Chapter 197 Mildew
There were four large packages, each weighing fifty to sixty kilograms.
Secretary Song couldn't believe it, even Chu Hong was dumbfounded when she saw it: "Oh my goodness, He Wen is really generous, the postage must be more than ten yuan, right?"
She had heard from Gu Ci that the starting price for mailing within the city was five cents, and the starting price for mailing across the city was eight cents.
As you can imagine, this is not cheap.
At this time, Gu Ci came back and said, "The more weight, the cheaper it will be. Within 100 kilograms, it's 6 yuan, within 200 kilograms, it's 12 yuan, and within 300 kilograms, it's 18 yuan."
There is a scale at home, and we can find out the weight by weighing it: "It's 292 kilograms, which is 18 yuan?"
It's easy to imagine that He Wen also calculated it carefully and didn't dare to exceed 300 kilograms to avoid wasting money.
When I unpacked the package, I smelled a moldy smell.
Chu Hong also discovered that the fabrics sent over were mostly light-colored, such as light yellow florals, light blue cotton, light gray, light green, and beige.
Nowadays, most colors are dull, black, gray, and military green are the most numerous and common colors.
If it weren't for the mildew stains that ruined them, these colors would be the most in-demand.
It’s the kind of color that will be sold out as soon as it’s released.
Mildew on light-colored cotton fabrics is also particularly noticeable, and it can be considered as ruining the fabrics.
There was also a letter in the package. He Wen also said that the cloths were all new cloths woven this year. Unfortunately, because they were stored in the warehouse, they all had mold spots of varying sizes.
Therefore, everything was handled very cheaply. Last time, the defective cotton cloth was four cents a foot, but this time it was three cents a foot.
She also said that these were her token of appreciation and that she didn't need to pay.
After reading it, Chu Hong handed the letter to her father and said, "You still have to give the money. It doesn't matter if it's a little ugly. It won't affect what you wear."
Seeing Lao Chu and the others coming back for lunch, she waved at them and said, "Come over and pick some cloth. I'll let my eldest sister make two sets of clothes for you later."
When Lao Chu and his friends came, they had no luggage and only had their worn-out cotton jackets on.
Thanks to the help from the Song family, they are now wearing old clothes of Grandpa Song, Grandma Song, and Secretary Song.
But the Song family only paid off their debts last year and had some surplus.
Therefore, their old clothes have all been patched up.
I didn't dare to use force when washing, for fear of rubbing a hole.
Anyway, Chu Hong felt that they didn't need to change clothes when playing the roles of Beggar Gang disciples, and it could be considered a true to life performance.
Lao Jin was not polite and picked up a piece of light grey cloth: "Where did you get so much cloth? This color is good."
He was still somewhat cautious, and asked in a low voice, "Is it okay for us to dress so nicely?"
There are mildew spots, but no holes.
Nowadays, people in the countryside all wear patched clothes.
Chu Hong found another piece of light grey that was a bit darker in color and said, "Then let my elder sister make another piece of clothing with different colors. Then it won't look like a new piece of clothing."
He also added: "What's more, there are many mildew spots on this fabric, which can't be washed off, making it even more unattractive to look at."
When they came back last month, they told Lao Jin the truth about the situation in An City and asked him to pick a box.
But Lao Jin didn't want it at all, and said that those things couldn't be used now, as they were agreed to be given to Chu Hong.
It would be enough as long as Chu Hong provided the grandfather and grandson with rice, flour, and clothes.
Now Lao Jin felt that he was very foresighted. Chu Hong took those things. Now he needed fabric and had to trouble Chu Tong to help make their clothes. He would not be too embarrassed.
Old Chu was at the back, holding a piece of cloth. He studied the mildew carefully and then said, "I have a few methods that may be able to remove most of the mildew."
Chu Hong's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Grandpa, can you teach me?"
Lao Chu didn't keep it a secret: "You can soak the moldy cotton cloth in rice water overnight, and then scrub it the next day to remove most of it."
"You can also dry the moldy area in the sun, scrub the mold off first, wipe it with alcohol, and then scrub it with bean sprout roots."
"You can also use white vinegar to clean..."
Chu Hong didn't expect that there would be so many good ideas. She immediately took out a notebook and a pen and asked him to help write it down.
He also went to the kitchen to fill up half a basin of pig's trotter and soybean soup and asked Chu Yan to take it back and add a dish to them.
Gu Ci and the others had already moved all the fabrics to Chu Dan's room.
Anyway, she is not at home now and the room is empty, so even if there are twice as many, it can be easily accommodated.
Old Chu not only has beautiful handwriting, but also writes very carefully. Chu Hong chewed on the pig's trotter while looking at the notebook: "It's amazing, there are so many tricks."
He sighed again: "So, we still need to be cultured. It is true that there is a golden house in books."
Wu Xiu couldn't listen any more: "I taught you the same thing when you were in school. Why can't you remember it?"
"So I regret it now?" Chu Hong picked up a piece of pig's trotter and put it in Xiao Yu'er's bowl, saying earnestly: "Next year when you go to school, you must study hard?"
Xiao Yuer nodded vigorously: "Auntie, I understand. I will definitely study hard."
The pig's trotters nowadays only have the pig's feet, without the trotter with more meat, so even if there are two pig's trotters, they are cut into small pieces. However, most of the basin was sent to Lao Chu and the others, and a small half basin was sent to my second uncle, so only most of the basin was left at home.
Everyone in the family took two pieces, and only the last piece of pig's trotter was left, which Chu Hong gave to Xiao Yuer.
Of course, the remaining soybean soup was also very fragrant and went well with rice. Gu Ci drank two bowls of rice with the soup before putting down his bowl and chopsticks and asking Secretary Song: "Dad, can we find the puppy outside?"
Secretary Song also came to his senses: "There is news. The big dog at the Public Security Bureau is going to give birth to puppies in the next two days. Then we can give all the puppies to us."
Few people keep dogs nowadays, mainly because dogs eat too much.
There is no dog food now, and they can’t eat wild vegetables like chickens and ducks. Even if they eat rice bran, they have to put some leftover rice or vegetable soup in it.
And puppies are harder to raise, they have to eat porridge and the like.
As for the Public Security Bureau, they already had five good dogs of different sizes, and they simply couldn’t afford to keep any more.
I originally wanted to give it to the commune.
It happened that Secretary Song went to a meeting and asked the young clerk, and he got this good news.
Chu Hong was also very happy after hearing this: "Then we are really lucky, the dogs at the police station are all police dogs, right?"
"Bringing a police dog with you when you go out is like bringing a guard with you, right?"
Secretary Song broke her beautiful dream in broad daylight: "You think too much. Someone needs to train them. Who will train them when we take them home? It would be great if they can help look after the house and the farm."
Chu Tong also smiled and asked, "Shall we pack up all these cloths this afternoon?"
Now that the spring ploughing work is over, she has some free time.
Wu Xiu nodded: "While the weather is good now, let's dry them in batches to get rid of the musty smell."
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