Yunfei is very busy in the town, but the women at home feel idle.
You can't go to the mountain because your husband says it's dangerous.
I don’t want to go to the village because I don’t fit in with the people.
There is nothing to do at home, the land is rented out, the clothes do not need to be washed every day, and the yard is not dirty yet...
Bai Guihua and Du Qingliu were embroidering handkerchiefs and purses in the room. Zhang Dujuan didn't know how to do this. Thinking about what her husband had done yesterday, she simply helped wash the beans and soak them.
Seeing that nothing happened to her, Zhao Baozhu went out.
In fact, there is not much work for every household at this time of year, so many people gather under the big tree at the entrance of the village.
Seeing her coming, Aunt Ma, the village chief's wife, greeted her, "Daughter-in-law of Yongming, come and sit here quickly."
"Okay, aunt, why are you so early today?"
"Hey, there's no work. My daughters-in-law can do it. I'll just come out and sit for a while."
The village chief's wife was a little proud when she talked about her daughter-in-law. She had many daughters-in-law, so she usually didn't need her to work.
Finally, from daughter-in-law to mother-in-law.
"When will your Yongming go back to town to study?"
Zhao Baozhu didn't know either, "I don't know, my husband didn't tell me."
Seeing that she was so comfortable, a woman next to her who also had a bulging belly said sourly: "Ms. Zhao, you won't work even if your belly is not showing?
Let me tell you, this is unacceptable, men don’t like lazy bitches. I’ve been here for seven months and I can do any job.
Brother Tiezhu, you don’t even know how rare it is. This woman must have life in her eyes, otherwise how can her husband’s family tolerate you? "
The woman was from the Bai Tiezhu family in the village, so Zhao Baozhu had to call her Sister-in-law Chen.
"Hey, Sister-in-law Chen, it's not like I don't want to work, it's not my husband, he said that the fetus is not sitting firmly in the first trimester.
We are not allowed to go up the mountain, nor are we allowed to fetch water, or chop firewood, so it’s not like we don’t have much work to do. "
The woman weaving a bamboo basket next to her sneered, "Come on, if your Bai Yongming is really that good, why didn't you let you rest when you were just pregnant?"
I see, Brother Yongming feels sorry for your Du family. Didn’t she just become pregnant? "
The woman is the daughter-in-law of Bai Yongguo, who lives next door to them, and she can hear the noise in their house every day.
All because they have two mothers-in-law, one is more fierce than the other, and they have been fighting for their entire lives.
Now after his son married his daughter-in-law, he forced his daughter-in-law to fight with the other party's daughter-in-law.
Because of those laws, every family is very confused, and the men's chosen methods of dealing with them are basically ignored.
There may even be a sense of pride.
Anyway, as long as they don't make trouble in front of him, women can make trouble as much as they like.
Although Zhao Baozhu also had this idea, how could she let others belittle her like this? She immediately retorted: "That's because my husband didn't understand before.
My husband treats us three sisters the same way, exactly the same. "
The old women fanning next to them just smiled, they had all survived being wives.
Don't you know what kind of virtue men are? There are so many women these days who don't need betrothal gifts.
As long as you can pay the poll tax, you can marry as many women as you want every year from the government.
There is nothing unusual in most homes.
A man like that who is being married by a good matchmaker can raise his head even in the surrounding areas.
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Although Yunfei thought it would be easy to sell, so he prepared a lot, but he did not expect it to be sold out so early.
It's only noon when I look at the sun.
Everyone has basically finished shopping for groceries, and there are still many people wandering around the market. After all, it is not easy to visit this town.
However, it is estimated that the market will be closed in a while, and most people will still need to walk home for about an hour.
It's not safe on the road after dark.
This is not a city. There are poisonous snakes, poisonous insects and wild beasts at night.
No one can guarantee that we will not encounter these things.
Seeing a chicken baby, Yunfei bought ten of them and also bought a bamboo cage to install them.
Then it was time to buy vegetables. The fish seller hadn't sold out yet, so I picked a fish soup with tofu and fish soup.
I didn’t buy pig water or anything like that. Although it is cheap, pregnant women at home may not be able to eat it.
I bought pork belly and stir-fry some garlic sprouts at night. It should be very fragrant.
He went to the fabric shop and sold the goods that Du Qingliu and Bai Guihua asked him to sell to the shopkeeper.
The person who was looking at the shop was the shopkeeper's wife. When she saw him bringing it, she asked the embroiderer's name and accepted it after she found her.
He also asked him if he wanted to take on more jobs. Yunfei shook his head, "No, I'll pick out some fabrics and go back."
He still had a few taels of silver in his hand and thought it was time to prepare winter clothes.
"Brother, what do you think of this cotton? It comes in various colors and is comfortable to touch. It can be used as a warm winter coat."
"How much does this cost per foot?"
The proprietress smiled kindly and said: "I give it to others for twenty cents per foot. For the sake of the two embroiderers, if I want it, it will be nineteen cents."
According to his stature, a robe is about 22 feet, and for the girls in the family, about 18 feet is enough for a set of clothes, which costs an average of 400 yuan per person.
Sure enough, prices are really expensive.
Seeing that Yunfei didn't say anything, the landlady thought he was too expensive, so she introduced him to some burlap cloth.
"If you feel that cotton is not suitable, you can also look at this burlap cloth, which costs ten cents per foot."
It’s half the price, but the burlap is only available in colors like gray, black, and earthy yellow.
It doesn't feel good in the hand either, it's a bit hard and a bit irritating to the skin, so it might get better after wearing it for a long time.
"Twenty feet of pink, twenty feet of blue, twenty feet of cyan, twenty feet of tender yellow, and then twenty feet of black, one pure white."
"Okay." The landlady started to dial the abacus happily.
"It's three to eight hundred cents. How about the boss lady giving me fifty cents less?"
"Here, brother, it's not that I don't give you less, it's that I really don't make money. If someone else comes, you can't lose a penny for twenty cents per foot.
That is to say, both of your girls have been working for me for several years, so I will give you the cost price. "
I don’t know if others believe this, but Yun Fei doesn’t.
The craftsmanship of Du Qingliu and Bai Guihua is actually of a common kind, and the things they embroider have no advantages.
Most of the young wives nearby know how to do it, so the shop has no worries about not being able to receive it.
On the contrary, others have to worry about collecting enough and will not accept them anymore.
Not lacking means not important.
How could we give them the cost price just to save their face?
"How about this? I'll give you these soles, and I'll give you a bag of rags to practice with my sister at home."
Yunfei nodded, "Okay."
The total value is about twenty or thirty cents, and this is probably the bottom line.
Wrap the things well and put them into the big backpack before putting them on the cart and pushing them away.
There probably wasn't enough food at home, but the things he brought were not easy to pack, so he only bought a little, thinking that he would buy more next time.
After everything was sorted, it was finally time to return.
I saw a pastry shop while passing by and bought another box.
On the way back, Yunfei couldn't help but sigh. Today's income was minus four taels...
The money I earned was just enough to buy a few kilograms of rice and chickens.
Fabric is over-consumed.
He was even so depressed that he couldn't afford cotton to make cotton-padded clothes...
(End of chapter)
