my grandmother

Chapter 123
Mrs. Lu carried four bolts of muslin and sold them to Li Xiaonan.

Ordered the copper coins and put them away on a string, and wrapped the bundle tightly in her arms. Sister-in-law Lu looked at Li Xiaonan with a sip of joy and said: "The little shopkeeper only deducts ten copper coins for the loom money for a piece of cloth. It costs the loom It will take two or three years to deduct all the money.”

"Now that the business has just started, let everyone see the copper coins first, and then credit the looms later. You can't buckle like this. You can earn sixty or seventy copper coins for a piece of fine cloth. If you jacquard, you can get more. At that time Half of the interest will be deducted to pay for the loom." Li Xiaonan laughed.

"Half of it is also very kind, the little shopkeeper is a kind person." Sister-in-law Lu shook out half a piece of fine cloth from an old bag wrapped with four bolts of fine cloth, held it to Li Xiaonan, and said with a smile: "This is when we test the machine. The first half of the weaving is really unreadable, although the second half is loose and tight, it can still be used as a lining, if the little shopkeeper doesn't mind it, he can use it as a lining."

"Thank you, then I will not be polite." Li Xiaonan took half a piece of muslin and handed it to Wang Yuting.

"I have to leave quickly, and I have to go to Pingjiang City to buy thread. I'm waiting for it at home. Goodbye." Sister Lu said goodbye to Li Xiaonan, and hurried to Pingjiang City.

Li Xiaonan came out with Wang Yuting and Ah Wu, Ah Wu was carrying four bolts of muslin, and kept staring at the half of muslin Wang Yuting held in his arms.

Arriving at the entrance of the town, Ah Wu couldn't bear it any longer, and heyed Li Xiaonan, "I gave you half a piece of fine cloth, and you thanked me, so you took it back?"

"Huh? Otherwise?" Li Xiaonan looked at A Wu and asked.

"You can't be like this. People respect me a foot, and I have to respect others! How can you take other people's things for nothing? Besides, you are richer than Sister Lu no matter what. You can't be like this!"

"Then what do you think I should do?" Li Xiaonan looked at A Wu with her hips on her hips.

"He gave you half a horse, and you have to give him back a horse, that's why..."

Before Ah Wu finished speaking, Li Xiaonan hugged the muslin from Wang Yuting's arms and slammed it into A Wu's arms, "I'll give it to you, you give me a piece of muslin!"

"I don't have fine cloth! It's not like you..." Ah Wu hurriedly carried the fine cloth to Li Xiaonan's arms.

"Shut up!" Wang Yuting stepped forward to snatch the fine cloth, and slapped Ah Wu on the arm.

"You eat and drink for free at our house all day long. The little coat you wear is made by sister Mei, right? The shoes on your feet are also made by sister Mei, right? The cloth belongs to our family, and the thread is ours." My dear, why didn't I see you and what kind of gift did you pay?

"Also, my third elder sister got married, you two ate and drank for nothing for four or five days, and you took the big and small bags before you left, and you didn't return the gift, did you?
"Tell me, how do you behave as a human being?" Li Xiaonan pointed at A Wu.

"Let's... pretend I didn't say anything, I'll go lead the horse!" Ah Wu turned around, walking and running.

"Huh!" Li Xiaonan put her hips on her hips and snorted forcefully, then turned her head to glance at Wang Yuting who was smiling, "Is that how you both have so little copper?"

Wang Yuting nodded, "Ah Wu is loyal, that's how it is in the world."

Li Xiaonan leaned towards Wang Yuting, and sighed for a moment.

These two goods really can't be paid, not even a copper tin!
This time, Li Xiaonan brought back the four bolts of fine cloth and the half bolt of cloth back to Cailian Lane.

This business has already started, I have to tell the elder sister.

After dinner in the evening, Li Xiaonan stood up first, helped Sister Mei clean up the table, grabbed the rag to wipe the table, took the teapot and cups, and made tea for the elder sister, second elder sister and elder brother.

Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu looked at Li Xiaonan who was busy, and looked at each other from time to time. While Li Xiaonan was carrying water in the kitchen, Li Yuzhu patted Li Xuedong who looked strangely, "What's wrong with you?"

"No, no, I don't know, I haven't heard of it." Li Xuedong's heart lifted.

Ah Nan is so diligent, she must have done something wrong again!
Li Jinzhu snorted, scratched the needle on the scalp, and stuck it into the sole of the shoe forcefully, "Damn girl, wait until she speaks out."

Li Xiaonan made tea, held a cup for the elder sister, the second elder sister and the older brother, bowed to the elder sister and said, "Elder sister, let me show you something nice."

Li Jinzhu stopped what she was doing, and watched as Li Xiaonan dragged an old cloth bundle from behind the rice bucket, put it on the chair in front of Li Jinzhu, and took off the bundle.

"Is this fine cloth? Where did you get it?" Li Yuzhu stretched out her hand to feel it, lifted one, pulled out a section, and looked carefully.

"What's going on?" Li Jinzhu frowned.

"That's how it happened," Li Xiaonan sat down and told everything about her fine cloth business from the beginning to the present, "...that's it."

Li Yuzhu and Li Xuedong's eyes widened when they heard this.

"Where did you get the money?" Li Jinzhu glared at Li Xiaonan.

"Borrowed from that prince." Li Xiaonan lowered her eyes and scratched her forehead.

"A Wu and Yu Ting don't work in the tea house, they work for you?" Li Jinzhu then asked.

"Mm." Li Xiaonan's "hm" was vague.

"Does your third sister know?" Li Jinzhu asked again.

"Know a little."

"Kneel down!" Li Jinzhu slapped the table.

Li Xiaonan simply knelt down in front of Li Jinzhu with a plop.

"Elder Sister, Ah Nan is a person who does great things. It was you who said this. Back then, it was Ah Nan who first mentioned the matter of being a scholar." Li Yuzhu hurried forward.

"Yes, yes, the third brother-in-law said the same thing. I kneel with Ah Nan." Li Xuedong knelt next to Li Xiaonan.

"Let the two of them get up, it's the way it is now, it's useless to kneel again, isn't it?" Li Yuzhu looked at Li Jinzhu, while persuading her, she stretched out her hand to pull Li Xiaonan.

Li Xiaonan got up, and was pushed back into the bamboo chair by the second elder sister.

Li Xuedong stood up by himself, patted his clothes and sat back.

"I made you kneel not because you are in this business, but because you borrowed money from others. How much did you borrow from them?" Li Jinzhu said slightly.

"100 taels." Li Xiaonan glanced at the elder sister, and added carefully, "There are also the wages of Ah Wu and Yu Ting."

Li Yuzhu and Li Xuedong took a breath in unison.

Li Jinzhu was very calm, she had expected that the business of loom fine cloth must cost more than ten taels of silver.

"Does the son know what you are borrowing money for? Do you know the business you do?" Li Jinzhu asked.

Li Xiaonan nodded hastily, "Yes, he even took me to Pingjiang Zhifang to have a look."

Li Jinzhu pursed her lips tightly, remained silent for a moment, looked at Li Xiaonan and asked, "What's the next step? Have you made up your mind? Still can't go on?"

"The plan is ready, I can't go on alone." Li Xiaonan smiled flatteringly.

"Xuedong went to Hong's house and asked your third sister to come over and discuss it together." Li Jinzhu thought for a while, then looked at Li Xuedong and said.

"Okay!" Li Xuedong stood up, walked and ran out.

(End of this chapter)