On the Difficulties of Escape in Ancient Times

Chapter 238 Bargaining
When Boss Xiao came back, he also brought back detailed news: "When we settled down, we were divided into two households, so the second brother and I don't have to go to the army."

"Second brother, don't worry. Dalang is going to be drafted, but he has already followed Mr. Li, so he can be considered as drafted."

"Just wait until Da Lang comes back and let him make up the charter."

Madam Xiao muttered: "We won't be able to escape sooner or later. Fortunately, I didn't stop him. It would definitely be better to follow Mr. Li."

Wu still worked diligently to break up the trouble: "Mother, you didn't stop Da Lang. You couldn't stop him at all."

Mrs. Xiao glared at her angrily and scolded: "If you don't speak, no one will think you are mute! I can't even stop your mouth by eating!"

She doesn't want to lose face!
Everyone knows it well, right? She had to expose herself.

Xiao Laoer also glared at Mrs. Wu, and then smiled at Mrs. Xiao: "Mom, don't be angry, you also know that she can't speak."

Mrs. Xiao was angry at him: "It's also your fault for not taking care of your own mother-in-law."

Xiao Laoer looked at his mother aggrievedly: "You found this for me too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were several inaudible laughters.

Mrs. Xiao pretended not to hear her, and the one who laughed most wildly was her eldest son and granddaughter, and she couldn't afford to offend him.

Xiao Xiao really feels that the words spoken by her family members are sometimes very interesting.

Then he was stunned. It turned out that he had integrated into it and regarded the Xiao family as his own family?

Mrs. Wu was also a restless person, so she asked again: "When will the Jiang family come to propose marriage? We also need to prepare equipment at home, right? Do we have anything else to do at home?"

Looking at Lin Xuan again, thinking that she had not passed her filial piety, she could only sigh with regret.

Lin Xuan is now familiar with Wu and is very satisfied with her.

A mother-in-law who can see everything at a glance, can't hold back her words, and most importantly is kind-hearted, is definitely more difficult to deal with than a smiling tiger.

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Lian'er is the same age as me, so it's time to ask the matchmaker to pay attention."

She took a look at the clothes of the Xiao sisters. In order to make it easier to travel and work, they were all wearing old cotton-padded jackets or short jackets worn by men.

Fortunately, the Xiao sisters have good foundations, eat well, drink well, and look good, so they don't turn a blind eye.

But this dress also made their original appearance of seven or eight points drop by two or three points in an instant.

But now that the Xiao family has no shortage of money, she really couldn't stand it anymore, so she said, "It's the New Year, so it's time to make new clothes, right?"

There is no need to worry about jewelry. Many of the jewelry I got for free are expensive and exquisite, enough for the women to use for several years.

Xiao Xiao understood the elegant meaning after hearing this: "Yes, I have to prepare new clothes for the Chinese New Year."

Then he said generously: "Each person will make two pairs of new clothes."

Xiao Lian glanced at the clothes she was wearing: "How about making me a new shorts? The old ones are not warm."

Xiao Xiu also nodded: "The bundt is made of old cotton, which is indeed not very warm. Let's just buy some new cotton and replace it with the old cotton."

Lin Xuan looked at Xiao Xiao with pleading eyes. She was almost desperate. Why couldn't the girls of the Xiao family be more vain?
There is no shortage of money, so why do you still have to wear a dusty bunt?
Xiao Xiao suddenly understood Lin Xuan's speechlessness, and said with a smile: "Sister, if a woman pleases herself, she will show her grace. If you want to kiss her, don't wear shorts."

Then he smiled and joked: "I also believe that beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

Xiao Lian deliberately played the opposite tune: "It's also possible that there is something wrong with Jiang Shaodong's eyes."

After saying that, when Xiao Xiao covered her mouth and smiled, she immediately realized that it was the eldest sister she was making fun of, and quickly apologized: "I was just talking nonsense."

Mrs. Wu also wanted new clothes. Seeing them laughing and joking, she finally couldn't help but said: "Then let's pack up and go to the street to see if the cloth shop is open?"

"Go to the clothing store." Xiao Xiao couldn't bear to have Lin Xuan, her mother and eldest sister in trouble.

The main reason is that the female celebrities in her family are better, and the other female relatives, including herself, are not so good.

Although the door of the ready-made clothing shop was still closed, there were people inside. Hearing the noise and seeing the female relatives outside, he opened the door and asked in a low voice: "Mrs. Xiao, do you want to make clothes?"

Mrs. Xiao really didn't expect that one day she would be called an old lady. She raised her hand to touch her hair, and naturally revealed the gold bracelet on her wrist. She had to pretend to be helpless: "This is not my daughter-in-law." "We are filial. It's the New Year and you have to drag me to make a new set of clothes."

Wealth cannot be revealed, just like walking in brocade at night.

She had a hard time figuring out how to show off her wealth.

Then he asked her: "How do you know me?"

"We have eaten at your restaurant before." The owner of the clothing store is also very talkative: "Your food is affordable and tastes good. My husband and brother-in-law have to go there every once in a while. ?”

In fact, she only went there once, and she happened to see Mrs. Xiao scolding her daughter-in-law, which impressed her deeply.

The owner of the ready-made clothing store thought that they were just old girls, so they came to buy decent clothes to increase their value.

Unexpectedly, the Xiao family was so generous that everyone had to order two sets of new clothes, brand new inside and out, even the men who didn't come with them had a share.

The owner of the clothing store was so excited that he couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear, and he couldn't stop talking flattering words.

Mrs. Xiao was also beaming when she heard this, until her boss settled the bill and reported: "Twenty-eight sets of inner and outer clothes, a total of one hundred and twenty-three liang and eighty-five cents. We are all doing business. I will give them to you." It’s better, six cents and eighty-five cents free, right?”

Mrs. Xiao suspected that she heard wrongly: "How much did you say?"

The owner of the tailor shop was also thinking: more than one hundred taels of silver should be the net profit of their small restaurant for several months, right?
It can be said that the number of people in the city who are willing to buy so many clothes at once can be counted on the palm of a hand.

It’s not that there aren’t wealthy families in the city who are willing to spend money, but the houses of Magistrate Chen, the Jiang family, and some really wealthy families all have sewing rooms and support several embroiderers. Don't go to a clothing store to buy it.

Ordinary people, or those who have some money at home, are reluctant to spend money to go to a clothing store and spend a few taels of money to buy new clothes.

They prefer to buy a few bolts of fabric and make it themselves, which is more affordable.

Most of the people who come to the ready-to-wear shops are from slightly affluent families who can't afford to hire an embroiderer. They only come to buy a set of clothes that makes them look neat and stylish when they wear them.

"Old lady, the price is really not expensive anymore," the owner of the clothing store explained angrily: "A dress like yours uses two kilograms of cotton, but one kilogram of cotton costs 200 yuan? There are also options for you. The fabric is also thick and vermilion, and this piece of material costs more than two taels of silver?"

She was also cunning and saw that Mrs. Xiao liked that outfit the most.