Chapter 58 Chapter 58 Su Li meets her mother Chen...
Seeing that her mother, Chen, had finally stopped talking about returning the clothes, Su Li finally said, "Mother, let's go buy some more cloth and make some clothes."
Buy cloth? Make clothes? Chen came back to her senses in an instant from her joy. She was about to blurt out "No", but she quickly remembered the contemptuous looks given to her by those people when she went to Cao's mansion with her daughter today. They were like needles piercing her body. Chen didn't care, but her daughter was still so young and didn't even have a bright dress. Now she was wearing the patched coarse cloth that her sisters had changed out of a few years ago. Chen couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable.
"Let's go buy it."
After saying that, he walked towards the street where the cloth shop was.
Su Li was a little confused by her mother's sudden agreement, but she quickly came to her senses and turned to the young man next to her, "Could you please wait for us here, Second Brother Lin?"
Lin Er said nonchalantly, "It's okay, go ahead."
Anyway, the housekeeper said that his task today was to send Miss Su home, so it didn't matter if he went back later. He would be assigned other work to do when he returned anyway, so it was better for him to stay outside.
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The cloth shop Su Li and her mother Chen came to was called Liuji Cloth Shop, located on the fifth floor of East Street. They were greeted by a gentle, beautiful woman in a blue summer dress. When she saw Chen and Su Li, both dressed in shabby clothes, enter the shop, she didn't look at them with prejudice like the people in the other two cloth shops had done. Instead, after noticing Chen's reservedness, she spoke gently,
"Female, feel free to look around. If you need anything, feel free to call me."
"Okay..." Chen was still a little reserved, but soon remembered her intention and said,
"Excuse me, madam, if you have any brighter cloth, I would like to buy a few yards to make some clothes for my daughter."
"Yes, a batch of brightly colored Songjiang cloth arrived a few days ago. Madam, you can take a look and see if there is anything that suits your taste."
After Madam Liu finished speaking, she brought over a few pieces of emerald green and peach pink cotton cloth from the other side and asked Chen to choose. Chen looked at the cloth and wanted to touch it to see how it was made, but she was a little afraid that her hands full of barbs would tear the cloth.
Madam Liu seemed not to notice and continued enthusiastically, "Madam, you can touch it. It's made of fine cotton, perfect for making clothes."
Chen then reached out and touched it. It was indeed good, the material was very soft and comfortable. She asked cautiously, "I wonder how much silver is this cloth per piece?"
"It's not expensive, 500 coins a piece. You can buy as many as you want, my lady."
500 Wen! Chen was shocked by the price. How could it be so expensive? A piece of linen was only 100 Wen, but this cotton cloth was 500 Wen. It was so much more expensive.
"It's too expensive." Chen's hand quickly retracted as if it had been scalded by boiling water.
Madam Liu didn't care. Having run a shop for so many years, she had naturally encountered people who found the cloth too expensive. Without changing her expression, she brought over a few more pieces of cloth and said, "I have some for 300 coins each. Madam, you can take a look."
300 Wen? That's not bad, Chen looked at it, but it didn't matter. After reaching out and touching it, she found that the stitches of the 500 Wen Songjiang cloth were indeed finer and it felt softer and more comfortable.
It is said that when you compare something, you have to throw it away. Once Chen saw something better, the scales in his heart tilted.
Chen looked at her daughter and gritted her teeth. "Let's get half a piece of that peach pink Songjiang cloth, and half a piece of this each. The colors don't have to be too bright; they're more suitable for older people."
She thought about it and decided that since she had decided to make clothes, she might as well buy some more cloth to take back to her parents-in-law, and make a set of clothes for her eldest daughter, fourth daughter, and granddaughter respectively. Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, so everyone would have new clothes to wear.
As for herself, she could still make do with it for a while longer.
Madam Liu was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the woman in front of her to want so much at once, but she quickly realized what was going on.
"Okay, I'll get it for my wife."
Then Madam Liu went to find a few pieces of darker cloth.
Chen picked and chose, discussed with Su Li, and finally chose green and dark red.
"A total of 1 liang and 3 qian."
This piece of cloth weighed more than one tael. Chen felt extremely sad, but she couldn't say it out loud.
After paying the silver, Chen took the cloth cut by Madam Liu.
"Boss, we bought so much, can you give us a discount?" After spending the money, Chen was no longer as reserved as before and was willing to bargain.
"My dear, this is already the cheapest price. How about this? I'll give you a few more pieces of cloth."
After saying that, Madam Liu took out five square pieces of cloth and gave them to Chen. She said that these pieces of cloth were left over from making clothes and could be made into purses and embroidered handkerchiefs. On ordinary days, they would be sold for a few cents each.
Seeing that there was no shortage of them, Chen had no choice but to give up. However, she was not one to suffer a loss, so she asked Madam Liu to give her a lot of cloth scraps before giving up.
When she finally walked out of Liuji Cloth Shop, Chen's smile never left her face.
In this way, the mother and daughter returned home happily with a full load of cloth, leading the mule.
After returning home, it goes without saying that everyone in the Su family was very surprised to see Mule's expression.
Aunt Lian also jumped out to look at the mule and said, "I'll feed the mule from now on!"
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