14 Silk flowers
"What to buy?" Liu Zigui asked.
His eyes were fixed on the thirty-two cents, and he wanted to say that he would leave it at his disposal, and it was really not worth it to spend so much money renting a house in the city!
Qin Chuchu didn't look at him, but said to Fang Erniang: "The steamed buns in the bun shop are too expensive, we buy flour and steam it to eat, and we are full." ”
She deliberately showed all the surplus money, so as not to let Liu Zigui guess how much she had, and give him a bottom not to use his brain.
"Your reselling job, if it's easy to do, let Zigui be a merchant." Fang Erniang spoke, she said, "It's really a waste to rent a house like this." ”
"It's okay to do it, tomorrow my mother will come with me, I will know."
Qin Chuchu knew that her way to make money couldn't be hidden, otherwise her money would seem to be of unknown origin, not to mention that the people in the village would arrange her, even Liu Zigui would stare at it.
The biggest secret is the vendor system, which can't be exposed, so she has to show them what they can.
Fang Erniang nodded, took advantage of the early hour, cleaned up the house first, and then went out with Liu Zigui to buy things.
There are two rooms in the west wing, Qin Chuchu and Qin Ruoruo live together, and there are only a simple wooden bed and a square table and three stools in the house.
The hall and kitchen in this courtyard are shared, saving them money for pots and pans.
A family of three lived in the east wing, and the young daughter-in-law sat at the door embroidering flowers with her child who had just learned to walk.
The two sides didn't say hello, they just looked at each other with their eyes, and Qin Chuchu subtly experienced the taste of sharing a house.
I didn't expect that there was such an 'advanced' thing in ancient times, sharing a house!
As a temporary residence, there is nothing to find fault with, and even in terms of dilapidation, it is much better than Liu Zigui's thatched hut.
As soon as Fang Erniang and the two left, Qin Chuchu asked Qin Ruoruo to take a nap.
I got up early in the morning and walked a long way into the city, and the children had limited energy and were already tired.
Qin Ruoruo nodded obediently and went to bed, Qin Chuchu went out with a look at the empty door and went to another street.
She is still too poor, and although she has the money she bought at the pawnshop last time, it is obviously not enough to see it, and she must seek a new business opportunity.
How can there be nothing to sell in the system, Qin Chuchu walked along the way, constantly thinking in his heart.
It's not cost-effective to buy something that's too expensive, and it's not distinctive enough to be cheap......
Forehead...... Chinaware?
Qin Chuchu stopped in front of an inconspicuous shop, and the shelves inside were full of all kinds of ceramics, mainly bottles and cans, and plates and bowls were not informal.
The location at the end of the street is not very good, this shop can be said to be a door, only she came in at this time, and the shopkeeper immediately greeted her.
"Little girl, what do you want?"
Qin Chuchu looked at these ceramic utensils, in her eyes they were all antique, the subject matter at this time was not mixed with modern elements, and the flowers, birds, insects and fish depicted were all handmade.
She pointed to a small round pot and asked, "How do you sell this?" ”
The round pot belly is bulging, and the spout is small and delicate, which looks very cute.
The shopkeeper originally saw that she was dressed plainly, thinking that she was just looking at it casually, but when he saw her ask about small utensils, he suddenly became energetic: "This is not expensive, only five cents!" ”
After quoting the price, he introduced the beauty of the small round pot, and Qin Chuchu interrupted him: "Just buy this." ”
She didn't take it back to play with herself, what was the use of saying so much.
Because she didn't want Fang Erniang to know that she had come out once, Qin Chuchu bought two small round pots and returned immediately.
Back in the small courtyard, Qin Ruoruo was still sleeping, so she went to sit on a stool to rest her feet.
Open the supplier system and poke the person who sold her the grain seeds earlier.
Qin Chuchu scanned a pair of small round pots to show him and asked, "Do you need such porcelain, I want to exchange it for rice grain." 】
The other side is a big agricultural country, the grain is planted well and the yield is sufficient, and the grain is very cheap.
There was no reply over there, probably because she hadn't seen her message yet, and Qin Chuchu didn't wait, but instead browsed the things of other sellers on the page.
There are all kinds of things that are abundant, but they are not something she can handle, and in such an era, if she comes up with something too strange, it will definitely bring more trouble than good.
Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant!
It didn't take long for Fang Erniang and the two to come back, as Qin Chuchu suggested, and bought a little flour and dry firewood.
I ate white steamed buns at night, without any oily meat, and I couldn't even see a piece of green vegetables, but no one complained at all.
I am used to living a poor life, and I am grateful to Dade when I have white flour to eat.
Resting in the small courtyard that night, Qin Chuchu used a small wooden bucket to draw well water, wiped his body and sleep.
She hadn't taken a good shower, and the sanitary conditions were really torturous!
On the second day, the family got up early, waiting for Qin Chuchu to take them to see how to make money by reselling.
After all, it costs a lot to live here for a day, and Liu Zigui and Fang Erniang are uneasy.
Still didn't eat breakfast, Qin Chuchu changed into clean clothes, and led Fang Erniang to the south of the city, where there was a cloth village.
She wanted to buy not cloth, but silk, ribbon and wool.
Wool came from the north, and the wealthy used it to weave carpets, which were strong and durable. The south is not as cold as the north, but it is rare to see wool worn on the body.
Qin Chuchu asked Fang Erniang to take out the rest of the money, they spent five cents last night, and now there are twenty-seven left.
"It's a little insufficient," Qin Chuchu looked at Liu Zigui: "You can also make up a number?" ”
"What are you doing here? I don't have any money! Liu Zigui glanced at the door of the cloth village, which opened early in the morning, and there was no one, but looking at the open door, he knew that it was very magnificent.
"You say you want to be a merchant, you can't pay nothing, right?"
Originally, in order to make up the poll tax, they must have saved money, but later the five hundred wen let Qin Chuchu out, and their own share was in their hands.
Qin Chuchu didn't have the idea of hitting those copper plates, but just to make the 'bottom line' she showed more realistic.
"Selling cloth? You're whimsical! Liu Zigui scoffed at this.
"......" Qin Chuchu seemed to be amused.
Who came to buy cloth with dozens of copper plates? I don't know who was whimsical.
Fang Erniang took out the small purse she was carrying and said, "I have a little here." ”
Qin Chuchu glanced at Liu Zigui, took Fang Erniang's purse and counted it, about fifty wen.
Liu Zigui held his face and didn't speak, since he was pushed twice by Qin Chuchu, he didn't dare to do it casually, and he even respected a lot in his mouth.
To put it bluntly, this is a cowardly who bullies the soft and is afraid of the hard.
Qin Chuchu took the lead in entering the cloth village, inquired about the price, and found that wool was the most expensive, silk yarn was second, and ribbon was the cheapest.
The ball of yarn was brought from the north by a caravan, and the cost was greatly increased after several rounds on the way.
Qin Chuchu estimated the copper money in his hand, and decided to give it up for the time being, only buying silk yarn and ribbons, and a small roll of red rope.
"Little girl, you can't make clothes if you buy such a little ......," said the young man from Buzhuang.
The silk yarn has different colors, and Qin Chuchu picked up the bright and good-looking ones and bought three feet each, which was about one meter long.
The young man thinks this is here to have fun, but seeing that she is not a rich lady in dress, she has this spare money to buy and play?
"Thank you brother for reminding me, I didn't use it to make clothes." Qin Chuchu counted the copper plates and gave them to him, and took the silk yarn and ribbon in one hand.
"This is so beautiful!" Qin Ruoruo's eyes were shining, so she had to help hold it.
The brightly colored light yarn is indeed beautiful, hazy and ethereal, and its price is not cheap, a penny a foot.
Ten feet and one zhang, ten zhang and one horse, each piece of cloth is one hundred Wen, the ancients consumed more cloth to make clothes, and this kind of light and fluttering cover could not make many pieces.
Regarding Qin Chuchu's practice of buying gauze, Fang Erniang made a wooden face, while Liu Zigui muttered on the side.
Qin Chuchu ignored him, took Qin Ruoruo's little hand and left the cloth village to buy some wire.
The metal drawing technology of the Northern Liang Kingdom is very good, and many gold and silver jewelry is pinched into flowers with very fine metal wires, gold and silver wires, and naturally there are iron wires, which are used in the daily life of ordinary people.
After the materials were purchased, several people returned to the small courtyard, and as soon as they entered the door, they heard the cry of the little doll, which resounded in the sky.
"Wow, ah......h
It's the child of the family in the East Wing, who opens his mouth and cries very loudly!
Today, it happened that the child's father didn't go out, and when he saw a few people coming back, he came over and scolded: "After you finished digging the well water, the yard got wet everywhere, causing my son to fall, what kind of heart!" ”
Qin Chuchu was stunned for a moment, only to find that there were still traces of wetness on the side of the well.
Over there, Liu Zigui had already scolded him, saying that his kid was looking for death when he ran to the well, "Where is the yard wet, you mean to show me!" ”
As soon as the man in the east wing heard that he dared to speak back, he immediately came over to quarrel with him.
The little daughter-in-law of his family was tender-faced, and she felt very embarrassed, and she pulled people back with all her might.
The corners of Qin Chuchu's mouth twitched slightly at the scolding of these two men, there is a word shrew in the world, and there should be a 'shrew'.
The child probably fell, and he didn't remember it after a while, but he still smiled and played.
The man in the east wing obviously didn't like the west wing, saying that the kitchen was dirty, or how bad was the yard...... Pick a hole in.
Fang Erniang is silent, this kind of lip service has Liu Zigui to bear.
Qin Chuchu took them to sit under the eaves and taught them to make silk flowers.
There are also silk flowers sold on the street, but they don't use wire, and they just use rags to tie up one of them.
Qin Chuchu's approach was different from those people, she first used silk threads to concave the oval, and then tightly covered it with a small piece of red gauze.
The tight cloth surface has become a petal, and the plasticity of the wire is strong, so you can make it into whatever shape you want.
In this way, the petals are made, and then put together into layers of flowers.
The undulating lace is lifelike, and it looks quite amazing at first glance, and the three-dimensional sense is incomparable to those rags.
Fang Erniang looked at a finished product of several people, and finally knew Qin Chuchu's plan.
She said: "It's good-looking, it's just too hard to make one, how much does it cost to sell?" ”
After all, the flowers can't be eaten, so she is afraid that no one will want them if they are expensive, and it will not be cost-effective to sell them cheaply.
"There will be people who need it for anything, I heard that Chengdong Street is the most prosperous, let's go there and have a look when the time comes."
There is no shortage of silver in large households, it is a little maid, and they all have spare money to wear hairpins, and Qin Chuchu is not very worried about sales.
Ordinary silk flowers are also beautiful, but compared to them, they make judgments, and if they want to do it, they will do the best.