With two shops selling goods, and Lu Lin researching some new styles of bags from time to time, the business of Huaxia Commercial Bank is finally okay, and the income is relatively stable.
Lu Lin is still in the wine making business.
"Lu Lin, do you have that refrigerator there, can you have ice in summer?"
"Yes, there are too many benefits of the refrigerator."
"Can you make a refrigerator?" Chen Xiaomi looked at Lu Lin admiringly.
Lu Lin: "..." Chen Xiaomi thinks too highly of him. Although he has learned some circuit problems, it is all on paper, and he will return it to the teacher after graduating from university. "Won't."
Chen Xiaomi sighed and said, "What a pity."
Lu Lin smiled embarrassingly. I need ice this summer, but I don’t necessarily need a refrigerator. It seems that there is a kind of saltpeter stone, which can absorb a lot of heat when put into water, and can make the water condense into ice. However, he doesn’t know, this Is there such a thing as saltpeter in the world
Chen Xiaomi rolled his eyes and said, "I heard that there is ice in the palace in summer."
In this era, if you want to use ice in summer, it is not completely impossible. The most common way is to build an ice cellar. Most of the ice cellars are built underground. It is hot, and the ice in the ice cellar melts slowly, so it can be used in summer.
This kind of method is a waste of money and money. Except for the royal family in Kyoto and those high officials, ordinary people can't afford it.
The ice cellar is not well built, and the ice inside is easy to melt. In the hot summer, if you take out the ice and sell it, if you can’t sell it in time, it will melt after a while. Not only will you lose money, but you will also lose money.
Lu Lin held his chin and said, "For the time being, we don't want to think about things that can only be enjoyed by the emperor."
Chen Xiaomi pulled one side of the cloth, and said with some doubts: "Recently, you found some embroiderers in the village, and embroidered some strange things."
Lu Lin shook his head and said, "It's not what you think. I think the store only sells schoolbags, which is a bit boring, so I want to sell fans."
A while ago, many people from the village came to ask him if he still wanted the embroiderer. The business in the shop is not so good now. There are already enough embroiderers. I don't want to change people either.
"They are all from the villagers. If you refuse too much, you will easily offend others. Lu Lin said that he is going to buy some exquisite embroidery recently. If the people in the village embroider any embroidery, they can bring it to the shop. If you sell it, he will give you a generous price.”
"A fan made of cloth?"
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Yes!" There are mainly two types of fans here, one is the plantain fan used by the poor, and the other is the paper fan.
The price of plantain fans is very cheap, you can buy one for five renminbi, but paper fans are hard to say, there are cheap ones of more than a dozen renminbi, and expensive ones of tens or hundreds of taels of silver, it all depends on the fan Who is the worker, and who wrote the inscription on the fan.
Lu Lin nodded, and said: "Yes, I want to make a round fan, and a paper fan made of cloth, a solid color fan, there is always something missing, it would be better if there are some embroidery patterns for decoration."
Most of the fans used by noble ladies are also paper fans. It seems that no one has thought of round fans in this era.
Recently, the weather has been getting hotter and hotter. If he can make it out, he should be able to take the opportunity to make a fortune.
Many embroiderers in the village learned embroidery from an early age, and some of them were not good at craftsmanship. Lu Lin drew some patterns for these people to embroider, and many embroiderers embroidered beautifully.
"Speaking of which, a few days ago, I met an inexplicable woman." Lu Lin said.
Chen Xiaomi glanced at Lu Lin and said, "Who is it?"
Lu Lin shook his head and said: "It looks familiar, she is chubby, and she is very arrogant. When she came over, she said that she is good at craftsmanship. Let me fire Grandma Shen, saying that Grandma Shen is dizzy and not suitable for such a job. , she can do better when she comes.”
"You pushed it away."
Lu Lin nodded and said, "Of course." Originally, he used Grandma Shen, not only for her craftsmanship, but also for her character. "However, after I rejected it, the woman said, I don't give her face, if I don't give her face, I just don't give Li face."
Chen Xiaomi nodded and said, "Maybe it's Li Zheng's younger sister. Li Zheng has a younger sister who likes to use Li Zheng's name to take advantage of her. However, Li Zheng seems to take good care of her younger sister."
Well, knowing the relationship between the other party and Lizheng, Lu Lin didn't care too much. He was no longer in the village, and Lizheng in the village naturally couldn't control him.
In fact, Lu Lin's senses towards Li Zheng were not so good. In the original owner's memory, the original owner's father was not willing to serve in the military. Li Zheng even came to persuade the original owner's father to put the overall situation first, and not to be disobedient and unfilial. What else is there to say, Lu Chengyu will have a great future, and his making such a fuss will affect Lu Chengyu's studies... If Lu Chengyu succeeds in his studies, their family can follow suit.
From Lu Lin's point of view, Li Zheng seemed to be thinking of the villagers, but he was just a self-righteous guy.
Lu Lin said that he wanted embroidery, and the people in the village came to collect the materials and went back to make them.
Because people from the village came here, Lu Lin didn't have the nerve to accept the deposit. However, all of them have registered, and those who have received the things once, must bring the embroidery when they come to collect the things for the second time. Materials will continue to be provided.
Most of the people in the village are very kind and won't do things like fishing in troubled waters, but Lu Lin still has to guard against people fishing in troubled waters.
Soon, various embroideries were delivered to Lu Lin one after another, and Lu Lin also gave the money as he promised.
During this time, Chen Xiaomi has been making fans.
The fan bones and cloth were prepared by others, and the last step of gluing was mainly done by Chen Xiaomi. It seemed quite a coincidence that Lu Lin found Chen Xiaomi's hands.
The bonding of the fan surface and the fan bones is very delicate.
Lu Lin has recently ordered a lot of fan bones, and the fan surface is almost done. However, most of the fans who make the fan surface do not know what the cloth surface they make is used for. Most people think that the cloth surface they make is still made of Bags are needed, after all, Huaxia Commercial Bank will release a kind of bag from time to time.
After hoarding a batch of round fans, Lu Lin released a batch of round fans one day, priced at two hundred yuan each.
From time to time, noble ladies would come to hang out in Huaxia Commercial Bank's shop, and when the round fans came out, it immediately caused a wave of fans.
The schoolbags are mainly aimed at college students, while the round fans are aimed at the majority of women. The exquisitely crafted round fans have attracted many rich wives at once, and some rich wives will buy dozens of them once they come.
The round fan is a new product, and it is very face-saving to give it away.
"this is mine."
"I came first."
"I said I would buy it."
Chen Xiaocai and Shen Chi were startled by the two ladies who were vying for the fan. Shen Chi really doesn't understand. If there is only one fan left in the store, it is understandable for the two of them to fight, but there are still seven folding fans in the store! all inclusive.
"Small shopkeeper, what do you think we should do?" The two ladies couldn't help but turned their gazes to Chen Xiaocai's head. Chen Xiaocai was a little embarrassed and said, "Otherwise, each of you will buy half of it."
"I fell in love first, why did you let her go halfway?"
"Didn't you see that I was picking? I picked it first, and you have to wait until I finish picking it."
Chen Xiaocai remembered what Lu Lin said, many things, the more people who buy them, the more they want to buy them. The lady in Tsing Yi who came earlier was picking out fans one by one, and seemed undecided which one to buy. The young lady came in and said that she wanted all the packages, but the young lady in Tsing Yi lost her composure and said she wanted all the packages.
The two ladies probably knew each other, and they seemed to hit it off when they met.
Chen Xiaocai asked Shen Chi to go to the backyard to fetch a batch of fresh round fans before sending the two of them away. If anyone wanted to buy them later, they would be gone in a while.
Chen Xiaocai said strangely: "I didn't expect fans to be so popular."
Shen Chi nodded and said, "Yes!"
In Shen Chi's opinion, the plantain fan is more cost-effective, five cents a piece, and the wind is still strong. After dinner, the villagers like to sit in the yard with a big cattail fan and chat.
The round fans in the store cost two hundred renminbi, which is really a money grab. However, it seems that many rich wives and young ladies like some young masters very much, and many of them come to the store to buy them to please their sweethearts and elders in the family.
After the store started selling round fans, the business of school bags was also stimulated, and many people came to buy them.
Chen Xiaocai is often too busy alone, but with the help of Chen Xiaomi, he is able to do so.
The round fan with exquisite workmanship suddenly became synonymous with elegance in the eyes of Mrs. Lin Zhenfu.
Lu Lin also took a batch of round fans and sent them to Liuzhen to sell, and the business was booming.
Lu family.
Lin Xiu'er looked at the round fan in Li Fangyue's hand, and said unhappily: "The family is almost out of control, nephew and daughter-in-law, why don't you buy this useless thing."
Holding the folding fan, Li Fangyue said: "Sister-in-law, I didn't buy this fan, it was given to me by my sister. The Master Bookkeeper gave my sister several fans, and my sister gave me one."
A few days ago, Lin Xiu'er went to the master's house for a visit, and when she entered the door, she was attracted by the big house of the master's house.
Lin Xiu'er found that the food and clothing of the master's family were all good, and even the maid looked decent.
On the other hand, I have a lot of troubles at home, and my life is worse than that of a girl. Lin Xiu'er smiled and said: "Since your sister has many, why don't you let her give you a few more? You are real sisters, and the old lady in this family doesn't have any."
"Auntie was joking, this fan is very expensive, I don't dare to ask for more!"
"Your sister is not someone else, what's wrong with asking more."
Lin Xiu'er stroked the fan in her hand, and she could tell that the old lady liked her fan, but she only had one, and she was reluctant to give it to the godly old woman.
Lin Xiu'er looked at the fan in Li Fangyue's hand, feeling a little envious.
As far as Li Fangyue knew, this fan was also made by Huaxia Trading Company, and it sold for two hundred yuan a piece, which was like stealing money, but there were quite a lot of people who supported it. Those outsiders in the town who had money but no place to spend it bought it and bought several.