When Ye Wanying went in, two soldiers were waiting outside.
Often, because of their military uniforms, it's difficult to negotiate with civilians, so it's better not to go in for the time being.
There were only a few customers in the shop at the moment. The owner was introducing the shop to an elderly woman on the other side. When he saw Ye Wanying come in, he greeted her briefly.
"Comrade, take a look and see if there's anything you like. Our fabrics have the most complete selection in the whole town, and we're sure you'll be satisfied."
Ye Wanying nodded and started browsing on her own.
The owner wasn't exaggerating; there was indeed a wide variety of fabrics available, including high-end options like pure cotton, pure wool, pure silk, and pure linen.
Ye Wanying glanced at it and then moved on to the next counter.
There was a piece of pure white fabric, which looked quite nice. I went over and touched it; it seemed to be a cotton fabric mixed with some synthetic fibers. It felt rather comfortable to the touch, indicating that the synthetic fiber content wasn't very high.
"Boss, how much is this fabric?" I asked.
Over there, the shop owner had already finished his introduction. Hearing Ye Wanying's words, he hurriedly came over: "This, it's four yuan per meter."
Four pieces?
It's a bit expensive, and it's not even pure cotton fabric. Pure cotton fabric only costs six yuan per meter.
"Can you make it less?"
The shop owner smiled and shook his head: "Comrade, the quality of our fabrics is guaranteed. You should be able to tell by touching them yourself. Although this fabric is not pure cotton, it is definitely 70% cotton."
"Isn't there another 30% of ingredients? Boss, just tell me the selling price, I need quite a lot."
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper's eyes immediately began to glean calculations: "Comrade, how much do you need? If you want a large quantity, the price can be reduced."
"Twenty meters."
"Three yuan and fifty cents, that's the lowest I can go, comrade, what do you think?" Usually, when you buy ten meters, the price will be reduced by a little, usually by two or three mao.
If it's 3.5 yuan per meter, that's about right, not too expensive. Twenty meters would only cost 70 yuan.
"Okay, but I want two colors. I need five meters of the blue ones, and the rest have to be white."
"sure."
Ye Wanying then went to the door and called the two soldiers in, since the money was in their hands.
When the boss saw that it was someone from the military, his face lit up with a smile: "Oh, so you're a comrade from the People's Liberation Army! Boss, quickly pour out three cups of water."
The two soldiers repeatedly refused, saying, "No need, no need, ma'am, please don't trouble yourself."
In the end, however, a glass of water was still forced into the hands of the three of them.
The boss was very quick; in just a few minutes, the 20 meters of fabric I ordered were already cut.
Ye Wanying took the bag, one of the soldiers paid, and the three of them left.
"Sister-in-law, where are we going now?" the soldier asked curiously as they left the cloth shop.
Hearing this, Ye Wanying pointed to the right: "I remember there's a tailor shop over there, let's go take a look." We can't just make it ourselves if we don't find a tailor shop, can we?
Although I'm not incapable of doing it, the event is a public event, and nobody pays me a salary, right?
Fortunately, we only need to make clothes for a few children; we don't need to worry about the adults. Otherwise, with that little bit of budget, it definitely wouldn't be enough, especially since we haven't even bought any other props yet.
This wasn't Ye Wanying's first time at this tailor shop. Sure enough, as soon as she entered, she was personally greeted by the owner: "Isn't this Xiao Ye? Come, come, come in quickly."
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