They each paid their money and asked the servant to harness the carriage.
After placing the horse in a special area for looking after livestock and paying the management fee, Su Yin separated from the other three people.
She found a grocery store and asked, "Boss, do you sell cotton here?"
"Cotton?" The shopkeeper was startled, then he remembered, "Yes. You came at the right time. Someone ordered cotton before, but now the owner is gone, so the family doesn't want it anymore. The stuff is in the back, follow me."
The two men arrived at the backyard, and the shopkeeper opened one of the rooms. He pulled out two sacks from the room, causing a cloud of dust to fly up.
"These two bags are all cotton. If you want them, I'll give them at a lower price."
"How much per pound?"
"I'll give you the best price, 230 wen per jin." [Note 1]
“It’s expensive.”
Su Yin didn’t know whether it was expensive or not, but no matter what the price was, just say it was expensive.
Bargaining is not a big deal.
The shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and said, "Girl, this is the best fine cotton, not the cheap coarse cotton. You get what you pay for. If you don't believe me, take a look."
Su Yin knew about fine-staple cotton and coarse-staple cotton.
The fibers of fine-staple cotton are thin and long, the quality is good, and the price is relatively high; the fibers of coarse-staple cotton are thick and short, the quality is poor, and the price is relatively low.
The shopkeeper opened the bag and took out the cotton for her to look at.
Su Yin looked at it and said, "Shopkeeper, it's cheaper."
Few people buy cotton during this season, and ordinary families can rarely afford it to make cotton yarn or quilts.
Su Yin bought the cotton not to make quilts, but to make some sanitary napkins.
It was really because of the sanitary napkins made of wood ash that she felt a little uncomfortable using them. She always felt that something was weird about them.
So, she had to be extravagant.
"Shopkeeper, please be cheaper. I can buy more."
"If you want both of these large bags, I'll give you 220 coins per pound."
"These two bags are too much. I don't need that much. I want ten kilograms, and that's 220 coins per kilogram."
After a round of bargaining with the shopkeeper, the price was finally settled at 220 wen per pound.
Ten pounds of cotton cost two taels and two cents of silver.
Su Yin was carrying ten kilograms of cotton. Even though it was only ten kilograms, it was still very fluffy and looked very heavy.
After buying a few more common items at the grocery store, she went to the drugstore and bought some secret seasonings and common medicinal herbs.
Although there was Doctor Li in the team, there were no medicinal herbs. The medicinal herbs on the mountain were not what you wanted.
Therefore, it is important to prepare some herbs like these for treating colds, flu, and bruises.
She then purchased two rolls of cotton and linen cloth, which is absorbent and breathable, making it suitable for her to make sanitary napkins.
Originally, Su Yin was planning to sell the tiger skin here, but when he thought about the situation here, he realized that he might not be able to get a good price, so he might as well take it to Jiangnan to sell.
Jiangnan is a prosperous place with many wealthy people, so the price of tiger skin is higher than here.
She is not short of money now, so she is not in a hurry to sell it.
After she bought the things here, she went to a butcher shop, cut more than ten pounds of meat, and bought two bones to prepare to make soup.
Su Yin's backpack was already filled with things, and she was still holding a lot of things in her hands.
Go back to the carriage and put the things in the carriage.
Su Baozhu and others arrived soon after.
She directed the servant, "Just put the stuff on that carriage."
After the servant had sorted everything out, Su Baozhu paid the final balance.
As soon as the waiter left, Su Baozhu couldn't wait to complain, "Yinyin, the price of food has skyrocketed. It's so expensive, so expensive that I can't bear to buy it."
"How many a fight?"
"The price of millet has risen to three hundred and eighty coins per dou." Su Baozhu gestured with her hands.
After hearing this number, Su Yin was also a little surprised.
When she bought it before, Meizhou was relatively stable and the entire Dongtu County was peaceful. Now that Yuzhou is in chaos, the price of grain has risen rapidly.
The price has increased from 240 wen to 350 wen. This price does not allow ordinary people to survive.
Rich people will never go hungry, but the people at the bottom cannot stand such hardship and exploitation.
Su Baozhu continued: "You don't know, even at this price, people still line up to buy it."
“No matter how much you buy, it’s good.”
The daily consumption is still very large. No matter how many pounds you weigh, you eat more.
"We were thinking of going to other grain shops, but we didn't expect the prices to be the same. I heard that this was set by the county magistrate of Anping County." Su Baozhu was angry.
"People outside say that this county magistrate is a corrupt official. I don't know how much he has gained."
Su Yin listened quietly and developed a strong interest in this county magistrate.
"Little aunt, do you really think this county magistrate is greedy?"
"That's right. The price of food is so high. If we didn't have money in our pockets, we really couldn't buy much food."
Su Yin didn't say anything, but patted her shoulder and said, "You will understand later."
What? (⊙_⊙)?
Su Baozhu didn't understand.
She didn't explain it, but let her experience it herself. Only by experiencing it personally can one understand the twists and turns involved.
Now that everyone was present, the group did not dare to delay and left the city immediately.
When they came out, the people led by Nan Wu had not arrived yet.
After leaving the city, they joined up with the main force.
Little Taohua and little Yanggui were walking around the carriage, their eyes sparkling.
"Wow, we have a carriage now. We can ride in a carriage with a shed."
They had never dared to imagine such a carriage before.
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