She asked Zhou to help her pick out five pieces of fine cotton cloth. Zhou knew that she would use the cloth herself, so she looked at it very carefully. In fact, the cloth they picked out was very good. "I think these cloths are all good. You can use the coarse cloth for the farm. Let's keep these fine cloths for ourselves. They are too expensive to buy normally."
"Mom, I think this cloth is good, isn't it? My little sister and I spent a long time choosing it today, and I think it's good."
"Fine cotton is more comfortable for lining, but coarse cotton is not."
"That's you. We used to wear coarse cloth. If you give us this fine cloth, they will have to make it carefully to avoid any mistakes. What if it's not enough? In my opinion, we should buy more coarse cloth so that they can use it for whatever they want to make. It doesn't matter if they use more or less. There will be enough for making spring clothes."
Chunxiao felt that her mother's words were indeed reasonable. She was too calculating and not calculating enough, which made it difficult to deal with. "Then what should I do? Should I go? It's already afternoon."
Zhou looked at the sky and said, "Go, we ran into each other today. What if the shopkeeper doesn't want to buy it tomorrow? Wife, why don't you come with me for another trip?"
Dashan, who was standing by, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. "Mom, why don't we go tomorrow? It will be dark by the time we get back."
Tian was in high spirits at the moment. When Zhou said the fine cloth was good, her heart blossomed with joy. Now that her mother-in-law wanted to buy it for her younger sister, she naturally had to accompany her. "Mother, you're right. If the shopkeeper says the cloth is sold out tomorrow, it will cost us a lot to buy more. Mother, let's go."
"Shufeng, take my cloths home later." Tian helped Zhou get on the ox cart. Yan Dashan had no choice but to take the two of them to the town again.
Chunxiao put all the fine cloth into the cabinet, and found a clean backpack to put the 18 pieces of coarse cloth in.
"Our grandma is really capable. She's running to town again at this hour." Shufeng flipped through her mother's cloth. "This cloth is really good for making underwear. It can also be used as a spring shirt. Today is the day I've seen the most cloth."
"Your mother said that two of them are for your second aunt's baby."
"I'll put it back first and talk to her when she comes back." Shufeng also left with the backpack on her back.
Chunxiao lit the stove and began to think about what Zhuangzi needed to buy. The money was really hard to spend, but she didn't have any money.
When Zhou and the others came back, it was already dark. Chunxiao was dumbfounded looking at the cart full of things. Her mother must have been the one robbing the shop. "Mom, why did you buy so many again?" They had obviously picked out most of the things, and there were not many good items left.
Tian was laughing so hard that she couldn't stop. "Little sister, I tell you, you will never imagine the price of this cloth."
"I've already told you that the people in that farm don't go out and work all day. They don't care whether the clothes look good or not, they only care whether they are enough to wear. So what if there are marks? As long as the cloth is not damaged and is good and can be used, it's fine." Zhou looked at Chunxiao proudly, "Put away those coarse cloths of yours. They are all good and can be used by you. Bring them over tomorrow. I guarantee they will be happy too."
"How much did you buy?" Chunxiao looked at the cart full of cloth. This is crazy.
"I bought you exactly 50 pieces of cloth, 35 pieces of coarse cloth and 15 pieces of fine cloth, for a total of 15 taels of silver."
"15 taels, and 15 pieces of fine cotton cloth. Mother, who are you, mother? How did you negotiate such a price?"
"As soon as my mother went up, she asked the shopkeeper for a package price. She said she wasn't going to be picky and asked the shopkeeper to give her a lower price. As you said, she didn't intend to sell those things in the first place. The boss said if she took 50 pieces, she would give 15 taels of silver. My mother agreed. Finally, my mother begged and persuaded him to change them to 20 pieces of fine cloth. Although these cloths have marks, they really don't affect their use. They are just a little ugly. I think they are good. I also took 20 pieces of coarse cloth and 8 pieces of fine cloth. When have you ever seen fine cloth for 300 coins a piece? It's more than enough for the workers. Didn't you see the pain on the cloth shop owner's face? It's really funny."
That was just a pretense. After clearing out his belongings and getting the money, it would be a good deal. Seeing Tian and Zhou's happy expressions, Chunxiao also smiled, "Mom, please help me with this money first, and I will pay you back later."
"Of course. Okay, keep the cloths for yourselves. Put the ones in the car in the backpack and take them away tomorrow."
If she had known the result would be like this, she would not have bought so much. Now she has 20 pieces of coarse cloth and 10 pieces of fine cloth. As Tian said, it is more than enough.
Yan Dashan sent the cows into the cowshed and fed them some fodder, then walked over to Chunxiao and said, "They must be so happy to have gotten such a great deal today. You have to go to the farm tomorrow and won't be free. How about this? The day after tomorrow we'll find a time to discuss how to build the land over there, what to do first and what to do next. You can help us with some advice."
Chunxiao nodded and said, "I will go to the village tomorrow to arrange the preliminary matters first. Let's focus on how Zhoujiazhuang is doing." She told Dashan to ask Shuwen to help drive her to the village tomorrow.
After Dashan and the others left, she began to calculate the food needed by the people in the village. Even if they were to eat porridge, it couldn't be too thin. Each person must have half a pound of food a day, which means thirteen or fourteen pounds a day, and at least 420 pounds a month. This expense is indeed not small. She should exchange some of it for coarse grains tomorrow, so that it can be eaten better when mixed with food. The first thing to do is to solve the problem of food and clothing.
Shuwen came early the next morning. She originally thought she would go with Dahe, but Chunxiao asked her to pull a few bags of wheat to the village. There were still a lot of coarse grains on the other side of the mountains and the river, so Chunxiao exchanged 200 kilograms of wheat for 400 kilograms of corn and soybeans from the two families. Shufeng knew that Shuwen was going to send her aunt to the farm, so she wanted to go with him to take a look. So the three of them got on the ox cart, and Chunxiao went back to get 200 kilograms of wheat, weighed 110 kilograms of cotton, and took the 50 pieces of cloth, and went to the town together.
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