Chapter 137: Paving (2)

The sun rises into the sky, the snow is melting at a visible speed, the snow on the chopping horse street has long been trampled by passers-by, the road paved with stone bricks is full of filthy snow water, in some potholes after all, there are snow water pools so that passers-by have to go around, the eaves of the shops on both sides are dripping with snow, there are not many people on this road, most of the people are carefully walking on the easier road, only this road is mostly empty, and the carriages are made by people's cursing to make a detour, The sedan chair that Du Yiyi was riding stopped in front of these shops for a moment, and could only move to the side to make way for others.

The next one Du Yiyi went to was a store that sold dry food, fungus, shiitake mushrooms, red dates and peanuts should be bought and sold, the shopkeeper was an old man who was half white, and the guy in the store was a man who was no more than thirty years old, the two were father and son, compared to the antique boss's deception, the father and son of this store treated customers much more benevolently, the old man kept accounts and collected money, and the man weighed and moved the goods, although this is just a small shop only two meters wide, the dazzling array of dry goods in it is dazzling.

Dry goods are things that the people will buy in winter, there is no need to play with those things that can only be played by elegant people and rich people, there are a few women in this small store who are seriously selecting mushrooms and putting them in the iron bowl in their hands, and they will be weighed by the man after they have chosen, and the price is calculated and paid, so that the mushrooms can be poured into their own basket of vegetables, it has been in recent years, these dry goods are the most popular things, Du Yiyi looked at it for a long time, and almost all the women who passed by with baskets would enter the store to buy some, Weighing Tong Suo did not bully the woman, and there was no dissent, and she happily entered the store and went out of the store happily, and she was at home and was probably like that.

There are more honest businessmen, and Du Yiyi never took a second look at it in the past, but just now I saw a profiteer who got rich by fraud and then looked at this simple father and son in plain clothes, and I had a good impression.

"Mother Xu, you go in and have a look, ask, have a general understanding of the situation, and see what the situation is with this father and son." Du Yiyi has no plans to enter the store, and her dress is not suitable for entering, or Xu's mother can find more useful words. "Gardenia, you just go to the pastry shop and ask as much as you can about their business and the boss."

"Yes!" Xu's mother Gardenia responded in unison, and immediately divided into two stores, ten shops, Xu's mother Gardenia can be managed, but if you say one by one, you must find a credible person to manage, and she can't let others lose their livelihood for her own plans, if there is the best of both worlds, it is the best.

Xu's mother parted ways with Gardenia, and Du Yiyi looked at it and locked her eyes on the tailor shop.

The owner of the tailor shop is an aunt over thirty years old, with a slightly chubby body, some fat butts that are disproportionate to the slightly chubby body, the action of threading the needle is capable and fast, although the action of biting off the silk thread looks a little fierce but also fast, as soon as she looks up, the aunt sees Du Yiyi who is looking at herself, smiles, and asks: "Madame, do you want to make clothes?" ”

This shop is not big, but the fabric in it is colorful and varied, the clothes hanging on the shelves are finely made and the needles and corners are neat and tight, although the best cloth here is still a summer will be used to make clothes of the Jacker, but these linen coarse clothes are the most popular styles of girls and women, the reason why she is curious about the tailor shop, according to her knowledge and understanding, the tailor shop will not be opened on the main road, but in the alley, one is that the rent of the main road is too expensive, and the other is that the tailor business is not much.

The aunt is a talkative person, and as soon as Du Yiyi entered the room, she measured her size, and talked interesting things while measuring.

After talking to her for a short time, Du Yiyi asked her why she had opened a tailor's shop here.

"Before, my shop was also opened at the door of my own house, and then I moved here, not my aunt I boasted about Haikou, my aunt's craft is one of the best on this street, and the aunt who is looking for aunts to make clothes can't do it in the morning and evening, Mrs. looks at the cloth here, all of which are made by my family, although the material is not comparable with the brocade on the lady's body, but it is much better than the clothes of the ordinary people in our market, this is also an ancestral craft of my family, his ancestors are making pigments, and my family makes pigment-dyed cloth, Dyeing evenly and coloring is easy not to fade, dye is not only a thing to add color to clothes, pigments are used well, the quality of a cloth will be greatly improved, I am opening a tailor shop while selling some pigments from the weaving workshop, the shop is conspicuous here, so you don't have to let the guests find it! ”

The aunt wrote down Du Yiyi's size one by one, looked up and asked, "Madame, look at my cloth here!" ”

Du Yi bowed his head and walked to the shelf where the cloth was placed under the guidance of the aunt.

These cloths are naturally not as good as those on her, but they are much finer and smoother than the burlap she has seen, especially these white and gray cotton linen cloths, which have a soft texture and no threads that can be touched, which are indeed much better than the first.

"Auntie's craftsmanship is good, and the craftsmanship of Auntie's husband is also rare."

"Madame praised, no matter how good my craftsmanship is, it is incomparable to the master in Linlang Cloth Village, I have also compared the clothes of the ladies and ladies of those big families, and the craftsmanship of the master of Linlang Cloth Village is exquisite!"

Auntie is not blindly boasting, but this kind of seriousness and modesty does not make people feel that her craftsmanship is inferior, what kind of place is Linlang Cloth Village, where buying a dress is enough to sell five pieces here, Du Yiyi touched the sea gee, pursed her lips and smiled: "Auntie makes clothes and sells pigment cloth, I think this year is a lot of money!" ”

"Hey, it's enough to support the family, there are many mouths for food at home, and no matter how much you earn, it's not enough to spend!"

"Oh? How many people are in the aunt's family? ”

It is said that the aunt can not worry about the monthly rent of twenty-five taels, and she should earn far more than twenty-five taels a month.

"Sixteen!"

"Sixteen?" Du Yiyi was surprised and couldn't help but glance at her aunt's lower abdomen.

The aunt exhaled heavily, and slowly talked about the past with Du Yiyi, these sixteen people are all children except for her and her husband and her husband's old father, of course, it is not the aunt who gave birth, the aunt never conceived a child after an accidental slip when she was twenty years old, these thirteen children, she and her husband saw the pity of shelter, the older is only twelve years old, the younger one has just learned to speak, these children are orphans without father and mother, most of them are wandering on the street, The busy income of the two couples all year round is also spent on these children.

This is no better than the world where food and clothing have been solved, in such a society where food depends on the sky, the hardships of feeding so many children are unimaginable, looking at the aunt's calloused hands and a few festering chilblains on the back of the hand, Du Yiyi felt that her heart was heavily pressed with a stone, when she still felt that her life was unfortunate, these children had to live on the streets to suffer from cold and hunger, compared to her own wealth, the kindness of this aunt who was not rich was even more admirable.

"What does the aunt's husband do on weekdays? You work as a tailor here, and who is at home with children? ”

"The big ones are small, my family goes to do casual labor when it's not spring planting and autumn harvest, and now it's almost the New Year, taking care of the children at home!" The aunt rubbed her palm, which was a little cold, and asked with a smile, "What fabric does Madame want to choose?" ”

"That's it!" Du Yiyi picked a green falling flower cloth and handed it to her aunt.

"Howler! Please also ask Mrs. to leave her name and address, and I will definitely make it for Mrs. before the New Year. Auntie said.

Du Yiyi did not hide where he came from: "When the time comes, you send it to the Rui Wangfu to report Du Yiyi's name, how much silver is this dress?" ”

"Rui Wangfu............" The aunt groaned, and her shrewd eyes panicked. Du Yiyi saw that the aunt was flustered and immediately said: "No need to be polite, how many clothes can this piece of cloth make?" ”

"An adult of cloth can make three pieces, I don't know how many princesses have to make?" The aunt has lost her previous calmness, and she doesn't dare to look at Du Yiyi with scruples.

Three pieces, of course she doesn't need a single one, who will not be moved by the aunt's kindness and kindness, the aunt's ability is so kind and so ingenious, she can live a rich life but selflessly help the homeless orphans, this kindness, she wants to help a gang no matter what, "Make one, and send me the other extra cloth when the time comes, how much silver?" ”