Chapter 32: Buying Cloth
"This, this ......"
The fourth aunt secretly scolded Li Luan'er in her heart for her sharp teeth and sharp mouth, and squeaked: "You also know that our family is having a hard time, where is there any food. ”
"The fourth aunt said to change the venison, I thought your family had surplus food."
Li Luan'er smiled faintly: "Whose life is not difficult now, I think that if my aunt's family has a good life, we are a family, my aunt has a good heart, pity us who are lonely, maybe they want to pull us out, how can I think that my aunt's family is also so difficult, it's just that, or our lives are hard, we don't even have food, and we are starving all day long, no, it's about to be my mother's four or seven, we can't even take out the things we worship, alas!" ”
While speaking, Li Luan'er lowered her head with a sad face: "Aunt Wang, take pity on us, and pay back the food owed to our family." ”
"What, we're in a hurry to get to the market, we'll talk about this another day." The fourth aunt finally couldn't hold it anymore, and shouted loudly for the driver to go quickly, the coachman answered, waved a few whips, and the old ox cart was a lot faster, and after a while, he pulled the Li Luaner sisters down.
Li Luan'er raised her head, with a cold smile on the corner of her mouth, how could she still be depressed just now: "It's really shameless." ”
Li Feng'er snorted, and scolded towards the shrunken shadow of the car: "After planting our family's field, I still want to take advantage of it, it is really not enough to swallow the elephant, according to me, my sister should not have planted the field for them in the first place, even if she sold it, it is better than giving these white-eyed wolves." ”
"I'm just trying to make it a little easier." Li Luan'er reached out and touched Li Feng'er's head and explained with a smile: "That's no way, they know how much land our family has, if they don't plant it, maybe there will be some moths, when the time comes, we are afraid that we will not be able to live in peace for a day, I have also thought about the sale of the field you said, but there are those uneasy clansmen, our fields are not easy to sell, we are young, and we are daughters, let's talk about selling the fields, it is inevitable that we will not be pitted, and besides, even if it is negotiated, those clansmen will be mixed with it, I'm afraid I won't be able to sell it. ”
Speaking of this, Li Luan'er paused, took out the kettle from the back basket and drank some water before continuing: "It's okay now, anyway, the title deed is in our hands, they will plant it for a few years, and the field is still ours. ”
She looked up with a smile and looked at the rising sun in the east: "You can get a few dollars a year for farming, and I would rather be like this now, they take the field and don't want to give food, and they inevitably feel indebted to us, so they are embarrassed to take care of our affairs. ”
"It's still my sister who thinks about it carefully." Li Feng'er thought for a while and felt that this was the case.
She calculated an account, how much grain can be produced in a year by ten acres of land at home, and in the end, in addition to miscellaneous expenses, she can't save a few dollars a year to do the food in the soil, but it is not as good as now, and the silver her sister gets from only hunting a tiger is not worse than planting land for ten years.
Thinking about it like this, Li Fenger also saw it: "My sister has been married to the Cui family for so long, and she has really gained knowledge, and my sister will have to decide the affairs of the family in the future." ”
The sisters said that they walked, and unconsciously entered the city, they first found Yan's house, knocked on the back door to find Steward Zhou, and did not enter the hospital, and directly sent the deer to Steward Zhou, Li Luan'er smiled: "Qian'er hunted a deer and felt rare, and he didn't slaughter it, so he brought it directly to Xiao Langjun at home to play." ”
After speaking, Li Luan'er pulled Li Feng'er and turned around to leave, Li Feng'er was still thinking about how much silver this deer was worth, and she didn't want to be pulled by Li Luan'er, so she almost fell down, so she wanted to ask Li Luan'er why she didn't want money, but seeing Li Luan'er glaring at her, she didn't dare to say more.
After walking a few steps, I heard Steward Zhou hurriedly say behind me: "Little lady, wait." ”
Li Luan'er turned around: "What else do you have to do?" ”
I saw that Steward Zhou took the purse and handed it over: "What a coincidence that the little lady came, today happens to be the birthday of the eldest young master of our family, and everyone in the family has been rewarded with food, and the little lady sent the deer to the door, which can be regarded as a birthday celebration for our young master, and this gift must be accepted." ”
"This?" Li Luan'er was a little embarrassed.
Steward Zhou insisted on stuffing the purse into her hand: "It's not good for the little lady not to accept it, this is the rule." ”
As soon as Li Luan'er heard this, she didn't shirk it, and accepted it with a smile: "Okay, I'll take it, and Steward Zhou will congratulate your young master on my behalf." ”
"Okay." Steward Zhou agreed with a smile, and watched Li Luan'er and Li Feng'er go out and turn around.
"Sister, let's see what gifts they give back." Walking out for a while, Li Feng'er excitedly pulled Li Luan'er to look at the purse, but was glared at by Li Luan'er before stopping.
Li Luan'er put away her purse, pulled Li Feng'er to buy incense candles and paper money for worship, and thought that Mrs. Jin had been at home for so many days, and she only had one set of clothes, and Li Luan'er's old clothes were all worn for washing, so she should buy her two sets of clothes, so she dragged Li Feng'er into Xinheyu, the largest cloth store in the city.
As soon as you enter the door, you will see a busy scene, the guests who come and go to buy cloth, the little two who greet them, and the helpers who help the guests deliver fabrics, so that the store is lively.
"What kind of cloth do the two little ladies want to buy?" A tall and thin young man in a green cloth shirt, about twenty years old, with black hair tied up and a thin layer of powder on his face, came over with a smile on his face, leading Li Luan'er and Li Feng'er inside, and introduced as he walked: "The shopkeeper has just imported a batch of muslin cloth from the south, the material is good, the pattern is good, the little lady will take a look here." ”
Li Feng'er was very interested and wanted to go over to see, Li Luan'er shook her head, looked at the young man, looked at his appearance, he should have come to the store to help, and listened to his eloquent introduction of all kinds of fabrics, thinking that he was the most familiar with this store, so he asked: "I want to buy some good materials for older people to wear, do you have them here?" ”
"At first glance, the little lady is a filial piety, I'm afraid it's bought for the elders, let's be honest, this whole Phoenix City is the most complete of our new Heyu materials, if we don't have new Heyu, there will be no other places, the little lady is looking for good materials, please take a look here."
The man said, leading Li Luan'er and Li Feng'er through the hall, and into another slightly smaller hall at the back, which was also full of all kinds of fabrics, but it was much quieter than the front.
Li Luan'er raised her eyes and looked around, and saw that all kinds of silk fabrics were placed here, and there were all kinds of silk and satin.
"Sister, do you think this material is good?" Li Feng'er understood that Li Luan'er should have bought clothes for Mrs. Jin, and as soon as she entered the door, she looked for the material with a stable and rich color, and she quickly found a silk with an autumn fragrance and a gray color.
"I'll see." Li Luan'er was about to take the material and take a closer look, when she heard a commotion, and then several people who looked like stewards entered the door, and as soon as these people came in, they pointed to a lot of materials and said: "These, and these, all wrap up, we want them." ”
Those stewards are all brightly colored materials, and they are the most conspicuous and beautiful in this store.
"Steward Wu, which gust of wind blew you here?" A guy had already gone to pack the materials, and a person who looked like a shopkeeper came out with a smile on his face and a leading steward.
"What's the matter, you don't know yet." The Wu housekeeper glared: "The Cui family will come to our house tomorrow to make a decision, saying that they will marry our young lady after the scientific examination, this day is in a hurry, although our young lady's dowry has been prepared for a long time, but at the end, there are still some things that are not complete, and it is not worth going elsewhere to purchase, so buy some in the city to make up for it." ”
"That's it." The shopkeeper smiled greedily: "The marriage of this high-ranking family is not the same as that of a small family, you must be careful, you buy these materials ......"
Steward Wu smiled: "Don't think that you buy these for the young lady, these are all bought to cut clothes for the girl, and on the day of marriage, the girls in the house must always wear brighter." ”
Li Feng'er pursed her lips when she heard this, and she was a little unaccustomed to the style of that housekeeper Wu.
Li Luan'er didn't hear anything, although she also heard it, this housekeeper Wu is afraid that she is going to marry Cui Zhenggong's housekeeper of Zhang Ying's family, but she is not the original body, she has no feelings for Cui Zhenggong, and she has no prejudice against Zhang Ying, she can't afford to make any waves in her heart, she picked up the piece of material and took a closer look, and saw that the material was well woven, and the texture was also suitable for Mrs. Jin, so she wanted to buy it, who expected, at this time, Steward Wu stepped forward, snatched the material in her hand and said loudly: "This material is not bad, it is suitable for my mother to wear, the shopkeeper, Wrap it up. ”