Chapter 20 Buying New Clothes
The street was bustling with the cries of vendors on the street, the bargaining between buyers and sellers, the crying of children, the scolding of adults, it was truly a scene full of fireworks.
With six taels of silver from the snake seller in his hand and thirty taels of silver from the Li family in his pocket, Ji Zheng relaxed his brows for a rare moment. It felt so good to have money.
Thinking of the cloth that he failed to buy last time, Ji Zheng threw the wallet in his hand and walked briskly towards the cloth shop.
The female owner of the cloth shop had just sent a customer out when she saw Ji Zheng coming towards her.
Thinking of Ji Zheng's generous attitude the day before yesterday, the boss narrowed her eyes, raised her red lips, and a warm smile appeared on her face, "Oh, customer, you are here again. I have kept the cloth you liked that day for you. I have not sold it to anyone who wants to buy it."
"Thank you, boss." Ji Zheng also showed a polite smile. Sales talk has always been so similar throughout the ages.
"Is it still the same size as that day?" Although it was a question, the tone was that of a statement.
Ji Zheng hummed.
The boss carried the cloth to the counter, took out a pair of scissors and a ruler and began to cut the cloth. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Ji Zheng's eyes fall on the cloth in front of the counter again.
An idea suddenly occurred to him. "Please take a look at these. These are all new goods that we have recently brought in. The patterns and colors are all unique."
Seeing that Ji Zheng is not very old, the man in his family must not be very old either. Thinking of this, the boss smiled and reached out to pick out several pieces of cloth. "These are the most popular patterns nowadays. Young people like them the most."
Ji Zheng didn't say anything, but his eyes lingered for a long time on the cloth that the boss picked out.
After thinking for a while, she realized that one set of clothes was not enough, so she pointed at a piece of light green cloth with bamboo leaf pattern that the boss had picked out and said, "I want one piece of this according to the size just now."
Ji Zheng has a good eye. This piece of cloth is the most expensive one among the ones picked out by the boss.
"Okay, okay." The boss immediately smiled happily.
Since I have bought two sets of clothes, I should also buy a few pairs of shoes to replace them.
"Get two more pairs of soft shoes." Ji Zheng said again.
"Okay." The smile on the boss's face deepened. This man is really good to the one at home.
Thinking of this, the boss's eyes turned again, "Do you want to see the underwear and pants? And the underwear and so on?"
Ji Zheng just remembered after being reminded by his boss that Ji Hean's underwear was old and worn out, he almost forgot about it.
"Yes, two sets of matching clothes." After thinking for a while, he added, "I want the softest one. Money is not a problem."
After all, he had thirty taels in his pocket.
"Okay!" The boss was so happy that his hands were shaking. "You are so nice to your wife. I guess you two love each other very much."
When Ji Hean was mentioned, Ji Zheng's face warmed up and he replied without any shame: "It's natural."
The boss was quick and efficient. He cut the cloth quickly and packed all the shoes and clothes that Ji Zheng wanted. Then he took out an abacus from under the cupboard and started fiddling with it.
"The cloth is 21 feet and 31 feet long respectively. Two sets of underwear and trousers are 400 wen. Two pairs of shoes are 40 wen. The total is 810 wen. I will round off the decimal and give you 800 wen."
Having been here for such a long time, Ji Zheng has become much more familiar with the money here. One tael of silver is equal to one thousand coins, or ten taels of silver.
He took out a tael of silver from his waist bag and handed it to the boss, then took the two copper coins in change from the boss and left with the things.
"Welcome to come again next time!" The boss warmly saw Ji Zheng out.
I originally wanted to go listen to a book, but seeing that it was already too late, I remembered that I promised to buy some delicious food for Ji Hean.
Ji Zheng turned around and went to the pastry shop, bought a lot of pastries in one go and then came out.
As soon as I came out, I saw a vendor selling candied haws. I bought two and then headed towards the town exit.
It was also a coincidence that as soon as he arrived at the town gate, he saw Uncle Dong's ox cart. At this time, there was only one person on it. The person was wearing a martial arts hat that covered his entire face. Ji Zheng could not find such a person in the original owner's memory.
When he got closer, he found that the man was surrounded by a murderous aura. Ji Zheng felt that this man had probably killed someone before.
"Uncle Dong." Ji Zheng greeted.
"Hey, Ji Zheng, you bought so many things? Hurry up and find a place to put them." Uncle Dong enthusiastically helped Ji Zheng put the things away.
After putting the things away, Ji Zheng climbed onto the ox cart. The man from before was still holding his head in a daze, and Ji Zheng had no intention of talking to him.
"When can Uncle Dong leave?" Ji Zheng turned around and asked Uncle Dong who was feeding grass to the cows.
"I'll leave after feeding them this handful of grass." Uncle Dong answered without raising his head.
Ji Zheng thought he would have to wait for a while at least, but he didn't expect him to leave so soon. It seemed like he came at the wrong time.
Soon the grass was fed, and Uncle Dong sat on the driving seat. He picked up the whip in his hand and hit the cow on its butt. With his other hand, he pulled the rope tied to the cow's body to adjust the direction.
The wheelchair made a gurgling sound as it rolled on the ground, and Ji Zheng's vision began to shake as the ox cart rolled.
When passing by the weeds nearby, Ji Zheng plucked one and put it in his mouth. The cart was quite large and there were only two people on it. Ji Zheng stretched out his legs and lay on the back, looking at the white clouds in the sky.
As I looked, I saw the white clouds gradually turned into the appearance of Ji Hean.
Thinking of Ji Hean's wet eyes and rosy lips last night, Ji Zheng immediately felt it.
This was outside, and Ji Zheng, who didn't want to embarrass himself, quickly changed the topic to chat with Uncle Dong who was catching the car in front.
"Uncle Dong, do you usually come home from the city at this time?"
"Yeah." Uncle Dong replied, and then sighed: "Speaking of which, Zheng boy, you have changed a lot recently, and you have become much more lively."
Ji Zheng: “.....” These words sounded like some NPC quotes, everyone said this to him.
"I didn't figure it out before, but now I do." Ji Zheng made up a vague answer.
"Hahaha, it's good once you figure it out." Uncle Dong's hearty laughter was heard. Although Ji Zheng didn't understand what he was laughing at, he also laughed awkwardly twice.
The ox cart stopped at a fork in the road, and then the man wearing a hat and who hadn't said a word jumped off the cart and walked towards another road.
No wonder the original owner had no impression of him. It turned out they were not from the same village.
The car started again.
Uncle Dong started chatting with Ji Zheng again, but mostly it was Uncle Dong who talked and Ji Zheng occasionally answered.
Not knowing what Ji Hean was doing at this moment, Ji Zheng looked up at Bai Yun on the stage again, but this time Bai Yun no longer looked like Ji Hean.
When they arrived at the entrance of the village, Ji Zheng jumped out of the car, said hello, and left with the things he bought.
The sun was about to set, and the clouds in the west were dyed golden by the halo of light.
When I got home, I happened to run into Ji Feng and his friends who had just returned from catching snakes. Looking at their heavy bags, I knew they must have gotten quite a lot.
"Brother, you guys just came back?" Ji Zheng talked to Ji Feng as he walked inside.
"Yeah, we've made quite a harvest today. We'll take them to the town to sell tomorrow and I think we can make a couple of taels of silver." Ji Feng spoke in a cheerful tone with a smile on his face.
"What a great harvest!" Ji Zheng praised out of respect.
"It's a pity that you left early, otherwise you could have caught a lot." The fact that Ji Zheng left early had already been told by the fourth uncle and the village chief, and everyone else was there when they said it. "But third brother, you are too reckless. That's snake venom. Have you ever thought about what would happen if you were infected?"
"I didn't think so much at the time. I acted on impulse... Haha, it's all in the past. Don't mention it, brother." Ji Zheng laughed and strode towards his room.
I didn't see Ji and An in the room, so they should be in the kitchen.
Ji Zheng took out two strings of candied haws and two bags of cakes and went out.
Looking at Ji Hui who was having fun with the duck, Ji Zheng called out, "Xiao Hui, look what Uncle San brought you?"
Ji Hui turned around and saw the candied haws dangling in Ji Zheng's hand. His eyes lit up instantly. He threw away the duck feed in his hand and ran towards Ji Zheng with his short legs.
He ran to Ji Zheng, but did not ask for it directly. Instead, he stared at the candied haws in Ji Zheng's hand like a puppy waiting to be fed.
Ji Zheng found it a little funny and pinched his chubby face. "If you help your uncle, I will give you the Tanghulu, okay?"
"Okay." Ji Hui's eyes were still glued to the candied haws, and he nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Go tell your mom later that you want to eat the food she cooks, and I'll give you the candied haws, okay?" Ji Zheng shamelessly coaxed the child.
"Okay!" Ji Hui nodded heavily.
Ji Zheng curled his lips and handed the candied haws in his hand to Ji Hui, "Go ahead, don't tell them I said that."
"Hmm." Ji Hui couldn't wait to peel off the paper wrapping the candied haws and hurriedly stuffed them into his mouth.
Of course, he did not forget what Ji Zheng had told him, and he went to Song Meilan's room while eating.
Ji Zheng stood there until he saw Song Meilan come out of the room and go to the kitchen, then he turned and walked towards the vegetable garden next to his house.
At this time, Ji's mother was weeding.
"Mom, this is the money from selling snakes."
"So much?" Ji's mother was surprised when she saw the one or two ounces of silver that Ji Zheng handed over.
Ji Zheng was too lazy to explain and just hummed twice.
He had no feelings for the original owner's mother, nor did he want to cultivate a family relationship with her. Although he was an orphan in his previous life, perhaps because he was born with cold emotions, he did not think there was anything wrong with it, but rather felt fortunate.
He found it difficult to manage and maintain these emotional relationships.
Coming to this world, except for the feelings he has for Ji and An, everyone else is a trouble in his heart.
After being surprised, Ji's mother was delighted and quickly took the money.
"I bought two bags of cakes and put them in your room. We can eat them together then." Ji Zheng said again.
"Okay." At this moment, Ji's mother's heart and eyes were filled with the money in her hands.
Meanwhile in the kitchen.
Ji Hean had just finished lighting the fire when his sister-in-law came in. He stood up silently and asked, "Sister-in-law, what's the matter?"
In the past year since Ji He'an married into the Ji family, apart from doing more housework, there has been no other abuse, except that Ji Zheng would occasionally beat him.
But every time Ji Zheng tried to hit him, he would be stopped by Ji's mother and the others, so it was not as bad as his previous days at home.
Although Song Meilan and the others always let Ji Hean do their own things, they would leave some food for Ji Hean, so Ji Hean didn't dislike Song Meilan.
"Xiao Hui wants to eat the food I cook." Song Meilan spread her hands, feeling quite helpless towards Ji Hui.
Ji Hean said with an "oh". The Ji family's kitchen was not big and could not accommodate two people to cook together, so if Song Meilan came to cook, Ji Hean would not be able to cook.
"Then I'll go out first. The fire is already lit." Ji Hean moved aside to make it easier for Song Meilan to come in.
Song Meilan nodded and rolled up her sleeves, looking like she was going to cook.
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