Dressed as a vicious stepmother, the whole family is full of wealth

Chapter 9, Changing Cloth

Xiao Qing thought to herself that the rice noodles she traded in the shopping mall were fine, not comparable to the ancient coarse grain millet, and the taste was naturally delicious. She dressed like this and sent such good rice noodles to the grain shop, which might arouse the shopkeeper's thoughts What's more, she really can't carry it anymore. When she loses her body fat and gains strength, she can go to the grain store in front to exchange money.

"Shopkeeper Li, shopkeeper Li, don't go away. Look at me, I'm so fat, I've walked more than ten miles from the countryside to the county, and I can't walk anymore. Look at these two buckets of fine flour, it's not ordinary. The wheat has been ground, let's take a look, you take a look before you go!" Xiao Qing pulled shopkeeper Li to the side of the noodles.

She smiled and bent down to open the bag, took a pinch of flour from inside, and handed it to shopkeeper Li: "Look, touch this flour!"

Most of the flour in ancient times was ground by stone mills, and it is difficult for the flour to be as fine as modern ones. It is white and tender without bran. Plant it, go to the grain store.

Shopkeeper Li was rubbing the flour in his hands, smooth and delicate, his eyes shone brightly, and his brows frowned. How could there be such flour in the world?

He looked at the woman in front of him in surprise, and unconsciously looked at the bag of rice: "This flour is good flour, what about the rice?"

Xiao Qing smiled and tore the rice bag open again, grabbed a handful of rice and handed it to shopkeeper Li: "Look at this rice, the grains are full, and the rice is white and bright, where can I find it on the shopkeeper?" rice?"

Shopkeeper Li looked at the rice noodles and frowned. Seeing that the woman was not dressed like someone who could grow this kind of rice, not to mention that there was a severe drought, and rice was still in storage. He asked worriedly: "Sister, are you honest with me I said, where did you steal your rice noodles from?"

Listening to his doubts, Xiao Qing was not only not angry, but understood that it would be good if she dressed like this, if she had a stammer at home, and if she could have such good rice and noodles, she was either stealing or cheating.

She squinted her eyes and smiled, and said calmly: "What did the shopkeeper Li say? How can we farmers who do their best to do such sneaky things? If you don't want to change, I won't bother you. Keep resting. There are also a few cloth houses and grain shops. I will exchange some money. It must be more expensive than exchanging your cloth, but doubting our character can make people uncomfortable. Haven’t dared to change to you yet? I’m tired today and I can’t bear it anymore. Seeing some of your fabrics I like very much, I feel itchy and want to change with you! If you doubt it and don’t want to change, I'll go to another house when I get tired and carry it on my back."

After all, she didn't wait for shopkeeper Li, she was about to carry the rice noodles to the cloth shop in front of her.

Alas, she has to carry these two heavy bags to a distant place to change again.

Shopkeeper Li was neither angry nor annoyed when he saw the fat woman, and he spoke nicely and to the point, not like the kind of person who steals. What's more, after several years of severe drought, who has such food and doesn't hide it?It is necessary to change the cloth.

He smiled thoughtfully: "Hey, little girl, don't go, I didn't say no, even if you stole this rice noodles, it doesn't matter to me, I open the door to do business, and naturally I won't let go of good things However, although the rice noodles in your hand are not the best, they are not bad in Yaoshan County. I can consider accepting them, but the price can only be cheaper than the ones in the grain shop. Okay, why don't you go to my shop to pick out cloth?"

Seeing that he wanted to lower the price, Xiao Qing saw that the four buckets of rice noodles she carried were not many, even if they went to the grain store, they would not give her a good price, and would send someone to follow her to check her details, to see why she was so good Rice noodles.

Although the shopkeeper of the cloth village pressed his price, the rice noodles always had a source, and there would be no way to inquire about the source of her rice noodles like a grain shop, like checking the account, and the follow-up would be endless.

She smiled and said, "Tell me, shopkeeper Li, how much will you give me for two buckets of rice and two buckets of noodles? If I think it's appropriate, I will exchange my rice noodles with yours in the future!"

Shopkeeper Li stroked his beard on both sides to make an estimate, thinking about the market price and market conditions, he could not give too little or too much.

He calculated for a long time, and said with a smile: "Little sister, do you think this is suitable? White flour is expensive, and the good flour in the grain shop is two hundred yuan a bucket. Although our flour is good, the quantity is too small. I will give it to you." 150 renminbi, rice, the market price is cheaper, good rice is [-] renminbi a bucket, and your rice is [-] renminbi a dou, what do you think? If there are such good rice and noodles in the future, come to me Send it, let’s raise the price later?”

Xiao Qing felt shopkeeper Li's sincerity, and he was right, the market price was about the same price. During the severe drought here, rice noodles and oil were expensive, and rice noodles doubled in length. People in the village could eat whole grains, coarse grains, pea noodles Not bad, it is a common thing for most households to eat bran-swallowed vegetables, not to mention thin noodles and white rice, and few people in Yaoshan Village have seen it.

The price given by shopkeeper Li was also reasonable, but Xiao Qing still didn't rush to agree. After thinking about it, he deliberately glanced at the cloth in his shop, and said with a smile: "Well, although the price you gave me is not good, But that’s all I have, and I’ll sift out the rice noodles later, and the price of shopkeeper Li will increase for me.”

Shopkeeper Li smiled, and then made a gesture of invitation: "The little girl goes in and sees which cloths are suitable, so you can just take some away?"

Xiao Qing carried the rice noodles on his back and sent them to the store, then patted the flour on his body, found a piece of indigo-flowered fine linen, two pieces of bronze-colored linen, and some shoe uppers and soles, and handed them to Li The shopkeeper asked him to calculate the money.

Shopkeeper Li saw that she brought several batches of cloth to the counter, and he felt relieved. He thought she liked the good cloth. He didn't need a ruler to measure these linen cloths. Villagers in counties and villages often buy them. Although they don't make a lot of money, the value lies in the large quantity.

It just so happened that there has been a severe drought in the past two years, and the sales of linen have been low. It is a good thing that this girl can help him eliminate some stocks.

"Sister, you have a good eye for picking these cloths. This piece of fine linen costs two hundred cash, and the two bolts of burlap are also two hundred cash. You can't take the sole and upper of the shoe, just the sole of the shoe." It’s a hundred cash, and I don’t feel sorry for giving you a few pennies for the uppers! Four buckets of rice noodles are 440 cash, and the fine linen and linen are [-] cash. The soles are cheaper and you can buy cloth. Why don’t you take a few pairs of shoes today? Noodles?" Shopkeeper Li held down the sole of the shoe and refused to sell it.

Xiao Qing smiled, knowing that the soles are expensive, she didn't buy those cloth shoes because even with four buckets of rice noodles, she couldn't buy a pair of embroidered cloth shoes, thinking that the soles would be lower, I'm afraid the soles are more expensive than fine linen.

"Okay, okay, I'll grind some fine flour and white rice some other day, bring them here, and exchange them with you! Shopkeeper Li will give me a cheaper price then!" Xiao Qing said with a smile.

Shopkeeper Li was very happy when he heard that she still had fine rice noodles: "Okay, I will take as much as you have from now on, little girl!"

(End of this chapter)