Chapter 33 Nuobao's designated fortune
Upon hearing this, Feng said, "Yes, second daughter-in-law, I went to the city to see the embroidery of those embroiderers. Although they are exquisite, they lack the spirit compared to yours. Why don't you sell the embroidery? It doesn't matter how much you make, as long as you don't let your craft down."
After all, Li Qiqiao's mother is an embroiderer.
This craft is indeed rare, and Feng doesn't want her to waste her time on it.
"Yes, sister-in-law, take it and sell it~" Little Nuobao nodded firmly.
Looking at the cute eyes of her sister-in-law, Li Qiqiao didn't hesitate.
"Okay, then I'll take whatever I embroider these days to the city to try my luck."
After Li Qiqiao worked hard for half a month and finished four embroideries, she thought it was just a matter of luck and might not be able to sell them.
But as soon as she entered the city and showed her embroidery, many people gathered around her.
All four embroideries were sold out in a flash.
Li Qiqiao was very happy and was about to go home to hug her sister-in-law. At this time, she saw an old man in neat clothes holding her back with regret.
"I saw that the embroideries you just made all used the techniques of Su embroidery, and the embroidery style was lively and delicate. You also embroidered the "Pingsha Luoyan" which was popular in the Jiangnan area twenty years ago. There must be people from the Jiangnan area in your family." The old man asked.
When Li Qiqiao heard this, she quickly replied, "My grandparents once opened an embroidery shop in Yangzhou. Later, the family fell into poverty and moved to Yuncheng. My mother used to be an embroiderer. It was she who taught me the Suzhou embroidery skills. I'm not good at selling them now."
When the old man heard about Yangzhou, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"I'm also from Yangzhou. Yuncheng is in the north, and people from Yangzhou are rare. So I'm half a fellow villager." The old man couldn't help but feel happy.
After saying that, he shook his head: "It's a pity that I came too late just now and didn't buy your embroidery."
Li Qiqiao pursed her lips and smiled: "How difficult is that. I will go back and embroider a few more pieces, and then I will take them to the city to sell. If you don't mind, you can tell me where you live and I will personally deliver them to you."
Seeing her patience, the old man also liked her.
So he simply said: "How about this, it just so happens that in half a month, my grandson will be a hundred days old. At that time, I will invite relatives, friends and neighbors to a banquet. I am in need of a hundred-day banquet picture and want to hang it in the hall."
"If you are willing, then I will give this job to you. For a hundred-day banquet picture, I will give you five taels of silver as a deposit, and after the embroidery is completed, I will give you ten taels. What do you think?"
Li Qiqiao also knew how to embroider such banquet pictures on weekdays.
But she never thought that the other party would offer fifteen taels of silver at once. She blushed immediately and nodded happily.
The old man looked kind, and although his clothes were not obvious, he was very generous.
He took out five taels of silver and handed it to Li Qiqiao with great trust.
After returning home, her family learned that Li Qiqiao had taken this business, and they couldn't help but feel happy for her.
After all, this is fifteen taels.
If it were in the past, I don't know how many years it would take for the family to earn money.
Li Qiqiao did not hide anything. As soon as she saw Feng, she handed her five taels.
Feng was also straightforward. She shook her head and said, "This silver is earned by you. There is enough money in the family. You don't have to hand it over. Keep it for yourself."
Li Qiqiao did not dare to neglect a fifteen-tael embroidery picture.
Since she took on this job, she would light an oil lamp every night to embroider.
Nuobao saw that she was working hard, but unfortunately she couldn't help her at all, so she took the tribute secretly while Li Qiqiao was busy, and coaxed her nephew to eat it together.
Helping her second sister-in-law to coax Chun Ge'er was the only thing she could do.
Only eight days passed in a flash, and it was still seven days before the agreed date. Li Qiqiao had already embroidered the Hundred Days Banquet and took it to the city to give it away.
Seeing the exquisite embroidery, the old man immediately made up the ten taels of silver.
He thought that the job was done, but when the old man's grandson was over a hundred days old, Li Qiqiao's embroidery was actually noticed by others.
Seeing such a lifelike embroidery, the guests at the banquet thought it was custom-made by Yipin Embroidery Workshop in the city.
When the old man said that this was embroidered by Li Qiqiao, the guests couldn't help but look at Li Qiqiao and blushed.
"Such exquisite craftsmanship, my old lady also wants an embroidery like this when she turns 60." A woman said anxiously.
Another man nodded and said, "It's really good. I'm afraid that even the embroiderers of Yipin Embroidery Workshop can't reach this level. If you can embroider one for my family and put it in the living room, the price is negotiable."
In just a short while, Li Qiqiao took over six or seven orders. The old man was afraid that she would make mistakes, so he took out paper and pen to write them down for her.
Before leaving, the old man saw that Li Qiqiao was steady and reliable, so he said: "I opened a rouge shop in the city. If you have embroidery to sell in the future, you might as well take it to my shop and hang it, so that you don't have to set up a stall on the street, which is really inconvenient."
Li Qiqiao then knew that the old man was Mr. Yang of Xiangliufang.
Xiangliufang is one of the best rouge shops in the city. If you hang your embroidery here, you will definitely be able to sell it at a good price.
And Xiangliufang can also use embroidery as a gimmick to attract new customers. In this way, both sides can get a bargain, which can be regarded as a mutual benefit.
So Li Qiqiao did not hesitate and nodded in agreement.
After returning, when she told Feng about this matter, everyone in the Jiang family was very happy.
"This is a long-term business, and it's going so smoothly. My sister-in-law is really amazing." Jiang Fengnian said with a smile.
"If it weren't for my sister-in-law who reminded me to take the embroidery to the city to sell, I wouldn't have met Boss Yang, let alone take over these embroidery today." The more Li Qiqiao thought about it, the happier she felt.
She couldn't help but lean over and kiss Xiao Nuobao on the kang
. At night, Li Qiqiao quietly took out the fifteen taels of silver and put it in Xiao Nuobao's palm.
"Didn't I tell you to keep it for yourself? Why did you take it out again?" Feng was stunned.
Li Qiqiao blushed and smiled: "This money was earned by my sister-in-law. Just give it to her as a small stipend. It can be considered as buying her dowry in advance."
When Xiao Nuobao heard this, he also gave face to his second sister-in-law. He shrank his little hand and put it into the quilt.
"Okay, dear, keep it for yourself." Mrs. Feng couldn't help laughing: "These fifteen taels are just the beginning. Mother has saved all the money in our family. In the future, all of them will be yours."
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