Although the Qin family dotes on their two daughters very much, they are extremely persistent in doing needlework. Xiao Nuan was locked up at home, and struggled hard to pinch needles on the cloth for three days before she barely passed the assessment of her mother, and tearfully put down the piece of cloth that she had pierced into a sieve and sewn into a centipede.

Qin asked again, "Tell my mother, how did you do it?" ”

This time, Xiao Nuan didn't dare to speak.

Two days ago, when she used her brains to finally invent a small grid composed of warp and weft threads on several cloths, and sew a standard and neat straight line with two grids and one stitch like embroidering cross-stitch, her mother asked this sentence. At that time, she was shallow and proudly said her tricks, but she was knocked a few times by her mother, and threw a messy mess of cloth to let her continue to practice.

Messy cloth! Xiao Nuan has been in tears for the past two days.

Xiao Nuan, who had almost become cross-eyed, replied cautiously, "...... It's just, a little, a little bit of ......."

Seeing her pitiful, Qin almost laughed angrily, "Pingzhen is like this, learn to lock the edge tomorrow!" ”

Xiao Nuan really cried, "Tomorrow our tea is on the beam, we have to go over to eat steamed buns to help." ”

"It's evening on the beam, and I learn to eat during the day and at night! Helping is also a mother, what can you do when you go? I won't pinch an eighteen-folded bun. Qin is not tolerant, in her eyes, needlework and rice are good or not is an important criterion for evaluating the quality of women, and Xiao Nuan is never allowed to fool her.

It's been three days, Xiao Nuan has a dry mouth and retorts unreasonably, but, "Our cloth village's goods are about to be sold out, I have to go and see what goods to buy, otherwise how can we make money?" ”

"Then I'll have breakfast and come back before lunch." Making money is also very important, so Qin decided to take a half-day vacation.

It's not something you can control when you come back after you go out, what if there are too many things in the store? Xiao Nuan's eyes turned and turned, and the corners of her mouth turned up.

"Mother will go buy big bones later, boil a pot of big bone broth, and eat wontons at noon tomorrow." The Qin family didn't need to look up to know what the hell the girl was doing.

Pork bone ravioli! Xiao Nuan swallowed her saliva and began to defend and counterattack, "Can you write today's five words?" ”

"Yes!" Qin Shi nodded immediately, although she was busy making clothes, she didn't pull down any of the words she should learn.

Xiao Nuan had a master's posture and turned her back on her little hands, and decided to take a surprise exam at night, "Tonight, I will check the words I have learned, and if I make more than three mistakes, tomorrow my mother will go to the south of the village to make clothes under the big tree." ”

Qin Shi immediately made a bitter face, "Five wrong? “

Xiao Nuan held back a smile in her heart, but her face was extremely serious, "Has my mother learned fifty words so far, do you still want to be wrong?" ”

Qin gritted his teeth, "Then eat wontons tomorrow morning?" ”

"Deal!" Xiao Nuan's little hand clapped, and it's done!

Early the next morning, Xiao Nuan was full of food, put on the new onion white shirt and apricot yellow skirt made by her mother, and wanted to go out beautifully, "Xiaocao, let's go!" ”

Xiaocao shook her head, "Xiaocao wants to go to the skin with Brother Da Niu." ”

Knowing that the shed skin is a medicinal herb, collect more than one or two and take it to the pharmacy to exchange money to buy fun and delicious, which is an activity that children in the village like to do.

Xiao Nuan blinked her eyes and retreated, "Rhubarb, follow me into the city?" ”

Rhubarb immediately buried his head in the pit.

Xiaocao giggled, "If there are bones at home, rhubarb won't go." ”

Foodie! Xiao Nuan looked at the sky speechlessly, "Take the rhubarb with you when you go to find Zhipi, come back early." ”

"Got it." The grass called rhubarb and jumped away.

After moving out of the Chen family, without the oppression of Pi and Chen Zumo, Xiaocao became more and more lively. Thinking that Xiaocao would start to learn needlework at the age of two, Xiao Nuan took the pleasure of being happy alone and not being happy with everyone, and put on a hat and went out.

There is a cloth at home, and the hat is also sewn by the mother A snow-white thin cloth that can cover the face, when walking on the road, Xiao Nuan feels that he has become a hero who walks the rivers and lakes instead of a small peasant girl, and his steps are extremely heroic.

As soon as he stepped into the splendid cloth village, Uncle Xin, who was full of red face, immediately greeted him, "Girl, please come inside!" ”

Xiao Nuan glanced at the customers who bought cloth and the young man behind the counter through the gauze, and followed Uncle Xin to the backyard.

This backyard is the home of Uncle Xin's scholar master Zhang Sanyou, a small square courtyard. There are three main rooms, the left and right of the hall are Zhang Sanyou's bedroom and study, the east wing is the warehouse, the west wing is Uncle Xin's bedroom and kitchen, and the two rooms facing the street are splendid cloth villages. This is a typical front shop and back house type for small and medium-sized businesses in Jixian County, which is very convenient for doing business.

Entering the hall, Xiao Nuan took off her hat and said with a smile, "How did Uncle Xin recognize me?" ”

Uncle Xin's kind smile was shrewd, "The way the girl walks is different from other female babies, revealing the vigor of a male baby." ”

...... Just take this as a compliment, Xiao Nuan asked with a grin, "How much cloth has been sold in the store?" ”

"Seven out of ten|eight, it's time to go and stock." Uncle Xin talked about the recent business in the store, which was called a strong one, "According to the girl's instructions, the old slave carefully observed the preferences of the customers who bought cloth in the store, and listed the types of cloth that they planned to enter, you see." ”

Xiao Nuan took the list, and there were more than 20 kinds of fabrics listed on it, all of which were named after the name of the place and the type of fabric, and she couldn't understand all of them, but she believed in Uncle Xin's vision, "Okay, come in a batch and try it." Remember the point – the quality of the fabric is not the best, but the best quality at a price that the customer can accept. Although it is hot now, people have begun to make clothes for autumn and winter, so Uncle Shin will take a look at it when he goes to the cloth and ask about the price of thick materials......"

"That's what the old slave thinks, too." Uncle Xin's eyes lit up, and it was much easier to discuss business with Xiao Nuan than with his master Zhang Sanyou, at least it would not be interrupted because of reasons that he couldn't understand, such as "this matter is insulting, don't", "Last year, Qingzhou had a new twill double-layer cloth, the fabric was thick, and the price of fine linen was not too expensive, but the freight was ......."

Xiao Nuan discussed with Uncle Xin for about an hour before she came out of the cloth village and ran to her second stop of the day - a medium-sized cloth village that was not very good, Ayaluofang. Ayaluofang is different from Jinxiu Cloth Village, it takes the high-end boutique route, and has a good reputation in the rich circle of Jixian County, Xiao Nuan just learned that the old owner of Ayaluofang died, and the small owner is a rich second-generation son who only knows how to squander, and he doesn't care about anything except silver. The shopkeepers were disheartened, and business began to decline.

That's why Xiao Nuan came to investigate, and if possible, she wanted to buy the store as an important part of her business map.

So, Xiao Nuan, who had less than five taels of liquidity, leaned against the big tree in front of the gate of Ayaluofang, and started a new round of onlookers with the determination of ants to eat elephants.

The more I look at it, the more I like it, and the next step is the in-depth examination stage. Xiao Nuan straightened his clothes and strode into the Ayaluo Fang.