Jinxin

Chapter 124 Road Encounters
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard the shopkeeper say: "Where's the brocade? Let me see, oh Miss Ruan, to tell you the truth, the old man is really happy to see you now, I really don't know what you can bring to me this time. What a surprise we are."

Ruan Yunsi smiled and said: "Didn't you always blow your beard and stare at me just now? This time, what did you say that you were happy from the heart?" After finishing speaking, seeing the old man was about to stare again, she quickly pursed her lips and smiled, turning her head to look at me. Zhong Nan who had just entered the door said: "Have you all moved in?"

Zhong Nan nodded in agreement, and before Ruan Yunsi could speak, she saw a tall boy from the shopkeeper jump up and shouted, "What? You've already moved in? I'll go and have a look." After speaking, she rushed out like the wind, The broken hair on Ruan Yunsi's forehead was blown by the breeze when he passed by, and immediately fluttered.

Su Liuyun shook his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Yan has this temper, the older he gets, the more he looks like a child." After speaking, he opened the door curtain and said to Ruan Yunsi: "Miss, please, let's also go and see those brocades. "

Where is Ruan Yunsi willing?In the end, the two had no choice but to come out side by side. Shopkeeper Yan was looking at the brocades on the counter. He opened his mouth and stood there for a moment.

"What's the matter, Uncle Yan?"

Su Liuyun looked at herself and Ruan Yunsi, there seemed to be nothing strange?I couldn't help looking at Shopkeeper Yan in amazement, only to see that his complexion returned to normal in an instant, he shook his hands and said with a smile: "It's nothing, I mean Miss Ruan's brocade is really beautiful, son, take a look, the quality is top-grade, compared to The plain brocade woven in the south of the Yangtze River is no exception."

Su Liuyun stepped forward, looked at a few pieces of satin, touched them with his hand, nodded and said, "That's right, the quality is not inferior to the official brocade. Although the patterns are not as detailed as the official brocade, it is more unique. Good, very good." , Uncle Yan, let's put it on the counter and sell it, it seems that your store in Lushui City will definitely surpass Uncle Zhong's store by the end of the year."

Shopkeeper Yan laughed complacently, but quickly shook his head and said, "Okay, no, the three thousand pieces of military uniform cloth earlier were all counted in his shop because it was a business negotiated by that old boy, so I will eat them." After suffering a big loss, you must manage well to catch up. Miss Ruan's brocade is good, but the quantity is still too small. How long will it last? It will be sold out in less than ten days.

"This is brocade, how can it sell so quickly?" Ruan Yunsi shook her head, compared to ordinary cloth, brocade is really too expensive, the price is ten times or even dozens of times that of ordinary plain satin. In her opinion, The consumption power of the common people in this area must be negligibly weak, but how many people are counting on those dignitaries, nobles, wealthy businessmen and wealthy businessmen?

Shopkeeper Yan stroked his beard and said with a smile: "No, no, there are many rich people now. We just suffer from lack of goods. As long as we have goods, we can sell them. Girl, do your best. I will take as much as you give. That's right." Let’s calculate the accounts of this batch of brocades. There are 96 bolts of cloth in total. Let’s take it assuming that a piece of brocade sells for 35 taels of silver now in the capital..."

"For the shopkeeper, let's count as 30 taels."

Suddenly hearing Ruan Yunsi interrupting the shopkeeper, the old man thought about it, then laughed and said: "Okay, let's count it at 30 taels, girl, you have this skill now, what are you afraid of? Let the little old man take advantage of it." It's okay, hahaha..."

Immediately, 880 taels of silver were paid off, most of which were exchanged bank notes, and the rest of the silver was exchanged for Ruan Yunsi for broken silver and a dozen or so copper coins.Then the shopkeeper Yan was enthusiastic about saving dinner again, and Ruan Yunsi was familiar with him and Su Liuyun, so Su Liuyun was the host at noon, and after they had dinner in the restaurant, Ruan Yunsi and Zhong Nan went back to Xiaowang Village .

Let's talk about the shopkeeper, Su's family also has a house in Lushui City, but Su Liuyun seldom lives there on weekdays. Now that he is working here, he naturally moves in and lives there, and sometimes he will go to shopkeeper Yan's house for two days.

Because that night, after the shopkeeper Yan poured two cups of yellow soup, he lay comfortably on the kang and asked his mother-in-law: "Old lady, do you think Miss Ruan is as suitable as our five young masters?"

His mother-in-law was stunned for a moment, looked up at him for a while, and then cursed: "What nonsense are you talking about, old man? What kind of family character is our fifth son? No matter how good Miss Ruan is, she is just a village woman, let alone She is still a divorced widow, you should quickly let go of this thought, and don't tell anyone about it in the future, or the old master and the fifth young master will hate you to death."

Shopkeeper Yan sneered and said, "All of you women have long hair but little knowledge. I'm seriously going to mention this to the old man. You say Miss Ruan is a village woman, look at how she behaves, it's good or bad She is the wife of our magistrate, how can she be compared to ordinary village women? Last time you went to the mountain to offer incense, and you saw Mrs. Ru from the prefect Zhang’s family and the daughter of conductor Qiao, you think you can still be better than Miss Ruan Where are you going? That is, Miss Ruan is in the countryside. Otherwise, if she is placed in a rich family, who would not think that she is a dignified, elegant and noble young lady? What's more, what does the Su family do? A talent like Miss Ruan, but everyone In this business, which one doesn't want it? Do you think that Guiyun and other cloth houses have never made up their minds? It's because of the girl's friendship that they drove away the two people who Guiyun lobbied for, which made the others go Time is at a standstill. But to be honest, the little help we Liujinbuzhuang has given to others has been exhausted by now, not to mention that we owe the girl a huge favor. Under such circumstances, if he goes to another house, We have no place to cry. If we talk about money, several companies have more funds than us. Tell me, how can you keep them?"

Mrs. Qiu was stunned for a moment, thought for a while and said: "Although I said that, but...but you let the fifth son marry Miss Ruan for business, what do you take him for? No one in Liujinbu Village Miss Ruan is at most a second-rate cloth shop, earning a lot of money, and her boss has never been a greedy person. It is not appropriate for you to let his son marry a widow, not to mention that once the third son is in high school , that is to be an official, a son of an official family, but marrying a widow..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard the shopkeeper laugh, took a sip of wine and said, "What do you know? The Su family is in this business, and what the old man really values ​​is naturally this business. Our Liujin Cloth Village is now The court has enshrined it. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As long as Miss Ruan is in our hands, it is inevitable that she will become bigger and better in the future. It will also be of great help to the third son's career. I'm afraid that the court enshrinement will be withdrawn in less than three years, you don't understand this, but the old man must know it in his heart."

Qiu frowned and said, "I really don't believe it. Could it be that Miss Ruan has such extraordinary abilities?" After speaking, the old man sighed and said, "In the industry of weaving and dyeing, she is a well-deserved Weaver Girl. Okay. Well, it’s meaningless to tell you. I’ll find time to find out what the old man has said. Hmph, the old man understands this matter best, and it’s up to him to make up his mind. Don’t tell me, the old man and I had this idea before, but The fifth son refused, but now I look at him and Miss Ruan, maybe after getting along for a long time, there is a little meaning between the two of them. Besides, even if there is no affection, it will be formed after getting married slowly. When I married you, we hadn't met each other yet."

Ruan Yunsi didn't know at all that shopkeeper Yan had such thoughts.On the second day after returning from Lushui City, she and Zhong Nan drove the carriage to Xiaoli Village, which is more than 50 miles away from Lushui City. She only recently learned that if she wanted to buy raw silk in large quantities, she should go Xiaolizhuang, where many raw silk merchants are located, is a bit like those modern wholesale bases.

Ruan Yunsi brought 500 taels of silver, and hired three ox carts, and expected to buy several thousand catties of raw silk, which would probably be enough for this year's supply.It's just that she hasn't made up her mind whether to buy plain silk or colored silk.

"Sister, tell me, let's buy plain silk, and then we can dye it ourselves, isn't it better than theirs?" Zhong Nan followed behind Ruan Yunsi, but she heard her laughing: "Not necessarily, if there is a good color If you don’t have silk, buy colored silk, although it costs a few pennies, it’s very easy.”

Zhong Nan muttered, "It costs a few pennies per catty, thousands of catties or even tens of thousands of catties, and that's a lot of money. We won't spend so much money if we buy raw materials and dye them ourselves. Besides, I was selling dye crops there before. I have memorized so many kinds of crops, if I don’t look at it again, I’m afraid I will forget it.”

Ruan Yunsi smiled and said, "So you had this idea, what's the matter? If you forget it, forget it."

Hearing what she said, Zhong Nan knew that she was still afraid of trouble, and he could see now that Ruan Yunsi didn't want to spend too much time on dyeing words, and didn't want to rely too much on Liujinbu Zhuang. She was all focused on brocade, But he wants to completely control this channel in his own hands.

However, to Zhong Nan's surprise, none of those colored silks were of high quality, and the colors were also thin. The largest family only had more than [-] colors, which was far from enough for Ruan Yunsi's needs. , I had no choice but to choose the good Susi and bought six thousand catties, and then said to Zhong Nan: "You are a crow's mouth, now it's done, and you really have to dye it yourself, this time I will leave the job to you , you go to the backyard and get some big pots and stoves, and don’t harm the front yard anymore.”

Zhong Nan said unconvinced: "Didn't my sister dye the cloth in the front yard before? It's my turn to become a disaster. Hmph! The back yard is the back yard. Don't worry, I'll take care of this matter for you. As long as my sister can match the color, I don’t need you to hold out a finger for the rest.”

The two talked while walking, and the ox cart that pulled six thousand catties of raw silk followed slowly. The country road was inevitably bumpy, but fortunately, they were not in a hurry, so Ruan Yunsi was very comfortable sitting in the carriage.Because she was tired after talking with Zhong Nan, she leaned against the wall of the car and closed her eyes to rest her mind, while secretly thinking about the future, the more she thought about it, the more she felt better.

Suddenly, Zhong Nan, who was driving the car, exclaimed in surprise: "Eh? Then... that person seems to be the little prince.",

　Aww, don't hit me, don't hit me, the next chapter will let the little father-in-law run through the whole chapter, really, look at my sincere eyes, begging for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets, ouch...

　　
　
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