Chapter 36 Chance Encounter in Buzhuang
"Leisurely, why did you come along?" Mrs. Li hurriedly got up, pulled it over leisurely, and put the stove in her hand into her hand.
After discussion with the family, Li Haoran decided to reconcile with Zhou Yingying. Li Niangzi wanted to tell Li Youran the news, but seeing that Tian Niangzi and Tian Alang were there, after all, the ugliness of the family should not be publicized, so the words came to her mouth and swallowed back.
Li Youran held the stove tightly in his hand with both hands, and when he saw that Li Niangzi looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, she understood her thoughts, so she stretched out a hand and patted Li Niangzi's hand.
"I'll talk about it later." Li Youran said, and asked about the business of the wonton shop in the past few days
Chicken soup wontons are a delicate food, and the customer group is not like the group of steamed bun shops, most of them are people who have more money.
The weather is getting colder and colder as the New Year approaches, and it is really not impossible to run out just to eat bowls of wontons, so there are many fewer people eating chicken soup wontons.
"People who have eaten our chicken soup wontons say that our chicken soup wontons taste extremely delicious."
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she looked at the deserted street outside and sighed helplessly.
"Now everyone's business is not doing well, so the New Year's goods are sold more tightly during the Chinese New Year."
Mrs. Li's words reminded Li Youran that it was better to take advantage of the opportunity of the New Year to do some small business.
"Mother, why don't we also sell some couplets and silk flowers and other in-demand goods."
"It's good, but the purchase price of these things is not cheap, and you can't make a lot of money in the middle of the horizontal and vertical."
"We can find someone to write the couplet, and the silk flower can also make it ourselves." Li Youran continued: "We can also sell the couplets and head flowers to other small traders and vendors, so that we can make more money. ”
Li Youran had already figured out what to do next, first to order the paper for writing couplets, and then to go to the academy to find students to write couplets, and the salary was calculated according to how many couplets were written and handwriting.
Silk flowers are even simpler, buy silk cloth, and then go to the iron shop to make fine wire, make a few looks, and find a trustworthy woman to do it, and the salary is more and more work.
There is a good saying, fertilizer and water do not flow to outsiders, Li Youran turned around, and asked Tian Alang if he was willing to write a couplet.
"He doesn't ...... this kid"
"No problem." Before Aunt Tian finished speaking, she was interrupted by Tian Alang: "I will also help the family earn some household income and have a good year." ”
"Alright, I'll send it to you when the paper for writing the couplets arrives."
Li Youran is a man of action, and after speaking, he went to order paper.
A couplet sells on the market for three cents to five cents, mainly according to the quality of the couplet paper and the quality of the handwriting.
A good couplet paper costs a penny, and a little worse is a penny or two.
The cost of paper alone is so high, which makes Li Youran, who was originally ready to do a big job, a little discouraged. It's all to blame for her negligence, the price of paper was very expensive in ancient times.
I simply bought a hundred pairs of each of the two kinds of paper and let Tian Alang write it alone.
When I went back, I passed by Tang Lei's blacksmith shop, and Li Youran asked Uncle Tang to order a thousand silk wires.
Uncle Tang refused to accept Li Youran's silver, so she pretended to be angry.
"Uncle Tang, if you don't take my money, you just don't want to do my business, so I have to find someone else."
"You kid, why are you so stubborn...... Uncle Tang reluctantly accepted Li Youran's silver, shook his head and smiled bitterly, thinking that his stupid son was also stubborn.
After finishing these two things, Li Youran went to the cloth village again, and when he bought silk cloth again, Li Youran was attracted by a lilac cotton cloth.
Just when Li Youran wanted to reach out and touch it, he touched it with his other hand.
"I'm sorry." Li Youran hurriedly withdrew his hand and said to the young lady.
"The girl is serious." Zhao Yanshan said with a smile: "You and I like the same piece of fabric, which means that the two of us have the same vision, have similar interests, and are destined people." ”
Zhao Youran recognized Li Youran, who was the girl who sold chicken soup wontons, but Li Youran didn't recognize Zhao Youran.
"Miss Li~" Liu Zhiyuan passed by in a carriage, and by chance he saw Li Youran in the cloth village, and hurriedly rushed into the shop, shouting excitedly.
Hearing Liu Zhiyuan's shout, Zhao Yanshan and Li Youran looked back in unison.
"Liu Gongzi." Li Youran said in his heart, these days are really a coincidence, and he will always meet Liu Zhiyuan.
"Liu Gongzi." Zhao Yanshan saluted.
Zhao Yanshan's face was calm, as dignified and polite as usual, but in fact, there were a lot of tastes in her heart.
When Liu Zhiyuan looked at Li Youran, the brilliance in his eyes was something she had never seen before.
When she was with Liu Zhiyuan, Liu Zhiyuan was always gentle and elegant, and he had never been so excited and rude.
"Miss Zhao is also here, what a coincidence!" After Liu Zhiyuan finished speaking, he immediately looked at Li Youran and continued: "The cooked food I bought from Miss Li last time was well received by the whole family. Now that the Chinese New Year is coming up, I want to buy more cooked food to eat for the New Year. ”
"Thank you Liu Gongzi for taking care of my business." Liu Zhiyuan opened his mouth, naturally it was another big business, and Li Youran's eyes were about to smile.
Zhao Yanshan was surprised in her heart, how could a woman smile like this in front of a foreign man, it was really rude.
"I also want to thank you, your cooked food is so delicious." Liu Zhiyuan said and looked at the cloth behind Li Youran, and said, "Shopkeeper, wrap this cloth." ”
"Liu ......"
"Miss Li, don't be polite, I will still have trouble for you in the future." Without waiting for Li Youran to finish speaking, Liu Zhiyuan took the lead.
In fact, Li Youran wanted to say that this piece of cloth was the first thing Miss Zhao looked at.
"Miss Zhao has a favorite fabric, and I'll pay for it together." Although Liu Zhiyuan has no affection for Zhao Yanshan, he has eaten other people's cooking before, and he wants to express it somewhat.
"I don't know if there's any of this cloth, but I like it." Zhao Yanshan said softly.
"I'm sorry girl, this fabric is the last one, since you all know each other, why don't I help you cut it in half." The shopkeeper proposed.
"If you cut it in half, you can't make a whole outfit." Liu Zhiyuan said: "You have other new goods here." ”
"Yes, there is a better fabric than this one, and the price is a little more expensive." The shopkeeper hurriedly went to fetch two pieces of fabric, which looked to be of higher grade.
"That's it." Zhao Yanshan shook her head and smiled: "The slave family has left first." ”
"Miss Zhao walks slowly." Liu Zhiyuan nodded.
Li Youran felt that Liu Zhiyuan and Zhao Yanshan were strange, they knew each other, but they were very unfamiliar.
"Miss Li, it's not easy for you to take so many things, I'll take you back by the way!" Liu Zhiyuan said, and took Li Youran's things without saying anything.