Chapter 41 Shopping
Ningjing thought that her three brothers at home had no clothes. It was the New Year and they had no chance to buy them, but now they had the opportunity to buy them, and they also had money.
Boss Ning vaguely knew why his sister wanted to buy more fabric, and he also wanted to wear a new dress, so he did not refuse Ning Jing.
Ning Jing saw that Boss Ning agreed, so this was easy to do, but how much fabric should she buy?
Ning Lao Da and Ning Lao Er each need six feet of cloth, and Ning Xiao San also needs five and a half feet of cloth, which is seventeen and a half feet. They haven't worn clothes in several years, so it's not too much to make two pieces!
Suddenly, Ning Jing saw some white cotton cloth. Aunt Li saw Ning Jing looking at the damp white cotton cloth and quickly introduced it, saying, "These white cotton cloths were transferred from the city yesterday. They were damp and are also being treated as defective cloth. The width of these cotton cloths is 2.1 meters. To make a quilt, you need three meters, or nine feet."
Ningjing thought of her brother's hard quilt, which was no longer warm and needed to be replaced. Moreover, there was only one quilt for three brothers, and the three of them were squeezed together, which was very uncomfortable, so they also needed to make quilts.
Ning Jing looked up at Aunt Li and said, "Aunt, how much is this white cotton cloth per foot?"
Aunt Li looked at Boss Ning, who didn't object, and explained, "This cotton cloth is also half price, 20 cents a foot!"
Ningjing lowered her head. It cost 20 cents per foot, so a quilt would cost 1.8 yuan, which was very cheap!
I quickly said, "Aunt Li, we need material that can make three quilts, not five."
Few people sell this kind of material these days. It takes four pounds of cotton to make a quilt, and cotton is in short supply now. However, Aunt Li didn't say much. She measured four and a half meters very quickly, and then left some extra.
Ningjing was very grateful when she saw what Aunt Li did.
There were also clothes. Although only black and blue fabrics were free of charge, Ning Jing generously thought of buying two sets of clothes for each of her three brothers, and then said to Aunt Li, "I want seventeen and a half feet of each of these two colors."
Boss Ning felt distressed. The fabric for five quilts cost nine dollars, and these thirty-five feet of fabric cost ten dollars and fifty cents, a total of nineteen dollars and fifty cents!
In the past, even a family could not spend so much in a year.
Ning Jing thought of the beautiful woman who said there was still wool. She looked at Aunt Li with sparkling eyes and asked quickly, "Aunt Li, do you have any wool that doesn't require a ticket?"
Aunt Li looked at Ning Jing's bright eyes and couldn't help but say, "More!" and led Ning Jing to the yarn area. This time, there was a lot of yarn, and it wasn't defective. There were several colors:
Boss Ning looked at the red wool and thought that if his sister wore a sweater knitted with red wool, she would definitely be the most beautiful lucky doll in the whole village.
Boss Ning asked, "Aunt Li, how much is this red wool?"
Aunt Li smiled and said, "My nephew is the best at asking questions even though he's quiet. This red wool is much more expensive than meat. It costs one yuan for two ounces! You bought it for your sister, right?"
Aunt Li naturally knew how good Boss Ning was to her sister Ning Jing. Ning Jing was really a blessed child. However, Aunt Li thought that when Ning Jing saw the cloth, she thought of her brother, so it was no wonder that she was valued so much.
Ning Jing also asked, "Aunt Li, how much does this chestnut-colored wool cost?"
Aunt Li knew that Ning Jing was choosing this for her brothers, so she smiled and said, "This kind of thing is only 60 cents cheaper!"
Aunt Li was very envious of this family. Although she had never met Ning Lao Da and Ning Jing's parents, she believed that someone must be an extraordinary person to be able to raise such friendly siblings.
(End of this chapter)
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