Escape from the desert

The three walked to a ready-to-wear shop. On the left side of the shop were a few fancy and beautiful clothes. There were other ready-to-wear clothes with different styles and fabrics on the cabinet, and there were several large tables in other parts of the shop. On it are neatly stacked cloths of different colors and materials.

The lady boss, with a fair complexion and a rich figure, stood behind the counter. She shouted in a sharp voice, "Do you want ready-made clothes or cloth? I have everything in this store, you can take a look."

Jiang Yan nodded, dragged Xiao Si Xiao Wu to the sackcloth and sackcloth, and carefully looked at the fabrics. The colors were too bright and conspicuous, and the quality was too good. Otherwise, it would be too eye-catching in the village.

She chose to choose, and finally chose three pieces of linen and half a piece of satin. The three pieces of cloth were dark blue, goose yellow, and palm color respectively, which were used to make clothes for the family. As for the half piece of satin, she chose indigo. It is used to make underwear and underwear to wear inside, and the fabric that touches the skin is better, and it is also good for the skin.

"Madam, how do you sell this cloth?"

The proprietress of the ready-to-wear store said with a smile on her face: "Eldest sister is really good-looking, this is a new linen cloth that has just come out, you can see it at a glance, our fabric costs 9 cents per foot, and 360 cents per piece of cloth, this satin is a little more expensive. , 30 wen per foot."

Jiang Yan calculated in her heart that a piece of cloth in this era is 40 feet long, and an adult man can make three sets of summer clothes. After conversion, it is about 120 yuan per person.

She pointed to the ready-to-wear on one side and said, "How much is a set of linen ready-to-wear?"

"This is made by my own embroidery mother. A set of ready-to-wear clothing is 140 wen. The short version is cheaper. There are 50-100 wen. You can take a look."

Jiang Yan nodded, feeling very expensive!But thinking that people here generally don't buy ready-to-wear clothes, and it's a bit understandable that they rarely buy clothes once a year.

If she wants to do it, she will give the children a set of full-body ready-to-wear. Although this short play is cheaper, many of them are made of leftover materials, which are ineffective and uncomfortable. Since the conditions are better now, I will buy them back and make them myself.The leftover scraps can also make a few pairs of socks.

"Madam, I want these three pieces of fabric and half a piece of silk and satin. If you think you can give me a reasonable price, I'll take them all."

Hearing this, the proprietress quickly came out from behind the counter and took out the cloth for Jiang Yan.

With a smile, he said, "Don't worry, big sister, you've done so much this time, and I'll definitely give you the real price."

The store's business has been poor recently, and the prices of rice, flour, grain, and oil have gone up outside. Her clothing store doesn't have much business a day. She mainly sells low-priced linen clothing, and most of the people who come and go are from nearby villagers.

Now everyone can't afford to eat, and who is willing to spend money on fabrics to make clothes, so Jiang Yan can be regarded as her biggest customer these days.

She packed up the fabric diligently, and calculated the money: "Eldest sister, your fabrics add up to 1680 wen. It's cheaper for you, one or two or six hundred dollars. It's suitable for you to buy more next time!"

Jiang Yan shook her head and said, "I can understand that there is no harvest due to drought, and the price of grain has risen. Madam Boss, you are not being kind. At this time, not many people will spend money on fabrics to make clothes. You still pay me at the previous price."

"The linen is 7 cents a foot, and the satin is 28 cents a foot, which is just one two or four hundred dollars."

The price of the cloth in Yuan Shi's memory was so worth it. She pulled ten feet of cloth for her eldest nephew to make new clothes not long ago. In theory, the price should not fluctuate so much.

"It's not the first time I've ripped cloth in your shop. The lady boss is more refreshing."

The proprietress laughed and said, "It really is an old acquaintance in the store, I still remember the previous prices, but now the prices have gone up, but since you are an old acquaintance, I will give you the previous price, and I will give it to you. You pack."

The proprietress called out to the inner hall, and a guy with a cloth cap came out and bundled up all the fabrics Jiang Yan wanted.

Jiang Yan asked the two children to follow the man. The man went to the door after packing. Jiang Yan returned to the counter and took out two taels of silver to find money for the proprietress.

The shops in the town usually buy a lot of things, and they will help to send them to the gate of the town to take an ox cart, or give some money for the carriage and horses to help them send them to the village.

Jiang Yan asked the proprietress for two sets of needles and thread. The price of these items was not expensive. The proprietress readily gave two pairs. After taking the good things, Jiang Yan took the two children to the booth.

Lin Dong and the others had already packed their things, and the family bought some meat and vegetables on the street before they hurried to drive the ox cart.

The guy from the ready-to-wear shop was already waiting at the gate of the town. Jiang Yan directed Lin Dong and Lin Xi to help load the cloth onto the ox cart before going up.

"Uncle Gui, are you still leaving?"

Lin Gui shook his head and said, "Wait, there are a lot of people in the village going to the town today. Maybe they will take an ox cart when they go back. You guys came early today, and I usually haven't left at this time."

Jiang Yan nodded, and saw Lin Bei taking off her shoes and muttering: "Siwen Rice Noodles... There seem to be 26 bowls, and 22 bowls with eggs... That's... how much is it..."

The more Jiang Yan heard, the more shocked, if this little guy figured it out, then it's worth it, the money for the stalls in the past two days is enough to buy cloth and cut pork!Fortunately, I bought the fabric just now and opened it up, otherwise I can't explain it clearly in the future!

"Little Four, you can't count it."

Lin Bei looked puzzled: "Mother, I used both my fingers and toes. I also added Xiao Wu's fingers and toes together, but I still can't figure out how much money we made."

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That's not why you take off your shoes and count your toes!Taking off yourself is not the end!Take off someone else's!
It seems that she has to find time to teach a few children to count. If nothing else, at least she can collect money and keep accounts.

Jiang Yan endured the stinky stench and said with a serious face: "Little Four, don't take off your shoes in the future, and Xiao Wu's will not work either. We walked for a day, and our feet are sweaty. You can smell it yourself, if customers smell it. With this taste, who would want to go to our house to eat?"

Lin Bei blushed, and hurriedly put on his straw sandals. His straw sandals were just hanging on his feet. Originally, his feet were basically exposed. It was not much different from wearing them, but when Mother said this, he wanted to put his feet hide!

"I bought cloth today, and I asked my sister-in-law to make you a few pairs of shoes, so that you don't have to wear straw sandals in the future!"

"I know mother! In the future, I will not take off my shoes, and I will wash them cleanly, so that many customers in our family come to eat rice rolls!"

Lin Bei blushed and looked at the cloth on Lin Xi's bullock cart. He was confused for a while, and couldn't help feeling it. He also has new clothes and new shoes!
Before the Chinese New Year, their family can wear new clothes!

After waiting for a while, two people from the oxcart came up from the old house of the Lin family. Jiang Yan had a cold face. The other party didn't speak, and she didn't speak either.

Seeing that the sky was almost the same, Lin Gui spurred the old cow and began to return to the village.

At this time, the sun was shining, and a few people covered their heads and the ox cart with the leaves they had prepared earlier. The boards of the cart that had been exposed to the sun for a day were very hot. , always quietly reaching out to touch the cloth on the bullock cart, gasping for breath when the car board is hot, secretly sighing who bought it.