Chapter 130 Coming
Due to moral constraints, I did not speak.
You can't not pay back money you owe others and only care about your own expenses. Who do you become?
Melon Milk didn’t expect that she would still be true, kind and beautiful after traveling through thousands of years.
Mrs. Xu couldn't control the expression on her face. She looked like she was earning 3,000 yuan a month but spent 23,000 yuan on shopping in one day. She felt in a daze as she touched the only seven taels of silver left in her pocket.
She felt like she didn't buy anything and she didn't have enough money.
Xu Youcang's expression was blanker than his mother's.
What's his share? Is he worthy of wearing new clothes, covering himself with new quilts, and sleeping on cotton mattresses?
There was smoke and snow outside, and he couldn't bear to lie on the hot bed and enjoy such a great blessing.
Moreover, using new clothes is a burden for him. He has to wash his feet before getting into bed at night before he dares to sleep. When wearing new clothes, he is afraid that they will be scratched when he works splitting wood. How can this be a blessing? Those who can wear them belong to their ancestors.
"Mom, you, your niece, and your sister-in-law are staying here, while our three brothers are retreating. Our brothers are so powerful that they are enough to make a single order in the winter. It is not a waste to wrap our three brothers into cotton monkeys.
Money? Even if I make a lot of money on this trip, I can't be in such trouble."
In the past, I bought a small stone mortar and a grindstone, and customized expensive wine filtering vessels; I bought luxurious orange and jujube cakes for twenty-five cents per pound. As long as I could eat them to satisfy my niece's craving, I wouldn't feel bad, and Xu Lao-san would go on without making a sound.
He also figured it out. The reason why his mother took him out was because he didn't talk much. He had to make full use of his strengths and become a gourd, otherwise his mother would be even more interested in the sweet-tongued fourth child.
But the cotton and cloth were spent on him, and he felt he had the right to protest.
He said no, and he would be angry if she forced her to buy it.
I believe that the second brother and younger brother will have the same idea as him when they find out later.
"Hurry up and buy books and pens for your niece. Mom, literacy can't be achieved in a day, and you can't waste it while your niece is young."
Xu Laosan never thought that Xu Tianxin was studying because he wanted to have special skills.
All three of their brothers believe that if a little girl can write and do calculations, she will be valued by her husband's family in the future. This aspect can be used as a major advantage when meeting other people in the future. The niece will start to meet each other in two years, and judge others by herself.
My niece was able to help out the poor people in a farmhouse where there were a lot of illiterate people. This was the main reason why the three brothers raised their hands to support the purchase of books.
Mrs. Xu calmed down after being snatched away by her third son.
She sighed and said:
"It's not that your niece loves you. Since your eldest brother passed away, in addition to making a few new clothes for Tian Xin'er in the past few years, your brothers have been using strips of cloth to connect their lengths.
Your niece said you don't use good ones, and she doesn't wear them either. Your uncle and aunt, who has no relatives, dress in tatters and cover them with sacks, pretending that your niece has no patches on her body and people laugh behind her back. Actually, who would laugh?
She was sensible enough to make excuses and wanted to share the blessings of the whole family, so I didn't stop her. After all these years, it was indeed time for her to change her clothes, but she had to change them thoroughly, even buying a lot of lining materials and face kerchiefs.
Don't worry, it's a good thing, don't make me upset. Next time, the boss won't give you this cheap price. They said, no matter how much the replenishment is, the price will be raised until the goods are sold out. That coarse cloth
It was at the end of last year's sale, and I didn't notice that Liu Laozhu was making rounds upstairs.
I just didn’t have enough money to spend and I’m already unhappy, so don’t bother me.”
Xu Youcang's aura was much weaker. He looked up and saw Uncle Li Zheng waving to the village boys to go upstairs to move the goods. It was indeed as if there was no such shop in this village.
Xu Tianxin came out of the Buzhuang hut and heard that his third uncle had lost his temper and forced his grandmother to return the goods. He said with a straight face:
"Uncle San is just being stubborn. He doesn't want to think about how he stayed at home when the weather was cold in the past, but he has to go out to work this year. Wear warmer clothes to avoid frostbite and frostbite, which will really save money. Don't you want the milk to cost you two taels?
Money is used to buy medicine? Spending money on medicine is wasted money, will you settle the score?"
Xu Youcang was worried when he mentioned the two taels of medicine money. He couldn't deal with his mother and niece, so he put the goods in the car and muttered unwillingly:
"But even if you want to dress warmly, there are people selling old quilts and old clothes in the city. It's not good to buy old ones. Why buy them all new? What kind of family is it? I don't dare to show off to others after buying them, for fear of buying so many.
People come to borrow money, but where is the money?"
Xu Tianxin's eyes lit up: "Uncle Third, where is the seller of old quilts and clothes?"
Their family was making shoes to sell to caravans, and they were worried that the shoes would get wet if they walked in the snow all the way, and they were worried that they did not have the cloth and cotton to make shoes.
It’s not cost-effective to buy new cloth for tailoring or fill the shoes with new cotton. Grandma just did the math upstairs, and the embroidered flowers are just ordinary cotton shoes. How much does it cost to sell a pair to make back the money? And I don’t know how much it will cost.
How about it? I'm worried that all the rich people in caravans wear animal skin shoes, and the size can only be about 42. Who knows if they will all be sold?
You can try your hand at using old cotton cloth, such as shoes, which will probably be sold to a few uncles. You can also make sleeves, cotton hats, masks and gloves. In short, if you want to make money, the cost must be kept to a minimum.
It is cost-effective to buy a piece of old cotton and use the old cloth to make shoe uppers.
"When you were buying ingredients just now, we went to the market entrance. You saw what your Mr. Li Zheng bought on the car. He wanted to go back and sell it. He said that only big cities can see such vendors."
Mrs. Xu glanced at the car: I didn't expect Liu Laozhu to even throw away his old things.
Mrs. Xu hurriedly took her granddaughter to the entrance of the market. They heard old clothes and quilts being sold, and many people were picking through them, so they both joined in.
It's not something that can be used by anyone, so don't worry about that.
When I was choosing, I sighed: No wonder the clothes here are so expensive. Cotton clothes and cotton are wealth, and they can be exchanged for food here.
It's just that no one buys the shabby ones her family has discarded. In the Xu family, only her grandson and grandson are well-dressed. Even if they make new clothes and quilts, the old ones are still useful.
"Milk, look at this red cloth?"
"This piece is really good. I cut off the holes that the mice gnawed on, and the rest is for new purposes. It's just enough to return the piece of cloth your Fourth Master used to make a flag for the village. I'll help you buy it, and I'll take care of you later."
Want money."
In the end, the grandfather and grandson chose among several used clothes vendors and bought nearly one tael of old bedding and clothes. Some of them looked very dirty and needed to be starched when they got home.
Xu Laosan thought that his mother had taken his advice and went back to the village to resell the new cotton material given to them and earn two more, so that he could exchange it for the old ones for his three brothers.
So I didn't stop spending money this time. Being able to buy so much for less than one tael of silver seemed like a huge bargain. I took the initiative to step forward with my hands full and four old quilts on my shoulders.
After buying the old things, I still have six taels left.
Xu Tianxin spent one or two silver coins to buy all the pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but they were not very good. The ink smelled very bad. They were among the worst four treasures of the study on the market.
This is because she and Nai will not be able to deliver the goods next time, and they will have to write paperwork for Yuhuan Noodles and Qinsong before rushing to buy them all.
When they entered the bookstore, Xu Tianxin refused to spend any money. Even though Mrs. Xu said that the money was enough to buy a book, she was unmoved. And to prevent her grandma from spending money randomly, she also gave her the remaining five taels of silver in her pocket. Temporarily confiscated.
This bookstore in Fucheng is huge, and there are many scholars inside who are copying books to make money.
So when the two of them and Xu Laosan went in, the waiter in the store only looked at them a few times, fearing that they would steal books. They were the key targets of observation, but they were not stopped outside.
Xu Tianxin selected books introducing medicinal materials and treating women's diseases, and finally wrote down the titles of the two books on paper and handed them to Xu Laosan:
"Uncle Third, I don't feel bad if I don't buy books this time. Really, don't be depressed. Do you think I'm a month or two behind? I haven't learned anything for so many years. I'll wait until you make money next time you deliver the goods." Money, don’t forget to buy it for me.”
Xu Youcang solemnly placed the small piece of paper with the title on it close to his heart.
After comforting Xu Youcang, Xu Tianxin took her grandma to the pharmacy to grab some herbs.
Xu Tianxin knew that grandma's problem was that she didn't use facial oil, so he grabbed some medicine and made it himself, which cost less than half a tael.
Xu Tianxin asked the medicine boy to help him prepare seven kinds of herbs including Atractylodes rhubarb, Angelica dahurica, Bletilla striata, White aconite, and White Fuling to prepare Qibai ointment.
This is the whitening mask she temporarily selected among many recipes in the live broadcast room.
Choosing Qibai Cream also saves money. Because the facial oil recipe she uses during the day has many ingredients that overlap with Qibai Cream. She doesn’t need to make one kind of skin care product to get the same medicine.
The dough recipe requires almonds, white poria, white poria, angelica atractylodes and other Qibai ointment ingredients, plus mulberry leaves and the high-strength liquor she is about to brew, as well as lard, to make an ancient version of Vaseline, used in autumn and winter. It's very good. You can use these herbs to wipe your face twice.
Xu Tianxin thought for a while, then wrote another note and handed it to Uncle Xu.
Xu Youcang was confused: "What is this?"
"Uncle San, take note of this pharmacy and help me buy these next time." This is the prescription formula for shampoo.
I heard from family members in the live broadcast room that using these herbs to make shampoo has a fragrance that can retain the fourth uncle, which is the secret to the big pig's hooves changing his mind.
It can be seen that it will be delicious, but I can't buy it this time. I have to save money to buy some food and drink for accommodation on the road, and also buy some apples and pears.
After buying it all, they only had four taels of silver left to go home to use as cross-river money. If they had to order a lot of fish floss, their family would have to have the capital to collect the fish, and they didn't know how well the house was built and whether there would be anything missing.
You can't be as insecure as what grandma said by expecting the table full of grandma to come back and help you get money. Who knows if the table full of grandma will sell anything?
Mrs. Xu feels sorry for her granddaughter, and her child is planning to become a housekeeper. She has never had to worry about money before in modern times.
The night before departure, Mrs. Xu used the leftover sesame seeds from the last snack sale to make sesame paste to eat on the road. It was going to be cold when she returned, so she tried to make something warm.
Mrs. Xu was busy in the kitchen of the inn. She was thinking about going out to buy some white flour to make pot cakes and bring them with her. Suddenly, gongs and drums were beating outside. People living nearby in brightly-colored clothes came out to greet her, and she also asked the girls to get pregnant.
There were flowers in the basket, and the children straddled their necks and clapped, trying to convey a heartfelt welcome.
Mrs. Xu suddenly heard a lot of people discussing about welcoming a general. The general was about to be stationed in the north, and people were already outside the city and wanted to pass by here.
It was extremely noisy outside, and I heard that officials from all over the city were urging people to carry sedans or horsemen to hurry up and send them outside Shili Pavilion.
Also, the little official who came after him had no horses, so he lost his official hat in a panic and jumped back to pick it up.
At the same time, Liu Laozhu's eldest son's shop was close to the city gate, and the government officials lined up to open the city gate. The elder of the Liu family hurriedly grabbed a government official he knew and asked him what the general's surname was. He heard that the surname was the same as his father's.
Same thing said.
When did his father become so capable?
Chapter completed!