Not to mention that the boys in the village were stunned as soon as they entered the cloth village. Even Mrs. Xu and Xu Tianxin stood aside and watched, sighing in their hearts, the brightly colored fabrics are so eye-catching.
They are the poorest people at the lowest level here, and they have been busy struggling to survive on the food and clothing line. Even the colors retained in their original memories are mostly dark and gray.
Everyday you see patches everywhere.
After living here for more than a month, I suddenly saw pieces of cloth on the cabinet. They were not cloth heads. The colors of the cloth were bright red, crimson, pea green, emerald green, iris (lake blue), cardamom, and marigold (orange petal color). , primrose color, light purple, and Yingying color tender pink. People here divide the colors very finely. For example, just a green cloth has six or seven different distinctions and names, which makes the mood happy. It brings back the memory that in modern times there is no shortage of food and drink, and you can afford and buy clothes of any color you want.
This is not a top-notch clothing store.
It is conceivable that the colors of the fabrics in the big stores will be more colorful, and the colors will progress layer by layer.
Mrs. Xu was very sorry that she couldn't go to a big store to gain experience. She was afraid that going there might upset the mood of the family members in the live broadcast room.
After all, no one can let anyone take a close look at my patched clothes, let alone touch them.
Clothes shops with a good attitude will also be stared at by the waiters who will keep asking what they want to buy. If they can't tell you, they will be driven out as soon as possible. They are afraid that my dress will offend and stain the eyes of the nobles who come into the store.
The live broadcast is for my family to watch something fresh and lively, not for us to be embarrassed and embarrassed along with it.
So when she came to Fucheng, Mrs. Xu never went to Jinlou or big shops to hang out. She only showed off her reputation outside. To be honest, I don’t have time to hang out.
Today was an opportunity. Taking advantage of her personal relationship with the lady of the house, Mrs. Xu quietly waved her hand behind her and quickly hinted her granddaughter to look at the fabric more.
She wanted to go to the second floor to discuss the width and price with her boss. If she didn't want to buy the brocade, she wouldn't want to inquire more.
The granddaughter can take advantage of her age and tenderness to ask the lady helper at the counter how to distinguish the brocades. Others will only think of it as a little girl's curiosity, so that modern family members can see it freshly.
Xu Tianxin received a hint from her grandmother.
There were several samples of silk and satin hanging on the side of the counter.
It seems that every time a new pattern comes to the store, the store will specially pull off a new piece of cloth and fix it with a square frame so that customers can take a closer look at the pattern.
"Is this Aya?"
I got the reply from the female clerk at the counter: Yes.
Xu Tianxin went to the live broadcast to take a closer look. The damask was made of silk. Compared with silk and satin, the weave was a bit rough.
Xu Tianxin whispered in the live broadcast: "I give you three feet of white silk. This is the fabric used for hanging. This is silk. Family members, please look carefully."
It should be very tough, otherwise it won't be possible to hang someone.
The family members were speechless. How could such an introduction be introduced? They laughed to death.
The female clerk in the store also thought that she had heard something wrong and must have heard it wrong, so she forgot what she wanted to say just now.
She knew that this group of people knew her boss, and she wanted to enthusiastically tell the little girl from the country that this kind of silk cloth was now the most fashionable window screen in the city, and wealthy families also liked to use it to frame calligraphy and paintings.
At this time, Xu Tianxin had already looked at the next silk. Needless to say, this is also available in modern times. It will wrinkle if you rub it hard. When I was a child, I used silk to make red flowers to tie my hair.
Luo, on the other hand, made Xu Tianxin's eyes light up. He turned around and asked the female waiter a few more questions.
I learned that he was a maker of small clothes and was very popular with women from wealthy families.
While the female worker was busy making the sample dress in her hand, she pretended to brush Xu Tianxin's hand inadvertently.
She was a little surprised. It was rare for this little country girl to have very clean fingernails and neatly cut them. If you look closely, even her fingers looked pretty good. However, her skin was a little rough. If she could use oil to take good care of it, she would be better when she was fifteen or sixteen years old. I'm sure I'll be very excited.
It's just difficult. She was born in poverty and knows very well that country people have to deal with dirt and garbage every day. For most farm girls, it is difficult to wash the mud from their nails.
The female worker once again found out that although Xu Tianxin was interested in everything,
He is curious, but he is very disciplined and never does anything, and his eyes are clear from the moment he enters the store. The female clerk who also came out of the village felt that Xu Tianxin was rare and had a very good impression. She said kindly: "It's okay. You can touch it and it won't break."
After saying that, customers happened to enter the store, and the female waiter hurriedly went to greet them.
Only then did Xu Tianxin touch Luo, and when no one was paying attention to her, she whispered to her family members: "That's how I came to untie Luo's shirt. It's so slippery to my touch that it can slip out of my hand."
The family members talked a lot: If it is so slippery, there is no need to untie it, and there are no zippers or elastic bands, just a strap and it will fall off when you pull it. Can you hold it in your pocket? It doesn't seem to work either above or below.
Don't teach the assistant bad things.
The little assistant was a doctor before he traveled through time. He even looked at her and never saw anything.
There was a careful family member who knew that the Xu family could not afford silk and satin at the moment, so they comforted Xu Tianxin like a caring elder sister and said, "We don't wear that in the winter, it's cold."
By next summer, Grandma Xianggua should be able to afford a good one for her granddaughter.
Xu Tianxin nodded repeatedly. It would be good if she could afford to wear fine cotton. Grandma said she would make two pairs of shirts and underpants for her to wear underneath.
However, speaking of summer, Xu Tianxin happened to live broadcast the gauze fabric again, showing everyone the ancient sun protection clothing fabrics. I heard that noble girls here like to wear gauze in the summer, and they also put a layer of gauze on their hats to protect themselves from the sun. She really likes this because she is not afraid of being bitten by mosquitoes while walking in the woods.
At this time, Mrs. Xu upstairs had already decided what she wanted to buy.
At present, Mrs. Xu still has thirty taels of silver left in her pocket.
After paying off the account book, I had forty-three taels left, but I spent ten taels on the ten jars of thirty kilograms of wine, and I spent more on wooden bowls, cups, and teapots. However, wooden bowls, cups and teapots are equivalent to spending money on selling salt. In addition, Liu Laozhu was asked to help carry a lot of pepper, aniseed, glutinous rice, peanuts and other items, so there was only thirty taels of silver left.
Therefore, she can only spend fifteen taels at most on additional clothes and quilts, and must be limited to this amount. The remaining fifteen taels should be reserved and used to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones for my granddaughter, as well as books and facial oil.
And of the other five taels of silver, I plan to use some to buy fruit for my granddaughter to take back. After all, if you don’t catch the tail end of late autumn, you will have no chance to buy fruits again. From November until May of the following year, there are no fruits in the north.
Five Liang Li is more about leaving some money to cross the river. After all, it is a long way home, so I am afraid something might happen.
Although Guan Ertu's goods and money are also with her, Mrs. Xu cannot let others touch them casually. She knew that Guan Ertu was still waiting for money to buy cotton-padded clothes and medicinal herbs for his daughter and grandson.
Old Mrs. Xu thought to herself: If the remaining money is not used in the town, she plans to use the money to collect some eggplants, wild garlic and other vegetables from everywhere. It is still the same sentence. If she does not buy vegetables before late autumn, she will think about it later. She couldn't buy it, no one had it, and the farmers couldn't collect it. She wanted to pickle some garlic eggplants and sugared garlic, which she could eat herself or sell in restaurants.
Mrs. Xu had some things to think about in her mind, but she had always wanted to put away the pork, chicken, and even the grain. As long as you have money, you can buy these anytime. You can wait until you make money next time after delivering fish floss to Boss Liu.
Mrs. Xu originally wanted to make four sets of cotton-padded clothes for her granddaughter.
Two sets of thin cotton-padded clothes can be worn in the morning and one night when traveling in the winter. Thin cotton-padded clothes will also be worn in February and March. The clothes you wear every day must be changed, otherwise the collar and cuffs will be polished.
The same goes for two sets of thick cotton coats in late winter.
But now we have to control costs. Cotton costs 240 cents per pound, while coarse cloth costs 36 cents per foot, and fine cotton costs 70 cents per foot. Mrs. Xu doesn't want to offend her grandson, so she can only pull more cloth to do her granddaughter's work. Cotton-padded clothes.
In this case, when the weather warms up, you can remove the cotton-padded jacket and wear it as a single layer. It is also easier to replace, wash and disassemble.
