Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 136 Don't Let Qiuhong Make Clothes

Seeing Liu Xuer's behavior like this, Liu Ya knew in her heart that there must be something wrong with the fabric, so she asked, "Sister, what else can you and I not talk about? Is it because the fabric is not enough? Or is it that sister Qiuhong can't do what you want?" What style do you want?"

"Well, the fabric is not enough." Liu Xu'er said slowly: "Sister Qiuhong said that the material of the dress is too short, and the skirt can't pinch a few pleats. The clothes are sewn with a variegated collar. , The cuffs can be done well, but if the skirt has fewer pleats, it will not look good."

Liu Ya frowned upon hearing this.When she bought the fabric, she specifically asked Wu Guihua clearly that these two pieces of material must be enough to make clothes for Liu Xu'er's figure.Unless the tailor's workmanship is not good, the seam is too big, or the thread is crooked, it will definitely not be enough.

Liu Ya said directly: "Sister, has the fabric been cut? If not, take it back. I'll ask someone else tomorrow."

"It's not cut, it's not cut, but I put it with sister Qiuhong, so it's not easy to take it back and say no." Liu Xu'er said with a look of embarrassment.

Liu Ya thought for a while and asked, "What did sister Qiuhong say? You asked me to come back?"

Liu Xu'er said: "Well, Sister Qiuhong said that maybe it's not that you bought less for the sake of cheapness. It's probably because the cloth sellers are not kind. When you measure the ruler, the measurement is off. You can't tell if it's missing by an inch or two. , but it simply wasn’t enough when it came to tailoring.”

When Liu Ya heard this, her heart was blocked.She had never met that sister Qiu Hong, but she had seen Wu Guihua.In addition, the vegetables Qiu Hong sold to Liu Xu'er were all rotten, so Liu Ya's impression of Qiu Hong was not very good.Therefore, now Liu Ya would rather trust Wu Guihua, who had done business with her, than Qiuhong.

Liu Ya asked again: "Did Qiuhong say, what should I do? Can I make clothes if I don't have enough? If I can't do it, why do you want you to leave the material with her?"

"Sister Qiuhong said that she can do it." Liu Xu'er nodded persistently, and said, "Sister Qiuhong said that she still has a piece of cloth at home, which is similar to the material of my clothes, and she can add it to me. But..."

"It's the cost of the fabric, right?" Liu Ya immediately thought of this.

Liu Xu'er nodded, and said: "Sister Qiuhong said, she won't count me as expensive, she will count it as the price of a cloth head. Her piece of material is two and a half feet, and she said that when she bought it, it was 35 yuan per foot. For the money, she will give me 25 Wen. I don’t want the half-foot, so I will pay [-] Wen.”

Liu Ya frowned upon hearing this.She had asked about the price of the fabric, and the good-looking color of the homemade fabric was only 22 cents a foot, and although she hadn't asked about the mid-range fabric, it was only [-] to [-] cents a foot.But the cloth head is not calculated in this way at all, and it is basically sold by the piece.

It's like the fabric Liu Ya bought, the two pieces of good fabric she picked for Liu Xu'er were only 120 renminbi, and the total was about ten feet, so it was enough to make a dress for her.All in all, a foot of cloth is only about ten yuan.

But this Qiuhong is only two and a half feet long, so asking Liu Xuer to give her fifty Wen, isn't it too unkind?
Although she calculated clearly in her heart, Liu Ya didn't get angry immediately.Instead, she asked Liu Xuer, "How about the handwork fee? She makes you clothes, so she has to pay some handwork fee."

Liu Xu'er said: "Sister Qiuhong has a good relationship with me, so she won't charge too much. She said that it takes three days to make a dress in a hurry during the day and night; It was a lot of work, so it took two days. During these five days, she had to light the oil lamp at night, which was a waste of eyes and oil, and she said that it would be enough to count the oil for me, and asked me to give her 110 Wen."

Liu Ya sneered secretly when she heard this.This autumn red sold Liu Xu'er a two-and-a-half-foot piece of cloth for 110 yuan, and the handmade cost of this suit was [-] yuan, which is not expensive.But the price is definitely not cheap.

Think about Liu Xu'er doing laundry for others, and earning only a few tens of pennies a month.One piece of clothes that Qiuhong can make can be worth Liu Xuer's three-month wash.If such an algorithm is used, then Liu Xu'er will not be able to afford a new dress after working all year round.

Liu Ya simply said: "Sister, haven't daddy and Xiao Shuer's clothes been made yet? How about this, you go to Qiuhong's house tomorrow and get the fabric back. I'll find a skilled tailor and make three sets of clothes together Yes, the price can be cheaper."

"This..." Liu Xu'er looked embarrassed, and said, "I told Sister Qiuhong that if this dress is finished, she will also make the other two. It would be bad if I brought it back now."

Liu Ya stopped for a moment, seeing that Liu Xu'er didn't know what to say.With her temper, why is she still trying to save face?Maybe Qiuhong deliberately asked Liu Xuer to be so expensive because she knew Liu Xuer would be like this.

"Forget it, big sister, I'll go tomorrow." Liu Ya didn't intend to embarrass Liu Xu'er, but she didn't want to suffer from being dumb, knowing that it was expensive, but still sticking to it. Do you think it's too much money?
Liu Xu'er was a little anxious, she pressed Liu Ya's hand and said, "Ya'er, Sister Qiu Hong and I have always been good friends, don't... don't embarrass her."

Liu Ya was stunned for a moment before she understood Liu Xu'er's meaning. Maybe Liu Xu'er thought that she was going to use force?
Liu Ya couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, big sister, I'm not such an unreasonable person. I don't know Qiuhong well, and we don't have any grudges or enmities. I won't fight with her. It's just asking for our own fabrics. Just come back, if the price is negotiated, I will do it with her, and if it is not suitable, I will take the fabric back, it is a matter of course, why is it embarrassing."

Liu Xu'er's expression changed when she heard this, and she muttered, "So, do you think sister Qiuhong's work is expensive?"

"It's expensive." Liu Ya simply didn't go around in circles, anyway, she and Liu Xu'er are a family, so can she still be tricked?Liu Yadao: "Although I don't know how much it costs to make a dress, but the handwork is more expensive than the cost of buying fabrics, it must be unreasonable. So I said to ask someone else, Even if it’s shopping, it’s better to shop around.”

After hearing this, Liu Xu'er had no words to refute.But judging by her expression, she probably felt that she agreed to Qiu Hong to make clothes today, and let Liu Ya ask for it tomorrow, which would be a shame.

Liu Ya didn't speak any more, just said: "Sister, it's getting late, I have other plans tomorrow morning, you've been tired all day, go to sleep."

"Well, good. Let's all go to bed." After Liu Xu'er finished speaking, she got up from Kang Yan'er, turned around and went out.

Liu Ya went out with Liu Xu'er, went to the shed at the back and brought a small bathtub over, filled it with water and took a simple shower, and then she was ready to fall asleep.

(End of this chapter)