Besides yarn, Shiyue also brought some fabric that she and Liang Yueming had dyed themselves on the island.
This is how the family expresses their gratitude to Uncle Shen.
There's a peach pink dyed with madder, a ginger yellow dyed with gardenia, and a light green dyed with mugwort.
Because the days on the island were long, and Liang Yueming was a person who loved to dress up, the two of them liked to think about these things when they had nothing to do.
Gradually, the colors that were dyed became more and more beautiful.
This batch of fabric was the best dyed they selected, and it would be perfect for making shirts or skirts for summer.
Although it's made of homespun cloth, it's absorbent and cool to wear. You have to try it to know how comfortable it is.
Of course, they also prepared a copy of these cloths for Deputy Commander Lü.
Since the cloth was clearly handmade from the countryside and not expensive, neither of the two elderly people refused it.
Lu Wensheng liked it very much and said he would take it back and ask his wife to make one for him when she returned.
He also mentioned that the peach-pink fabric could be used to make a little dress for his granddaughter, showing that he was very satisfied with the gift.
Finally, Lü Wensheng brought up the dried goods he had bought before Shiyue.
He said, "I heard you bought a lot of seafood in the city before?"
Before Shiyue could answer, Shen Yuanbai said shyly, "This girl bought it for me."
Lu Wensheng immediately laughed: "Of course I know she bought it for you, otherwise who else would she have bought it for?"
Lü Wensheng knew that Shiyue had bought a lot of dried goods, which was quite a coincidence.
At that time, Shiyue had a courier deliver the collected goods to Huo Bai, hoping that Huo Bai could bring them back to the island.
As it happened, Huo Bai had just gone to sea, so the person who was collecting the goods delivered them to the purchasing office, hoping to transfer them to the supply ship through them.
At that time, Lu Wensheng's civil servant happened to be in the procurement office and happened to run into him, so he went back and told his superior.
Actually, the things Shiyue brought weren't really for Uncle Shen, but she couldn't say that right now!
When Uncle Shen offered to "claim" it, she smiled but didn't say anything.
Lu Wensheng continued, "Don't buy anything this time. I know you control the family finances, so you don't need to consult anyone when you want to buy something."
But I've already asked someone to make preparations, so please give me a chance to show my appreciation. Otherwise, my sister-in-law will think I'm not as considerate as a younger person.
His words made everyone laugh.
Shen Yuanbai and Lü Wensheng had been friends for decades; their friendship was truly one of life and death.
When he said he had prepared something for himself, he didn't refuse.
Anyway, they naturally have their own ways of interacting with each other.
The two talked for a while in Shiyue's room, and then Lü Wensheng told her that there was a ship going on a mission the next afternoon and he could give her a ride, asking if she wanted to go back.
If you still have things to do here, you can talk about it in a few days.
Shiyue thought for a moment and realized that apart from meeting the little boy who had helped her find dried goods the next morning, she had nothing else to do.
He agreed to leave the following afternoon.
The next morning, Shiyue arrived at the boy's house as promised.
Meanwhile, the boy and his uncle had been waiting for quite some time.
Because Shiyue intended to continue trading with them, she stopped hiding it and exchanged names with them.
Only then did she learn that the child's surname was Sun and his name was Sun Haichuan, while his uncle's surname was Jin and his name was Jin Ming.
Perhaps because the previous transaction went well, this time Jinming brought all the more valuable seafood from his village to Shiyue.
There were eight single-headed abalones among them, and each one was plump and meaty, looking even bigger and thicker than the ones they bought the first time in October.
Besides these eight largest abalone, there were more than forty slightly smaller ones, and another bag of even smaller ones.
The smaller ones are weighed by the kilogram, instead of being priced individually.
In addition to these abalone, Jinming also sent a box of sea cucumbers.
I've never seen sea cucumbers before, but Jinming clearly understands how precious they are.
He kept talking and gesturing, telling Shiyue that this stuff was good for her health, especially for people with weak constitutions, as well as the elderly and pregnant women.
He also told Shiyue that he had brought all the dried food from his family to save for his sister, saying it was very nutritious.
With a small boat acting as a translator, Shiyue understood the gist of what was being said, so she collected all the sea cucumbers.
She didn't intend to sell these sea cucumbers.
Shiyue decided to take some of it back to Uncle Shen and Uncle Lü to share, and she would take the rest back to put in the food for her family and the expert team.
Those veteran experts and professors suffered a lot in the past, and they need to replenish their nutrition even more than those people in the future world.
Shiyue wants to make money, but she hopes even more that the people around her can live a better life.
In addition to abalone and sea cucumber, Jinming also brought a lot of dried scallops, dried squid, dried cuttlefish, as well as dried mackerel, some conch slices, and dried clam meat.
The quality of the 10 Mooncakes looked good, so I just bought them all.
Because she asked for so much, Jin Ming was overjoyed and even specially took out two pairs of prawns to give to Shi Yue, resolutely refusing any money.
The prawns were also very large, each one being several inches longer than an adult man's hand.
Today, Shiyue came prepared.
She brought twenty eggs, a five-pound bag of rice, a five-pound bag of flour, and two pounds of brown sugar.
Including the items left at Xiao Haichuan's house as a deposit yesterday, I gave Jinming an additional ten yuan.
This is mainly because abalone and sea cucumber are more expensive, while the other ingredients combined are not worth much.
Both parties were satisfied with this deal.
Shiyue refused Jinming's offer to take her home, saying that he could just leave her things at the street corner and a car would come to pick her up.
Before leaving, Shiyue made a promise to Jinming that she would send someone to pick up the goods at least once a month, so that the village would keep the best goods for her.
She will ask someone to pick up the goods at that time.
With such a big client as her, Jin Ming was naturally very happy.
Before returning to the island, Shiyue did not visit her two uncles again, as they had said goodbye the previous night.
She also knew that, for her safety, Uncle Lü did not want anyone to know that she was involved in the matter he was about to investigate.
So when the time came, she packed her luggage and took a car to the agreed location.
There will be a car there to take her to the dock.
Before leaving, she took out some of the sea cucumbers she had bought that morning, divided them into two portions, wrote her name on each portion, and left them at the front desk of the guesthouse for them to pass on.
I imagine that by the time my two uncles receive it, I will already be back on Whale Island.
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