farmer's husband

Chapter 90

Chun Zhi froze there.

Wasn't the proprietress still arguing with Mrs. Wang just now?How did you come to talk to her in the blink of an eye?
But Mrs. Wang immediately reacted, and she nodded quickly: "Sell, of course we sell! But the three pennies are too little, look at the embroidery workers and the thread, the cat on it is like a living cat, it costs five cents at least." arts!"

"Oh, my sister, you can afford the price of five cents! In our rural area, how many girls and daughter-in-laws are willing to spend five cents for a square of handkerchief? This money is enough for them to save for it. I made a copper-clad hairpin myself! It’s still worn on the head anyway, and everyone can see it! But what’s the use of the handkerchief besides looking at it for yourself? They won’t buy it if you sell it too expensive! "The proprietress hurriedly shouted.

"Since they don't buy it, why are you still asking for it?" Wang asked immediately.

The proprietress choked.

"Aren't I also helping you think of ideas?" She laughed immediately, "These few times you have come, I have been telling you to change a few more patterns. I have always embroidered those flowers and plants, come on There are always those things, my man has been picking them out for so many years, and they can hardly sell them! Now it is so easy to see a new pattern, of course I am eager to try it. I am doing this for your own good, you Don't take my kindness as a donkey's liver and lungs!"

What the proprietress said made sense.As early as the middle of the year, she had already mentioned to Mrs. Wang that these handkerchiefs were not easy to sell now, and asked Mrs. Wang to try changing them.However, there are only those things that can be seen in the countryside, and there are few types and colors of silk threads. What new tricks can they play?So they just listened to what they said, and didn't take it very seriously.

In Wang's words: "She said the same thing to me 800 years ago. Huh, I don't know what she wants to do? She just wants to lower the price!"

At the beginning of the year, Chunzhi and the others brought back so much silk thread from the county, which meant that they didn't use the thread from the silk thread shop for a long time.But even so, the proprietress gave them a piece of handkerchief, which only increased by half a penny.Mrs. Wang was very dissatisfied at first, so the proprietress said, "My good sister, do you think I am not willing to give you money? You must know, how many people in our poor place know the goods? No matter how good your silk thread is , No matter how beautiful the color is, people won’t be willing to pay an extra two or three pennies just for these things! My half penny is for your own silk thread, and I made it clear to you from the beginning!”

Then what can they do?You just have to accept reality.

After all, there is only one silk thread shop in the town now, and the other towns are too far away, and it takes them two or three days to go back and forth.The county seat is even further away, and the travel expenses for the round trip are not enough to pay for it by selling handkerchiefs and purses!
It's just that Wang scolded the proprietress a lot afterwards: "Her conscience is getting darker and darker! All these years, we have made so much money from our handkerchief purses, and it's fine if we haven't raised the price. Now we use our own She is still not happy with Silk Thread, and has started to lower the price in an obvious way! This kind of person will definitely die in the future!"

Therefore, even though she now knew that the proprietress was right, but Wang was angry, she still refused to let go. "It's only five pennies, not a penny less, or we won't sell it! Anyway, my daughter-in-law got this thing to tease the cat, and we will play with the cat later!"

"Such a good thing, isn't it too wasteful to use it to tease cats?" The proprietress smacked her lips, "Sister Wang, I really want to help you make more money. We have been friends for so many years, don't you believe me? Is it? I am only thinking about you!"

Anyway, in the final analysis, she refused to increase the money.

However, the Wang family is determined not to lower the price today.

The two stalemate for a long time, and finally it was the man from the proprietress who bought the goods, and he made peace with it, and then set the price of the handkerchief at four pennies.

After calculating the money, the proprietress quickly took the handkerchief and held it in her hand like a baby. "I'll ask my man to take this out and sell it first, and then you can embroider a few more when you go back. If it sells well, we'll sell this exclusively in the future!"

"Okay!" Mrs. Wang nodded, satisfied after receiving the money.

This is a pain for the third son.It's so pitiful that it could easily think that it had something, but it didn't even start playing, and the thing was sold by Mrs. Wang!
It became more irritable and meowed around Chun Zhi's leg again and again.

Mrs. Wang was annoyed by its barking.She couldn't bear it anymore and took out a small hydrangea from the basket and threw it over. "It's for you, let's play!"

Little Sanzi's eyes lit up immediately, and he jumped over, flicking his tail and running around following the ball.

Chun Zhi immediately looked straight again.

This hydrangea...how is it the same as the one she made for the cats!In addition to the pattern embroidered on it, it is also the small flowers and grasses that Wang is good at.

She quickly looked at Mrs. Wang, who sternly said, "What are you looking at? There are so many rags and threads at home, I think it's a waste to throw them there, so I made a plan to play by myself, can't I?"

"Okay, of course!" Chun Zhi quickly nodded, "Mother, your craftsmanship is really good, much better than mine!"

"That's needless to say? After all, I've eaten so many more meals than you!" Wang raised her chin proudly.

Duplicity, her mother-in-law is exactly the same as the little husband-in-law!Chunzhi said to himself.The difference between the mother and son now is that Wang's skin has grown to a certain extent, but Chai Dong has not.But judging from the current trend, I'm afraid Chai Dong's ability will be much stronger than Wang's in the future.

Chunzhi couldn't help but turn around and look at her little husband-in-law again.

Every time he accompanied them to the silk thread shop, Chai Dong would poke into a corner like a puppet, and quietly let the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law negotiate with the proprietress.After negotiating and getting the money, he will help them carry the basket again, and the three of them will go out together.

The same is true for Chai Dong this time.

But now watched by Harue's shining eyes, the puppet moved.But he just curled his lips and asked her in an extremely cold voice: "What do you think I am doing? I didn't make hydrangeas for cats."

You didn't make hydrangeas, but you secretly painted me and Xiao Sanzi!And the handkerchief embroidered with the portrait of the youngest son that the proprietress took a fancy to this time was also embroidered by me according to the picture you drew for me, okay?Harue wanted to say that.

Just thinking about it, the proprietress over there said again: "By the way, this cat looks more and more like the real thing. You embroidered it according to your cat's appearance, right? But after only one year of learning, you can It's really rare to be able to embroider cats so well without distorting the proportions!"

"No, someone drew this cat for me, and I embroidered it according to the portrait." Chun Zhi shook his head hastily.

Without the portrait given by Chai Dong, how could she embroider things so quickly?After learning embroidery from Wang for almost a year, she deeply understands the importance of making a good draft first.It's a pity that her skill in this is still too weak, otherwise she wouldn't be able to embroider only those few fixed patterns all the time.If Chai Dong hadn't given her these paintings, she wouldn't have imagined that she could also embroider cats!
"Really?" The proprietress became excited immediately, "Who drew it for you?"

"Yes... I can't tell you!" Chun Zhi almost blurted out.But after thinking about it again, she swallowed the words back into her stomach.

The proprietress was immediately disappointed. "I'm just asking, it's nothing else."

"You better have no other intentions!" Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, and she quickly pulled Chun Zhi closer, "Okay, all the things have been paid, and the money has been taken, let's go quickly. There are still a lot of things waiting at home!"

Chunzhi hurriedly lowered his head to call for the third son, and the third son jumped on her with the ball in his mouth.

She and Chai Dong hurried out with Wang Shi.

It wasn't until outside that Mrs. Wang couldn't help but spit: "This proprietress is really getting more and more greedy! What else is there to say, she thinks I'm stupid? She must be trying to draw pictures out of your mouth Then she finds someone to draw and proof for her, and then she finds someone to embroider, so that she can continue to lower the price and make a lot of money by herself!"

It turned out that she kept it for this purpose!Chun Zhi nodded quickly. "I see, it's a shame I didn't tell the truth just now!"

"You still have the nerve to say it!" Wang turned her head and gave her a white look, "You almost confessed my son, do you know? My son will take the imperial examination to become an official in the future, and he will be tired because of this little thing. reputation, you see I will not hit you!"

Chun Zhi sticks out her tongue. "I know, I will definitely not tell anyone in the future!"

But, she couldn't figure it out——Chai Dongming's drawing is quite good, it's a good skill, why would Mrs. Wang think it's a drag on his reputation?

She glanced at Chai Dong quietly, but saw Chai Dong shaking his head at her.

Chun Zhi nodded quickly, then lowered her head again, quietly acting like a quail.

(End of this chapter)