Chapter 68: Jinhua has another set
Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei hurried to pick the colors.
Unlike coarse cloth, cotton cloth is available in colors, but there are not many choices.
Finally, I chose a dark blue, a gray, and a beige one.
When they were about to pick the last horse, Jinhua and Yinhua looked at the Du family with tears in their eyes.
Jinhua: "Mom, Auntie, please pick a pink one..."
Yinhua: "Pink, right..."
Every girl has a pink dream.
They usually wore coarse, grey cloth. Every time they went to the town to sell firewood, they were extremely envious when they saw the little girls in pink clothes.
Ye Jin'er also looked at Mrs. Du eagerly: "One piece of cloth can make four sets of clothes. The four of us can make a pink set together."
When Mrs. Du heard this, she looked at Mrs. Wei and nodded, "Okay!"
The four girls cheered.
Ye Caiping was a little amused and stepped forward and said, "Although I said to buy four pieces of cloth, I didn't stipulate that you must buy them one by one. You can buy whatever color you like."
The four girls' eyes lit up.
Mrs. Du said anxiously, "We can't tear them apart. The bigger the cloth, the easier it is to cut. Besides, you are small, so if we save some, we might even have two more sets."
The four sisters looked educated and immediately gave up the idea of tearing the cloth apart.
Ye Caiping watched them making a fuss with a smile. It was not a big deal. As long as they were happy, that was enough.
Ye Caiping walked over to Jinhua:
"Jinhua, last time I asked you to testify about the cassava incident, you got scolded for nothing. You were wronged in this matter. Didn't I say at the time that I would buy cloth to make you a new set of clothes when I made money?"
Ye Jinhua also remembered.
She didn't believe it at the time...but she always remembered it, but just didn't take it to heart.
Who would have thought that I would actually make clothes for myself now.
Ye Jinhua was happy, but she had a twisted personality, so she spoke awkwardly: "Thank you, thank you, aunt."
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "No, I mean, you pick another one."
Jinhua was startled: "I, I already have one."
"That's different. Let's keep things to ourselves. This is something that everyone has. Since we're going to compensate you, you naturally have an extra set."
Jinhua's eyes lit up and she felt a little touched.
From childhood to adulthood, this was the first time someone took a promise to her so seriously.
“Is it cotton too?”
"certainly."
Wei and Yinhua looked at her with envy.
Mrs. Du was happy but also a little embarrassed. After all, I have already spent so much money today, and now I have to buy another one.
Ye Caiping urged, "Pick one quickly."
Jinhua looked around with great joy and finally chose a rouge-colored one and asked the shopkeeper to cut it into 10 feet long.
Ye Caiping didn't like the colors chosen by Mrs. Du, so she picked out a light apricot color and a water green color, and asked for 10 feet of each.
Then I thought that it would be better to have piping on the collars and sleeves of my clothes, so I ordered another 10 feet of white ones.
After selecting the cotton cloth, Ye Caiping directly asked Manager Yao to take five pieces of coarse cloth, three pieces of grayish white and two pieces of light brown. This is a set of coarse cloth clothes for each family member.
Mrs. Du and Mrs. Wei were stunned. Mrs. Du said, "This is too much..."
"They have to be washed and replaced. The clothes of the family members are all torn and need to be replaced." Ye Caiping said with a smile.
She originally wanted to give each family member two sets of coarse cloth clothes and one set of cotton clothes.
But considering that I wouldn't be able to make it even if I bought it, I had to give up.
After thinking about it, Ye Caiping picked out another piece of lake blue cotton cloth and asked the shopkeeper to divide it into four parts, each part being 10 feet long.
Shopkeeper Yao was so happy that his mouth almost reached his ears. After wrapping it, he used the abacus to make a clacking sound:
"Mrs. Ye is really filial and caring about her family. Where can you find such a good sister-in-law? I will give you 13 taels and 6 cents."
What a big customer!
Other people buy cloth by the feet, but Madam Ye buys it by the piece.
Ye Caiping also expressed helplessness about this matter. There was no other way. There were too many people in the family. If she bought only these, a conservative estimate would be that each person would need two sets. Was that too many? not much.
"Can you help me get to the car dealership in front?"
"Can."
Ye Bajin hurried in and asked the waiter holding the cloth to follow him.
After leaving the cloth shop, the group went to Liuer Lane.
Ye Caiping walked into a shoe store. A slightly plump old man was dozing on the table. He suddenly heard a noise and opened his eyes.
When he saw Ye Caiping, he jumped up: "Ah, isn't this Madam Ye?"
"Hello, Uncle Xu." Ye Caiping greeted with a smile.
Sister Ye Jin'er also greeted them sweetly.
When he set up a stall in the town, Uncle Xu came every day to eat Huo La Tang. Later, he even worked as a "spy" for them. He was very cute.
"After you left, I ate less Hu La Tang." Uncle Xu complained.
"Don't you have it, Fatty? It was made by my mother and I."
"Yes, there are... but it doesn't feel right if it's not you guys."
All right! Grandpa is still as cute as always.
"Last time, uncle, you said you were selling shoes here, and I've wanted to come and take a look for a long time. Today I finally have some time." Ye Caiping said with a smile.
Uncle Xu was delighted when he heard this: "See what style you want. I'll give it to you at a lower price."
Ye Caiping agreed, but Ye Jinhua pulled her from behind and whispered, "Aunt, let's make the shoes ourselves."
"When we make clothes, there will be a lot of scraps left, which can be used to make shoe uppers. If you want flowers, I can embroider them."
Ye Caiping said: "I can't wait, the soles of my shoes can't be worn any longer."
Ye Jinhua felt that Ye Caiping was too wasteful, but since the money was not hers, it was not easy for her to stop her from buying things. She pouted:
"My aunt bought her own. I don't need it."
Mrs. Du also felt that it was unnecessary and shook her head.
Ye Caiping has already spent a lot of money today, so she can just take more.
Seeing this, Wei was too embarrassed to ask for it, so she pulled Yinhua and politely declined.
Ye Caiping didn't say much and took her two daughters in to pick out shoes.
After the three of them had chosen, Ye Caiping then chose for Old Lady Ye and her husband and Daquan and Erquan.
Finally, I went out carrying a big bag of shoes.
After leaving the shoe shop, Ye Caiping went to the silver shop to exchange money.
He exchanged the copper coins he had saved for one tael of silver, and then for Li Jiaojiao's two hundred taels of silver notes. He exchanged them all for small silver ingots of ten taels each. When he went out, he put them into the space while no one was paying attention.
Before going home, I bought 40 eggs, an old hen and five pounds of pork belly, planning to make chicken soup and braised pork at noon.
The group left the town happily.
When they got home, Grandma Ye had already prepared the soup. Ye Daquan and Bajin carried the soup into the car and went out again.
In the main room, Old Mrs. Ye and her husband, and Ye Erquan, were so shocked that their mouths were wide open as they looked at the cloth that had almost piled up into a small mountain.
"There are so many of them. Are you guys robbing the cloth shop?"
Ye Caiping smiled and said, "Not much, just two sets of clothes for each person."
Old Mrs. Ye smiled and glared at her. She touched this cloth and looked at that cloth, and was so happy that she didn't know what to say.
Ye Erquan took off his stinky shoes and tried on new ones: "When big brother left just now, the eager look in his eyes, hehe, almost made him envious to death."
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