"Luckily there are so many houses, otherwise there really wouldn't be enough space for so many people!"
"I only realized today that there is such a big difference between servants and other servants. I see these people working themselves to death every day, and they don't get any good results. My little sister bought them, so it can be considered a good deed."
"Brother, have you taken a closer look? We have to build it based on this."
Yan Dashan shook his head. "There's no way to use it as a reference. The land here is three times the size of ours. We can't possibly build such a big house."
"Brother, if you want to build it, you need to consider how many people you want to hire. Those people will live there permanently to guard the land. In addition to the permanent accommodation for the guards, you also need to build two or three guest rooms for temporary accommodation when they go there and can't come back. It would be best to find a manager like me, so that someone can make arrangements once you give them instructions, and you don't have to worry about it."
"Chunxiao is right."
"Mom, do you think we really need to buy a few people?"
"I think it's best to buy a few. The people who buy them can arrange it however they want. The people who hire them may not be as dedicated as they can be."
"It's better to buy a few. Didn't you hear that they do such heavy work every day and live in such conditions, but they are all hardworking and never complain. If you didn't buy them, who would do this for you?" Yan Bingfa felt that the person who bought them was better.
"I don't know if there's a place to buy people in this town. If not, I'm afraid I'll have to go to the county town."
"Big Brother, Second Brother, if you go to the county town, please buy me a few cows. I'll pay you back later."
"How many? We can't buy them in town, why go to the county town to buy them?"
"I want several of them, but I'm afraid they'll be hard to find in town."
Dahe laughed, "Chunxiao, you also have your moments of confusion. We are not superhuman, so how can we bring back so many cows for you? At most, each of us can bring back one cow for you."
Chunxiao thought about it and realized that it was her own fault. "Then bring me two and Dad can help me look at them. It doesn't matter if they are a little more expensive, but I'm going to be a bit of a rogue first. Whoever wants to buy them should help advance the money. I'm a broke guy now."
"You're such a poor fellow, and you still call yourself a poor fellow." Da He shook his head. "It's really infuriating!"
When they arrived in town, Chunxiao bought some buns for everyone and asked Dahe to take Yan Bingfa and his wife home first. She then asked Dashan to take her and Tian Shi shopping. Their first stop was the cloth shop. She had brought all her money with her today, in a backpack on the cart, which she now carried on her back.
Her family was short of cloth, and the village was also in great need of it. Cloth was expensive, which was a real worry. She took a piece of turmeric and a piece of light blue coarse cloth to take home to make a quilt, but the price of cloth had gone up, and the coarse cloth was still 900 coins a piece. Although it was much more expensive, she still bought it. When she was about to leave, she went back and found the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, do you have any cheaper cloth? I want some cheaper cloth, just enough to get by."
The shopkeeper looked at her and asked, "How much do you want?" "It's quite troublesome for me to search the warehouse. If you don't want much, forget it."
Chun Xiao was delighted, this made sense.
"If the price is right, I will naturally buy a few more pieces." Chunxiao handed her cloth to Yan Dashan.
"I do have some old cloth in my warehouse. Some are damp and yellowed, and some have defects. They are naturally much cheaper than new cloth. If you are not picky about color and want a lot, we can negotiate the price."
"Then, shopkeeper, please take us to have a look." Chunxiao asked Yan Dashan to wait outside by the ox cart. She took Tian and followed the shopkeeper of the cloth shop to the warehouse behind the yard.
The cloth shop's warehouse is large, with the cloths on the outside placed on shelves and arranged very neatly. The further inside you go, the more messy it becomes, and the more piled up there are.
"Take a look, both of you. The cloths are here. We have both coarse and fine cloth. If you want coarse cloth, it's 500 coins per piece, and fine cloth is 900 coins. Although the color of this cloth is spoiled, it won't affect your work in making clothes. You should know that the price of cotton is rising rapidly nowadays. If I really spread out this cloth for sale, I won't have trouble finding buyers. You can look for it yourselves first. Call me when you find it." The shopkeeper left them and walked away. Not long after, a waiter appeared at the door.
Chunxiao and Tian looked through the cloths. There were many colors. As the shopkeeper said, the light-colored ones had turned yellow due to being damp for a long time, and the dark-colored ones had also changed color. Some of them were in clumps like stains, and most of them had a damp smell.
They kept flipping through the items and found that the ones inside were indeed better, at least there were no obvious watermarks. They took out the ones they thought were better and put them aside. After a final look, they found that there were indeed quite a few. There was also a lot of fine cotton cloth inside.
"Little sister, you bought these cloths for the people in the village, right? Some of the cloth here is pretty good and we can use it ourselves."
"Then buy more. They're cheap anyway. The color might be a little off, but it won't make any difference after washing and drying."
"We also need to buy people for the fields over there. Should I also buy a few as backup?"
Chunxiao saw that Tian was hesitant and said, "Let's buy it together. I will also negotiate the price with the shopkeeper."
Finally, Chunxiao picked out 7 pieces of fine cotton cloth and 16 pieces of coarse cotton cloth, and Tian picked out 3 pieces of fine cotton cloth and 4 pieces of coarse cotton cloth. The two of them went to bargain with the shopkeeper. Seeing that they really bought a lot, the shopkeeper finally sold them the fine cloth at 700 wen per piece and the coarse cloth at 400 wen per piece. This price was much better than buying new cloth. The two were very satisfied. The three of them loaded all the cloth onto the ox cart and set off to the grocery store.
"I never thought there was such cloth in the cloth shop. If I had known, even if my family was poor before, I could have gritted my teeth and bought a piece to make clothes. The price now is only half of what it used to be."
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