Chapter 18: Distressed
"How do you sell ready-to-wear clothes in this shop?"
Su Wanniang stared at the set of dusty women's ready-to-wear, of course she knew that no matter where she was, it was cheap to make her own clothes from materials, and it was expensive to buy them. But she doesn't know how to make clothes at all!
Sewing bed sheets and quilt covers or something, it's already the limit.
Seeing that Su Wanniang had bought materials and clothes, the man became more enthusiastic about the big customer: "Oh, Mrs. can choose the color and material first, and then measure the size and then negotiate the price." ”
In addition to the cost of materials, there is also wages for custom-made garments.
Su Wanniang pursed her lower lip and asked, "If the child and I are dressed in two autumn clothes, how much will it cost?" ”
The man took the ruler in his hand for a moment, pointed to some bright colors on the counter with the ruler, and then pointed to the cotton fabric below, and estimated: "If the lady chooses the satin one above, it will be about four hundred and fifty yuan." If it is this muslin, one hundred and fifty went. ”
When she heard that a set of satin clothes would cost almost half a tael of silver, Su Wanniang was really taken aback.
That's too expensive, isn't it? I was able to buy a piece of muslin.
"Is there a white muslin?" Su Wanniang thought, wearing white muslin as a base inside, and other materials on the outside.
The guy nodded, and he also knew that there were few people who bought ready-to-wear now, and they generally made their own. Now when they meet someone who wants to make ready-to-wear clothes, they will naturally earn more.
"Yes, ma'am, look, this is a muslin that only arrived this month."
He took out a piece of white cotton cloth and enthusiastically introduced a few words.
Su Wanniang touched it, nodded and said, "What is this asking price?" ”
Seeing that Su Wanniang had already chosen, the guys didn't ask for a price, they were doing long-term trading, and they wouldn't casually shout high prices to offend people and ruin the reputation of the store: "White muslin, three hundred wen a horse." In total, forty feet! ”
Su Wanniang's mind turned, and she understood how much it would cost, and nodded: "Then rely on this horse and measure me and the child!" In addition, the light blue cotton cloth, and another light cyan, make me two. The navy blue and pine and cypress green on the side made two bodies for my children. ”
When the man heard this, his eyes narrowed with a smile: "Okay, madam, wait a minute, I'll call someone to measure you and the little boy." ”
Turning around, the guy shouted into a dark blue curtain in the shop: "Shopkeeper, there is a customer!" ”
Not long after, a slender woman in a satin skirt walked out, with a bun on her head and a carved gold hairpin.
As soon as the curtain was opened, the female shopkeeper smiled and said, "Madam, little boy, please come with me!" ”
Su Wanniang nodded and took the child in, the female shopkeeper was very kind, and she smiled when she saw people, giving people a very soft feeling.
asked Su Wanniang about her preferences, and the female shopkeeper felt that this guest was really negotiable, and she didn't have too many requirements, which also made her breathe a sigh of relief.
"Madame will pick it up in three days, or I will send it to Madame's house." The female shopkeeper and Su Wanniang walked out and politely said the time.
Su Wanniang thought about it, and she would go out in three days, so she nodded and said, "Then I'll come back in three days to pick it up, these materials can help deliver them, right?" "She still has something to buy.
The female shopkeeper will come to the matter, and she smiled: "If you can send it, Madame just rest assured." I don't know where Madame lives? I asked the guy to send it to Madame. ”
"I lived in the old abandoned house, and I just sent it there, and the white muslin over there was cut and left, and I was tired of wrapping it up and sending it over. By the way, the size of shoes and socks has also been measured, so let's do it together! ”
Of course, the female shopkeeper said yes again and again, took the deposit given by Su Wanniang and the silver money from the previous flower cloth, and looked for silver for Su Wanniang without changing her face.
I thought to myself, I haven't heard that anyone has moved into that abandoned house!
And Su Wanniang was generous, and she was faceless, and she was not a person here at first glance.
It seems that maybe he was fooled by the people of the yamen!
Thinking like this, the female showcase immediately made an abacus, and suddenly calculated it, found the silver money and handed it to Su Wanniang: "These are a total of 1,836 Wen, even if the lady is 1,830 Wen." This is 82170 Wen looking for you, Madame take it. ”
Su Wanniang took the money, and then realized that the silver ingot was ten taels of silver.
The guy on the side cut the cloth for a moment, and when he heard Su Wanniang's abandoned house, he naturally knew, didn't there be no one living there?
Seeing that the shopkeeper and Su Wanniang were chatting about the same, the guy's body trembled unconsciously.
Sending Su Wanniang away, the guy looked like he wanted to talk and stopped, and the female shopkeeper frowned and said, "Don't worry about it!" Let's cut the material first! ”
Su Wanniang walked out of the cloth village and sighed in her heart.
If she makes money to buy clothes and materials according to her own ability, I don't know what year and month it will be.
Just one set of one hundred and fifty yuan for one set of clothes, and two sets for three hundred yuan. The child's 80 wen set, two sets of tunics, plus a white muslin 300 wen and 300 wen and two colors of flower cloth that was intended to be made into bed sheets. Finally, with the deposit of ready-to-wear shoes and socks, it cost almost two taels of silver at once.
Xu Junhao, who was walking by Su Wanniang's hand, looked happy.
He understands what his mother just said, and his mother wants to make clothes for him. Xu Junhao is very happy, there is no New Year's Day, and there was no time to wear new clothes at home before.
The little one had a smile on his face and was bouncing as he walked.
It's just that he was too excited, his face was flushed, and he started coughing as soon as he jumped: "Cough, cough, cough, cough......"
Seeing this, Su Wanniang hurriedly stopped and let the child relax.
"Ahem...... "......Even if the little guy coughs, he still has a smile on his face, obviously very happy."
Su Wanniang stroked him distressedly and told him not to speak.
Originally, she wanted to buy the ingredients first, but Su Wanniang saw that the child was still coughing, so she went to the pharmacy with the relieved child.
After grabbing a few more pills, Su Wanniang took the child to the market.
The market in Shangqing Town is nearby, walk through the street where you buy things, and turn an intersection to arrive.
Since it was after lunch, there were not many people buying groceries.
Su Wanniang walked past a few shops, and there were a few stalls on the ground to buy vegetables around, and there was a butcher shop.
Walking to the butcher shop, Su Wanniang glanced at the little meat, her heart was happy, and her face was not obvious.
The man who sold pork had big shoulders and a round waist, and he was strong at first glance, and when he saw a little woman coming with a child, he immediately greeted him heartily: "Madame, I still have good fat and oil here, I don't know what kind of fat and oil Madame wants?" ”
Su Wanniang glanced at the fatty meat, maybe it was because the predecessor had eaten too badly recently, and when she saw the fatty meat, Su Wanniang actually felt a feeling of wanting to make up for it.
Looking at some thin children, Su Wanniang asked, "How much is a pound of oil and five flowers here for you?" ”
The pork seller thought that the fat meat was expensive, and when she saw Su Wanniang asking about these two, she said with a smile: "If Mrs. buys more, take the plate oil together, and give it a full ten catties, and give sixty Wen." Sixteen flowers, twenty fat. ”
Su Wanniang thought that she and the child still needed to make up for it, nodded and said, "I want all the plate oil, and I will get two catties of five flowers." ”
When the stall owner who sold pork heard that two catties was a lot, he began to chop meat with a smile: "Okay, I will definitely give you enough to weigh." ”
There is not much fat left of Baihuahua, Su Wanniang doesn't feel it, she doesn't touch the fat in her previous life.