farmer's wife

Chapter 15 Buying
After leaning against Xiao Lie for a while, Fu Yan finally calmed down.

Looking at the man who was worried about supporting her, and the little doll who was holding her by the corner of her skirt and looking up at her with a worried expression, Fu Yan smiled through tears.

She has new relatives.

Fu Yan: "Let's go! Let's go to the government office, and then take us Ajian to go shopping, okay?"

"Okay!" Seeing that sister-in-law was happy, Xiao Jian also laughed silly.

Seeing her smiling again, Xiao Lie felt relieved.

After completing the household registration, Xiao Lie and Fu Yan took Xiao Jian to stroll along the West Street.

The streets are crowded with people, and the voices of hawkers can be heard endlessly.

The candied haws and sugar blowers are all surrounded by children.

There were too many people to see, so Xiao Lie hugged Xiao Jian so as not to get separated.

Xiao Jian lay on her brother's shoulder, looking back at the passing peddler with envy, and passed him by a wooden stick filled with candied haws.Xiao Jian sniffed her nose, but didn't speak.

Fu Yan stopped in her tracks, turned around and called to stop the peddler.

"How do you sell candied haws?"

The peddler eagerly stepped forward: "Four cents a piece, this lady can choose one for the young master. The hawthorns I picked here are definitely sweet and sour!"

Fu Yan beckoned Xiao Lie to put Xiao Jian down, "Ah Jian, let's pick one."

"Can Ah Jian eat candied haws too?"

"Of course! Brother and sister-in-law also want to eat, you can choose with confidence, let's eat together."

Xiao Jian stepped forward with a relaxed face, concentrated on looking at each of them, and finally picked a red candied haws covered in syrup.

After paying the money, Xiao Jian took it with satisfaction.

"Sister-in-law eat!" Xiao Jian first held the candied haws in front of Fu Yan.

Although they got along for a short time, Fu Yan also noticed that Xiao Jian was too sensible and knew that the family was struggling, so she never asked for anything.The brats from other families would roll and cry, but he just watched helplessly from one side, not daring to say anything.

The sensitivity, introversion and lack of security brought about by past experiences cannot be changed with just a few words.Can only rely on the days to come slowly.

Xiao Jian raised her hand and looked at her earnestly and joyfully. Fu Yan bit off one of them to reassure him.

Seeing her sister-in-law eating, Xiao Jian handed the candied haws to her brother.

Xiao Lie didn't move.Fu Yan secretly pushed his arm.

He is such a grown man, how can he still eat children's things?
How about some snacks?Are you still divided?Fu Yan winked at him, beckoning him to hurry up.

Xiao Lie had no choice but to lower his head and bite one.

The sweet and sour taste burst in the mouth, and the hawker didn't lie.Hawthorn is slightly sweet and refreshing, and it is also crunchy to the bite.Xiao Lie hadn't eaten it for many years.Sweet in my heart.

"Brother and sister-in-law have tasted it all, and the ones that Ah Jian picked are delicious." Fu Yan pushed back the candied haws in the child's hand, "After eating this, I can't eat any more candy today." Eating too much candy is not good for your teeth. it is good.

"Okay." Xiao Jian agreed crisply.He is already very happy to be able to eat candied haws today, so he wants to eat slowly.

After strolling around for a while, Fu Yan thought of her follow-up plan, and discussed with Xiao Lie: "Brother Alie, let's find a place to have lunch, and then I want to go to the embroidery shop. I plan to buy some embroidery thread and go back to embroider some handkerchiefs by myself." , silk flowers and the like."

"It's fine for you to decide. Just don't overwork yourself." Xiao Lie had no objection to what Fu Yan wanted to do.

"I don't know how to farm, and I can only embroider flowers."

Xiao Lie: "I'll just do the hard work of farming."

While chatting and walking, they sat down at a wonton stall and ordered three bowls, one big and one small.

The chaotic skin is thin and the stuffing is big, and the two brothers Xiao Jian ate cleanly.The big bowl has a lot of wontons, Fu Yan has a small appetite and really can't eat it, so Xiao Lie took the bowl from her and poured it into his own bowl, taking it all.

Fu Yan supported her head with her arms, smiled and saw that Xiao Lie didn't give up, and lowered her head to eat the wonton seriously.

After the meal, Fu Yan picked a shop that he used to go shopping for.Li Ji Buzhuang, the proprietress is also called Li Niangzi.

The shop is large, and she sells all kinds of embroidery thread, cloth, ready-made clothes, fabric jewelry and decorations, large and small.It is said that the Li family, a family of businessmen specializing in cloth and satin business in the south of the Yangtze River, is backed by it.

When Fu Yan was in the Zhao Mansion, she learned female celebrities with Zhao Yunyan.Zhao Yunyan's learning is so-so, but she has put in a lot of hard work.

In order to plan for the future, knowing more than one craft can lead to a better life.

No, it can come in handy now.

"Guest officer, take a look around, and just tell me what you want." The shop assistant greeted him warmly.

Fu Yan skillfully picked some colored thread and embroidered cloth, and Mrs. Li quickly calculated, "It's 450 Wen in total. What else do you want, my lady?"

Fu Yan looked at the two brothers of the Xiao family, and sighed when she thought of the two or three thin clothes in the closet at home, which were still worn and patched.

So I picked two more cotton cloths, one dark gray and one white.The dark ones are for their coats and the white ones are for their tunics.The cotton cloth is comfortable next to the skin, sweat-absorbent and wear-resistant.

Now I have to wear a small jacket outside. After a while, when the weather is warmer, I can wear it outside.

Right now the family doesn’t have much money, so I’ll buy cloth fuyan and go back home to make a set for myself, and wear it in rotation with old clothes.

Xiao Lie looked at the color of the cloth selected by Fu Yan, and pulled her: "Change to the dark one."

Fu Yan: "Don't you like that color?"

Xiao Lie: "The red and pink ones must look good on you."

Fu Yan: "It's not me who wears them, I bought them for you to make clothes."

Hearing that they were going to make clothes for them, the two brothers of the Xiao family opened their eyes wide in surprise.Xiao Lie waved his hands again and again: "You don't need to make it for us, you can just buy it yourself, we have clothes to wear."

When Xiao Jian heard what his brother said, she also nodded. He still has two clothes. If they are broken, please ask Aunt Zhang to mend them.

Fu Yan didn't argue with him, and asked him "dominantly", "Do you mean that the family will listen to me from now on?"

Xiao Lie nodded.Manly man, keep your word!

"That's fine, I bought it when I said it."

Fu Yan turned around and ignored him, and asked the proprietress: "Boss Li, do you accept embroidery work?"

Mrs. Li looked Fu Yan up and down, "Ma'am, our store accepts embroidery work, and I dare say the price is definitely the fairest given by the embroidery shops on this street. But you get what you pay for, the specifics How much you give depends on the quality of embroidery you can produce."

"That's fine, I'll send you embroidery work in the future, you can take a look."

"No problem, I'll be waiting for you." Opening the door for business, the proprietress was very polite.

"Please tell the proprietress how much it costs here."

"The two pieces of cloth, the dark one costs 240 Wen, and the white one only costs 890 Wen. Adding the embroidery thread and small satin, the total is [-] Wen."

A set of plain clothes for adult men in the store is close to 150 renminbi, and if you pay attention to cutting styles, line decoration, etc., it will be even more expensive.The price is fair.

Fu Yan handed the proprietress a tael of silver, and the proprietress returned one and ten coins.

(The coin setting in this article: 1 tael = 10 coins = 1000 coins)
(End of this chapter)