Chapter 140: The Horn Bearer
"Ah, why do you want to collect money?" Li Shi was puzzled, "Mother, didn't you say before, the villagers in the big hometown, whatever they can send?" I told my mother's side that when the time comes to send the cloth over, bring some eggs over, which is considered the little sister's hard work." β
"I'm afraid something will happen, so you better go out and talk about peace of mind. β
Li saw that her mother-in-law didn't want to collect her mother's money, so she didn't care, and when Dabao and Erbao came back from playing, they called them and went out with her for a spin.
In this circle, Li found that the big mouth was really not human.
I don't know what she told the villagers, but these people came to her one by one and asked her how much money her little sister earned by dyeing cloth for others.
Li was so angry that he vomited blood: "What kind of money do you make? Do you know how much effort my little sister has to put in to dye a piece of cloth? Even knitting a bracelet can make a lot more money than this. If it weren't for the folks in my hometown, they were all preparing for the New Year, and my little sister wouldn't be too lazy to do this. β
After talking about "hard work" and "not worth it", he directly said the price of dyed cloth according to Ye Yuran's statement.
Ten copper plates and one foot of white cloth, plus one penny collected by their family, is only 11 yuan and one foot, and if it is colored cloth, then at least 16 yuan and one copper plate, that is really expensive.
She asked everyone to do the math themselves, and even if it was so, how much money could they save by making a dress?
If the family comes down, three sets of clothes, and the money for a meal of meat will be almost saved.
"This is still expensive? A piece of clothes dyeing cloth money, only two or three eggs, if a family, there are discounts, it is definitely more cost-effective than you directly buy colored cloth. β
Lee's let everyone comment, is this the reason.
"Then how did I hear that this cloth is dyed in your family, and in fact, it is the same price as buying color cloth from the cloth village?"
Li sighed and said, "Then how do I know? Who knows who you listen to." β
She didn't have a big mouth name, but only said that someone carried a big basket today, which is the kind of largest basket that every family has, and carried it to their house, and asked her to help dye it without giving anything. This cheek is really thick enough, they have to prepare a bunch of materials for dyeing cloth, and it is hot water, boiled in a pot, and has to be dried, before and after half a month, I don't know how much work to delay at home, so I still mean to let their family "free"?
"Even if it's a folkfolk law in the countryside, it's not this kind of free law. β
The Li family also asked everyone to calculate for themselves, which family needs to buy so much cloth with so many people like their Zhu family, and which family is willing to buy so much cloth to make clothes?
As soon as you hear it, you will know whether it is good to have a cat.
Many people began to recall: No, that's not what Big Mouth said.
- They said, obviously letting the Zhu family help dye the cloth can save money, why did it become the same price as the cloth village in the mouth of the big mouth?
- It turns out that there is still this thing in it.
- Tut-tut-tut, it's really thick-skinned, and it's not like this to take advantage of others.
Someone asked Li with a smile if their family really helped dye the white cloth, and his family didn't have much, so he planned to make a body for the children, and it was estimated that it would only be a few feet of cloth.
"Then you're a few feet, and it's only a matter of two or three eggs. If you save a few mouthfuls at home, you can save a few children a new set of clothes, how cost-effective. You go to other villages and inquire, which village can have such a cheap thing as our village?"
Everyone thought about it for a while, and it really was.
Someone immediately reacted and asked if she could help her mother's family dye it by the way, her mother's family did not have much, and it must be only a few feet of cloth, so she made it for children.
"It's not a thing, it's mainly a matter of color, we have to talk about it first. After all, our family is not a cloth village, mainly for the convenience of the villagers, and we want to help everyone save money, otherwise we definitely don't want to make this trouble. Li said, "We can't guarantee 100% of this color, so we just groped for our own dyeing, and the effect is worse than that of other cloth villages." If you have good conditions at home, pay attention to it, and want to buy a beautiful color, don't look for us. We're just going to help get a little bit of color and we're going to wear it. β
Zhu Bamei seems to be very talented in color, and she has a very good grasp of color matching.
But dyeing cloth is somewhat different from her previous dyeing bracelets and making fat, and Li is also afraid that Zhu Bamei will sometimes "miss", so she specially left a way out.
When everyone heard that it was such a small thing, they didn't care at all: "As long as it's not a white cloth, it's done." β
The reason why white cloth is cheap is because it is white and can only be worn for mourning and underlaying.
But in terms of the conditions of their poor families, where can they afford to buy such a good cloth as a base? They must pick up some not very good clothes, repair them and trim them, sew them on the inside as dirty clothes to wear, and put on a slightly better one on the outside.
People, always have a face, and the faΓ§ade still has to be pretended.
Now it's okay, the Zhu family can help dye the cloth, even if a foot of cloth needs to receive a copper plate, it must be cheaper than buying a colored cloth directly, and one foot saves five copper plates, isn't it a big joy?
If the conditions are better, everyone's clothes will be saved, which is enough to save a new dress for the children.
These daughters-in-law who married into Zhujia Village, all of them want their mothers to take advantage of this, either looking for someone to talk to, or borrowing them back to their parents' homes to share the good news.
"Really?!"
"Of course it's true, mother, you should also hurry up and think about it, and see how much cloth is appropriate. Just an adult's clothes can save a piece of clothing for a child, which is a good thing that I can't look forward to in previous years. β
The mother's family who received the news pulled their own money boxes, counted them, and had a feeling of "earning".
At this time, Zhang Yan was sulking in the courtyard of Mrs. Mei's house.
Ever since the news of her dismissal came out, the people in the village have been pointing fingers at her, causing her to be looked down upon whenever she goes out.
Everyone said she was stupid, and she had a good life, but she had to carry her in-law's "pawn" on her stomach, now it's okay, the eggs are flying, right?
Mrs. Mei made a frangipani and brought it out of the kitchen with a flattering face: "Daughter-in-law, come, I touched an egg today, so I can make up for your body." β
"What do you want to make up? An egg is in your eyes, didn't you hear them say that my mother-in-law's family can earn several eggs by dyeing cloth once?" Zhang Yan said to her angrily, "You are not angry, even eating an egg is like picking up silver, and you are carrying it as a baby." β
When he spoke, he didn't pay attention to it and pushed Mrs. Mei.
"Hey, be careful!" Mrs. Mei stumbled, and the bowl in her hand slipped off. She was startled and quickly wanted to reach out and catch it, but the spilled frangipani itself was liquid, where was her ability to catch it?
As soon as the frangipani soup came out of the pot, her hands turned red on the spot, and she didn't succeed in catching much, only some of them were stained on her fingers.
"Bumpβ"
The porcelain bowl fell to the ground and shattered into several pieces.