After Xia Qingqing took stock of everything in the warehouse, she instantly felt like she had transformed from a poor peasant into a landlord, and she was even laughing in her dreams that night.

Most of the things Gu Yunshu prepared for her were not suitable for this era, and she planned to keep them for her own use.

There were also some things from this era that Xia Qingqing kept aside, so she could sell them if she ever needed money in the future.

A week passed quickly, and Xia Qingqing looked at the dress her mother had made with admiration: "Mom, this dress you made is so beautiful, it makes me want to wear it too."

Xia Qingqing said this casually, just wanting to express her admiration for Zhang Hongyan's excellent cooking skills, but Zhang Hongyan took it seriously.

Zhang Hongyan watched her daughter reluctantly touch the finished dress and felt a pang of sadness. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "Qingqing, ask your classmate if they're selling this dress."

Xia Qingqing didn't react at first, but when she realized that her mother was planning to buy a piece of fabric to make her a dress, a warm feeling washed over her.

Leaning affectionately on Zhang Hongyan's shoulder, he refused, saying, "Mom, no need, I don't like Blake."

Xia Qingqing felt she was telling the truth. What kind of pretty dresses hadn't she seen in her past life? Even now, she had beautiful dresses that Gu Yunshu had specially collected for her in her system's inventory. How could she possibly be interested in a dress from this era?

Not to mention that these fabrics originally belonged to her. If it weren't difficult to explain the origin of the fabrics, she would have liked to put all the fabrics in front of her mother and say: "Woman, I'll take all the fabrics in the house."

Haha, Xia Qingqing was imagining a little drama in her mind, and almost made herself laugh.

Zhang Hongyan didn't believe her daughter's words at all. What little girl wouldn't like a dress? Her Qingqing was just being stingy. It was all because her parents were useless and couldn't give their child good things.

Xia Qingqing noticed that her mother had suddenly fallen silent. She turned her head and saw that Zhang Hongyan's eyes were red and filled with tears.

Xia Qingqing wiped her mother's tears with her sleeve and gently coaxed her, "Mom, don't be sad. I really don't like Blake."

"Don't you know me? I've said I like you a long time ago. We're like family, why would I be polite with you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hongyan immediately burst into laughter through her tears: "You child, you really don't like it?"

"I don't like it, but if Mom insists on making it for me, it's not impossible."

Xia Qingqing changed the subject and continued, "I'll ask my classmate later, and see if she has any other fabric. How about we make a new dress for everyone in the family?"

Hearing her daughter's outrageous remarks, Zhang Hongyan chuckled and tapped her on the forehead: "We don't have a golden nest or a silver nest in our house. How can we afford to spend money like this?"

Xia Qingqing knew her mother was reluctant to spend the money, so she didn't argue with her. She would think of more legitimate ways to make money in the future, and once she had money, her mother would be willing to spend it.

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Xia Qingqing arrived at Qin Chuan's house familiarly, and this time it was Qin Chuan who opened the door for her.

Qin Chu'an didn't exchange any pleasantries with Xia Qingqing after seeing her. He directly handed her the payment for the goods: "Sister Xia, this is 132.3 yuan. Can you count it and see if it's correct?"

This is the price of 21 pieces of cloth. As agreed last time, Qin Chuan exchanged his commission for one piece of cloth. The total commission for the 21 pieces of cloth was 6.3 yuan, which is exactly the price of one piece of cloth.

Xia Qingqing handed Qin Chuan 6.3 yuan: "Here, this is your commission."

Qin Chu'an was taken aback when she saw the money Xia Qingqing handed her. Then she noticed her younger sister sitting next to her and immediately pretended to be happy as she took the money, thinking that she would return it to Xia Qingqing when she went out later.

Qin Chuxin had no idea what her brother was up to. Thinking back to the time her brother said that Xia Qingqing had given her a piece of cloth because she was cute, she looked at Xia Qingqing with gratitude in her eyes.

"Thank you for the fabric you gave me last time, Sister Xia. I really like it." Then Qin Chuxin took out a jar and handed it to Xia Qingqing, saying, "This is chili sauce that I made myself. I hope you won't mind it."

After saying this, Qin Chuxin's face turned red, and she was a little embarrassed. Xia Qingqing gave her a beautiful and valuable piece of cloth, but she only gave her a jar of not-so-valuable chili sauce in return.

This chili sauce was something Qin Chuxin secretly learned to make from her aunt.

After her uncle's family moved into her house, this sauce appeared on the dining table. She saw that her brother liked it very much. After her uncle's family left, she experimented with making it herself a few times.

After tasting it, Qin Chu'an praised the sauce as even better than her aunt's. Since she didn't have anything else to give as a gift, she prepared this for Xia Qingqing.

Xia Qingqing took the bottle of chili sauce that looked very appetizing and gently rubbed Qin Chuxin's head: "Thank you, Xinxin, I like it very much."

Afterwards, Xia Qingqing took out the five dresses that Zhang Hongyan had made and asked Qin Chuan to help sell them, giving him a commission of one yuan for each dress.

Qin Chuan thought that after selling the last batch of cloth, he would have to find new ways to make money, but Xia Qingqing gave him a surprise.

When Qin Chuan saw Xia Qingqing off, he returned the 6.3 yuan in his pocket to her.

Xia Qingqing didn't take it, but pointed to the chili sauce in her bag: "I'll give that piece of cloth to Xinxin. I really like the gift she gave me in return."

Although the two cannot be compared in value, this return gift is full of Qin Chuxin's good intentions.

Qin Chu'an looked a little embarrassed and said to Xia Qingqing, "But we agreed on this before."

"Don't think too much, kid. Just help me sell the dresses. I'm still waiting for you to make money for me," Xia Qingqing said, then waved to Qin Chuan and left.

This time, Xia Qingqing didn't go to the supply and marketing cooperative, but went directly to the black market. Although there were risks involved in going to the black market, the items there didn't require coupons.

After entering the black market, Xia Qingqing noticed that there were significantly more people today than last time.

She tried to keep a low profile, didn't haggle with the vendors, and immediately moved on to the next stall after buying one item.

The things she bought appeared to be packed into the basket on her back, but she actually put them all into her system space.

After she had bought almost everything, she worried that if she continued buying, someone would notice something was wrong, so she quietly left by herself.

After walking quite a distance, Xia Qingqing realized that no one was following her, so she slowed down.

A satisfied smile graced her face. This trip to the black market had been very fruitful; at least for a long time, she wouldn't have to worry about food and drink.

I mentally calculated what I bought and how much I spent: 30 jin of rice at 4 mao per jin, 20 jin of flour at 5 mao per jin, 40 jin of cornmeal at 2 mao per jin, and some hard candy, canned fruit, malted milk powder, etc. In total, I spent 65 yuan and 7 mao.

Her meager savings dwindled instantly; she still had to work hard to earn money.