NOVEL NEXT The happy little days of the Ye family
Chapter 45 North Street Stall 2
The two ladies in front were dressed gorgeously, and the jewelry on their heads was even more dazzling in the sun. At first glance, they looked like they were wealthy.
Mother Ye quickly handed over the patterned cloth from Shu and showed them some gold thread and white silk cloth.
The two ladies at the back were dressed relatively plainly, but they had exquisite embroidery on their cuffs and chests. They were quite interested in the embroidery supplies on the stall.
"The patterned fabrics from Shu feel good. What do you think of making clothes for Yue'er and Xiner?" The gorgeously dressed lady asked the other ladies with the fabric.
"It's not bad. Why don't you ask Yue'er and Xin'er if they like it? After all, the clothes are made for them." A lady in crescent-colored clothes from behind said softly.
"Yue'er Xiner, would you like to use this fabric to make clothes for you? Do you like it?"
Only then did Mother Ye notice that there were two little girls behind the ladies. The two little girls were the same girls who had just bought hair ties at the stall.
"It looks good. It goes well with the hair tie we just bought." The little girl turned around and showed the hair tie on her head to the lady.
Finally, the lady bought and took 30 feet of patterned fabric to make clothes for the two little girls. Another lady, richly dressed, bought some gold thread and white silk.
The two ladies at the back picked at the stall for a long time and bought almost half of the embroidery supplies on the stall. Finally, they picked up a piece of goose-yellow cheesecloth and aqua-blue cheesecloth.
Father Ye came back with the big buns that had just been baked, and happened to see several ladies leaving with big and small bags of things.
"In just the time it took to buy breakfast, half of the items were sold. Xiu Xiu, you are so awesome."
"Why am I so good? These ladies look like they are money-savvy. They just sold a lot of things. You are good at counting. Please help me figure out whether I made any mistakes."
In the rush just now, Mother Ye was afraid that she had made a miscalculation or received the wrong money.
"Patterned fabric is 90 cents per foot, 30 feet is 2700 cents, cheesecloth is 140 cents per piece, two pieces are 280 cents, gold thread is 800 cents, white silk is 750 cents, needlework is 950 cents, white silk cloth is 200 cents, the total is 5680 arts."
"Yes, that's the amount I charged."
"Eat quickly, these buns are already cold." Ye's father handed two fat and white buns to Ye's mother.
Ye's father and mother ate the buns in twos and threes, and quickly arranged the things on the stall.
"How much does that fabric with the auspicious cloud pattern cost per foot?" an aunt with a sharp look on her face said, pointing to the patterned fabric on the donkey cart.
"90 cents per foot. This is fabric from Sichuan. Auntie, look at how beautiful the pattern is."
Mother Ye took a large piece of cut cloth and showed it to the aunt.
"This is made of gold. Is it so expensive?" The aunt threw the cloth on the stall and left cursing.
"Who is this? Fortunately, I didn't show her the whole piece of fabric."
It turned out that Mother Ye saw that this aunt was not dressed like a wealthy family, and her fingernails were still dark, so she deliberately showed her the ends of the cloth.
"Little lady, how do you sell this red cloth?" A cheerful elder sister asked holding a red linen cloth.
The cheerful eldest sister came with a gentle eldest sister. The two eldest sisters were holding bright red linen and gesticulating.
"3 cents per foot, 115 cents per horse." Ye Mu said with a smile.
There will be leftover pieces of cloth when sold in bulk, so selling in bulk is slightly more expensive than a whole piece.
"Two eldest ladies, we specially ordered this fabric from the cloth shop, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get such a good red fabric. Look at how good the color is and how well it is dyed. It will be perfect whether it is used to make a wedding dress or a wedding quilt. Very good."
Father Ye on the side also said: "Two eldest sisters, this red fabric is very popular. There are only the last three pieces left. They are sold out."
"Yumei is getting married next spring and has almost started making wedding dresses and preparing dowry. I think this fabric is okay. Do you want to buy some?" the cheerful eldest sister said to the gentle eldest sister.
"I have almost prepared the dowry. Now I just need the wedding dress. You can also use this red fabric to make the wedding dress." In a blink of an eye, the daughter is getting married, and the eldest sister is both happy and reluctant to give up.
"Linlin will get married in September next year. In the blink of an eye, she has become a big girl getting married." Her daughter is getting married, and the cheerful eldest sister is also a little sad.
"Two eldest sisters, getting married is a happy event and you should be happy. This fabric is really good. If it is used as a wedding dress, it will make the groom unable to take his eyes away."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right now, Father Ye quickly cheered up the atmosphere.
"Bring me 15 feet of this red fabric." The eldest sister said softly.
"I want one to make two quilts for this little friend. This headband is nice and the color is very vivid. I want two more. That girl in my family is the most stinky." The cheerful eldest sister took two more A hair tie made of green roots and leaves.
"Then I will also buy two hair ties for Yumei. The little girl looks good in this color."
"Okay, 15 feet of fabric costs 45 cents in total, and a hair tie costs 2 cents, so the total is 49 cents. A complete piece of fabric costs 115 cents, and including the headband, the total is 119 cents."
After the two eldest sisters left, Mother Ye asked curiously: "Brother Fengshou, will you cry when Qingqing gets married?"
"Qingqing is still young, a little girl, we are not allowed to talk about what kind of marriage we will get." The fragile old father could not listen to the idea of marrying his daughter.
Seeing that Father Ye was not in a good mood, Mother Ye was trying to comfort her frail old father when someone came to the stall again.
A middle-aged man came, tall and dignified. This is the second time Father Ye buys fabrics on West Street, and this is the first time he sees a man coming to buy fabrics.
"Boss, I want this fabric with auspicious cloud pattern. How much money is it in total?"
"This is a patterned fabric from Shu. It's popular in the county now. It costs 90 cents per foot. Here it's 20 feet. It's 1 tael and 8 cents in total."
"Get another bolt of this pink fabric."
"The fine linen is 115 per piece, and the total is 1915 cents."
The man threw a piece of silver to Father Ye, turned around and left with the cloth.
"That's quite generous. I guess he must have made his wife angry, so he bought fabrics and went back to coax her." Father Ye whispered in Mother Ye's ear.
"Who knows."
Why did the man buy these fabrics? Mother Ye was not interested in knowing. She was happily counting the money.
Father Ye saw that Mother Ye was counting the money and had no time to pay attention to him, so he had to silently pack and place the things on the stall.
"I didn't expect that the business of setting up a stall here was quite good. I sold most of the goods in one morning." After counting the money, Mother Ye was even more happy when she saw that the stall was mostly empty.
"It seems that a lot of things have been sold, but in fact the most profitable ones are the patterned fabrics and white silks exchanged at the dock. The cost of buying things from Chenjia Cloth Store and Yangjia Cloth Store is too high, and the profit is only about [-]%. "
There were few people on North Street in the afternoon, and the weather was hot, so there were not many women on the street. Ye's father and Ye's mother set up the stall for an afternoon, and they only sold 13 feet of aqua blue fabric and a little needle and thread.
Seeing that there were no people on the street, Ye's father urged Ye's mother to go home early.
Mother Ye quickly handed over the patterned cloth from Shu and showed them some gold thread and white silk cloth.
The two ladies at the back were dressed relatively plainly, but they had exquisite embroidery on their cuffs and chests. They were quite interested in the embroidery supplies on the stall.
"The patterned fabrics from Shu feel good. What do you think of making clothes for Yue'er and Xiner?" The gorgeously dressed lady asked the other ladies with the fabric.
"It's not bad. Why don't you ask Yue'er and Xin'er if they like it? After all, the clothes are made for them." A lady in crescent-colored clothes from behind said softly.
"Yue'er Xiner, would you like to use this fabric to make clothes for you? Do you like it?"
Only then did Mother Ye notice that there were two little girls behind the ladies. The two little girls were the same girls who had just bought hair ties at the stall.
"It looks good. It goes well with the hair tie we just bought." The little girl turned around and showed the hair tie on her head to the lady.
Finally, the lady bought and took 30 feet of patterned fabric to make clothes for the two little girls. Another lady, richly dressed, bought some gold thread and white silk.
The two ladies at the back picked at the stall for a long time and bought almost half of the embroidery supplies on the stall. Finally, they picked up a piece of goose-yellow cheesecloth and aqua-blue cheesecloth.
Father Ye came back with the big buns that had just been baked, and happened to see several ladies leaving with big and small bags of things.
"In just the time it took to buy breakfast, half of the items were sold. Xiu Xiu, you are so awesome."
"Why am I so good? These ladies look like they are money-savvy. They just sold a lot of things. You are good at counting. Please help me figure out whether I made any mistakes."
In the rush just now, Mother Ye was afraid that she had made a miscalculation or received the wrong money.
"Patterned fabric is 90 cents per foot, 30 feet is 2700 cents, cheesecloth is 140 cents per piece, two pieces are 280 cents, gold thread is 800 cents, white silk is 750 cents, needlework is 950 cents, white silk cloth is 200 cents, the total is 5680 arts."
"Yes, that's the amount I charged."
"Eat quickly, these buns are already cold." Ye's father handed two fat and white buns to Ye's mother.
Ye's father and mother ate the buns in twos and threes, and quickly arranged the things on the stall.
"How much does that fabric with the auspicious cloud pattern cost per foot?" an aunt with a sharp look on her face said, pointing to the patterned fabric on the donkey cart.
"90 cents per foot. This is fabric from Sichuan. Auntie, look at how beautiful the pattern is."
Mother Ye took a large piece of cut cloth and showed it to the aunt.
"This is made of gold. Is it so expensive?" The aunt threw the cloth on the stall and left cursing.
"Who is this? Fortunately, I didn't show her the whole piece of fabric."
It turned out that Mother Ye saw that this aunt was not dressed like a wealthy family, and her fingernails were still dark, so she deliberately showed her the ends of the cloth.
"Little lady, how do you sell this red cloth?" A cheerful elder sister asked holding a red linen cloth.
The cheerful eldest sister came with a gentle eldest sister. The two eldest sisters were holding bright red linen and gesticulating.
"3 cents per foot, 115 cents per horse." Ye Mu said with a smile.
There will be leftover pieces of cloth when sold in bulk, so selling in bulk is slightly more expensive than a whole piece.
"Two eldest ladies, we specially ordered this fabric from the cloth shop, otherwise we wouldn't be able to get such a good red fabric. Look at how good the color is and how well it is dyed. It will be perfect whether it is used to make a wedding dress or a wedding quilt. Very good."
Father Ye on the side also said: "Two eldest sisters, this red fabric is very popular. There are only the last three pieces left. They are sold out."
"Yumei is getting married next spring and has almost started making wedding dresses and preparing dowry. I think this fabric is okay. Do you want to buy some?" the cheerful eldest sister said to the gentle eldest sister.
"I have almost prepared the dowry. Now I just need the wedding dress. You can also use this red fabric to make the wedding dress." In a blink of an eye, the daughter is getting married, and the eldest sister is both happy and reluctant to give up.
"Linlin will get married in September next year. In the blink of an eye, she has become a big girl getting married." Her daughter is getting married, and the cheerful eldest sister is also a little sad.
"Two eldest sisters, getting married is a happy event and you should be happy. This fabric is really good. If it is used as a wedding dress, it will make the groom unable to take his eyes away."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not quite right now, Father Ye quickly cheered up the atmosphere.
"Bring me 15 feet of this red fabric." The eldest sister said softly.
"I want one to make two quilts for this little friend. This headband is nice and the color is very vivid. I want two more. That girl in my family is the most stinky." The cheerful eldest sister took two more A hair tie made of green roots and leaves.
"Then I will also buy two hair ties for Yumei. The little girl looks good in this color."
"Okay, 15 feet of fabric costs 45 cents in total, and a hair tie costs 2 cents, so the total is 49 cents. A complete piece of fabric costs 115 cents, and including the headband, the total is 119 cents."
After the two eldest sisters left, Mother Ye asked curiously: "Brother Fengshou, will you cry when Qingqing gets married?"
"Qingqing is still young, a little girl, we are not allowed to talk about what kind of marriage we will get." The fragile old father could not listen to the idea of marrying his daughter.
Seeing that Father Ye was not in a good mood, Mother Ye was trying to comfort her frail old father when someone came to the stall again.
A middle-aged man came, tall and dignified. This is the second time Father Ye buys fabrics on West Street, and this is the first time he sees a man coming to buy fabrics.
"Boss, I want this fabric with auspicious cloud pattern. How much money is it in total?"
"This is a patterned fabric from Shu. It's popular in the county now. It costs 90 cents per foot. Here it's 20 feet. It's 1 tael and 8 cents in total."
"Get another bolt of this pink fabric."
"The fine linen is 115 per piece, and the total is 1915 cents."
The man threw a piece of silver to Father Ye, turned around and left with the cloth.
"That's quite generous. I guess he must have made his wife angry, so he bought fabrics and went back to coax her." Father Ye whispered in Mother Ye's ear.
"Who knows."
Why did the man buy these fabrics? Mother Ye was not interested in knowing. She was happily counting the money.
Father Ye saw that Mother Ye was counting the money and had no time to pay attention to him, so he had to silently pack and place the things on the stall.
"I didn't expect that the business of setting up a stall here was quite good. I sold most of the goods in one morning." After counting the money, Mother Ye was even more happy when she saw that the stall was mostly empty.
"It seems that a lot of things have been sold, but in fact the most profitable ones are the patterned fabrics and white silks exchanged at the dock. The cost of buying things from Chenjia Cloth Store and Yangjia Cloth Store is too high, and the profit is only about [-]%. "
There were few people on North Street in the afternoon, and the weather was hot, so there were not many women on the street. Ye's father and Ye's mother set up the stall for an afternoon, and they only sold 13 feet of aqua blue fabric and a little needle and thread.
Seeing that there were no people on the street, Ye's father urged Ye's mother to go home early.
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