Chapter 36 Big Purchase
Shen Qing thought that after she became more familiar with the place, she would go and ask how to get a pass to go to other places, especially a pass for their whole family.
It would be best if you could leave early, but if you can't... well, try to leave early, even if it's just one or two days earlier.
Now I work hard to earn money, take care of my body, stock up on food, and buy transportation...
Guan Li originally thought of buying only one or two kilograms, but after hearing what Shen Qing said, she decided to buy more.
"I want three pounds of pork belly, two pounds of lean pork, and two large rib bones."
I stewed pork ribs with noodles for Xiaoshan to eat. I heard that eating pork ribs is good for the legs and feet, so we often buy some pork ribs to stew in soup at home.
I smoked the pork belly and ate it slowly. When I felt like eating meat, I would cut a few slices and stir-fry them to give my dad and brother some extra grease.
Eat fresh lean meat.
Shen Qing was afraid that Guan Li would not be willing to eat the food she bought back, so she said, "That's right, buy more and take the whole family home to replenish their bodies.
Not only Xiaoshan needs to eat more meat, but you and your father also need to nourish your body, especially you. What will happen to your father and Xiaoshan if you get too tired? Even if you earn more money, it won’t be enough to pay for medical treatment and medicine.”
In the dream, none of the family members were in good health while fleeing. There were both their belongings and hills on the road, and it was extremely difficult for the Guan family father and daughter to pull the cart.
Every household in the team was busy taking care of their own, so who would bother with other families? Only Jiang Xiangxi was willing to do so, but his mother disagreed and forced them to separate.
In the end, you still have to rely on yourself. It's good to have others help you, but the real ability is to be able to stand up and survive when others don't help you.
Guan Li suddenly thought of her mother.
He has been bedridden for many years, and his family spends more money on medicine than on food!
It's fine if she doesn't want to wear clothes, but if she doesn't want to eat and ruins her health, won't she be like her mother? Daddy and brother won't abandon her, then she will be the one to drag down the whole family!
Guan Xiaoshan also thought of his mother.
He looked at his sister and said reluctantly, "Sister, let's buy more meat. Everyone in the family eats meat."
Now that he earns money, he can buy meat for his sister.
Guan Li gritted her teeth and added another pound of meat to each of them, spending a total of two hundred and ten coins.
Come to think of it, it's actually not that bad. Even if I can make four pounds of smoked meat from this meat, the rest will be enough to eat for five or six days. I will get my next salary after six or seven days, and I can continue then.
I can make four pounds of smoked meat at a time, and four times a month, which is sixteen pounds. After deducting the cost of buying meat, I can still have two ounces left!
Adding what her father earned, Guan Li became more and more excited the more she thought about it, and stopped talking immediately.
Shen Qing bought everything except the big pig's trotters, especially the pork fat.
After buying the pork, the group was in high spirits and headed towards the next store.
The next one was soy sauce. Shen Qing didn't have a soy sauce jar, so he had to buy it and fill it on the spot.
When I bought soy sauce, I naturally bought vinegar as well.
These two things can only enhance the taste of the dish, but Guan Li didn't buy any of them.
Next was the oil press, where Shen Qing restocked sesame oil and rapeseed oil. This time, sesame oil was out of stock, and Shen Qing thought that he would be cooking a lot and frying small fish later, so the rapeseed oil would definitely be used up quickly, so he bought ten kilograms.
Guan Li followed and bought five pounds of rapeseed oil. Pork belly can also be made into lard. She has a small family, and five pounds of rapeseed oil is enough for them to eat for two months if they are not frugal.
She had just seen her aunt buying pig fat, and she thought that next time she would also buy pig fat to make lard. Lard tastes better than vegetable oil and has more fat and water.
Lard residue is more fragrant than meat whether it is used in stir-fry or stew. No matter from which perspective, buying pork lard is the most cost-effective for a poor family like hers.
When they arrived at the cloth shop, Jiang Xiangnan and the other two men were fine, but the young girls Jiang Shui and Guan Li were obviously much more excited.
Although Shen Qing is not a young girl, she is also very excited.
She redefined it: age is not the key point, the key point is that she is a girl!
God knows how uncomfortable it is for her to wear linen every day, but she can't say anything and has no way of saying it, because she has the best and most clothes in the family!
This is not the breathable, comfortable, flat and smooth linen made in China. If you have to compare it, it is the big hemp sacks used to store rice in rural areas in the 1980s and 1990s.
As a modern person, she really wants to wear clothes made of cotton.
Finally, finally I earned some money, bought some cloth and went home to wear it after a few days!
Jiang Shui's eyes fell on a piece of pink cloth and he couldn't move his eyes away.
Shen Qing pointed at the pink cloth and asked, "Waiter, how much is this cloth?"
The waiter had not paid much attention to the group of people coming in wearing patched linen clothes, but was shocked when he heard Shen Qing directly ask about one horse.
Judging from the clothes, it seems that he doesn't understand, but the waiter believes that he is not ignorant of the strange things and sometimes he makes mistakes, so he replied carefully: "The pink one is delicate and belongs to the most popular one in our shop!
One piece of silk could make three or four sets of clothes, so the price of one piece was not cheap, costing nine coins and five hundred coins.
Over there, azure, dark blue, sky blue, black, grey and white are much cheaper, only five cents and three hundred coins per piece;
If you think it's too expensive, you can buy three feet, which is enough to make a set of clothes. If you think it's not worth it, the linen over there is more affordable!"
When Jiang Shui heard that the pink cloth cost nine cents and five hundred coins per piece, his expectant look dimmed a lot.
Nine cents and five hundred coins, which is equivalent to about three cents per set of clothes, or three hundred coins. She earned three hundred coins today. When she came here, she also wanted to buy the cloth for a set of clothes, but that was when the cloth for a set of clothes only cost more than a hundred coins.
More than three hundred coins could only buy a set of clothes, and she suddenly felt reluctant to spend it.
After all, changing the color is half the price...
After listening to this, Shen Qing felt that the waiter was very professional and spoke in a very tactful and pleasant manner.
It was obvious that they didn't look like they could afford cotton, especially not the kind that could be bought in bulk, but he still patiently explained in detail, and even took the initiative to introduce some cheap ones for fear of embarrassing them.
Well, Shen Qing also pays attention to her mood when spending money. People like this earn her money, and she is in a good mood when spending money!
She began to place an order: "Thank you, Brother Xiaoer, then I'll give you a pink one;
One each of azure blue and sky blue, two of dark blue, and one each of black and gray."
The waiter thought he had misheard.
He must have heard correctly, the woman in linen clothes in front of him suddenly said six pieces of cloth?!
Jiang Shui also thought she had heard wrongly, and she pulled Shen Qing's sleeve.
Shen Qing patted her daughter's hand to comfort her: "If you want it, buy it. Two sets of pink for you, one for your sister-in-law, and the rest for Huahua and her two sisters.
I'll keep the azure blue, and make two sets each of black, gray, and dark blue for you brothers and your younger brother. The sky blue should look good on your sister-in-law. She'll have two sets, and you'll have one. The extra ones should be made for Huahua and her sister."
We will make cotton-padded clothes for winter, and now we are making spring and autumn clothes, two sets for boys and three sets for girls. Since my two little granddaughters don’t waste much fabric, I can make a few more sets for them.
Single clothes do not take up space and can be worn again in winter after summer. They can also be worn inside as a base layer in winter. It is extremely practical.
Shen Qing felt that this money had to be spent and could not be saved!
"Little Brother, could you please calculate how much it is together?"
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