"Madam, this is the best fine cotton we have here. It is most suitable for the lining of a cotton-padded jacket. As for the outside, it is best to use silk. Silk is thicker and has good warmth retention. Alternatively, it would be good to use the skin of wild beasts!
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Yunxi felt the thickness and weight of the silk, shook her head and said, "Just use cotton to make it for me. I like cotton!" She put on a down jacket underneath, and the outside one was just for others to see, so there was no need to make it so heavy.
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Liu Xingzhi thought she was trying to save money, but before he could speak, Yun Xi glared at her and then shut up.
"Listen to me, I have discretion!" Yun Xi thought for a moment and then explained. Liu Xingzhi nodded. Seeing that they had decided, the waiter followed Yun Xi's method and ordered four sets of thin cotton-padded jackets for one person.
Two sets, plus the cost of making them, total four taels of silver!
"Do you two want to buy shoes and quilts?" The shopkeeper was quite curious about the two of them. If you say you have no money, you can buy four sets at once, plus the cotton. Even if it is thin, it will cost several taels of silver. But if
Let's talk about being rich, but they don't buy silk or brocade, and they even ask for thinner cotton-padded jackets. Wouldn't it be cold? It's really strange!
How did Yun Xi know that the other party thought so much? Now that she mentioned quilts, she thought of the silk quilts piled up in the dormitory. There were at least a hundred sets, both thick and thin. Maybe she could sell a few!
"Shopkeeper, please take a step to speak!" Yunxi gestured to the female shopkeeper. The two of them walked a little further inside, and Yunxi said: "Shopkeeper, my friend has some silk that he wants to sell! I don't know what the shopkeeper is.
Are you interested?"
"Silk?" The shopkeeper looked at her in surprise. You must know that silk is quite rare. To make a quilt, it costs several kilograms at least. The other party actually has more than one set of silk quilts, but the person looks like this, it really doesn't look like it!
Yun Xi's eyes twitched, and he was thinking in his mind whether he should buy some clothes like silk and satin to show his face, so as not to make others look suspicious every time he talks about business.
She opened the white cloth on the basket in her hand, revealing a three-pound silk quilt. This basket was used to cover the space. If she needed anything, she could just move it in. The silk quilt was made of pink brocade.
, it feels extremely comfortable to touch, much more comfortable than the brocade I saw just now.
"No wonder the girl doesn't want to buy brocade. It turns out she doesn't like our store!" Touching the soft fabric, the shopkeeper's eyes shone and he said warmly: "It seems that I am a few years older than you. You call me Li."
That's good, sister! If you use such good brocade to make quilt cover, the contents inside will definitely be good!"
After saying that, he took out the small scissors used for embroidery from the counter, removed a thread from the side, took out some silk, smelled it, burned it on the charcoal basin, pinched the powder, and said with a strange look on his face: "
This silk quilt seems to have no problem in appearance, but judging from the smell and residue, most of it is silk, and it seems to be mixed with a small amount of cotton thread. The amount is not much. I don’t know how the cotton thread is made to be almost the same as silk.
, you can’t even see it with the naked eye!”
Yun Xi only felt a bunch of mud horses running through her heart. This was obviously a fake that had met an expert. It was so embarrassing! She had no research on silk quilts. She had asked her classmates from Huzhou to bring a few sets. She didn't know whether they were real or fake.
I know, I just thought it was good at keeping warm, but I didn’t expect there were so many ways to do it!
"Um..." Yun Xi scratched her head, thinking that she might as well forget it. She couldn't tell the difference, and it would be awkward to buy it again. It would be better to find other opportunities in the future.
"It's normal that you don't know! Unless you are someone like me who has been dealing with cloth all year round, ordinary people can't tell the difference. In addition, this quilt cover, I will buy it for you for twenty taels per pound, okay?" Sister Li didn't.
The other meaning was just out of curiosity, so I weighed the quilt, took sixty taels and handed it to her.
Yun Xi's eyes lit up. She thought that this thing would be expensive if it cost ten taels per catty. She didn't expect it to be so expensive. "Sister Li, I didn't mean to lie to you. This thing was shipped from overseas. I don't think so.
I don’t understand, this money..." Do you want a little more?
Sister Li guessed her thoughts and said with a smile: "My sister is an honest person, and I won't hide it from you. These things are sold to those noble people. In my sister's hands, it is not a problem for the price to double, but if
If you sell it yourself, others may not believe it, and the price won't go up. I'll give you twenty taels per catty, which is considered the normal price. If it's pure silk, I can give you thirty taels per catty."
Sister Li continued to explain: "Although this thing is difficult to distinguish, I can't just smash my own sign and pass it off as a good one just for this reason, so the selling price will inevitably be lower. If you do it in the future
If you have any good ones, just bring them to me. You sister, I'll give it to you! Also, the weather is getting colder and colder now, and the three-pound quilt is a little thin. If there is a thick one, you can bring it to me.
look!"
Yun Xi nodded in agreement, thought for a moment and said, "I also hid an eight-pound quilt. I originally wanted to go back and cover it myself. How about you take a look? But how is the silk? You need to come and test it?"
After saying that, she looked at the basket behind Liu Xingzhi, which was also where she used to transfer things. When she got back, she could turn the small stove and pot out and use them directly.
Liu Xingzhi felt a heavy weight on his shoulders and knew what was going on. He wisely put down the basket and handed over the quilt.
Sister Li looked Liu Xingzhi up and down, and saw that his clothes were not revealing, but his whole body was majestic, with the aura of a superior, which gave people a sense of security. After coming in, except for buying cloth, he spent most of the time
, his eyes only follow the cloud stream, he is obviously a doting wife.
"Good luck, sister, you have found a good man!" Sister Li joked. Seeing that Yun Xi was not old, she was afraid that she would be embarrassed, so she stopped talking, turned around, took the quilt, and checked it as before, with her eyes
She couldn't help but light up, "Sister, this quilt is a good thing. It's made of top-quality silk and the craftsmanship is good. The thickness of the quilt is even. You can tell that a lot of effort has been put into it. I'll give you thirty-five taels a pound, a total of two hundred and eighty taels!"
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Yun Xi nodded repeatedly, his eyes sparkling. He actually bought two quilts for more than 300 taels. Adding the remaining ones from before, it was almost a thousand taels. It felt so good to be a rich woman!
"If you still have a sister in the future, feel free to come find me! Treat that cotton-padded jacket as a gift from my sister, and you don't have to pay for it!" Sister Li really liked Yunxi so much that she received hundreds of taels from this change of hands, but it was worth it.
That’s more than half a month’s income.
Naturally, Yun Xi was not unhappy, but in her heart she planned not to sell it in a short time. This thing was too valuable, and it would be easy to be suspected if she took out too much. Amidst Sister Li's warm greeting, the two of them left the cloth shop.
The smile on Yun Xi's face did not disappear. It felt so good to have money in my pocket!