Li Jingshan's heart lifted again, and she still smiled calmly on her face, "This is nature. I believe that for the sake of the interests of the embroidery village and our long-term cooperation in the future, the big shopkeeper will not treat me badly. ”

The big shopkeeper said: "The pattern you provide for us, the embroidery village can share with you according to the profit, but only according to the gross profit, not according to the net profit, and calculate two and a half percent for you." ”

Not only has the profit been reduced by half, but it is still calculated based on the gross profit without cutting costs. The psychological gap at this price point is a bit large.

Li Jingshan was just about to open her mouth to argue, but the big shopkeeper raised his hand to stop her, and continued: "Miss Li, listen to me, your embroidery is indeed novel and interesting, but this pattern is simple and easy to understand, and it doesn't take long for the finished product to come out, and it is not difficult for other show shops to imitate a large number of embroidery according to the map." At that time, the sales volume of our store will naturally fall. ”

The big shopkeeper stared at her with blazing eyes, "So, these embroidery samples are only worth two and a half percent of the profits." If the girl is too little, we can only ask you to find another high. ”

The meaning of this is that if you don't agree, then Li Jingshan can't even consign embroidery here.

Li Jingshan sighed in her heart, she has no capital to negotiate now, even if she is dissatisfied, she can only accept it. She thought about it for a while, and made another request: "If I receive the work of embroidering my own works from Guixiu Village, I must count the pieces according to the consignment price, and pay for the goods as soon as I receive the goods." ”

A smile appeared in the shrewd eyes of the big shopkeeper, "The little girl is quite good at thinking, I have seen your embroidery, and the embroidery is quite exquisite." Okay, I can promise you this. ”

Li Jingshan smiled with relief, "Deal!" ”

The big shopkeeper saw that he had negotiated the biggest interest issue, and handed over the other details to Zhang Qiaoyan to deal with, and left the embroidery village.

Zhang Qiaoyan stepped forward and said with a smile, "I have opened my eyes today, there are many people who dare to bargain with our big shopkeeper, but you are the first person who dares to bargain with him with a picture book!" ”

"Sister Hugh is going to make fun of me," Li Jingshan stretched out her hand to show her fingertips that were still trembling slightly, "You see that my hands are still trembling until now." ”

Zhang Qiaoyan saw that it was so, and couldn't help laughing: "You girl, even I have been bluffed, and it can be regarded as a skill." ”

She explained to Li Jingshan the requirements of some drawings and the details of delivery and collection, and the two sides signed the cooperation document soon after confirmation.

When Li Jingshan left, she had already got the first share of the Dragon Boat Festival pattern - three taels of silver. When Li Jingshan passed by the market, she went in again and cut a few taels of lean meat and bought some food to go home. She greeted the sinking sunset and showed a warm smile: money can always earn more and more, and life will always get better and better.

As she walked through the study hall, she happened to meet the schoolchildren coming home from school. She saw Li Jingjue's small figure again, quietly withdrawing from the window of the study hall.

Li Jingshan stood behind the tree and hid, waiting for Li Jingjue to walk away before she slowly followed. I thought about it in my heart, if I saved more money, I could send my younger brother to study in the school.

When she came home, she told her mother and younger brother about the situation with Xiuzhuang, and the two of them were also very happy. Especially Mrs. Li, taking advantage of the fact that her two children were not paying attention, quietly turned her head and wiped the corners of her eyes. Since the accident, she has been full of guilt, feeling that she has dragged her daughter down. Now that she can finally rely on her own hands to raise this family, how can she not be happy.

Li Jingshan also pretended not to see it, and took the food with her younger brother into the kitchen to process it. When she was washing vegetables, she looked at her calloused hands, and then looked at her little brother who was skillfully cooking vegetables in front of the stove, her nose suddenly soured, and she almost burst into tears. In the past month or so, it has not been easy. But fortunately, the family of three supported each other and finally survived.

After dinner, Li Jingshan was settling accounts under the lamp, Li Jingjue stepped over, and waited for Ai Ai beside her, wanting to stop talking.

Li Jingshan put down the pen and said, "If you have something to say, if you don't have something to say, just go to the book while reading, don't get in the way here." ”

"Sister, I want to ...... I also want to go out and make money. Li Jingjue lowered her head and rubbed the corners of her clothes.

What the?!

Li Jingshan choked and almost choked on coughing. Go out and make money? Could it be that the figure I saw by the side of the study hall this evening was my own mistake? And you're a little kid who's only eleven years old, if you put it in modern times and haven't graduated from elementary school, where will you make money? Was it not illegal to employ child labor in ancient times?

Li Jingshan took a deep breath, gasped for the breath that was held in her heart, and asked, "Now you want to help your mother and me send embroidery to the embroidery village every other day, and you have to help your mother take care of the housework every day, how do you want to make money?" Where do you want to make money? ”

Li Jingjue was even more embarrassed, raised her head and plucked up her courage and said, "I miss you...... Let me ask, do you still need a little maid in your master's house? ”

"No need to ask, no one wants to be so young." Li Jingshan refused.

Li Jingjue was a little disappointed, and after a pause, she said, "I'm going to be twelve years old." I asked the carpenter shop at the corner of the street, and they accepted apprentices over the age of twelve. I can go there too. ”

"Do you like carpentry work?"

"I ...... I can't say I like it. Li Jingjue replied in a low voice, and said eagerly: "But I can make money!" ”

"Now my mother and I have made you unable to eat and clothe?" Li Jingshan asked.

"It's not...... But sister, I am a man, and I have a responsibility to support my family! Li Jingjue's baby fat face suddenly appeared two flushes, looking more like red apples.

Li Jingshan couldn't help pinching his cheek, and couldn't help but smile: "You're not a man yet," seeing that Li Jingjue was about to be anxious with him again, she hurriedly said: "Okay, I admit that you are a 'little' man." It's just that there are many ways to make money, at the beginning, my mother worked hard to wash clothes to earn money, and she could only earn more than a dozen dollars a day; Nowadays, I also make money doing embroidery, and I can earn nearly 100 yuan a day. ”

Li Jingshan drew an abacus on the paper and said: "If you learn to read and break words, and understand some business skills, and become the shopkeeper of the store, you can earn dozens of taels of silver a month." ”

"If you study and learn the way of governing the country, the policy of peace and security, and become an official and a general in the future, then it is not a matter of earning dozens of taels of silver, but for the people of the world to live and work in peace and contentment, so that they can make money and live with their abilities." She scribbled on the painting, drew a black gauze hat, and said with a smile: "Do the math, how much silver can you make in this way?" ”

Li Jingjue's eyes were shining, as if there were two small flames in them, "I, I want to make money for everyone in the world!" However, after thinking about it, his eyes dimmed again, "But, I can't go to school......"

"Who says you can't go to school?"

Li Jingjue suddenly raised her head and asked eagerly, "Sister, I really ...... Can I still go to school? ”

Li Jingshan touched his head and smiled, "Sister is settling accounts now, just to see when she saves enough money to send you to the school." ”

Li Jingjue cheered and jumped up to hug Li Jingshan. The strength of the half-grown son is not small, Li Jingshan couldn't support him, and the two rolled down on the bed and laughed. Mrs. Li stood at the door, quietly watching them laugh, laughing and laughing, tears overflowing again.

Li Jingshan pulled her mother to sit on the edge of the bed together, pointed to the pen entry, and counted with her mother and younger brother: "In about two months, I will be able to save enough books to send my little brother to school." ”

She looked at her mother and little brother and nodded again and again, looked at the painting book again, and said: "The New Year's holiday is the season when embroidery is sold, we can take advantage of this opportunity to take more work in the embroidery village, and we can make a lot more money than usual." After the Mid-Autumn Festival, if we can save a sum of money, we will find a suitable house to move out. This dilapidated house leaks everywhere, and it is difficult to survive in winter. ”

"Move out?" Mrs. Li was surprised: "Do you know how much it costs to rent a room?" ”

"I went to the rental company to inquire, and the three-bedroom courtyard in the remote area costs one or two taels of silver a month, but the location is a bit far away. The three of us are all women, and we are worried about not being safe; If it is close to the city center and a good location, a small courtyard will cost ten taels of silver, which is too expensive; There are also single rooms for rent and shared yards, which only cost a few hundred dollars, although cheap, but it is inconvenient for people to be miscellaneous. ”

She let out a long sigh, "Ah, it's so hard to choose! ”

Mrs. Li didn't expect her daughter to inquire in such detail, and suddenly felt that the youngest daughter under Cheng and Huan's knees had grown up in a flash, and she was relieved and sad. She stroked her daughter's hair and said pityingly, "My Shan'er is so capable!" Whoever will marry you in the future is a blessing to him. ”

"Mother! Let's get down to business. Li Jingshan couldn't understand Mrs. Li's thoughts, and said coquettishly: "I'm still young, why did I get married!" ”

Mrs. Li smiled and scratched her nose, "There are still a few months to go, and I will be able to leave the cabinet soon." I'm embarrassed to say I'm small! ”

Li Jingshan covered her face and hid to the side. Li Jingjue clapped her hands and laughed on the side: "Sister is shy, sister is shy!" ”

Li Jingshan laughed with them, but she didn't put her hand down, in fact, she was hiding the twitching corners of her mouth.

The ancient girl was fifteen years old and Xuan, and in the modern era where she used to be, she was just a little girl in the third year of junior high school, and even holding hands with boys on campus had to be defined as early love, okay! Also out of the cabinet! Laugh and laugh with them, she doesn't have the heart to do that anyway—she's still young!

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Two days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhang Qiaoyan notified Li Jingshan to settle the silver share once. This time, Li Jingshan got ten taels of silver.

"No way, your embroidery pictures are interesting and cute, but the patterns are simple, and many businesses can imitate them." Zhang Qiaoyan sighed: "So the sales in the later period have been affected, otherwise you can earn more." ”

Li Jingshan also understands this dilemma, and there is no way to solve the problem of intellectual property protection in modern times, let alone in ancient times when there was no such concept at all. If you want to take the lead, you can only continue to innovate and always play cards that no one else has.

But it doesn't matter, there are a lot of cartoon cute pictures in the festival series, and there are Mid-Autumn Festival, New Year, and Lantern Festival after the Dragon Boat Festival. She can make up several series in her mind, and she can draw slowly.

She smiled at Zhang Qiaoyan and said, "It's okay, it's going to be hot soon, I drew some patterns of fans and silk handkerchiefs, let's sell them in another batch." ”

Zhang Qiaoyan took her painting book and looked through it carefully, and picked out six or seven patterns from it as the main colors for the next promotion.

The two were chatting when a familiar voice came from the door, "Yo, I said who this is." They are all sold to people as slaves and maids, and they still have the leisure to visit the embroidery village. "The sound is crisp and pleasant, but the content is piercing.

Li Jingshan looked up and saw that it was Li Jingyao standing by the door with a maidservant, looking at her coldly. Zhang Qiaoyan saw that something was wrong, and hurriedly came over to greet him.

Li Jingyao walked straight up to her, looked at her defiantly, and sneered at the corners of her mouth, "It's just, can you afford the things here?" ”