Chapter 17: Isn't It Stupid?
Seeing Gu Yunyao stretching out her thin little slap and the disappointed look on her face, Gu Chuanzhao suddenly felt pity and hurriedly waved his hand.
"This money was originally meant to be given to you, so you can just collect it yourself."
When it was over, Gu Chuanzhao didn't forget to say, "Don't let your grandma know." ”
Gu Yunyao happily put the money in her pocket.
Linglong Cloth Village is one of the largest cloth villages in Sihe Town, the cotton silk cloth here is cheaper than other cloth villages, and the new clothes for Mr. Gu are worn to visit relatives and friends, so naturally you can't buy coarse cloth.
And there is a scholar at home, in order to show off that his family is a farming heirloom, the old man Gu has always worn straight embellishments, and the weather is getting hotter after the Dragon Boat Festival, and this cotton silk material is also comfortable to wear.
Linglong Cloth Village is a little more atmospheric than Hongjitang, because of the different business projects, although Linglong Cloth Village is the same people come and go, but it is much quieter than Hongjitang, and most of the people who come and go are big girls and little daughters-in-law, there are only a few men like Gu Chuanzhao, and there is a faint smell of fragrance in the cloth village, Gu Yunyao instinctively sniffed.
It is a spice made of gardenia and lily, and the two are mixed, which has the effect of clearing the heart and calming the nerves and defeating the fire and eyes, and the environment of this cloth village really complements each other.
Gu Chuanzhao walked to the cotton silk counter, the guy glanced at the clothes of the two, and immediately led the two to the counter with coarse cloth, "The guest officer came to buy cloth?" This side please. The man smiled, but there was a flash of disdain, cotton silk is more than twice as expensive as coarse cloth, and this farmer dares to go to the cotton silk counter.
But the guy's face was still exquisite, and he introduced to Gu Chuanzhao with a smile: "Our store has recently arrived with a new batch of coarse cloth from Longzhou Mansion, the price is only one penny more expensive than the coarse cloth of our Qizhou Mansion, but it is more durable than the coarse cloth of our Qizhou Mansion, and the weaving is also exquisite, and it is much softer than ordinary coarse cloth when worn on the body, and the color is fresher. ”
The man emphasized the cost performance, the Zhuang family wore coarse cloth clothes because it was resistant to wear and tear, but the coarse cloth also wore the skin, Gu Chuanzhao looked at the skin more tender than the ordinary Zhuang family, although it was a coarse clothes, but obviously the family was better.
Although Gu Chuanzhao saw the man's intentions, he still smiled and said, "I want to buy cotton silk, and I will measure ten feet for the trouble of cyan." ”
The guy sneered, and led the two of them to the cotton counter again.
Gu Chuanzhao hurriedly said again: "I want the cheapest kind." ”
Gu Yunyao glanced around, the price of coarse cloth was basically around five yuan, and there was a row of brightly colored coarse cloth marked with six yuan, which was obviously the Longzhou Mansion goods that the guy said, and the price of cotton silk was generally ten to fifteen yuan a foot.
I have to say that the Gu family's poverty is not a single reason, this is gruel and vegetables every day, the old man Gu actually spends so much money to fill the fat man, the ordinary coarse cloth clothes cost more than 40 yuan, this cotton silk is directly embellished with light material is a penny of silver, and not only the Dragon Boat Festival to make new clothes, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the New Year, the old man Gu has to pass on the new, this year's bare face silver is three money.
The guy neatly cut ten feet of cloth for Gu Chuanzhao, Gu Yunyao swept a few baskets of cloth in the corner, rolled his eyes, and said to the guy: "Little brother, can you cut half a foot of coarse cloth for me?" ”
The guy sneered. "Girl, we sell cloth at least one foot."
Gu Chuanzhao carefully put away the cotton silk cloth, and was very puzzled by Gu Yunyao buying half a foot of cloth, "Yao girl, what do you want the cloth for?" ”
"Make gloves for my dad, I made a basket for a day yesterday, and my dad's hands are blistered."
Gu Chuanzhao remembered that it hurt his hands to make willow weaving, but making gloves for Gu Chuanhai is not a matter of five pennies, and he has to buy needlework and thread, if he doesn't buy it, he will go back and borrow the house, and he can't explain it to Meng and Old Man Gu.
Gu Chuanzhao looked embarrassed, secretly giving Gu Yunyao a few pennies was already the bottom line, if his father and mother knew that he helped Sifang hide his secrets, he would not be happy.
The guy looked at Gu Yunyao, this girl had a wound on her face and was thin, but she still didn't forget to care about her father, and she also had a trace of compassion, seeing Gu Yunyao looking at the cloth in the corner, she hurriedly said: "If the girl has no money, take some cloth and go back, the cheapest needlework here is only two pennies, although these cloth heads are small, but they are enough to make gloves." ”
When Gu Yunyao heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. "Thank you, little brother."
After speaking, Gu Yunyao rushed to the corner, unceremoniously grabbed two handfuls of cloth and threw them into his back basket, Gu Chuanzhao's face suddenly turned red, and the man was light. "No one wants this thing, it's all leftovers from our cloth village to make clothes, at best it can be used for patching, if the girl likes to take it, it will save us time to throw it away."
Nobody wants it? Gu Yunyao turned his head to look at the guy, and even more unceremoniously filled his back basket before he stopped, Gu Chuanzhao heard that this was going to be thrown away, so his face looked better.
After spending two pennies to buy a needle and a strand of thread, Gu Yunyao put them on the bottom edge of the outer side of the back basket, the waist of the back basket has an arc, according to the structure of the human skeleton, this bottom edge is difficult to reach.
"Goodbye, little brother!" Gu Yunyao said crisply, waved his hand and left Linglong Cloth Village with Gu Chuanzhao.
These cloths, not to mention making gloves for Gu Chuanhai, she can also organize and make a few insoles, these cloths are all good materials, soft.
It was already noon when he returned to the village, and Zhou Laosan had already disappeared.
Meng Shi had been waiting for Gu Chuanzhao at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, and when he saw the two of them coming back, the wind under his feet greeted him, and as soon as he arrived, he was just about to take the cotton silk cloth in Gu Chuanzhao's hand, when he caught a glimpse of Gu Yunyao carrying a basket of cloth.
Meng Shi paused for a moment, and then his face immediately pulled up, and his whole face turned red.
As soon as he turned his head, his stubby finger pointed at Gu Yunyao, and Meng Shi scolded: "You ruined girl, let you go to the town with your fifth uncle to sell baskets, why do you spend money to buy this useless thing!" This house is for you to eat and drink, you don't remember the good at home, why do you still rely on your fifth uncle's heart to bully your fifth uncle like this! , this frame of rotten cloth head, how much does it cost! ”
Meng Shi looked at the basket of cloth and felt that his heart was dripping blood, and he didn't care about the old man's instructions, so he scolded on the street.
The meal was immediately served, and the people from all the families came back, and Meng's howl immediately brought over for many people.
Gu Chuanzhao hurriedly stopped the Meng family. "Mother, it's not what you think!"
Meng Shi didn't listen, and when he saw people surrounding him, he immediately put on a miserable look. "Fifth child, my mother knows that you are a soft-hearted child, but ......"
Meng Shi glared at Gu Yunyao fiercely: "You conscienceless loser, what kind of life has become in this family, you must not be able to open the pot at home, right?" ”
The surrounding neighbors looked at Gu Yunyao's basket of cloth, and their brows were also slightly furrowed.
"Is this Yao girl drowning stupid?"