take a wife to support the family

Chapter 34

With the exquisite little basket sent by Carpenter Li, Lily began to implement her plan.

She found a business opportunity from the maid in Liu's Mansion, and it didn't take long for the opportunity to be snatched away by others. Unfortunately, those who robbed her of the opportunity could only follow the gourd, and didn't see any bigger opportunities other than Liu's Mansion.

Peach blossoms from lilies come out alone, or sideways, or clustered in clusters, and they are placed in various shapes in small bamboo baskets, which makes people's eyes shine when they look at them.

She tidied herself clean and refreshed again, and took the flower basket to sell at the intersection of the town.

Carriages were coming and going on the main road, and someone heard the clear and crisp shouting outside, with a good tone: "Peach blossoms bloom in early March, and bring back a sprig of spring!"

Selling flowers is common, and in Taiping County, people often pick fresh apricot blossoms, peach blossoms, and jasmines for sale, but this seems to be the first time in this country, not to mention that the calls are quite elegant, as if they have some knowledge.

Someone lifted the curtain of the car and called Lily to go over: "Bring your flowers to see!"

Lily hurried up and held up the flower basket for the other party to see: "Look!"

If it's an older man, say "Peach blossoms, suitable for an IKEA house", if it's a reserved and shy lady, say "Peach blossoms reflect red on a human face".Lily didn't care about the fact that the big girl hadn't read the book, so it was important to sell these flowers first.

Those who passed by and were attracted by her hawking, saw her clean eyes and simple smile despite her ugly appearance, and they first had a good impression of her.In addition, she is sweet and flexible, the flowers are beautifully selected, and the basket is exquisite and beautiful, even if she sells a basket of flowers for ten yuan, she will often pay for it.

Li bamboo craftsman weaves baskets, and the biggest ones are only sold for two to three pennies, while the cost of small baskets is far less than one penny. Lily decorations are sold for ten pennies when they open their mouths, which is more than tenfold.

The flowers are beautiful and the basket is exquisite, and you can admire them for several days when you take them home.When the petals wither and fall, the small basket can also be hung on the wall or placed on the desk for decoration, which is quite wild and interesting, and it is definitely not a loss for buyers.

Few people in the countryside have such an ingenious idea. Lily is thinking about reading "Dream of Red Mansions" back then.The girls in the Grand View Garden are very rare to carve trinkets from bamboo roots. Even Daiyu likes Yinger's wicker baskets, not to mention that her father's baskets are only more delicate than Yinger's. no one loves
The dozens of baskets and peach blossoms sent by Li Bamboo Carpenter were sold out quickly, and other people in the town saw the profit, so they naturally wanted to join in.But first, they don't have the small basket provided by Li bamboo craftsman, second, they are not as good as Lily's foresight, and they pick beautiful flowers and branches, and thirdly, they have a sweet mouth, but they are not as good as Lily's interesting conversation, and in the end they are always not as good as Lily.

Lily rested for two days when she turned around, waiting for her father to bring the basket, while sewing the insoles, living a happy life.A horse-drawn carriage from the city asked someone specifically: "Where's your flower girl?"

It turned out that she was already a little famous, and some elegant people came to buy flowers from her specially for her name.Because she was resting at home, the man regretted going back to the city, and even shook his head and recited two songs like "Visiting the City of Flower Girls"...

The next day, Carpenter Li Bamboo brought the basket alone, and Lily smiled and gave him a bag of dry tobacco.The dry tobacco has a strong smell, but it is not unpleasant. Most of the elderly people in the countryside like to smoke a little. Carpenter Li uses bamboo roots to pick out the stems of his tobacco. The quality of the dry tobacco is not very good.

Lily specifically asked Wang Xiaofu to buy a bag of good cigarettes for her father, but her father was in a daze: "Big girl, live your life well, don't keep spending money on me..."

"Father, the baskets you wove for me are all sold, and I made some money. I have nothing else to give you, so I can honor you with a little tobacco assembly!"

In addition to dry tobacco, there are needles and threads for Zhu Shi and wooden combs for Lamei.It's not that Lily doesn't want to share the money with Carpenter Li, but there is also a leech-like Zhu Shi in the family. If she is targeted and knows that her daughter has made money, she will definitely be able to force Lily to give her all the money. Dried blood never stops.

Lily is not a big girl, and she has a steelyard in her heart. She is a daughter for others, and she should honor her parents, but because of honoring her parents, she built her own home.

Mrs. Zhu wished that Baihe could send all Song Haonian's money back to her. How could Baihe dare to show her family background in front of her?Even in front of Carpenter Li, she didn't dare to tell the truth, she only said that she had some income and barely stopped starving.

In addition to peach and apricot, there are many dandelions, hydrangeas, gardenias, wild jasmines in Xiaodonggou... Country people look at flowers only to see if they can be eaten. Only children think they are beautiful and go home to play.

But in Lily's eyes, those are resources that can be exchanged for money.Gardenias are clean and bright white, but the scent is a bit vulgar, not everyone likes it; wild jasmine has a rich scent, but the flowers are inconspicuous.Except for a small part to be sold, the rest are collected and dried in the sun to be sold as dried flower sachets.

The sachet was still made of rags. Lily couldn’t make it by herself, so Li Caifeng asked Li Caifeng to help her make some. Overcharge the wages given by Lily.

Dried flower sachets are not as popular as fresh flower baskets, but some people like the ingenuity of splicing sachets, and some people like the faint fragrance after drying.

There is a private school in the town, which was opened by Mr. Liu and several gentry. Among them, the scholars think highly of themselves, dislike the folk customs of the country, and are unwilling to socialize with them.

But selling flowers is an elegant thing. When the weather is bad, Lily will take a flower basket and go around the private school.These schoolchildren envied the richness of the people in the city, but they didn't have much money. Naturally, they didn't want to ask for the same price for the lily. They sold them a penny and three flowers, but they had to take the basket home, leaving them a loss.

Going back and forth, seeing more and more schoolchildren, they sometimes wink.Lily herself has a solemn attitude and never makes fun of them, but most of the schoolchildren are not much older than Qingsong, they are just at the age when they fear the world will not be chaotic, even if Lily has a tiger face, she can't help them.

Later, Lily didn't go to the private school, and only asked Qingsong to bring flowers to sell, so as not to cause unpleasant things, which would be troublesome.

It was raining a little that day, Qingsong came back from selling flowers, his head and face covered with fine rain, Lily hurriedly took him to wipe his face and hair, and then went to the kitchen to make ginger soup.

Qingsong followed to the kitchen: "Sister, I don't drink ginger soup!"

Lily coaxed him: "I'll put more brown sugar in the soup for you, it won't taste bad." She didn't dare to let Qingsong get cold, otherwise the whole family would be dragged down.

Children in the country are greedy for sugar, Qingsong heard that there is brown sugar, hesitated, and decided to drink ginger soup.He told Lily about what he had seen and heard in the private school: "Sister, the little scholar asked me about you."

"Who?"

(End of this chapter)