My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 21 Cloth Sales

When Xiao Ningyue learned that Xu Qin invited her to dinner, she was very happy and immediately went back home.

She took a special bath, put on rouge and lipstick, put on a sachet, and changed into new clothes and jewelry.

Xiao Ningyue was grateful to Xu Qin. As long as Xu Qin did not take all of her family's wealth, she would give it to him. No matter what, she needed to leave some for her younger brothers and sisters, as these were left by their father.

When noon came, Xiao Ningyue immediately picked up a wooden box, got on the carriage, and headed straight for Cuiyueju.

When they arrived at Cuiyueju, Xiao Ningyue, led by the waiter, came to the box where Xu Qin was. At this moment, Xu Qin was sitting there, drinking tea from a cup, thinking about something.

"Master, Miss Xiao is here!" Shiyue reminded.

"Oh, Miss Xiao is here, please sit down!" Xu Qin came back to his senses and said to Xiao Ningyue who had just come in.

"Thank you, Mr. Xu!" Xiao Ningyue sat down and looked at Xu Qin with gentle eyes.

When Shiyue saw her look, she was surprised. She also noticed that she was not dressed like this when she saw her in the morning. It was also obvious that Xiao Ningyue had taken a shower.

Shiyue was upset at the moment. This woman really wanted to take advantage of her young master.

"Everyone get out!" Xu Qin said.

"Young Master!" Shiyue didn't want to go out and wanted to stare at Xiao Ningyue.

Xu Qin turned his head and looked at Shiyue, who immediately saluted and said, "Yes, Master!"

Soon, Shiyue and the guards went out.

Xiao Ningyue placed the box on the table, opened it and said, "Mr. Xu, here is a list of all my Xiao family's assets, including farmland and the house in my hometown. I calculated it to be about 800,000 taels. Mr. Xu, please take whatever you like!"

As he said this, he pushed the box in front of Xu Qin.

After hearing this, Xu Qin looked at Xiao Ningyue with a smile, and then said calmly: "Do you think my Xu family is so overbearing? Do you think we are so cunning and domineering?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ningyue immediately stood up, knelt down, kowtowed to Xu Qin and said, "I dare not. This time, Master Xu saved my Xiao family from danger. My Xiao family has no way to repay you!"

"Get up and keep it! I still don't think highly of this little money. I called you here today because I have something to discuss with you!" Xu Qin said lightly. If you need money, you can earn it yourself. There is no need to do such a thing.

Besides, if my cloth business is doing well, I can earn back this money in no time.

What's more, how could he not know the current situation in his family? For Zhu Di, fighting before was not a big deal, but robbing the people's property, if those imperial censors knew about it, who knows how they would impeach him!

"Yes, thank you, Mr. Xu. If you need it, you can come and get it anytime. Even if I am a little girl, you can always ask for me!" When Xiao Ningyue said this, she blushed. Xu Qin took after his father and was very handsome.

"Well... no need!" Xu Qin didn't want to say too much on this topic, but took the package next to him and untied it! There were five kinds of floral fabrics inside.

Xu Qin took out the stack of floral fabrics and handed it to Xiao Ningyue, saying, "You have a fabric shop at home and deal with fabrics all the time. I want to ask you, what is the appropriate price per foot for this fabric?"

"Ah?" Xiao Ningyue was shocked when she saw the floral cloth. There was no such cloth on the market. Then she took it, unfolded it, and found that the cloth was more than twice as wide as the cloth on the market.

"Mr. Xu, why is your cloth so wide? Also, how did you print such exquisite patterns on it?" Xiao Ningyue was shocked. She had never seen such floral cloth on the market before.

"Well, the cloth in our family is four feet wide, which is much wider than the one and a half feet wide that you make now. As for how to print and dye... I can't tell you." Xu Qin said while looking at Xiao Ningyue with a smile.

Xiao Ningyue immediately apologized to Xu Qin, "I am sorry for being rude!"

"It's okay, just give me an estimate of a price!" Xu Qin waved his hand and said with a smile.

"Yes, Master Xu, nowadays, a foot of high-quality cloth costs about a hundred coins. And for a cloth with such exquisite patterns and such a wide width, Master Xu, I think it should not be less than four hundred coins. Even four hundred coins will cause a rush for it.

If you calculate it, even if you convert the price based on a width of one foot and a half, a foot long piece of cloth would still cost more than two hundred and sixty coins. However, wider cloth can reduce waste of materials, so it can be worth at least three hundred coins.

But the pattern of the cloth is so beautiful, and, at present, only the Xu family has it, so the price can be raised by 100 coins, or even 200 coins, and sold at 500 coins per foot!" Xiao Ningyue said what she thought.

After hearing this, Xu Qin nodded.

Xu Qin calculated that the cost of a foot of cloth, from cotton to printing and dyeing, including all costs, was less than a hundred coins per foot. In other words, each piece of cloth was about a hundred feet long, and if sold at Xiao Ningyue's price of four hundred coins per foot, it would be worth about forty taels of silver.

Xu Qin's mansion could produce about 130 pieces of cloth every day, with a value of about 5,200 taels, and a profit of about 4,000 taels, or about 120,000 taels a month.

If you just spin yarn and sell cloth, the monthly profit will be about 50,000 taels. After printing and dyeing, the value will double.

Xiao Ningyue sat there and thought for a moment, then bowed to Xu Qin and said, "Master Xu, I dare to ask you to agree to hand over this cloth to our cloth shop for sale. I don't want any profit. I can even send a carriage to transport this cloth to various cloth shops. You don't need to worry about it.

I have my own selfish motives. If my cloth shop has such high-quality cloth, it can bring high-quality customers to my Xiao family cloth shop and also bring more sales of my own cloth to my Xiao family cloth shop. Please agree, Master Xu!"

After hearing this, Xu Qin looked at Xiao Ningyue with admiration. He had to say that this woman was courageous, had vision, and had a broad mind, but she also spoke the truth.

Xiao Ningyue didn't dare to look at Xu Qin. Xu Qin was thinking about whether the Xiao family cloth shop could sell all the cloth, so he asked: "My house produces about 130 pieces of cloth every day, five kinds of cloth, the rest are here, you can see, can you sell them all?"

Xiao Ningyue looked up at the package on the table, which was full of exquisite fabrics, so she said confidently: "Mr. Xu, you don't know that my Xiao family has fifteen cloth shops all over the country! In Nanjing City, forty or fifty pieces of such high-quality fabrics can be sold every day, maybe even more. Once the nobles and dignitaries like it, they will not buy one or two pieces, but ten or twenty pieces.

No one would dislike such exquisite fabric when you buy it to make clothes.

I just took a quick look at Mr. Xu's fabrics. Three of them can be used to make clothes for women, and two are for men. I don't know if this is correct!"

"Yes!" Xu Qin nodded.

"That's absolutely no problem. Maybe, they're not enough to sell. In fact, if Mr. Xu is willing to lower the price to 350 coins a foot, then the slightly wealthier people will buy it! By then, it's possible to sell a thousand pieces a day!" Xiao Ningyue continued to talk to Xu Qin with her head down.

"Well, take it back and try various ways to deal with the fabrics to see if they will fade or if there will be any other problems!" Xu Qin said with a smile as he pushed the package onto the table.

Xiao Ningyue looked up in surprise, and could hardly believe her ears.

"Someone, serve the food!" Xu Qin shouted outside.

"Yes, young master!" Shiyue responded from outside.

"Keep it and take it home to see it!" Xu Qin said lightly to Xiao Ningyue.

Xiao Ningyue immediately put them away and wrapped the cloth in a package so that no one could see them. After wrapping them, Xiao Ningyue immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin shook his head and smiled bitterly, saying, "No need to kowtow all the time!"

"Yes, but I am still grateful to Mr. Xu. Mr. Xu saved our family and was willing to give such exquisite fabrics to our Xiao family cloth shop to sell. I have no way to repay you. If you don't mind, I will be your slave and serve you!" Xiao Ningyue blushed after saying these words.

"Don't say that. If Shiyue hears it, she will definitely teach you a lesson!" Xu Qin laughed.

"Ah?" Xiao Ningyue looked at Xu Qin in confusion.

At this time, Shiyue pushed open the door, and the waiter of the restaurant came in with the dishes, and Shiyue followed in.

He took the box from the servant next to him and opened it. Inside was a set of exquisite porcelain tableware, including chopsticks, spoons, soup spoons, bowls, vegetable plates, wine glasses, wine cups, tea cups, and mouthwash cups.

Xiao Ningyue stared at Shiyue as she placed the tableware.

Xu Qin was also helpless, knowing that Shiyue did it on purpose. She would never do this before. However, Shiyue was his personal maid, so he would not teach her a lesson in front of outsiders.

Then, another servant came in carrying a few small kettles, one of which was a teapot and the other was a kettle, both of which were warm.

Shiyue poured tea and warm water for Xu Qin, then stood next to him.

After the waiter had placed the dishes, he left respectfully.

"Master, what do you want to eat?" Shiyue picked up a pair of chopsticks and said to Xu Qin.

Xu Qin looked up at Shiyue helplessly. Shiyue lowered her head, just avoiding Xiao Ningyue's gaze, and winked at Xu Qin proudly.

Xiao Ningyue stared at the scene in a daze.

Xu Qin was helpless, Shiyue did it on purpose.

Xiao Ningyue finished the meal in shock. During the meal, it was basically Shiyue who helped Xu Qin pick up the dishes.

After finishing the meal, Xu Qin left and got on the carriage. He grabbed Shiyue and started beating her: "You are so brave. You want the young master to be regarded as a dandy young master who only eats and eats, right?"

"Young Master, you are the eldest son and grandson of the Xu family, you should be noble. This Xiao Ningyue has bad intentions and is targeting you. I have to keep an eye on her for my madam and the future young lady!" Although Shi Yue was beaten, she still said proudly to Xu Qin.

"Go away, the young master still needs your care. You are not allowed to go out with me tomorrow!" Xu Qin said and continued to whip him.

"No, my lady has given an order! Humph!" Shiyue said with a pout.

"Then I'll marry you off!" Xu Qin threatened.

"Master!" Shiyue immediately looked aggrieved.

"Behave yourself, or the master will punish you!" Xu Qin warned Shiyue.

"Oh!" Shiyue nodded honestly and aggrievedly.

After the carriage started moving, Xu Qin sat in it and thought about things.

Three days later, a large number of people went to Xiao's Cloth Shop in Nanjing City because they learned that Xiao's Cloth Shop had produced a high-quality cloth.

(End of this chapter)