Chapter 50: Big Buying

Half a bowl of noodles, a steamed bun, Xia Duogui was not full.

But he was embarrassed to ask for anything, he was penniless now, and he had no place in the days to come.

In addition, today's brothers and sisters-in-law, seeing him so poor, if he fanned the flames again, I am afraid that he will not be able to return to his home.

Xia Duogui sighed, but looking at the niece next to him, he was a lot more relieved.

Fortunately, the fourth brother's family is still the same as before.

"Qiqi, are we going back directly?" Xia Duogui asked.

"No, I'm going to buy something, and I'm going to go around the neighborhood, wander around!" Xia Qiqi Dao.

What are you going around, she didn't tell Xia Duoguiming.

But Xia Duogui didn't ask.

Xia Qiqi first thought of finding a shop that sold groceries and asked about the price of rapeseed oil.

There is no oil at home, and it is not a way to go on like this.

"Uncle Six, let's go buy oil!" Xia Qiqi Dao.

Entering the grocery store, Xia Qiqi asked about the price of oil.

The shopkeeper was a man in his fifties, and he said to Xia Qiqi: "That's the case, the rapeseed oil that came out this year is five cents a catty." If it came out last year, it would be four pennies. ”

Four yuan is old oil, and five yuan is new oil.

Xia Qiqi asked the shopkeeper to open the two cylinders of oil, smelled the smell, felt that there was no difference, and immediately decided to buy old oil.

If you buy ten catties, you can save ten dollars.

Ten catties of oil Xia Duogui carried, although he was thin, but in the past few months, he has been doing hard work on the ship, and he has some strength.

Xia Duogui followed Xia Qiqi along the way, and didn't ask this niece why she was reluctant to eat a bowl of noodles, and when she bought these things and spent money, she didn't blink her eyes.

I bought oil, sauce vinegar, ginger and garlic, as well as cinnamon bay leaves, Xia Qiqi bought some, fortunately, these seasonings are not worth much, I bought a lot, and it only cost fifteen yuan.

After a trip, it only cost fifty-five yuan, and Xia Qiqi could still afford it.

Thinking that her family couldn't eat brown rice all the time, she went to a nearby grain shop to see sweet potatoes.

Sweet potatoes with thick red skin and thick flesh are placed in the most corners.

This is this year's new harvest of sweet potatoes, and rich people will not eat it because it is too embarrassing.

The only ones who will really buy it will be the poor.

Xia Qiqi first asked about the price of sweet potatoes, and the larger ones were three cents, and the smaller ones were two cents.

Xia Qiqi didn't think about it, and asked for a small one.

The sweet potatoes were full, and Xia Qiqiyi bought them for thirty catties, and it cost sixty yuan.

She remembered that the cloth had not been bought, and that she should go to the rich people's houses to ask if there were any broken tables or broken benches, collect some and go back to repair them, even if it was the furniture at home.

However, she bought so many things, it was really inconvenient to move, so Xia Qiqi and Xia Duogui said: "Sixth uncle, Qiqi has to go to another place to see, you wait for me here, I'll get an ox cart to pick us up later, okay?" ”

Xia Duogui nodded again and again, "Go, the sixth uncle is waiting for you here!" ”

Xia Qiqi had limited money on hand, so she didn't dare to go to a larger cloth village, she walked nearly two streets before she found an inconspicuous cloth village.

After entering, it was similar to what Xia Qiqi thought, and all the clothes sold were some cheap cloth, mainly cotton and linen.

Xia Qiqi turned around twice and took a fancy to a cloth with a good color, the color was a light cyan cloth suitable for all ages, and there was no pattern.

Whether it's making clothes for Xia Duofu, or making clothes for Yu Guixiang and a few dolls.

Xia Qiqi summoned a guy and asked the price, "How is this cloth sold?" ”

"This cloth is four dollars for one foot, and a piece of cloth is forty-five feet, and the money is one hundred and eighty dollars!

If you want to make clothes, a blouse of five or six feet is enough, and pants are about four or five feet, and I am talking about the standard of adults, and children may be even less! ”

The ancient three-foot cloth is equal to about one meter of cloth in modern times.

Forty-five feet, that is, fifteen meters of cloth, can make almost four people's clothes, and there are still some corners left to make socks.

But counting Xia Qiqi and a few dolls at home, there are a total of five people, and these cloths are far from enough.

Xia Qiqi made a rough calculation, she bought oil, spices and sweet potatoes, if she added this cloth, there would only be two hundred and sixty-three dollars left on hand.

And the cloth she bought now is far from enough for the whole family to make clothes, and she has to buy another half a piece of cloth.

Xia Qiqi gritted his teeth, took another ninety pennies out, and bought half an orchid-colored cloth, this time, Xia Qiqi's pocket was basically empty.

At this time, she realized what the old saying "getting married is like picking up soil with a needle, and losing a family is like pushing sand with water".

Lao Xia's four-room foundation is too weak, she earns so much money, but as long as she adds things to the house, the money will be used in an uproar.

But Lao Xia's family has four rooms and is still poor.

There is no way, these scarce objects that she let her buy are very common things in other people's homes.

Xia Qiqi made up her mind that when spring begins, she will go to open up some wasteland, grow sweet potatoes, beans, and corn by herself, and definitely not on food, and spend a penny more.

There were only one hundred and seventy-three dollars left, and Xia Qiqi still decided to go to the rich people in the town to have a look.

Try one's luck.

This time, Xia Qiqi was luckier than last time, as soon as she said that she wanted those broken tables, broken chairs and cabinets with missing feet, and before she said to give money, the family she knocked on the door asked her to throw them all out to her.

The startled Xia Qiqi's mouth couldn't close.

But on second thought, those broken things are no different from rags to the rich.

And, in their eyes, they may be a rag.

Xia Qiqi laughed, faintly sour in his heart.

Xia Qiqi found an ox cart, gave five cents, and asked the owner to put all these things on the ox cart.

As a result, an ox cart could not fit because there was a dresser.

Xia Qiqi took a look, this cabinet is indeed a good object, except for some places where the paint has fallen off, and then the cabinet door is broken, there is really no problem in other places.

Xia Qiqi was still very happy when he picked up this cabinet.

Just for this dresser, Xia Qiqi gritted his teeth and got another ox cart.

When she passed by the lacquer shop, she was bold enough to go in and ask about the price.

This question almost didn't make Xia Qiqi kneel on the ground.

Because it is winter, the lacquer is difficult to pick, and the cheapest lacquer costs a bucket of silver or two.

Mo said that Xia Qiqi can't afford it now, even if she can buy it, she has to weigh and weigh, whether it is worth spending such a sky-high price of one or two silver to buy a barrel of raw lacquer.

Out of the lacquer shop, Xia Qiqi continued to take the ox cart to pick up Xia Duogui, packed all the things, put them on the ox cart, Xia Qiqi and Xia Duogui went back to Dayu Village together.

(End of chapter)