Fang Qingshi smiled and leaned on Tang Xufang's shoulder naturally: "It's so beautiful. It's the most beautiful thing in my life. Xufang has the most skillful hands."
"If you like it, I will make it for you all year round." Tang Xufang said with a smile on her face.
Fang Qingshi suppressed her thoughts: "Okay, I brought plums and sweet apricots, and tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. Let's bring some sachets for our children."
Tang Xufang stood up: "It has been prepared for a long time. I also prepared the Five Poison Bellyband."
As he spoke, he patted his forehead and took out a diamond-knotted five-color rope from the sewing basket. There was also a delicate wooden carving on the bottom: "You have to wear a five-color rope during the Dragon Boat Festival. I thought of you when I made it for Yueyue.
and Qinghe, these two pairs are worn on the wrist to bring good luck."
Fang Qingshi looked at Tang Xufang in astonishment, her eyes warm. Ever since her parents passed away, the three siblings had lived together, and they had forgotten to wear the five-colored thread on this day.
"What's wrong?" Tang Xufang saw that Fang Qingshi's eyes were red, and quickly handed over the handkerchief: "I don't like this."
Fang Qingshi stretched out his wrist: "Would you put it on for me?"
"Okay." Tang Xufang said in a long voice, with a doting tone, and put it on Fang Qingshi gently, then carefully adjusted it so that the small Ruyi was just on the inside of her wrist.
Fang Qingshi saw the calluses on Tang Xufang's fingers. Even though the embroidery needle was small, the calluses made by working hard without leaving the needle were quite thick.
Thinking of herself everywhere, Xufang has never changed.
After telling Tong Yue to take care of her father at home, Tang Xufang and Fang Qingshi went out carrying two big bags. When they got to the incense shop, they had to put the spices in according to the different sachets.
Fang Jing'an put the Wu Du bellyband in a conspicuous place outside. He had children at home, so he took one back home. The money from the sale of the bellyband belonged to Tang Xufang.
After finishing her work, Fang Qingshi took out the account book and asked Tang Xufang to point to the words on it. She also brought over an abacus to teach Tang Xufang to calculate the accounts. She had sold 200 sachets in more than a month.
This amount can tell how much Tang Xufang paid. After calculating, he handed the account book to Tang Xufang: "Xufang made a net profit of twelve taels of silver this month."
Tang Xufang swallowed nervously and looked at Fang Qingshi in disbelief: "Ah Shi, could it be that you made a mistake in your calculation?"
"That's right." Fang Qingshi pointed to the account book: "The price of our sachets ranges from fifty to one hundred and fifty cents. We bought a total of twenty-five taels of silver, one tael of silver for the book, and the rest
Twenty-four taels, let’s give it 50-50, isn’t it just twelve taels?”
Tang Xufang quickly shook her head: "It's too much. One tael of silver is not enough for the capital. I will provide another two taels of silver for the capital."
"How much do you think the cloth I pulled out for you is worth? Do you know now? You can make money by doing business. Let's wait for Brother Tong later. You and Brother Tong are the shopkeepers here, and my brother has to go back to practice medicine."
Tang Xufang cried with joy, her tears falling down, and she murmured: "Ah Shi, my life is about to start."
"Yes, there is Bentou." Fang Qingshi wiped Tang Xufang's tears with a handkerchief: "You can ask the people around you to embroider your purse later. It only costs ten cents to embroider a purse and send it to the embroidery workshop. You are alone.
If you are too busy, hire someone to do more work, and you will make money by selling it."
Tang Xufang nodded: "Yes, I understand."
"Now that we have more people, I will send over some more cloth. When we get bigger, we won't need cloth heads, but will use good materials." Fang Qingshi knew that Tang Xufang was very smart and could be a big manager around him back then.
Man, it just takes some time.
When the material was mentioned, Tang Xufang remembered: "Ah Shi, the Zheng family wants to send many embroiderers to Jinghe Prefecture."
"Does Xu Fang also know about this?" Fang Qingshi asked.
Tang Xufang sighed: "Isn't that right? Several girls from my family are working as embroiderers there. Now that I have to go to Jinghe Mansion, I'm afraid the marriage will be ruined."
"There are always trade-offs." Fang Qingshi did not comment too much on this matter, but reminded Tang Xufang: "If there are embroiderers who don't go to Jinghe Prefecture, we can use them."
After seeing off Tang Xufang, Fang Qingshi went to Da'an Escort Agency. The house here is very big, and the place for doing business in the Escort Agency cannot be small. As soon as he arrived at the door, he heard the password. It happened that Gao Sheng was at the door and greeted him with a smile.
Come over: "Master, why are you here?"
"Something happened, is Duan Chengde here?" Fang Qingshi asked.
Gao Sheng nodded quickly: "Here you are, I'll take my boss with me."
There are carriages on the east and west sides of the yard in front of the escort agency. After passing the main house, there is the yard at the back. Looking north and south is the stables. There are eight mules and two horses in it. The horses were brought back from Qingwa Village.
Under Duan Chengde's command, more than a dozen teenagers punched and kicked in a showy manner.
Gao Sheng ran over and said something to Duan Chengde. Duan Chengde asked Gao Sheng to look at these children, come over and clasp his fists: "My boss."
Fang Qingshi found that the escort agency was becoming more and more disciplined, which was good.
He nodded: "The Zheng family is going to send the embroiderer there, have you set a date yet?"
"Not yet. Many families are reluctant to let their girls go out. Most of them have hired others. It may take several days to recruit enough people." Duan Chengde said.
Fang Qingshi turned around: "Brother Duan, what's the name of your sweetheart?"
"Ah?" Duan Chengde's face turned red. He raised his hand and scratched his hair: "How did my boss know?"
Fang Qingshi tightened her lips and cleared her throat: "Ouyang Hong is the head of Chunxiang House. He holds the lives of those girls in his hands. He has done some spice trading, but he may do more in the future. Once he has money,
It's easy to talk things over, and Bao Buqi can help."
"Don't bother me boss, she, she has a sweetheart, not me." Duan Chengde smiled bitterly and lowered his head.
Fang Qingshi frowned slightly. In the last life, Duan Chengde lost a leg, so it was understandable that he didn't want to be with him. Now that Duan Chengde is doing well and making a decent living in an escort agency, the woman doesn't want to?
"Well, there is no grass anywhere in the world." Fang Qingshi felt a little embarrassed.
Duan Chengde nodded.
"Brother Duan, Chunxiang Tower asked some time ago if they could bring back sweet shrimps from Jinghe Prefecture. The price has doubled, and they want as much as they want. Can they do it?" Fang Qingshi looked at Duan Chengde's red head and swollen face and asked.
Duan Chengde raised his head: "Twice the price is cheaper for him. No matter how good the sweet shrimps in Jinghe Prefecture are, who can bring them back without us? It's okay to give them twice the price."
"Okay, then it's twice the price. Chunxiang Tower doesn't need a restaurant and a prostitute shop." Fang Qingshi nodded and it was settled.
Now that I have come here, it is necessary to check the accounts. The young men and shopkeepers in the escort agency are all eloquent people. Fang Qingshi is very satisfied. Duan Chengde has the final say in everything here. After reading the accounts, he goes back.
The business at the incense shop is pretty good, but Fang Jing'an has lost a lot of weight. Fang Qingshi straightened her shelves: "Brother, if Miss Liangyu comes back..."
Snap!
The book in Fang Jing'an's hand fell to the ground again.
Fang Qingshi looked at her panicked eldest brother, and she felt something bad in her heart. The most painful thing was that she was homesick, and she was really worried.