The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 122 Buying Fabric

The days went by day by day, and soon it was Gu Chengyu's Muxiu Day.

Early in the morning, Father Gu, Gu Chengli, and Gu Chengyi split into two groups.Gu Chengyu followed Papa Gu to the town to welcome guests, while Gu Chengli and the others took honeysuckle to the county town.

Originally, there were not many honeysuckle flowers this time, so Father Gu wanted to sell them directly to the Renhetang in the town, but he thought that Gu Chengchi's legs were almost healed, and the scar cream could be used, so he had to let the boss and the second brother take it. Go to the county seat with honeysuckle.

In fact, Gu Chengyu has been adding a small amount of spiritual spring water to Gu Chengchi's medicine, and Gu Chengchi's burn has recovered very well.It's just that Gu Chengyu didn't dare to add more, so there was still a little scar on the skin of his thigh. Li Langzhong was surprised when he saw it, how could his medicine work so well?He also said that you only need to buy a bottle of scar cream.

The amount of honeysuckle picked this time was not as much as last time, only about 25 catties. The Gu family left five catties for Li Langzhong, and asked the boss to take the rest and went to the county.The silver that honeysuckle sells can only buy a box of scar cream!

This room, Gu Chengyu and Gu Laodi sold the dried fungus to shopkeeper Liang for a total of thirteen catties and six taels, and they got 54 taels of silver.Shopkeeper Liang told me that the restaurant was packed with these three dishes in the past few days, and asked the Gu family to quickly dry more dried fungus. It seemed that they had tasted the sweetness. At this time, Gu Chengyu didn't know how much a plate of cold fungus was sold by shopkeeper Liang Money, otherwise he would have gritted his teeth and scolded a profiteer.

Coming out of the restaurant, Old Man Gu planned to go directly to Carpenter Sun.Father Gu has made an appointment with craftsmen today, and today he will take them to see the terrain and estimate how much materials will be needed.

Originally, Gu Chengyu didn't need to follow these, but Gu Chengyu wanted to go to Tangji Buzhuang.The last time I saw the cloth in Tangji cloth shop, I was in a hurry and didn’t have time to choose. He wanted to buy some cloth for his family. He was the only one wearing fine cotton cloth for the whole family. Even his father doesn't have decent clothes when he goes out.

"Father! Let's go to Tangji Cloth Village!"

"Why are you going to cloth village? Do you want to see the shopkeeper Zhou?" Father Gu was a little puzzled.

"You'll know when you go!" Gu Chengyu would never say that he went to buy cloth, otherwise his father would definitely not want to go.

The two drove the ox cart, and on the way, Gu Chengyu bought two packs of peach blossom cakes at the pastry shop.Everyone gave jade pendants last time, and this time they will not lose their courtesy when they come to the door, although they may not like such pastries, it can only be due to the importance of respect and affection.The two arrived at Buzhuang and parked the ox cart directly at the place where the ox was tied last time.

When Gu Chengyu and the others entered the shop, a familiar guy greeted them. "Huh? It's you? But I'm looking for shopkeeper Zhou? Unfortunately, shopkeeper Zhou went to the county town to replenish the goods, and he's not in the shop." Tangji cloth shop's goods are all replenished in the county town, and then through the wharf Ships on board, so cloth village often needs a guy who carries goods at the pier.

"My little brother has a good memory!" Father Gu doesn't know what his son is here for, this kid has always had ideas, anyway, he just doesn't know how to mess around.

"That's really a coincidence! These two packs of pastries are for shopkeeper Zhou. Since he's not here, please wait for him to come back before handing them over to him." Gu Chengyu handed the pastries wrapped in his hands to the guy.

"Actually, apart from visiting shopkeeper Zhou today, we also want to buy some materials to make clothes. I don't know if my brother has any more affordable materials. Can you introduce them to us?"

When the guy heard that he was still here for business, he immediately became happy.

"Uncle and little brother, don't worry, our Tang Ji has always been innocent. Take a look first, and I will cut it for you." The guy put the cakes in his hands away, and followed Gu Chengyu and the others, ready to introduce them at any time.

"Xiaobao! Why are you here to buy cloth? There are clothes to wear at home, so you don't need to buy them!" Father Gu didn't expect Xiaobao to buy cloth. During these days, there are many places to spend money at home, and all of them are spent. It's a big head, so save as much as you can!

"Father! Our family's life is better, it's not short of this money. You and elder brother always wear decent clothes when they go out; what's more, mother and the others haven't bought new clothes for several years; Da Lang's clothes are all short Well, the rest of the small ones haven’t worn new ones, they just picked up big clothes and changed them, so I’ll buy them two outfits today. I can spend money, and I can earn money, so don’t worry, dad.”

After listening to Gu Chengyu's words, Mrs. Gu thought that Mrs. Lu had been with him for so many years, but he hadn't worn new clothes a few times, and he was reluctant to buy them even during the Chinese New Year, no matter what!The family has recently earned more money, which makes everyone happy.

Gu Chengyu browsed the colors on the shelf, thinking that men always have these two colors, and there is nothing to choose, unless it is satin, which has many colors, as well as patterns and dark patterns.Gu Chengyu chose sky blue and light gray for the young man in the family, stone blue for Papa Gu, and autumn fragrance for the Lu family; the girls in the family are all pink, only the second sister chose lotus root color, After all, the second sister is the elder of the eldest sister and the others, and it is unreasonable to dress like a few nieces; but thinking of the women in the family, they have encountered difficulties again. Appropriate age.In the end, Gu Chengyu fell in love with a snow-blue material, and thought about wearing a fine cotton cloth for the two sisters-in-law, and also chose a darker than this for the coarse cloth, so that it was considered a good color.

Gu Chengyu didn't look at it carefully either, although he didn't reject buying fabrics, but now that he's dressed as a boy and a little puppet, it's hard to avoid being a bit awkward to outsiders.He decided to bring the woman from the family next time, anyone who bought it would be more experienced than him.

I chose fine cotton cloth, and I also chose coarse cloth of a similar color. The Gu family is a farmer, and rough work is indispensable. Cotton cloth is not wear-resistant, but coarse cloth is more durable.

"Okay! Xiaobao! Why do you buy so many? It's a lot of money!" Seeing that Gu Chengyu had chosen so many, Papa Gu immediately felt pain.He even forgot that this kid can earn money and also spend it recklessly. Look, he bought so much in a short time.

"Father! I'm going to buy it anyway. Don't I have to buy everything in the house? You have the number of rulers and so on. Do the math, how many feet do you want to buy?" Gu Chengyu didn't know anything about the size of clothes made in ancient times. , there are ready-made clothes for sale, who buys cloth to make clothes?

"I didn't even count that!" Papa Gu patted his head. This kind of thing is done by women. He is a man, how would he know this?

"Uncle, don't forget me! I know! Tell me, how many people are there in the family? Let me count for you."

It's rare for a buddy to meet such a big customer. Although they buy fine cotton, silk and satin are also easy to sell, aren't they?Those are worn by wealthy families, who can afford them?Big families can't buy materials twice in three days!Therefore, coarse cloth and cotton cloth are the most sold in the shop.

Gu Chengyu thought about it for a while, "How much is your coarse cloth and fine cotton cloth?"

"Coarse cloth costs 350 Wen a piece, and fine cotton cloth costs [-] Wen a piece. You and our shopkeeper are old acquaintances. If you buy more, I will give you some less. However, it can only be less, you guys You know, I’m just a buddy, and I can’t do anything.”

Gu Chengyu knew that the buddy knew that they had some friendship with shopkeeper Zhou, so they should not sell them expensive, and there was no need to bargain.

"Then you want me one piece of this sky-blue muslin, one piece of light gray coarse cloth, and one piece of pink coarse cloth and one piece of fine cotton cloth, and you can cut the ends of the others for me!"

(End of this chapter)