Chapter 13 Selling Flowers
But all elegant people, there is no one who doesn't like flowers, even a little literati like Liu Gui can't avoid it, every day to see the pearl flowers, I heard that the pearl is going to sell the flowers, I am angry enough, and it is not easy to say anything, after all, the family is still very nervous now.
His relatives have to pay a budget of forty taels, and if Pearl and Erniu are married, it is a problem to prepare a dowry.
The expenses of the family and the expenses of studying by themselves are also a lot of money.
The flowers planted by the pearl sisters this time have bloomed very well at this time, and there is less than a month before the New Year, Pearl discussed with her family, part of the flowers to sell, and the other part of the flowers let Liu Hai and Liu Tonghammer send to the Hou Mansion in the capital, although it has been out of the Hou Mansion, but Pearl does not want to break this line.
The best of these peonies are black peonies and green peonies.
These two colors are also the most expensive, and I am afraid that they will never be found on the market.
When I was in the capital, I didn't hear of anyone who had green peonies and black peonies.
There are many colors of roses, and the most precious ones should be blue enchantresses and two-color roses, as well as black roses.
Among the bowl lotuses, blue, yellow, white and pink, the most beautiful ones are opened.
In order to get enough light for these flowers, Pearl attached plastic sheeting to the windows in the space, which also worked.
Pearl saw that the time was almost up, so he told his parents that he was going to sell flowers, and this time he would go to the state capital to sell some of them, and the remaining part would be sent to the Hou Mansion.
I want to go to the state capital to sell things, because it takes more than half a day, so the people of the Liu family set off at more than two o'clock in the morning, and there are pearls, Liu Tonghammer and bangs together.
The car was covered with a thick old quilt, and a charcoal pot was born, and ten pots of flowers of all sizes were placed on the car, and Liu Tonghammer and Liu Hai could only sit outside.
Before going out, Pearl gave each of them a down vest and let them put it in a padded jacket.
Wear a hat and wrap it tightly.
Today, Pearl also wears the embroidered satin jacket and fox fur cloak that she wore in winter in the Hou Mansion.
The shoulders given to Liu Tonghammer and Bang Hai are also goods in the space.
Before noon, they arrived at Zhuozhou City.
Zhuozhou is relatively prosperous in the northern city, and Pearl asked Liu Hai to ask people to find the largest north-south commercial bank in the city.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for the four of them to come to the door of Datong Commercial Bank.
Pearl went in with bangs.
Not long after, Liu Tonghammer saw Pearl lead a man in his fifties wearing a brocade robe to the carriage, and Pearl lifted the curtain of the carriage.
The man showed some interest, and then asked the man to move all the twenty-five pots of flowers into his shop.
After the time of two pillars of incense, Pearl came out with a bag of things.
Liu Tongzhu hurriedly asked, "How is it?" ”
"Sold. The price of two-color roses and blue and green roses is a little higher, 70 taels of silver per pot. Black peony and green peony are the most expensive, 100 taels for one pot, and 20 taels for each pot of two pots of lotus bowls. Because buttercup is a novelty flower, it costs fifty taels per pot. ”
Fang Shi and Liu Tongzhu both exclaimed.
Liu Hai said with a smile, "I really didn't expect that my sister is very good at talking about business." ”
Pearl sighed, "If such a flower is in the capital, it can be doubled!" ”
I still feel like I've suffered a loss.
A total of 600 taels were obtained from selling flowers, and Liu Tonghammer and his wife were relieved, so they don't have to worry about it now.
If you have money, you will have the bottom of your heart.
Liu Tonghammer felt that his son and daughter had to buy things for marriage, and it was not easy to come to the state capital.
Pearl also said that the fabrics and jewelry here are better than those in the county and the town, so she simply bought the dowry of the second brother and the dowry of the three sisters here.
Otherwise, it's a wasted trip.
Liu Tonghammer thought about it and felt that it was feasible.
A few people went to the jewelry shop first, of course, these jewelry are pearls to pick, and the men don't understand.
Pearl looked around, bought four pairs of silver bracelets, spent a total of twelve taels of silver, good workmanship, the amount is sufficient.
Thinking that she was reluctant to use the golden hairpin she gave to Fang's family, she usually needed wooden hairpins, and spent three taels of silver to buy Fang's a silver hairpin with entwined branches and a pair of silver earrings.
I bought four sets of silver locks, collars, and bracelets and anklets for boys and girls, which cost another twenty taels.
It cost a total of 35 taels, and in the end the pearl bargained with others, and the other party gave two pairs of silver cloves.
These two pairs of silver cloves are of course for the second and third girls.
After that, I came to the silk shop, where the silk is similar to that in the capital, but the price is a little more expensive.
But it's not much worse, I directly picked two bright red silks, and spent twenty taels, one piece of pine green, one piece of concubine color, one piece of green lotus color and one piece of peach satin, a total of four taels.
It is used to make new clothes for the bride.
Two pieces of crimson purple, navy blue, brown and jujube jacquard brocade, two taels each.
This can be used for the elderly and men in his own family, and can also be used to make clothes for his son-in-law.
Three pieces of white muslin.
This is for underwear, and the pearls are all plain satin and silk, so they don't need to be changed for the time being, but the family's underwear should be changed.
There are more than 30 kinds of embroidery threads of various colors.
These cotton cloths are much cheaper, 800 Wen, and the store wiped the change, and spent a total of 34 taels in the cloth village.
There are 600 taels of silver at home, such a happy event, of course, to celebrate haha, bought good wine, roast chicken and goose, and bought a large fan of pork ribs, ten catties of pork home.
Before going back, before going back, I just called Liu He back, and let him come back tomorrow.
When I got home, it was almost evening, and along the way, Liu He was asking what was going on, and when he heard that his sister had sold the money, he felt a little uncomfortable, and promised that he would treat his sister well in the future.
Pearl asked him some more about the dart game, and knew that his master Zhang Qin was a very powerful person, especially a character who could eat both black and white, so he asked Liu He to follow suit.
When he got home, Fang Shi came out directly, seeing that the father and son were all smiling on their faces, and if there was anything they didn't understand, they began to help Pearl move things into the house.
Pearl was not polite, and directly asked her brother to put the fabric in her house, but the jewelry was secretly stuffed to Fang's and asked her to keep it.
I bought such jewelry and fabrics, and spent a total of 69 taels of silver, leaving 531 taels, plus the original 20 taels left at home, which is enough for everything.
Zhao didn't know what was going on, but seeing that the family was all happy, he thought that maybe the flowers were sold at a high price, and when he saw that there was chicken and meat at home, he knew that it must be good, and decided to ask his husband at night.
Last time, the eldest sister bought twenty chicks and six old hens back, and she was responsible for feeding them, and now there is no shortage of money at home, so Zhao wondered if she could bring these chickens over to herself.