Chapter 23: Buying Cloth
However, what made Mu Lingluo feel most relieved was that under her hard work, she was stunned and asked someone to give her a pair of silver needles, although the texture was not superior, but it could still be used.
When Mu Lingluo went out, she looked at the door of the medicine hall, and the three words of the Rejuvenation Hall above her head were shining, she covered her painful heart, and said secretly, it seems that throughout the ages, being a doctor is really a good profession to make money. She must work hard to study medical skills, connect the past and the present, and maybe open her own pharmacy in the future!
However, the cost of medicinal materials is really expensive. The few acres of land in her space looked extremely fertile, but she had secretly planted peanuts and the like, but there was no reaction, and she tried all kinds of medicinal herbs to see if she could grow them, otherwise she could only stare at those acres of land.
Mu Lingluo remembered that her family was dressed in tatters, and on this early spring day, they were wearing tattered cotton wool clothes, and she also paid special attention to it, she didn't have summer clothes in her wardrobe at all, she used to wear Cuihua and discarded them, but then the clothes were so torn that they couldn't be repaired, so they could only be made into rags.
Mu Lingluo decided to tear a few pieces of cloth for the family, and buy some good cotton, if the family is fortunate enough to separate, the family will be able to wear new clothes in the future. If the family is not separated, it is estimated that these things will be looted by Mu Liu and others, so she will definitely not take them out before the family is separated.
Mu Lingluo thought about it and did it.
Although Anyu County is not big, there are markets here. Mu Lingluo went to choose a house named Huaji Cloth Village and walked around, at first the female shopkeeper refused to receive it, and when she said that she bought cloth, she was suspicious and let her enter the door.
The cloth in the village will not be expensive fabrics, they are all very ordinary fabrics, if there are distinguished guests, they will be taken out.
Mu Lingluo remembered that cotton and linen were very durable, and cotton cloth was very comfortable, such as high-end fabrics like silk satin, first, she couldn't afford it, and second, her current status was not suitable for wearing.
Mu Lingluo picked out half a fine-grained chintz, a lake blue cotton linen, a light purple cotton linen, a tooth-colored cotton linen, and two white cotton, and thought of the unconscious man at home, his clothes were stripped of by Mu Liu's and used as money, and now he is wearing clothes that Mu Dalang and they don't want. (The standard of cloth in this article: one horse = 16 meters)
She thought about it, but still picked out half a piece of dark cotton, then stopped, looked up and said to the female shopkeeper who was looking at her: "Shopkeeper, I want these five pieces of cloth, how much?" ”
The female shopkeeper didn't expect that Mu Lingluo, such a little girl in tattered clothes, would dare to pick so many cloths, she looked at Mu Lingluo suspiciously, and then said: "The price of cotton cloth is fifteen yuan higher than that of cotton and linen, and the fine-grained printed cotton cloth is printed, and the price is more expensive. It adds up to six hundred and sixty-five dollars. ”
Because most of these are worn by poor families, the prices are very cheap. It's just that Mu Lingluo's picks are all good colors and high costs, so the price is naturally higher than the price of dark colors.
The darker the color, the easier it is to dye, the cheaper the dye, and the lower the price. It's just that Mu Lingluo has just arrived, and he doesn't know this, this is also where the female shopkeeper is confused, she looks dressed in tatters, but she picks a lot of cloth, and it is all brightly colored.
The more than 600 yuan of cloth is really a lot of money for a small farmer's household.
Mu Lingluo raised his eyebrows, "Shopkeeper, you see that I bought so much, should I be cheaper?" ”
When the female shopkeeper heard this, she frowned, and secretly wondered if she was here to smash the field, but she still said: "I am also a small business, and this kind of fabric is not profitable, I see, I will wipe the mantissa for you, six hundred and sixty wen!" ”
Mu Lingluo nodded, "Okay." Are there many people at the back door of the shopkeeper's house? ”
The female shopkeeper didn't know what she meant, and shook her head, "Behind my house is the back alley of the residential area, which is usually uninhabited. ”
When Mu Lingluo heard this, he bared his teeth and smiled: "Then there is Shopkeeper Lao to move the things to the back door of your house, I made an appointment with my uncle and uncles to let them pick me up there." Here, that's six hundred and sixty dollars. ”
Mu Lingluo took out his purse, poured out the money, and then counted six hundred and sixty wen, and put the remaining two hundred or so back in his pocket.
She covered her purse and sighed that spending money was really like flowing water, and the half of the silver was gone.
"By the way, shopkeeper, I also want to buy some tools for cutting clothes, needlework and thread, do you have any recommendations?" Mu Lingluo then remembered this question, they didn't have anything at home, they bought cloth and went back, don't look back, they don't even have a needle and thread, what kind of clothes do they make.
Mu Lingluo doesn't know how to make clothes herself, but her mother definitely can.
The female shopkeeper got the money from Mu Lingluo, and a smile appeared on her face, "Don't always call me the shopkeeper, call me Aunt Hua!" You have bought so much cloth here to make clothes. Oh, I have a complete set of tools here, and the silk thread is also very complete, as long as 200 Wen, enough for you to use for a long time, and our embroidery girls have bought it. ”
Mu Lingluo saw that it was a wooden box, which contained several needles, countless silk threads of various colors, as well as cloth rulers and scissors, etc., indeed, as she said, it was extremely complete.
Mu Lingluo's eyes turned, and his smile was like a flower, "Aunt Hua, I want this." I still want to make a few pairs of shoes for my mother, my sister and my husband, and my brother, I don't know if you have any rag corners, let me put the soles of my shoes. Aunt Hua, you see that I have bought so much, you can't be stingy! ”
Aunt Hua saw that Mu Lingluo's beautiful face showed two sweet dimples, and her eyes were sparkling, and she was beautiful.
"Yo, there are all husbands, I also said that the little lady of that family is so handsome, and I want to say that it is better to be in time than to be in a good time. Since the little lady has said this, Aunt Hua is also very pleasing to the eye, and it seems that Aunt Hua is a philistine if she refuses again. Come, I make clothes for a lot of people here on weekdays, and there are a lot of leftovers, you look at cleaning up, and go back to sew a purse and a handkerchief and pad shoes is more than enough. ”
Aunt Hua is also a cheerful person, at first she was really afraid that Mu Lingluo was a person with no money, so she came to the door to ask for something. She is also a businessman who opens the door, where can she help so many poor people, so she has a contemptuous heart, and now she sees that Mu Lingluo talks properly, and she is a generous and sensible person, and she also talks about something skillfully, which makes her feel good.
"In this way, thank you Aunt Hua." Mu Lingluo was overjoyed.
She also just remembered to make shoes, the shoes worn by several people in the family were all leaky toes, Mu Liang was a boy, and he wore straw sandals that were easy to eat. However, in ancient times, shoes were made, especially embroidered shoes, and the soles were padded with mille-feuille cloth.
The boots worn by the men are made of leather, the poor people wear straw sandals, and the cloth shoes worn by those with better family backgrounds are also made of mille-feuille cloth. But she didn't want to spend so much money to buy cloth mats now, so she thought of this method.
But this Aunt Hua began to look at some philistines, but after contact, she found that she was a happy person, which made her a little happy.