Xiahua's handkerchief embroidery work can only be considered average, and the materials used are not of the highest quality.
After the people in the embroidery workshop looked at it, they found that one handkerchief was priced at four cents, and there were fifteen handkerchiefs in total, with a total price of sixty cents.
This was beyond Xia Hua's imagination. She was so happy that she didn't know what to say while holding sixty copper coins.
She suppressed her excitement and said: "Brother Ergou, please wait for me a little longer, I want to buy some needlework."
Zhao Ergou nodded and looked around the embroidery workshop.
He saw that the material of silk and satin cost hundreds of pennies per foot. Some silk and satin had dark patterns, auspicious clouds or colors, and the price could be doubled.
His first thought when doing business was to make his mother wear gold hairpins and silk satins.
Now that I have more than twenty taels of silver on hand, it shouldn't be too wasteful to buy more than ten feet of silk.
Just as he was about to ask for a price, he heard the muttering voices of several women nearby.
"The coarse cloth here is too expensive. It costs three pennies per foot. Why did I remember that Li Zheng said it was two pennies?"
"Li Zheng said it's two pennies for the coarse cloth from Ping'an Town. We still have to walk for more than half an hour to get to Ping'an Town. Let's go."
"The embroidery shop in Hekou Town is really shouting at random prices."
"Our Baiyun Town is more expensive. Coarse cloth costs four cents per foot, linen cloth costs six cents, and fine linen cloth costs ten cents. Hekou Town is considered good."
The women slowly walked away while talking.
Zhao Ergou's mind suddenly came alive. He knew that there were more than a dozen villages in Ping'an County that grew castor and ramie in large quantities, and all the women in the village were involved in making linen, so linen in Ping'an County had always been cheap. He only knew that Ping'an County's cloth was cheap, but I never thought about how expensive cloth is in other counties and towns.
If he flipped it, wouldn't he be able to make a fortune in vain?
"Brother Ergou, let's go!"
Xia Hua shouted several times before Zhao Ergou came back to his senses.
He said: "Xia Hua, if you are not in a hurry to go back, then accompany me to Baiyun Town."
Xia Hua had nothing serious to do when she went back, just cleaning the yard and doing embroidery. These things could be done at night. She nodded and followed Zhao Ergou to Baiyun Town.
Zhao Ergou went to Baiyun Town, and on his way back to Ping'an Town, where he visited almost all the embroidery workshops.
Xia Hua couldn't understand what he was doing, but her mother had told her not to ask questions about her uncle's family. She kept her mouth shut and didn't ask anything. However, when she followed Zhao Ergou into the embroidery village, she would look at it silently. Look at other people’s designs and write them down in your mind.
When the sun was about to set in the afternoon, Zhao Ergou came back.
Seeing that he came back with all his beard and tail, Cheng Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that this boy would be caught and beaten by the people in Yihonglou.
"Wash your hands quickly and eat."
Zhao Ergou washed his hands and face, and sat down at the dining table.
There is no rule in their family that they should not talk before eating. Everyone talks during the meal, which is the most lively time in the family.
"Mom, I visited all the embroidery workshops in nearby counties and towns today, mainly to inquire about the prices of coarse cloth, linen cloth, and fine linen cloth." Zhao Ergou started to talk about today's experience after he was five minutes full, " These three kinds of cloth are the cheapest in Ping'an County. For example, coarse cloth costs two cents per foot, while Baiyun Town is the most expensive, costing four cents. A piece of cloth is forty feet long. If you buy one from Ping'an Town, Take the hundred pieces of cloth to Baiyun Town and sell them, making a net profit of eight taels of silver."
Zhao Sanniu didn't even care about eating anymore, and stared at his boss with a pair of bull's eyes: "Second brother, are you sure you can sell the hundred pieces of cloth you got?"
Zhao Ergou nodded: "I've asked before. Business in cloth shops is very good at this season. Even the cloth shops in the corner have many customers. People in the village have just had a good harvest and have plenty of money. Moreover, the weather is getting colder. Every household has to make new clothes for their children. Even if there are six people in a farm family, they have to buy at least forty or fifty feet of cloth at that time. There are also some wealthy families who also make clothes for their servants during this season. A rough calculation, One hundred bolts of cloth are not even enough to sell.”
Cheng Wanwan listened carefully, and she could feel that the second brother really wanted to do this business, otherwise he wouldn't have heard everything so clearly.
She asked: "First you are working on the braised food business, and now you want to do the cloth business. Please tell me your plan in detail."
"The braised food business is now on the right track. I can let Sanniu take care of the delivery, so I don't have anything to do. I want to find more ways to save more money. It is best to buy a shop within a month." After we open the shop, we sell braised meat ourselves." Zhao Ergou grinned, "I asked, the price of a two-story shop about the same size as Zuixian Tower in Ping'an County is about 800 taels of silver. Our family I’ll be able to buy a shop soon.”
Cheng Wanwan looked at his son with admiration.
She always seeks stability in everything she does, and because she comes from time travel, she is even more cautious when doing things, for fear of being seen as something wrong.
Her mentality was indeed stable, but her steps forward were much slower.
She wants stability when she is older, but her children are only teenagers, the age when they dare to venture and fight hard, so she cannot hold them back.
She said: "Ergou, if you want to do it, just do it. Mom is your strongest support."
Zhao Sanniu patted his chest: "Second brother, leave the braised food business to me. You can feel free to go into new business boldly."
Shen Zheng twitched the corners of his lips and said, "I really didn't realize that, Ergou, you are quite capable."
Zhao Ergou puffed up his chest.
He felt that he was not competent enough. The braised food business relied on his mother's unique formula, and anyone could do it well.
But if the task of throwing the cloth is completed, it will prove that he is really capable.
Cheng Wanwan saw that the boy was a little dizzy and reminded: "When doing this kind of business, you must remember not to take too big a step, take it step by step slowly, because how much you earn is affected by the market, so you must spend time every day to understand the situation. price, and you must also find out the depth of the market to prevent you from buying too much cloth and ruining your hands..."
Zhao Ergou nodded: "I know everything, mother, don't worry."
The more than 20 taels of silver he received from Lu Mei today was applied as costs, and he would start running a new business tomorrow.
Shen Zheng also wanted to follow. He liked to join in the fun, but Cheng Zhao grabbed him by the collar and said, "Study hard and don't be half-hearted."
Shen Zheng was about to cry but had no tears.
When he was at home, his father didn't even control him so strictly, and his grandmother also indulged him.
When we got here, Cheng Zhao was in charge and Aunt Zhao was watching, so we couldn't even go out and play.
Zhao Sidan came over with the book and said in a dignified manner: "Brother Zheng, there is a sentence in the book that I don't understand. Please help me find out what it means."
Shen Zheng said angrily: "Ask your eldest cousin."
"Letting my eldest cousin answer this kind of question is really overkill." Zhao Sidan blinked, "Brother Zheng, you don't understand at all, right? The imperial examination is about to take place, and you can't even say such a simple sentence. Understand, you will definitely not be able to pass the examination as a scholar."
"Who says I don't understand!" Shen Zheng took the book and said, "It's so simple. How can I not understand? Come here and I'll explain it to you carefully."
Cheng Wanwan laughed.
Sidan has been concentrating on studying recently, and has finished reading Three Hundred Thousand. Now he is starting to read the Four Books and Five Classics. At this rate, he should be able to send it to the school in the town next year.
She did not expect Sidan to pursue an official career, but she hoped that her children would study more. Studying had only advantages and no disadvantages. As long as the children were willing to study, the family would continue to support them.
