Li Qiusui heard Mrs. Ma's voice from a distance, and when he got closer, he got off the mule cart and saw Mrs. Liu was there, "Mother!"
This mother-in-law saved Liu's life, "You've come back every year. Have you seen your fourth brother?"
"Fourth brother is busy studying in the school!" Li Changan had a lunch break at noon. Li Qiusui went to Changshun. Xia He met Li Changan alone. When she said this, Liu just thought she had met someone.
Li Qiusui and Xia He greeted the neighbor's grandmother and aunt.
Someone saw Zhao Da moving things home one after another, so he came over and asked, "How many things did you buy? What did you buy? You spent a lot of money!"
"What did they buy? It didn't cost you any money. What does it have to do with you? Their children finally went to the county town, and you didn't come back without buying anything?" Mrs. Ma felt that she had the best relationship with Li Qiusui. The person who heard the words said something unpleasant and immediately choked back.
"Aunt Ma, I didn't say anything! Why don't you just say a few words to see Xia He and sister buying so many things..."
"Are you talking too much? I see your eyes are turning red when you look at those things..."
Li Qiusui saw Mrs. Ma yelling at someone and starting to roll up her sleeves again. She couldn't help but pull the person away. Life in the village won't be boring at all, and nothing will be repeated every day.
Li Qiusui pulled Mrs. Ma to the side of the mule cart and showed her the cotton cloth Xia He picked. "Grandma Ma, look, my sister and I bought good things in the county today. Just two pieces of cotton cloth like this." It costs a lot of money per foot, and a long gown can be made for only forty or fifty money, which is about the same price as linen, so let’s buy it back for a better price.”
Li Qiusui pointed to a piece of sky-blue cotton, which is suitable for men to make clothes.
"Is it really so cheap?" Mrs. Ma stroked the fabric one by one.
The cotton cloth was all bought by Xia He, and she had the best say, "Yes, Grandma Ma, but there are some watermarks due to the rain and moisture, so the owner of the cloth store took care of it cheaply. When I saw it, it didn't hinder the making of clothes at all, so it was just like I bought some more every year."
As long as you are a woman, no matter how big or small you are, there is no one who is not interested in fabrics. Most people in Lijia Village, just like Li Sanzhu and his wife used to wear linen clothes. Is it more comfortable to wear linen because it is strong? Of course not, linen is not durable and uncomfortable to wear, but it is cheap. In this way, an adult's clothes only cost twenty or thirty copper coins. No one in the village is willing to throw away the money. The linen clothes are not durable and are full of patches. Everyone knows that cotton clothes are strong and comfortable, but the cost of a pair of clothes is more than ten times that of linen clothes. Except for those who are educated and have some financial resources, not everyone even in the city can afford cotton clothes.
As soon as they heard that Li Qiusui and the two sisters had bought cheap fabrics, people gathered around them.
"Hey, such a good thing happened to you two sisters!"
"Tomorrow we will also go to the county town to have a look and buy two horses. We will buy new clothes for the adults and children at home."
"Dashan Niang, these two girls of yours are really capable! Those girls in my family who are about the same age as them probably don't even know which way the county gate opens."
Mrs. Ma was very smart. She did not touch the cloth that Zhao Da brought home. Li San wished the family a better life. Although the family did not wear silk and satin, the cotton clothes were of good quality.
This is definitely a discount given as a favor if you buy too much good fabric, so why worry about a little watermark? One cotton garment is worth four or five linen garments, not to mention how decent and comfortable cotton garments are.
Mrs. Ma's eyes rolled, "Xia He, Qiu Sui, my old man has bad legs and feet because of his old age. He doesn't have the strength to run to the city. Your aunts and uncles can't leave at home. Can you see if you can balance it out?" One for our family?”
When Xia He came back, she regretted that she had spent too much money. She was only a few years old. She, as an elder sister, should have stopped her. "Grandma Ma, just take whatever horse you like."
Mrs. Liu also nodded, "If you still want something, I'll give you some."
So Mrs. Ma took more than 80 large sums of money from home to Mrs. Liu and took a piece of cotton home.
Living in the village is not much less than the one hundred and eighty copper coins, the main reason is that it is affordable!
With the old lady Ma taking the lead, several families gave Liu a lot of money and asked for a few and a half feet of horses to take back.
Those who are too thoughtful thought that the Li Qiusui sisters were only a few years old. It might be cheaper for them to buy them. What did the two sisters know? The colors and patterns of the fabrics they bought were not quite what they wanted, so they decided to take time to go to the county seat tomorrow. Take a trip.
Naturally, Xia He and Li Qiusui would not force others to buy fabrics. With so many people in their family, they would not waste the fabrics in vain.
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When the three mothers arrived home, Zhao Da piled all the things the sisters bought in the Liu family's house. There are miscellaneous things, sort them out and put them away.
Mrs. Liu's eyes widened when she saw such a large pile of things, "Can the two banknotes I gave you buy so many things?"
Two silver notes, twelve taels each, but only twenty taels. Not to mention the box of gold and silver jewelry, even that pile of cloth can't be bought!
Li Qiusui said sarcastically, "Didn't you buy the fabric at a discount? It only costs a few coins! Even if you don't take it with you, the gold and silver jewelry will keep their value at home! You can't suffer a loss or be cheated, they are all practical things!"
Mrs. Liu came up and wanted to slap Li Qiusui, but luckily she had the foresight to avoid it in time.
"You stinky girl! You keep your banknotes in your pocket and bite your pocket, right? I think your father has spoiled you. You have no control over your spending. You are not allowed to keep any money you have in the future and leave it to me for safekeeping."
Li Qiu Sui good-naturedly took out a stack of banknotes from his body and handed them to Mrs. Liu, "They're all here! If you want banknotes, you should tell me earlier. From now on, you and dad can keep the profits from the two small villages." By the way, mother, we met two Chu girls today. We haven’t seen each other for a while. Little Chu girls are still young and can’t tell, but big Chu girls are getting more and more beautiful and virtuous. Alas! They are also pitiful sisters. When you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. I heard from Miss Little Chu that her stepmother actually had the idea of getting married to Miss Chu. Why did you go to the wife's house? You just went to hide from the marriage."
Ms. Liu's attention was immediately diverted, but she still hadn't forgotten the matter of the banknotes. "You should keep the banknotes yourself. Remember from now on. You don't need to buy anything at home. I don't know the problem with spending money lavishly." Who did you learn it from?”
Mrs. Liu muttered to the Zheng family in her heart that there was no one in her family who didn't take money seriously. People like the Zheng family spent money like water, and their little girl was ruined by their upbringing... Alas!
The family says that Li Qiusui is in charge, but the financial power has always been in the hands of the Liu family. She knew that her children were getting older and her eldest son would be getting married in a year or two. How did her younger daughter get the money? If you put it in her hands, she would treat it as family money.
When I said that just now, I was so angry that my little girl was spending money randomly.
