"The courtyards where people live here are really grand. Look, the ground is paved with bluestone slabs. I'm afraid I'll dirty it by stepping on it."
"The same thing happened to that family just now. They must be very rich."
Chunxiao smiled and said, "Mom said that the people living here are all the rich people in town."
As they were talking in low voices, the woman came over with a middle-aged man in his 30s. "Butler Zheng, it's them. They're delivering the charcoal."
The man looked at the three of them and asked, "How did you know our family needed charcoal?"
"We just went to deliver charcoal to the third house in the alley over there. The uncle who collected the charcoal told us." Chunxiao responded quickly.
The man nodded. "Do you have any now? What's the price? What's the quality of the charcoal?"
"Today's 200 jin of charcoal has been delivered. There's no more left now. The charcoal is 60 wen per jin. Don't worry about the quality. It's absolutely good charcoal. I've delivered it to that family several times, and they say it's very good."
"Sixty wen is a fair price. The Feng family is picky about things, so if they have no problems using them, there shouldn't be much of a problem. How about this, then you can send me some tomorrow. It would be best to have it today, why don't you come earlier?"
Chunxiao didn't expect the other party to think they were late. "So how much do you want?"
"It's inconvenient to buy things in this awful weather. Send me 200 kilograms first. If the charcoal is not good, I won't accept yours anymore."
Chun Xiao's head was buzzing. Another 200 kilograms. How could she say 200 kilograms? She smiled and said, "Big brother, the thing is, there are so many people asking for charcoal recently, and our stock is limited. How about this? I'll send you about 40 kilograms first. You can use it first and test the quality of our charcoal. I'll send the rest the day after tomorrow."
The man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll do as you say. We agreed beforehand that if the charcoal is not good, I won't take the rest even if you send it to me."
"Of course. Fine then, we won't bother you any more. Bye."
"Goodbye!"
When the group emerged from the alley, Dashan felt the world was a bit unreal. "Another 200 kilograms has been ordered in advance. How can this be like money falling from the sky?"
"Chunxiao, where can we get 200 kilograms of charcoal?" Daha was happy but also began to worry.
"Promise it first, and then we'll figure out a solution when we get back. Let's go, buy the things and quickly go back to figure out a solution."
Chunxiao first bought a backpack, then went to the grocery store to buy 10 kilograms of cotton, and went to the blacksmith shop to buy scissors and two pots, all of which were in stock. The proprietress gave her a discount because she was an old customer. After spending 2,900 coins in the blacksmith shop, she went to the cloth shop and bought half a piece of red coarse cotton cloth and half a piece of white fine cotton cloth, and asked Dashan and Dahe to pick out a pair of cotton shoes each.
Yan Dashan and Yan Dahe were shocked by her spending but didn't comment. After buying these, they went home.
They came home earlier today than yesterday, probably around noon. Zhou was sweeping the dust in the main room with a broom, and she was delighted to see them.
"I'm back. Wait, I'll make a fire and warm yourself up quickly." Zhou quickly took the firewood from the place where the fire was made in the main room yesterday and started a new fire. Several people took off their raincoats and were shivering with cold. Their shoes were already wet.
"Mom, let us watch the fire. Please help boil some water so we can wash our feet and change our shoes. I bought two pots today. I'll put one on the stove."
"Okay, okay." Zhou quickly agreed, "I'll boil some water for you first, and then I'll cook."
The firewood burned a little slowly, so Chunxiao moved some dead branches. Soon, the firewood started burning. The three of them took off their shoes and warmed themselves barefoot by the fire. Their clothes were so damp that white smoke slowly came out of them near the fire.
Looking at this scene, the three of them laughed.
"You are so rude, girl. A girl's feet cannot be shown to others casually. If you go barefoot like this, I'll tell you off later."
"Forget it, we are not outsiders. It is indeed uncomfortable to have wet feet. Just be careful outside."
When Zhou came over and saw Chunxiao barefoot, she gave her a scolding. Fortunately, her two brothers interceded for her and her ears suffered less.
The three of them took turns washing and putting on clean cotton shoes, feeling very relieved.
"How was things today? Did everything go well?" Zhou asked with concern.
Chunxiao hurriedly took out the silver from her pocket and said, "Mom, it's going well. How could it not be going well? The money is all here."
Zhou counted and said, "Didn't they say there were 12 taels of silver? Why are there only about 8 taels of silver here?"
"Mom, I bought two pots, scissors, and cloth, so this is all I have left."
"Mom, you don't know, my dear, Chun Xiao spent money without blinking an eye. My brother and I were so shocked by it."
"Why buy more cloth when we already have it at home?" Zhou said with a distressed look on her face. "You two are the same. You see your sister spending money recklessly and you don't stop her, so you just let her spend it recklessly."
"That's the money she earned. How can we say anything if she wants to use it?" Dashan said aggrievedly.
"How can this be considered wasted money? Everything I bought was useful." Chun Xiao counted out two 2 taels and 5 qian notes from the 8 taels of silver and handed them to his two brothers. "Here, this is your share."
"You bought so many things today, and even bought us shoes. Giving us 2 taels is already a lot."
"Yes, we can just take two taels each."
Chun Xiao refused and stuffed the money into their hands. "Twenty percent is what we agreed on. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. I want to buy those things. What does your money have to do with them?"
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