Farm Gate Business Tycoon

Chapter 34 is about to give birth (2)
Gu Qingluan has been doing business with her husband for the past few years, and has a certain understanding of her husband's craftsmanship. Seeing that the picture she drew is just the simplest ring ring, but the surface of the ring needs to be chiseled with some patterns. He smiled and said, "Isn't this just a ring? It's very simple!"

Gu Qingmei said: "I want one tael of silver, 36 of them!"

The weight measurement unit here is the same as in ancient China, 36 grams is one tael, and 16 taels is a catty. She asked her cousin-in-law to use one tael of silver to make 36 rings, which is equivalent to one gram of silver for one ring.

Gu Qingluan froze for a moment, "So thin?"

According to her understanding, when most people buy jewelry, they want to buy as much as possible, so why does her cousin do the opposite?
Gu Qingmei nodded, "It needs to be this thin, and I don't want my cousin and husband to work for nothing. I'll give you 20 taels of silver, and you can give me a total of four hundred rings, and I'll give you the rest of the silver."

Gu Qingluan raised his hand and scratched his scalp in puzzlement, "Meizi, what are you...what are you trying to do?"

"I have my uses." As Gu Qingmei said, she opened the suitcase and handed her 20 taels of silver.

Seeing that she refused to speak, Gu Qingluan thought she was deliberately trying to help her, so she couldn't help being a little unhappy, "Meizi, I was just complaining just now, and it's not to the point where I can't live on, so I don't need you to help me! "

Seeing that she had misunderstood herself, Gu Qingmei couldn't help laughing and said, "Cousin, that's not what I meant, it's like this, I drew some patterns and asked my cousin's natal family to print them out for me, and I plan to have a market later. It’s time to put it up for sale, this ring is for me as a gift.”

"Aren't you crazy, girl?" Gu Qingluan couldn't help widening her eyes when she heard this, her pretty face flushed red. "Selling flowers and giving silver rings, if this business is done, won't it be paid for?"

Gu Qingmei knew that the people here probably wouldn't understand her sales methods, so she had to explain to her: "That's right, my patterns come in sets of one hundred, and I won't give rings to every customer, unless I bought a whole set. I have already calculated, and I won’t lose money. The cost of a fancy set is about 130 yuan, and this ring costs 180 copper plates on average, which is the cost of [-] yuan. I sell it for five A set of [-] yuan can make a lot of money."

Gu Qingluan still felt that this matter was a bit unreliable, so she couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Who would buy so many fancy clothes for nothing?"

Gu Qingmei smiled and said: "Cousin, let me ask you, if such a ring is sold in your shop, how much would it cost?"

Gu Qingluan said: "This...at least [-] copper coins, otherwise it is not a waste of work?"

"That's right, if it were you, would you be tempted to see someone selling flowers but giving away rings for nothing?"

"Uh..." Gu Qingluan blinked, thinking about this question in a daze, and then said uncertainly. "Should... be tempted?"

Qin Bihua smiled from the side: "Eldest sister, don't hesitate, you don't know, Meizi has made a lot of money painting flowers these days. The ten taels of silver that grandma gave to her brother-in-law to make jewelry is still my sister It's given, she is so smart, she shouldn't do business that loses money."

"Since you think this business is successful, what else can I say?" Gu Qingluan is also a straightforward person. After listening to Gu Qingmei's account for herself just now, she understands that she will not suffer from this business. And the patterns are all put away.

Gu Qingmei smiled and praised Gu Qingluan, "Then I will entrust this matter to my cousin, which will save me trouble, and I am wondering where to find a suitable silversmith to help me do this job , the cousin sent it to the door, it was really my timely rain."

Gu Qingluan stood up, "Then I'll go back first, there are still several children waiting to eat at home."

"I also said that I wanted to keep my cousin for dinner. Since my cousin is in a hurry, I won't keep my cousin. When my cousin is free and comes back with the child, I will treat you to dinner again."

"Then I will remember your meal." Gu Qingluan joked with her a few words, then told Qin Bihua to take care of the pregnancy, don't get tired, and hurried back.

Time flew by, and the weather became hot in a blink of an eye. The swelling on Gu Qingmei's head finally healed, and she no longer needed to cover herself with a thick felt hat to protect herself from the wind.

She can also finally wash her hair and get those nasty ointments off.

During this period of time, she worked very hard to draw flowers and made a lot of money, so she asked Gu Qingyang to buy some good clothes for her, and asked Gu Liu to make new clothes for Gu Shaoya and Gu Shaotong.As for her, she came up with a new style and asked Qin Bihua to sew two sets for her.

Qin Bihua's craftsmanship is very good, and she is very satisfied with these two sets of clothes.

However, Mrs. Gu Liu had some complaints about her two sets of clothes, because they really didn't look like those worn by girls from peasant families, but instead looked like daughters from wealthy families.

One set is a top with a lotus pattern and a dark green high-waisted tunic skirt. The sleeves of the top are all made of butterfly sleeves, which looks elegant like a lotus fairy in a summer lake.

The other set is a light pink corset dress, the skirt is above the chest, tightly tied with a belt, revealing a large snow-white chest, and then a moon-white background color skirt is put on outside. The pair of bodice with flowers is more like Tang suit.

But Gu Liushi also knew that her daughter had made money and subsidized her dozens of family expenses, so she didn't say much, for fear of hurting her daughter's heart and making her go out with her again.

Because of the appearance of these two clothes, Li Zhaodi and Fang Meiyao came to Gu Qingmei at the same time, intending to find out the truth.

"Sister-in-law, the clothes on you are really pretty." Li Zhaodi looked at her clothes enviously, as if nothing had happened before. "How much does this material cost? It must not be cheap, right?"

Gu Qingmei was sitting in front of the table, holding a brush in her hand, and was seriously drawing flowers, turning a deaf ear to her voice.

Fang Meiyao laughed and said: "Not only is it not cheap, but this brocade material with dark lotus patterns costs 200 taels of silver a piece, and a piece of cloth is [-] feet long. To make such a coat, you have to use it no matter what. Five or six feet, at least a dozen taels of silver, right?"

Li Zhaodi didn't wait for Gu Qingmei to speak, she covered her mouth and giggled, and laughed so hard, "So I said he's a good girl, he must have made a lot of money, his sister, you don't have anything left Some material? You can take it out and make two clothes for your niece."

Gu Qingmei said lightly, "I've already done it for Shaotong."

Li Zhaodi didn't seem to understand the sarcasm in her words, and said to herself: "You don't only have Shaotong as a niece, our Shaoting and his third aunt's Shaoyan, aren't they your nieces? Are you an aunt?" Don’t be too biased, if you say it, it will make people laugh, and you should level the bowl of water.”

(End of this chapter)