Shopkeeper Jin also simply counted the silk threads that were originally twenty cents per bundle as fifteen cents. Each bundle was cheaper by five cents, and ten bundles were worth fifty cents. This was not a small discount.
Mrs. Zhou handed the dime of silver to the shopkeeper to settle the bill, but she was wondering in her heart. The colored thread they picked just now cost more than 40 yuan per bundle. How could the price of the black thread be so low.
"Of course it's because there are not many people buying it!" Ms. Feng said with a smile, "Sister-in-law, believe it or not, after we left, the shopkeeper and the store clerk were very happy that the old goods were finally sold out."
Feng's guess was indeed correct. Shopkeeper Jin looked at the few people walking out of the store and felt indescribably happy. Most of the goods that had been stored for many years were finally sold. Today is really a good day.
Sure enough, there is nothing in this world that cannot be sold. The reason why I accumulated it before was because the fate has not arrived yet.
After leaving the embroidery workshop, the three sisters-in-law went directly to Cloth Shop, where most of the people today were.
As before, Zhou and Liu did not participate in the selection of embroidered cloth.
The two of them are very self-aware and know that the third sister-in-law is definitely better than them in doing embroidery work, so they can't go wrong by letting others get the best deal. They didn't even look at the pairs of insoles embroidered by the third sister-in-law. Even the shopkeeper of the embroidery shop looked at them. Do you all nod?
Feng picked out more than a dozen colors of materials at once, and asked the shopkeeper to cut each of them six feet, which in total was equivalent to two pieces of cloth.
Among them, except for the slightly darker materials of the insoles and purses, Feng chose Qingya as much as possible for other items such as pencil cases, fan covers, and handkerchiefs.
Mrs. Liu opened the baggage and put the fabrics into the bag piece by piece, while Mrs. Zhou put the sixteen coins given by the shopkeeper into her pocket.
One tael of broken silver was all that was left in the end. This silver was really worthless.
"Sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, let's go buy some snacks right now."
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu, "What snacks should I buy?"
"Of course it's snacks!" Feng's smile turned into a crescent moon. She had earned a lot of money today.
Seeing that the two of them were unmoved, Ms. Feng was in disbelief, "You two don't want to buy anything, right?"
Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu were too lazy to talk to each other and went on their own. Their son was about to get married and they were worried about not having enough money. How could they be willing to pay for it.
Feng was anxious, ran forward, stopped the two of them, and said, "Oh, I wonder how you two became mothers. You have earned so much money, shouldn't you buy some delicious food for your children to take home?"
These words made Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Liu hesitate. They suddenly remembered that they had never bought delicious food for their children.
Seeing the hesitation of the two people, Ms. Feng hurriedly stepped forward, took one with each hand, and said with a smile: "Let's go buy delicious food for the children now. I said you two don't even think about it. We are here today." Why are you here in this town? When this big embroidery job is completed, are you afraid that you won’t have a private house to save money for? The piles of copper plates will definitely be more than you two can count!"
I have to say that Feng and Lin Sanzhu are indeed a couple. No, Feng's speaking skills are not inferior to Lin Sanzhu's.
Finally, encouraged by Feng's words that "there are too many copper coins to count," Zhou and Liu finally sent all the dozen copper coins that had not been warmed to the dim sum shop.
As a result, Lin Yuanhuai and Lin Yuanbai were holding a piece of hibiscus cake in their left hands and a small twist in their right hands, and they were almost silly with joy.
Moreover, it was the first time for the two of them to have so many delicious food, and they were worried about which one should I eat first.
Also eating snacks were Lin Yuanqiu and his two younger sisters.
Like Zhou and Liu, Feng also bought hibiscus cake and small twists, because these two snacks are the cheapest in the dim sum shop. Others like chestnut cake and pine nut cake cost twelve cents a pack, and a pack There were only a few yuan in the bag. Not to mention that the three sisters-in-law were really reluctant to buy it. After buying it, the children at home would lose one or two yuan. What’s the point?
However, the three sisters-in-law have already decided that next time they sell embroidery products, they must buy some to try.
Opening the oil paper wrapping the snacks, Feng first divided out a small half and gave it to her parents-in-law. Then she gave each of the three children a handful and asked them to keep it and eat it slowly.
It's just that children have the nature of a child. Compared to a fake child like Lin Yuanqiu, Chunyan and Chuncao definitely don't have such good concentration. No, they obviously promised to do well, but in the end, they ate them all in less than half an hour.
Feng picked up the thin bamboo strips and prepared to give a lesson, but Lin Yuanqiu was not happy.
Seeing her son holding his two sisters behind him, as if he was afraid that they would be beaten, Ms. Feng was very pleased. Her son was a very competent brother.
Of course, Lin Yuanqiu had to protect her. It was rare for two little kids to eat snacks. It was normal for them to be unable to stop talking when something was delicious. If Lin Yuanqiu said it, his mother would leave the temptation of delicious food in the hands of two three-year-old kids. It's not the right thing to do. It's strange that the two of them can resist eating.
Perhaps seeing her son's disapproval of her approach, Mrs. Feng felt happy. After leaving some for herself and her husband, she pushed the rest of the snacks in front of Lin Yuanqiu, "Here, these are for you and the sisters." As for the food, as for how to eat it, it is all up to you, the elder brother, to arrange it!"
Little boy, please give me back to your old-fashioned mother, huh, let’s see how I deal with you!
Feng's arrogance really surprised Lin Yuanqiu. Who in the village didn't hide some delicious snacks, and his mother actually handed such a big bag of snacks into his hands?
Also, if this little thing can trouble him, he will definitely make clear arrangements for how much snacks to eat in a day and when to eat them.
Seeing his two sisters looking at him with admiration in Xiaoxing's eyes, Lin Yuanqiu had already begun to make a rough draft in his mind.
For example, if the sisters wash their hands and face obediently, reward them with snacks. If the sisters eat well, reward them with snacks.
The most important thing is that you should not eat more than a certain amount of snacks every day, otherwise it will damage the deciduous teeth, which will most likely affect the growth of permanent teeth.
So you must control yourself.
However, the ideal is very full, but the reality is extremely skinny.
Lin Yuanqiu almost went crazy when he saw his twin sisters who were acting cute around him all day long.
He just doesn't understand. Are snacks so powerful?
Facts have proved that snacks are indeed quite powerful.
No, after the last two pieces of hibiscus cake were eaten into the mouths of the two little girls, the whole day of surrounding their brother and all kinds of cuteness and other things immediately ceased to exist.
The two little girls picked up the little mouse made by their brother with a handkerchief and went out happily.
By the way, they haven't played with Sister Chunmei Chunxiu for several days, and they still have weird thoughts.
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After buying the fabric and embroidery thread, the three sisters-in-law began to work on tailoring various items, including fan covers, pencil cases, purses, purses, handkerchiefs, and insoles.
It took three days to cut more than a dozen pieces of material. The three sisters-in-law and three of them took rulers and measured them again and again, trying to save as much material as possible.
During this period, Mrs. Wu took over the work in the kitchen, making steamed buns, making porridge.
The three brothers, Lin Dazhu, were also busy. They were lighting the fire, chopping firewood, and the mother and son were cooking together in harmony.
As soon as Lao Lin closed the courtyard door, it was snowy outside and the house was in full swing. There was a feeling of tranquility in time.
After cutting the material, the three sisters-in-law divided the work. The fan cover, pencil case and insoles belonged to Feng, the handkerchief and purse were handed over to Liu and Chunmei, and the purse was given to Zhou.
Originally, Mrs. Zhou was a little afraid to get started. After all, her embroidery experience some time ago left a deep impression on her, and she was worried that she would waste such good materials.
Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhou listened to Mrs. Feng and tried to embroider the word "Cai" with the meaning of "wealth". Only then did she realize that it was much easier to embroider the word "财" in a single color than to embroider flowers in multiple colors. At least she didn't have to think about it. As long as she tries to keep the stitches evenly when matching the shades of colors, it won't be a problem at all.
This made Zhou excited all day long.
Lin Sanzhu specially asked Feng to staple an account book with paper, and then asked Lin Yuanqiu to write down how many embroidery threads and cloths he bought, how many pencil cases and handkerchiefs he cut out, and how many bags of purse insoles cost. .
It is said that this will make it easier to calculate the cost of a single embroidery item, and then determine the specific selling price.
Just when Lin Yuanqiu was wondering what method Cheap Dad would use to calculate the unit price of nearly hundreds of embroidery items, he saw him grabbing the bamboo broom hanging behind the door, and then went to the kitchen with his uncle, second uncle, and three other people. .
When they came out again, the three brothers not only looked confident on their faces, but also had bamboo brooms that had lost a lot of weight. It could be seen that many of the thin bamboo branches on them had been broken off.
Lin Yuanqiu secretly checked the cost figures reported to him by the three people, and found that they were exactly the same. He was surprised but also understood at the same time.
In today's society, most of the people are illiterate. If ordinary people don't think of useful "local methods", it will be difficult to carry out the most basic material transactions.
Therefore, it is not surprising that Lin Sanzhu and others, who are illiterate, can accurately calculate the cost of embroidery.
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Today is the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month. As the old saying goes, twenty-eight handfuls of noodles are made and twenty-nine steamed buns are steamed.
Therefore, the three sisters-in-law are busy kneading dough to make steamed buns in the kitchen. Although they are still using black flour, when making the dough yesterday, Mrs. Wu specially scooped two large bowls of white flour into it and made it like this. The steamed buns don’t look so dark anymore.
At this moment, in the third house, Lin Yuanqiu was writing couplets with a pen.
Lin Dazhu bought the red paper two days ago when he went to town to do New Year shopping. In Lin Sanzhu's words, there are already people studying in the family, so the money spent on door couplets and couplets cannot be spent outside.
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Chapter 21 Chinese New Year
When buying red paper, Lao Lintou specially asked his eldest son to buy a few more pieces. Dani and Erni were married in Sihou Village and Lantang Village not far from this village. He planned to send some Spring Festival couplets to his two daughters. .
Farmers save as much as they can. Although a couplet doesn't cost much, if it's posted all over the house, it will cost more than 20 yuan.
Lin Yuanqiu had memories of the original person in his mind. In the impression, these two aunts were very kind to their nephews and nieces, especially the eldest aunt. When she came back last time, she brought several hard-boiled eggs. At that time, the original person also Got one.
As for other memories of the family circumstances of his two uncles and the lives of his aunts, Lin Yuanqiu had no memory at all.
This is normal. I am just a child, so I would not pay attention to this at ordinary times.
Old Lintou wrapped the dried Spring Festival couplets in oil paper into two rolls. The two girls' families gave them the same amount, three couplets and three door couplets. In addition, there were sixteen spring strips and door leaves, each rolled. There are quite a few together.
Lin Sanzhu took the initiative to take over the task of delivering Spring Festival couplets, and happily went out with an oil-paper umbrella.
He hadn't seen his two sisters for several months, and he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of sending Spring Festival couplets to go over and see how they were doing.
The most important thing is that these Spring Festival couplets were written by his dog, so it was only natural that he, the father, should send them to them.
Lin Dazhu and Lin Erzhu both understood that their third brother wanted to show off their intentions, so they did not fight for his job and left it all to him.
Lin Sanzhu was also very fast. He left the door immediately and returned home before long.
What they brought back together were half a basket of pickled sauerkraut from Lin Dani's family and two pieces of tofu from Lin Erni's mother-in-law's family.
Mrs. Wu picked out a few sauerkraut and asked Mrs. Zhou to fry them with garlic. It would be especially delicious when eaten with porridge for dinner.
"Mom, which chicken should you kill tomorrow?" Lin Dazhu asked Wu at the next table.
After asking clearly, when he gets up early tomorrow morning, he can just go to the chicken coop in the backyard to catch it.
As soon as they heard this, the few kids immediately put down the bowls they were holding, smacked their hands, and all looked at Mrs. Wu. They had been looking forward to the big chicken drumsticks for a year, and of course they were interested.
These people naturally included Lin Yuanqiu.
Lin Yuanqiu is also looking forward to eating chicken.
By the way, since arriving here, he has not even had a bite of chicken, he has never even smelled the aroma of chicken. Lin Yuanqiu feels that if he is not allowed to have a taste, he will definitely forget what chicken is. Taste it.
Seeing the expectant eyes of her grandchildren, Mrs. Wu didn't hesitate and said with a smile, "Of the few roosters we have, just keep the biggest one and kill the rest."
Lin Dazhu was stunned for a moment. One of the four roosters was left, but there were three more, but they were all killed?
You didn’t hear it wrong, right?
Lin Erzhu and Lin Sanzhu, as well as the Zhou family, Liu family and Feng family, all had expressions of disbelief. In previous years, they would only kill one. Why is my mother-in-law so willing to do so this year?
"Kill three?" Lin Dazhu wanted to confirm again, fearing that he had heard wrongly.
"Yes, kill three." Wu nodded.
These roosters were hatched by the old hens at the beginning of the year when they were laying a nest. Since the roosters cannot lay eggs, they will definitely not be raised anymore to waste rice bran.
