The happy little days of the Ye family

Chapter 652 Collecting goods and inspecting them

The Li family's shop is on the market street, a small shop of more than 20 square meters near the end of the street.

The location of the shop is average, and most of the customers are ordinary people, so it is not suitable for selling high-priced fabrics.

According to Ye's father's experience in setting up stalls in the market, the most popular is cheap linen. Ye Qingqing suggested that Li Yan go to Chenjia Cloth Shop to have another look.

Although the fabrics produced by this Hangzhou merchant are of good quality, they are not cheap. If they open a fabric shop, the cost will be high, and Li Yan himself is not very optimistic about it.

As for Chenjiabu Village, he had heard about it a long time ago and would just like to go over and have a look later.

After several people discussed it, they returned to the stall.

Seeing a few people come back, the boss Bai at the stall was very enthusiastic and worked hard to sell the things on the stall.

The four of them each selected a large number of fine embroidery threads at the stall, and each also selected a set of embroidery needles.

As for the fine white silk, several people bought a piece together and planned to go back and share it equally.

Several people selected for a long time, and the things they picked were piled up into a small mountain. Ye Qingqing estimated that it was about 30 taels.

However, there may seem to be a lot of things, but in fact it is only enough for each person to make a large embroidery picture.

After selecting the items, Grandma Ye began to bargain with Boss Bai calmly.

"Boss Bai, we are all embroidery ladies. We need a lot of high-quality white silk and embroidery thread on weekdays. Can we give you a discount on the price?"

"This is already the wholesale price. Those big cloth shops that come to pick up goods are also at this price." Boss Bai smiled and played Tai Chi with a few people.

Grandma Ye added: "We want a lot of things, and the items that are dozens of taels in size are actually not much different from the cloth store where we buy them, and we will continue to come here to get the goods in the future."

"Our embroidery skills are getting better and better, and we will definitely need more embroidery thread and silk."

"Mom, there are a lot of Shu cloth merchants here at the dock. Let me go to other places to have a look."

"I think the embroidery threads in Shu next door are pretty good too."

Grandma Ye came forward to bargain with the merchants, while Ye Qingqing and others helped.

Although it is not as much as what those cloth shops get, it is still a good deal if they can cooperate for a long time. Boss Bai has made some concessions on the price.

On the original price, Boss Bai gave away half a percent of the profit, which was a full [-] percent cheaper than at Yangjia Cloth Store.

The cost of an embroidery piece has dropped from the original 10 taels to 9 taels.

Several people were quite satisfied with the price and happily took out their money.

Before they left, they made an agreement with Boss Bai that the next time they come to the pier, they can go directly to Chashui Beach and tell them, and they will come back to purchase goods.

After shopping, the five of them entered the city together.

Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu are going to Lijia Embroidery Workshop to sell embroidery products, and Li Yan and the others plan to visit Chenjia Cloth Shop.

Chenjia Cloth Shop has its own weaving workshop, and the fabrics sold there are also cheaper, which is more suitable for Li Yan's small shop.

When Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu came to Lijia Cloth Shop, shopkeeper Li was entertaining a mother and daughter dressed in rich clothes.

The two also knew the rules of the embroidery workshop and could not discuss the price of embroidery products in front of customers, so they waited silently.

However, the two of them also learned from shopkeeper Li that one of the large embroidery pictures they usually made was sold for five or sixty taels of silver.

The two of them also felt a little unhappy in their hearts. All the money they had worked so hard on to make the embroidery was taken away by the embroidery workshop.

After shopkeeper Li sent the guests out, he went to look for Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu.

Shopkeeper Li had just sold a large embroidery picture and was in a good mood. Seeing Ye Qingqing and her daughter, they were even more enthusiastic than before.

There were other people buying embroidery in the hall, and Shopkeeper Li took them directly to a small side room.

Ye Qingqing handed the embroidered peony picture to Shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li looked at Ye Qingqing's embroidery and nodded with satisfaction, "This peony painting is well done. It's still the same as last time. I'll take the 31 taels of silver."

"Thank you, shopkeeper Li."

Ye Qingqing took the money from Shopkeeper Li, but the smile on his face was not as bright as before.

Then Ye Qingqing took out the embroidery samples that he had drawn a few days ago.

"Shopkeeper Li, this is my new embroidery pattern. If it is made into a large embroidery pattern, can the embroidery studio accept it?"

Shopkeeper Li took the embroidery sample from Ye Qingqing's hand with great interest, looked at it carefully, and then smiled:

"This embroidery is quite elegant. It can be embroidered into a big picture. Those rich boys will definitely like it."

"Okay, then I'll start embroidering when I get back."

While Ye Qingqing was putting the embroidery samples away, he was already thinking about the colors of the embroidery pictures.

Seeing that Ye Qingqing and Shopkeeper Li were already talking, Ye Mu on the side stepped forward to discuss the screen with Shopkeeper Li.

The two discussed for a long time, and shopkeeper Li promised Ye's mother that as long as she replaced the screen with new embroidery patterns, the screen embroidery workshop could accept it.

But the specific price depends on how well the screen has been repaired.

Although half of the profit from the embroidery was taken away by the embroidery workshop, Ye Qingqing was still very happy to receive 31 taels of silver.

Ye Qingqing and Tang Xiaojing got 60 taels of cash from the treasure hunt. Together with the 31 taels of silver from selling embroidery, the young couple now had 200 taels of silver in hand.

With money in hand, Ye Qingqing felt a lot more at ease.

When the mother and daughter went to Chenjia Cloth Shop, Grandma Ye and the other three were at the door competing with a group of ladies to grab the defective fabrics at a special price.

Chenjia Cloth Store has accumulated some fabrics that were damaged or not finished during this period.

These fabrics are all minor problems. Now a batch of fabrics only costs 6% of the usual price, and a group of ladies are going crazy.

Grandma Ye and her second aunt thought that Wang Yueya and Ye Qingmei were pregnant at the same time and would need a lot of fabrics to make clothes and diapers for their children in the future.

Moreover, after a woman becomes pregnant, her body shape is different from before, and her previous clothes can no longer be worn, so she needs to make several new loose-fitting clothes.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law struggled to squeeze in, and together with Li Yanli, they grabbed several pieces of cheap linen cloth.

When Ye Qingqing and Ye Mu arrived, Grandma Ye and her second aunt were squeezing outside.

The second aunt's shoes were almost knocked off, and Grandma Ye's bun was also messed up.

Li Yan went to shopkeeper Chen to check out with a few pieces of fabric, and asked shopkeeper Chen about getting the goods.

"Shopkeeper Chen, I plan to open a small cloth shop at the end of the year. I want to buy a batch of linen and cheap defective fabrics from you. I wonder what the price is like from you?"

Ye Qingqing on the side started to help, "Shopkeeper Chen, this is my brother-in-law. We are all old acquaintances. Please give me the real price."

Shopkeeper Chen was so happy when a big business came to his door that he could hardly suppress the smile on his face.

"Boss Ye and Boss Xiao Ye will give you a [-]% profit when they buy goods from me. If Boss Li wants to buy goods, he will give you a [-]% profit just like Boss Ye and the others."

"This is the price of normal fabric and needlework. Shops with defective fabrics will still be used to attract customers. They can only give it to you in small portions. The price needs to be negotiated now."

Li Yan also inquired about the prices of various linen cloths in the shop. Basically, each type was a few cents cheaper than the cloth shops in the town.

Li Yan thought about it in his mind and realized that if he offered another [-]% profit, he would still make a profit.

However, opening a cloth village requires a lot of capital, and Li Yan plans to go back and discuss it with Wang Yueya.