Chapter Eighty-Three: Purchasing
Updated: 2013-07-03
Although Lin Daimo was speechless about giving up the master bedroom, he became more and more respectful to Lu Mengjian, and he had the right to turn a blind eye to many unaccustomed behaviors.
Since Fang Yuan stayed in the courtyard, the dull atmosphere in the courtyard has obviously improved, Mrs. Lin, who has always been crazy, saw that Fang Yuan had been lying in bed for many days, and her 'spirit' seemed to have improved a lot, and she stayed by Fang Yuan's 'bed' every day, always reciting Lin Daiyue's naughty deeds when he was a child. After listening to it for a long time, the energy that Lin Daimo was originally twisting in his heart gradually eased, although he was still wary of Mrs. Lin, but after all, it was a mother and son, and more than ten years of family affection, even if there were various mistakes during the period, were slowly diluted by the world.
It's just that more than half a month has passed, but Lu Mengjian feels more and more powerless.
The silver taels stored in the family were taken away by Lin Daimo, and almost all the savings were used up for food, housing and medical treatment in the city, and a few more people were added to the family, and everything needed silver taels for food and clothing, but Lu Mengjian turned over the bottom of the box, and it couldn't last for two months, so it became more and more difficult.
Although the bonsai has a rough shape, it has not grown well in half a year, so it is naturally impossible to use it as a household item. At the beginning, Lin Daimo and Li Dazhuang engaged in mushroom cultivation in the village just took shape and was completely placed due to the relocation of the family, and now it has already become someone else's house, not to mention that even if there is a little inventory, it is impossible to expand the market.
When she was worried, Liu's mother walked in with a sad face, and when she saw Lu Mengjian, she poured bitter water, "Mengjian, now that there are so many people at home to eat, the original rice noodles are not enough, and the rice jar is about to be empty, why don't you send someone to the city to buy some?" ”
I'm really afraid of something, Lu Mengjian was worried about this matter, so he found the 'door' by himself, so he had to smile reluctantly: "Coincidentally, I am also about to go to the city, and when Ming'er asks Uncle Li to drive the ox cart into the city, I can buy some food and come back." This suddenly added so many mouths, it's really hard to cook and boil water these days! ”
"Hey, what are you talking about, the family is so lively, I see that the young master is also happy, and it is worth it to be tired, besides, you work much harder than us, you have to take care of these seedlings every day, and you are watering and fertilizing," Liu Ma looked at Lu Mengjian's thin body, and felt very distressed, plus she had been married to Lin Daimo for nearly half a year, but there was no news about her stomach, and she also wanted to deliberately make up for the two of them.
Seeing Liu's mother go out of the 'door', Lu Mengjian became more and more bottomless, and she couldn't go into the city for less than two taels of silver, but she only had more than twenty taels of silver on hand, and she had to maintain the food and clothing of a family of nearly ten people, even if she tightened her 'pants' belt, she also had a day of sitting and eating nothing, but in addition to planting 'flowers' and occasionally drawing a few pictures, she didn't have any outstanding skills at all, how could she let the silver run into her hands out of thin air.
In this way, when he opened the box to find the clothes he wore when he entered the city the next day, Lu Mengjian suddenly saw a few ceramic bottles that he treasured in the box, which were a few bottles of 'essence' oil that he had refined when he was in that remote house, and there were three bottles of 'essence' oil from April Snow alone, and the rest such as cloves and so on also saved a small half bottle.
The previous Huai 'flower' and 'essence' oil made a small profit for himself, this time if he could successfully sell these bottles of 'essence' oil, he would also gain a lot of money, after making up his mind, Lu Mengjian's heart that had been hanging for a day finally settled down.
Since Li Dazhuang added an ox cart, there was an endless stream of people in the village to borrow cattle when the farm was busy, fortunately, yesterday Lu Mengjian said to Li Dazhuang early that he would go into the city to buy, and the old cow was idle, and he mooed outside the 'door' early in the morning, Lu Mengjian hurriedly finished watering the seedlings, and ran out with a few taels of silver and five bottles of 'fine' oil.
There was an ox cart to walk, which was obviously much more convenient than walking to Pulan City that day, and after a short time, the two drove to the city 'gate'.
Lu Mengjian stuffed the silver taels directly into Li Dazhuang's arms, and after explaining everything he was going to buy, he walked towards the downtown with the 'fine' oil. Although Li Dazhuang was not worried that she would go alone, he couldn't resist Lu Mengjian's stubbornness, so he had to follow Lu Mengjian's instructions and drive to the rice shop with an ox cart.
Entering the city this time, Lu Mengjian was obviously much more familiar with the terrain of Pulan City than before, so this time he walked directly to the shop that specializes in selling 'female' fat powder supplies.
Pulan City is not big, but it is impossible to walk all over for a while and a half, but the downtown area of the city is very concentrated, and it is in the downtown area, for different goods, there are special "door" alleys to open shops, and for "women" and "sex" makeup jewelry and other supplies The street is called Tsing Yi Lane, so Lu Mengjian quickly walked to the entrance of this alley.
Different from other streets, just walked to the corner, he already smelled a faint aroma of fat powder, Lu Mengjian took a deep breath, couldn't help but shake his head, but the alley mouth has already had a fragrance to hit people, as for the fat powder gas is not 'wanting' to get people drunk, not to mention if it is elegant and fragrant, it is good, too strong aroma will be pungent, if it can be replaced by the smell of 'flower' fragrance and 'essence' oil, it is the best.
Lu Mengjian was full of confidence in the 'essence' oil he had refined, so he lifted his 'legs' and walked into Tsing Yi Lane.
Just walked for a short time, I saw a shop with various 'color' rouge boxes, Lu Mengjian looked up, the plaque at the entrance of the 'door' mentioned the three words Liufang Pavilion, the name is really vulgar. But in the meantime, there are several 'women' lingering among them, looking at the dress, thinking that it should be a famous 'door' rich family in the city, Lu Mengjian secretly shouted in his heart, if it is a small 'door' How can a small household afford this kind of fat powder in the store, there are many stalls outside, if it is Lu Mengjian's economic level, I am afraid that he can only afford those stalls, it can be seen that he has come to the right place.
There was a contest in his heart, and Lu Mengjian raised his 'legs' and walked into the Liufang Pavilion.
The young man in the store glanced at Lu Mengjian, and then twisted his head to the side, looking at Lu Mengjian's dress, most of them were not rich and noble, thinking that it should be a dirt bun to enter the city, come in and see the freshness, just look around and can't afford it, and ignore the 'sex'.
Lu Mengjian looked around the store, and no clerk stepped forward to greet him, and those 'women' in fancy clothes were surrounded by a job owner who was attentive to help introduce him, and he knew in his heart that those jobs looked at him shabby and did not regard him as a customer.
But then again, Lu Mengjian really didn't regard himself as a customer when he entered the city this time, on the contrary, these stores were his customers. After a general understanding of the business in the store, Lu Mengjian walked to the counter and saw that there was a guy sitting in front of the counter napping, so he said softly with a smile, "This little brother, do you still accept spices here?" ”
The man opened his eyes to see that it was a young 'girl' dressed in rough clothes, so he closed his eyes again and shook his head impatiently.
"This little brother, I have good spices here, see if you can help invite your boss to come out," Lu Mengjian was in line with the principle of asking for help, and there was inevitably some humility in his tone, but the work became more and more impatient.
"Go and go, what good spices can you have, our boss is very busy, and there are many people who want to sell spices to the boss, is it difficult for our boss to receive them one by one? Hurry up and go, don't affect our business," the job threw Lu Mengjian a big white eye, and there was a beautiful 'glamorous' and 'female' who went to the counter to settle the bill, so he quickly turned his smile and ignored Lu Mengjian who was standing aside.
Lu Mengjian saw that there was no 'door' here, so he had to turn around and look for another home, and just after walking two steps, he heard the work behind him muttering to the girl, "Hmph, what good spices can be on the soil buns in the countryside, and I want to see our boss, it's really a fool's dream!" ”
Yahuan sneered when she heard this, "Some people, they just don't know what to do, and they don't look in the mirror to see how many pounds and taels they have, oh, too, she doesn't know if there are mirrors at home!" ”
Lu Mengjian paused, glanced back, and saw the sneering face of the girl ring clearly, secretly biting his 'lip', turning around and striding towards the 'door'.
The flow of people in Tsing Yi Lane gradually increased, Lu Mengjian stood at the entrance of the 'door' and took a few deep breaths, then turned around and carefully looked at the plaque of Liufang Pavilion, remembered it deeply, and finally turned around and walked to the depths of Tsing Yi Lane.
Since she was a child, Lu Mengjian has almost never been laughed at like this, although she has always comforted herself, but the initial excitement has obviously dropped a lot after this incident.
Walking past a few shops specializing in jewelry, a variety of 'jade' gold and silver jewelry shone in the sun, Lu Mengjian was not here, so after a few rough glances at the store's 'door', he continued to walk forward.
After walking almost the entire street, I saw a fat powder shop again, Lu Mengjian hesitated at the 'door' for a while, and was just about to step in, when he suddenly heard a 'girl' voice behind him, "Sister Lu, please stay!" ”