Chapter 28: Getting Used to It
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"What? It's only six cents a piece. It's not even enough to make back my investment."
As soon as she left the embroidery workshop, Chen Dani started complaining.
The shopkeeper just now complained that the silk thread and fabric used for Qi Liang Jin Yu were too rough, but the embroidery seemed good, so he reluctantly gave him a price.
Liang Jinyu sighed: "It's too cheap."
"It's such a big place, and his is not the only embroidery workshop. Let's go ask other ones." Chen Dani was very excited and was not discouraged at all.
[I have trouble sewing clothes. It seems that embroidery is not suitable for me. I have to find another way to make money.]
Liang Jinyu was a little surprised. She didn't expect that Dani had this intention when she came to the city. No wonder she wanted to ask about everything she saw.
But she also had important things to do today, so she didn't have time to slowly "research" with her.
"Wait for me here." Liang Jinyu said, turned around and went back to the embroidery workshop.
Soon, Liang Jinyu came back.
"Here you go." She took out six cents and handed it to Dani.
"You sold your purse?" Dani asked in surprise, a little anxiously.
"It's no use keeping it, so you might as well sell it. You can keep the six cents as pocket money, and we can use the rest to eat."
"No, why did you sell it? The store owner is clearly ripping us off." Dani said angrily, as if she had suffered a huge loss.
Liang Jinyu said nonchalantly, "It's okay. We'll come and talk to him next time."
"What next time? There will be no next time. You are not allowed to sell it to him again!" Chen Dani was very angry.
Liang Jinyu nodded in agreement, and finally took her to a noodle restaurant after much persuasion.
The purse sold for a total of thirty-six coins. After deducting the six coins given to Dani, there were thirty coins left, enough for the two of them to eat noodles.
Because food prices are cheap now, the price of noodles is also low. With eggs added, a large bowl only costs ten cents.
"Oh my god, we've already spent twenty cents. How about we just eat buns? I think the buns from this restaurant are pretty good." Chen Dani felt distressed.
She was used to being poor, and even after she made some money, she still lived a tight life. Such lavish spending was really too much for her to bear.
Even though it wasn't her money that was spent.
"You can eat if you like. It's a rare opportunity for you to come here." Liang Jinyu handed her a pair of chopsticks.
Chen Dani looked at the noodles that had been served. No matter how sad she was, she had to eat it. She couldn't let it go to waste.
Liang Jinyu ate very quickly and finished the meal in a short while.
"You eat here, I have something to do." Liang Jinyu wiped the corner of his mouth, stood up and said.
Chen Dani looked up at her suspiciously: "You don't want to run away, do you?"
This kid is too straightforward in his words.
Liang Jinyu laughed: "Where can I escape to? Don't worry, I'll be back soon. Just wait here and don't run around."
Knowing that the girl in front of her was not a real six-year-old child, Liang Jinyu felt comfortable leaving her alone.
Dani nodded and said, "Then go ahead."
Liang Jinyu greeted the owner of the noodle shop again and asked him to help look after Dani before turning around and leaving.
In fact, Liang Jinyu came here today mainly for food matters.
The last time she came, she had already found out which store had the cheapest food, so this time she just had to go directly to the store.
"Hey, girl, you're here."
As soon as Liang Jinyu entered the door, the boss recognized her.
Liang Jinyu smiled and said, "I'm already married, so the boss can just call me Yu Niang."
The boss was a middle-aged man with a big belly. When he smiled, his eyes narrowed into a line, and he looked very kind.
"Yuniang, are you here to buy some food today?" The boss followed suit and changed the address.
Liang Jinyu scanned the various rice and flour in the shop and was a little surprised: "Boss, why are the prices of rice and flour more expensive than before?"
The boss smiled and explained: "Recently, a grain merchant from outside the area came and bought a lot of grain. That's why the price has gone up."
"Oh? What kind of grain merchant is so powerful that he can make the grain price in the city rise instead of fall in just a few days?" Liang Jinyu asked in surprise.
The boss shook his head and said, "I don't know. My shop is small and people don't like it. But I heard that Mancang and Fengshuo were all bought out by him, and he paid the full amount at once."
At this point, the boss clicked his tongue and shook his head, full of envy.
Some people bought a large amount of food in a short period of time, which led to insufficient food reserves in the city, so prices naturally went up.
Liang Jinyu didn't know if this happened in her previous life. If so, it meant that this grain trader must be a remarkable person. If not, then the other party was very suspicious.
"Boss, I have a big family, and I want to buy more while the food price is low. What do you think of the price?" Liang Jinyu asked tentatively.
The boss opened his eyes happily: "No problem."
The hairpin had pawned a total of five taels of silver, and now she only had a little over four taels left. If she used all of it to buy food, she wouldn't be able to buy much.
So Liang Jinyu needs to take a gamble, betting that grain prices will rise in the early spring of next year.
"Three thousand kilograms of rice, two thousand kilograms of wheat flour, and one thousand kilograms each of brown rice, corn, soybeans, and yellow rice, rice bran, and peanuts - no, Yu Niang, are you sure you want to buy so much?" The more the shopkeeper wrote, the more he felt that the business was a bit too big and he couldn't handle it.
The most important thing is that although the woman in front of him looked good, she didn't look like someone who could buy so much food.
Liang Jinyu smiled and took out a silver ingot: "Boss, don't worry. To be honest, I bought these because of the master's suggestion. There are many people in the family, so they can eat more."
It turned out to be a servant.
The boss nodded. This made sense. Since the deposit was given so readily, the balance should not be in arrears.
“When the food is ordered, would you like to come and get it yourself or should we deliver it to you?” The boss was calculating with the clacking sound of his abacus.
Liang Jinyu looked embarrassed: "The storeroom at home is already full, boss, do you know any reliable brokers?"
The boss immediately stopped what he was doing and said happily, "You've asked the right person. My brother-in-law is the best dentist on this street."
Because she was worried about Chen Dani, Liang Jinyu made an appointment with the shopkeeper to come back in an hour, and then she would go directly to see the house with the shopkeeper's brother-in-law.
After walking a long way away from the granary, Liang Jinyu finally felt relieved and leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.
God knows how nervous she was. She only had four taels of silver on her, but she bought hundreds of taels of food!
Adding to that the house she was going to see later, Liang Jinyu covered her pounding chest and dared not think about it.
But if she wants to change her fate, she can only give it a try.
"Mom and Dad, if you are still alive in heaven, please protect me." Liang Jinyu prayed softly.
When Liang Jinyu returned to the noodle shop, she didn't see Dani and her heart stopped beating instantly.
"Boss, have you seen my daughter?"
Liang Jinyu rushed into the shop in a hurry, her hands shaking with nervousness.
"Here it is."
The kitchen curtain was opened and Chen Dani stuck her head out and answered.
Seeing that she was safe, Liang Jinyu finally breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart was still pounding.
"Madam, your daughter is truly a prodigy. Please come over and take a look." The proprietress lifted the curtain and greeted her warmly.
child prodigy?
Liang Jinyu was curious and walked in.