my grandmother

Chapter 115 Business is coming
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu sent Mrs. Wu away and entered the main room, followed by Sister Mei.

"It's Yinzhu's mother-in-law, here is..."

"I know, I know, I was outside just now, and I overheard it." Sister Mei interrupted Li Jinzhu's narration, with a nervous expression on her face.

"Well, sister Mei, let's discuss it." Li Jinzhu frowned.

"Eldest Sister wants to persuade Third Sister, she must be able to persuade her." Li Xiaonan looked at Li Jinzhu.

"Should we persuade or not?" Li Yuzhu also looked at Li Jinzhu.

"What's the best way to treat Yinzhu?" Li Jinzhu looked at Li Xiaonan.

"She came to our house to complain and asked the elder sister to persuade the third elder sister." Li Xiaonan laughed.

Li Jinzhu hummed, and relaxed his upper body.

"That's because the old man of the Hong family didn't listen to her, and Hong Er didn't listen to her, so she had to come to our house." Li Yuzhu smiled.

"In the first month of the lunar year, we went to Hong's house to enjoy the flowers and listen to the opera. In front of us, she asked what kind of curtains and window screens were in the yard of the new house. The woman in charge didn't answer what the curtains were like, and the window screens, but she replied, please don't worry.

"She can't even manage the curtains and screens.

"The Wu family is not poor or defeated. It's a good job. She has been married to the Hong family for so many years, and she doesn't even have the weight to point out the curtains and window screens. If the third elder sister learns from her, what will she learn?" Li Xiaonan looked at big sister.

Li Yuzhu laughed, raised her hand and patted Li Xiaonan on the head, "Don't speak so bluntly, it's not good."

"This damn girl is very mean." Li Jinzhu laughed angrily, and pointed her finger at Li Xiaonan's forehead.

"That's the way it is said, the old man of the Hong family will always go ahead, what will we do then? She is the mother-in-law!" Sister Mei frowned, worried.

"There is no perfect solution. Let's look at the present first. Who knows what will happen then." Li Jinzhu thought for a while.

Li Yuzhu nodded repeatedly.

On this day last year, the five of their siblings were gloomy. At that time, she thought they had reached the gate of hell. At that time, who would have thought that they would have such a day like today?

In the early morning of the next day, Li Xiaonan was thinking about what to do today, a neat young man in green clothes and hat brought Li Xiaonan a suitcase.

The carrying case has two floors, and on the top are a few books that Li Xiaonan asked the library to copy yesterday.

The book cover was made of indigo matte silk, when she picked it up, she saw faint dark lines, Li Xiaonan looked at it against the light, the dark lines were the emblem of Prince Rui's residence.

When I opened it, the paper was of excellent quality, and the small characters in Xingguan Pavilion were extremely small, and the strokes and strokes were clear and beautiful. At the end of the page, there was a big red seal on the back cover, which was the word Runhe.

Li Xiaonan picked up the book and couldn't help sighing, how much money does such a book cost?

Fortunately, it was given away by their palace.

Li Xiaonan picked up a few books, and there was a big bag of pine nut candies and a small bag of jerky on the lower floor.

When Li Xiaonan saw the amount, she knew that Wan Qing had given it to her, so she took two pieces of pine nut candy, stuffed one into Sister Mei's mouth, and ate one by herself.I packed the rest and put them in a basket, sat on the porch, and read those books.

In the evening, Li Xuedong went to Hong's house. Mrs. Wu left for Kunshan County early in the morning. Before Hong Zhenye came, Li Xuedong left a message. As soon as Hong Zhenye arrived, he hurried to the prefectural school to pass him a letter.

The next day was another day when Awu visited the town, and in less than an hour, Awu rushed back in a hurry.

"It seems that business is coming!" Ah Wu suppressed his voice.

"Anyone else sells cloth?" Li Xiaonan's heart ached.

"No, there was a woman who said she had cloth and had to talk to the shopkeeper face to face. It was still Guo Xiang."

"Isn't that still selling cloth?" Li Xiaonan said first, "I'll tell Sister Mei."

Ah Wu looked at Li Xiaonan who trotted in to confess to Sister Mei, frowned and thought about it.

Well, no, there are still people selling cloth!

This grocery store is on the same street as the one where Li Xiaonan was given medicine last time, one at one end and the other at the other.

The woman is in her 30s, neat and tidy, sitting on a small bamboo chair at the door of the grocery store, quickly embroidering a shoe upper.

"This is our little head." A Wu jumped off the horse, and before he could stand still, he pointed to Li Xiaonan and introduced.

The woman finished her embroidery work unhurriedly, stood up, and carefully looked at Li Xiaonan who rolled down from the horse.

"My surname is Li, you can call me Miss Li, do you have cloth to sell?" Li Xiaonan stood firm, flicked the skirt of her clothes, and asked the woman.

"My maiden's family name is Lu, and my husband's family name is He. I heard about your collection of fine cloth." The woman looked a little disappointed.

This little girl is really young, and she doesn't look like a rich person in this coarse clothes.

Li Xiaonan looked at her without saying a word.

"Later, you didn't say anything more to each family." Sister-in-law Lu continued.

"We collect home-woven fine cloth. Home-woven fine cloth is different from the fine cloth from the weaving workshop. In the weaving workshop, it is taught by a master. The hand strength is similar, and the home-woven fine cloth must be loose or tight.

"This is first, and second, it's hard to distinguish whether the fine cloth has been stored for one or two years, or three or five years." Li Xiaonan paused, "There are very few things like the day before yesterday. Brittle and turned into ashes?"

"The little shopkeeper is young, but he is a sensible person. Let's sit and talk over there. I will treat the little shopkeeper to a cup of tea." Sister Lu was obviously more enthusiastic, and pointed to the teahouse opposite.

"it is good."

Li Xiaonan and Sister-in-law Lu entered the tea house. Sister-in-law Lu only wanted a pot of tea, and first poured a cup for Li Xiaonan.

"How is the little shopkeeper going to do this business? How much capital is there?" Sister Lu asked with a smile.

"The capital is not much, but it is enough to start this small business. I don't know how to answer sister-in-law's question." Li Xiaonan took a sip of tea.

Sister-in-law Lu looked at Li Xiaonan's coarse clothes, "This business of collecting fine cloth is really going to start, and the cost is not small."

"Well, what is sister-in-law's plan?"

"The shopkeeper collects this fine cloth for his own use? How much do you plan to collect? How many years?" Sister-in-law Lu stared at Li Xiaonan closely.

"The fine cloth collected is intended to be sold to those who need fine cloth. We can accept as much as we have. As long as this business can continue, we will continue to do so."

"Is there really someone who wants to buy this fine weaving? Does the shopkeeper have a buyer?" Sister-in-law Lu asked.

"En." Li Xiaonan hummed reluctantly.

"I shouldn't ask about this buyer." Sister-in-law Lu immediately added, "Our Hejia Village is only a mile or so away from Guoxiang. Six people, if you can really sew fine cloth for a long time, we plan to raise money to buy a hedging loom."

"Six people use one loom?" Li Xiaonan asked.

"Heald looms are very expensive, let's talk about it." Sister-in-law Lu paused, looked at Li Xiaonan and smiled.

Li Xiaonan understood what she meant, she invested too much, if she didn't accept the fine cloth, the loss would be too great.

"How about this, you buy a loom, and I'll give you another three-shed loom, and you pay the money for the loom with fine cloth, how about it?" Li Xiaonan laughed.

"New machine, old machine?" Sister Lu's eyes lit up.

"It's brand new. It's from the Ma's loom shop in the city." Li Xiaonan paused, then smiled: "Also, the current price is the reserve price. If the fine cloth you weave is fine and even, and the patterns are novel and beautiful, the price will be higher." Just go up."

"That's okay! If we really need two looms, we can weave very quickly. One loom can make a piece of cloth in two or three days. Horses." Sister Lu reminded.

"There is only one piece of cloth a day." The corner of Li Xiaonan's mouth twitched.

Mrs. Lu laughed, "Okay then, let's go and check the loom first. If there is anything wrong, can we leave a message at the grocery store opposite?"

"Yeah." Li Xiaonan stood up, watched Mrs. Lu pay the tea money, and came out together.

(End of this chapter)