Princess of Nongmen

Chapter 599 Buy a lot of handkerchiefs
The old man who sold the umbrella didn't expect Liu Ya to say such a thing, so he believed it, nodded and said, "I'll wait for you for a while."

Liu Ya immediately took out three Wen coins and put them on the stall, saying: "After a stick of incense, if I haven't come back, you can sell it as you like, and the three Wen coins can be regarded as compensation for your loss of this stick of incense time." Yes. I will definitely not turn around and ask you for it. But old man, don’t just take the three pennies and leave, don’t lie to me.”

The old man laughed when he heard this, and said: "My old man is not going to close the stall and leave just because of three Wen. Go ahead, I believe you. If you still don't believe me, you can take the three Wen. I'll just wait for you to burn a stick of incense."

Liu Ya smiled, and said: "That's fine, we trust each other now, and we can still do business together. The money is put aside, I'll go and return soon."

After walking a few steps, Liu Ya turned back and said, "Old man, don't be idle, while I'm going to get things, count those umbrellas, how many are there in total. We can settle accounts later."

After Liu Ya finished speaking, she turned around and ran away.She ran to Wu Guihua's tailor shop in one breath, and asked anxiously as soon as she entered the door: "Sister Osmanthus, do you have any ready-made handkerchiefs here? The ones with fresher colors and embroidered ones are the best, and it's okay if you don't have them."

"Yes, are you buying handkerchiefs?" Wu Guihua smiled when she saw that it was Liu Ya, and said, "I keep all the good-looking cloth heads and cut them into handkerchiefs. Some colors are plain but the material is good. I embroidered a few small flowers, and I'll show you."

Liu Ya said: "I want them all. Sister Osmanthus Flower, you can bring as many handkerchiefs as you like."

"Ah? It's about a hundred yuan, do you want it?" Wu Guihua knew that Liu Ya was a big customer, but there was really no one who could buy so many handkerchiefs at once.

Because poor people don't pay much attention to it, children wipe their noses with their sleeves, and it's all the same if it's dirty.For those who are a little more particular, the girls can sew handkerchiefs by themselves, and few of them come to buy them.She has saved so many handkerchiefs in this shop, that is, the leftover pieces of cloth are too small, and it is a pity to cut them casually, sew them up, and embroider flowers.

Liu Ya nodded and said: "All of them, the more the better, 100 yuan may not be enough. Look at the price, I bought them all."

"This..." Wu Guihua was still surprised, took a dustpan from the shelf beside her, and said, "It's all here, and I haven't counted the exact number. After all, it's made of rags, so it's not worth it." What kind of money. For regular customers who come to buy things in the store, I will give you one or two yuan as an extra. How about this, I will charge you for the thread, after all, it takes some time to sew. Embroidered handkerchiefs Two yuan for a penny, and three yuan for a plain handkerchief without embroidery."

Liu Ya nodded and said, "OK, let's count now."

Wu Guihua said: "It's all mixed together. You pick out the embroidered numbers, and I pick out the unembroidered numbers. Let's count together faster."

Liu Ya nodded and started counting with Wu Guihua.A whole pile of dustpan handkerchiefs were put together in a mess, but when counted, they were all neatly spread together.The two people were quite fast, Liu Ya counted 41 embroidered ones, and Wu Guihua counted 75 unembroidered ones.

Wu Guihua even said: "The embroidered 41 yuan is 75 yuan, and the extra one will be given to you. The unembroidered 25 yuan is 45 yuan. The total is [-] yuan. Oh, it's just some cloth, and I can't take it." If you have so much money, you don’t need five cents, you can just give forty cents.”

Although it sounds like five cents less, five cents can be exchanged for ten embroidered handkerchiefs, or fifteen unembroidered handkerchiefs.This love is not shallow.

Liu Ya also knew that Wu Guihua was quite a real person, so she took out 45 Wen and said, "Sister Osmanthus, this is 45 Wen, you count them. Let's return one yard to one yard. Didn't you already give me an extra embroidered handkerchief?" Well. If you still think it can be cheaper, then give me some red silk and colored silk. Don’t want big pieces, you have any cloth heads or cloth strips here. Don’t be afraid of scattered ones, bright colors are fine.”

"There is this one, you wait, I'll take it for you." After Wu Guihua finished speaking, she walked to the back room, and after a while, she came over with a small bamboo basket, handed it to Liu Ya and said, "It's all here, but It’s scattered enough. I like to save money, and I never throw away the cut cloth ends, and pile them up together. If there is a piece of cloth missing for that piece of clothing, or if there is a need for a button or something, I use it Got it. It’s just for you to use, so I’ll give it to you.”

Liu Ya looked at it, smiled, and said: "Sister Osmanthus really helped me a lot. If these cloth heads are no longer needed, I'll bring them back to you later. But you have to lend me this bamboo basket first."

"All right, let's use it." After Wu Guihua finished speaking, she also found two cloth ropes, rolled up the neatly folded handkerchiefs that she had picked out before, and tied them with cloth ropes to prevent them from falling apart. Refreshed.

After the handkerchief was rolled up, I put it in the small bamboo basket and said, "Okay, let's use it."

"Okay, thank you Sister Osmanthus." After Liu Ya finished speaking, she carried the small bamboo basket and ran away.

In one breath, he ran back to the market again. It took a lot of time, but it didn't have time for a stick of incense.The old man selling umbrellas is still there, still looking over here, he probably counted the umbrellas a long time ago, and he was a little impatient waiting for Liu Ya.

Panting for breath, Liu Ya came over and said, "Old man, don't worry, I'm coming back soon."

The old man saw that Liu Ya was carrying a bamboo basket filled with colorful silk, and asked curiously: "Little girl, what are you doing? You are an umbrella seller, and you are still setting up a stage to sing?"

Liu Ya smiled and said, "No, it's almost like building a table. Old man, I have to ask you to help with this. Let's work faster, and we can sell a few more umbrellas."

The old man smiled and said, "Okay, you can do whatever you want. By the way, I counted the umbrellas too. There are 120 umbrellas in total."

"Okay, remember this number yourself. When it's sold out, see how many are left, and I'll count the money for you." Liu Ya took out the red and colored silks from the basket and handed them to the basket as she spoke. The old man said: "Old man, first wrap a few pieces of colored silk around the pole of your umbrella, it will be more eye-catching and beautiful. It will be easier to attract guests to see."

The old man agreed, and went to tie the colored silk.Liu Ya took out an umbrella and opened it, picked out a small piece of colored silk from the bamboo basket, and formed a pink silk flower on the rib of the umbrella.Then a piece of colored silk of the same color was wrapped around the handle.

(End of this chapter)