Chapter 24 The Great Procurement
"I make one set of clothes for each person in my family, but I want two for myself."
Liu Man'er looked up at Ye Yuan and asked for his opinion, she really didn't have any clothes, her clothes were so worn out by the original owner that she couldn't even see the color, she could barely bear it before, but now that she has money, she doesn't want to wear these tattered clothes.
"Yes." Ye Yuan didn't say a word, and readily agreed.
Liu Man'er laughed at this time, she chose muslin and coarse kudzu cloth for herself, and also chose two sets for Ye Yuan, fine cotton cloth and linen, "You often wear it when you go up the mountain, the cotton cloth is torn and distressed, and it is not distressing to buy this linen cloth." ”
"Whatever you want." Ye Yuan is just spoiled.
He watched Liu Man'er settle the accounts on the side, calculating what fabrics to buy and how much to buy per person, and in the end, there were too many people in the family, and she was a little confused.
"I can't figure it out, let's look at it and buy it, more and more, less and less."
"Hmm." Ye Yuan also nodded, in fact, it should have been like this a long time ago.
"Then buy a fine cotton cloth, a fine cotton cloth, a linen cloth, and a kudzu cloth." Liu Man'er pointed to these fabrics and said, "Maybe each of us can make two sets of clothes now, and the excess can be used to make quilts." ”
"Hmm." Ye Yuan nodded again.
"Shall we put this basket down?" Liu Man'er was puzzled, "I'm still going to buy cotton." ”
"Don't be afraid, you pick and choose here, I'll go find the car." Ye Yuan said, and really went outside.
Liu Man'er had already selected things, and when she had nothing to do, she asked the proprietress about the place to buy cotton.
It just so happens that this proprietress has it here, but it costs five cents a catty, well, the price is the same as meat.
Although Liu Man'er was secretly speechless, she still bought forty catties, which was enough to make a few quilts, and everyone in the family had a bed, and no one would lose anyone.
And finally got a little money, but I still scared myself in exchange, and I didn't buy a lot, and I was sorry for myself.
In the process of waiting for Ye Yuan, Liu Man'er chatted with the proprietress again, and then she learned that the proprietress turned out to be a dead husband, with a son, and a widow living at home.
Liu Man'er looked at her age, but she was only thirty years old, and she couldn't help but sigh a little, this proprietress was not self-pitying, but talked about her son with great interest, her son was going to school in the school, and now she supported the store alone.
Liu Man'er felt that she was also very powerful, and couldn't help but praise her, and talked about her mother-in-law Fang, the two had the same experience.
After listening to the people in Liu Man'er's family, the proprietress felt that these fabrics might not be enough to make quilts and clothes, so Liu Man'er thought about it, so she added another muslin cloth to make quilts.
This piece of cloth is about forty feet, and in the end, plus these cottons cost one or two or three dollars of silver, which is still a fraction of the proprietress generously erasing twenty cents.
It cost one or two silver just to buy a silver hairpin, and now it is just a matter of one or two or three dollars to buy some essential fabrics and cotton in the house, and Liu Man'er feels that her road to wealth is really a long way to go.
There is still food to buy, and now that she has money, she doesn't plan to eat those sweet potatoes that already have a rotten taste, she plans to buy two piglets to raise, so that there are chickens, ducks and piglets in the house, which can be regarded as a qualified peasant woman.
The money was in Ye Yuan, and Liu Man'er called the proprietress and so on, and she herself was wandering around in this shop.
Inadvertently found the rags stacked in the corner of the wall, Liu Man'er walked in and turned it over, there were cotton cloth, arrowroot cloth, and even some silk cloth, all of which were tail materials, Liu Man'er's mind instantly came alive, "Buy so many things, can these rags make me a head?" The shoes I use to store mille-feuille soles at home are also pretty good. ”
The proprietress hesitated a little and said, "Originally, I was going to sell these by the pound, but I came to talk to you today, and I will give them to you." ”
"Thank you." Liu Man'er put the bag in the fabric she bought.
Not long after, Ye Yuan came over, and after paying the money, Liu Man'er carried the things onto the ox cart with him.
"Alright, let's take you to eat." Sitting on the ox cart, Ye Yuan said to Liu Man'er.
Liu Man'er nodded, but she was a little worried about her things, so she told the proprietress to store this thing with her first.
The shops here are all from the courtyard, and there is usually a yard in the back, and the proprietress asked someone to help her watch the backyard, so she led Ye Yuan and the others to her backyard, so that the cattle could be locked there first.
After storing the ox, Ye Yuan warmly invited the owner of the ox cart to go with him, but the owner of the ox cart was worried about his cattle and insisted on guarding here.
The owner of the ox cart readily agreed, and went to a tea shed not far from the backyard, and Liu Man'er also made an appointment with the proprietress and went to the town happily.
After such a delay, she was so hungry that she didn't know how to write hungry words for a long time, but when she walked to the street and smelled the fragrance, her gluttony was instantly mobilized.
The wontons, hot dry noodles, tofu, and a variety of unknown snacks were steaming hot and fragrant, and Liu Man'er wanted to taste them all, but she still endured them.
I was so happy today, Liu Man'er went to the street to buy two catties of meat, and also went to buy some candied fruit, and went to the pastry shop to buy some pastries, and as for the rice noodles, I planned to go to the town to buy them at that time.
Ye Yuan also let her, this, Liu Man'er said that she was very satisfied, she could spend money as she pleased, fortunately she was not the kind of person who squandered and wasted, otherwise, this family would definitely be ruined by her.
After that, Liu Man'er didn't forget to buy a lot of meat buns for the people in the family to eat.
Carrying things, he happily walked back, went to the tea shed to call the owner of the ox cart, and went to the house of the proprietress of the cloth shop to bring the ox cart out, Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan finally walked on the way home.
At first, when she rode this ox cart, Liu Man'er still felt a little novel, but later, she just felt bumpy, fortunately, she had just bought cotton and cloth, and now she just had to pad this cotton and cloth under her.
Wandering along the way, Liu Man'er got up early in the morning, but at this moment, she was a little sleepy, but in such an environment, she couldn't sleep, just about to fall asleep, suddenly the car hit a stone, and she woke up again.
"There's still a long way to go, so you can rest." Seeing this, Ye Yuan moved closer to her, he stretched out his hand and took Liu Man'er over, so that Liu Man'er felt more comfortable, and in a daze, she really fell asleep.
When she woke up, she had already entered the village, and Liu Man'er was awakened by a noise.
The people in the village saw Liu Man'er and Ye Yuan coming back in an ox cart, and they were very curious, and asked questions along the way, but fortunately, Liu Man'er was a fool, and no one asked her, and most of the pressure was piled up on Ye Yuan's body.
Ye Yuan was also tired of dealing with these people, so he just said that he went to the town to buy something.
When the people in the village saw this cart full of things, as well as cloth and so on, some women said sour words, "Yo, Ye Yuan, you have made a fortune." ”
"Ah, Ye Yuan, seeing that you often run to the mountains, didn't you dig up ginseng."
"If a few aunts think that this ginseng is easy to dig, just go up the mountain and dig it."
After Liu Man'er heard this, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, fortunately, the surrounding sounds were too noisy, and there were not many people who noticed her.
But some people still set their eyes on Liu Man'er, and they coaxed: "Silly girl, where did Ye Yuan take you to buy things today?" Where did you get all this money? ”
Obviously, they were not satisfied with Ye Yuan's answer.
"We got this thing in exchange for catching a long worm." Liu Man'er replied truthfully, "The five-step snake almost bit our family's leaves." ”
The reason why she answered this was because she was afraid that these people would all go up the mountain, after all, there were five-step snakes on this mountain, and it was not fun to be bitten when the time came.
"Yikes!" The women took a step back, still in disbelief, and asked, "How much did you sell for?" ”
"Five pennies." Liu Man'er happened to have five cents on her, so she made a dull look and took it out for everyone to see.
"It's only five words, I don't believe it." The women shook their heads and said, "Silly girl, you will also deceive people now, you have all bought so many things, how can it be only five cents." ”
Liu Man'er doesn't like this title very much, these days people in the family don't call her stupid mother, and she has little contact with people in the village, she almost forgets that she has such a nickname.
But since she is a stupid girl, in this way, she doesn't have to be polite to them, so she simply: "If you don't believe it, forget it, if you want money, make it yourself, always look at other people's families, shameless!" ”
"You!" These long-tongued women suddenly became depressed, "Silly girl, if you talk like this, your Ye Yuan will not like you." ”
"No, my family Ye Yuan has never beaten me, but your parents are pulling your hair and beating me." Liu Man'er said to the woman who had just spoken.
"You!"
This woman was suddenly depressed, her family lived not far from Ye Yuan's house, how could a country man not beat a woman, when he was angry, it was common to pull his hair and beat, but she was said by a fool, which made her feel a little unacceptable.
"Ye Yuan, you don't care, you see that your stupid girl's mouth is neat now." Some people said that Liu Man'er couldn't say anything, so they said to Ye Yuan.
"She has always been such a person, how many aunts still care about her?" The corners of Ye Yuan's mouth hooked, and said, "And now my family is very well-behaved, if others don't talk about her, she won't say anything about others." ”
Ye Yuan said this, and he was almost at the door, and these women couldn't follow anymore, so they left home under the pretext.
But before they could reach their home, a group of children in the village ran away with their ox cart again.
Call......
Liu Man'er exhaled, and when she saw the child's restrained and curious gaze, she was a little sad, but fortunately she bought some peanut candy on the road and distributed it to these children.
The children were given candy and scattered.
At this time, Liu Fusheng, who was playing outside the door, also saw his sister and brother-in-law, and ran over happily.