Chapter 2: Into the City
Li Yuan's driving skills were learned from his father, and there were many big and small potholes along the way, but there were no bumps.
The closer you are to the county seat, the more pedestrians and vehicles there are on the road.
In the distance, the towering city gate gradually became clear, and the two characters of Li County were engraved on it. On both sides of the tall city gate stood two columns of men and horses, on the left was a yacha with a long sword hanging from his waist, and on the right was a guard wearing a dark robe with a serious expression.
Obviously, these guards are outsiders, and their status is quite high.
Li Yuan controlled the donkey cart and slowly slowed down: "Strange, why did you suddenly investigate so strictly today?" ”
He looked back at Zhao Mo, who was curiously looking at the city gate, and asked, "Did Sister Mo bring a tooth card?" ”
"Brought it. Why, do you have to check your identity when you enter the city? ”
When she went out today, she was worried that she would have to register her identity for receiving grain, so she brought her and her brother and sister all their tooth tags, just in case.
Li Yuan pointed to the two columns of majestic guards at the gate of the city and said, "It seems that something happened recently, and the investigation is relatively strict." ”
When a few people arrived at the city gate, they really checked the tooth card, but it was Li Yuan who checked it alone, and he didn't ask Zhao Mo a few questions, so he let him go.
Zhao Mo was curious, supposedly if he was arresting a criminal, how could he not post a notice so that the people would recognize and report it? The guards guarding the door just glanced at them a few times and let them go! Could it be that you are looking for someone?
Entering the city, Zhao Li was very excited, and even Zhao Rong, who had not shown a smiling face for a long time, rarely looked left and right with his eyes wide open, and could not hide his excitement.
After depositing the donkey cart, Li Yuan and her made an appointment to meet at noon at the place where the vehicle was stored and went separately.
Zhao Mo took the two little beans and went straight to the county office.
As she expected, to receive the new grain seeds, you really have to register, and you must use Zhao Rong's tooth card, not Zhao Mo's.
She understands this.
In the Song Dynasty, women could marry at the age of fifteen, but in the countryside, children abound before the age of fifteen, so how could the county government hand over the new grain to the women? Of course, there are exceptions, and childless widows and female households can receive them with a household registration certificate issued by the county government.
She has a vague impression of the Song Dynasty, and she doesn't understand the daily life of the people living at the bottom of the Song Dynasty, these common senses are all memories that remain in the original body, and it took her a lot of time to adapt to her current life.
"Sister, what are we going to do now?" Zhao Li raised her head to interrupt Zhao Mo's thoughts.
She looked thoughtfully at the bustling street market and the various characters living around her, and said, "Feel free to take a stroll." ”
They don't have much money in their hands, last year their father and mother died one after another, spent a lot of money on treatment and funeral, and then she was forced to hit the wall by the two uncles who bullied the door and lay down for more than half a month, and the family had little money left.
Yesterday, she rummaged through the whole house, and the money she could find added up to 110 yuan.
She looked at the dazzling array of shops and vendors, and secretly thought, she must find a way to make money, otherwise she will not be able to live this day!
When it was almost noon, Zhao Mo still found nothing.
At this time, Li Yuan had already seen the three of them, and waved his hand to beckon: "Sister Mo'er, have you eaten?" ”
Zhao Mo nodded, handed the oily paper bag in his hand to Li Yuan, and said with a smile: "I bought a few big buns just now, and I'm already full, this is for you, I don't know if Brother Li has eaten it, anyway, they all bought it together." ”
For a penny and a meat bun, they each had one for each of them, and they brought five for Li Yuan.
Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still took it: "What about the grain you received?" Did you tell you how to grow it? ”
The new grain varieties are introduced from Fanbang, and no one will plant them if they have not yet been implemented in China, so when they receive new grain seeds, they will teach planting experience, and they will send special people down every month to check the planting situation and make records.
Zhao Mo responded: "Teach." ”
Looking at the package he was carrying, his face puzzled.
Li Yuan saw her staring at the things in her hand, scratched her head and smiled stupidly: "This is what my mother asked me to buy, they are all small strips of cloth, and she usually uses small strips of cloth to make some small parts and sell them in the city." ”
"Can you show me?"
"What's not to see about this!" Li Yuan generously tore open the package, only to see a bag of rags of different colors inside.
Zhao Mo's heart moved and asked, "I don't know where Brother Li bought it from?" ”
"These are all leftovers that you don't need in the garment factory, and you don't need money! But I'm late today, and the good things have been picked up by others, otherwise I can pick up a lot of large pieces of good fabrics! ”
Zhao Mo looked at him with burning eyes: "Does Brother Li know if there are any thread groups sold in the garment workshop?" ”
"Thread group?" Li Yuan was stunned, "Yes...... In addition to the wire group in the garment factory, some ordinary fabric stores and clothing stores have wire group. ”
Zhao Mo hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes: "Brother Li, can you take me to take a look?" I want to buy some back. ”
Li Yuan naturally agreed.
He often went into the city to run errands, and he knew all the shops on the street. Immediately took her to a large store that sells both ready-made clothes and fabrics.
Zhiyunfang is not the largest clothing store in Li County, but the clothes here are carefully crafted and the prices are fair, so they have stood for decades.
The owner, who is in his thirties, has a smile on his face and looks quite kind when he sees a customer.
"What kind of thread do you want?"
"Can you let me see them all?" Zhao Mo smiled back.
"The line group is in the warehouse, I'll let Liu Er take you there."
As he spoke, he recruited the helpers in the store and took Zhao Mo to the warehouse.
The warehouse was stuffed to the brim, and it was with great difficulty for the helper to get the ball out.
Because very few people buy thread balls, there are not many kinds of thread balls in the store, and there are very few colors, but there are both thick and thin threads.
She asked while picking up the thread ball, "Presumably very few people will buy the thread ball, right?" Why do you still stock in your store? ”
The helper muttered to himself, the girl in front of her is not very old, but there are a lot of problems.
He thought so in his heart, but he did not show anything on his face, and replied: "Some customers know some weaving skills, so they buy their own yarn dough weaving, so the store will also buy some goods." ”
Zhao Mo was surprised, and asked again: "Didn't you use it for other purposes?" ”
The helper shook his head: "Could this ball of thread be used to make other things besides weaving?" ”
Zhao Mo asked quietly without answering: "I don't know how to sell these thread groups?" ”
"These? According to the rules of the store in the past, it was all five texts and one ball! ”
"If I buy them all, can it be cheaper? You see, these threads are stained with a lot of dust, and they must have been stored in the store for a long time and no one cares. ”
Indeed, especially if there is a white flannel ball inside, which turns beige when it is covered with a layer of dust.
The helper hesitated: "You have to discuss this with the shopkeeper." ”
As she expected, because they had been stored for too long and had fallen into dust, she bought all of them for fourteen yuan.
Looking at Zhao Mo, who had been smiling since coming out of the store, Li Yuan admired it very much.
There is no shortage of fine silk threads in these threads, and she has to ask for seven or eight texts, but she bought them all with only fourteen texts, which is really eloquent!
However, he had never heard that Zhao Mo could weave!
He secretly guessed that his father and mother didn't have to worry about food and clothing when they were alive before, but now they were forced to do it themselves.
Hey, what a poor girl!