Splendid Peasant Girl: The Reborn Husband Asks for a Hug

Chapter 26

The little boy thought that Chu Ning had no money to pay the bill, and he became a little annoyed, "I think you are here to tease me, go, go, go, go, don't make trouble here, or..."

"Otherwise what?"

Hearing the cold voice, the boy was very uncomfortable, and he was so angry that he opened his mouth to curse, "You..."

He looked at Chu Ning in astonishment.

To be precise, he looked at the silver in Chu Ning's hand.

"...That, that, girl, don't be angry, I, I..."

Seeing that his face was flushed with embarrassment, Chu Ning calmed down a little, "Okay, let's settle the score."

"Hey, good, good."

The little guy quickly took the abacus and counted it cracklingly.

"Chenghui, a total of 240 papers, I'll give you a small change, 240 papers."

Chu Ning took two silver coins and handed them over, and saw him take out a coin and weigh it. She leaned over to look carefully with interest, but she didn't understand it.

But she is not entangled, shop owners generally do not make a fuss about it.

"Just now I ate a bowl of noodles on the street..."

Chu Ning stretched out his hands and gestured, "Such a big bowl."

The young man nodded while counting the copper coins, motioning for her to continue.

"Such a big bowl of noodles, or chicken noodles, is only ten yuan. Why are these small items, um, especially this toothbrush, why are they so expensive?"

Tooth powder contains herbs, so it's okay to be more expensive. She really can't understand why toothbrushes are so expensive.

The little guy looked up at her in surprise, and saw her frowning in confusion, and couldn't help being a little funny.

It turned out that this girl was really curious.

"To tell you the truth, this toothbrush and tooth powder are not sold to the poor..."

Chu Ning understood, "You mean, only rich families will use this kind of toiletry items?"

"Well, it's true that only wealthy families use this toothbrush. Not everyone in the town owns it. Most of them still use twigs to brush their teeth..."

"It's not that the price you sell is high."

"No way, the cost of this object is there, so we can't make money at a loss."

It wasn't too busy, so the boy chatted with her a few words.

It was only after hearing his words that Chu Ning suddenly realized that all things in this era are made by hand, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Compared with modern industrial mass production, the cost is indeed higher.

Furthermore, as this little brother said, no matter how cheap ivory brushing powder and other items are, poor people should not buy them or not. Therefore, merchants simply focus on those exquisite people and make things more and more expensive. Fine and fine.

In this way, the price is naturally only high but not low.

Speaking of this, the little guy was a little excited, "...there is a foreign goods store in the county. The things there are really fine, but the price is really high. I heard that a toothbrush made of ivory costs ten taels of silver, ten taels of silver Ah! You can build a big house in the country!"

The boy's eyes sparkled when he spoke, and Chu Ning listened with gusto.

When I have spare money in hand, I will also go to the county town to visit the foreign goods store.

Sounds pretty good.

After bidding farewell to the chatty boy, Chu Ning turned and went to the clothing store.

This time she asked the price first.

As a result, if you don’t ask, you don’t know. If you ask, you will be shocked.

A plain muslin jacket without embroidery or even printing costs 180 renminbi.

It is said that new cotton is expensive, but the fine cotton cloth woven from cotton is more expensive, plus labor costs and so on, the price of adding seven plus eight is like this.

Chu Ning sighed.

At this price, the idea of ​​sleeping with a new quilt today cannot be realized.

"Miss Boss, can four jackets be cheaper?"

The female shopkeeper of the clothing store's eyes lit up. She thought she was poor, but she turned out to be rich.

"Of course it's fine."

The female shopkeeper said enthusiastically, "In this way, the girl chooses first, and when you choose, I will give you one piece at the end, um, five yuan for each piece, how about it?"

"Then thank you lady boss."

Chu Ning thought about it for a while, and picked out a grass green coat for himself, while Chu Jing chose water red, and Chu Tian and Chu Ran were tender scarlet.

In fact, she doesn't know how many people like it, but she thinks that as long as it is a new jacket, they will all like it.

Coming out of the clothing store, Chu Ning bought another basket on the street to carry things in, and then bought a few steamed buns for the three little ones, plus a catty of sweet-scented osmanthus cake.

There are only a dozen copper plates left in my hand.

Weighing the purse in his hand, Chu Ning secretly lamented that the money was not enough.

Gotta figure out a way to make money.

Just what to do.

While walking, Chu Ning observed the shops on both sides of the road, and found that there were all kinds of shops selling everything, and the business seemed to be good.

However, I heard that there is a market today, which is why it is so lively. There are not many people shopping on weekdays.

"In the guest officer, please."

A loud shout attracted Chu Ning's attention. She heard the sound and looked over, and saw the boy in the gray second suit waving the sweat scarf in his hand and warmly greeting several red-faced men. , "Guest officer, go slowly~"

What does this house do?

Bathroom door!
Chu Ning's eyes lit up, and he rushed over at the speed of a [-]-meter sprint, "Can you store things here? You can also find a place to put these things for me, and I will come out soon. How much is it once..."

"you?"

The little guy was stunned, his eyes turned twice on her face, and after making sure that he was not mistaken, he said angrily, "You will come out soon, and you will be beaten out!"

"Well, what do you mean?"

Chu Ning frowned.

Xiao Er pointed behind her, "Do you know where this is?"

He said angrily, "This is the bathhouse!"

So?

Chu Ning was thoughtful, "Women are not allowed to enter?"

"I've never heard of women wanting to enter the bathhouse! Girl, I'm not talking about you. As a woman, how can you... Hey, hey, just leave as you say, I haven't finished talking yet!"

Chu Ning gave him an angry look, "Why don't you stay here and listen to your lesson? Your face is really big!"

"Hey! You are really... ouch!"

Xiao Er angrily stamped his feet at the girl who was walking away, and muttered to himself that the girl didn't know what to do, but was hit in the face by a small stone flying from nowhere, causing him to cry out in pain.

When the waiter in the shop was secretly cursing bad luck, Chu Ning was also screaming and cursing in his heart, he was really unlucky for eight lifetimes, and came to such a ghost place.

She was not in the mood to go shopping any longer, so she rented an ox cart and walked back.

He took out his wallet with a blank expression, and gave ten copper coins to the old man driving the car.

Chu Ning was holding a pitiful five copper coin purse, depressed and wanted to hit someone.

From the town to the village, she walked all the way, and her complexion did not get better.

Black like the bottom of a pot.

However, when she saw the little bean sprout Churan who was looking around at the entrance of the alley, and then ran over with a face of surprise, she still showed a gentle smile, "It's such a cold day, what are you doing outside when you're not staying at home?"

"I'll wait for eldest sister."

Little Bean Sprout looked up at her anxiously, "Elder Sister, Second Sister said my name is Chu Ran, is it true?"

Chu Ning reached out and patted her cheeks, "Of course it's true."

Little Bean Sprout's eyes lit up, shining so cutely.

Chu Ning couldn't help pinching her little face again, "Do you like this name?"

"like."

(End of this chapter)