The shopkeeper obviously knew it in his heart, and said, "Nine taels of silver." ”

"You can sell this book for a long time, three or five years. It can also be sold in various counties and even other state capitals. Twelve taels"

"No, it's too expensive, absolutely not."

Pearl continued, "Shopkeeper, think about it, we are not a one-shot deal, there will be good business in the future, I will come to you." If you don't agree, I'll set up a stall at the gate of the state school, and I believe that no one will buy twelve taels of silver. ”

The shopkeeper looked at the pearl for a long time, gritted his teeth, and said, "Okay, twelve taels of silver, but let's talk about it, there will be such books in the future, but they will be sent to me!" ”

"Refreshing! That's it. I want a silver ticket. ”

"Okay."

"Wait, do you want any more books from my husband?"

Ming Qian had already started to wander around the bookstore, and when he heard Pearl say this, he nodded and said, "Wait for me to see." ”

After a while, Ming Qian picked out three books, and spent a total of three taels of silver, so the shopkeeper gave 200 taels of silver and 35 taels of silver.

Pearl put the silver ticket away, and the shopkeeper counted it, and saw if there was any defect, whether it was the same content, and then asked the man to take the money.

Pearl put the silver ticket in the cuff, and actually put it into the space. Ming Qian is obviously very excited, this is the fruit of his labor! Finally, I don't need to spend the girl's dowry.

Then, the two of them went to a few embroidery villages to ask the price, and finally came to a relatively large store, Pearl asked the price, I think it is the best here, the goods are complete, the price is high, the purchase price is also high, of course, the premise is that your embroidery is excellent, Pearl looked at their embroidery, inquired about the price, and took out the handkerchief and purse. The shopkeeper is a woman, everyone calls her Song Niangzi, with a slightly chubby figure and a smiling face.

"Sister Song, how much do you think I give for this handkerchief and purse?"

Song Niangzi is a woman in her forties, listening to a young daughter-in-law like Pearl call her eldest sister, she is very useful, looked at the embroidery, and said, "The materials for your handkerchief and purse are good, and the embroidery skills are also good, so be it!" I'll give you twenty pieces of handkerchiefs and twenty-two pieces of purses. What do you think? ”

The price is not low, "Okay, so be it!" By the way, I see that the eldest sister's store is quite large, and the embroidery is complete, and the embroidery skills are good, I don't know if you still have any tricks here? ”

"Tricks? What's the trick? ”

"The pattern of the large embroidery. There are also slightly smaller ones, which are used to make embroidery patterns for interstitial screens and screens. ”

Song Niangzi hurriedly said to let the pearl take it out and take a look, they raised the embroidery girl in this embroidery village themselves, but the embroidery picture has nothing new, and it is the same when bought from elsewhere, there is nothing special. No matter how good the embroidery is, it is useless if there is no pattern.

Pearl pulled out the smallest one from a large scroll of drawing paper, and said it was small, but it also grew twice, and the largest one was more than three feet. Song Niangzi took the embroidery and took a look, sure enough, not only the embroidery map, the color matching is also marked, this is a lotus picture, this flower is really beautiful, next to the color pattern, it looks better, if the embroidered things are different from this, it is the embroidery of the mother's craftsmanship is not at home, this is really a good thing!

"Ten taels!" Song Niangzi said,

Pearl didn't answer, and took out another one from it, this one is the beauty Mochizuki, the beauty's facial features are very clear, like a real person.

Song Niangzi spoke again, "Fifteen taels." ”

Pearl still didn't speak, and took out another one, this one is a hundred longevity pictures, a hundred different fonts of longevity characters. Song Niangzi stretched her face and said, "Twenty taels, it can't be high." ”

"Okay, that's all. Look at these three big pictures. ”

Pearl opened the flower roll this time, the three big pictures are the beauty smiling under the colorful pear blossom tree, the second chapter is a hundred children, with different postures, clear facial features, or games, or reading, or playing, very happy. The third chapter is a hundred birds and a phoenix. That's a lot of scale. Song Niangzi sold such a big picture, let alone five hundred taels, so she gave the price of forty taels of pearls. The pearl was accepted when it was good. told Song Niangzi that she was embroidering something, and when the embroidery was finished, she would send it to her to see, and Song Niangzi happily agreed.

The hand-copied book was sold for 235 taels, and this time the embroidered picture was sold for 520 taels, and 500 taels were exchanged for silver tickets, and the remaining 20 taels were exchanged for five taels of silver. There is also money from the sale of handkerchiefs and purses, a total of 540 Wen.

Along the way, Ming Qian can be regarded as seeing the bargaining skills of pearls. The two of them now have 755 taels of silver and 540 cents. After that, the two of them came to the Zhen Yu Fang, where they had a meal, and now they have money. Now Mingqian's mood is very bright, and he earned 225 taels of silver! However, thinking of his wife's ability to make money, he felt that the economy was really not what he was good at, so he still made up his mind that the family's money would be handed over to his wife to manage in the future. He eats and drinks well, wears well, has good books to read, and has nothing to worry about.

It was originally the money earned by the pearl, Ming Qian felt that he was not qualified to speak, in his opinion, the home of cultivation and reading is the road they have been pursuing, the lady embroiders things and sells them for money, it is harmless, the only thing he has to do is to earn a fortune for the lady in the future, the scenery is beautiful.

On the way back, Pearl discussed with Mingqian and gave a small part to the family, and the rest was kept, which may be of great use in the future. Mingqian happily agreed. Anyway, the lady will not be less bound by herself and her third brother, and the family often improves the food, which is very good, if the money is handed over to the father, the daughter-in-law's life will not be easy. Mingqian didn't want her to pay so much for herself, and she would be angry.

The weather is getting warmer. Wearing thin cotton clothes is a little thicker, and after getting married, Pearl actually found that Mingqian's height has grown taller again, it was only one meter seven, and now it has to be one meter seventy-five, and there is also flesh on his body, and the clothes made by Pearl in the past are smaller, Pearl decided to send these four sets of clothes and underwear to Mingde, and he will be able to wear them in two years.

Pearl spent 300 yuan to buy twenty catties of beef, which was intended to make beef jerky and beef sauce for Mingqian. I also bought some peanuts, which will be delicious in beef sauce, and there are some chili peppers at home, so I plan to put some in them. I bought two big fish and spent 200 wen, this one is going to make fish steak and meat floss. The two of them didn't buy anything else, and went back with the rice paper they bought. Ming Qian is in a good mood, he earns this money by himself, he takes away the bundle by himself, and gives the rest of the silver taels to his wife, and if he has the opportunity to copy books to earn some more in the future, he will not feel that he is useless to support his family.

Mingqian's pressure is gone, and he is more kind to Pearl, and he was still thinking about buying hairpins for Pearls, but she was rejected by Pearls, she stayed in the countryside, where there was a chance to always bring jewelry, not to mention, even if she didn't have the opportunity to bring any sets of jewelry, she also had a lot of hairpins, bead bracelets or something, she couldn't wear them, so why bother spending money to buy them?