Chapter 105: Livelihood

Lin Yujuan couldn't help but think of the crochet she brought, if she could successfully hook out a piece of clothing, she shouldn't worry about the market, all she had to consider was the price. Thinking www.biquge.info of this, she also paid attention to see if there was a needlework shop on the street. It didn't take much effort to let her find one, Li Ji needlework. The shop is not big, and the façade looks no more than two meters wide, which is much smaller than the cloth shop and clothing store next to it, but it is enough to sell needlework and thread. Standing in front of the counter in the store was a middle-aged woman in her thirties, who saw Lin Yujuan and the others coming in and greeted them warmly.

"You two want to buy some needlework and thread to take home? Come in and take a look, I have a complete range of needles and threads here, and there are many colors, embroidery and sewing clothes are easy to use. “

Lin Yujuan smiled at the proprietress and didn't speak, but only looked at all the silk threads in the shop. Unexpectedly, there was nothing she wanted, so she asked: "Boss, the silk thread I want is thicker than the one sold in your store, do you have it at home?" ”

"How thick does it have to be?"

Lin Yujuan picked up a handful of silk threads on the counter, pinched out five or six and twisted them into a strand and sent them to the proprietress in front of her.

"Boss, look, it's almost this thick."

After looking for it at the counter, the proprietress said to Lin Yujuan apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I really don't." The thickest is the cotton thread sewn on the quilt, can you use it? ”

"No, can I make a reservation? I'm going to buy a lot of them, and they're all kinds of colors. “

"This can also be done, but it takes a little longer, and it takes about ten days to be available. It's not about the New Year, and I'm busy. I heard that your accent is not from Yangzhou City, I don't know if you two can wait? The hostess asked.

"We're living in the city now, not passing vendors. Is it possible that I can customize as long as the color of the silk thread here? Lin Yujuan asked with a smile.

"Of course you can. What colors do you need? ”

"Sister, what are you doing with so many threads? Can you embroider? Lin Yusuo was puzzled.

"I'll tell you when I go back, you don't care about it yet." Lin Yujuan said to the proprietress again: "I'll show you, that's it, this way, and... By the way, boss, I have to make these silk threads longer, it's not good to be so short, just wind them into a ball of thread. Is that okay? Lin Yujuan pointed to more than a dozen colors at once.

"Okay, no problem. However, you have set so many lines at once, you need to give a deposit first. ”

Lin Yujuan had already estimated that she should ask for a deposit, and she readily agreed.

The proprietress picked up the abacus and calculated, saying, "How about giving you one or two of each silk thread?" A total of six hundred and twenty wen will be brought by three or two, and twenty wen will be given to you. “

Lin Yujuan paid the silver and took the sample silk thread. After the proprietress wrote the receipt and pick-up time, she gave the receipt to Lin Yujuan. Lin Yujuan took it in her hand and carefully dried the ink, then carefully folded it and put it in the pocket inside her clothes.

"Jade Lock, let's go, let's go ahead and have a look?"

"Second sister, now you can always say it, right?" Lin Yusuo saw that the consumption in Yangzhou was really high, and his sister spent money like flowing water, so he was terrified.

"That's for making clothes, don't worry, sister won't have no plans. Can you still be hungry? Lin Yujuan said.

"Second sister, then you can make clothes to sell, what about me? What am I going to do? Didn't you say you were going to come here to sell kimchi? Lin Yusuo asked very seriously.

"The method of making kimchi is so simple, and the ordinary house we rent now is not a shop. Everyone can see the jar moving in and out every day, and now even the vegetables have to be bought from the vegetable farmers, and the cost is too high. The key is that making money is so slow, and we can make kimchi when we are familiar with Yangzhou City. You're still growing up, and you can't do coolies, otherwise there will be some hard work on the docks. Besides, I can't bear to let you suffer that hardship. Walking around the street, maybe one of the shops is too busy to recruit a guy to help. If you really meet the two of us, you might as well go to work there for a few days. Lin Yujuan also told her brother about her plans.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Lin Yusuo heard her sister say that everything was planned, so she put these troubles behind, opened her mind, and played with all her heart. The sister and brother walked all the way and found that there were many rouge gouache shops and jewelry shops on both sides. Lin Yujuan was naturally curious, and took the trouble to look at the past. Did she see that there was a filigree for sale? buns, and even braided hair. This made Lin Yujuan very curious, what about anyone else wearing wigs? She couldn't help but ask,

"Boss, do you still collect your hair here?"

This is a jewelry store with a small façade, and it sells some by the way? Topknot. Seeing that this woman is thirty or forty years old, the guy next to her looks quite similar to her, and it is estimated that it is a family workshop.

The proprietress was also a little interested when she heard this; "Little lady, you want to sell your hair?"

"Hehe, I want to ask the price, if it's suitable, I really want to sell it." Lin Yujuan smiled at the proprietress and came out.

"Sister, how can you cut your hair?" Lin Yusuo was taken aback.

The woman was thinking in her heart, seeing that they were dressed ordinarily, and their accent should be from Taizhou, maybe they were in a hurry to go home for the New Year, right? It must be desperate to sell my hair, so I might as well say that the money is less.

"Five hundred wen."

"It doesn't seem to be much, Jade Lock, let's go, and then go shopping." Lin Yujuan no longer knows the market, and she also knows that "the body is skinned, and the parents are subjected", and she has also heard the saying that after the Qing people entered the customs, "keep your hair without your head", it can be seen how precious hair is, and she will definitely not sell it for 500 yuan. Forget it, it's not like there's no silver on your body now, so let's keep this hair first.

The two sisters and brothers also felt tired from strolling around at this time, so they decided to go back, planning to go to the east gate of Dongguan Street, not far from Xiaocao Lane, to inquire if there was anyone who needed manpower. It's almost the New Year, and it's not good to be busy everywhere, so it shouldn't be difficult for the sisters and brothers to take a short-term job.

So the two sisters and brothers saw that they had to go in and promote themselves when they thought it was a suitable shop, and at first several said that they had enough people, and finally a sugar shop was willing to let Lin Yusuo try it for a day. The salary is negotiated, twenty wen a day, calculated on a daily basis. Fortunately, Lin Yusuo has done a small business at home, can use scales, can settle accounts, and can speak Mandarin, and is both enthusiastic and flexible when receiving guests, and it is also a set to sell all kinds of sugar, and guests often have to buy more. The boss was overjoyed to see it, where to find such a capable young man.

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