Chapter 178 The Cao family only has three donkeys, how many do you have?
Mrs. Cao looked extremely ugly.
The young man in blue had a red face.
They only brought more than 20 kilograms of rice, and when the other party took out coarse grains, they could still say they were worthless. However, the other party not only had more rice than them, but also more flour!
They even took out sugar. Although malt sugar is not as expensive as brown sugar, as long as it is sugar, how can it be bad?
Are they really a group of poor and lowly farmers? Why are they more generous than the Cao family?
Granny Cao narrowed her eyes and sneered, "How are you going to survive if you keep giving them away like this? Don't starve to death in the mountains before winter even arrives. I have to warn you, it's going to snow in two months. By then, the mountains will be completely covered with snow and there won't be anything to eat. Even if you have money, you won't be able to buy anything!"
"Thank you for your reminder. If we can give it away, we can certainly provide it. Please don't worry about it." Shen Qingliang said.
Granny Cao turned to look at Shen Qing. She remembered her, the woman who had said that she was the laughing stock at the foot of the mountain.
She looked at the clothes she was wearing, which were not the rough linen that the others wore, nor were they made of coarse cloth, but fine cotton like hers.
However, she used to wear silk and satin, and only wore fine cotton when she fell into poverty. Shen Qing had to stand on tiptoe to barely put it on.
Although she and her wear the same fabric, their family backgrounds and financial resources are vastly different...
"Aren't you tired of pretending? You've invested a lot of money to stay here, but it's nothing more than a facade. You're just trying to save face and end up suffering."
Shen Qing untied the sack, took out the cloth, and suggested sincerely: "How about you also put one in?"
I had previously looted more than a dozen pieces of cloth from Boss Sun, some good and some bad, and used them to make several sets of clothes for my family for spring, summer and autumn. Even if the clothes of this dynasty were worn out, they could be patched up and continued to be worn. Only two or three sets of cotton-padded clothes were needed in winter.
Three or four pieces of cloth were enough, so she took out one piece as a favor. It was beautiful, affordable, and could free up space in the storage cabinet.
The Lei family previously thought that white flour, rice and sugar were expensive and were determined not to accept them. But when they saw the cloth that Shen Qing took out, they looked at each other in shock and were speechless.
They have no shortage of winter clothes, but they lack fabric!
The fur of prey is warm and windproof, making it perfect for outerwear in winter, but wool cannot be used for spring, autumn, summer, or inner clothing.
Of course, you can also sell wool to buy cloth, but except for the rare tiger skin, wolf skin, deer skin, and other common rabbit skin, wild goat skin, roe deer skin... the leather merchants charge a very low price, and the cloth merchants have their own selling price. In the end, ordinary leather is not much higher than cotton cloth.
Thinking of the leather, Boss Lei slapped his thigh, turned around and went into the house, and soon came out with a large pile of leather, greeting enthusiastically: "Look at me, I'm busy refusing.
You're new here, and it's been really cold in the mountains. These leathers are perfect for you! We won't buy anything fancy; these are gifts for everyone. It's not much, but they'll be enough to make a coat or a few snow hats."
Lei Lao Er and Lei Lao San then hurried back to their home and also carried out a large basket of raw materials.
"These are all tanned leathers. Just take them home and make them. If you want to buy raw materials in the future, don't go to the city. Come directly to us. The purchase price is the same as the raw material dealers!"
They saved themselves the trouble of going to the city and also saved money.
It was a pleasant surprise for Shen Qing!
Especially since the Lei family also knows how to make nitrate, so can't we ask them for the rabbit skin we got yesterday? And winter outerwear leather can also be purchased from them!
She touched the leather in front of her. The wool was fluffy and the leather was soft. The quality was very good!
She looked at the woman from the Lei family and said, "I want to buy two sets of clothes for each of my family members, from head to toe. Please keep the furs from the prey you hunt later for me, and I will pay for them."
Lei Da's wife Liu Cuihua happily responded, "Okay! Then you can choose the good ones first, and we can sell the ones we don't want in the city."
Mr. Jiang Erye, Zhao Mingyue and Guan the carpenter also took the opportunity to propose it.
Mrs. Cao and the other person stood aside, watching the two parties discussing things lively and talking back and forth. They became so impatient that they could not stand it any longer and turned around and left.
Liu Cuihua glanced at the two people who left with a cold look in her eyes, and muttered, "In the past, our good leather materials were always selected by the Cao family first, and the price was the same as that sold to leather material merchants.
As a result, she was very dissatisfied with it, saying that the fur was not thick enough, or that the leather was not soft enough... In short, it was not comparable to what she had worn before.
Oh, we have plenty of cold game here, and even the woolen fabrics worn by the nobles in the capital are mostly from here. She thinks I'm a mountain dweller with no experience, and she's showing off in front of me."
It’s okay to show off in the past, but you can’t suppress her things!
Especially since they had put the best candidates among the Cao family, but they were criticized for being useless.
After picking and choosing, he said that it would save them the effort and time of going back and forth to the city, and that he would take care of them since they could live together.
Bah! She needs them to take care of her? Her hunting skills are the key to her livelihood!
When Mrs. Cao came over again, she would rather hide in the house than come out. Let her say she doesn't know etiquette, she is just a rough girl from the mountains and she can say whatever she wants.
Shen Qing, Zhao Mingyue and others immediately understood that this was because they had been angered by Mrs. Cao countless times.
But it's also true that the Lei family members are honest people just by looking at how they act and speak. They rarely go out and meet few outsiders, so they can't defeat Mrs. Cao even if they argue with them.
"Sell it to us in the future. Besides, we have a lot of people and big livestock. We will go out of the mountains to the city to replenish our supplies from time to time. If you need to sell wool, just let us know. It will save you some energy to have big livestock to pull the wool, and they can also keep you company when you go to the city together, right?" Shen Qing mentioned.
Hearing the word "big beast", not only Liu Cuihua's eyes lit up, but the men on the other side also looked at Shen Qing in unison.
When they were young, they often went to the city to sell raw materials. The mountain roads were difficult to travel on and the raw materials were heavy. Now Dafu has taken over the burden, but they know best the hardship and fatigue involved!
This is also why the Cao family is not easy to get along with. They still sell raw materials to the Cao family. Some of it is because they live together, but more of it is to help Dafu reduce the weight as much as possible.
Liu Cuihua's voice trembled with excitement, and she asked embarrassedly: "Is it really possible?
We have a lot of leather at home, and every time Dafu wants to pull a cart, I guess a large animal can't do it... Forget it, forget it, it's better to use the large animal carefully."
In times of famine, people don’t even sell as many large livestock.
Who doesn't treat their big animals as treasures? If they have one, they will take good care of it.
Zhao Mingyue said casually, "Hey, if one can't pull it, use two. Just send a few more out and it will be fine."
The Lei family was shocked!
Send a few more? How many do they have?
Didn’t Mrs. Cao say that they were a group of poor farmers?
Liu Cuihua asked in surprise, "Grandma Cao only has three donkeys. How many do you have?"
Donkeys are good at walking on mountain roads, they are tough and easy to raise. Grandma Cao treasures her three donkeys very much and would always say a few words to them intentionally or unintentionally.
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