Beautiful Peasant Girl: The Young Marquis's Beloved

The backyard of Cui Jin Building is a courtyard. Su Ke brought people directly to the living room. Uncle He and Qiao Yu were waiting outside the door. They sat down one after another and a maid brought them tea.

"Ms. Liu, please tell me your price." Su Ke took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Although their family also runs a cloth shop, to be honest, in Yuyang Town, the profit that a cloth shop can bring is not much. Because most of the cloth sold is coarse cloth, the profit margin is limited. In addition, Yuyang Town is not far from Qinghe County, and many wealthy families go to the county town to buy cloth. After all, compared with their small cloth shop, the cloth in the county town has more colors and the price is also more favorable.

Liu Xu didn't say much and just told everyone the unit price that she had calculated at home before.

"Hiss, a coarse cotton coat costs less than 300 wen, what kind of cotton did you use, girl?" Su Ke frowned. Their cloth shop also accepts work for ready-made clothes, but the price is not even this high. Unless... it uses old cotton. If that's the case, then she would never dare to accept this stuff.

Liu Xu knew what she was thinking at a glance, and immediately replied: "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Su, whether it is coarse cloth or fine cotton, they are all made of new cotton. Moreover, each piece weighs about three pounds, and is definitely thick. You can test it."

Liu Xu didn't say much. She asked Uncle He to bring in the clothes and asked Su Ke to pick one at random and cut it open. She then asked the maid to bring a scale so that Su Ke could weigh it.

Su Ke was not polite, but she didn't cut randomly, she just cut along the seam. Sure enough, there was new cotton inside, and she weighed a few pieces, and sure enough, each piece weighed more than three pounds. But these were just samples, so she still didn't believe it.

"Can all your cotton-padded clothes guarantee this quality?"

"Yes, you can check every batch of goods." Liu Xu said confidently. It was to ensure quality that she asked her mother to require everyone to make them in the workshop and to check the quality of each piece.

"Then you don't need to make money?" Su Ke asked somewhat presumptuously.

But Liu Xu didn't care, and said playfully: "Because we don't make money from this! Su Zhang... Oh, I'd better call you Aunt Su! Aunt Su, hehe, cotton-padded clothes are just a by-product. What my workshop really wants to sell is something else." Liu Xu said, motioning Qiaoyu to get the things from the carriage.

"And Aunt Su, we have another requirement for our supply. The selling price of each coarse cotton coat cannot exceed our supply price by fifty wen, and the selling price of fine cotton cannot exceed one hundred wen!" Liu Xu looked at Su Ke and said seriously.

"Oh, why? Such a request might be a bit too much for our garment shop, right? Aren't you worried that I won't accept it?" Su Ke narrowed his eyes, somewhat unhappy.

"Don't worry. Even if you can only make fifty cents for a piece of clothing, it's still better than selling just cloth. What's more, you can make small profits but quick turnover. If your old customers knew that they could buy two or three pieces with the money they used to spend on one piece of clothing, do you think the business of Cui Jin Lou would be bad?" Liu Xu asked with a smile.

Su Ke lowered his head and picked up the teacup, but he didn't put it into his mouth for a long time. After a while, he took a sip, put down the cup and said, "Okay, then I'll take a batch and try it first, is it okay?"

"No problem, you can take as much or as little as you want, but it's better to tell us the order quantity a month in advance, otherwise we won't be able to make it in time." Liu Xu nodded. There were only about 40 sets in the warehouse, and she took them all away today. If she ordered too much, her mother and the others might not be able to handle it.

"So how much did you bring today?" Su Ke asked.

"Not much. I just wanted to talk to you today, so I took thirty sets, fifteen sets of coarse cloth and fifteen sets of fine cotton." Liu Xu shrugged. She kept ten sets and would take them to show to Manager Ling later.

"Okay, leave all these here. I'll try selling them for a few days." Su Ke said.

At this time, Qiaoyu and Su Lei came over, each holding two carved wooden boxes. The difference was that the pattern on the box in Qiaoyu's hand was simpler, while the one in Su Lei's hand was more exquisite. Liu Xu specially asked her great uncle and second grandfather to make these in order to improve the quality of her family's bedding. It was then that she realized that her second grandfather was a real folk master, not only was he good at carpentry, but he was also a great carver. Those two exquisite boxes were made by her second grandfather.

Let's get back to the point. Liu Xu agreed. Qiaoyu and the other girl had already walked to the door. Liu Xu saw them, and Su Ke saw them too. She thought Liu Xu was going to give her a gift, but then she thought her idea was ridiculous, so she asked in confusion, "Girl, what are they doing?"

"Hey, Aunt Su, what I'm going to show you next is what we use to make money in our workshop!" As she said that, she motioned for Su Lei and the other two to come in.

Su Ke became even more curious when she heard this. Seeing Liu Xu get off the chair, she also walked forward.

"Brother Su Lei, Sister Qiaoyu, please open the box one by one!" Liu Xu said to the two of them, and complained about her height again in her heart. If she wasn't so short, she would have opened it herself.

After hearing this, the two opened the boxes one by one. With Liu Xu's guidance, Xu Ruolan and others folded the most beautiful pattern of the quilt embroidery on the outside, so Su Ke thought it was an exquisite embroidery. Although it was better than the ones in her shop, she had seen the world, so she was not too surprised.

Liu Xu was not discouraged when she saw this. She just said, "Brother He Lei, put the box on the table and unfold the things inside one by one for Aunt Su to see."

"Yes, Miss." They both said in unison.

A quarter of an hour later, He Lei and the other man folded the things and put them back. Su Ke said with a happy face, "This is good. This way, we don't have to take them apart and sew them every time. It's much more convenient. And I see that these are all sets. Then will the patterns of each set be different?"

"That shouldn't happen, one pattern for each batch!" Liu Xu shrugged.

"Then... girl, how do you get this?" Su Ke asked in a flattering manner. Although this thing is not difficult to make, it would be better if Liu Xu and the others could supply it. Their Feng family is not a wealthy family, so there is no need to set up such a stall.

Liu Xu shook her head: "Aunt Su, these samples are to be sent to the county and the prefectural capital. Large embroidery pieces like this are not supplied but made to order. I will open a shop in the county to sell this later." This was something she had just thought of yesterday. Instead of letting others do it, why not open one herself, like An Mou Na in her previous life, specializing in bedding? In this way, her mother can also have her own industry. No matter what happens to her stepfather in the future, her mother will have money in her pocket and will not be worried.

After saying that, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea. He saw from the corner of his eye that she was a little disappointed, and added: "However, if Aunt Su needs it, I can talk to my mother and ask her to make some simple patterns and prices that are more suitable for the town."

"That's great!" Su Ke said with a smile. She was the only cloth shop in town, so she could just sell the cloth there.

The two agreed on the price of a four-piece set, 400 wen per set. The four-piece set was made of fine cotton only, and Liu Xu still asked for a fixed price. This time Su Ke was very straightforward and directly ordered 100 sets. She sent someone to pick them up the day before the New Year.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Liu Xu said goodbye to her. Knowing that Liu Xu had to go to the county town, Su Ke did not try to keep her. He paid for the cotton coat and the deposit for the quilt, and personally sent her out the door.

When Liu Xu and her group arrived at the county town, it was already time for dinner. She did not force herself and took them directly to Zuiyunxuan.

As luck would have it, they ran into Chang Yifei who also came to eat, and in the end they shared a private room. He Lei and his friends naturally went to the next room and got another table with Qingfeng.

"Sister Xu'er, why are you here today? Shouldn't your family be very busy now?" Chang Yifei asked curiously. This girl had just given him a message a few days ago, asking him to help buy a lot of colored glaze to build a greenhouse. In addition, they now have mushrooms, tofu, and bean sprouts. Shouldn't she be very busy?

Liu Xu nodded, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then replied, "Yes, I am very busy. There is something wrong. My mother is too idle at home. I am afraid that she will have wild thoughts, so I asked her to organize the women in our village to set up a small workshop. I am here today to get orders for her."

Chang Yifei's mouth twitched when he heard this. This man is truly a "filial son"... He doesn't even let his own mother go when it comes to making money, and yet he finds such an excuse. He is even more greedy for money than him.

If Liu Xu knew what she was thinking, she would definitely slap him to death for talking nonsense when he knew nothing.

"I was planning to come look for you later, but since we meet now, let's talk about it while we're at it." Liu Xu continued.

"Hmm?" Chang Yifei looked over in confusion.

"Can you help me find a few embroiderers with good embroidery skills? I plan to open a home textile store in the county after the New Year." In fact, she originally planned to go to the embroidery shop to ask, but Uncle He said that slaves with talent and skills rarely have the opportunity to come here, and they bought people these few times purely by luck. So she could only come to Chang Yifei for help, otherwise her mother and Zi Ling alone could not afford to embroider 365 days a year without rest!

"What kind do you want? By the way, what is a home textile store?" Chang Yifei said straightforwardly.

"Let's eat first, and you'll know after you look at the samples. As for the embroiderers, any one with skills similar to my mom's will do, and I won't mind better ones! But forget about the ones who are prone to making trouble."

The two of them didn't say anything more and finished the meal very quickly. If the waiter hadn't said that a lot of food was used up, Manager Wu would have thought that the food was not to their liking.

After the food was cleared away, Liu Xu asked He Lei to bring everything up. Liu Xu also quickly told her plan. In addition to the four-piece suit, she planned to ask her mother to get the quilt and duvet.

After she finished her chatter, Chang Yifei's eyes lit up. After looking at the samples brought by He Lei and the others, he said, "Sister Xu'er, how about we try it together?" Chang Yifei blinked his eyes with anticipation.

Liu Xu was a little moved when she heard that, but seeing his expression that said you won't suffer any loss if you cooperate with me, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Chang Yifei was not discouraged: "Sister Xu'er, if you do it alone, you have to take care of the workshop, find a store, find people, and decorate. There are so many things to do. Can you handle it? Even if you can handle it, it will be very tiring, right? Why don't we join forces like Zhenxiu Pavilion, you are responsible for supplying the goods, I am responsible for selling, and we split the profits 50-50?"

It must be said that Chang Yifei knows Liu Xu quite well. She was afraid of being too tired before, so she gave all the management rights to Chang Yifei. But... "Third brother Chang, it's not that I don't agree with you, but my mother is in charge of this workshop, you have to discuss it with her."

For this industry, she plans to help open up the market in the early stages, and leave the rest to her mother. Later on, at most she will occasionally give some advice, but she doesn't plan to get involved in the details.

"No problem. As long as you agree, I will go to Liujia Village tomorrow and talk to my aunt!" Chang Yifei was instantly relieved. As long as this girl didn't cause any trouble, it would be easy to talk to Aunt Xu.

After chatting for a while, the two said goodbye. In addition to keeping an eye on Zhenxiu Pavilion, as the young master, Chang Yifei also had to worry about other businesses of the Chang family. Liu Xu took people to Jixiang Cloth Shop.