Of course, their book store accepts such embroidery. Shopkeeper Gao can be sure that as long as he displays these embroideries, the scholars will definitely like them and buy them if they just read these words for no other reason. You see, God rewards hard work, kindness carries everything, and the best is as good as water. What a good meaning.
I don’t know how this person came up with so many words with good meanings, and even embroidered them on objects commonly used by students. He is really smart.
Shopkeeper Gao's move immediately gave Lin Sanzhu some confidence. He was secretly relieved and at the same time, he planned to increase the selling price of the embroidery that he had previously discussed with his eldest and second brothers, or directly ask Shopkeeper Gao to set the price. , maybe the price given is higher than what you think.
Sure enough, after shopkeeper Gao heard Lin Sanzhu ask him to bid, he asked his clerk to get the abacus, and then he quoted the price of each piece of embroidery, "Thirty cents for the pencil case and fan cover." One, the purse is also thirty cents, the handkerchief is the same as the purse, it counts as twenty cents, as for the insole, it also counts as twenty cents, I wonder what Brother Lin thinks?"
After the two exchanged their names, shopkeeper Gao directly called Brother Lin.
In fact, shopkeeper Gao was hesitant about these ten pairs of insoles. After all, these items were not as good as Fengya. But then he thought, if he couldn't sell them, he could take them back and give them away. Look, the embroidery on them is "Safe entry and exit" has such a good meaning.
Lin Sanzhu suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. Whatever he could do, of course he agreed with both hands.
God knows, the price is much higher than he expected.
Originally, the selling price calculated at home was only based on the cost, adding four cents for each piece of embroidery, but what he had just thought was to add two cents for each piece of embroidery, but at this moment, shopkeeper Gao directly gave the price. More than three times the price.
He, he, he is definitely willing to sell it.
Now that both parties have reached an agreement, the next step is to settle the bill. The fan cover, pencil case and money bag cost thirty cents each. Thirty is nine hundred cents. The remaining handkerchiefs, purses and insoles are all twenty cents. The unit price of the three items is 600 yuan. All of these add up to exactly one, two or five yuan.
Shopkeeper Gao took out one or two silver ingots and a few pieces of broken silver and handed them to Lin Sanzhu. After thinking about it, he asked again, "I wonder when will Brother Lin deliver embroidery next time? I'm waiting for the goods here."
Not to mention that their boss still has a bookshop open in the county seat, even in Hengxi Town alone, this is not enough to sell.
But shopkeeper Gao also knows that this thing is all embroidered with his hands, stitch by stitch, and he can't do it quickly even if he wants to, so he has to wait patiently.
When Lin Sanzhu heard this, he immediately slapped his head. He was so happy that he actually forgot about the remaining embroidery at home, "Don't worry, shopkeeper Gao, I still have a lot of these embroidery at home. If you need it urgently, I will It will be delivered tomorrow."
"Urgent, of course I'm urgent. Why don't you, Brother Lin, bring over all the embroidery from home tomorrow?"
Shopkeeper Gao breathed a sigh of relief, now he didn't have to worry about running out of stock.
"How many other things does Brother Lin have at home?"
"There are still more than two hundred in total."
"More than two hundred?!" Shopkeeper Gao took a deep breath.
Lin Sanzhu was a little worried, "Is it too much?"
If the other party thinks it's too much, it seems that I have to go to the county seat.
"No more, no more, just bring it over tomorrow." Shopkeeper Gao said to himself, as he just brought samples to test the water today.
After collecting the money, Lin Sanzhu said goodbye to shopkeeper Gao. Lin Sanzhu felt that if he didn't leave quickly, he might not be able to hold back his laughter anymore.
Therefore, when he turned his back to the bookstore, the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up. If he hadn't been concerned about the wrong venue, Lin Sanzhu would have laughed out loud.
Now the mother-in-law at home finally doesn’t have to worry about losing money.
By selling these today, I got back one tael of silver and earned an extra five cents. The most important thing is that I still have a lot of embroidery left at home, all of which I earned.
Thinking of this, Lin Sanzhu was in a good mood and almost flew up.
The consequence of this was that the aunts and ladies waiting on the bullock cart on the return trip saw Lin Sanzhu coming over with two pig feet in his left hand and a large piece of pork in his right hand.
Oops, the aunts and aunts are very anxious for Mrs. Wu. There will be three more grandchildren in the family soon. Why is the third child in her family so unreliable? They are buying pig feet and pork. Still can't get over it.
Lin Sanzhu naturally didn't know what his aunts and ladies were thinking. He was very happy at the moment. He had been so tired digging the ground recently, so he bought two pig's trotters to supplement for his family. There was also more than three kilograms of pork. Take it. It's just right to make steamed buns for the kids when I get home.
By the way, there are also hired oxen to plow the fields!
Lin Sanzhu asked Lin Dong aside, "Dongzi, how much does it cost to plow one acre of land?"
Lin Dong's family has two cows. The cow that drives the cart is eight years old, and the one left at home to plow the fields is the calf of this cow. It is four years old this year and is at its strongest. Lin Dong's brother Lin Xia led the ox and plowed the fields to earn money.
Lin Dong stretched out his hand and gestured, smiling, "Five cents per acre of land!"
So, without Lao Lintou and Wu's knowledge, Lin Sanzhu also paid the money for plowing the land, totaling ten acres of land, totaling fifty cash.
The aunts and ladies who were also on the bullock cart had not yet closed their mouths that were open in surprise until the bullock cart entered the village.
This prodigal Lin Laosan, your family still has many children to raise, so you should save some money!
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Chapter 24 Pork and Pig’s Feet
As usual, Mrs. Wu had been waiting at the gate for a long time, and Ms. Zhou and the others had long been used to it. Anyway, if her brother-in-law (husband-in-law) didn't come back, her mother-in-law would definitely not call for dinner.
So, now the three sisters-in-law were sitting in front of the stove and chatting.
"Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, if you get the money, what do you two want to buy?"
Ever since Lin Sanzhu went out, Ms. Feng had been thinking about this and a lot of things she wanted to buy, such as buying a piece of fabric for her dog. Her dog had never worn new clothes, and I just want to buy flower ribbons for my two girls, and then I can put one on them. It will definitely look good. Even though the weather is getting hot, my husband’s new cotton-padded clothes still need to be made, so that in winter, my husband can just wear the new ones. The cotton-padded jacket was put on.
Zhou shook her head. She still didn't know what the business of selling embroidery was like. Besides, she wouldn't buy it if she really earned money. She still had to save money for Yuan Feng to find a wife.
Ms. Liu also had the same idea as her elder sister-in-law, which was to save money and marry her son. Speaking of which, last time Shi Wenquan, the purse seller, bought snacks, she still regretted it, so this time she would not accept the three. My brothers and sisters encouraged me.
Seeing this situation, Mrs. Feng was about to give some advice, but she heard her mother-in-law's loud voice, "San'er is back, oh, why did you buy the big pig's trotters? Oh my god, why is there so much meat here?" !”
Oops, her husband-in-law is back! Feng stood up and ran out quickly, followed closely by Zhou and Liu.
As for the children in the family, they rushed out of their respective houses after hearing about "big pig's trotters", and the small courtyard suddenly became lively.
Seeing her daughters-in-law coming over, Mrs. Wu immediately took all the meat and pig's trotters from Lin Sanzhu's hands and held them tightly, fearing that when the third daughter-in-law handed them over later, the daughters-in-law would snatch them away. It was all over.
The little kids were a little anxious when they saw their milk holding the meat and pig's trotters tightly.
It was still daylight now, and there were many villagers passing by the door. They all said that their wealth should not be exposed. Old Lintou closed the courtyard door and said, "Everyone, go inside!"
When she arrived at the main room, Mrs. Feng couldn't help but ask, "Ms. sir, how are the embroidery sales today?"
"Yes, third brother, have all the embroideries been sold?" Mrs. Zhou also wanted to know anxiously.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Lin Sanzhu plucked and plucked from his pocket. Just when everyone thought he was going to take out a copper plate, they saw him take out a piece of furoshiki.
Mrs. Wu immediately breathed a sigh of relief, her baggage was all empty. It could be seen that all the embroidery was sold. It was just the third child who was dawdling to sell. Mrs. Wu wished she could slap him, but unfortunately she was still carrying meat and pigs. As for Hoof, Wu got angry, "You're such a bad thing, if you don't tell me now, I'm going to be anxious to death!"
"Here, here is your one tael of money." Seeing that my mother was anxious, Lin Sanzhu quickly took out a tael of silver from his arms and handed it over.
"What one or two?"
After she came to her senses, Wu was overjoyed, now her capital is back?
There are still more than half of the embroidery items at home that are not sold.
Although she was thinking this way, it didn't delay Wu's hand in taking the silver. She didn't even notice that the meat and pig's trotters were loosened and fell to the ground.
Lin Yuanhuai, Lin Yuanbai, and Chunyanchuncao, the four little guys' eyes lit up immediately, and Lin Yuanqiu couldn't help but lick the corner of his mouth when he thought of braised pig's trotters.
But he also knew that if the pig's trotters were not stewed for half an hour, they would definitely not be able to bite, and there was no way he would be able to cook them tonight.
Don't even think about pork. With his mother's temperament, such a large piece of meat will definitely be eaten slowly with salt.
Therefore, his reason told him not to eat pig trotters or pork tonight.
But Lin Yuanqiu forgot that the thoughts of a child are definitely different from that of a pseudo-child like him.
Then, Lin Yuanqiu saw Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai duck under the table, then stretched out their short legs and quickly brought the pig's trotters and meat in front of them. After a while, each of them was holding them in their hands. A bunch of people crawled out with a groan, and then they saw the two of them running towards the kitchen quickly.
Then, Chun Yan and Chun Cao also chased after them.
Seeing this, Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly followed.
But when he arrived at the kitchen, Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai were already washing pig trotters and pork.
"Brother Gouzi, you're here just in time. Light the pot quickly. We'll have delicious food later."
Lin Yuanbai looked pleased with what he saw, and opened the lid of the pot as he spoke.
There is hot water in the pot. Every time when cooking is done, Zhou will warm up a pot of water. After the rice is eaten, it can be used to wash the dishes. Now it is just right to cook the meat.
Lin Yuanqiu was wondering whether he should stop it, but Lin Yuanhuai had already thrown the washed meat into the pot without cutting it.
Seeing again, the two pig's trotters with hair on them were about to follow. Lin Yuanqiu hurriedly waved his hands and said, "Goodbye, there are still pig hairs on them. How about we save the pig's trotters until tomorrow?" ?”
"Are there any pig hairs?" Lin Yuanbai picked up the pig's trotters and looked at them. There were indeed them. Why didn't he see them when he just washed them? It was because his little brother had a sharp eye.
Lin Yuanbai plucked the pig's hair, but it didn't move at all. Forget it, let's keep the pig's trotters for tomorrow and let my mother twist the pig's hair clean before eating.
Seeing this, Lin Yuanqiu breathed a sigh of relief. In this way, when he gets beaten later, he should be gentler, right?
Thinking of the thin bamboo strips in his breasts, Lin Yuanqiu felt that his butt had begun to hurt.
A few people here lit a fire to cook meat, but everyone in the main room didn't notice at all.
Wu, in particular, had completely forgotten about pork and pig's trotters. At this time, everyone was attracted by Lin Sanzhu's words.
"What are you talking about? That fan cover and pencil case actually sold for thirty cents each?" Feng's face was full of disbelief.
She remembered that when she was at her parents' home, the embroidered fan covers and pencil cases only sold for eight cents.
Lin Sanzhu nodded and said with a smile, "Not only the fan case and pencil case, but also the wallet is sold for thirty cents, and the other items are all twenty cents each. This is much higher than the original price calculated by my eldest and second brothers. .”
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu nodded repeatedly. They were indeed too tall.
Zhou and Liu's faces were full of joy, and even Chunmei and Chunxiu, Lin Yuanfeng and Lin Yuansong were smiling.
Old Lin touched his white beard, which showed that he was extremely happy at this time.
"What about earning five silver coins?" Wu asked.
Wu still couldn't believe it. She always felt that she had to see real money to feel at ease. Who knows if the third child deliberately went too far just to make her happy.
Lin Sanzhu took out the remaining pieces of silver and a dozen copper plates from his arms, and then put them on the table, "Here, they are all here."
Ouch, I really earned so much. Seeing the four small pieces of silver, Mrs. Wu suddenly burst into laughter.
But immediately, she felt something was wrong. Didn't she earn five coins? What did these copper coins mean?
"Didn't I buy pork and pig's feet? They cost a total of thirty-two cents." Lin Sanzhu reported the bill to his mother.
Yes, Mrs. Wu immediately remembered that her third son bought pork and pig's feet.
She grabbed the copper plate and counted it. No, it was still fifty cents short.
Wu glared and said, "There are still fifty Wenli?"
"There are still fifty coins..." Lin Sanzhu said as he stood up halfway, making a gesture of rushing out at any time, "There are still fifty coins... my son has used it to hire oxen to plow the fields."
