Chapter 19 Buy! Buy! Buy! Buy an oxcart!
The three of them took a deep breath. Mother wants to buy an ox cart?
Even though they knew that Xiao Ying had made a lot of money today, Chen Xinghai and Chen Xingyun were still very reluctant to let her go, not to mention Chen Xingyue.
“But bullock carts are so expensive.”
Chen Xinghai said this with a little excitement, feeling a little bit of anticipation in his heart.
If they had a bullock cart, it would be very convenient for them to go anywhere and do anything in the future.
Xiao Ying said: "Actually, I would rather buy a carriage."
The three of them said in unison: "Let's use an oxcart. An oxcart is better!"
Xiao Ying smiled and took them to the shop selling ox carts.
When the boss saw their clothes, he didn't believe it at first, until Xiao Ying took out the money, he introduced them to them with a smile.
Finally, he bought an ox cart for two taels of silver and picked out a fat and strong buffalo, spending twelve taels of silver, for a total of fourteen taels.
Since no one knew how to drive a cart, the boss enthusiastically taught Chen Xinghai himself, and Xiao Ying asked Chen Xinghai to learn.
At first, Chen Xinghai was afraid that he would not be able to learn it, but with the encouragement of his two younger sisters, he finally plucked up the courage.
It turned out to be not difficult at all. I could drive it well in less than an incense stick of time. I couldn't help but smile.
"Mom, Xingyun, Xingyue, come on up, I'll take you home."
Xiao Ying said: "No rush, we still need to buy some more things."
There is nothing at home, and I came to town today just to shop.
"Let's go buy some clothes first."
Although she didn't have high requirements for clothing, she was really fed up with this patched coarse linen shirt.
The three brothers and sisters couldn't help but smile with joy. In the past, they might not even be able to have a new set of clothes during the Chinese New Year. They didn't know how long they had been wearing the clothes they were wearing, but now they finally had new clothes to wear.
Xiao Ying went directly to the clothing store. After all, she didn't know how to make clothes. Chen Xingyun could make them, but what else could she do with that kind of time?
The price of ready-made clothes is more expensive than buying cloth directly. Considering living in the village, Xiao Ying chose coarse cloth and slightly better fine cloth, and did not consider silk or satin.
She bought three sets of clothes for each person, including underwear and shoes, spending a total of six taels of silver. The three of them were so happy that they couldn't stop smiling.
Put on new clothes and new shoes, and you will never be laughed at for being poor again.
After buying clothes, I went to buy food.
Although there are spiritual rice and potatoes in the space, there is no white flour, so you have to buy some of each.
White flour cost six cents per pound, while corn cost only four cents. Xiao Ying bought 100 pounds of white flour in one go, but only 20 pounds of corn, which he would only try occasionally.
It only cost 680 Wen in total, which is not expensive.
After all the things were moved onto the ox cart, Xiao Ying went into the salt shop next door.
The price of salt was much more expensive, forty cents per pound, and it was coarse, yellowish salt.
Xiao Ying frowned slightly. He had to deal with this thing after returning home, otherwise he would easily get poisoned if he ate too much.
So I bought twenty-five pounds directly, which was exactly one tael of silver.
Next, I went to buy some vegetables. There are not many vegetables in this world, only cabbage, radish, spinach, winter melon, and mushrooms.
The price was not expensive, so she bought a little of everything.
Passing by a spice shop, I bought a large batch of seasonings, including ten kilograms of oil.
There is no vegetable oil here, and the oil used is basically soybean oil, so we can only eat it for now.
Seeing people selling eggs, she bought all of them, about fifty or sixty.
I also bought ten pounds of pork, and found some pig ears and pig trotters, so I bought some to stew in the evening.
Thinking that the pots and pans at home were all broken, I bought a batch more, including a good quality kitchen knife.
Passing by a blacksmith shop, I bought two hoes and a shovel.
Fortunately, the regulations on these are not strict in this era, but there is a limit on the number each household can purchase.
Thinking of the mayor's children's love for snacks, I made a special trip to buy two kilograms of snacks, two kilograms of brown sugar, and one kilogram of white sugar.
"One more thing missing."
"Mom, what else is missing?"
Chen Xingyun was already smiling from ear to ear, and feeling extremely happy when he saw the ox cart piled high with things.
"We still need some bedding."
Xiao Ying was speechless when he thought of the hard and broken wooden bed and quilt, so he took the three of them to buy a set of sheets and quilts for each of them.
Because Chen Enke was a scholar, the house built when the family was divided had a room for the couple and each of their children.
After Chen Xinghe and Chen Xingyue were sold, the two rooms became empty.
Now that Chen Xingyue is back, of course she needs to stay.
After a few sets of sheets and quilts were piled on top, the ox cart was completely full and it was difficult to even sit on it.
In the end, Xiao Ying and Chen Xinghai sat in the front to drive the carriage, and their two daughters sat on the quilts, and they happily left the town.
Including the ox cart, this shopping trip cost a total of thirty or forty taels. After deducting the money for redeeming Chen Xingyue and paying off gambling debts, Xiao Ying only had more than thirty taels left.
This amount of money is definitely not enough to build a new house, and it is barely enough to buy a few acres of land.
Xiao Ying thought that he had to continue making money.
I took a walk around town today and found that her spending power was pretty good. Maybe she could make use of the potatoes.
It was already 3 p.m. when we returned to Chenjia Village. Fortunately, the weather was not particularly hot and we were riding in an ox cart, so we didn't sweat all over.
It is the rice planting season recently, and almost everyone who can work in the village has gone to the fields.
However, Xiao Ying brought back so many things, and her home was at the end of the village, so she had to pass through almost the entire village on her way home. As a result, she was still seen by many people, and there was a lot of discussion along the way.
"Isn't that Widow Xiao? She actually bought an ox cart! Where did she get so much money? Wasn't she visited by someone yesterday to collect gambling debts?"
"Yes, not only did he buy an ox cart, he also bought a cart full of stuff. How much did that cost?"
"Wait, isn't that Xingyue in the car? Has she been redeemed?"
"It really is Xingyue! Then why isn't that boy Xinghe here? Could it be that Widow Xiao only redeemed her daughter and not her son?"
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Listening to these discussions, Xiao Ying didn't react much, while the three siblings of the Chen family had different expressions.
There is joy and pride, but also some unhappiness.
Especially when he heard that they only redeemed their daughter and not their son, he wanted to rush over to argue with her. But then he thought about how embarrassing it would be if Chen Xinghe himself didn't want to come back, so he gave up the idea.
"I know, I know. Madam Xiao seemed to have shot another sika deer yesterday afternoon and sold it in town early this morning. It seems the deer fetched quite a bit of money."
A woman who went to the town with Xiao Ying and others in the morning said this, her eyes full of envy.
"No wonder, it seems sika deer are really valuable. I hope my husband can go into the mountains when he's not busy. What if he can hunt one?"
There were women who were immediately attracted by it.
"Come on, the mountains are so dangerous. If you want to make money, you have to be lucky enough to do it."
Some people don't take it seriously, thinking how can this thing be so easy to beat?
There was even a hint of sarcasm, mocking Xiao Ying for having a good time to earn money but not a life to spend it.
"What a bunch of chatterboxes." Chen Xingyue snorted coldly.
Chen Xingyun was also a little unhappy. These people were clearly jealous of her mother.
Finally arriving home, Xiao Ying and her two siblings happily moved things into the house. The ox cart was parked in the yard, and the ox was temporarily tied up in the pigpen, which had been vacant for many years.
"Mom, I'm going to clean up the kitchen."
Chen Xingyun volunteered to clean up with a bunch of seasonings and pots and pans.
"Mom, I'm going out to cut some grass for the cows." Chen Xinghai also found what he wanted to do.
"I, I'll go make the bed."
Chen Xingyue didn't want to be idle either, as she still had to clean her room, but she still couldn't call out "Mom".
Seeing that the three children had found something to do, Xiao Ying nodded and packed up the food and tools.
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