Chapter 25 Chapter 25 Candy I Can't Afford
"Okay!" Xu Yunfan took the ten taels of silver and smiled so brightly, "The deal is done. My husband and I will leave first. If we don't go back quickly, we'll be scorched by the sun at noon."
"Okay, Mr. Xu, Mr. Qin, see you later." Zhou Qingge was in a good mood now. She didn't feel like shopping anymore. She wanted to go back to Qingling County immediately to let her cousin, who had eyes on top of his head and always liked to mock her funny appearance, see that she was also very beautiful.
After getting off the carriage, Qin Run was still a little dazed. Ten taels of silver, was it so easy to get it?
"Yunfan, Miss Zhou's face looked like a completely different person just now. Is that really the effect of makeup?"
This thing is really too magical. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would have thought that Zhou Qingge had replaced his head.
Xu Yunfan: "Yes, in my case, this effect can be called a sorcery."
Compared to Qin Run's trance, Xu Yunfan was very happy. He took Qin Run's hand and wanted to go shopping.
When Qin An cooks, there is never enough oil and salt for every meal, so he has to buy more.
Xu Yunfan was not used to eating brown rice, so he had to buy refined rice. He also wanted to eat noodles from time to time, so he also had to buy flour.
Also, brother Qin Run, I haven’t eaten meat for half a year, so I still need to buy some meat.
The clothes he wore were all Qin Run's. Qin Run's own two sets of clothes were also patched up. I don't know how much cloth was used to patch them up, and he also needed to buy more cloth.
Qin Run had sold the chickens at home for him before, so he had to buy a few chickens back. Not to mention the hurtful words like compensation, by raising chickens, he could kill one for meat during festivals, and the eggs laid during normal times could be used to supplement nutrition.
The last time Xu Yunfan opened the cabinet at home, he saw two hard quilts that had been used for who knows how many years. Since he chose to stay in Qin Run's house, he must buy everything he needed.
You can't treat yourself badly.
When I think about it, there are still quite a few things that need to be bought, and ten taels of silver doesn’t seem to be of much use!
"Qin Run, take me to buy rice, chicken and clothes."
"Okay." Qin Run was very happy to see that Xu Yunfan was willing to spend money on this, and took Xu Yunfan directly to the grocery store.
Xu Yunfan bought 15 kilograms of refined rice, 5 kilograms of which were to be returned to Grandma Qin's family.
He heard it outside the yard last night.
For the first time, Xu Yunfan realized that a pound of salt was actually more expensive than a pound of meat. It cost sixteen cents per pound, which was almost as much as two pounds of fat pork.
A pound of fatty pork costs only eight cents, fat and lean pork costs seven cents, and lean pork costs six cents. Bones and other items are even cheaper.
For this reason, when he heard the shopkeeper say that a pound of salt cost sixteen cents, he thought he had misheard.
However, this was not the most surprising thing for him. When he saw the brown sugar, he thought of Qin Run who was in a special period these days. He had heard that women would feel better if they drank brown sugar water when they were having period. So Xu Yunfan didn't think twice and wanted to arrange for Qin Run to have what others had. "Shopkeeper, how much is this brown sugar? How much is a pound?"
The shopkeeper was stunned and unsure, "Sir, you want to buy a pound of brown sugar?"
If Xu Yunfan hadn't bought a pound of salt from him, the shopkeeper would definitely have thought, how could this poorly dressed man afford a pound of brown sugar?
Moreover, when other people buy salt or sugar, they never buy it by weight, but by a few taels.
Who says these things are so expensive?
Seeing the shopkeeper like this, Xu Yunfan was puzzled for a moment. Could it be that the shopkeeper's ears were not working well? When buying a pound of salt, he repeated the confirmation with himself. When buying brown sugar, he asked again, could it be...
Xu Yunfan changed the subject and asked, "How much do you want for this pound of brown sugar?"
The shopkeeper was a little disappointed. He had expected the boy to buy it without hesitation like he had just done. "Fifty-six cents."
"Hmm?" Xu Yunfan thought for a moment that he had misheard again. "How much? Fifty-six wen?"
The shopkeeper was puzzled. The price of brown sugar has always been this price. Why did this person act as if he didn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea were? "Sir, brown sugar has always been this price."
Qin Run knew that the shopkeeper didn't ask for a high price, so he pulled Xu Yunfan out of the store and said, "We won't buy it, Yunfan. This candy is already so expensive."
"Oh my god, if this goes on, won't it be..." Xu Yunfan thought, no wonder Qin Run and Qin An were so happy when they ate bread for the first time. With the price of sugar, how many ordinary families can afford sweets?
No wonder, he walked around the town for a while but couldn't find anyone selling candied haws. It seemed that the candies were too expensive and he couldn't make a profit!
Qin Run heard his mumbling and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"Nothing." Xu Yunfan shook his head. He felt a little embarrassed. A few days ago, he told Qin Run that he would have candy to eat every day in the future. Today, he was slapped in the face, and it made a loud bang.
"Let's go buy some cloth. Ready-made clothes are quite expensive. We can buy the cloth and then I'll make them for you. Is that okay?"
Qin Run saw what Xu Yunfan bought along the way and knew that he was a spendthrift. He bought a pound of pork with both fat and lean meat, and also bought two pounds of pork fat, which was as expensive as fat.
Twenty-three cents were spent in one go, plus the money for rice and flour, today's expenses were really high.
Ten taels of silver is a lot, but you really can't help spending it, so every penny saved counts.
"Can you make clothes?" Xu Yunfan asked, then realized that he had asked a stupid question. If Qin Run couldn't, would he say that?
Damn it, it’s all my fault for being hit so hard by the sugar prices.
Qin Run nodded, "I will."
The two men entered the clothing store. The shopkeeper was a woman. When she saw the customers coming, she happily went up to greet them. When she saw Xu Yunfan, she thought she had seen a handsome young man. But when she looked closely, she was surprised to find that he was actually a man.
A man who looks more refined than me!
Nowadays, if a man looks so handsome, is there any hope for women like them?
"What would you two like to buy? Our shop's fabrics and ready-made clothes are among the best in town."
The shopkeeper saw Qin Run carrying a full basket of things on his back and said, "Hey buddy, you can put the basket over here first. It's too tiring to carry it."
Xu Yunfan didn't understand this and looked at Qin Run, "You choose, I don't know how to choose."
Qin Run placed the basket in the place designated by the shopkeeper and asked, "What color fabric do you like?"
Xu Yunfan thought about it and felt that he didn't have any special preference for these things. All the clothes he wore before were high-end custom-made goods. He had a good figure and looked good even in a sack, so he really didn't care much about the color.
After all, his personal fashion designer would never give him a red and green combination.
"You can choose any color," Xu Yunfan glanced at the neatly arranged fabrics and added, "I don't like bright colors, like green."
"I see."
At the shopkeeper's invitation, Qin Run selected two types of fabrics, one was a grayish-yellowish coarse cloth, and the other was a grayish-black, soft-looking cotton cloth, both of which were relatively stain-resistant.
One foot of coarse cloth costs twenty-seven wen, and one foot of cotton cloth costs thirty wen. Cotton cloth is better than coarse cloth, so it is naturally more expensive. As for better fine cloth, silk, etc., the price is naturally even more expensive.
To make one piece of clothing for an adult, you need at least six or seven feet of cloth.
After hearing the price, Xu Yunfan couldn't help but think, no wonder, some people are so poor that they don't even have a piece of clothing. When a girl or boy gets married, it's considered good if they have two pieces of clothing as dowry. The crueler mothers won't even let their daughters or boys take clothes to their husband's house.
Qin Run's clothes were patched over and over again, and he was reluctant to throw them away. When they no longer fit him, he would give them to An Ge'er to wear.
"Yunfan, what do you think of these two colors?" Qin Run picked up the cloth and asked Xu Yunfan.
As long as the color wasn't too bright, Xu Yunfan would accept it. Qin Run spent a long time choosing, and he naturally praised, "Okay, you have good taste."
The shopkeeper looked at Qin Run, then at Xu Yunfan. When his gaze landed on Xu Yunfan's face, it was inevitable that he paused for a moment. "Are you two brothers? You two have a really good relationship."
Xu Yunfan noticed the shopkeeper's gaze and said, "No, he is my husband. I am married."
So, don't look at me. If you look at me again, I am also the man you can't get.
"Ah?" The shopkeeper and Zhou Qingge had the same reaction. She had never thought that these two people would be a husband and wife. Who told them to look... too mismatched.
Qin Run's eyes dodged. No matter why Xu Yunfan said that, it was undeniable that he was happy and joyful when he heard Xu Yunfan say those words, as if he really was Xu Yunfan's husband. This illusion always made people secretly delighted. Look, this man was his.
The happier you are, the more sad and painful you will be after facing the reality.
After receiving Xu Yunfan's approval, Qin Run said to the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, give me seven feet of each of these two."
Xu Yunfan is tall, so the clothes made of six feet of cloth should be short, so he should buy more.
"Why is it only seven feet?" Xu Yunfan frowned. "Isn't that enough to make clothes for one person?"
Qin Run: "Anger and I both have clothes."
He thought that the clothes Xu Yunfan wore last night were made of very soft fabrics, so he chose cotton. If he liked it, he would make him another set later.
"If we want to make new clothes, let's make them together. Why should I wear new clothes alone? It's not like we don't have money." Xu Yunfan didn't like this.
"But the cloth is very expensive..." Qin Run wanted to say that ten taels of silver would not last long.
Xu Yunfan leaned close to Qin Run's ear and whispered, "Buy what you need to buy, eat what you need to eat. Money is earned to be spent, and money is spent to improve the quality of life and to please the body and mind. And how to improve the quality of life? It must be to eat what you need to eat, eat what you want to eat, and to please the body and mind. Isn't it to buy whatever you want and buy whatever you like to satisfy your desire to buy, so as to make you happy and cheerful?"
"Besides, I can earn more money after I spend it. It's not like I don't have the ability. I'm very capable and I can support you and An Ge'er. You are mine, and I won't let you go hungry. So, don't feel bad about the money. Spend it as much as you can. The more you spend, the more I earn."
Qin Run: “…”
I almost believed it.
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