Chapter 18: Flowing Cloud Blue
If there is a theft in the store, you must first report it to the official. It's unlikely that the thief can be chased.
I can only go to Pingxian to buy cloth.
This will require another sum of cash.
Where is the money at home?
Chunhua didn't dare to tell her family, and told Erya not to tell Chen Suyun.
But there are more than seven taels of silver on hand, of which four taels are the income of the store for so many days, and three taels are the food expenses that Chen Suyun is afraid that she will eat.
Let's solve it yourself, go and talk to the people in the cloth village first, and see if you can get some of the cloth on credit first.
It's not okay to just go for it.
Chunhua first went to the gold and silver store to buy a gilt hairpin.
It looks very gorgeous, the style of the peony flower, not big, but delicate, the petals can distinguish layer by layer. The hairpin is on the black and bright hair, which is called a beauty.
"It's not real gold, it's brass. Why is it so expensive? Chunhua said dissatisfied.
The owner of the gold and silver shop was a mouthful.
"It's a craft that sells. Look at this handiwork, it's not expensive for me to charge you five taels. Now as long as you have two taels, it is really cheap for you. The boss repeated these words.
"No matter how good the craftsmanship is, this is also brass. After a long time, it smells of copper. Chunhua said disgustedly, "That's it, it's not easy to see you." As for the price, I won't pay it back, you can give me these earrings. ”
The boss followed Chunhua's fingers and looked over. It was a pair of earrings on the edge of the counter. Chunhua has been paying attention since she came in.
A pair of pearl earrings, not good pearls. It's small, the size of a soybean, and the shape is not very regular. If you touch dozens of large mussels in the river, you can easily spot this pearl. Dozens of them can't be sold for hundreds of pieces. If you are lucky, you can cut a large and round good quality from the mussel, which can be sold for more than ten taels, and you will get rid of poverty and become rich all of a sudden.
The raw materials are cheap, and it is not cheap to make jewelry. This pair of earrings sold for 800 wen at a price.
"It's not going to work, it's not going to work." The boss shook his hand again and again, "These earrings cost eight hundred wen." ”
"Boss, so be it. It's all businessmen, so you can send it to me. I'm on the opposite street at Rong Yixuan, if you want to buy fabric to make clothes, I'll give you a cheaper. Chunhua pondered for a while.
"Nope." The boss's attitude was resolute.
"I'll add another three hundred Wen, it's enough." Haruka said, with a painful look on her face, to show that she had made a lot of concessions......
If you continue to talk like this, it seems that you are too calculating.
"Well, well." The boss retreated, "I'm afraid of you." Don't come to my store again. ”
Chunhua heard that this was a joke, and said with a smile: "Thank you, boss, you are so good, you must have a prosperous business."
The boss sold a gilt hairpin and a pair of earrings to Chunhua at a price of two taels of silver and three hundred yuan.
The jewel is gone, and the garment cannot be left behind.
A few days ago, Chunhua found a piece of fabric in the store that had been cut. The material of the cloth is average, and the key is that the color of the cloth is darker than cyan and lighter than blue, similar to peacock blue, but more agile than peacock blue. This color is the secret of the Liuyun Dyeing Workshop in Sioux City, which is called Liuyun Blue.
If the cloth dyed with flowing cloud blue, it will be worth a lot. The spring flowers were found in the inventory cloth left by Boss Rong, and Boss Rong put it in the box, probably because he wanted to give it away, but then he somehow cut it and broke it, so he put it on the shelf.
Chunhua took it out and looked at it, thought about it carefully, and felt that as long as the craftsmanship was better, it was connected with goose-yellow cloth, and where there were holes in the fabric, small begonias were embroidered.
Chen Suyun took this job and was happy. Thinking that the girl is finally willing to dress herself, she has to do it well.
Spring flowers do not seek to be more detailed, but only to be done quickly. Rong Yixuan can't be closed for too long.
This is in a hurry, Chen Suyun finally finished it within three days.
This dress is really good.
Chunhua has white skin, the kind that is white and red, and she is even more beautiful with the blue lining of flowing clouds.
In addition to the gilded hairpin, the spring flower also wore a peach-pink silk flower. The silk flower is only the size of two thumbs, and it is very delicate. This is brought by Xia He, it is said that the eldest lady of Bifu rewarded her, this silk flower is more expensive than real gold. Chunhua didn't believe her words, but this silk flower is really beautiful.
The pearl earrings and spring flowers wanted to be worn by Erya, but Erya didn't have pierced ears.
Generally speaking, the folk custom of Feng County is that girls have to have their ears pierced when they turn one year old. Some boys who are not in good health and look like girls will also be hit, and they will be laughed at by their friends.
It's too late to get your ears pierced.
Chunhua could only give up and took out the silver bracelet that Chen Guixiang gave her.
"Here, put on."
"I, I don't want to. It's too expensive. Erya said crampedly.
"Put it on, it's not for you. Don't be nervous. I'm not pretending to be a young lady, and you have to pick up the maid. That's why I have a lot of money. Chunhua said.
Er Ya took it, Chunhua wore just the right bracelet, and Er Ya was much bigger. With a lift of the hand, the bracelet could slide a finger away.
After dressing up, Chunhua took a bronze mirror and felt that it was similar to the ladies she imagined, but she still played drums up and down in her heart.
Afraid of what. I'm not deceiving people. is discovered, that is, not selling their own goods...... I'm done cheering myself up. Chunhua changed her clothes, and this good dress had to be worn at a critical time.
Chunhua called a carriage.
Renting a carriage for one day actually costs 200 yuan!
However, the carriage was really comfortable.
Ping County is a little far from Feng County. Four hours in a chariot,
Set off in the morning and walk there until evening.
Found an inn.
I asked for an upper room. A tael of silver for a night!
In Chunhua's plan, she will stay at least two nights in Pingxian County, which will be two taels of silver.
Add three days' carriage money, and five taels of silver will be gone.
Forget it, forget it, I can't bear the wolf with the child. Chunhua comforted herself.
A room for a couple of silver a night is not good, the bed is soft, and it is very unreliable for people to sleep on it.
The next day.
Chunhua dressed up early in the morning and took Erya out for a walk.
There are many shops selling cloth on the streets of Pingxian County, and even the stalls are mostly cloth.
"It's not a good color. Yellow is not yellow, green is not green. "Chunhua is entering a cloth village.
"Why don't I see any good cloth until now?" Chunhua whispered to Erya.
The boss was not convinced when he heard this: "I can bring out any kind of cloth you want." ”
That's a big breath. Looking at the boss's confident appearance, it seems that he has this strength.
"Take out what you have and I'll see." Chunhua said.
(To clarify, some of the colors, fabrics, and embroidery techniques that appear in the text are largely apocryphal, so don't take it seriously.) This article is empty. Don't take it too seriously. Thank you. )