Chapter 132 Big Purchase
"Uncle Wang, Aunt Qiu, please clean the house first. The most important things today are the three main rooms in the first courtyard and the back room in the third courtyard where you live.
The kitchen also needs to be cleaned up, but there's nothing in it, so I'll go buy everything this afternoon." As soon as Gu Yan entered the house, he assigned tasks to the newly bought family of three.
"Okay, young master, we'll go right away. Let's clean this place first. We'll clean it up early so that the young mistress can have a rest." Aunt Qiu said very considerately.
"Okay, I'll go out and buy some things first, you guys pack up." Li Wanqing said as she came out.
There is nothing in the house, no pots and pans, no food or seasonings, no bedding, sheets or quilt covers. There is really nothing at all.
Moreover, Uncle Wang’s family of three had nothing except spare clothes and bedding, so Li Wanqing had to prepare some for them.
Li Wanqing originally wanted to take Gu Yan out of town for a walk, but now it seems there is no time.
But it’s okay. There is no surveillance in this era. They just said they took it home and I think Uncle Liu won’t get to the bottom of it.
The two of them first went to the grocery store to buy pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, various seasonings, as well as lids and pot covers, all the kitchen necessities.
There is no need to buy food, as Li Wanqing has it in her space. She finds a place where no one is around and takes out 50 kilograms of rice, 50 kilograms of flour, 20 kilograms of cornmeal, 20 kilograms of millet, as well as soybeans, mung beans and other grains.
Then I went to the blacksmith shop and bought an iron pot, a kitchen knife, and a shovel.
These things filled the entire car, and seeing that it could not hold any more, Li Wanqing asked Gu Yan to send the things back first.
"Gu Yan, I'll wait for you at the cloth shop. Please send the things back first and come to pick me up later." Li Wanqing said when she saw that the car was full.
"Okay, wifey, just wait for me at the cloth shop. I'll come pick you up after I send the things back." Gu Yan took a look and saw that the car was indeed full of space, and there was no place even for Li Wanqing to sit.
Li Wanqing watched Gu Yan walk away, and she also walked into the cloth shop holding her belly.
Li Wanqing bought fabrics here twice, each time spending a large amount, and the proprietress still remembers her.
When he saw Li Wanqing come in, he quickly came over to greet her enthusiastically.
"Sister, what do you want to buy this time? Don't worry, I will definitely give you a discount.
By the way, I've saved up a few more bags of cloth these days, so I'll give you two when you leave." The proprietress came over with a smile, but there was no waiter.
"Boss, I bought a lot of things this time, you must give me a discount." Li Wanqing said.
"Of course, don't worry, sister. I will give you the lowest price for the things here." The proprietress assured.
"Let's make a deal, I won't agree if it's too expensive," said Li Wanqing.
"Don't worry, it's more expensive than other places, so I don't want to charge you a penny. You can take it for free." said the proprietress.
"Okay, I want five quilts, five mattresses, one three-meter mattress pad, and one two-meter mattress pad.
I need a piece of gray homespun, and the blue and white checked one. I also want a piece of this light green one, which is perfect for curtains.
For these shoes, I need three pairs of eight-inch ones and two pairs of six-inch ones…” Li Wanqing looked at the counter and without thinking, she blurted out what she wanted.
The proprietress quickly calculated the bill: "The quilt is 750 wen per quilt, and the total for five quilts is 3,750 wen.
The mattresses cost four hundred coins each, and five of them cost two thousand coins in total. The quilt...a piece of light green cotton cloth cost two taels of silver and three hundred coins.
The total amount is twenty-one taels and two hundred and thirty wen.
Let’s put it this way, if you come to my business often, I will give you a small discount and you only need to give me twenty-one taels.
I'm giving you a few packages of cloth. These are not the small scraps of cloth we used to have. There are big pieces of cloth in them.
I see you're going to give birth in a few months, so it would be nice to take it home and make diapers out of it."
"Okay, boss lady, you're straightforward. Have someone pack it up for me. My husband will come to pick me up later." Li Wanqing said happily without bargaining.
After they finished shopping, Gu Yan still hadn't arrived, so the proprietress poured Li Wanqing a glass of water and said, "Come on, big sister. You must be tired from carrying this big belly. Sit here and take a rest."
As he said this, he took out the osmanthus cake he had prepared to fill his stomach when he was hungry and asked Li Wanqing to eat it.
This is the God of Wealth, you must serve him well.
Li Wanqing didn't hesitate and picked up a piece and started eating.
When Gu Yan arrived driving a horse-drawn carriage, he followed the cloth shop clerk to load the things onto the carriage, said goodbye to the proprietress and left.
The lady boss even said enthusiastically from behind: "Sister, if you need anything in the future, come and see me. I will definitely give you the lowest price."
When I got home, Aunt Qiu and her family had already cleaned up the three main rooms in the front, replaced the window paper with new ones, and laid out the kang mats.
Hearing the noise, Aunt Qiu and Uncle Wang came out to greet them: "Master, Madam, you are back?"
"Well, Uncle Wang, take all your things in. I bought three quilts for you.
And that piece of coarse cloth was also bought for you. Aunt Qiu, when you have time, please make two sets of clothes for your family.
"These scraps of cloth were given to you by the boss lady as a gift. I'll give you two bags too. You can make shoes or something like that," said Li Wanqing.
Uncle Wang and Aunt Qiu didn't expect that their master would buy them new quilts. Even in their previous home, the master had never treated them so well.
"This...this is why you bought us new quilts. Thank you, young master, and thank you, young madam." Aunt Qiu said with red eyes.
"Hurry up and bring your things in. Our family is small and doesn't have so many rules. Just do your job well in your daily life." Li Wanqing said.
"We will definitely do our job well, don't worry, Madam." Aunt Qiu said as she and Uncle Wang moved the things on the carriage.
Li Wanqing followed him in: "The three-meter quilt is for the kang in the east room, and the two-meter one is for the bed in the west room.
Aunt Qiu, please spread them all out. I bought this piece of blue and white checkered coarse cloth to make bedspreads. There's no time to wash it now, so just cut it up and spread them out.
And this light green one, for curtains and quilt covers."
"Okay, I get it. It's too late to make the curtains and quilt covers today. I'll do them tomorrow.
I'll put the quilt on first, and then cut the sheets and put them on." Aunt Qiu said and started working.
"Mom, mom, I've cleaned up the kitchen. Let my dad put the pot on." Aunt Qiu's son Wang Guangming came trotting in.
"I'm dying! Why are you yelling so loudly? Aren't you afraid of scaring the young master and young mistress?" Aunt Qiu quickly apologized after scolding her son: "Young master, young mistress, I'm sorry, children don't have manners. Please punish me, young master and young mistress."
"It's okay. I told you, we don't have so many rules in our family. As long as you do what you are supposed to do and don't betray your master, everything else will be fine."
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