Volume 1 Chapter 49 Picking Up Cheap
Aunt Li was sarcastically ridiculed by the young man in the Splendid Workshop, but there was nowhere to go in her heart, so naturally she couldn't come out like this.
No matter what she says, she is the lady of the county, and now the emperor has given her lord a title, and no one in the entire capital knows it! Didn't this guy who looked down on people just make up his mind that he wouldn't buy it? She has to buy something from here now!
This thought, this practice, if it had been put in the past, Aunt Li would never have had it. But people are like this, with silver and status, they naturally feel that face is becoming more and more important. She decided to spare some silver, anyway, there was money to follow, and she was not afraid of sitting and eating nothing.
Thinking of this, Aunt Li walked around the room with a straight face, and asked the price of several clothes one after another, feeling that although she could afford it, if she bought it, she would become a big wrongdoer. She hesitated for a long time, and decided to go to the first floor to see the fabric. Buy a few good curtain materials, go back and cut and sew them yourself, it won't be worse than their finished product! Aunt Li and the two sisters made a good needlework, which is well-known in Cangzhou. Although no matter how poor they are, they will not be reduced to going out to sell embroidery, but there are always good ladies who come to the door. Over time, the fame spread.
The young man who followed her was so breathless in his heart, he walked from the second floor to the first floor and asked a lot, but as soon as he heard the price, he didn't say anything. If you can't afford it, don't buy it, he has to greet other guests. The smile on the man's face stiffened, and his attitude was not as enthusiastic as before.
Aunt Li fell in love with a few pieces of fabric, but the price was not cheap. A good fifty wen a foot, a little bit also needs twenty wen a foot, so that if you calculate it, you will need more than one or two silver to make a set of clothes, not to mention it, not counting wages! It's too expensive, but it's thicker to the touch and more novel in color.
Madam, the fabric here is a little cheaper, five cents a foot, but the colors are not complete, I don't know if you can like it. If there is a match, it is very cost-effective to buy it. When the new ones come in in the spring, if they are full of patterns and colors, they can't be sold at this price. The guy said, pointing to a few pieces of cloth piled up on the edge of the counter to the north.
Five cents a foot, this price is fair! Aunt Li heard Qian Shu hurriedly walking over, but when she got closer, she was a little disappointed, the color of the cloth was old-fashioned, the material was light, and it was not suitable for autumn clothes at all, let alone for young girls.
This kung fu came out of the backyard stunned, and carried the cloth on his shoulders and left.
Now Aunt Li is on fire, pull down her face, what's going on in your store? That's how you treat your guests? I'm looking for your boss......
Madame is angry! No one cared about the cloth, and it was supposed to be sent to the warehouse at the back. Seeing that her voice was raised, the guy was afraid of alarming the shopkeeper inside, so he hurriedly explained with a smile, so let's do it, there are some very cheap and good fabrics in the warehouse behind, and the villain took Mrs. over to take a look? The villain saw that Mrs. was an expert, otherwise he would not have introduced it. If Madame can trust the villain, she will be considered to have found a treasure today.
Aunt Leigh hesitated for a moment, and then followed him. She is all old, and she has a mother-in-law by her side, what are she afraid of him doing in broad daylight? When she entered the warehouse in the backyard and saw the cloth piled on the ground, she immediately felt that she had come to the right place. Looking at the color and touching the feel, it is the best Yunjin, and the dress she wore on the second floor was made of this material.
Ten dollars and three feet, it is simply the price of Chinese cabbage. The guy was quite satisfied when he saw her, and hurriedly said.
Well, it's so cheap! She unfolded the cloth and looked at it carefully, and was a little annoyed. On the top of the cloth, there was a smudged and broken spot at intervals, and white flowers were scattered.
Madame, don't be in a hurry to scold people, ten cents and three feet can buy such a good Yunjin, naturally there are some flaws. However, it was only broken when it was smudged, and if it was cut well, it should be able to avoid it. Even if you can't hide from it, it's also great to cut off the splicing and make mattress noodles and quilt noodles. Originally, there were several such cloths, all of which were left by our guys or relatives in the store, and only this little was left. Because there is really no place in the store in front of me, I put it in the warehouse, and it will be sold out in one day.
When Aunt Li heard this, she calculated in her heart, and it was indeed quite cost-effective. But she has no shortage of quilts and mattresses, and she just wants to make clothes for her sisters. However, if you take advantage of the opportunity to embroider some patterns in the place of white flowers, you may not be able to see it.
But I just want to make clothes.
That's eight cents and three feet, it really can't be cheaper. The young man was a little tempted to see her.
All right. Aunt Leigh nodded reluctantly, then I'll come ten feet.
The young man listened happily to find a ruler and scissors, and Madam, look, I will give you half a foot.
Aunt Li looked carefully, asked her mother-in-law to pay for the cloth, and turned around to see some flower cloths piled up in the corner, the colors and patterns were quite beautiful. The guy saw it and encouraged her to buy some, and the price was naturally cheap, and it couldn't be cheaper.
It cost less than two taels of silver, and I bought enough fabric to make two sets of clothes, a mattress and a quilt. If the cutting calculation is good, you can also tighten a pillowcase. Aunt Leigh was so satisfied that she couldn't help but smile. The young man was also very happy, but he didn't expect to meet a dirt bun and buy all the scraps that no one wanted. Originally, these cloths were piled up in the warehouse, waiting to be bitten by rats and eaten by insects, but now the money from the sale naturally belongs to him. Anyway, the shopkeeper doesn't know, and he has the right to pay for his hard work today.
Aunt Li walked out of the Splendid Workshop, touched the silver in her purse, and entered the Cuihua Pavilion next to it. The guys inside saw her coming out of the Splendid Workshop and bought a lot of fine fabrics, and they expected her to be a rich wife, and they vigorously recommended the frighteningly expensive jewelry. But it's no wonder that the guy can't see through it, the woman has exposed all the good fabrics outside, and the faulty places are wrapped inside, and no one can see through it from the outside.
If Aunt Li thinks that the pricing of Jinxiufang is too tricky, then the pricing in Cuihua Pavilion is murder without blood. A simple bracelet, the opening is five hundred taels, and a little look at the atmosphere can easily cost thousands of taels. Where it's worth so much money, it's nothing more than a new style. But the real money is not afraid to put it, the longer it is, the purer it is.
Aunt Li hurriedly came out after a walk around and went home with her mother-in-law.