Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

Liu Xu stayed in the county town for seven days, during which she trained everyone, including the kitchen staff, the shopkeeper, the accountant and the waiters.

Except for occasional things, Chang Yifei basically listened in and learned a lot of different business concepts.

On the seventh day, Liu Xu gave everyone a simple assessment. Although everyone had some minor flaws, it was not a big problem. After instructing Uncle Liu, the owner of the Zhenxiu Pavilion, Liu Changde, who was arranged by Chang Yifei, to continue to supervise everyone, he told Chang Yifei that he planned to go back in the afternoon.

Chang Yifei knew that she was worried about her family, so he didn't try to keep her. He just asked her to write to him if she had any problems.

After lunch, they went back to Zhenxiu Pavilion to pack their luggage. Seeing that it was still early, Liu Xu took Huanxi and the others for a walk in the county town, thinking that they had been away from home for so long, so they should buy some gifts for their family members. Then, considering her mother's clothing workshop, she took them to Jixiang Cloth Shop.

When Liu Xu went there, there were few people in the store. After all, it was just past noon, and there were few people on the street. In addition, the Jixiang Cloth Shop mainly does business with ordinary people and wealthy families, so it is usually busier in the morning.

The shopkeeper of Jixiang Cloth Shop is named Ling, a lean young man. It is said that this cloth shop has been opened for more than 20 years since his grandfather, and it is considered an old shop in Qinghe County. Shopkeeper Ling is a good person, very friendly, and will take the initiative to give some profit when there are a lot of purchases, so the business is pretty good. These are all told to her by Uncle He when he came back, otherwise Liu Xu's family would not have always bought from him.

When Liu Xu and the others arrived, this man was busy counting the accounts at the counter.

When the waiter saw a guest coming in, and saw that although Liu Xu was dressed simply, she was followed by two maids and a guard, he guessed that her family must have some assets, so he hurried over to greet her with a flattering smile: "Miss, the fabrics we have here are all the latest styles. Do you like any of them?"

Liu Xu smiled slightly and said, "I want to see the cotton and coarse cloth you have here."

"Please wait a moment." The guy turned around to get the cloth.

Shopkeeper Ling heard the voice, looked up, and saw Liu Xu. He thought she looked familiar but couldn't remember who she was. He thought she must be an old customer who had come to the store with his master, so he greeted her gently, "Young lady, take a look around. If you feel tired, sit down and take a rest. If you need anything, just tell the waiter directly."

"Hello, Manager Ling. I'm from Liujia Village, Yuyang Town. My housekeeper has come here several times before. I wonder if you have any impression of me?" After saying this, Liu Xu sat down with an innocent smile on her face.

Ling Zhijie was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then he stopped calculating the bill on his hand, walked out from the counter, and apologized with a smile: "It turns out to be Miss Liu, I am so sorry. Forgive my poor eyesight, I just saw that the lady looked familiar, but I didn't remember her for a moment. Huzi, go and bring some tea and snacks to Miss Liu."

He was not familiar with Liu Xu, but he was familiar with the Liu family in Yuyang Town. You know, in just a few months, they bought hundreds of pieces of cloth and hundreds of kilograms of cotton from him (he considered Liu Xu and Liu Changshun as one family). Although they were not expensive materials, the profit added up was not small. He would naturally receive such a big customer in person, even if it was just a child.

Hu Zi, the guy who went to get the cloth just now, responded when he heard this, quickly put down the cloth in his hand, and turned to the back.

"Manager Ling, you are too polite. The reason I came here today is actually to discuss business with you. I wonder if it is convenient for you now?" Liu Xu said straight to the point.

Ling Zhijie looked at her in surprise. This girl was probably only about seven or eight years old. But after all, she was a businessman, so she quickly came to her senses and said with a smile, "Of course it's convenient. I wonder what business the girl wants to discuss with me?"

Hu Zi brought tea and snacks and then stepped aside.

"It's like this. My mother plans to set up a small workshop at home, specializing in consignment of some ordinary ready-made clothes and bed sheets and quilt covers. I thought that the cloth would be consumed quickly, so I plan to find a cloth shop for long-term cooperation. The cloth in our house has always been delivered by Jixiang Cloth Shop, so I wanted to come to our cloth shop to ask first." Liu Xu didn't waste any time and stated her purpose straight away.

Shopkeeper Ling was pleasantly surprised at first, but then he became a little confused: "Of course I hope to cooperate with you, but I understand this ready-made clothes, but this ordinary ready-made clothes?"

"It means exactly what it says. We don't plan to make fashionable ready-made clothes, but specialize in making coarse cotton and linen clothes for ordinary people. Of course, we will also make some fine cotton clothes." Liu Xu said frankly. First, she had nothing to hide, and the most important thing was that she actually wanted to see if she could sell it through Jixiang Cloth Shop. Because this cloth shop does business for ordinary people.

Shopkeeper Ling nodded thoughtfully, and then couldn't help but remind her: "Miss Liu, forgive me for being blunt, but not many ordinary people buy ready-made clothes. After all, even cotton clothes are not cheap. Most ordinary people would rather buy cloth and sew them themselves. So I suggest that you make some slightly better and more fashionable clothes."

"Thank you, Uncle Ling. I will tell my mother about your suggestion." Liu Xu took advantage of the situation and Manager Ling became Uncle Ling in a blink of an eye. However, after the name change, Ling Zhijie's face became gentler.

"But Uncle Ling, the reason you said ready-made clothes are expensive is because they are basically custom-made, and the cost lies in the labor, that is, the cost of the tailor making. I can assure you that the ready-made clothes made by my family not only have dense stitching, but are also absolutely not expensive. If you don't believe me, when my mother and others make the first batch, I'll show it to you first. How about it?" Liu Xu smiled like a little fox.

Ling Zhijie was stunned for a moment, then he immediately reacted and scolded with a smile: "So you are still thinking about this! Okay, uncle also sells some ready-made clothes here, you can show them to me when the time comes."

"Hehe! Uncle Ling, let's talk about the price of the cloth first, shall we? I'm buying a lot, so you have to give me a lower price!" Liu Xu said with a triumphant smile.

"Then you can rest assured. Your family is an old customer of mine, so I won't charge you too much. But you have to tell me first, the approximate amount you need every month!" From a business perspective, Ling Zhijie would not be fooled by her just because she called him uncle.

"Tomorrow, let's temporarily send thirty rolls of fine cotton, thirty rolls of coarse cloth, and then one hundred kilograms of cotton! It's not far away anyway. If it's not enough later, I'll ask Uncle He to come and get it."

Ling Zhijie nodded. This girl was not too reckless. "I'll give you 100 wen less per piece for fine cotton and 50 wen less for coarse cloth. As for cotton, I'll give you 40 wen per pound. Do you have any requirements for the color?"

Liu Xu calculated the price in her mind and thought it was fair, so she replied, "For the coarse cloth, just help me match it according to the preferences of the people in your store. As for the fine cotton, try to make it as colorful as possible. Because it's not just for making clothes. And help me get ten rolls of white fine cotton. In addition... I wonder if Uncle Ling can help me buy ten rolls of silk, half of which are brightly colored and half are light-colored?"

Ordinary civilians in Dongsheng Country were not allowed to wear silk, so she didn't buy it for her own use. She wanted her mother to make some satin quilt covers, and then ask Chang Yifei to help promote them to wealthy families.

"Okay, but girl, do you know that we ordinary people cannot wear silk?" Ling Zhijie reminded.

"Uncle Ling, don't worry. We are not wearing them ourselves. We have relatives or friends who are officials' wives. I plan to make some things as gifts for them." Liu Xu nodded.

"Okay, I'll charge you 450 coins per piece for white fine cotton, and 5 taels of silver per piece for satin," said Ling Zhijie.

Liu Xu nodded when she heard this, and asked Ling Zhijie to help her with the needle and thread. After that, she paid half of the deposit, and even begged for two large bags of rags, and then she said goodbye to him with a smile and left.

After finishing everything, Liu Xu planned to go home. However, since the carriage and luggage were still in the Zhenxiu Pavilion, they had to walk back.

When passing by a noodle stall, Liu Xu inadvertently heard the conversation between two strong men, which made her stop.

"You left early today so you didn't see him. That man was very dark, like a piece of charcoal. He was holding two bags of something unknown and kept saying 'eat' 'eat' to people. He scared the people around him." A man slurped a mouthful of noodles and said to the person next to him.

"Isn't he a fool? The bailiffs at the dock didn't do anything?" asked another person.

"We did, but released him not long after. It was said that he came from some foreign country with a travel permit, and brought their specialties to sell. He looked so ugly, who would dare to buy him? And he let people eat him, who knows if that thing can kill people?" the man complained earlier.

"That's right. I heard someone say before that the people in foreign countries look like monsters, with yellow hair and green eyes. Maybe they mutated after eating these poisonous things."

When Liu Xu heard this, she couldn't help but burst out laughing, attracting the attention of the two men.

"Uncles, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh at you, but I couldn't help myself when I thought of the blond-haired, green-eyed guy you were talking about." Liu Xu looked terrified.

The two strong men saw that it was a soft and tender little girl, so they didn't dare to say anything. In addition, seeing that she was accompanied by a maid and guards, they thought she was a daughter of a wealthy family, so they smiled innocently and said, "It's okay, it's okay!"

"Uncle, where is the strange person you are talking about? Can you tell me? I have never seen foreigners before." Liu Xu pretended to be curious.

"It's right over there at the dock. But you little girl just watch from a distance, don't look back and get scared." said the sturdy man who spoke first. His daughter is about the same age as the girl in front of him, so he couldn't help but give her one more word of advice.

"Yes, yes, thank you uncle, you two uncles, take your time to eat, I'll leave first!" Liu Xu bowed politely, and left quickly with Huanxi. The pier was still some distance away from the city, so they went back to take their luggage and drive the carriage.

Liu Xu guessed in her heart that the two people just now were most likely the black people from her previous life. She had a hunch that she would have a great gain today!