When a group of people left the grain store and walked to the dock, they met a cloth shop processing a batch of cloth. They were all irregular pieces of cloth or unevenly dyed. The big ones were more than one meter, and the small ones were as long as two feet. about.
Not enough for a long shirt, but pretty good for a bunt, and a lot of rags.
Several women couldn't move at the first sight!
Nothing else, it's too cheap, big pieces cost five coppers a piece, small pieces cost three coppers a piece, and rags cost five coppers a piece.
Many people are already choosing.
The stall owner saw a few people stop and said enthusiastically
"Sisters, although my cloth has some flaws, the price is incredibly cheap!
This fabric is very cost-effective for us farmers to wear for a short game!
Even if you are making a long gown, buying a few more pieces and making them together is more suitable than buying them in a shop!
Moreover, this rag can be used to make shoe uppers, wipe foreheads, make hats for children, etc. How great!
You guys! It was a coincidence that I came across this batch of warehouse cleaning, which is usually not available at this price! "
When the stall owner said this, several people could no longer walk!
Indeed, in normal times, when they go to the streets to buy cloth, it is not so cheap!
We all work in the dirt, and it takes three years for a piece of clothing to be new, three years for it to be old, and another three years to sew and mend it. What I wear now is full of patches, and I don’t want to throw them away. Although some of these fabrics are unevenly dyed, some are not. The shapes were irregular, and some looked like leftovers cut from long gowns, but to them, they were all good things, and for a while they were too greedy to walk away.
Xie Yushu simply shouted to the people walking faster in front of her.
"People in front, wait a minute, come and take a look. This fabric is indeed cheap. No one can live without clothes anyway. You can save a lot of money by buying it here, and the fabric won't go bad. I won't use it this year, or in the future." You have to use it, think about it, don’t go back and regret it!”
The first few people who were walking fast were all young and middle-aged people. They didn't care about this. After listening to Xie Yushu's words, they felt that this was indeed the case. They also asked the waiter who delivered the food to wait a moment, and they all looked back at the cloth.
Xie Yushu didn't care whether they bought it or not, she knelt down and picked it up herself. In the past two years of drought, everyone had no food, not to mention the clothes. They were all old clothes from a few years ago. , if it's broken, it should be replaced a long time ago, otherwise she would like to buy some fabric later, and then go to the Li Daniu blacksmith shop on West Street that Xiao Yi mentioned. Now that she has caught up, it's the same thing to buy the fabric first.
After buying the cloth, go to him and give him the blueprint of the scalpel to see if he can do it.
The drawings were drawn after she went to Tai'an Mansion, put away the food, bought an eyebrow pencil while taking a break, and asked Han Zhongyu for paper!
Originally, she thought of describing it directly, but later she decided to draw it because it was more intuitive. Fortunately, she had studied fine brushwork for two years and was pretty good at simple drawings and sketches.
Xie Yushu picked out thirty pieces of one-meter-long fabrics in one breath, including green, blue, brown, black, red, a piece of pink, a piece of white with red flowers, and two small pieces of coupled colors. I bought fifty pieces of floral muslin, thinking that I didn’t have any needles at home. There was probably not much thread left, so I picked six more cotton threads and ten needles, which cost 183 copper coins.
Those who were still waiting and watching saw that Xie Yushu had chosen so many for more than a hundred copper coins, and those who were still hesitant immediately stepped forward to pick. Even the few young people who were called back later dived into the pile of cloths, especially the women. As they picked, they secretly regretted not having done so earlier. Several pieces of good-looking fabrics had already been bought by others!
After Xie Yushu finished picking, she saw the waiter waiting there, so she went over and explained to him. The waiter was also kind-hearted. He said frankly that it was afternoon anyway and the store was not busy, so it would not be a problem to delay for a while.
After picking out the fabrics, Xie Yushu planned to take this opportunity to go to the blacksmith shop on West Street to save some time. She planned to ask Qu Xiaodie if she wanted to come with her, but Qu Xiaodie was still in the pile of fabrics.
It can be said that among the group of them, only the three families in the mountains who did not go to the pile of cloths to pick up cloths looked on with envy, a woman, an old man in his fifties, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old As a young boy, these three are the mainstay of the family.
Xie Yushu vaguely remembered that each of the three families was given a wolf skin. In addition to the young man, he also sold a few snake skins and snake galls. The woman and the old man probably didn't sell anything else!
It is estimated that the eight or nine hundred and copper plates broken in half are not sure whether they can survive this winter. Although the court said that there is relief food, there is still a long winter to go through. How can these old, weak, women and children dare to Spend indiscriminately!
After all, I still felt that the three people could not come out of the mountain alive, and I felt a little uncomfortable. I wanted to give them some money, but was afraid that they would not accept it, so Xie Yushu picked six pieces of cloth over one meter each for them, and some Ten pieces of rags and two handfuls of cotton thread for each family were estimated to be enough for each of them to make clothes and a pair of shoes.
Not knowing whether they were willing to eat, Xie Yushu bought fifteen steamed buns nearby and distributed them to them.
These three families are not messy and greedy people, and they all know the situation in the mountains. It’s no wonder Xie Yushu didn’t come back. Seeing Xie Yushu give them something, the woman quickly declined
"Sister Xie, you can't do this. It's not easy for you to get money. Besides, you gave us the wolf skin, and we sold it for money!"
The old man and the young man also kept saying
"We sold the wolf skin and we have money!"
Xie Yushu whispered
"This is what I want. Don't refuse now. It's not good for others to see you. The days are still long. Let's all have a good time and let those who leave feel at ease!"
The three of them looked at the crowd who were frantically grabbing fabrics and silently accepted their things.
Xie Yushu told Xie Tianqi that she would go directly to the pier later, and then dragged Qu Xiaodie out from the crowd. Qu Xiaodie was still holding three pieces of light pink muslin in her hand. Xie Yushu pulled her out and complained.
"I haven't picked one yet! All the good ones have been picked out in a while!"
"Okay! Just pick two pieces to make underwear. Follow me to West Street. When we come back, we will go to the cloth store to pick out some good-looking pieces!
There is no woman who doesn’t like shopping. After hearing Xie Yushu’s words, Qu Xiaodie immediately agreed and asked Xie Yushu
"You pay me, I don't have any change!"
Xie Yushu paid her the money readily. Thinking that she had stubbornly handed over all the monthly silver and jewelry issued by the Zhang family, leaving only the twenty taels of silver rewarded by Han Zhongyu in her hand. She had to have some money with her to feel at ease. He gave her two taels of silver and said
"Keep your money for your dowry! Spend it on me first!"
Qu Xiaodie put away the cloth but did not take the money
"No, I'll break the money and return it to you later!"
"Why are you being polite to me! I have money and can afford to support you!
And I’m not letting you eat for free, it’s your job! "
"But they are all staying in Tai'an Mansion. Do they still need my martial arts skills? There is no need for female masters in the Yamen!"
"I still have two little ones at home!"
"Okay then! Don't squeeze me too hard!"
"That's not possible!"
"Huh? Then you want to buy me for only two taels of silver! A black-hearted landlady!"
"You are wrong about this, we are eight generations of poor peasants from our ancestors!"
