Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 29 Scarred
Qin Bihua smiled and said: "My father knows how to print. My mother's family is specialized in printing New Year pictures, as well as door gods and so on. Sometimes I will take over the work of the study to print some illustrations and so on. Occasionally, I will help others. Print some patterns."

"Oh?" Gu Qingmei said with interest. "In this case, can you ask your father for me how much it costs to engrave a plate?"

"I know this. One is to calculate the price according to the size of the plate, and the other is to calculate the price according to the color. The more colors used, the more expensive the price is. The third is to look at the wood used, and the last is to see how many sheets are printed."

Hearing this, Gu Qingmei hurriedly took out a few patterns that she had used to practice her brushwork, "How much does it cost to print one of this size?"

"If this kind of half-foot-square plate is made of basswood and birch, you will be charged 210 copper plates for the wood. There are several colors, and you need to carve several plates for color matching. Like this magnolia flower, the above There are about seven colors, seven plates need to be made, and [-] copper plates are needed. Then, one knife paper is used for printing, and one knife paper is [-] sheets. For each plate, each knife paper needs to add ten copper plates. The paper that looks like this is not expensive, twenty copper plates of this size cost a knife.”

"In this case, the cost of printing 380 sheets of patterns is [-] copper plates. However, most people will not only print [-] sheets of patterns, but at least [-] sheets. In this case, the cost of printing [-] sheets is [-] copper coins, the cost of one coin is less than one coin, if you sell five copper coins a piece, you can earn [-] copper coins in the end, which is two and a half taels of silver, which is quite a bargain.”

"Five hundred sheets can only earn two and a half dollars..." Gu Qingmei felt a little speechless, only relying on the market three times a month, when will she be able to sell all the five hundred sheets?
"A lot!" Qin Bihua said seriously. "Ertang's sister-in-law works as a cook in the escort agency in the city, and her monthly salary is only two taels of silver. Earn five hundred taels of money. Like my father and three older brothers, the family is constantly busy, and at most they can only earn more than a dozen taels of silver a month."

Gu Qingmei raised her hand and rubbed her forehead, she felt that it was an impossible task for her to make a fortune at this rate of money.

"Plum!" Qin Bihua said solemnly. "Actually, I think your idea is really good. If you only have one flower pattern, you will naturally earn less. But if you draw more, can't you make more money? If you sell such flower patterns Embroidery Village can only sell for two or three taels of silver at most, and you can no longer sell the patterns to other companies in the future. If you print the patterns yourself, you can continue to sell them in the future. And the flowers The patterns are easy to sell. There is a relative in my natal family who earns four to five taels of silver a month by setting up stalls in various markets to sell flower patterns. The patterns he sells are not as good-looking as the ones you painted. .”

Hearing this, Gu Qingmei couldn't help squinting her eyes slightly. That's right, if you subtract the cost of a picture, you can print 200 copies and sell it for two taels of silver. If she draws a picture of [-] pictures, the final You can earn [-] taels of silver.

And this is ancient times, the big girls and the little daughter-in-law all point to doing embroidery work to make money to supplement the family, the patterns should be very easy to sell.

After thinking about this, she immediately relaxed, took off her shoes and got on the kang, took out her comb from the drawer of the kangqin, and then asked Gu Xiaoya to sit on the edge of the kang, while she knelt behind her, Untie her braids and untie her hair. "Drag your hair first, and wash it later, otherwise, your hair will be tangled after washing."

Gu Qingyang came back from the field with a hoe on his shoulder, and went into the house to get hot water, but when he saw Gu Xiaoya, he couldn't help being taken aback.

The cultivated land is outside the village, so he naturally didn't know what happened just now, but he still smiled and said, "Here comes the little girl."

Gu Xiaoya greeted him timidly, "Uncle Yang."

"Yeah!" He nodded at Gu Xiaoya, went out and boiled some water in front of the stove, then washed his face and hands.

Gu Liushi whispered to him about Gu Xiaoya, but he didn't say anything.

Qin Bihua smiled and said, "It's noon, I'll go back and help my mother cook, and I'll come back in the afternoon."

When she left, Gu Qingmei asked, "Little girl, do you have a name?"

Gu Xiaoya said timidly: "No, when I was young, they called me Xiaoya Xiaoya."

Gu Qingmei thought for a while, and said: "You and Shaotong are of the same generation, so you should start with Shaozi, why not call it Shaoya."

Gu Xiaoya smiled shyly, "I listen to Aunt Mei."

Gu Qingmei said: "I'm usually busy, so I don't have so much time to take care of you, so you can just help the family with whatever work you can, but don't be brave."

Gu Shaoya happily agreed.

Gu Qingmei straightened her hair, and the water on Gu Shaotong's side also boiled. The west wing had three rooms in a row, and a clean room was separated from the main room, inside which was a large wooden bucket for bathing.

Both Gu Yunbai and Gu Liushi are very clean people, so they built this clean room, especially Gu Qingyang, who likes cleanliness the most, and will take a shower every five days when he comes back from the academy, so the utilization rate of the clean room is still quite high of.

There is a stove in the clean room. In winter, if someone takes a bath, they use this stove to boil water. When the water boils, the clean room is warm.

After Gu Shaoya took off her clothes, Gu Shaotong couldn't help but yelled "Aiya", "Little sister, why are you so hurt?"

Gu Qingmei also frowned unconsciously. It turned out that Gu Shaoya's body was covered with all kinds of bruises, which were either pinched or beaten with a kang broom. Pieces and strips looked shocking, but fortunately there was no bleeding the wound.

Gu Shaoya bit her lip with a little inferiority, not daring to say anything.

Gu Qingmei sighed softly, "Shaoya, go in and take a good soak first, pay attention to the wound on your hand, don't touch the water. I will rub your body for you later, and after taking a bath, I will help you shampoo."

Gu Shaoya stepped into the bathtub, sat down, and splashed water on her body with her uninjured hand.

Gu Qingmei sent Gu Shaotong to eat, while she took a towel and stood beside the tub to wipe Gu Shaoya's body.

Gu Shaoya didn't know how long it had been since she took a bath. There was a thick layer of dirt on her body. It took Gu Qingmei a lot of effort to wash her clean, and changed the water halfway through.

After bathing Gu Shaoya and asking her to change into her old clothes, Gu Qingmei washed her hair again.

Because her own head was injured, she hadn't washed her hair for a while, so she didn't know what to use when washing her hair. It was Gu Shaoya who pointed out a box of alkaline noodles on the stove. Only then did I realize that alkaline noodles are used to wash hair here.

(End of this chapter)