The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Suxiufang and Xiuyunfang have been fighting for so many years, and he knows the woman from Xiuyunfang too well.

She does things to the extreme. If she knew about this, there would be no hope!

Lu Qingqing didn't expect him to give such a high price. After being surprised, she said gratefully:

"Uncle Cheng, you are a good man and I am so grateful for your willingness to help me.

Don't worry, I will control the quality and stabilize the quantity in future supply."

Seeing her like this, Manager Cheng was satisfied.

This child is knowledgeable and interesting. If you flatter her, she will accept it.

Moreover, she is not stage-frightened at such a young age. Although she is a girl, she is much more capable than the boy in his family.

After the two parties agreed on the most important price, they discussed details such as delivery time.

When leaving, Manager Cheng smiled and sent Lu Qingqing and the other two to the carriage.

After leaving the street, the three did not go directly out of the city.

Instead, he went to another street where there were also several small clothing and cloth shops.

Lu Qingqing looked around and finally chose a shop called Chenji Cloth Shop.

The shop is not big, with only one owner and one waiter.

Seeing the three people come in, the waiter greeted them warmly.

Having just been to the grand Suxiu Textile Shop, even Li Rui couldn't help but relax when he came to the smaller Chenji Cloth Shop.

As usual, Lu Qingqing looked through the fabrics in the shop with the help of the waiter.

Chenji Cloth Shop mainly sells various types of relatively cheap fabrics, and its customer base is mostly ordinary people.

The best material in the store is just ordinary quality silk.

The purpose of Lu Qingqing's visit to this house was to get a small amount of silk material of slightly lower quality.

This time she went straight to the point and asked the shopkeeper whether he would accept silk fabrics.

Unlike Suxiufang, Chenji Cloth Shop does not have its own looms. All the materials in the shop are purchased from outside.

The shopkeeper asked about Lu Qingqing's production and agreed after learning that everyone in their village raised silkworms and wove silk.

When Lu Qingqing took out the material, the shopkeeper took a look at it, was very satisfied, and said he could accept it.

But the price offered was too low. The shopkeeper was only willing to give five taels of silver for the piece of material in Lu Qingqing's hand.

Those of slightly lower quality were priced at four and a half taels of silver.

She bargained with the shopkeeper and finally agreed to purchase the material of slightly lower quality for five taels of silver.

After the two parties agreed on the specific details of the supply, Lu Qingqing and the other two left.

On the way back, Li Rui didn't expect that Lu Qingqing had actually negotiated such a big deal. He was so excited that he could hardly sit still.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing was worried that the guy would overturn the car, so she quickly asked Qin Lang to take over driving.

After Li Ruikong made his move, he sat directly next to Lu Qingqing and said happily:

"Daya, is this how you made the deal?

When I heard the waiter and the shopkeeper’s refusal, I wanted to leave.

I didn't expect you to still dare to continue talking. That's amazing!

Does this mean that we can also collect silk in Baoshan Town in the future?

Haha, let's see how that village chief Wu can still control the villagers!"

Then he said with some indignation:

"According to this, Wu Lichang can earn at least one or two taels of silver for each piece of silk.

Even though he was making so much money, he still found all kinds of faults and tried to lower the price, taking advantage of the villagers by buying silk.

This guy is so cunning and evil!

Speaking of which, even if we exclude the time spent on raising silkworms and reeling silk, we can only talk about weaving silk on a loom.

The women in the village worked hard for a month and could only weave two pieces.

This also includes the cost of dyes and renting looms.

"That village chief Wu just collects and gives away the goods, yet he's not satisfied with the little he earns. He's really a ruthless person."

Lu Qingqing also nodded.

"Yes, he was only willing to pay three and a half taels for the silk that Sister Meng wove, but it could be sold for six or seven taels.

This guy is almost making a 50-50 profit, he's really greedy!"

The two chatted for a while until it was almost dark, and then the three of them returned to Baoshan Town.

At this time, everyone in the camp was still working.

When Lu Tianming saw them come back, he hurried forward to ask.

Lu Qingqing recounted the general course of events.

After listening to this, Lu Tianming nodded in appreciation.

"Okay, great! Once we get this done, it will be easier for us to find people to build the house!"

After saying this, he thought for a moment and continued:

"Daya, you made this happen, so this business will be yours from now on.

If you want to do it, you must have a plan for success in mind.

Things like which store you sell to and how much you sell it for are not something you can tell anyone else, not even to people close to you in the team.

After all, in the future, people in the team will inevitably raise silkworms, reel silk and weave silk.

If they knew your selling price, it would inevitably cause some trouble, you know?"

Lu Qingqing nodded.

Qin Lang and Li Rui, who were following beside them, also nodded seriously.

Li Rui also assured: "Don't worry, Daya, I will definitely not tell anyone, not even Master!"

Lu Tianming smiled and glanced at Li Rui, then continued:

"Also, since you're planning on doing this, have you decided how much you'd like to pay for the silk?"

Lu Qingqing thought for a moment before saying:

"According to the quality of the silk, medium quality is charged at four and a half ounces of silver per piece.

For high-quality ones, we buy them at 5.5 taels per piece.

As for the worst quality ones, they are sold at three and a half taels per piece.

This price is basically half a tael higher than the original price set by Wu Lichang.

I have an agreement with Manager Cheng to send him one hundred rolls of silk at the beginning of every month.

We've just started here, and if we don't pay higher, I'm afraid we won't be able to collect all the money."

Lu Tianming nodded.

“That’s right, everything is difficult at the beginning.

After the work is stopped, I will talk to the villagers.

Ask them to promote you when they go to the village to get vegetables tomorrow.

As long as they know that you charge a high price, they won’t have to worry about not getting the silk.

Daya, I think this business is good.

If you work hard in the future, your life will be fine!

By the way, this piece of silk is not cheap, and you probably don’t have much money.

I'll ask Shuhe to send you some money later so you can make ends meet."

After hearing this, Lu Qingqing quickly refused:

"No, no, I have enough money."

Hearing Lu Tianming's words that he always cared about her, and remembering his protection during the journey of fleeing famine, Lu Qingqing was deeply moved.

"Uncle Tianming, thank you so much!"

Lu Tianming's reaction after hearing this was similar to that of all traditional Chinese parents who are shy about intimacy. He scratched his head shyly and said:

"Well, why are we talking about this among ourselves?

Besides, to be honest, I have a lot to thank you for!

Because of what Village Chief Wu did, I've been worried about finding anyone these days.

Look, you solved the problem for me!"

Lu Qingqing smiled and changed the subject:

"By the way, did Shuhe and his brother find help out?"

The smile on Lu Tianming's face paused.

“No, it seems like Xingjia Village got the news in advance, and everyone left after hearing it.

When Shu and the others returned, they found no one.

Lu Qingqing asked again: "What about the village?"