shi Gui frowned and thought for a while, it is best to have something that can be used locally, it is really not possible to buy some small wooden barrels, thinking about it, I asked Baozhi, she is a local, what they don't know, Baozhi always knows.
Bao Zhi really laughed: "What's so difficult about this, the pots used by the workers on the dock to drink water are all made of bamboo, and the things that need to be transported down from the top are all packed in bamboo, tied up and transported down the river, and they don't even need a boat." β
The bamboos that Shi Gui saw were all planted in the secluded fence, and the bamboo leaves rustled as soon as the wind blew, Ye Wenxin wrote in the incense, and occasionally played the piano, and no longer associated this thing with the delivery of goods.
Bao Zhi simply took Shi Gui to the wharf, the long bamboo tube was not carried with him, and pointed to the three or two long bamboo tubes lined up on the small merchant ship: "That is for water, the water in the hot day is also cold, and the farmers in the countryside also use this to hold rice and vegetables in the field, which is better than porcelain pottery." β
When the field is busy, where can I take care of going home to eat, all take a piece to the field, the pottery is fragile, only the bamboo tube string rope can be lifted, carry it down to the field, put it on the ridge, and put it after eating
The opening of the big store to welcome customers naturally has to use the fine porcelain burned, the more exquisite the shop pΓΉ is, there are more people coming and going from the south to the north in Suizhou, the Huaiyang Pavilion is particularly fine, the glass is burned with all kinds of glass, and the set of thirteen pieces is a banquet for serious hospitality.
But Shi Gui is not a restaurant, do not have to do this fine effort, as long as it is easy to use and strong to withstand the loss, the bamboo tube is much better than the ordinary porcelain bowl pottery bowl, the bamboo tube containing water always has a large bowl mouth, take one of the sections when the bowl is used, the hot rice is served inside, and then cover it with toppings, and you can sell it when you push it, and it is much lighter.
Bao Zhi didn't think that her idea really came in handy, and took her to the bamboo shop, the local bamboo is prolific, Gushui County is a place where bamboo is produced, green bamboo tea, penny bamboo, everything you want.
All kinds of furniture and small things made of bamboo, all on a street, Bao Zhi brought Shi Gui over, she asked the price of each family, Shi Gui still didn't understand very well, so she only asked Bao Zhi to ask the price, she took a look around with her hands behind her back, a few shops turned around, there was a price suitable for the order, and then entered the store to talk again.
Bamboo shops are next to each other, some of the shops are full of things, some of the shops are small, and there are few things, Shi Gui picks those with small facades, but is more willing to do business, and answers when he asks, and sees that it is a female guest, and calls his wife out to entertain.
This street is full of bamboo products, bamboo mats, bamboo fans, bamboo incense, bamboo strips, bamboo baskets, all available, there are patterns made up, there are also bamboo tubes that hold water, but there is no big bamboo tube that can hold rice as Shi Gui wants.
The shopkeeper listened to her gesture and laughed: "Isn't that a food bowl, do you really want this?"
Shi Gui nodded: "If you really want this, it's better to be about the same, if it's too big, don't want it if it's too small." β
The owner of the bamboo shop was full of embarrassment: "We have a bamboo here, the thick one can be used as a pot, and the thick one can be used as a bamboo lady. β
can only be bought at the price of a bamboo, it is custom-made, Shi Gui knows that this is looking at her is foreign, so this takes advantage of her, a bamboo is a treasure everywhere, bamboo leaves can also be used to dry tea, pieces of silk into baskets, the loss is very small, and she said that even one by one is sold is a fool.
Seeing that Baozhi was young, Shi Gui was deliberately deceived by a foreigner, Baozhi had not spoken, Shi Gui laughed first, and did not talk to him, no matter how attentive his face was, it was useless, and he was just thinking of taking advantage.
Shi Gui went out, but chased him out, and Shi Gui refused to patronize him even if he let the price, with the intention of taking advantage, he could always find a place to deduct a few points, and turned into another house to ask for the price.
Bamboo one end is thick and one end is thin, in addition to making bowls can also be made into cups, complete sets of bamboo pieces, asked two or three families, there is a bottom in my heart, the bamboo bowl is set, two hundred bowls, plus a hundred cups, first give the order two dollars of silver, and then pay the rest when I receive the goods.
Booked the bowl, went to the cloth village again, asked for two red cloths, Baozhi still thought that Shi Gui made clothes and skirts, seeing that she just picked up the color of Xianyan, and also picked out two embroidered belts for her, who knew that Shi Gui shook his head: "This is not what I wear, for the workers to wear." β
The red cloth pierced the eyes, and when the name was good, he embroidered the words with black thread, and made such two clothes, and Qiu Niang was ready in three or four days, but the bamboo bowl was not ready-made, but it had to wait for ten days, Shi Gui calculated that he had to find a carpenter to hire workers in a place, and everything had to take effort, and ten days was really a day of extra effort.
I went back and took the cloth to Qiu Niang, Qiu Niang also thought that Shi Gui was going to cut a red skirt, Shi Gui gestured to her: "Those who run outside the hall are also wearing the same clothes, which one on the first floor, it is clear, we have to run outside, not to mention the less, the rest of the white cloth, and then make a flag, other people's flags must be hung upstairs, our flags are hung on the car, and more people know." "Not only hung the flag, but also wrote on the car, painted beautifully, and pushed it on the street to catch the eye.
The method is good, but it is difficult to find a good carpenter at the moment, there are people pushing a cart to do business outside, mostly some wonton stalls and fish ball stalls, the size of the car Shi Gui has seen, and it is wider to bring it, a car can hold a hundred copies, it is easy to push, you can also plant a flag on it, it is best to install a canopy, a small pestle is placed on the car, and the seller can also sit and rest.
The bowl is bought, the money pot and iron pot are not complete, and the manpower has not been recruited, so I have to go to the vegetable field to see what dishes are in the market, which ones can be used to make bamboo rice, pork shutters are Qiu Niang's specialty dishes, the soup is mixed with rice, Xizi can eat two bowls in one go, and when I first started to do it, I don't have to renovate the patterns every day, there are four or five kinds of rotations.
Ah Zhen's bacon rice is also good, but it is delicious because of the sufficient materials, or you have to calculate how much the cost is, Shi Gui still wants to go to the market, Baozhi is already too tired to move, Shi Gui found a tea shop, bought a bowl of sugar water for Baozhi to drink, stewed sweet potato water, sweet sugar water, and put some ice, Baozhi drank it all in one go.
I couldn't help but fan it, only then did I feel more comfortable, Baozhi was young, beating his legs and rubbing his wrists, Shi Gui realized more and more that this could not be done, he had to learn the local dialect, and he couldn't rely on Baozhi everything, and he said that he would hire it for a few days, and it would be almost half a month.
Shi Gui walked on the street, and he didn't know how to say anything, Bao Zhi said, she also remembered it, and when she went back, she pulled Ah Zhen and told Ah Zhen what she knew.
Qiu Niang saw that she was busy running around for a day, and stewed soup for her: "This is what I learned from Ah Zhen Niang, the soup is weird and weird, and I don't know how many things are put in the soup, Ah Zhen Niang said to see that you are too busy, give you a supplement, you don't have to work like this, the money in our hands can always support for a while." β
Shi Gui couldn't rest for a moment, he had lost a lot of weight since he arrived in Suizhou, but his spirit was excellent: "I'm not tired at all, my mother doesn't know, he said, there will be martial arts on the Holy Birthday Festival, and many craftsmen will be used to build a platform on the dock, and even they will have to go to the soldiers. β
Qiu Niang looked at her and smiled slightly, she also knew a little about business, after all, she had set up a stall with the two green calyxes, but she was not as good as her daughter's plans, and she didn't know how she had so many twists and turns in her stomach, she hadn't heard of the idea she hadn't seen before, she jumped out one by one.
Qiu Niang felt that her daughter was too hard, her waist was thin, and she was running alone inside and out, so she was more and more unwilling, Shi Gui took her hand: "Mother wants to make clothes, and she has to think about the menu, where I am busy alone." β
Qiu Niang soaked her feet in water, it was only a few days, and a thin layer of cocoons came out of her feet, how could Shi Gui be willing to let Qiu Niang wash for her, and quickly stopped, Qiu Niang refused, and rubbed her legs, and pressed it again and again: "Your father went down to the ground when he was busy with farming, and I will soak his feet when he comes back, and I don't know where he is at this moment." β
Shi Gui knew that Qiu Niang was thinking about Shi Dad, the more free time she had, the more she kept thinking about it, and said after thinking for a while: "Niang Ming'er and I will go to the market together, I haven't bought vegetables in the Song family, I'm afraid that someone will go to the pit, you follow me, let's bargain." β
Qiu Niang felt that her daughter was working too hard, and she couldn't wait to share more for her, so she immediately responded: "Where did you run the vegetable and fish farm, I will go with you." β
Shi Gui laughed, and thought about what else could Qiu Niang do, he was always afraid that she would work too hard, and wanted her to take a good rest, but he never thought that she was idle but at a loss, so he took out the matter of Xizi and said that Baozhi's father really has a private school that speaks official language.
The gentleman sitting in the hall is a young talent, if he doesn't know how to speak official language, he can't open a private school, Shi Gui didn't think about asking Xizi to study and test his fame, so he offered a bundle of repairs, two pieces of bacon and a Jinling osmanthus salted duck, and Xizi would be able to enter the school the day after tomorrow.
The two whispered carefully, calmed Qiu Niang, Shi Gui added some oil to the lamp, lit the wick, and took out the charcoal strips, Suizhou people have many people who can paint Zheng brushes, all of them are learning from the master of the Six Banyan Temple, he doesn't say or listen, when he paints, someone is willing to look at it, and he never drives people away, but he wants to paint it, and if he doesn't want to paint, he throws it away for a few days without using the pen, and is willing to work hard to follow him, in order to learn some real skills.
He has stayed in the Six Banyan Temple for several years and has never been out of the mountain gate, learning to have some fur with a scale and half a claw, and then spread out, so the landscape painting in Suizhou is also different from other places, not only the landscape flower and bird techniques, even the embroidery patterns are also very different, there are few charcoal sellers in the next place, as long as it is a pen and ink shop, it is sold.
Shi Gui wants to draw braised pork rice bowls, so she naturally has to use charcoal to draw a bowl on the paper, and then draw rice, these things are easy, but the color is not easy, she hasn't painted for many years, her hands have long been raw, throw down the pen and think about it, I don't know if there is anyone on the street who paints for others.
The next morning, Qiu Niang made the idea to let her sleep a little longer, but Baozhi came to the door early, and said happily: "My father is looking for a good place, let the girl take a look quickly." β