After a few simple words, Liushun slowly lowered the speed of the car.

When it reached the open space near the entrance to the town, the car stopped.

The old cow pulling the cart snorted happily.

Everyone bowed one after another, thanked Liushun, picked up the things they brought, and got out of the car.

The entrance to the town is not as majestic as the gate of the county seat.

The walls of the town are only five or six meters high, built of rammed earth.

At the entrance to the town, stands a simple wooden archway. There are two big characters carved on the archway: Ping'an.

Therefore, this entrance is also called the Peace Gate by the common people.

On both sides of the front of the archway, there are two pawns holding red tassel guns and wearing uniforms on each side.

When entering the town, you have to pay money, regardless of adults and children, and each person has a copper plate.

However, the baby in the arms is not accepted.

Qiao Ximei raised her hand to support the wooden hairpin on her head, put her hand into her arms and touched it for a long time, and found a small cloth bag the size of a palm.

When I opened this palm-sized cloth bag, there was another layer of cloth bag inside.

When I opened it again, it turned out to be another layer of cloth inside......

Soldiers guarding the gate:

There are three floors here and three floors outside, how much does it cost?

However, Qiao Xiaomei carefully dismantled several layers of cloth bags, and when the last small bag was finally opened, there were just right, no more, no less, three shiny copper plates lying inside.

Qiao Ximei respectfully took out the three copper plates and handed them to the soldiers guarding the door.

Then, with a cherished face, he stuffed the empty cloth bag back into his arms.

The soldiers guarding the door were laughing and crying, and they had no interest in inspecting her basket.

just glanced at it, waved his hand casually, and let her go with Li Xiren and Li Xixian.

A group of three people went to the Liu family's blacksmith shop first.

The things that need to be repaired and replaced are all clearly explained.

There are a lot of people in the blacksmith shop.

Spring ploughing is imminent, and the big guys are usually reluctant to maintain the farm tools, and now they all think that it should be repaired and replaced.

Qiao Ximei made a quick decision and decided that instead of queuing up slowly, it was better to pay a little more money and add a stopper.

After a few words with Liu Erxi, the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop, he decided to come over tomorrow afternoon to pick up farm tools. He left a fixed amount of fifteen copper plates before he went to find a place to set up a stall.

The stalls with good locations were occupied early.

It's a big collection today, and there's everything for sale.

Grain, vegetables, homespun cloth, firewood, woodware, lacquerware, pottery, porcelain, mats, baskets, jewelry, Luban locks, tangrams, nine links, special snacks, northern and southern groceries, and even sugar people, monkey plays, juggling, and performing arts, all of them.

Lee Hee-in and Lee Hee-hyun are running out of eyes.

Qiao Ximei looked at the appearance of the two children, smiled and shook her head.

Children are children, how old they are, and they can still look at these and be fascinated.

She found a corner, put down the bacon and eggs, and let Li Xixian and Li Xiren's little brothers guard here.

Two pieces of bacon weigh more than five catties, and Qiao Ximei's price is 750 yuan.

If the guest is going to take the basket with it, the basket can be gifted.

The base price of bacon is 700 yuan. If it is less than 700 Wen, it will not be sold. Take it home and eat it yourself.

Eggs are priced at two pennies each.

If you buy more, you can give a fraction of one or two pennies.

If the guest does not have anything to pack, they need to carry the basket with them, and the basket will cost 5 cents.

Qiao Ximei explained very carefully, and the two children listened very carefully.

When the two babies said that they remembered it and repeated it clearly, Qiao Ximei left with confidence.

She carried a bag of embroidery alone and went to the Splendid Workshop.

Splendid Workshop is the largest embroidery workshop in the town, selling fabrics and embroidery threads, as well as ready-to-wear and embroidery products.

The women of the town and the surrounding villages, as long as the embroidery is of acceptable quality, he also buys it here.

Of course, the price will be lower than if you go to the stall to sell it.

It's just that if you go to set up a stall to sell it yourself, you won't have much left after paying the entrance fee, booth fee, taxes, and all kinds of messy expenses.

Calculate the cost carefully, maybe you will lose money.

It is necessary to worry about the effort and show up, and there is no guarantee of returns.

Most people have given up on setting up their own stalls for retail, and have instead chosen to sell directly to embroidery mills.

Today, the second shopkeeper of the Splendid Workshop, Gu Dacheng happens to be in the store.

Seeing Qiao Ximei coming, she greeted her with a warm face:

"Aunt Qiao, I haven't seen you for some days, have you always been good? Sending embroidery work again? ”

Gu Dacheng has always been enthusiastic about people, as long as he enters the main store of Jinxiufang, even if he comes to sell embroidery, find work, or simply watch the excitement, he treats him with a smile as a serious guest.

When Qiao Ximei first decided to do embroidery work and sell, she visited several embroidery workshops.

Some are in the town, some are in the county, and some are in neighboring counties.

All kinds of factors have been comprehensively considered, and they have been entangled for a long time between the Splendid Workshop and the Nishang Pavilion.

In the end, it was the warm treatment of the shopkeeper that helped her make up her mind.

Gu Dacheng let Qiao Ximei into the room, poured her a bowl of steaming tea, and thoughtfully asked her to sit down and take a breath, drink two sips of tea, and then ask her what embroidery work she brought.

Qiao Ximei opened the burden and showed the muslin handkerchiefs and cotton silk purses to Gu Dacheng one by one, and asked him to carefully examine the patterns and stitches.

Gu Dacheng also checked very seriously.

These small pieces of embroidery purchased are sold well, and he has a commission of one penny per piece.

If it doesn't sell well, he is also responsible.

……

Li Xiren and Li Xixian obediently squatted in front of the stall, looking at their bacon and eggs.

Li Xiren was a little shy, although the sellers around him were shouting hard, he tried several times, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Li Xixian is young, but he has no ideological baggage.

But he didn't know what to shout, so he had to listen first and see how other people's homes were selling.

After listening to it for a while, Li Xixian began to shout:

"Don't miss it when you pass by, the delicious bacon is ......"

"Take a look, a big, fresh egg, sold cheaply......"

Li Xiren suddenly felt relieved.

Li Xixian's shouting soon attracted guests.

However, most people just looked at it and saw that it was bacon and eggs, and they didn't even ask about the price.

Some people just ask for the price, ask the price and leave.

There are also some people who ask the price and don't leave, but they don't buy it either, just watch from the sidelines.

The more people around, the more shy Lee felt.

He didn't even dare to lift his head.

Li Xixian didn't care, he shouted when he should shout, and he quoted when he should offer.

Until a middle-aged man wearing a dark blue shirt walked over following the shouting sound, looked through the bacon in the basket, asked the price, and directly put down a tael of silver.

Li Xixian was embarrassed:

"This uncle, I'm really sorry, we don't have change to find, can you use copper coins?"