Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 27 Cloth
Xue looked at the fabrics brought out by the clerk, the color was okay, but not as fresh as the new ones.But like the guy said, peasants look good enough.I asked about the price, but it turned out to be only half of the new cloth, which spoiled Xue's beauty. After doing some calculations, I bought two whole bolts of cloth, and then I bought some fragments of rulers. a suit of clothes.

When the guy saw it, he knew it was a big family living together, so he bought so much cloth.Since people bought a lot, they naturally wanted to give some discounts, so when they calculated the money, they gave a small change, which made Mrs. Xue even happier.I bought some more cotton, and asked the men to tie it all up, so that it was easy to get back.

The man suddenly remembered that there were still a few bolts of cloth that had faded due to poor storage, so he asked Mrs. Xue, "Sister-in-law, you have to use the lining to make cotton clothes. I have a few bolts of cloth here, but I didn't put them away Well, it's a little faded, see if you want it, this one is cheaper." Then, he went to the back and brought back a few pieces of cloth, it must have been leaked by the rain, and the color of the cloth has faded from one piece to another. "Sister-in-law, this cloth is cheaper. It only costs six yuan a foot. Let's see, can this be used as a lining?"

Mrs. Xue did not expect that such a good thing would come across here today. The cloth is stained, but there is no problem at all when it is used as a lining.Six Wen per foot, a piece of cloth is only 180 Wen, which is really cheap enough. "Brother, how many bolts of this kind of cloth do you have in total? I want to buy more. Farmers, how can there be so much attention?"

The shelf thought for a while, and said, "There are a total of ten pieces in all colors, or I will take them all out, and my sister-in-law will pick and choose." After saying that, he went back and took out all the cloths.There are twelve horses in total, all of which have been soaked in rain to varying degrees, so they are faded.

Mrs. Xue looked at this and then at that, she couldn't bear to have any of them, and finally gritted her teeth and decided to have them all. "Brother, I want all of yours, see if it can be cheaper."

When the guy heard it, if he could not deal with these, he could pay less.After a calculation, twelve bolts of cloth are 160 wen in total.The buddy made the decision and wiped out the 160 questions. In this way, it is two taels of silver.

Seeing that these cloths only cost two taels of silver, Mrs. Xue thought it was quite appropriate, so she took out the money and handed it to the clerk.Then the two mothers left the shop with a larger cloth.Before leaving, the clerk also said that they would process old cloth several times a year, and said that they would let Mrs. Xue come here in the future.Xue nodded in agreement.

The two mothers staggered towards the house with a larger load in their arms. They met people from the village on the way and drove the ox cart back, so they carried the two mothers back to the village.When they got home, the two mothers unloaded all the cloth and thanked the man. "He, Uncle Wu, thank you. If it weren't for you, we women don't know when we would be back today."

The man waved his hand and drove away with the ox cart.

Xue's mother and daughter entered the yard, just as Chen was outside playing with those steamed seeds, Chen smiled when he saw the appearance of these two women. "Hey, what's the matter with you two moving the cloth shop back here? Look, why are you still buying these? How much does it cost?" After saying that, she came over to help move the cloth in. Room.

"Mother, these cloths really didn't cost much today. They are some old cloths, and the other ones are faded by the rain, and they are all very cheap. I think we don't need to be too particular about our farmers. You can just wear them, so I bought them all back, and you can keep them for inner clothes." Xue Shi explained to Chen Shi, and his hands were not idle, so he showed Chen Shi the cloth samples.

The mothers were looking at the cloth here, and Jingya happened to come over, so she opened the few cloths that were drenched in the rain.Surprisingly, I found out that the outer layers are a little bit colorful, but the inner ones are quite good. "Mother, there is nothing in these cloths. Oh, you have picked something good now."

Xue Shi and Chen Shi looked at it and found that it was not a big deal. Although there are some faded places in the inside, they are just dots, and they don't delay wearing them. This is really wrong.A few people quickly unwrapped all these bolts of cloth, some were lighter and some were heavier, but basically there was no delay in wearing them inside, and the outside could also be used as the lining of clothes, which saved a lot of money. .

"Okay, there's nothing to do these few days. Let's hurry up and make cotton clothes first. I think the cloth is enough. Why don't we have two clothes for each person, one thin and one thick. It's just winter, and there is no It's so cold, it's too thick to wear." Chen hurriedly got up.

Mrs. Xue also agreed, "Succeed, it just so happens that Jingya and Huixin's needlework is also good. Let's do it together, and we can finish it within two days. Do it earlier, so as not to have to wear it when it's cold." The weather is not guaranteed, It might snow one day.

After deciding to make clothes, Mrs. Xue left some of the good cloth to the old lady, and took the rest back to her room.Mrs. Chen didn't want to stay, saying that the two of them were still there, but Mrs. Xue insisted on keeping them, "Mother, for the children's clothing fee, I can make these not so good ones for them. Keep these good ones, you and Daddy , and Zhixiang Huixin, you can make a few. Our family has a good harvest this year, so it’s time for some new clothes.”

After hearing this, the old lady agreed to keep the cloth.It happened to be noon, so I hurried to cook. The old man went out to visit today, and he should be back in a while.The mothers worked together, and the meal was ready in a short while.

In the evening, Zhixin rushed back from the county seat, and Chen's heart was relieved when his son came back.Before waiting for Mrs. Chen to ask anything.Zhixin said first, "Mother, the price of this year's mallet is pretty good. The shopkeeper of the third child gave us two and a half taels of silver for a catty, a total of forty catties, and sold it for 100 taels of silver. Look, it's all in Here." Saying that, Zhixin took out twenty ingots of silver from the bag he was carrying, all of which were five taels of one ingot. "The shopkeeper also said that our mallets are big and good in color, and we have dried them enough, so we will need ours next year." Zhixin told his family the good news with a smile.

At this time, a pound of dried sticks is usually sold for one or two halves, or a little higher would be good, but this time it could be sold for two and a half.This is nearly 40 taels of silver more than usual. In the farmyard, 40 taels of silver may do a lot of things.When Mrs. Chen and the old man heard this, they all burst into laughter, "Oh, that's great. I'm still worried about this year. The fifth child is going to take part in the examination, and I have to talk about my daughter-in-law. It's time for Huixin to say kiss. It's the same, which one is not the big spender? With all this money, how can I have a lot of money. This time I really lost the third child. If he didn't think about it, we would have to sell it to those peddlers. How can I sell so much money?" Mrs. Chen hurriedly put away all the money, as the rules of the family, the money for selling the stick belongs to the public and must be handed over to Mrs. Chen.

It was getting late, and Xue led her daughter to quickly pack up all the food, and everyone ate together.The old man was happy today, so he asked Wenxuan and Wenchang to buy some wine and come back.The old man and Zhixin drank wine together and talked about the harvest.

Zhixiang went out to practice with his classmates again. Now that he is a Juren, he no longer needs to study in the academy.One of Zhixiang's classmates, whose father was a magistrate, worked in Changbai Prefecture.That classmate invited Zhixiang to go to Changbai Prefecture to have a look, and to be a small official in the Zhizhou Yamen, it was considered as an experience.Otherwise, studying hard every day is useless.Naturally, Zhixiang agreed. This test is about strategy theory. If you don't understand anything practical, what can you write about?
The master chattered one sentence to another, and what he said was nothing more than planting sticks.After everyone had finished their meal, the two of them stopped drinking and ate some food, so it was over.Jingya and Jinghan cleared away the tables, then washed the bowls with the hot water in the pot, and put them in the cupboard.

After all this work, there was nothing to do, and the two sisters went back to the house.Jingya looked at Jinghan, and said that when she was making the clothes, she would help Yuxian make an outer smock, so that she would not be too active all day, and dirty the new padded jacket. "I think those faded fabrics are not bad. I'll pick a piece with lighter color fade and embroider flowers on the faded area, so that it won't be seen that it's faded. Isn't it the same as the new one? "Jingya's needlework is good, and she also likes to make clothes for others. Now that there are so many cloths at home, she feels itchy when she sees them, and she has to make something.

Jinghan leaned on her sister's side, "Thank you, sister. Your craftsmanship is good, and you will definitely be able to make something beautiful." Jinghan really didn't have the patience to learn needlework. She learned it for a few days when she first came, and then Never study again.

Jingya smiled, "You are just lazy. I don't know what's wrong with you. You are more diligent than anyone else when you go up the mountain and down the river. But once you learn a little sewing, you feel more uncomfortable than sitting on a nail board. Why? I can't sit still. There is nothing to do this winter, so you can learn sewing with me, and you can't stop wearing clothes in the future, right?" Jingya is also a girl who cares about herself.

Jinghan thought about it, and it was really time to learn some needlework, otherwise it would be a problem in the future.After all, when you come here, you have to abide by the rules here. "Okay, sister, I'll listen to you. This winter, I will learn how to sew with my sister."

"You, as long as it's not like before, it's fresh for three days." Jingya saw that Jinghan agreed so happily, so she said a few words. "Okay, it's getting late. Let's go to bed. We'll talk about it tomorrow if we have anything to do."

So the two sisters spread out the bedding, and then Jingya went out and brought some hot water back, the two sisters washed their feet, and went to bed on the kang.

(End of this chapter)