Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 23 A Rare Opportunity
It was more than 30 miles from the village to the town, and the carriage traveled very fast, and it took less than half an hour to arrive.Finally arrived at the town, Qiaoyun hurriedly got off the carriage and stretched her legs.My God, sitting in this carriage is really enough to suffer.Qiao Yun was thinking in her heart while she was moving.

"Aunts and ladies, it's the beginning of Chen Shi, the big guy hastened to do his own business, wait for Si Shizhong, and he is still riding in this place, and I will pull the big guy back." Sun Chengzu said loudly.

The people who came to the town were all women from various families. They should not go out for too long. The men at home still had to eat at noon, so they had to go back before noon.Everyone understands this, so when Sun Chengzu said it, everyone waved their hands, "Okay, okay, we all understand, you can go about your business."

A group of women got out of the carriage, and then went to their respective destinations.There was a market in the town today, and many of them brought eggs from home to sell.Life in the farmyard is not easy. The chickens in the family are reluctant to eat eggs, and most of them trade eggs for salt, sugar, or needles and thread.

The Qi family actually raised a few chickens, but the Qi family had Qiaoyun weaving to earn money, so they were living a fairly well-off life, and the Liu family usually kept the eggs for Qi Tiankui, Qi Yongyuan and others to nourish their bodies.So this time when I came to the town, except for the cloth Qiaoyun was carrying on her back, there was nothing else.

Qiaoyun has never been to the town, and she doesn't know where to sell the cloth.Xiumei, on the other hand, has been here many times before, and now she is leading the way, leading Qiaoyun, all the way to the only cloth shop in the town.

At this time, the Cloth Village had just opened for business, but there was a fair today, so as soon as the doors opened, many people rushed in.The buddies in the cloth shop cheered up to receive them, whether they came to buy cloth or sell cloth, they were treated the same.

As the only cloth shop in the town, this Linji cloth shop not only sells cloth, but also buys cloth woven by women in various villages. In summer, when the mountain silkworms cocoon, they also collect cocoons and silk, etc.The folks in the cloth village have long been used to dealing with all kinds of people, and nothing will go wrong.

There are a lot of guys in the cloth shop, and those who come to buy things are received by special people, and those who come to sell cloth are also queuing at the moment, waiting for the guys to inspect the goods one by one before paying the bill.

"You go to line up, I'll wait here, I don't want to squeeze in." Seeing that there were a lot of people there, Xiumei curled her lips and said.She was wearing this outfit, if she used to queue up, what if she wrinkled her clothes?Anyway, they have enough time, so there is no need to rush.Xiumei instructed Qiaoyun to queue up, while she casually looked at the various cloths on the counter.

Qiaoyun shrugged her shoulders, and she knew that Qi Xiumei came to town for no other purpose than to supervise her.Forget it, I'm too lazy to talk to her, I'd better queue up and sell the cloth.Qiaoyun squeezed through the crowd and lined up, while looking around the cloth shop curiously.

This cloth shop is not a small place. There are three shops facing the street, and seven or eight workers are employed in it. On the wooden counters in a circle, various kinds of cloth are placed.It seems that there are all kinds of materials, such as silk, hemp, and kudzu, but there is no cotton cloth.

Qiaoyun really felt a little strange. At first, he thought that Qijia Village didn't grow cotton, so there was no cotton cloth, but when he arrived here, he didn't find any cotton cloth either.Could it be that the world is impossible without cotton?Qiao Yun felt that it was quite possible.

The dazzling array of cloth on the counter, silk, gauze, silk, satin, brocade, all kinds of materials and various crafts, in Qiaoyun's eyes, are actually mediocre.Regardless of the distance, Qiaoyun could still tell at a glance that the craftsmanship of these fabrics can only be said to be ordinary, not high-end.

It's a pity that the Qi family only has one broken loom, and it can only weave linen. If there is a brocade weaving machine, with her craftsmanship, she will definitely be able to weave the most exquisite brocade.Qiao Yun looked down at her own hands, and couldn't help but sighed again, her hands were very rough, how could she weave brocade, and she probably would have fluffed it before it was woven.

There is only such a town with a radius of a hundred miles. Most of the women in the nearby villages can spin and weave cloth to sell in exchange for some change for their household when they are free.Moreover, there is more hemp produced locally, so most of the cloth sent is also made of hemp.

The young man inspected the cloth woven by the women in front, and couldn't help frowning. "There is a new batch of silk from the cloth shop, and I want to find some people who can weave silk and satin. I wonder if there are any capable people among you?

Linen can only be sold to poor people, but they can’t earn much money. The cloth shop wants to develop more silk and satin recently. The shopkeeper has already said that he wants to find some skilled weavers to weave as much silk and satin as possible.

"Our shopkeeper said that if someone can weave silk and satin, the price will be much higher than the linen. We produce the machines and raw silk, and we will send them after weaving. The wages are several times higher than the linen." shouted at the crowd.

A group of women, you look at me and I look at you, few dare to stand out.They are still at the weaving stage, if we talk about weaving satin, to tell the truth, they really dare not try.This is not easy, if the weaving is damaged by others, it will cost money.

There were nearly twenty women, but none of them responded, but the young man was worried. "Our shopkeeper said that linen is not easy to sell recently, and I'm afraid we won't be able to collect so much in the future. If we want to collect it, we will pick the best quality and keep it. Forget it, let's accept today's ones first, and you will think about it later. The method, if the weave is too rough, don’t take it over, we don’t want it here.”

When the young man said this, the women became a little anxious. They usually weave some cloth for money when they have nothing to do, and their craftsmanship is also average.If it's really like what the boy said, wouldn't there be no income in the future?

"Oh, what should we do? We don't have that kind of craftsmanship. Is it possible that after weaving cloth, we can only wear it at home?" Everyone discussed.

The boy's words made Qiao Yun's eyes lighten up, who had been queuing behind. Should she seize such a good opportunity?For her, any material is not a problem. If she weaves silk and satin, the wages will definitely be much higher. If she weaves well, she will definitely have the opportunity to increase her wages.In this way, she might be able to find a way to make some money from it.

Now that Qiaoyun had this thought in her mind, when it was her turn, she whispered to the boy, "Brother, I know how to weave brocade, I wonder if you need me?"

(End of this chapter)