An Dashan nodded and said, "Yes, my daughter has some talent in cooking. These are all made by her."
The county magistrate nodded and said, "Yes, I have eaten this bacon and sausage several times, and they taste very good." After thinking for a while, he said, "The owner of Juxianlou is my brother-in-law. I can introduce him to you when I have time. We can cooperate more in the future."
An Dashan quickly said, "Then I would like to thank you first."
The two exchanged a few more pleasantries before An Dashan stood up to say goodbye, saying, "Sir, I have already delivered my New Year gift, so I won't bother you any more. Goodbye."
The county magistrate said, "Well, my daughter wants to make friends with your daughter. If you have time, you can ask your daughter to come to your house to play."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Yes." Then he took An Ning away from the county government office.
This was the last time they would come to the county town before the New Year, so An Dashan and An Ning decided to go to the market to buy some things for the New Year, as well as New Year gifts for grandma's family.
An Ning said to An Dashan, "Dad, let's go buy some cloth for grandma's family as a New Year gift. The cloth we have is all fine cotton, which may not be suitable for uncles to wear. Besides, it's the New Year, and we have to buy you and mom a new set of clothes. Mom is still pregnant, and I don't want her to work hard to make clothes."
An Dashan had always been grateful to Gao's family, so he was very generous to them. He nodded and said, "Well, you are right. We can't let your mother get tired again. Shall we go to the cloth shop we went to last time?"
An Ning nodded and said, "I think the price there is quite affordable, let's go there!"
The father and daughter came to Qiao's cloth shop with ease. The shopkeeper was a little busy today. When the two came in, he was introducing clothes to other customers. When he saw the two came in, he hurriedly said, "What do you want to buy? Take a look first, and call me if you like anything."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a look first, and the shopkeeper can get busy!"
An Ning and An Dashan took a look around and found that the ready-made clothes in this shop were quite good, much better than those in the store in town.
An Ning looked around and pointed at a dark red dress embroidered with rose patterns and said, "Dad, do you think this dress is nice? Is it suitable for my mother to wear?"
An Dashan looked at the dress, and the image of Gao wearing it came to his mind. He nodded and said, "Well, I think it's good too. Your mother will definitely look good in it."
An Ning said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, can you take this dress down so we can see it?" The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Miss, you have good taste. This is a new style this year. The material and workmanship are excellent." Then he took the dress down.
An Ning touched the material and found that it felt really good. Although it was not top-grade material, it was very good fine cotton. Moreover, the pattern on it was embroidered with exquisite craftsmanship, and the roses embroidered on it were vivid.
An Ning asked, "How much does this dress cost?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "This dress is not expensive. It only costs two taels of silver. You can't buy it at this price anywhere else."
An Ning thought that two taels of silver was not bad. It was probably because of the embroidery that it was expensive. You know, a piece of clothing made of this kind of fabric would only cost one tael of silver at most. An Ning nodded and said, "Please pack it up for me first, and I'll look for something else."
An Dashan didn't say a word the whole time, because he felt that he would be willing to spend any money to buy clothes for Gao. An Ning also took a fancy to a dark blue men's robe with bamboo embroidery, and asked An Dashan, "Dad, what do you think of this dress? Do you like it?"
An Dashan shook his head and said, "This robe is for people from wealthy families. Your father works a lot, so it's not suitable for me to wear this." After saying that, he looked around again and pointed to a dark gray jacket hanging on the wall and said, "This one is good. Let's buy it!"
An Ning shook her head and said, "Dad, we have work clothes at home. This dress is for the New Year and for going out. Just imagine you standing next to my mother in this dress, how well it matches you!"
An Dashan thought about this scene and his face became a little hot. Fortunately, his face was dark, so no one could see that he was blushing. So he nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to you!"
At this time, the shopkeeper had just sent away the previous customer and happened to hear what An Dashan said, so he took down the clothes and said, "I see that you are tall and this dress can just hold up your figure. Do you want to go to the back and try it on?"
An Dashan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll try it on." Then he took the clothes and went to the back hall.
While An Dashan was trying on clothes, An Ning took a look at the fabrics. Based on the shopkeeper's recommendation, she bought a piece of dark gray coarse cloth, a piece of dark red coarse cloth, and a piece of fine cotton cloth.
Just after I finished choosing, An Dashan came out. It is said that Buddha relies on gold ornaments and people rely on clothes. This is indeed true. An Dashan Chen Cai is tall and straight, and because of martial arts training, his body has flesh where it should be fleshy and thin where it should be thin. This suit seems to be tailor-made for him.
An Ning nodded in satisfaction and said, "I want this one. Boss, please calculate how much it costs in total."
After An Dashan heard what his daughter said, he went back to the back hall to change his clothes. When An Dashan finished changing his clothes, An Ning had already paid the money. The two sets of clothes cost a total of four taels of silver, and the three pieces of cloth cost a total of one tael and six cents of silver.
The shopkeeper saw that the two had bought a lot of things, so he gave them two handkerchiefs, both of which were embroidered with patterns, one with roses and the other with chrysanthemums. An Ning thought that the shopkeeper knew how to do business, and that the handkerchief embroidered with roses could be just the right thing for her mother.
An Ning thanked the shopkeeper and left the shop under his enthusiastic voice.
An Ning and An Dashan went to the market as soon as they came out of Qiao's cloth shop. There were many more things in the county market than in the town, with all kinds of dried goods from the north and south and local specialties.
An Ning bought some dried black fungus, seaweed, kelp, and some dried shrimp and dried fish. These things are uncommon and can be stored, so An Ning bought more of each.
An Ning had already bought melon seeds, peanuts, dates, longans, lotus seeds, pine nuts, and walnuts in town last time, so she didn't buy any this time.
After buying things, seeing that it was getting late, the father and daughter went to the mutton soup restaurant where they had eaten last time. They each ordered a bowl of mutton soup, and An Dashan also ordered two sesame cakes.
After eating and drinking, the two went to the pastry shop.
The cakes in the county town's cake shop have more varieties and are better than those in the town. An Ning bought hazelnut cakes, osmanthus cakes, mung bean cakes, pea yellow cakes, donkey rolls, tuckahoe cakes, almond cakes, and rice cakes.
Among them, An Ning liked hazelnut crisps and osmanthus cakes the most, while Gao liked pea yellow the most, so she bought one extra portion of these three, and two portions of the others.
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