Chapter 52: Soft Smoke
Beiye still compromised and came to Buzhuang with Gu Rao.
This is Gu Rao's second visit to Buzhuang.
Last time, I didn't have so much money on hand, and I bought cheaper linen, but this time I have more money, and Gu Rao plans to buy better fabrics.
The people of Buzhuang come and go, and the business is excellent.
Gu Rao didn't bother herself, and asked people to introduce these fabrics to herself, but touched them one by one, compared the comfort and then asked, "Boss, what kind of fabric is this cloth?" ”
The shopkeeper's skills are very good, plus Gu Rao and Beiye are both good-looking, and Beiye's height is rare in this era, very recognizable, and they can recognize them at a glance as the couple who came to buy sackcloth last time.
glanced at the cloth in Gu Rao's hand.
I was sure that she couldn't afford it, and she was very busy now, and not every guest could take care of it, so she just said perfunctorily, "That's soft smoke, it costs a hundred yuan and a foot, Madame might as well take a look at something else." ”
Gu Rao asked again, "How much is a foot of muslin?" ”
The shopkeeper was busy greeting others, and waited for Gu Rao to ask again before replying casually, "Twenty wen and one foot." ”
Gu Rao asked, "I buy more, can it be cheaper?" ”
When the shopkeeper heard that she bought a lot, and it was not linen but cotton, his attitude was more enthusiastic than before, and he walked up to Gu Rao and asked, "If you buy more, I can pull a little more cloth for you." ”
"How much muslin are you going to buy?"
Gu Rao said, "You have to buy some soft tobacco and muslin." ”
He pointed to himself, and then to Beno beside him.
"I'm going to make me and my husband two sets of soft cigarette clothes, and the clothes inside are made of cotton cloth, can you help me see how much fabric is appropriate?"
The shopkeeper was stunned.
"Made with soft smoke?"
Gu Rao nodded.
A flower suddenly bloomed on the shopkeeper's face, and he said enthusiastically, "This lady really has a vision, and she can see at a glance that the soft smoke is a good fabric, this kind of fabric has an elegant style, a tight texture, acquaintance, a ventilated yarn, translucent, comfortable to wear, cool, and very light." ”
"It's almost summer, so it's perfect to wear clothes made of this fabric!"
Pointing to the four colors of soft smoke, "There are only four colors of soft smoke, which are azure, autumn fragrance, pine green, and silver red. ”
"Your husband is tall and handsome, and you are white-skinned and slender, and you are still young, so you must look good in whatever color you wear."
"Anyway, if you want to make four sets of clothes, why don't you make one set of clothes for each color?"
After saying this string of beautiful words, it really made Gu Rao want to buy all four colors, who made her like all four colors?
"Then make a set of each color."
Turning his head and asking Besino, "What color do you like?" ”
Besino, "It's all right." ”
Gu Rao raised her eyebrows.
"That's what you said, then I'll choose the autumn fragrance color for you. It just so happens that the colors of the clothes you wore before were dull, either gray or blue, and you haven't tried any other colors yet. ”
The autumn fragrance color is essentially a dark yellow.
The shopkeeper immediately said, "The autumn fragrance color is low-key and gentle, and it can be worn by both men and women." ”
Besino's refutation.
"Okay."
Gu Rao decided, "Then use azure and autumn fragrance colors to make two sets of clothes for my husband, and use pine green and silver red to make me two sets of clothes." ”
The shopkeeper visually measured Bienye's height and said to Gu Rao, "Your husband's height is about ten feet of cloth to make a set of clothes, and your height is about seven feet of cloth for a set of clothes." ”
"This kind of fabric can also be used to make tents and window screens, even if you buy more, you can also use it to make something else, it's better than buying less, isn't it?"
Gu Rao nodded.
"Then ten feet each of the azure and autumn-scented soft smoke, and seven feet each of the pine-green and silver-red soft smoke."
"One piece of fine cotton should be enough."
The shopkeeper's snap plan plate.
"Soft Yanluo bought a total of thirty-four feet, one foot is one hundred wen, and thirty-four feet is three thousand four hundred wen; One foot of fine cotton is twenty wen, one horse is forty feet, and the price of one horse is eight hundred wen. ”
"The soft smoke and fine cotton add up, and it costs a total of four thousand two hundred pieces of silver."
"You buy more, I'll give you an extra foot of fine cotton, how about it?" He pointed to the rags in the basket under the counter, and said with a smile, "These are leftovers for making clothes or embroidered handkerchiefs and purses, if you don't dislike them, I can also give some to you." ”
Gu Rao saw that the shopkeeper was also very sincere, so she didn't continue to bargain, and said decisively, "Then thank you to the shopkeeper, I will come to you to buy cloth next time." ”
"Wrap me up with all the cloth you just had."
The shopkeeper instructed the man to wrap the cloth, found a burlap bag by himself, filled Gu Rao with a large bag of leftovers, and carefully tied the opening with a longer cloth.
Gu Rao stretched out her hand to take it.
"Thank you."
He took the money bag around his waist, took out a silver ingot of five taels and handed it over.
The shopkeeper found her 800 pieces of silver.
After the man wrapped the cloth, Beno took the cloth and held it in his arms.
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After coming out of Buzhuang, Gu Rao did not go back directly, but continued to walk to the front of East Street and came to a shop specializing in selling pots and pans.
"Boss, how much is a small earthen bowl for this kind of steamed meat?"
The boss said, "Two pennies a piece." ”
Gu Rao didn't expect it to be so cheap.
"Bring me ten."
Then I looked at the bowls and basins, and the bowls for eating were also two cents each, the pots were divided into large, medium and small pots, small pots were three cents, medium pots were four cents, and large pots were five cents.
Gu Rao bought ten bowls for eating, so as to avoid that there would be no bowls for guests at home to eat in the future.
I also bought two large basins for washing vegetables or kneading dough.
Finally, I walked to the position where the casserole was placed, and after reading all the casseroles, I was not satisfied, and asked, "Boss, are there any smaller casseroles?" ”
The boss asked, "How small?" ”
Gu Rao said, "It's almost the same size as the bowl used to eat noodles. ”
The boss shook his head.
"What can you cook in such a small casserole?"
"Nope."
"If you really want it, I can fire it in two days."
Two days......
It's going to open in three days, isn't it too late?
Gu Rao secretly said that she had made a mistake.
"If I buy too much, can you expedite it for me, a day, or a day and a half to burn it out, and give it to me the morning after tomorrow?"
The boss asked, "How much do you want to buy?" ”
Gu Rao actually only planned to buy twenty at first, after all, the business hadn't started yet, and I didn't know how the business would be at that time, and the yard would be difficult, and it would be enough for twenty people to sit down.
But in a hurry, it's okay to buy more.
In case the business is too good to clean so quickly, these extra casseroles will also be used.
"Fifty."
The boss nodded.
"Yes."
"If you give the deposit now, I'll go and cook it for you later, and I can give you the fifty casseroles you want the morning after tomorrow."
Gu Rao said, "Do you have straw paper and brushes here?" ”
"I drew the casserole I wanted, to prevent mistakes, thirty smaller ones, twenty larger ones, all with lids."