A Farmer's Lady's Guide to Getting Rich

Chapter 112 113. New Business Opportunities

"Young lady's painting skills and thoughtfulness, I really have nothing to say. The madam said that there are many rewards for good paintings. This time, I have entrusted the blessing of the young lady again."

Shopkeeper Su was amazed at the picture, and besides being happy, he also paid a high price for the chrysanthemum picture painted by Xin Changning recently, and more than 200 coins were credited to the account.

In less than half a day, he earned more than 500 Wen, and Xin Changning was very happy.

Thinking that there are still 20 taels of silver at home, no matter what, it is enough to start a small business.After Xin Changning bid farewell to shopkeeper Su, he left the embroidery workshop and walked towards a dyeing workshop that he had paid attention to before.

It was a very small workshop, just beside the market, dyed cloth in the inner courtyard, and opened a small shop outside to sell the dyed cloth.

Long before Xiao Qian came to the mountain village, Xin Changning noticed that the business of this dyeing workshop was sluggish, and almost no one patronized it.

She didn't know why the business of the dyeing workshop was not good, but when she was drawing pictures in the embroidery workshop today, she had a faint feeling in her heart that if the dyeing workshop had the same problem as the embroidery workshop, she might be able to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

When Xin Changning walked to the door of the dyeing workshop, the shop assistants were yelling loudly that the shopkeeper would return home, and that all the fabrics would be sold at a loss, similar to a clearance sale, but still did not attract many people.

Xin Changning walked into the store and looked around carefully, and finally saw something wrong.

This dyeing workshop is a traditional indigo dyeing workshop, which specializes in dyeing blue coarse cloth. Although the finished blue cloth is cheap and strong, the texture is rough and hard. The rich will not like it, and most of the customers are poor people.

But how much money can the poor have? Earning the money of a hundred poor people is not as profitable as earning the money of one rich man.

The shopkeeper of the dyeing workshop was wrongly positioned from the very beginning.

Xin Changning used to like indigo cloth the most. She thought it was simple and beautiful. Now that she was here, besides looking after business, she also wanted to tear the cloth to make a blue flower dress to wear.

But this shop sells almost all pure blue cloth, various shades of blue, very few with patterns.Occasionally there is a piece, which is also the most common and common small floral pattern.This kind of pattern looks good as a burden shoe upper, but if it is made of clothes or something, it is quite rustic.

The customer positioning is not good, and the product is single, so it is no wonder that the business can be good.

Xin Changning looked at it and shook his head secretly, and couldn't help but ask the shopkeeper of the dyeing workshop: "Shopkeeper, do you have blue flower cloth with beautiful patterns?"

The shopkeeper of the dyeing workshop is an old man over fifty years old. His skin is dark and wrinkled, and his face is miserable. Both hands are blue. It looks like a person who has worked hard for many years and dyed the cloth by himself.

Hearing Xin Changning's question, he sighed repeatedly: "No more, no more, it's all here, after I've sold out these cloths, I'm going to pack up and go back to my hometown to farm."

"What, is the business not good?" Xin Changning asked in feigned surprise.

"I can't go on, I can't get the business of dyeing cloth, and I can't sell the cloth I dyed. If I don't close the door and think of other ways, my family will have to drink the northwest wind!"

The shopkeeper became sad as he spoke, and lowered his head to wipe away his tears.

"How could it be? Right now is the harvest season in October. The common people have newly harvested grain and are rich in their hands. If they sell it for money, they will tear cloth to make new clothes. It stands to reason that the cloth should be selling well now, and the business of the shopkeeper should also be Right?" Xin Changning continued to explore the reason.

"Now the fine cloth from the south of the Yangtze River is popular outside. Our homespun cloth is no longer popular. In addition, in order to save money, some poor families even dye their own cloth. My business is getting worse and worse."

"Shopkeeper, then you can dye fine cloth. I think you should be an old dyer who has been dyeing for many years at your age. You will definitely be able to dye."

"My dyeing workshop is small, and I can't handle a large number of jobs. The fine cloth is passed from Jiangnan, and it is either dyed, or it is sent directly to the big dyeing workshop in large quantities. Occasionally, there are such small batches, and the price is also expensive. Less than a few dollars."

The shopkeeper became sad again as he spoke, and sighed: "Besides, there is a patient in my family. Throughout the year, I have some spare money to buy medicine. If I want to buy some good dyes, I can't afford it. How dare I dye fine cloth!"

"That's it!" Hearing this, Xin Changning completely understood.

No money to invest, unable to keep up with market development, single product, low quality, weak purchasing power of customer groups, if this goes on for a long time, business will only go from bad to worse.However, the cost of increasing the investment is too high, and the scale of the dyeing workshop is small. Compared with the large dyeing workshop, it is not competitive at all, and the investment may not have a good return.

With the current situation of the dyeing workshop, it is still relatively difficult to earn money from the rich. We must continue to find ways to work on the poor. Although the poor are poor, they still love beauty!

If the dyeing workshop wants to live, I am afraid that there is only another way to launch special products.

Oh, this is another good opportunity for her to flex her muscles!

Thinking of this, Xin Changning's heart was itching to death, and he hurriedly continued to ask the shopkeeper: "Did you dye these blue cloths yourself?"

"Yeah, how much do you want, girl? Buy this floral cloth and make it into a quilt-covered shoe. They are all very pretty." After feeling sad, the shopkeeper immediately took the opportunity to sell the product.

"I don't like this pattern very much, and I saw that you still have a lot of white gray cloth in your store, so I wanted to ask, can you dye a few bolts of cloth for me according to the pattern I gave you?"

After thinking about it in his mind, Xin Changning started drawing again.

"Girls can draw patterns?"

Seeing that Xin Changning was young, the shopkeeper couldn't believe it, and immediately frowned and said, "The pattern of this dyed cloth is different from ordinary ones. If you draw too complicated and random, I won't be able to dye it."

"No, I understand this!"

Knowing that the shopkeeper didn't trust him, Xin Changning smiled slightly, and immediately took out his purse, took out the money and said, "The price of white rough cloth on the market is three pennies per foot. I don't know how much the shopkeeper's here is? A piece of cloth is Forty feet, I want to dye five horses, first pay you [-] cash, plus [-] stationery fees, a total of [-] tael of silver as a deposit?"

The dyed blue cloth in the shop only sold for [-] cents a foot. The blue calico was more complicated to dye, and it took some labor to do the pattern brushing and squeegeeing, but the cost was not much more expensive than ordinary blue cloth.Anyway, he dyed it himself and didn't need to hire someone. Once Xin Changning gave him the money, no matter how the shopkeeper was, he would earn a lot.

Seeing that Xin Changning paid for a tael of silver, the shopkeeper immediately looked at Xin Changning differently and asked, "What kind of pattern does the girl want to paint? To be honest, I have dyed cloth for more than [-] years. Dye less, but as long as it is a pattern that can be dyed, I will definitely dye it for you the best."

"I have to take a look at your environment first."

Xin Changning took the opportunity to ask to watch the shopkeeper's process of dyeing floral cloth. According to the conditions of the tools in the store, he secretly adjusted his idea and did not draw too complicated pictures. Finally, after discussing with the shopkeeper, five pieces of cloth were dyed with three patterns in total.

(End of this chapter)