Chapter 232: The grain shop is in danger
There are a lot of people who buy fine products, and some people want to buy imitations, so they go! Ye Dan just wants to make Luomei Xuan the most luxurious store in Jiangling City, and disdain to compete with unpopular shops.
"The doll was originally a fine product, but now it is not to combat fakes, it is hidden. If you hurt a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, why bother? Du Mei sighed faintly.
"This ...... That ......" Ye Dan blushed, although what Du Mei said was good, but it was more because King Yan didn't let him do it for Du Mei's safety. He couldn't say this reason at this time, so he could only hold back and endure it.
"If you want me to say, if you want to achieve the boutique that Shopkeeper Ye said, you have to do what Miss Du said. You think, if the underwear we make can be bought by ordinary people, who will buy imitations and fakes? The ladies and ladies of the dignitaries are all customized, and they seem to be superior and different, so wouldn't it be better for us to gain fame and fortune from Meixuan! Lin An had been listening to them silently, and only then did he say what he was thinking.
Lin An was originally the shopkeeper of the silk village, and he had some experience in making clothes, but when he saw that Du Mei and Ye Dan had a dispute, he had to open his mouth to express his opinion.
"What Uncle Lin said is reasonable!" Du Mei looked at Lin An with a smile.
"You ......" Ye Dan looked at them in frustration and twisted his eyebrows with his hand.
"We can really try this, I don't want to be a second doll this time!" Du Mei's eyes were full of anticipation, and he pursed his lips and said.
"I'll ask the owner tomorrow." Ye Dan knew that he couldn't beat Du Mei, and besides, her depiction of the prospect was really tempting, and he was also a little tempted.
"It's not dark yet." Du Mei looked out the window, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the leaves, dancing with a warm glow.
"Okay, I'll go!" Ye Dan resigned himself to his feet and dusted off the folds on his robe.
"We're waiting for your news." Du Mei looked up at Ye Dan happily.
She didn't know who Ye Dan's owner was, in her feelings, this owner must be a kind and kind old man, otherwise, how could they toss around? Her instincts told her that the old man must be willing this time.
While waiting, Du Mei cut the live clothes that he received today. Deng Shi took a few pieces of underwear and showed it to Du Mei, if there was no problem, it would have to be delivered tomorrow.
"Auntie, how many pieces of underwear can we make a day?" Dumere asked, pulling her to sit down.
"This underwear uses less material, the sewing is fast, but this embroidery is slow, some customers have to embroider, we eight embroiderers, we can do 20 pieces a day." Deng wrenched his hand and counted the numbers.
"Twenty pieces, well, good." Du Mei nodded slightly.
"Miss Du, don't worry about this, even if you don't eat or drink at night, I will also drive out the goods of the customer." Deng patted his chest and said.
"That's not what I said." Du Mei saw her serious look, and burst into laughter.
"That'...... What does that mean? Deng asked puzzled.
"I'm going to make a batch of regular ready-to-wear garments, and then we can try them on directly to customers and buy them if they are satisfied, so that we can save the hassle of tailoring. Of course, if someone wants to customize it for a special reason, it is also possible. Du Mei told Deng about his plan.
"It's a good idea, so you don't have to embarrass everyone." Deng Shi listened to her words, and his eyes suddenly increased a lot of brilliance.
"How do you know that the owner will be able to agree?" Ye Dan returned, and he heard them talking in the corridor.
"The proprietor agreed!" Du Mei figured out Ye Dan's face, and saw that the corners of his mouth were raised, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows were stretched, he must be in a good mood.
"Well, as you wish." Ye Dan magnified the smile, revealing his white teeth.
Ye Dan rushed to Yanwang's Mansion, and Chu Lin had just returned from patrolling the Beijing camp. After listening to Ye Dan's words, he didn't care about what underwear was, nor did he care if he made money, he only asked Du Mei if it would be very hard.
When he heard that there were seven or eight embroidery girls doing work, he agreed without saying a word. Before Ye Dan's other words could be said in his throat, Chu Lin waved him away. He cared so much about Du Mei, Ye Dan was not surprised at all, and went out after saluting.
Chu Lin has a lot of official affairs to deal with, and now, he has finally survived the locust plague and drought, he is the chief inspector of the disaster, and the emperor is still waiting for him to draw up a list, which should be rewarded and punished.
Dume got permission and immediately got busy. Fabrics, silk threads, and cotton wool are purchased one by one. Based on the measurements of dozens of sheets, Du Mei found out the pattern and cut the first batch of homemade underwear on muslin.
Ye Dan instructed his men to deliberately vacate two private rooms on the second floor as underwear sales venues. Du Mei drew four schematic drawings of dressing and pasted them in the changing room. As for the price of underwear, it is set in five grades according to the different fabrics, embroidery threads, fillers, and the complexity of the patterns, ranging from ten taels to fifty taels.
Gangneung City was full of officials and merchants, and the secret of Luo Mei Xuan's underwear spread quickly among the women like a plague. Nowadays, whether it is an official eunuch or a wealthy house, women are proud to have a piece of Luo Meixuan's underwear. Since then, Luomei Xuan has been in the market every day, and there is an endless stream of soft sedan cars and carriages.
Time flies, Du Mei has been in Gangneung City for five days, and the underwear trade is going smoothly. In addition to the joy, Du Mei began to feel homesick.
Ye Danzhi couldn't keep her, so she had to let her, but the Deng family and Lin Feng were reluctant to give up on her. The day before his departure, Du Mei cut another batch of fabrics that were popular with most people. Then he said to Deng that if someone wants to customize, he will directly send the size and fabric to Dujiagou.
After all, there are various reasons for customization, and the price is higher, so in this piece, Du Mei did not fake it in order to ensure the credibility of Luo Meixuan. Ye Dan took the opportunity to push the boat down the river, saying that in order to facilitate the delivery of goods, let the stone follow Du Mei.
Since then, the stone has followed Du Mei openly to protect her safety. This is also what Chu Lin meant, Du Mei has been involved in danger several times, and he really can't rest assured that he has a secret guard.
Where did Du Mei know these inside information, although she felt that this was a big fuss, but she really couldn't convince Ye Dan, so she had to agree. She thought about going back to Dujiagou, but said that she couldn't live in the house, so she sent the stone back to Yunshang Embroidery Village.
It was a faint light day, and Du Mei went back in the carriage alone. Ye Dan didn't go with him, the business in the shop was booming, and he, the shopkeeper, always had to stay and sit in charge.
The stone knew that she was like an arrow, and drove the carriage fast. At the end of the day, he entered Qinghe County, and Du Mei saw that it was still early, so he wanted to see how the duck eggs of the old ginger were selling.
When the stone heard her say this, he did not answer, but turned his horse's head and went down to the south street.
"Hey, Miss Du is back! It's a magnificent one, two-wheeled carriage. Old Jiang Tou was standing at the door of the shop, and when he saw Du Mei coming out of the carriage, he said with a smile.
"Shopkeeper Jiang doesn't make fun of me, this is someone else's car, I'm just wet." Du Mei smiled and shook his hand.
"You've come just in time, it's time to return the two baskets." Old Jiang Tou said, turned into the counter, and took out the basket that Du Mei had filled with duck eggs last time.
"More than 400 duck eggs have been sold?!" Dumay's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Hehehe, didn't I say it earlier, although my store is small, but I have many friends, this duck egg is not difficult for me." The old ginger smiled's shriveled face, wrinkled like a big blooming chrysanthemum.
"I've been out for six days, and I'll bring you duck eggs tomorrow." Du Mei picked up the basket one by one, and before she could turn around, the stone came up and took the basket away.
"And send four hundred?" Old Jiang Tou deliberately let Du Mei see his ability, and he wanted to sell her duck eggs exclusively in Qinghe County.
"No, I'll send two hundred of them as they were." Du Mei shook his head,
"I can sell them all!" The old ginger head said with a little annoyance, could it be that his explicit hint was not obvious enough?
"Thank you, shopkeeper Jiang, I keep duck eggs for other purposes." Dume said apologetically.
"What did you come up with in a new way to eat it?" The old ginger head asked with a roll of his eyes. Ginger is still old and spicy, and this is not false at all.
"Well, that's a bit of an eyebrow." Du Mei didn't intend to hide it from the old ginger. She had dealt with this old man a few times, and felt that he was not as philistine as others, and had a chivalrous heart.
"If you still want to sell, remember to find me." The old ginger said with a smile.
"Okay." Du Mei promised that when her salted duck eggs were ready, she would naturally ask him to sell them, and he was still a reliable shopkeeper.
After Du Mei said these words, he said goodbye to the old ginger head, got into the carriage, and hurried to Sheshan Town.
"Big girl, has the county lord come to borrow grain?" As soon as Du Mei stepped through the door, he asked.
"I've been here, the day you went out, the county official took the officials to pull away fifteen stone of japonica rice." Before the eldest girl could say it, Niu Er rushed to say it.
He sat on a bench, one foot on the surface of the bench, the other arm casually hanging on his arched knee, with a bohemian expression.
"Brother Niu, look at you, this is the posture of the King of the Mountain." Dumay quipped. She told him not to do that, but he often couldn't change it.
"In a few days, we're really going to fall into the grass!" Niu Er put down his feet and muttered.
"What do you mean by that?" Du Mei asked with a frown.
Niu Er seemed to be resentful, didn't answer Du Mei's words, and twisted his head to the side.
"Sister Meizi, the grain stock of our shop is about to bottom!" The big girl sniffed and said a little sadly.
"How many more days?" Du Mei picked up the ledger and opened it to look at it.
"According to the current situation, three to five days at most." The big girl coughed lightly, hiding the hustness in her throat.
"I still have a dozen stones at home, and I will bring them together tomorrow." Du Mei closed the ledger and said firmly.
"That's duck food!" The big girl exclaimed.
"There are still some days before the harvest of autumn grain, let's just get through this hurdle." Du Mei gritted his back molars, this was a last resort.
"If the ducks run out of duck food, I'm afraid it will affect the laying of eggs. Besides, these dozen stones can't last a long time. Others don't know that we have no food, and if we do, we will be robbed in three days. The big girl shook her head into a rattle.
She knew in her heart that the duck flock was very important to Du Mei, and that was all the confidence in her family's life. If one of these things must be unsuccessful, she would rather be a grain shop than fill the huge pit of the grain shop with duck food.