A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

The lady who opened the door saw the girl standing in front of her and asked, "Hello, who are you looking for?"

"Hello, I want to send my younger brother to study in a private school. I heard from people in the town that the teachers of Gongchong Private School are rigorous and knowledgeable, so I want to take a look today and ask if I can send my younger brother to study there. And how much is the tuition fee?"

"Is that so? Then come in. You should ask the teacher about this, but you have to wait a while. Both teachers are giving classes now." The aunt opened the door and led Zhang Yunyue to the main room.

"It's okay, thank you, auntie." Zhang Yunyue said with a smile.

The aunt poured Zhang Yunyue a cup of tea, asked Zhang Yunyue to wait in the main room, and then went back to the kitchen to work.

After a while, the bell rang for the end of get out of class. The students in the classroom ran out and started playing in the yard. A teacher also came into the main room.

When Zhang Yunyue saw someone coming in, he quickly stood up and bowed to the person.

Master Zheng came to the main hall and looked at Zhang Yunyue. "Hello, my surname is Zheng, and I am the teacher of Gongchong Private School. Are you the one who came to ask my brother about his studies as my wife mentioned just now?"

After Master Zheng finished speaking, he sat in the middle of the main hall and raised his hand to signal Zhang Yunyue to sit down.

After Zhang Yunyue sat down, he replied, "Yes, Master Zheng, I heard that the learning atmosphere in your private school is good, so I want to learn more about it, and I also want to send my younger brother to study in the private school."

"How old is your brother? Can he be enlightened?"

"My younger brother is 8 years old this year. My grandfather taught him the Three Character Classic at home, but he has never read anything else."

"The age is right. So you can bring your brother here first, and I will test and teach him."

"Okay, then Master Zheng, when are you free? I'll go find my brother right now and I'll be here in two quarters of an hour."

Master Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Then you can come in half an hour. I have to continue teaching later, so it would be inconvenient to test you during class."

"Okay, I'll come back in half an hour. Master Zheng, sorry to bother you. I'll leave first," Zhang Yunyue stood up and bowed.

After leaving Gongchong Private School, Zhang Yunyue headed towards East Street. The people in West Street might like the handkerchiefs embroidered by Zhang Xiaohua and her friends, but few people were willing to buy them. However, it was different in East Street.

There are many rich people or wealthy families there, and most of them will voluntarily spend money to buy things they like. Besides, this handkerchief is not expensive, and anyone with spare money at home can buy it.

Zhang Yunyue remembered that there was a shop called Jinxiufang not far from Tianxianglou on East Street. The shop not only sold ready-made clothes, but also cloth, and most of the cloth sold was silk, cotton, etc., while most of the cloth sold on West Street was cotton, coarse cloth, linen, etc.

We found Jinxiufang. At that moment, there were only three or two people walking around the store.

"Hello, does Jinxiufang accept embroidered handkerchiefs?"

The clerk saw Zhang Yunyue and smiled and said, "Miss, are you selling your handkerchiefs? Yes, but I need to see the embroidery of your handkerchiefs before I can decide whether to accept them."

"Sure, I brought the handkerchief." After saying that, Zhang Yunyue took out the handkerchief and handed it over.

The clerk took the embroidered handkerchief that Zhang Yunyue took out. The animal rabbit on the embroidered handkerchief was completely different from the real rabbit. It looked more lovely and cute on the embroidered handkerchief. The clerk liked it the moment he saw it.

If it was an embroidered handkerchief that someone had handed to me in the past, I would know the price, but when I saw the handkerchief handed to me by the girl in front of me, I didn't know how to price it.

"My lady, this embroidered handkerchief looks great to me, but I don't know how to price it for you. Please wait a moment while I go find our shopkeeper."

After saying that, the clerk went to find the shopkeeper who was introducing ready-made clothes to people.

Zhang Yunyue stood next to the counter and looked at the various fabrics behind the counter. The fabrics were of good quality and the colors were beautiful. Just as she was pleasing to the eye, she heard a voice next to her.

"Well, this embroidered handkerchief is novel, with bold colors, and the animals on it are vivid. Not bad, not bad."

Zhang Yunyue turned her head and looked towards the counter. The owner of Jinxiufang was holding an embroidered handkerchief and exclaimed in amazement.

"Miss, I am the shopkeeper of this shop. Everyone calls me Miss Chen. You want to sell this embroidered handkerchief. My Jinxiu Shop has it. Our Jinxiu Shop usually charges 10 to 20 coins for each embroidered handkerchief.

This is because we are in East Street, so we require the embroidery and fabric to be good, but your fabric is not good enough. Today I will give you 20 coins for one piece. I like your creativity very much. If you use silk to embroider this, I can give you a higher price. I can decide to give you 40 coins for one piece?"

"Mrs. Chen, I have similar patterns in my hands, but I haven't started embroidering them yet. Today I came to see if this kind of handkerchief will be accepted in town."

When Madam Chen heard that Zhang Yunyue had some different tricks up her sleeve, she couldn't help but have some thoughts in her mind.

"Miss, why don't you come to the backyard and talk in detail." Madam Chen extended her hand to Zhang Yunyue to invite her.

Zhang Yunyue pursed her lips and smiled, then followed Madam Chen into the reception room in the backyard.

"Please take a seat. There are some snacks on the table. You can try them." After that, he poured a cup of tea for Zhang Yunyue. "What's your name, young lady?"

Zhang Yunyue took a sip of tea and said, "No need to mention your surname, Zhang."

"Miss Zhang, I heard you say that you have quite a few patterns. It's like this. Our Jinxiufang has products not only in the town, but also in the county, the prefectural capital, and even the capital. I believe your embroidered handkerchiefs will be very popular in the prefectural capital and the capital, so I want to buy your patterns. What do you think?"

"Mrs. Chen, I don't want to sell you patterns, but I can provide you with two patterns series every month, each series has five patterns, that is, for the same rabbit, I can make her show different expressions.

I believe that some people would like to collect a series. I will provide the patterns, and you can provide the embroiderers and fabrics. Jinxiufang and I will split the profits 30% to 70%. You can think about it or ask your boss. "

Madam Chen looked at the girl in front of her who was only thirteen or fourteen years old. She could speak so sharply and make herself unable to refuse. This girl was too smart.

Use more tricks to keep yourself hooked, as long as you want tricks, and launch new products every month, which can also boost Jinxiufang's popularity and business.

"Miss Zhang, I am only the shopkeeper in the town. I cannot make the decision here, but I can send the embroidered handkerchief to the boss in the city and let him decide. Then you can come back in five days. If the boss disagrees, you can only embroider it and sell it to us."

"Okay, Madam Chen, I have someone here who is embroidering handkerchiefs. I wonder if you can still accept the embroidered handkerchiefs later."

"That's no problem. Regardless of whether you cooperate or not, I'd like to get more. Just send it over."