After crossing, I have the space to bring my baby to make a fortune

Chapter 17 Buying Clothes

"Why don't you, little lady, take a look at our linen cloth? It's also very good! If you buy five pieces, the linen cloth will also be delivered to your home."

When the shopkeeper saw Bai Yao dazed, he was not embarrassed at all and directly introduced him to Bai Yao.

"How much does a piece of linen cost?"

"The cloth in our bureau is all 13 meters long, so it is rare for a young lady to buy it one by one. Satin is precious and costs 20 taels per bolt, linen is 5 taels per bolt, and burlap is one tael per bolt. If you buy it by the meter

If you come to calculate it, that’s another matter.”

The shopkeeper didn't think Bai Yao was ignorant and said patiently.

What Bai Yao didn't expect was that a piece of cloth was 13 meters long! No wonder it was so expensive in this small town.

"A ten-year-old girl, an eight-year-old boy, and a four-year-old girl. How much cloth do they need to make three sets of clothes?"

Bai Yao is indeed a novice in this regard. She wears modern clothes with her hair down. She never thought that one day she would buy cloth to make clothes.

"If you have three sets of children's clothes, it would take about three meters to make one set of clothes if it is one meter tall. If you have three sets of clothes, it would be nine meters. One piece of cloth can make about four sets of children's clothes.

Ten-year-old girls generally grow faster than boys. One horse can make three sets, and the other little ladies can take care of it."

The shopkeeper said while fiddling with the abacus.

Bai Yao understood after listening.

"Does the shopkeeper know any embroiderers? I don't know how to sew clothes."

Bai Yao asked awkwardly.

The shopkeeper and the waiter were both stunned to see that there was a young lady who didn't know how to be a popular girl.

"Yes, I wonder how many pieces of cloth the young lady wants?"

"Just four bolts of silk and five bolts of linen."

As soon as Bai Yao finished speaking, the shopkeeper and the waiter were both shocked. They were a little embarrassed, thinking that this young lady couldn't afford silk.

Bai Yao has already thought about it. It's almost autumn. It doesn't matter if you add more clothes. Wear satin on the inside and linen on the outside. No one else can see it.

"A total of one hundred and five taels. Since you are our first big customer in the past six months, I will give you one hundred and five taels. What do you think of the shoe materials?"

The shopkeeper said to Bai Yao with a cheerful smile.

"I just asked the shopkeeper's embroidery lady..."

"If you don't mind, little lady, my embroiderer is an excellent one. You see, the clothes I have are made by my embroiderer."

The shopkeeper said with a happy face.

Bai Yao looked at the clothes on the shopkeeper's body and saw that he was indeed an excellent embroiderer.

"I want my sister-in-law to make these four pieces of satin for me, one for a ten-year-old girl, one for an eight-year-old boy, one for a four-year-old girl, and three sets for me. Is that okay?"

"This... is too much. If I don't mind it, I'll ask my best friend to make it together."

There were twelve sets in total, and he was afraid that his wife would suffer from eye injuries.

"Okay, what about the price?"

"Since you bought so much cloth in our store, we won't charge you any money, but I hope that the lady will think of our Clothing Bureau when she wants to buy more cloth!"

The shopkeeper laughed and said, "I made a lot of money today. I'm sure she won't mind if I show the money to my wife."

When the time comes, just give some broken silver to my wife’s friends.

"Okay, I'll tell you the size tomorrow, and I'll pack the remaining five pieces of linen and send them to West Road."

She rented a donkey cart from Bai Cartman and had it delivered to her doorstep, fearing that the villagers would criticize her.

"okay"

After happily completing the transaction, Bai Yao went to the market.

I bought another big basket, vegetables and meat, and when I saw peanut candies and mung bean cakes on the road, I bought some more. I also bought some good candles and two oil lamps.

Oops! I forgot to customize the quilt.

She asked if there was any cotton with a try mentality. What a coincidence, there was cotton! As far as she knew, there was no cotton in ancient times.

Carrying the basket on her back, she found a place to buy cotton. She asked the shopper and found that there was only one store in town that sold cotton, and she was new to the town.

The quilts at home are all made of catkins. She is really...

As soon as I entered, I heard a noise.

"You didn't even tell me you wanted twenty taels of silver when you bought it! I don't want it anymore!"

"Auntie, this cotton is hard to come by, and it's already played. How can you just say you don't want it?"

"Anyway, I just don't want it anymore! I can buy four pieces of cloth for twenty taels of silver, but you're just robbing me with just two quilts!"

"I told you how much a pound of cotton cost, as well as the labor cost, how could you do this!"

"Hmph, who knew it would cost so much to pop out a quilt? I don't want it anymore!"

After saying this, the aunt left in a hurry.

Two people were left sighing.

Bai Yao was overjoyed when he heard that the quarrel inside was over. There was something wrong that could be picked up!

"Hello, I just heard that these two quilts cost twenty taels of silver? Can I have them?"

As soon as the woman left, Bai Yao walked in and said.

The man and the woman looked like a couple. When they heard Bai Yao's words, the couple beamed.

“It’s OK, it’s OK”

The two arrived quickly.

"Since you can stretch cotton, will you make quilts directly from the fabric?"

Bai Yao didn't want to take the quilt back and lie down directly on the elastic cotton.

"If you want it, you can, but the fabric and handwork will cost an additional five taels of silver."

The man said with a serious look on his face, as if he was afraid of suffering a loss.

"No problem, this is twenty-five taels of silver. If time is fast, I will wait here."

Seeing that Bai Yao had taken out enough money, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not afraid of girls' jokes. In the half month since we moved to the town, we have already encountered two aunts who came over to make reservations and then refused to take them. One even took the quilt and said she would go home to get money, but they disappeared."

The woman came to smooth things over for her man, saying that she had not forgotten to seal the quilt.

"People's hearts are unpredictable"

Bai Yao said lightly, as soon as she traveled through time, she found that the quality of most villagers needed to be improved.

"Oh, I'm really scared. Sister, you don't know that my husband-in-law discovered this cotton in southern Xinjiang. He thought it could be used as a substitute for catkins to make quilts, so he hired people to collect it in large quantities.

Later, people from the government took notice and contracted that area. We didn't dare to sell there, so we came all the way to this town. We thought the scenery in this town was good and wanted to settle down here."

The woman spoke to Bai Yao heartily about her husband's unreasonableness.

"Since it was contracted by the government, how did you bring so much cotton? When the cotton is gone, won't you lose your income?"

Bai Yao said doubtfully.

It is really hard to travel such a long distance from southern Xinjiang. With ancient technology, it would take more than a month to travel from southern Xinjiang by horse-drawn carriage.

"We hired workers to collect a lot, but we were kicked out before we could sell it. Then my husband used a method to transport several carts out.

After I went to a county, I wanted to make a living there, but the county was doing fixed businesses, and it was really difficult to sell our new gadget.

It can be broken but it can’t be broken. My husband will plant the seeds and bring them out, but I don’t have the money to buy the land. I want to start making a dozen quilts.”

The woman sighed and said.

"Are you willing to cooperate? You don't have to worry about the land and sales. You just teach people to plant. When the first batch of cotton matures, just teach them to play quilts."

Bai Yao's eyes lit up, wouldn't this money just come? Cotton is an indispensable thing in modern times!

She didn't expect cotton to be so scarce, and she only discovered it now.

In the future, you can make a fortune by selling quilts. In ancient times, I don’t know how many people froze to death in winter!

If she produces cotton in large quantities, cotton can be made into not only quilts but also cotton-padded jackets!

Nowadays, most people use catkins, animal skins or kangs to survive the winter.

If cotton is produced in large quantities, not so many people will freeze to death, which is a great benefit for the country and the people.

The couple were stunned when they heard Bai Yao's words, and the man frowned even more.

"No"

The man said resolutely, this woman is just like those people in the government! She wants to eat him until there is no bone left.

Originally he had good intentions and wanted to promote cotton, but the government officials were afraid that he would use his wife to threaten him if he did not cooperate.

After living in southern Xinjiang for so long, he has never suffered such a loss, but the people did not fight with the officials and ran away after rescuing the wife.

After seeing the faces of those people clearly, his heart dropped, but he was glad that he didn't teach those people.

(End of chapter)