Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 60 Buying Cloth
Because of thinking about her eldest daughter, Yu started saving eggs early.The Ning family now has more than [-] chickens, most of which are hens. Since the first chicken started laying eggs, they have all started to lay eggs one after another.In July, the family can collect more than a dozen eggs every day.

Originally, the eggs were not easy to keep for a long time in summer, but the day when Ning Xian gave birth was just around the corner, so the eggs were not pickled, nor were they sold outside.Each person in the family eats one or two every day, and puts the rest in a wicker basket.

According to Yu Shi's original intention, she originally wanted to save all the eggs for Ning Xian, but Ning Wan was the first to disagree, and now Ning Liang is completely on the side with her daughter, hearing that she wants to save the eggs for Ning Xian. Ning Xian said: "The chickens of many families in the village have also started to lay eggs, and then we can collect some and send them to Xian'er!"

After all, life at home is really no longer difficult, and Mrs. Yu no longer insists on it, but now she said: "I think the eggs at home are all small, and it would be too little to send a hundred eggs. Why don't we collect two hundred eggs?" Wan'er, when you pick up the vegetables tomorrow, ask which one has eggs, and then we will collect some and send them to your eldest sister."

"There is no need to worry about the eggs. A lot of families are saving them. We can just exchange the money when we need them. Needless to say, two hundred, even three hundred can make up." Wait for a while, but then said: "I want to buy cloth at home, so I should go with Dad."

Mother nodded and said, "It's good for you to go. In fact, I originally wanted your father to buy a few more pieces of cloth, but he wouldn't know how to choose them. I just didn't say anything about the ones I bought back." Then she turned to her husband. Discussion: "I thought that when Xian'er got married, there were fewer companions at home than Qing'er, and when we gave birth to a baby girl, we didn't give many things. If I can pull a few more pieces of cloth this time, I will make two small quilts for the child. , and I should have some of these in my stomach."

How could father not agree, "When Qing'er went out, I told my eldest son-in-law that I would buy a silver lock for my grandson, and what I said always counts."

Ning Wan also thinks it should be, "Elder Sister will take things back every time she goes back to her mother's house after she gets married. Naturally, our family has to be generous when it comes to breastfeeding."

There are no fixed rules for what to give from the mother’s mother. If the family is poor, you can take dozens of eggs and a three-foot red cloth. If you are from a good family, you can also send quilts and clothes. , Playing gold bracelets.Right now, the life of the Ning family is more than enough, so it would be appropriate to make two more quilts and a silver lock.

Niang then told Yaonu one by one, "Three feet of red cloth is enough, and I will buy another piece of blue cloth. I heard from your aunt that Xian'er has freckles on her face and a pointed belly this time. It must be Boy, so I made a green cloth quilt, and made a suit of clothes for your father. You are growing up, so you should wear two decent clothes, and pick two pieces of flowered cloth to make a skirt and jacket."

The eldest sister really gave birth to a little nephew this time. Ning Wan knew about it a long time ago, so she nodded and agreed, "Okay, mother, don't worry."

Dad said: "I went to the village for a while, and then went to Hujia Village to tell us that tomorrow our family will not collect vegetables."

Ever since Ning Wan started collecting vegetables at home, Ning Wan had less when she went out. She has always weighed and collected all the vegetables by herself.The last time I went to Hutai County for Hericium erinaceus, I told people in the two villages in advance that they would not bring food over that day.

But the situation is different now. Ning Wan usually brings Chunling and Luo Shuang'er with her when picking up vegetables, and teaches them to weigh and count money. Now that she is not at home, the two of them can support her.So Ning Wan smiled and said, "No need, now that we have Chun Ling and Luo Shuang'er, our family will not stop collecting vegetables. No matter when you send them, we will collect them."

Ning Liang was a little worried, "They've only been studying for a few days, can they do it?"

Mrs. Yu said, "I'll weigh the vegetables when they collect them tomorrow, just ask them to help."

But Ning Wan didn't want her mother to work hard. After all, her mother is about 40 years old and her body is weak. This pregnancy is quite risky. She almost had a miscarriage before. How can she be tired? She immediately shook her head and said: " Mother should rest. Chun Ling and Luo Shuang'er have both learned it, and they are also righteous people, so you can rest assured to leave things to them."

Unexpectedly, my mother whispered: "You are busy every day, and I am useless alone." It turned out that she was not worried, but felt that she had nothing to do.

Ning Wan wanted to let her mother rest more, but she didn't expect that her mother would be unhappy because of this, so she laughed, "Mother, the most important thing for you now is to take care of your body and give me a little brother in the future." Seeing her mother again Although she nodded, she also showed a sense of boredom. When she suddenly realized it, she added with a smile, "Chunling and Luo Shuang'er have only been learning how to use a scale for a short time, and I'm afraid they are not very familiar with it. guide."

The mother's face immediately lit up. Knowing how to use a scale in Sanjia Village is a very remarkable skill, and because the family has the only steelyard in Sanjia Village, people usually come to ask Yu to help you weigh something.

You must know that my mother was sold to Sanjia Village, and she didn't have a son by her side. She was a little bit embarrassed in front of the villagers before, but now she has become the object of everyone's curry favor, so she always likes to use the scale at home the most. , especially Ning Wan said that the scale is not broken, only let her use it as she likes.

If you use it a lot, you will become familiar with it. She is really better than Luo Shuanger and Chunling. Now it is very appropriate to let her guide you.

The family often goes to Hutai County, and the father and daughter are also familiar with each other. They woke up early this morning, brought some mountain products, and many fresh vegetables to go out.When I arrived in Hutai County, I walked around a few restaurants and sold everything, then went straight to Ruihongfeng.

When Ning Wan came to Ruihongfeng to sell silks and satins a few months ago, she said that she would definitely visit Ruihongfeng when she bought cloth again. Rui Hongfeng.

The clerks in Ruihongfeng's shop were still very hospitable. When they saw the two of them, they smiled and gave way: "A batch of new goods from Jiangnan came from the previous shop. There are silks, satins, silks, and all kinds of floral cloths. Uncle Pick a few pieces for your daughter."

Ning Liang came to Hutai County many times, and often bought this and that for his family, so it was different from the first time when Ning Wan entered Ruihongfeng, dressed in tatters and timid, and he brought two donkeys over again, at the door I handed it over to the guy to help me fasten it.You must know that people who raise livestock at home must have some wealth, so the clerk inevitably took another high look and mentioned all the prices of things in the store.

Ning Wan's eyes swept away from the silk and satin counter, skipping over the colorful fabrics, and turned to the counter selling all kinds of cotton cloth.It's not that she doesn't look at silk and satin because they are too expensive, but that silk and satin are not suitable for the life of the farm family. When Ning Qing got married, everyone in the family made a set of silk and satin clothes, and they only wore them on that day.

On weekdays, those who cook and cook, raise pigs and feed chickens, collect and dry vegetables, wearing satin clothes not only do not match, but also scratch the silk if they are not careful. Cotton cloth is more suitable, and it is also breathable and sweat-absorbent.

Seeing that Ning Wan's gaze fell on one spot, the clerk smiled again and took a few bolts of thin floral cloth and spread them out on the counter, "Nowadays, the price of summer cloth has been reduced, it's very cost-effective, and you can buy it for a foot in spring." Now I can buy one foot five, and I can wear it for two months after making clothes, and it will be the same if I continue to wear them next year."

Ning Wan was also thinking the same way.She knows that whether it is silk or cloth, the price is not only related to the quality of the fabric, but also related to the fashion of the pattern.The cloth of the same material, if it is a new pattern, will be more expensive than the old pattern.

When she was a young mistress in the Zhao family, she had to pick up the latest fabrics to make some clothes every season, so that she would have face when she went out.This is not the case for women with status in Hutai County. If anyone wears old clothes or clothes made of outdated materials, they will be laughed at quietly and arouse everyone's suspicion, "Is her family in ruins? How to do it?" Can't afford new clothes?

Now that she has returned to Sanjia Village and has become a peasant girl, she doesn't need to save face, and practicality is the most important thing, so Ning Wan picked out the reduced-price Xiaburi and bought six or seven pieces of Xiaburi in various colors and patterns in one go.

The usual custom is that summer clothes are made in spring, and autumn clothes are made in summer, so the summer cloth is almost sold out, and some cloth is only a few feet left. Ning Wan wanted the price.

Suddenly remembered something again, so he asked with a smile: "I wonder if there are any rulers for sale now?" A big shop like Ruihongfeng will inevitably accumulate a lot of rulers when selling cloth, and if there are too many, they will take them out Selling once, the price is very cheap.

In the past, Ning Wan used to buy these rulers specially, and sold them as purse handkerchiefs in her free time, and she could get some profits to supplement her family. Later, she gave up this job when she came to Zhao's house.

After hearing this, the guy went in again and took out a pile of ruler heads of various colors, big and small, thick and thin, fabrics and silk gauze. Hearty ones? The big ones are five pennies, and the small ones are only three pennies."

Even with such a cheap price, Ning Wan could only carefully select a few pieces before, and only after seeing that the patterns and materials are suitable can she make decent things and sell them for money.But right now, after thinking about it, she asked the buddy to wrap up all the piles of materials, "I want it all."

The shopkeeper was very happy when he heard this. It turned out that these rulers could not be sold at a high price, and the people who came to choose them were all women who were not rich. It is inevitable that there will be times of negligence. Now it is easy to sell a pack, and I will take the initiative to wipe away the change after I forget the money.

Ning Wan went to look at the cotton cloth again, and her partner thought she wanted to buy cheap ones, so she brought out a few pieces of coarse cloth, Ning Wan shook her head, "I want the best Songjiang fine cotton cloth, half a piece of red one, and one piece of blue one." I want four of the white ones, and four of the plain ones." She asked for cheap ones, but not bad ones, after all, it was used by her family.Finally, I weighed thirty catties of high-quality cotton.

It turned out that although Ning Wan came to Hutai County to buy big bags and small bags, the first thing she cared about was food, and then daily necessities. After a few months, although a lot of improvements have been made at home, it is still very rudimentary. I have to buy one after another, so I forgot to buy more clothes.When Mother mentioned buying fabrics, Ning Wan remembered that she should buy some new clothes and winter quilts for her family.

(End of this chapter)