"Seven feet each of goose yellow and cyan, seven feet each of gray and earth yellow, and nine feet of this lake blue."
Wei Yuyan's fabric is for making summer clothes, so less is needed than for long-sleeved clothes.
Especially Xiao Lei's, in this era, girls don't wear short sleeves, but they can wear three-quarter sleeves.
Boys have no restrictions and can even wear vests, but Wei Yuyan doesn't plan to make vests out of this fabric.
Xiao Lei's old clothes can be altered into a vest.
I'll use this fabric to make a three-quarter sleeve for Xiaolei. It'll be cool and provide sun protection, since Xiaolei loves to run around outside.
"Okay, I'll cut it for you right away."
When the proprietress saw that Wei Yuyan had bought so much, she happily cut it for her.
"How much?".
Wei Yuyan took out her money bag, ready to count the money.
"Wait a mininute".
The proprietress put down the scissors, took out the abacus, and fiddled with it for a bit.
"It's 296 coins in total, give me 290 coins."
The proprietress generously rounded down the price.
"Thank you, could you also give me some more cable? I don't have that much cable at home."
Wei Yuyan thought that this would require making five sets of clothes, which would be especially wasteful of needles and thread.
"No problem, I'll wrap it up for you first."
The proprietress wrapped the five colors of fabric in paper, and then went to find thread.
"No rush, it's best to use thread that matches the color of the fabric."
Wei Yuyan counted out the two hundred and ninety coins and handed them to the proprietress.
The proprietress simply took it, glanced at it briefly, and placed it on the counter before continuing her search for loose threads.
"Take a look at these colors."
The proprietress placed five strands of thread on the fabric for Wei Yuyan to see.
"Okay, thank you."
Wei Yuyan left satisfied with the fabric and thread, and only then did the proprietress begin counting the money.
The proprietress has been in business for so many years that she can tell the amount of money is almost certainly accurate with just one glance.
"Brother Zhang, let's go home."
Wei Yuyan held the fabric in her hands, worried that it would get dirty if she put it in the basket.
"Wow, so much fabric! You're going to make clothes for the children, aren't you?"
Brother Zhang was somewhat surprised to see that she had at least several dozen feet of fabric in her hand.
"Yes, I'll make two outfits for the kids and one for myself."
Wei Yuyan took out her money pouch and checked it. Good heavens, she only had thirty-one coins left. Luckily, it was enough to buy things.
"You are truly amazing to your two children. They will definitely treat you well when they grow up."
At this moment, Brother Zhang was thinking about his good brother Wu Chen.
I don't know if he's dead or alive, or why he doesn't write back.
"As long as they are doing well, my mission is accomplished."
Wei Yuyan now feels that her two children are her motivation.
If I didn't have two children, I wouldn't have this kind of motivation.
"Hey, wait a minute, sir, two skewers of candied hawthorn, please."
Wei Yuyan had completely forgotten about it, but luckily she ran into the old man selling candied hawthorns at the town gate.
Otherwise, Qianqian will be disappointed later.
"Sister-in-law, we've arrived. Your sister-in-law Xiuhua and I will be coming over this afternoon."
Brother Zhang escorted Wei Yuyan directly to her doorstep and even helped her carry her belongings inside.
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Zhang."
Wei Yuyan put the meat in the kitchen and threw the cloth on the bed.
"You've already been paid, what's so hard about it?"
Before leaving, Brother Zhang made sure to close the door behind him, and Wei Yuyan almost always kept the door locked when she was home.
There was no other way; with a widow and her young children at home, and so much money in the house, Wei Yuyan had to be careful.
"Qianqian, give one of the candied hawthorns to your brother."
Wei Yuyan handed two candied hawthorns to Qianqian. Xiao Lei was cooking chicken feed in the kitchen; he was getting more and more skilled at it.
"Sister-in-law, why did you buy so many soybeans?"
Xiao Lei looked at all the soybeans in the kitchen and was a little confused. He knew the red beans were for making red bean paste rolls.
"My sister-in-law is going to make soybean paste, which is a kind of pickled vegetable. It's delicious."
Wei Yuyan was missing dishes made with soybean paste, but she didn't have time to make them today.
Because soybeans need to be soaked for at least six hours; if you soak them now, they'll be soaking until midnight.
It would be best to soak it when I get up early tomorrow morning, as it will be perfect for making soybean paste after I finish selling the steamed buns.
"Hey, wait a minute, Brother Zhang is helping us now, so I don't have to sell steamed buns anymore."
Wei Yuyan suddenly realized that she no longer needed to sell steamed buns.
Let the couple try it out. If there are no problems, I'll help them make the buns from now on.
If they don't sell steamed buns, Qianqian and Xiaolei won't have to get up early anymore.
Wei Yuyan cooked cucumber and egg stir-fry and stir-fried pork liver with chili peppers for the children at noon, which they enjoyed very much.
"Xiao Lei, Qian Qian, you don't need to get up early tomorrow morning. Let Brother Zhang and Sister-in-law Xiu Hua go sell steamed buns tomorrow, and Sister-in-law can rest at home."
Wei Yuyan told the two children in advance so that they wouldn't have to worry about getting up early the next morning.
"Yay, great, I can stay in bed now."
Qianqian loves to stay in bed the most.
"Um".
Wei Yuyan put pig liver in the children's bowls, saying that eating more pig liver would help replenish blood.
In the afternoon, Sister-in-law Xiuhua and Brother Zhang arrived on time.
"Brother Zhang, Sister-in-law Xiuhua, tomorrow there will be 240 steamed buns and 90 red bean rolls."
However, I don't plan to go with you two to sell steamed buns tomorrow; you two can go.
Let me know how it went after you sell out, then I'll decide whether to add more.
Wei Yuyan felt that there would definitely be too few red bean paste rolls, but she didn't dare to make too many. The previous two times, people bought a lot because they thought it was novel.
"Okay, sister-in-law, I'm a little nervous that you're not going to sell steamed buns tomorrow."
Sister-in-law Xiuhua was both expectant and nervous.
"It's okay, just do it the same as usual. I just want to take a break."
Wei Yuyan felt that doing everything herself was not a good idea, and it was time to let go.
"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, we'll do a good job."
While the two were chatting, Brother Zhang had already skillfully taken out the meat and started washing it.
"Okay, I'm relieved to hear that."
When Wei Yuyan heard Brother Zhang say that, she was no longer worried. Brother Zhang must be a very capable businessman.
The first thing Wei Yuyan did after getting up the next morning was to soak the soybeans so she could make soybean paste that afternoon.
Afterwards, she helped Brother Zhang and his wife wrap and steam the buns. Watching them leave, Wei Yuyan went straight to bed.
There were some red bean paste rolls and mushroom buns left in the pot for the children to eat.
Basically, I'll knead extra dough tomorrow morning to make steamed buns or mantou for everyone to eat for breakfast.
However, no meat will be added, because the amount of meat is fixed.
Wei Yuyan felt incredibly happy and slept soundly until she woke up at 9:00 AM.
Judging that Brother Zhang and the others would be back soon, Wei Yuyan stopped staying in bed and got up to wash up.
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