Ning Jia and An Ye moved to a deserted place and started their business. They chose a woven bag, opened it and poured the pieces of cloth onto the ground. Immediately, a group of people rushed forward to grab the pieces like a swarm of bees.
Li Xu stood far away to keep watch for them and make sure those who wanted to take advantage of the situation didn't run away with the cloth.
"I don't have a price for my cloth. Just take whichever piece you like. I'll give you a price based on your preference. If you think it's suitable, take it. If not, forget it." Ning Jia said.
The group of people didn't have time to talk, and they were busy searching for what they needed among the pile of cloth pieces.
"I've made my choice." An old lady was quick to choose four pieces of dark blue cloth, each of which was quite large.
Ning Jia took a look and said, "Auntie, please give me one dollar for these four pieces of cloth. I don't care how much you ask for."
Ordinary cloth costs between 25 and 30 cents per piece, while thicker cotton cloth can cost up to 35 cents per piece, sometimes even more.
The old lady thought that the pieces of cloth she had chosen were very good, the material was thick, and the colors were also bright, so she should charge at least two dollars for them.
I didn't expect to only charge her one dollar.
She shouted happily: "It's worth it! It's so worth it!"
Her shouting made everyone even more excited, and soon people kept asking Ning Jia to give an estimate.
"Eight cents."
"This one costs one piece!"
"You chose a lot and the pieces are big, so I'll take two!"
An Ye asked her: "How do you estimate the price? Do you have a standard?"
Ning Jia grinned: "Where is the standard? Just estimate it randomly. Anyway, we won't lose money no matter how we sell it."
"Oh, I understand now." An Ye waved at the crowd, "Come here, come to me, I can also give you an estimate."
Those who bought the cloth went home happily, and some people heard the news and came here. They sold three out of the four bags of cloth behind a house in the town.
There was one bag left, and the two said they couldn't sell anything.
On the way there, the three of them hitchhiked on a bullock cart. When they got off the cart, Ning Jia gave the cart owner some pieces of cloth.
At noon, when every household was having lunch, Ning Jia and An Ye returned home. The yard was quiet and empty, so they carried their bags and went to the backyard.
"Come to my room and let's settle the accounts."
An Ye and Li Xu followed Ning Jia into her room. As soon as the three of them sat down, Ning Jia took out a handful of money from her pocket, including ten cents, twenty cents, fifty cents, and one yuan.
An Ye also took out the money he had collected.
The two of them buried their heads and began to count the money. At the end, Ning Jia smiled and said, "I have a total of 27 yuan."
An Ye: "Fifteen dollars a piece."
The total amount of money in the hands of the two people was forty-two yuan and seventy cents!
"Net profit of 42.70 yuan!" Li Xu was also excited, "This trip is worth it! I think you two are really bold and careful. It would be great to make money together in the future. Don't quarrel."
"Hey, just say it. Go, go and cook." An Ye touched Li Xu's arm.
"I can't, wife."
"Figure it out yourself. Jiajia and I are both hungry and need to eat. You go and cook, and we'll share the remaining cloth."
"Hey, you guys are busy! We need to do this!"
Ning Jia divided the money in her hand into two parts, one was twenty-one and the other was twenty-one years and seventy cents. She gave the extra part to An Ye.
An Ye did not refuse.
There was still a bag of cloth left. That bag was picked up by Ning Jia herself. At that time, she found a relatively complete roll of cloth in it.
When she was tidying up her things, she found the roll of cloth as expected.
"Oh, this piece of cloth is really nice!" An Ye also saw it, "You are so lucky, the color is a clean dark blue, the thickness is moderate, and the most important thing is that it is a whole piece!"
"Come on, let's open it and take a look!"
The two of them pulled at one end each and opened the roll of cloth.
When the cloth was fully unfolded, Ning Jia was stunned: "This... is this really discarded cloth? It's so long and so complete, it's not even a defective cloth!"
"I strongly suspect that someone wanted to smuggle this roll of cloth out, and it ended up in the scrap warehouse by mistake." An Ye sighed, "Your luck is too good, isn't it?"
Ning Jia chuckled: "We have all been transported into such an unlucky book, can't we be a little bit luckier?"
"That's right!"
"What are you going to do with this piece of cloth?" An Ye asked.
"Of course we will split it." Ning Jia said, "This piece of cloth can be used to make a set of clothes for you and me, and one for your Li Xu."
"This is more than enough. Let's keep some cloth left. We won't have to worry about cloth when we make clothes tomorrow."
"I'll listen to you!"
After processing the whole piece of cloth, what was left were some scraps of cloth. Ning Jia divided them into several parts and waited for the head of the team to take them away and give them to others.
After the two of them finished their work, An Ye took his things and went back to his room.
As soon as she went out, she heard a lot of noise in the kitchen. She walked over to take a look and saw that it was Grandma Xu and Li Tao who were both helping Li Xu in the kitchen.
"Hey, the sun is rising from the west?"
When Old Lady Xu looked up, she saw An Ye holding a roll of cloth. She wiped her tears and asked hurriedly, "Where did you get this cloth from?"
An Ye did not answer her, but asked: "Am I seeing right? Mom, are you crying?"
When Mrs. Xu heard this, tears started to flow again: "You only care about yourselves, and don't even bother to take care of Old Seven and the others!"
"Seventh Brother? They have arms and legs, pockets and money, why should we care?" An Ye said with a sneer, "You don't know? This time when they went to the county town, the two of them ordered a whole table full of dishes, that was so generous! I wonder if these two people thought of you when they were eating delicious food?"
Mrs. Xu was originally crying, but when she heard that a large table of delicious food was ordered, she was stunned for a moment: "What delicious food?"
"Braised spareribs, sweet and sour fish, spicy chicken... there were a bunch of them, I forgot the exact amount, but these dishes must have cost at least ten yuan!" An Ye said with a smile, "Mom, you love them so much, why didn't you take you with you when they went to the city to eat and drink?"
Mrs. Xu paused and said, "It's cold, there are a lot of people, and it's inconvenient for me to go out at my age."
An Ye raised the corner of his mouth: "Really? I think they feel that they are not free with you. It's good for the two of them to eat and drink together, but with you, won't they have to spend more money?"
An Ye's words really touched Old Mrs. Xu's heart. She had just been crying bitterly to Old Fifth and wanted him to help her, but now she had stopped crying altogether.
Seeing that Old Lady Xu had stopped crying, An Ye asked, "Mom, just now you asked us how to help Old Seven? Aren't the couple still in the city? How can we help?"
Old Mrs. Xu sighed: "They went out in the city..."
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