With Xiang Wentian's guarantee, Wen Jiuyue immediately gave up the idea of stopping him.
He took out a pile of cold-proof items that he had hurriedly made yesterday by lighting a kerosene lamp and placed them in front of Leng You and Xiang Wentian.
Wen Jiuyue had very skillful hands. She tanned all the rabbit skins and cut them out to make a knee-length coat for Leng You. As there was no cloth for the coat surface, she had to leave the white stubble exposed.
The remaining leather was used to make a hat and a pair of gloves for Leng You, and a pair of cotton shoes were also planned for her. A pair of gloves was also made for Xiang Wentian, not the cotton gloves, but the ones with five fingers separated.
"Thank you, Grandma Wen! It's so warm." Leng You put all these things on. He felt warm from the body to the heart.
Xiang Wentian also threw his previous gloves aside and put on new ones. His skin was in direct contact with the rabbit fur, which was warm and comfortable.
In order to avoid scaring Wen Jiuyue again, Leng You and Xiang Wentian put on their skis only after they were out of her sight.
"Slow down!" Xiang Wentian reminded Leng You.
"Got it!" Leng You slammed his ski pole into the ground, and his small body flew out like an arrow.
She loved the feeling of soaring into the air, and she loved even more the feeling of gliding freely in the air. She could take a deep breath and release all the filth.
Xiang Wentian followed Leng You closely, with every nerve in his body tense.
Gradually, his clenched heart relaxed unconsciously. This was the most relaxed he had seen the little girl since he met her.
Before this, he had accurately captured the loneliness, vigilance, hatred and bloodthirstiness hidden deep in her eyes.
The two of them arrived at the county town smoothly in just a dozen minutes longer than yesterday.
After hiding the skiing equipment, Xiang Wentian picked up Leng You and knocked on Hu Liu's door again.
"Oh! It's you. Please come in." It was the boy who opened the door yesterday. Because of Hu Liu's instructions, he was unusually enthusiastic.
"Is Uncle Hu here?" Leng You asked.
"I'm here, I'm here! Come in quickly." Hearing the noise, Hu Liu came out with a smile on his face.
Leng You looked away.
If he was really an eight-year-old child, he would probably be scared to tears by Hu Liu's hideous smile.
"This is roe deer meat for you. It was given by a relative. There isn't much, so you can try it." Leng You pointed at the bag that Xiang Wentian had placed on the ground.
"Roe deer meat? Oh! This is a rare thing. Are you giving it to me? You are so polite. You are so polite. It's just a small thing, but you still think of me.
So, what are you doing here today?"
Hu Liu was so happy that his mouth almost stretched to his ears.
"We want to buy some cotton and cloth. Is it easy to find?" Knowing that Xiang Wentian was less talkative than himself, Leng You had to speak.
"It's hard for others to find, but I can find your Uncle Hu Liu!
Da Sanzi, take the two kids to find Chen Mazi. Just say they are my relatives and I will go there after I finish the things I have on hand. "
Hu Liu waved his hand and asked his men to accompany Leng You and Xiang Wentian. If he hadn't had something to do, he would have accompanied them in person.
The man named Da Sanzi led Leng You and Xiang Wentian more than fifty meters into the alley and knocked on the door of a house.
After explaining their purpose, the middle-aged man named Chen Mazi who opened the door immediately and respectfully invited Leng You and Xiang Wentian into the yard.
In the spacious warehouse there were cotton, cloth, needles and thread... Leng You didn't know where this Chen Mazi came from, but he had such an astonishingly complete collection of goods.
Leng You: "How much is a foot of wide white cloth?"
Chen Mazi: "35 cents."
Leng You: "Where's the corduroy?"
Chen Mazi: "42 cents a foot."
Leng You: "How much is this kind of checked cloth?"
Chen Mazi: "Forty-one cents per foot."
Leng You: "How much is one foot of Dacron?"
Chen Mazi: "One dollar and thirty-nine cents."
Leng You: "Where's the wool Dacron?"
Chen Mazi: "One dollar and thirty-three cents a foot."
Leng You: "How much is Dika?"
Chen Mazi: "Two dollars and 13 cents a foot."
Leng You: "How much is a pound of the best cotton?"
Chen Mazi: "Ninety-six cents."
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The prices quoted by Chen Mazi were quite reasonable.
"Fifty feet of wide white cloth; thirty feet of corduroy; thirty feet of plaid; thirty feet of floral cloth; thirty feet of Dacron; thirty feet of wool Dacron; fifty feet of polyester; five balls of thread, three balls of black and two balls of white; ten balls of thread, five balls of black and five balls of white...
Cotton... 50 kilograms!"
As if he had already prepared a draft in his mind, Leng You directly reported the quantity of each item he wanted.
"You need... so many? Little boy, you are kidding!" Even if they were people brought by Hu Liupai's men, the fact that such a young child could recite so many things without any hesitation made Chen Mazi feel that it was completely unreliable.
So he shifted his distrustful gaze from Leng You to Da Sanzi, and when he saw that Da Sanzi was also surprised, he looked at Xiang Wentian again.
But I was startled. How could the boy's eyes be so cold, so cold that it could penetrate my bones. It was so fucking scary.
He quickly looked away, not daring to look at her any longer.
"The total is two hundred and ninety-six dollars and forty-five cents. This is three hundred dollars. You don't need to give me the rest. Give me another five pounds of cotton!"
Leng You herself was surprised when she said this. Even though she had been a top student in her previous life, she was not as good as a calculator.
She didn't need to think too much about the calculation result, it seemed to pop up automatically in her brain.
So I subconsciously wanted to touch the grape flower mark on my wrist again, but finally I held back.
She looked up at Xiang Wentian, and caught the surprise and admiration in his eyes.
"Oh my God! Little kid, how old are you? Isn't this a child prodigy?" Chen Mazi's eyes were about to fall out.
"My brother just told me." Leng You said, and looked at Xiang Wentian. Xiang Wentian's eyes were clear.
This era is far less tolerant and tolerant of evildoers than twenty or thirty years later, but Xiang Wentian at this time is obviously not the case.
Another thing is that Leng You could be sure that Chen Mazi's attention was not completely focused on her before.
"Awesome, really awesome!" Chen Mazi had an expression of "I see" on his face, but he didn't dare to look at Xiang Wentian.
"I'll pay you all the money. We can't take the things away today at once, so we can come back to get the rest tomorrow." With Hu Liu around, Leng You didn't worry at all that Chen Mazi would default on his debt.
In fact, with Xiang Wentian's strength, the weight of these things is not a problem at all. The main problem is that 55 kilograms of cotton is too large, and carrying it on his back will affect his skiing.
"No problem, you can come and get it anytime." It was like pie in the sky to meet such a wealthy man. Chen Mazi was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. After listening to Leng You's request, he nodded repeatedly.
But in the end, Leng You and his companions only had 20 kilograms of cotton left.
Xiang Wentian stuffed a large sack with cloth and cotton, and Leng You also insisted on bringing things weighing more than ten pounds.
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