Yang Chunyan and a few others came out of the department store and walked towards the street across the street. Li Qiuyue paused for a moment, but still followed them.
Zhou Huaishan and Zhou Huaian took the two children to Caishi Street and let them go shopping.
After a while we arrived at several cloth stalls on the street. We saw that these vendors had nailed rectangular shelves with wood and tied a long bamboo pole on it. Fabrics of various colors were neatly hung on the bamboo pole. I found that their colors and varieties were indeed more than those in the department store.
They found that there were more people buying fabrics here than in the department store. Everyone looked at the fabrics hanging there casually. Some picked up a piece they liked and put it on their shoulders to let people see if the color matched their skin.
Others even grabbed a piece of cloth and pulled it hard to both sides a few times. Only when they saw that there was no slippage did they ask the stall owner to pull the cloth.
When the stall owner saw more people coming, he looked at Yang Chunyan and the others with a smile on his face, calling them "Auntie" and "Big Sister" more intimately than his own family.
Zhou's mother responded with a smile on her face. She felt that it was more comfortable to go out to buy things. She didn't have to look at people's faces and could look around freely. "Yumei, can you also buy some fabrics and make some new clothes?"
The colors of fabrics these past two years are really beautiful! Unlike previous years, they were either black, white, or gray.
"No!" Zhou Yumei took her arm, "We work every day, so we can just wear our old clothes. Take a look, is there any material you like? I'll buy you a few pieces."
Zhou's mother said amiably, "We are all old, why do we need to make so many new clothes? You young people should dress up now."
Fang Dongming is a good kid, if the two of them can be together, he will definitely treat Xiaoxi well. But I don’t know what’s wrong with Yumei, she is very distant to him.
Zhao Huifang also said: "Yes, Yumei, you see, what you are wearing is what you bought when you were at home. Choose carefully, and your sister-in-law will give it to you!"
"Sister-in-law, look over there!" Yang Chunyan pointed at the cloth on the stall next to her and gave Zhao Huifang a look. The cloth she had just seen in the department store was casually hung on a bamboo pole.
"We have this, too. Let's go take a look." Zhao Huifang pulled her over and said, "Boss, can I take a look at that piece of material?"
"Why not? Take a look at it any way you want!" The boss stopped what she was doing and smiled brightly at them, "Big sister, let me tell you, this is the woolen material that just arrived, and it has the most popular pattern this year.
The department store sells it for 12 yuan per meter, but I sell it for 11.5 yuan here. You guys can take a look first! If you like it, call me. "
After hearing this, Zhao Huifang happily nudged Yang Chunyan and whispered, "Luckily I listened to you and came out. I walked a few steps and saved 50 cents per meter."
Yang Chunyan: "We can bargain for a few more meters!"
Zhao Huifang's eyes lit up, "Really?"
"Hmm!" Yang Chunyan said as she picked up the cloth and took a look. She saw that it was woven quite densely. "Not bad. It feels quite thick and soft."
Zhou's mother and others came over, "How's the material?"
Zhao Huifang nodded, "Not bad!" They also have their own little tricks when buying things. Even if they like something very much, they can't show it, so as to avoid bargaining later.
"Let me see what the material that costs more than ten yuan a meter looks like?" Mother Zhou touched it, lifted the cloth and put it on Zhou Yumei's shoulders, nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at Yang Chunyan and the others, "Hurry up and pick it out. If you like it, bring it up. Mom will buy it for you today."
The kids have spent a lot of money today, and they will have to build a new house next. I heard they also want to build a building, which will cost a lot of money.
The money I save will be given to them sooner or later. Instead of keeping it until the day I die, it is better to give them some subsidy now.
Zhang Xiuxiang smiled and pulled Yang Chunyan, "Did you hear that? Today, I'll pay for us to buy it. Each of us sisters-in-law will make one of this woolen material!"
People these days are actually quite fashionable. As long as there is some nice fabric and pattern, it won’t be long before the streets are full of people wearing the same color and style.
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan imagined the scene of several sisters-in-law wearing clothes of the same color and style going out, and thought it was quite interesting, "Okay, let's make one each."
Seeing how excited they were, Li Qiuyue smiled and said to Zhou's mother, "Mom, I'll choose then!"
Mother Zhou gave her a sidelong look and said, "As long as you live peacefully and work less, I will borrow money to buy it for you!"
Seeing that she was willing to talk to her, Li Qiuyue nodded awkwardly, "I understand."
Zhou's mother rolled her eyes and shouted to the stall owner who was packing up the cloth: "Boss, if the price is a little lower, we will buy a few more meters."
After hearing this, the stall owner came over happily and said, "Auntie, my price is already very low. You can go and see the department store across the street. They sell it for 12 yuan per meter!"
Mother Zhou smiled and said, "Look, I have four daughters-in-law and one daughter. Each of them has more than ten meters of fabric. There are also the old man, several sons, grandsons and granddaughters in the family. If you want less, we can go to other stalls to have a look."
The stall owner stepped forward and pulled the cloth aside, smiling and saying to the people, "Look, Auntie, this is wide material, and it uses less material than usual. For the figures of the sisters in your family, a length of 1.5 meters will be enough."
Zhang Xiuxiang said, "Boss, tell me if the price is lower. If it is, we will buy it from you. If not, we will go to other stalls to look."
"That's right!" Yang Chunyan mentioned two pieces of old blue blended fabrics, "I also like these two pieces of fabrics. If they are not too expensive, we will leave."
"Since you buy more, we can give you 2 cents off per meter of cloth..."
“…”
Under the siege of the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, the stall owner lost another fifty cents. The mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law bought a thick stack of material from her house and gave it to Zhou Yumei to take to the tailor shop where she usually made clothes for custom making.
Yang Chunyan and others returned to Deshengtang. Zhou Huaian and others had already returned. After saying goodbye to Wang Zhen and Yang Dongmei, everyone climbed on the tractor and went back.
Before noon, Zhou Huaishan drove a tractor into the village. The villagers who were squatting on the dam bragging and chatting looked at them curiously.
Xu Hongbing walked to the side of the road, holding a cigarette in his mouth. "Youngest, what did your family do today? Why are all of you out?"
"I went to visit my sister and took her to Ning'an for a stroll to buy some fabrics for winter wear and farm tools." Zhou Huaian jumped off the tractor and waved to Zhou Huaishan, signaling them to go first.
Xu Hongbing walked up to him and said with a smile, "Now that you have some free time, you should go for a walk. If I had known, I would have brought Xiaofang and the others with you."
"I'll call you next time I go." Zhou Huai said, "Tell Li Wu that Yiding and I will go to Baicaoping to collect herbs the day after tomorrow. It may take three or four days to go this time. If you are free, you can go together."
Xu Hongbing looked at him with a smile, "Li Wu came to me yesterday and said he would go to your house to ask you when you would go to collect herbs. You came to me today, and I will go find him later."
"Okay!" Zhou Huaian patted him, "I'll go back first. You two can go to my house if you agree."
"Youngest!" Xu Hongbing pulled him aside, "Xu Erwa just told me that someone in the village spread a rumor that your family had dug up treasure in the forest."
"Who said that!" Zhou Huaian said with a gloomy face, "I don't even know where the treasure is! Whoever said that, tell him to take me to find the treasure, and I will give him half of it immediately."
Xu Hongbing whispered, "I heard that it was that slutty Xu Feng. She said that your family dug up treasure in the big pit that they leased, so they leased the forest above the pit."
"You bitch, you've spread rumors all over me." Zhou Huaian sneered, "Don't worry about her. The old people in the village know best whether there are treasures in the pit. During the famine years, they dug up a lot of yams and kudzu roots at the bottom of the pit."
Xu Hongbing nodded. "Just now at the sunbath, Uncle Xu told me about how they used to dig yams in the big pit. But some people believe in this, while others don't. You still have to be careful."
"I know what's going on. Go find Li Wu and ask him to prepare for going out."
"Yeah!" Xu Hongbing nodded and went to Li Wu's house happily.
Zhou Huaian thought of the Panax notoginseng and the dendrobiums in the big pit, and hurried back. When he passed Zhou Yiding, he looked out and saw Wan Xuejiao sitting alone at the door of the main room picking vegetables.
"Xuejiao, Ding Ding Cat hasn't come back yet?"
"No!" Wan Xuejiao stood up and walked towards the gate. "He went there with the old man. He said he was going there to invite some old colleagues and the director. He came back after having lunch."
"Oh! Then you go ahead and do your work. I'll go back first." Zhou Huaian turned around and walked back. The villagers he met on the way greeted him enthusiastically.
Over there, the old man and Mr. Zhou went to the construction site as soon as they got home. After all, they had not been home for the whole morning, so they still had to go and take a look.
While Zhou's mother was cooking, Yang Chunyan went to the warehouse to take out the black fungus and mushrooms to dry. Just as she poured the black fungus into the winnowing basket, Zhou Huaian came back.
"Yan'er, Xu Hongbing said... let's go to the big pit and take a look."
"I'm not afraid of the Dendrobium, there are orchids everywhere in the mountains, they won't pay attention to them. What I'm worried about is the Panax notoginseng." Yang Chunyan recalled the look in Xu Feng's eyes when he looked at her that day, and felt that these people's jealousy was really terrible.
“Let’s go take a look first!” After Zhou Huaian helped pour the fungus and mushrooms into a winnowing basket and spread them out to dry, they went to the big pit in the back mountain together.
When I got there, I saw that the gate was closed tightly and I breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhou Huaian untied the rope tied to it, and after entering, he saw the beehives placed on the rocks, as well as the young shoots of Dendrobium that had been cut once and sprouted again, all of which showed no signs of being damaged.
"Yan'er, it looks like no one has been here."
"Let's go down and take a look first." Yang Chunyan walked down the mountain with a wooden stick and went straight to the bottom of the big pit. When she reached the place where yam grew, she found that the three-waisted vines were wilted and there were many yam beans on the ground.
"Fuck~" Zhou Huaian swore, "Someone really came here, and all the yams were dug up."
Yang Chunyan's heart sank. "I hope those Panax notoginsengs haven't been dug up."
Zhou Huaian hurriedly comforted her, "Don't worry, didn't you tell me that when the fruit is ripe it will be bright red and easy to be discovered? It's not ripe yet, so it'll be fine." (End of this chapter)
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