Baotou ushered in the wax moon, and a large number of factories were put into operation, so that Baotou's production capacity, during this time period, produced a huge outbreak, and the caravans every day were endless. ()

The New Year's Festival has finally arrived, and the whole of China has fallen into the jubilation of the New Year's Festival, even the most frugal housewives will also add a few clothes to their families during the New Year's Festival, or buy some holiday supplies, and the worst will cut a little meat and fill a full meal of dumplings.

On weekdays, there is a market for three or five days, but now, basically every other day, or even every day, farmers from ten miles and eight towns have come out to catch the market.

This year's menstrual period is good, tenant more than 20 acres of land Wang Sanjiang, carrying five silver dollars, with the Hun family and three children, to catch up with the town to catch the market, to be honest, he has not brought so much money, this year, he planted three acres of cotton, in previous years, or handed over to the town cloth shop, or simply play a bullet, add a few cotton clothes to the family, who would have thought, a big trading house, actually collect cotton everywhere, itself in the harvest season, to fall cotton, but the price is firm, he to the price of five cents per catty, sold 100 catties of cotton, plus other harvests, for the first time in his life, he had 5 yuan of living money in his hand.

Silver dollars, well-known silver dollars, are heavy in their pockets, and even Wang Sanjiang's confidence is much more sufficient.

On the road, the villagers of ten miles and eight townships, even if they don't know each other, they are familiar with a few words casually, they are all honest farmers, there will be nothing false, everyone said that there are a lot of good things in the town recently, all of which are produced in Baotou.

Where is Baotou, this is a very unfamiliar. Very strange place, estimated to be thousands of miles away. The merchants are really powerful, so far away. It seems that a few months ago, the commercial houses that bought cotton were also in that direction, and most of the farmers in the late Qing Dynasty could not go out of a hundred miles in their lives, and a trip to the county seat could be used as a talking point. Talking about more than a year, let alone Baotou, which is thousands of miles away.

Wang Sanjiang walked up, and his waist pole was cured a lot, which was different from previous years, with an increase of 5 yuan, and in his opinion, he could purchase a lot of good things.

The Qin family of the Hun family is also very happy, as the housekeeper of the family. She knew that her husband had five yuan in his hand, and she also had carefully earned a few cents in his hand, which added up to more than six yuan, which was enough for them to have a good year. This year, a lot of grain was sold, and most of it was sold to a commercial house. Leaving some miscellaneous grains, she did some more handicrafts. For example, a winding and a handkerchief. Purses and the like, selling well, estimated, Big Tooth should add a new dress, Er Ya and Xiao Yazi, you can wear your brother or sister's old clothes, Zhuang family, penny by penny, you have to save it, this year is at most a little lively.

When I arrived at the market, the good things from ten miles and eight towns were gathered here, there were bamboo baskets braided, and some items made of wheat straw, which were not lacking at home, in Qin's view, to tear off a few feet of cloth for a few children, after all, the clothes of the big tooth have been changed to the second daughter's body, which was reluctant before, but now, of course, it is to let the children live a little better.

"Let's go to the cloth shop!" Wang Sanjiang said, how can the Qin family disagree, she estimates that the cotton cloth for the New Year will rise a little, but the variety is complete, the best thing is that those leftover rag heads can be used as a match on the purse, as long as you pay attention, it is another income.

Cloth shop there, in a remote mountain village, is always the market, one of the most lively places, into the wax moon is so, every New Year's Festival, where will someone buy things, Qin is still thinking, pulled the cloth, in the end to go to that dyeing workshop, the Liu family in the town is the largest in ten miles and eight townships, printing and dyeing to wait, their dyeing pond is large, a dozen pieces of cloth to open once, small doors, as little as seven or eight days, more than ten days and half a month, how can this wait, but the small dyeing workshop in the village, one or two horses can be dyed, that effect, It's really bad, not to mention uneven, it's not good-looking, gray and abrupt, and there is no luster at all.

The crowd one after another, some went in, some went out, the difference is, more in, less out, a sister-in-law, shouting, out of the crowd, Qin's eyes were sharp, and he saw the sister-in-law, in the bamboo basket, there was a circle of cloth, the color, it was blue, but it was bright, the color was very different, she walked to the front in three steps and two steps, and asked: "This sister-in-law, I don't know where you dyed this cloth." ”

Looking at the same peasant woman, the sister-in-law had a smile on her face and said, "It's not dyed, it's sold in a cloth shop." ”

"Fabric?" Qin's face darkened, the cloth is in the store, there is a appearance, all of them have been printed and dyed, the big factory comes out, it is far better than the Liu family's dyeing, and the price is also expensive, generally more than ordinary cloth, a batch is more expensive than 2-3 yuan, such a cloth, even if it is bought one foot at a foot, it is also expensive, one foot is about two cents, almost three cents, such a price, enough to buy an ordinary cloth one and a half feet!

"Big sister, this cloth is not expensive, I heard that it is a Baotou cloth, one foot in two cents and one!"

"Two cents and one cent!" Qin's eyes lit up, it is indeed not expensive, the price of ordinary cloth is probably between one cent eight and one cent nine, even if it is three or five feet, take it to print and dye, it will cost a few cents or so, for the farmer, this is a little unbearable, so down, two cents and one is a little cheaper, but is there really such a good thing in the world?

The sister-in-law looked at Qin's appearance and smiled, how could it not be like this when she came, seeing that this woman was not very well dressed, but she was cleanly washed, and even her hands were clean, she took Qin's hand and said: "Big sister, I don't believe you touch it, look at this quality, look at this color, okay!" ”

The sister-in-law did not shy away from stuffing the cloth into Qin's hands, Qin's reached out and personally felt the quality of this cloth, thick, soft, it can definitely be called a good cloth, heavy in the rich people, it is a poor quality of the table, for the farmers to be heavy, it represents the explanation, on behalf of the wear-resistant, it means to wear a few more years, the boss wears the second wear, the second wears the third wear, even if they can't wear it, it can be used as a rag, dun cloth and the like, the dealer family, every penny has to be deducted.

"That's great!" Qin said with emotion, the cloth is good, the color is bright, and you really know how to get started.

The sister-in-law looked at the Qin family proudly and continued: "Actually, this is not all of it, do you know, this one is not faded yet!" ”

"What, it doesn't fade!" Qin looked at his sister-in-law in surprise.

"That's right, what are you doing inside, it seems to be called real yàn, anyway, I don't understand the scientific name, it's from the top of the whole cloth, subtract the corners and corners, try it inside, use soap, look at the soap, I want to buy it, soak it directly in the ink, and then the soap will be clean as soon as it is washed, but the dirty things are washed off, and the color on the cloth does not fall off at all."

Soap, Qin has heard of it, has not used it, it is a foreign thing, think about it, it is a little better than soap, ordinary cloth, even if it is dyed in the dyeing workshop of the Liu family, it is impossible not to fade, with soap horn are all off, the difference is that the Liu family has a little less, the village has a little more, and it has been washed for a long time, it is a whitish color, which is a common color in rural China.

The simple exchange made the Qin family and the sister-in-law familiar with each other, and even talked about where they came from, the sister-in-law was married to the Li family, and her surname was Sun, not far from the Qin family's Zhuangzi, and they talked a few words, invited to sit at home when they were free, and then hurriedly left, the Zhuang family, even if it was close to the New Year, there were many things to do.

Their conversation also attracted a group of people around them, women, discussing more, is washing and scrubbing, the price of two cents is really not expensive, look at this color, if it really does not fade, it seems to be worth buying.

Not only the Qin family, but also several other big girls and little daughters-in-law also followed into the cloth shop. Inside the cloth shop, at this time, it was extremely lively, and the people who watched the excitement, as well as the housewives who wanted to buy things, all surrounded the city and talked about it.

Qin squeezed into the circle, at this time, a guy was holding ink to a small triangular piece of cloth low, next to him, someone knows, whispered: "See no, it's that one, what a good cloth, cut such a corner, what a loser!" ”

"The loser is not defeated, I don't know, but I understand this real yàn, every piece of cloth opened, a part will be cut to make a real yàn, to prove that it is genuine, it's really good!"

"Yes, the cloth is good, but you haven't noticed, that soap is really a good thing, the clothes are really clean, my nephew is studying in the school, and his body is often stained with ink, this thing is old and difficult to wash, I will ask when I go back, this soap is a lot of money, and I will get a piece of it!" A girl dressed in muslin said with emotion.

Qin listened attentively, she had never heard of soap, but she saw that the man took the cloth stained with ink to everyone's side, showed it, and then picked up a piece of something, and looked at it, it was square, it looked like lard, but the color was earthy yellow.

The man soaked the triangular cloth slightly, and then hit it with soap, and a faint yellow stuck to the cloth, and the man kneaded it, as if in a trick, and the foam came up, and the fine white foam, the black of the ink, blended into the forehead, as if they were all integrated into the foam.

After scrubbing for a while, the guy passed the water twice, and then showed the cloth in it, and sure enough, it was clean, this demonstration, not to show the effect of soap, but to contrast the color, in the water, except for the black of the ink, there is no trace of blue, compared with before, compared with the water, the color has not faded at all.

Exclamations, miraculous sounds, endless, newly seen, definitely a strange, seen, are also sincerely admired, a few have long had the intention to buy, directly go up to buy, open a piece of cloth, only a short time, you come to three feet, I come five feet, soon sold out. (To be continued......) RL