Wei Yuyan didn't want to take them with her, thinking it would be difficult and tiring for them to travel.
"Sister-in-law, we won't go tomorrow. We'll stay home and look after the house."
Xiao Lei has been going to town frequently lately, but now he doesn't want to go at all.
"Okay, you can go to Sister Xiuhua's house to play tomorrow, or you can stay at your own home and watch the chicks."
Tomorrow, my sister-in-law will go to town to buy fabric for you to make new clothes.
Wei Yuyan was thinking of making two sets of summer clothes for each of her two children.
As for myself, I can make one set or not; there are actually two half-new sets in the closet.
"Wow, I'm going to have new clothes again, thank you sister-in-law."
Qianqian was so happy that she couldn't wait to put on her new clothes.
"Sister-in-law, actually I don't have to do it."
Xiao Lei was a little worried that his sister-in-law was spending so much money making clothes for him and his sister, and that the family wouldn't be able to save any money.
Xiao Lei was already tired of living without money.
"It's alright, Xiao Lei. Now that your sister-in-law is making money selling steamed buns, she can still make a couple of outfits."
Wei Yuyan knew that Xiao Lei was just reluctant to spend a little money; no one dislikes new clothes.
"Um".
Xiao Lei nodded and followed his sister-in-law's arrangements. Actually, he was quite happy to have new clothes.
The next morning, Wei Yuyan prepared breakfast, which consisted of egg pancakes and white porridge.
Stir-fried chili peppers with pickled cowpeas was especially delicious with porridge, and Wei Yuyan drank two bowls.
"Sister-in-law, I want to eat candied hawthorn."
After Qianqian finished breakfast, she saw that her sister-in-law was also getting ready to leave.
"Okay, sister-in-law understands. Now that I'm going, please close the door."
Wei Yuyan carried a basket on her back and prepared to go to Sister Xiuhua's house.
"Sister-in-law, you've arrived. Go wait for me at the village entrance."
As soon as Wei Yuyan arrived at Sister-in-law Xiuhua's house, she saw Brother Zhang standing at the door, probably waiting for her.
"Okay, what is Sister Xiuhua doing?"
Wei Yuyan noticed that Sister-in-law Xiuhua wasn't sitting in the courtyard.
"She's still sleeping."
Brother Zhang scratched his head, closed the door, and prepared to go to his elder brother's house to fetch the oxcart.
"You've worked hard these past two days."
Wei Yuyan also wanted to sleep in, but she still had a lot of things to do.
Wei Yuyan walked to the village entrance, but Brother Zhang hadn't arrived yet, so she waited there.
Liu Cuifang had nothing to do, so she took a walk around. When she got to the entrance of the village, she saw Wei Yuyan standing there.
Just as I was about to go over and say a few words to him, I saw Zhang Er drive his oxcart past.
Then Wei Yuyan got into the car, and the two chatted and laughed.
Liu Cuifang couldn't help but sigh, wondering if the two of them were having an affair.
No wonder Wei Yuyan refused to go back to her parents' home; it turns out she has a lover here.
Liu Cuifang couldn't wait to go back and share this great news with her mother.
"Sister-in-law, what should we buy first?"
Brother Zhang quickly drove the oxcart to the town entrance.
"Let's go buy some meat first, in case there's no good meat left later."
Wei Yuyan decided that tomorrow she would still make 240 meat buns, so she needed to buy eight catties of meat.
The oxcart slowly turned into the market, and Wei Yuyan jumped down in front of the meat stall.
As soon as the butcher saw Wei Yuyan arrive, he immediately jumped down to prepare.
"Boss, six pounds of lean meat, two pounds of fatty meat, do you have any pig's stomach?"
Wei Yuyan was craving pig's stomach.
"Sorry, we don't have pork belly today, but we have pork liver."
The owner was very sorry, but the pig's stomach had already been bought.
"Give me the pig liver too."
Wei Yuyan counted out sixty-eight coins and handed them over. The shopkeeper cut the meat, weighed it, wrapped it up, and put it into Wei Yuyan's basket.
"Brother Zhang, go buy some soybeans and red beans."
Wei Yuyan boarded the oxcart, and Brother Zhang became her personal driver.
"We've arrived. Sister-in-law, I won't go in. I'll stay here and watch the oxcart."
There are no trees nearby, so there's no way to tie it up.
"Okay, it's alright."
Wei Yuyan went inside to check the quality of the soybeans.
To make delicious and visually appealing soybean paste, each grain should be plump and have a beautiful color.
"Madam, would you like to buy soybeans? They cost four coins per pound. How many would you like?"
Ah Fu from the grain shop warmly greeted them; he had already remembered Wei Yuyan.
"Ten pounds of soybeans, ten pounds of red beans, and half a pound of sugar, but I want to pick the soybeans myself."
Usually, the shop assistants just fill the bean scales directly, but this time Wei Yuyan wanted to choose better quality soybeans.
"Okay, I'll get you a bag."
Afu was already thankful that Wei Yuyan didn't haggle this time, so he quickly went to get two cloth bags.
Wei Yuyan squatted down and slowly began to select the soybeans. The quality of these soybeans was actually quite good.
Only about ten rotten ones were selected, and some dried-out ones were also rejected by Wei Yuyan.
After about 15 minutes of selection, we finally finished choosing ten pounds of soybeans.
"Just weigh the red beans directly."
Wei Yuyan counted out one hundred coins and handed them over.
"Thank you, madam."
Ah Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief. If the shopkeeper hadn't told him to make sure he was on good terms with the lady selling steamed buns, he wouldn't have let her choose for so long.
"Sister-in-law, why did it take you so long to buy this? I was just about to go in and see Mother."
Wei Yuyan walked to the door, and Brother Zhang also came over.
"It took a while to choose, let's go."
Wei Yuyan was too embarrassed to say that she had chosen soybeans that had been picked for 25 minutes.
Ah Fu helped carry the two bags of beans onto the oxcart before going inside.
"Shall we go home now?"
Brother Zhang thought he had bought everything Wei Yuyan needed.
"I need to go to the fabric shop again, Brother Zhang, I need to buy fabric to make summer clothes."
Wei Yuyan was still somewhat hopeful that the fabric shop would have some nice fabrics.
"good".
Brother Zhang turned his oxcart around and went to a cloth shop he knew.
“Sister-in-law, I know the owner of this shop. Their prices are reasonable, and your sister-in-law Xiuhua used to always buy from here.”
Brother Zhang stopped the oxcart and pointed to the Brocade Cloth Shop in front of him.
"Okay~".
Wei Yuyan left her things on the oxcart and went to the cloth shop.
"Hey little sister, what kind of fabric do you want to see? We have cotton and silk."
Are you buying this for yourself or for your family?
The proprietress warmly came up to greet us.
"I'll buy some for myself, and I'll buy more for my younger brother and sister."
Wei Yuyan responded.
"You yourself wear these kinds of light blue, light green, or pink cotton and linen fabrics, which are especially cool and comfortable to wear in the summer."
For my younger brother, how about this gray color, or this earthy yellow color would also be fine. Black is too hot for summer and not really suitable.
My sister's clothes are light yellow and light blue, and they look especially refreshing when she wears them.
The proprietress introduced them one by one.
"Are all cotton and linen fabrics the same price?"
Wei Yuyan touched it and found that the fabric was thinner than pure cotton and softer than linen. It must be a blend of cotton and linen.
"Yes, it's the same price, eight copper coins per foot."
The proprietress knew from Wei Yuyan's posture that she was definitely going to buy it, so she turned around and went to get a measuring tape.
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