After a while, a man dressed as a shopkeeper came out of the house and said to Shen Lan with a smile: "The lady wants to see the spinning wheel and the loom, please come with the contemptible people." ”

So Shen Lan followed the shopkeeper into the house, at this time, the second child who received Shen Lan before went out of the house and helped Shen Lan guard the carriage, Shen Lan followed the shopkeeper into the warehouse, the warehouse of this pawnshop has a lot of things, not only furniture and other large objects, but also clothes and quilts and other things, in the past, Shen Lan had bought old quilts in Yuan's pawnshop, and naturally knew that this pawnshop also received old clothes and old bedding.

Shen Lan was taken to the place where the loom and the defense line car were placed, there were a lot of spinning wheels and looms piled up here, Shen Lan took a general look, the things were not new, and they looked about seven or eight points old, so Shen Lan asked the price.

The shopkeeper immediately spoke: "The spinning wheel with the loom is a total of one or two or three pieces of silver. ”

Shen Lan asked Sister-in-law Xu before, knowing the price of the loom, at this time listening to the shopkeeper's words, obviously the machine is a little expensive, even the new loom is only one or two or six dollars of silver, and now the shopkeeper will ask for one or two or three dollars, and these machines are only seven or eight percent new, according to the rules of the pawnshop, it is good to be able to collect six dollars of silver, but now it is sold for one or two or three dollars, Shen Lan is refusing.

"The price of the shopkeeper is a bit high." Shen Lan replied.

The shopkeeper smiled, and then said: "The lady also knows that the world is difficult now, and if the price of anything does not rise, I am already the lowest price for the lady." ”

"The shopkeeper is right, this world is indeed difficult, but I don't know if the shopkeeper knows about this year's drought, the cotton in the entire Jixian County is in arrears, this loom is just a decoration, since the shopkeeper has no intention of selling it to me, then forget it, it's a big deal I found someone to go to the farmer's house to collect it, although it is troublesome, but you can save a lot of money." Shen Lan is not a soft persimmon who is easy to bully, knowing that the other party is killing herself, where is she willing to show a good face.

After listening to Shen Lan's words, the shopkeeper's face changed, and he asked for a long time: "Since the lady is a local and knows that this cotton is not harvested, why do you want to buy this loom, after all, there are many looms these days, but there are no people who come to redeem it." ”

Shen Lan was so likely to spit out her heart to the shopkeeper, so she replied: "Although this year's cotton harvest is indeed not good, it does not mean that it will be the same next year, I am going to set up a weaving factory next year, so I want to add some looms, buy it at this time, the price is lower, I didn't expect it to be more expensive than usual, in this case, it is better to order a new batch of looms next year." ”

When the shopkeeper heard that Shen Lan didn't want to buy one, but to buy several, he was immediately moved, these things are placed in the warehouse to occupy space, and I don't know when they will be sold, although it is said that the wind and rain will be smooth next year, and the output of silk and cotton is good, but who can say for sure about this matter? If this drought continues until the next spring, perhaps the harvest of the next year will also be affected, it is December, there is no snow yet, and there is no time when it will snow, who can say for sure what will happen next year?

"I don't know how many looms the lady needs?" The shopkeeper asked again.

"Fifteen." Shen Lan said slowly, the reason why she bought so much was mainly because she was afraid that the loom would fail, and if she bought more, at least there would be a spare replacement when it failed.

The shopkeeper suddenly took a breath, fifteen looms are not a small number, when the year is good, his looms here are easy to sell, more than fifteen looms are sold in a month, but the problem is that it is the off-season, and it is also a year of famine, who has the leisure to buy looms, not to mention fifteen, even one is difficult to sell.

"The number of ladies is large, so how about I make the ladies cheaper?" The shopkeeper really wanted to do this business at this time.

Shen Lan was noncommittal, just looked at the shopkeeper, the meaning was the most obvious, that is, look at the shopkeeper's quotation, the shopkeeper thought about it, and then stretched out a finger, which means one or two shelves, this price is still expensive in Shen Lan's opinion, so Shen Lan shook his head.

"Lady, this price is already the limit, you see that a liter of rice outside costs thirteen yuan, and it is already very cheap for me to buy you a tael of silver on this loom." The shopkeeper spoke.

Hearing this, Shen Lan sneered, and said leisurely: "Shopkeeper, are you joking, can this loom be able to eat or drink, can it fill your stomach?" At this time, isn't it a little ridiculous to compare it to rice that can fill your stomach? ”

What Shen Lan said was not mean, at this time, the grain could live, but this loom was a dead thing, how could it be compared to the grain.

"How much does the lady want?" The shopkeeper also knows that the loom is a dead thing, and now as long as it doesn't lose money, it doesn't matter.

"Eight coins of silver, looms and spinning wheels together, do the shopkeepers sell them?" Shen Landao.

"Isn't the lady too ruthless?" The shopkeeper had a bitter face.

"Shopkeeper, now the world's money is real in your hands, you keep these dead things just a backlog of funds, you are not without a profit at this price, why bother with it?" Shen Lan persuaded, in fact, she could also see that this shopkeeper was just a means of doing business at the moment, and where would she lose.

The shopkeeper put on a look of embarrassment, thought about it for a while, sighed and said: "That's it, it's my bad luck to meet a lady, so I can sell it to my lady at this price." ”

"Then thank you shopkeeper, these fifteen looms and spinning wheels are a total of twelve taels of silver, shopkeeper, I am right?" Shen Lan said casually, and the shopkeeper nodded.

Since the price was negotiated, Shen Lan followed the shopkeeper to pay, and after paying the money, the shopkeeper asked the little second to move the loom and spinning wheel to Shen Lan's carriage, Shen Lan stood aside and watched him move, and after a while, all the looms and spinning wheels were moved into the carriage, Shen Lan thanked Xiao Er, and was about to drive the carriage away, but the shopkeeper stopped Shen Lan.

"The lady's surname is noble, the contemptible person's surname is Zhu, what does the lady need in the future, but remember to come to the contemptible person." Shopkeeper Zhu smiled and greeted Shen Lan.

"The little woman's husband's surname is Song, you can call me Song Niangzi." Shen Lan spoke generously.

"Okay, Song Niangzi be careful on the road." Shopkeeper Zhu said.

"Thank you, don't leave it at that." Shen Lan got into the carriage, nodded to the shopkeeper Zhu, and drove the carriage away.

Shen Lan drove the carriage to a secluded place, and then reached out and touched the loom and spinning wheel in the car, as her hand touched these looms and spinning wheels, the loom and spinning wheel would disappear out of thin air, and only after all the looms and spinning wheels disappeared did Shen Lan drive the carriage back to the road and head towards the cattle market, Shen Lan has not added large livestock, but the space needs cows and horses to do the work, otherwise you can't rely on these children and old people to plough the land.

When she came to the cattle market, Shen Lan found that the market was not lively, and there were not many people selling livestock, Shen Lan saw seven or eight selling calves for a long time, and a few selling ponies and donkeys, but she didn't see adult animals, which was not good news for Shen Lan, the reason why she wanted to buy livestock was to buy adult livestock instead of manpower to plow the land, but now there are only calves and ponies in the market, which is a little disappointed.

Shen Lan, who was a little depressed, could only give up, and at this time, a person came over and blocked Shen Lan's way.

"The lady is buying livestock?" The visitor asked.

Shen Lan nodded, she was indeed here to buy livestock.

"I have a mule at home, I don't know if the lady wants it?" The visitor asked.

Mule? This Shen Lan has heard of it, it is said that it is the product of a cross between a horse and a donkey, it is taller than a donkey, and its temperament is also very docile, but mules do not give birth to cubs, Shen Lan's space flows fast, this mule is bought back, I am afraid that I will have to buy livestock again in two days, but there is no choice now, so Shen Lan nodded.

"Okay, you can take me to see it." Shen Landao.

The man nodded and said to Shen Lan: "The contemptible person's surname is Wang, and the lady can call me Wang Yaren." ”

Hearing this, Shen Lan was stunned, this tooth man Shen Lan had heard of it, but she had not been in contact with it for so long, and when she heard this person say that she was a tooth person, she was somewhat surprised in her heart, so she said to Wang Ya: "My husband's surname is Song, and Wang Yaren can call me Song Niangzi." ”

Wang Yaren nodded, and said in a kind manner: "Song Niangzi, please." ”

So Shen Lan drove the carriage and followed Wang Yaren to his house, Wang Ya's house was not far from the cattle market, Shen Lan followed in, only to see that his house was ordinary, but the stable was very large, and there was more than one, and now the stables were still locked up with cows, horses and donkeys, etc., Shen Lan was tempted when he saw this, do you want to buy a horse and a few cows with this person?

"Send the lady here, please." Wang Yaren took Shen Lan into the courtyard, and Shen Lan's carriage stopped at the door, and the reins were put on the pillar used to tie the cattle outside.

The Wang Ya people took Shen Lan to a stable, only to see a black mule tied inside, in fact, in Shen Lan's eyes, it was a horse, after all, the mule actually looked quite like a horse, for Shen Lan, a city person, there was no difference between a mule and a horse.

After watching it for a while, Shen Lan didn't see the reason, but on the surface, she was silent, listening to Wang Yaren's introduction to this mule, in fact, she had no bottom in her heart, and she couldn't help but regret that she didn't find someone who could match the cow and horse, otherwise she wouldn't be so passive.

Knowing that she was not good at it, Shen Lan didn't dare to make a decision, and when Wang Yaren was almost introduced, Shen Lan said that she needed to think about it, and then made another appointment with Wang Yaren, planning to come back in the afternoon to have a look, Wang Yaren was not disappointed, and she was still very enthusiastic about Shen Lan's willingness to come back in the afternoon, so after agreeing on the time, she took Shen Lan out of her house and sent Shen Lan to the entrance of the bull market. R1152