Chapter 50: Patrons
The people in the village have always known that Ruan Yun silk weaving and dyeing cloth, even if they bought some for use later, they felt that it was really good, but they also didn't think so, thinking that a country woman, how could she make a lot of money with this? It's better to honestly weave a few pieces of cloth and sell them, and just support your family. Otherwise, if you spend that money to buy dye raw silk, once you can't sell it, won't you lose a lot of money? Can those cloth houses in the city be seen as cloth in the countryside?
So no one is optimistic about Ruan Yunsi's career, and even like the Li family, the Liu family has persuaded her bitterly, only Yun Niang is okay, and she has always supported her with a clear banner. At this time, everyone saw that the big shopkeeper in the city really drove a carriage to buy cloth, which was really a new thing, and for a time everyone poured into the courtyard to watch the excitement.
Ruan Yunsi, the shopkeeper Yan and the two young men entered the back room, only to see that the kang was piled with all kinds of colored cloths. She took off the top one of each pile of cloth and handed it to the shopkeeper Yan, who carefully stroked the material with his hand, nodded and exclaimed: "The girl's craftsmanship is really not enough." Needless to say, dyeing cloth, even the craftsmanship of weaving cloth, is not comparable to ordinary women, you were born to eat this line of food. ”
Ruan Yunsi thought to herself, I also feel that I was born to eat this line of food, what is this? In the future, there will be times when you will be surprised. Just as he was thinking about what the old shopkeeper would be surprised at after he had woven those colorful brocades in the future, he heard that the old shopkeeper had already instructed the two young men to carry the cloth to the carriage.
"Girl, this cloth is in the cloth village, this Ge cloth is nine dollars and one meter, and you have a total of thirteen horses here, which is three taels and seven dollars of silver......"
As the young men moved the cloth out, while reporting the number, he quickly counted it beside him, and in the end, it was one hundred and eight pieces of cloth, including thirty-two silk satin, sixty-three linen cloth, thirteen arrowroot cloth, and Ruan Yunsi should get a total of thirty-seven taels of silver.
After finishing the calculation, the old shopkeeper took out a money bag from his arms, handed it to Ruan Yunsi and said: "Here are ten taels of silver, as a deposit, and the girl always has to buy raw silk dyes again, which requires capital." The remaining twenty-seven taels, when the cloth is sold out, we will pay the girl at one time, what does the girl think of this arrangement? ”
Ruan Yunsi took the ten taels of silver, only to feel that she seemed to be still dreaming, this is silver, not those old and new copper coins, and there are twenty taels, remove the capital, she can at least make a net profit of nearly twenty taels, at this moment, she only feels that the hard work of the past few months has not been in vain, you know, twenty taels of silver, for farmers, it is a lot of wealth, a medium family, the cost of a year is only twenty or thirty taels of silver. Now it only took me a few months to make that much money.
nodded again and again in agreement, in fact, not only Ruan Yunsi felt as if she was in a dream, but even the other villagers were shocked: these were piled on the kang, and even they were worried about Ruan Yunsi, for fear that the cloth that could not be sold could be sold for nearly forty taels of silver, how amazing is this? For a while, the whole yard seemed to be boiling, and the villagers grabbed the shopkeeper one after another, and repeatedly asked if these cloths could really be sold for that money?
Seeing that the villagers were all eager to try, the shopkeeper knew that they also wanted to follow Ruan Yunsi's example, so he waved his hand immediately, and when everyone calmed down, he smiled and said: "Little Lao'er knows what the villagers think, it's just that Miss Ruan has earned so much money this time, and you want to try it too." But let's talk ugly in front, the little old man has also been immersed in this industry for 30 years, if you say that the cloth like Miss Ruan, so uniform and thick, dyed heavy and thick, I have never seen it a few times. If you consciously spin the grey cloth that is comparable to Miss Ruan, you will not lose to her in dyeing, just get it, and collect as much as you want. I tried it with my hands and water just now, and it is rare that the color of these materials is very strong, even in our own cloth village, the quality of those cloths is not much stronger than that of Miss Ruan, folks, do you have such a ability? If not, Xiao Lao'er advises everyone, or do whatever you have to do. ”
A sentence is like pouring a basin of cold water on the heat, and all the enthusiasm of everyone is extinguished, and a few of them who love to laugh quickly adjust their mentality, and one person shouted: "Grandma's, I really didn't expect that this thing is still so difficult, and I see that the sister of the Ruan family usually doesn't make much effort, I originally wanted to go back and repair my family's loom, so that my mother-in-law can also weave." ”
So the other laughed and said, "What did you say? Let my sister-in-law weave? You can pull it down, just my sister-in-law's rough needlework and weaving, I look at my brother, if you weave, you may be better than your sister-in-law. ”
Everyone laughed when they said a word, so after congratulating Ruan Yunsi one by one, they dispersed. Here Ruan Yunsi put away the silver, and began to think about the next steps, first of all, I have to find a helper, it is best to have a man, but with my identity, how can I raise a man at home? If you are looking for a woman, your strength is a little small, but you can only do it.
Just thinking about it, I heard Yun Niang shouting outside, she hurriedly walked out and said with a smile: "Everyone came to see the excitement just now, where did you go?" I figured you should come too. After speaking, he heard Yun Niang say: "Hey, don't mention it, my second aunt is seriously ill now, and it looks like it's not going to work, I have to live in the past few days, I take more than half of the family's money, and you can help me put the rest of the hangings, and I don't care about other things." I know you're busy here today, so I'll ask you when I come back. ”
"Second aunt? Didn't you say that your second aunt was 300 miles away? If you go here, even if you are looking for a carriage, you will have to stay on the road, right? But what letter did you receive? Ruan Yunsi was very strange, seeing that Yun Niang only had a small burden on her, if this was really a long trip, she should prepare more things.
"It's not from my side, it's the second aunt of the dead ghost in my family. The old man is also pitiful, young and widowed, it is easy to bring up the children, but now he is seriously ill, my uncle and sister-in-law are all filial, borrowed a lot of money to treat the old lady, but the cure can not cure the life, okay, okay, I don't tell you, I have to hurry up again, when I come back from there, it is not good to look, I am afraid that I will not be able to live tonight. ”
Yun Niang said as she went, and left in a hurry. Ruan Yunsi was left holding the few pieces of money in her hand, looking at her figure in a hurry, but also sighed for the family, and then turned around and entered the house.
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