"Don't worry, money is not an issue."
Qiao Linxi has money and a lot of confidence. Since she wants to take root here, she needs to build some connections. This official who was on public pay was her target. As the old saying goes, it's better to have someone above you to make things easier.
In the future, when doing business, there will be official protection, and if others want to find trouble, they will have to think carefully.
"That's easy. If you want to gain a foothold in Lanqing City, you should look to me. I am a native of Lanqing. How many streets are there in Lanqing City? What shops are there on the streets? How many shops are there on the ground? I know every brick."
The words of the official are a bit exaggerated. I know how many streets there are. If I say how many bricks are on the ground, it is impossible to know unless I count them specially.
"Then there's Mr. Lao."
Qiao Linxi is very tactful in the business world. She was also a hotel manager before, and she has quite a lot of experience in how to deal with people.
The official saw that Qiao Linxi was good-looking, had money in her hands, and was so humble, so her favorability towards her instantly increased.
The original idea of killing Qiao Linxi was also given up. He even felt that it was not easy for a girl to lead such a group of younger brothers and sisters, so he took them to find the owner of the cloth shop whom he knew.
When they arrived at Linji Cloth Shop, the shop owner originally saw a group of beggars like Qiao Linxi and others, and wanted to drive them away, but after seeing the official, he raised a smile and came over.
"Here comes Mr. Li, come in and have a glass of water. It's hot outside."
Although Lanqing City was also affected by the disaster, it was not very serious. It was just that the weather was hotter and water was relatively scarce. Unlike Qiao Linxi's village, all the crops were directly burned to death and could not be planted in two or three years. .
"Old Lin, let me introduce the business to you. Go and prepare suitable clothes for these children."
The owner of Linji Buzhuang, whose surname was Lin, looked at the dozen or twenty children, and then looked at Li Guancha: "Li Tou, are you kidding me? These children are all beggars. I, Linji Buzhuang, can't It’s not charity.”
"Boss." Qiao Linxi spoke before Li Guancha: "We may be dressed in tatters, but we are not beggars."
Only then did Boss Lin notice Qiao Linxi, who was wearing a gorgeous dress. The material of this girl's clothes was not ordinary. He had never seen such fabric before. At first, he thought that this gorgeously dressed girl and these little brats were not from the same group.
"They are all fleeing from other places. Just help them prepare clothes. Money is easy to talk about."
Li Guancha was also vouching for Qiao Linxi and the others. Among other things, the half piece of silver Qiao Linxi had was enough to pay for their brother and sister's clothes. As for why Li Guancha knew that Qiao Linxi still had silver in his hand, it was because he watched Qiao Linxi cut the silver from the ingot.
"Boss, the clothes don't have to be too good, just clean and comfortable."
According to Qiao Linxi's request, the boss really found clothes that suit them.
"Girl, the quality of these clothes is definitely good. These are the ones that have never been sold after they were made before. They are all large and small."
Qiao Linxi looked at the clothes. They were made of the worst quality fabrics and had a pungent smell of dust. "How much do these clothes cost in total?"
"The girl was brought here by Li Tou, so I'll give you a discount, a total of five taels of silver."
When the officer heard this, he was about to speak when he heard Qiao Linxi burst into laughter.
She had a rough idea of the prices here. A steamed bun was only one or two cents, which in RMB was only one or two yuan, and the ten cents fee to enter the city was ten yuan. In her world, this kind of fabric was of the same quality as a street stall, so it was only worth a few dozen dollars. Counting it as a hundred cents a piece, eighteen pieces would only cost eighteen hundred cents, or two taels of silver.
This boss has such a dark heart, he will make money from beggars without conscience.
"Boss, you have to be conscientious. Although we are children from poor families, it does not mean that we are stupid. Your clothes cost at most two taels of silver, so you can still make money. You ask me for five taels of silver, you I’m afraid I don’t want to do this business anymore.”
Boss Lin took a look and realized that this girl was so shrewd in talking, so it might be difficult to fool her. But the boss still bargained a lot.
"Girl, prices are rising now. Everything is more expensive. This dress is only so cheap here. If you switch to another cloth shop, they won't sell it even if they don't charge you eight or nine taels."
"I know that prices have risen, but your clothes are not made of new cloth, but have been made for a long time. You can see that they are all dusty. Isn't it a bit unkind of you to charge five taels of silver? If we didn't have this You kids, you have to throw your clothes away and throw them away after a while. If you sell them to me, we will remember you well."
Boss Lin saw that Qiao Linxi was eloquent, and since she and Li Guancha knew each other, he thought about it in his mind and agreed. Just like what she said, without them, these clothes would have been thrown into his hands. Then he would not have a penny, and he would have to pay for the fabric and labor.
"Come and thank Boss Lin."
When the children saw the new clothes, they became happy and thanked Boss Lin one after another, which made Qiao Linxi gain another wave of gratitude points.
Looking at the innocent and lovely children, Boss Lin felt a little guilty. How could he be blinded by profit? These are a bunch of kids, how can he make money from them.
It was agreed that it would cost two taels of silver, but Qiao Linxi cut off more. Boss Lin weighed it with a small gold scale, and found that there was almost one tael too much. The boss wanted Qiao Linxi to cut off the excess, but Qiao Linxi said no.
"No, I'll just thank the boss for the rest. I'm just asking Boss Lin to prepare a room for the children to change clothes. If possible, prepare some water for the children to wash."
"No problem, no problem..." Boss Lin collected the money, thinking like a mirror, this girl is so smart, the extra money will be used by her to exchange for a house and water.
Qiao Linxi did not follow. She knew that the older children would take care of the younger ones, and she could be the hands-off shopkeeper.
Boss Lin prepared the house and water, made tea for Qiao Linxi and Li Guancha, and started chatting with Qiao Linxi. When she learned that Qiao Linxi's parents had all passed away, she couldn't help but sigh.
"God really doesn't give anyone a chance to survive. There has been a drought for several years. Miss Qiao, you are also very powerful. You can lead your brothers and sisters so far, and everyone is still intact and uninjured."
Qiao Linxi smiled modestly: "No, I'm just an ordinary person. It's God's blessing that we can go this far safely."
