I saw a tailor shop on the street before, and if I'm lucky, I might actually find what I need.
It was almost noon, and the scorching sun was blazing overhead, so there were noticeably fewer people on the street. Ye Wanying quickened her pace. She was alright under the blazing sun, but what if her child got sunburned?
The tailor shop wasn't far, just across the street at the very end. When they arrived, Ye Wanying put the puppy she was holding down on the ground: "Can you walk by yourself?"
Tuanzi nodded twice emphatically: "Mmm!" He's only a little over a year old, and his steps are a bit unsteady, but after drinking a few bottles of formula, his complexion seems to have improved. You can vaguely see the features on his face that resemble his father's.
"Hey girls, are you getting your clothes mended?"
There was only one old lady in the tailor shop, wearing reading glasses, mending something on a sewing machine.
Ye Wanying shook her head and asked, "Auntie, do you have any extra cloth here?"
In fact, tailors often encounter people like Ye Wanying. The old lady stood up and said, "Young lady, I do have some extra fabric, but the material isn't very good; it's a bit old and has some marks on it!" As she spoke, she pulled a roll of dark blue fabric from a large cabinet next to her and said to Ye Wanying, "Let's see if it'll do."
Now it's the late 1980s, and people's living standards have begun to slowly improve. Dacron is popular in the market, and even many people in the village are buying it. For example, the aunt of the Gao family has two Dacron clothes, which she treasures very much!
But in Ye Wanying's opinion, this kind of cotton cloth is the most comfortable to wear. It is soft, close-fitting, and absorbent. Moreover, you should know that in later generations, it is very difficult to buy this kind of pure cotton cloth! It's just that the cloth has a slight flaw, with a few drops of machine oil the size of a thumb printed on it.
"Auntie, how many meters of this cloth are there in total?" We need to see if we can make a set of clothes for everyone in the family.
"Don't worry, young lady, this is a whole bolt of cloth. One bolt is four zhang (approximately 12-13 meters) long, enough to make several garments. By the way, if you're interested in buying it, I'll give you a discount!"
Otherwise, what's the point of keeping it? People who can afford to buy clothes wouldn't buy this flawed fabric. Now that someone wants to buy it, the old lady is naturally happy. Even if it's a small profit, it's better than losing money completely!
Ye Wanying was quite satisfied: "How much?" she asked.
Actually, I have plenty of clothes in the room, but I can't take them out for now. Everyone understands the saying "to possess a treasure is to invite trouble"! For now, I can only buy these kinds of clothes!
The old woman counted on her abacus: "I'll give you five cents a foot for this piece of cloth, so four feet would be twenty yuan. Girl, I'm not kidding you, the cost price is seven cents a foot."
Ye Wanying had already started to think: "Auntie, could you lower the price a bit more?" She could easily take out twenty yuan, but she couldn't be so straightforward.
The old woman shook her head: "Young lady, I really can't go any lower. Otherwise, I'll give you two more spools of thread and four buttons!"
Knowing that the old lady had lowered her standards, Ye Wanying readily agreed, took out twenty yuan and handed it to the old lady, then left the tailor shop with the packed fabric.
Tuanzi obediently held Ye Wanying's hand as the mother and son walked out of the tailor shop, a fragrant aroma wafting towards them.
"Mom, bag~ bag~" she said, making a slurping sound.
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