Dressed as a young lady, she became rich by relying on Pinxixi

Writing was difficult at first and she was a slow learner.

But my aunt said that there was plenty of paper and ink at home, and she wanted to practice it, and she would be able to do it after she finished practicing.

Ever since she received the same four treasures of the study as her younger brother, Xu Nianyue has especially cherished the opportunity given to her by her aunt to learn calligraphy.

"Sales revenue is two taels. You should record it as two thousand here. Our default unit is 'wen'."

"There are two lines here for cost of goods sold. The top line is for materials, that is, the price of fabric and duck down, as well as needlework, and the bottom line is for labor..." "Then, calculate the profit?"

Let’s talk about the gross profit first. Anyway, they are still a small business and not at the level where the government will collect commercial taxes, so we won’t increase it for the time being.

One piece of cloth can make four quilts.

Just a rough estimate, including needle and thread and duck down, the material cost is one hundred coins.

My sister-in-law said that her labor and materials were priced the same, which was also one hundred coins.

Xu Nianyue spent the whole afternoon calculating and finally figured out that she could earn 800 coins for a quilt.

"Oh my God..." Xu Nianyue grabbed the pile of waste paper she used for practice, gestured, and couldn't believe it.

"Okay." Seeing that she had figured it out, Xu Siyu grabbed a small copper coin and handed it to her. "I'll give you half as wages, and the other half is hard work money for the family. Is that okay with you?"

Xu Siyu was still testing Xu Nianyue's character, but this girl did not disappoint her. She did not care about it and just nodded happily.

One hundred Wen! Xu Nianyue is sixteen years old now, and this is the first time she has received so much money, and she earned it herself.

She knew that by following her aunt, she could drink broth and eat meat.

After delivering the firewood, Xu Chengqi went home with a bag of copper coins, and was also very happy.

"Just those duck feathers are worth so much?" Housekeeper He Xiangmei counted them and found that it was indeed a hundred copper coins, so she asked.

Apart from those used for our own use, we have been collecting duck feathers sporadically recently. All in all, it only cost us a dozen copper coins, not even a day's work of farming.

Xu Chengqi nodded and said, "My aunt said that my younger sister made quilts and sold them in town. She will give us a share of the profits after the sales."

Xu Chengqi was still a little disappointed. It was also because the harvest was not good this year, so there were fewer ducks to eat. Otherwise, they could have harvested more.

But the New Year is coming soon, so he can still run and harvest again. If not, he can raise some at home in the spring.

He Xiangmei agreed to this profitable task and quickly assigned it to her daughter-in-law Luo Caixuan to remember.

Except for the work in the fields, He Xiangmei can delegate everything. Now, she has become a mother-in-law and is just waiting to hold her grandchildren.

The down quilt business was launched, and Xu Nianyue set up a stall and became more and more active in selling the down quilts to everyone she met. Unfortunately, most of the people living around Yunyang Town had trouble getting enough food, and were simply reluctant to buy a quilt that cost one or two taels.

For them, as long as they have reed catkins and straw and stay in the house by the fire, they can live a good life.

Of course, there were wealthy families in Yunyang Town, but they either went to the county or had servants go out to collect daily necessities for them. These servants would not wander to the edge of town to buy a quilt.

The advantage of the road in front of the door is that it is accessible to horses and carriages. The last time I was able to sell it was because of the opportunity brought by the passing horse-drawn carriages.

As long as you are ready, the opportunity will come again.

In the twelfth lunar month, it unexpectedly snowed every day in Yunyang Town. In this weather, fewer people went out, and those who were still outside had no choice but to go out.

Although business was not good, Xu Nianyue was not too discouraged. She still set up a stall every time there was a market, since the stall was right at her doorstep anyway.

A team of escorts passed by, and Xu Nianyue recognized one of them as the coachman from that day. She excitedly greeted him and asked her if she wanted to buy some more quilts.

"Do you know this girl?" The escort leader slowed down the team and asked.

The driver replied, "I don't know him. But last time, Zhao Si's wife took her son to the city for medical treatment. When they passed by here, her son wet his mattress, so she bought two new ones from this shop. Boss, this shop is dishonest. Their goods are very expensive. That quilt cost one tael of silver. Only Zhao Si's wasteful wife would be willing to spend so much for her son."

These escorts, who were out for ten days or half a month, could not even earn a tael after each trip. They only made two trips a month, but that was less than what they could earn from selling two quilts.

Xu Nianyue didn't know that they were making fun of her and continued to greet people enthusiastically.

Since the quilt was difficult to sell, she took two large vests, chased the driver and continued to sell them.

This girl is quite brave.

She stopped the escort team from marching, and she actually sold a few vests.

Because she wants to make money, Xu Nianyue's needlework is very dense, and the work looks good and marketable.

Some of the men in the escort team felt sympathy for the girl who was still doing business in such a cold weather, while others believed what she said, that the vest was warm and cold-resistant.

One penny of silver was still affordable for bachelors like them, and they could take the vest home to honor their parents.

The cost of the vest was twenty wen. Xu Nianyue earned ten wen in wages for each vest she sold, and her family could also earn ten wen. So she tried very hard to sell it, using all the arguments she could think of. In the end, she sold seven vests, and left with a bag full of copper coins, smiling.

After two transactions, the benefits came out and the third transaction came soon.

It was not a market day, so a passing escort team knocked on the door of the Xu family's courtyard and bought the remaining vests and quilts.

One winter, four hundred and twenty coins. Xu Nianyue counted the wages she received and she was really happy.

It may not seem like much to others, but it is a huge sum of money to her.

She followed Xu Siyu to the town, where she had meat for three meals a day, could sew clothes to earn money, and could also learn to write and keep accounts. In the past, she had never dared to imagine that her life would be like this.

She thought that only by getting married and leaving the Xu family who treated her like a waste could she have a good life, just like her elder sister.

But this year, she felt that she could live a good life without getting married.

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With the combined business of Xiangmanlou and Yuehualou, the Lin family wanted to increase the quantity of pastries, but Xu Siyu refused.

The pastries have never been made without human hands. One thousand cakes in ten days is the limit of one person's productivity nowadays. She is not stupid enough to only care about economy and not logic.

Lin Yiqing was busy with business interactions in other counties and had not appeared in Yunyang Town for three months. When he appeared again, he still urged Xu Siyu to make more pastries to satisfy him.

"Limited edition?"

"Yeah. Scarcity makes things valuable. No matter how delicious a cake is, it's just a snack. If you eat too much, you'll eventually get tired of it."

"But that will be a long time in the future. Xiangmanlou's agate meat has been sold for forty years and is still the most popular dish in the restaurant."

"Really?" Xu Siyu remembered that she was still living in this conservative and slow-paced world, not the 21st century where there were several press conferences in the time it took to drink a sip of water.