Xia Qiyue quickly calculated in her mind, one foot is 33 centimeters wide, so long... She looked at the piece of cloth, which was about 1.4 meters. In this way, one foot of cloth can be cut out.
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She calculated in her mind that she would cut appropriate squares of fabric according to the size of the halva and get a ribbon to tie them, so how many pieces could be produced from one foot of fabric...
Finally, when the shopkeeper was getting impatient, she finally figured it out and threw out the rope fabric. One foot of fabric could cut at least 140 small pieces.
In other words, one piece of cloth can produce 1,400 small pieces of sugar coating. If a pound of fifty candies can be packed, it can also pack twenty-eight pounds.
The price of crispy candy in her mind is one tael of silver per catty. Calculating it this way, twenty-eight catties is twenty-eight taels. Even if the packaging fee of 2 taels is thrown away, she still makes a huge profit.
So he held out a finger and said, "One tael of silver, shopkeeper, I'll buy it for just one tael of silver!"
The shopkeeper glared at her as if he saw a fool and turned around to put the cloth away, "I won't sell it if I don't have two taels of silver!"
This posture really looks like he is not worried about selling. "This piece of satin of mine was just here before me. If it hadn't been for something at home yesterday, it would have been sold long ago! Why did it wait until now?"
Xia Qiyue tried to lower the price, but the shopkeeper ignored her at all.
In the end, she had no choice but to reluctantly spend two taels of silver to buy it, because this was the key to whether her candy could take the high-end route, and she had to do this.
Passing by the market on the way home, she saw a seller selling baskets, which were small and exquisite. She bought some more and prepared to put the packaged halva in them.
She started cutting the icing when she got back. She had to hurry up and find a buyer before dark. She didn't know much about Maoshan Town yet. The only one she knew now was the rich Tang Yuanwai.
Fortunately, my sister Xia Jiuyue is very handy. Not only does she cut the icing very neatly, but she also wraps it up and ties it with strings in a pretty way.
On the other hand, my younger brother is not good at it. He has rough hands and feet. Not only can he not wrap it well, he can also fasten it well.
However, Xia Xinghe was not idle. He carefully observed the small and exquisite baskets that the eldest sister bought. The baskets were made of wicker, but they were surrounded by a circle of brightly colored and beautiful floral cloths. Not to mention how expensive the cloths were.
, I can make those floral cloths into various flower shapes, my hands are not ordinary, and the handles are also wrapped in various floral cloths, which is particularly beautiful.
The handles look particularly tacky in summer and July, but this is what children and little girls who are not out of line like the most.
The items are beautiful and not expensive. Xia Qiyue picked out several of them and almost got them all.
The seller of the basket was a woman in her thirties, and she was so happy that she even gave her an extra one as a companion.
There are large and small baskets. The largest one can hold three kilograms of candy, while the smallest one can hold one kilogram.
Xia Qiyue immersed herself in learning to tie icing with her sister. The various tricks she learned dazzled her, so she didn't pay much attention to what her brother was doing. However, Xia Xinghe said something unexpectedly next to the two of them.
"I can also knit this basket, but I can't do the flowers and flowers on it!"
Xia Qiyue looked up from the icing and said, "Can you knit a basket?"
Xia Xinghe nodded, "Yes! I learned it from my father when I was at home. I made the basket for carrying eggs at home! But that one is made of bamboo strips. There seems to be no bamboo here."
"It's all the same! If you know how to do it, just take off the wicker and try it! If you know how to do it, you don't have to buy it, and you can save a fortune!"
Xia Qiyue is not feeling depressed now. Is it possible that her candy is too expensive and no one will buy it? Then the candy will not be wasted. At worst, she can eat it by herself, but the packaging will be wasted!
They spent so much money on it, and the money they spent on fabrics and baskets was enough to feed the five of them for two months.
"Sister, leave the flowers and plants to me! Then buy some colorful fabrics and I will make them! You don't have to buy such expensive fabrics. You see, the fabrics on this basket are probably leftovers from the cloth shop.
When I was at home, my mother and I would often use some leftover materials to make something to sell, but we have never gone to a cloth store to buy it in person, so we don’t know the price..."
Xia Yueyue kept moving her hands, raised her eyes and said easily after taking a look.
"That's it. Now when you're free, go to the cloth store and buy fabrics and needlework. Xinghe will go and get wicker. I'll leave the basket to you two!"
It’s so full, there’s no time to rest!”
However, the siblings said that they did not want to rest and that they could not expect to survive on the road to escape with full stomachs.
The eldest sister works hard day and night for them, how can they rest and not work just for the sake of rest?
Xia Qiyue knew that the sister and brother had repaid their kindness and felt happy.
Although she had made up her mind to bring her younger brother and sister to a safe place just for the sake of the original owner's face, the two of them were really good friends, which made her even more happy.
Although Ke'er is also a girl, she is only three years old. Even though she became sensible early, she can only play now.
The two children had eaten rice, apples, and halva. Now they were contentedly playing in the yard without making any noise.
In their eyes, today's life is like a fairy's day. The children don't know many reasons. They just think that it is better to live with their mother and separate the family than to live with their grandparents.
Their mother is the best person in the world to them.
In fact, now that there is no shortage of water, the life of the refugees has improved a lot. Although the situation is still precarious, it is still bearable. Now not only do they have enough water, but they also have a meal of porridge in the morning. There are many men in the family, which can guarantee that they will not have any problems.
starving.
Just like the sons of the patriarch's family, cutting firewood and selling it is also a way of survival.
Because Maoshan Town is a northern town, winter is very cold, and firewood is best sold in autumn.
As long as you are willing to endure hardships and go up the mountain to cut firewood, your money will not be lost.
What Xia Qiyue didn't expect was that it took a long time to wrap candies. They did nothing else for almost the entire afternoon. The two sisters sat there and kept wrapping candies.
There were ten kilograms in total, and Xia Qiyue kept one kilogram, except for eating it herself and using it as a sample for others to try.
Nine pounds of candies, about 450 pieces, took them an entire afternoon to pack. Although it was expensive, it was still laborious.
"Okay, you can take care of the remaining ten minutes while I cook dinner. We have to leave after dinner!" Xia Qiyue stretched and stood up.
Now, if she can, she wants to eat three meals to replenish her body. She doesn't know when she will have to run around again.
It gets dark early in autumn, but due to this trouble, by the time I made a simple dinner in July in the summer, it was almost dark.
The five of them ate quickly. Xia Qiyue put all the packaged candies in the basket and packed them up. After putting them into the space, she locked the door and walked out of the town.
By the time we got to the shed, it was already dark and we couldn't see anything.
Mrs. An and Wang kept looking worriedly back and forth at their house. Unexpectedly, she thought she was Xia Qiyue's biological mother.
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