Sister-in-law Lu held four pieces of fine cloth and sold them to Li Xiaonan.
After ordering the copper coins, stringing them up and putting them away, she tied the bundle tightly in her arms. Sister-in-law Lu looked at Li Xiaonan with a smile on her face and said, "The shopkeeper only pays ten copper coins for the loom for each piece of cloth. This will cost the loom."
If all the money is deducted, it will take two or three years."
"Now that the business has just started, let everyone see the copper coins first, and then we can credit the looms later. You can't make such a deduction. You can earn sixty or seventy copper coins for a piece of fine cloth. If you make jacquard, it can be more. Then you can
I have to deduct half of the profit to pay back the loom." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
"Half of it is very kind. The little shopkeeper is a kind person." Sister-in-law Lu said, shaking out half a piece of fine cloth from the old bag containing four pieces of fine cloth, holding it to Li Xiaonan, and said with a smile: "This is the time for us to test the machine.
The first half of the knitted fabric is really invisible. Although the second half may be loose or tight, it can still be used as a lining for clothes. If the shopkeeper doesn’t mind it, let’s use it as a lining.”
"Thank you, then I'm welcome." Li Xiaonan took half a piece of fine cloth and handed it to Wang Yuting.
"I have to leave quickly. I have to rush to Pingjiang City to buy some thread. I'm waiting to use it at home. Goodbye." Sister-in-law Lu said goodbye to Li Xiaonan and hurried to Pingjiang City.
Li Xiaonan, Wang Yuting and Ah Wu came out together. Ah Wu was carrying four pieces of fine cloth and kept looking at the half piece of fine cloth held in Wang Yuting's arms.
Arriving at the entrance of the town, Ah Wu couldn't bear it any longer and yelled at Li Xiaonan, "They gave you half a piece of fine cloth, and you just said thank you and just took it back?"
"Huh? Otherwise?" Li Xiaonan looked at Awu and asked.
"You can't be like this as a human being. If someone respects me, I have to respect others a foot! How can I take other people's things for nothing? Besides, no matter how much you are richer than Sister-in-law Lu, you can't be like this as a human being!"
"Then what do you think I should do?" Li Xiaonan looked at Awu with her hands on her hips.
"If someone gives you half a horse, you have to give them back one. That's why..."
Before Ah Wu finished speaking, Li Xiaonan took the muslin from Wang Yuting's arms and threw it into Ah Wu's arms, "I gave it to you, give me a piece of muslin!"
"Where can I get the fine cloth! It's not like you..." Ah Wu quickly picked up the fine cloth and sent it to Li Xiaonan's arms.
"Shut up!" Wang Yuting stepped forward, grabbed the fine cloth, and slapped A Wu on the arm.
"You eat and drink for free at our house all day long. The little gown you are wearing was made by Sister Mei for you, right? The shoes on your feet were also made by Sister Mei for you, right? The cloth is from our family and the thread is from us.
Home, how come I haven’t seen you yet, so what kind of gift do you have to give me?
"Also, when my third sister got married, you two ate and drank for free for four or five days. When you left, you took all the big and small bags. You didn't even return the gift, right?
"Tell me, how do you behave as a human being?" Li Xiaonan pointed at Awu.
"Let's... pretend I didn't say anything, I'll go get the horse!" Ah Wu turned around and started running away.
"Hmph!" Li Xiaonan put her hands on her hips and snorted hard, turning to glance at Wang Yuting who was smiling, "You two have so little money, right?"
Wang Yuting nodded, "Awu is loyal, that's what happens in the world."
Li Xiaonan leaned towards Wang Yuting, and for a moment, she let out a long sigh.
These two guys really don't deserve any wages, not even a single copper coin!
This time, Li Xiaonan brought the four pieces of fine cloth and the half piece of cloth back to Cai Lian Lane.
This business has already started, I have to tell my eldest sister.
After dinner in the evening, Li Xiaonan stood up first, helped Sister Mei clear the table, grabbed the rag and wiped the table, took the teapot and teacup, and made tea for the eldest sister, second sister and brother.
Li Jinzhu and Li Yuzhu looked at the busy Li Xiaonan, and looked at each other from time to time. While Li Xiaonan was carrying water to the kitchen, Li Yuzhu patted Li Xuedong, who looked surprised, and asked, "What trouble did you get into?"
"No, no, it's because I don't know and haven't heard about it." Li Xuedong's heart skipped a beat.
Grandma is so diligent, she must have done something wrong again!
Li Jinzhu snorted, scratched his scalp with the needle, and thrust it into the sole of his shoe, "This damn girl, wait until she tells her."
Li Xiaonan made tea, gave the eldest sister, second sister and brother a cup each. She bowed to the eldest sister and said, "eldest sister, let me show you something nice."
Li Jinzhu stopped what he was doing and watched Li Xiaonan struggle to drag an old cloth bundle over from behind the rice bucket, put it on the chair in front of Li Jinzhu, and unwrap the bundle.
"This is fine cloth? Where did you get it?" Li Yuzhu reached out and touched it, lifted one piece, pulled out a section, and looked at it carefully.
"What's going on?" Li Jinzhu frowned.
"That's what happened." Li Xiaonan sat down and told everything she could about her fine cloth business from the beginning to the present, "...that's it."
Li Yuzhu and Li Xuedong's eyes widened when they heard this.
"Where did you get the capital?" Li Jinzhu glared at Li Xiaonan.
"I borrowed it from that prince." Li Xiaonan lowered her eyes and scratched her forehead.
"Awu and Yuting don't work in the tea house, but work for you?" Li Jinzhu asked next.
"Hmm." Li Xiaonan's word "hmm" was vague and vague.
"Does your third sister know?" Li Jinzhu asked again.
"Know a little bit."
"Kneel down!" Li Jinzhu slapped the table.
Li Xiaonan simply knelt down in front of Li Jinzhu with a plop.
"Sister, Grandma is a person who does big things. You said this. Back then, it was Grandma who mentioned the scholar's affairs first." Li Yuzhu hurriedly stepped forward.
"Yes, yes, the third brother-in-law said the same thing. Grandma and I kneel together." Li Xuedong knelt down next to Li Xiaonan.
"Let them get up. Things are already like this. There's no point in kneeling anymore, right?" Li Yuzhu looked at Li Jinzhu and advised her, while reaching out to pull Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan got up and was pushed back into the bamboo chair by the second sister.
Li Xuedong stood up by himself, patted his clothes and sat back down.
"I asked you to kneel down, not because you are in this business, but because you borrowed money from others. How much did you borrow from others?" Li Jinzhu's voice was slightly slow.
"One hundred taels." Li Xiaonan glanced at the eldest sister and carefully added, "And Awu and Yuting's wages."
Li Yuzhu and Li Xuedong both took a deep breath.
Li Jinzhu was very calm. She had already expected that the cost of this loom and fine cloth business would definitely be more than 10 or 80 taels of silver.
"Does the prince know what you borrowed the money for? Do you know the business you are doing?" Li Jinzhu asked.
Li Xiaonan nodded hurriedly, "I know, he even took me to Pingjiang Weaving Factory to see it once."
Li Jinzhu pursed her lips tightly, remained silent for a moment, looked at Li Xiaonan and asked: "What's the next step? Are you ready? Or can't you go on?"
"It's a plan, I can't go on alone." Li Xiaonan said with a flattering smile.
"Xuedong goes to Hong's house and asks your third sister to come over and discuss it together." Li Jinzhu thought for a while, looked at Li Xuedong and said.
