At the beginning of the famine, I became famous all over the world with my useless system

Lin Qing gave her a soothing smile and explained the four paintings of plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum and their imagery to Manager Xu, who actually felt his blood boiling after hearing it.

He couldn't bear to think about how crazy the students at Songyang Academy would go if this handkerchief was put on display!

Shopkeeper Xu swallowed his saliva and said excitedly, "Miss, no matter how many handkerchiefs you have, I'll take them all! We can negotiate the price!"

Lin Yuanxin had thought that things would go on for a while, but she didn't expect them to go so smoothly. She felt a little embarrassed that she hadn't considered these things at all.

"Sorry, boss, I was afraid no one would buy them, so I only made these four. As for the price..."

Shopkeeper Xu saw her embarrassed expression which she did not hide at all, and wondered if this little girl was pretending to be a pig and trying to strike back, or was she really that naive?

Well, no matter what the reason is, he can't just give this business to others!

He had been running a cloth shop in the town all his life, but he had never seen such a beautiful handkerchief, not to mention the young men in other cloth shops who had never seen such a beautiful handkerchief.

Instead of letting those people get the handkerchief and make you jealous, it is better to spend a high price to accept it yourself!

So he quickly adjusted his mood and said, "Ah, that's really a pity. But I believe in your embroidery skills, young lady. I will accept these for now. When you finish embroidering, please send them to me later!"

Shopkeeper Xu turned to look at Lin Qing, who was in charge, and said, "Madam, I'm telling you the truth. If it were just for the embroidery, I'd be willing to pay any amount. It's just a pity that the material used is too ordinary, so... the price will definitely be discounted."

"Of course, we intend to do business with you for a long time and will never compete for a short-term advantage."

Shopkeeper Xu was even happier when he heard Lin Qing say this. After praising him sincerely for a few times, he said with some embarrassment:

"Then I can only charge you ten cents for this handkerchief. If we can change the cloth, the price can be negotiated. Is that okay with you?"

Seeing the shopkeeper so approachable, and hearing that the handkerchief could be sold at such a high price, Lin Yuanxin almost couldn't help screaming, and became more suspicious that everything he knew was fake.

After all, she had heard her mother say since she was a child that the businessmen in the town were the most cunning and deceitful, and only knowledgeable people like the village head could deal with them. If they came to sell embroidery themselves, they would definitely be cheated.

There were people in the village who wanted to bypass the village head and come to the town to discuss business on their own, but when they asked for the price, they found that it was more than half cheaper than what the village head charged, so they had to go home in shame.

But today they found that this was not the case. Could it be that they had been deceived from the beginning?

Lin Qing was a little dissatisfied with the price, but she knew that if it weren't for Xiaoxin's exquisite embroidery skills, this piece of cloth would most likely be thrown away as rags.

By this calculation, it was already very conscientious of Manager Xu to give ten cents.

Lin Yuanxin was lost in her thoughts until Lin Qing patted her on the shoulder and she came back to her senses. She smiled and said, "I'm sorry, I can't make the decision on this matter. This is my child's hard-earned embroidery, so I have to listen to her."

Shopkeeper Xu was very surprised when he heard this.

As for children, aren’t they all raised by their parents? Isn’t everything their parents’?

Besides, this girl doesn't look like she's even a teenager, so it's not her turn to speak at home, right?

I thought the lady was just being polite and must be dissatisfied with the price and wanted to raise it further, but I didn't expect Lin Yuanxin to take over the conversation so naturally.

"Thank you for your approval, shopkeeper. I think the price is fine. If you think my embroidery is okay, why don't we also order the ready-made clothes?"

Lin Qing looked at Lin Yuanxin with some surprise, and couldn't help but give her a thumbs up and praised her: "Xiao Xin, you didn't let the money get to your head, and you still remembered our purpose. That's great!"

Shopkeeper Xu then remembered the matter of ready-made clothes. After carefully observing the three people, he suddenly realized that although the fabrics of their clothes were very rough, they were all sewn with great ingenuity.

For example, their cuffs and trouser legs were specially tightened, but they were not simply wrapped with cloth like those peasants who did rough work. Instead, no one knew what method was used.

Shopkeeper Xu was genuinely curious, but he forced himself to suppress his curiosity.

"Okay, okay, that's easy to talk about. When you come next time, bring the clothes with you and we can discuss the price then, okay?

"After all, I haven't seen anything real except these handkerchiefs, so I can't afford to lose out, right?"

Lin Qing nodded, thinking that what Manager Xu said made sense. After all, they had achieved their initial goal today, and there was still time to negotiate the price next time.

"Then please, boss, please select a piece of cloth that you want to make into a garment and tell us where to buy the thread."

Lin Yuanxin was a little confused.

Aunt Lin has clearly already cut the pattern, so why is she spending extra money to buy cloth from the shopkeeper?

She didn't understand, but Manager Xu was grinning from ear to ear.

Seeing that Lin Qing was so sensible, his liking for her increased dramatically.

Originally, he wanted to give Lin Qing a piece of cloth so that she could make clothes, but then he realized that he had to leave a way out for himself!

Not to mention whether she could make the ready-made clothes, if they took the cloth and never came back, wouldn't she be taken advantage of for nothing?

Unexpectedly, this lady solved the problem directly for herself.

Shopkeeper Xu was beaming, but he still had to be polite. He said, "Madam, you're making clothes for my shop. How can I have the nerve to ask you to pay for the cloth? But...

"But since you've already mentioned it, I can't refuse your kindness. So why don't I give you a 30% discount? As for the thread..."

Shopkeeper Xu walked behind the counter and took out a wooden box. After unlocking it, he found all kinds of threads inside.

"I run a cloth shop. If I ask you to buy the thread somewhere else, wouldn't it be laughed at by others? I believe these things will shine in the hands of young ladies, so I'm giving them to you as a meeting gift!"

After saying this, Shopkeeper Xu opened the small drawer under the wooden box and saw a few pieces of high-quality rags inside.

"These are also troublesome for the girl."

Seeing Aunt Lin nodding to him secretly, Lin Yuanxin stepped forward to accept the wooden box and said, "Thank you very much, boss."

After paying the bill, the three of them walked quickly towards the city gate station, but they waited for nearly half an hour and no bus came. Gu Sihe asked around and found out that all the morning buses had left, and that if they wanted to return to Songsi Village, they would have to wait until the afternoon at the earliest.

Lin Qing glanced at the time. It was only a little after ten o'clock. Where were they going to spend these long hours?

Gu Sihe clapped his hands and said, "Mom, then can we go to the house and take a look?"

Lin Qing clapped his hands and said, "Yes, Sihe is right. Let's go!"

Lin Yuanxin was quite surprised to hear that they actually had a house in the town.

Gu Sihe excitedly began to tell her about Lin Qing's heroic past. Lin Yuanxin opened her mouth wide after hearing it, and looked at Lin Qing with even more admiration.

The person involved was very embarrassed and wished he could find a hole to crawl into.

She finally understood how it felt for her idol to hear fans flatter her in person!