Five-year-old little girl: Mom has thousands of acres of material space

Chapter 256 Mr. Bai’s visit

"Okay, go back."

Jiang Wei picked up the firewood on the ground and carried it home.

Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at her mother's movements and opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she swallowed it back.

After lunch, Jiang Xiaoxiao carried a basket full of wool and was ready to set off to find Qiulian Niang and ask her to help knit some woolen sweaters.

The weather is getting colder and colder. When standing in the sun at noon, you have to wear a thick coat to keep yourself warm.

Passing by the big locust tree in the village, there were still a bunch of village wives sitting there.

Now is the farm break, and everyone has nothing to do at home, so they like to sit around with neighbors, basking in the sun and doing household chores, while sewing winter clothes and shoe soles for family members.

Nowadays, many people in the village work in Jiang's soap workshop and receive an income every month. Even those who have no job can make a lot of money by collecting firewood from the mountains and selling it to the soap workshop. If they work harder, they can make a lot of money.

Now every household in the village has some money, and they are willing to buy fabrics that they were reluctant to buy in previous years, and buy them back to make new clothes for the whole family.

There is no shortage of food, and there are new clothes to wear, which is unimaginable in those poor days in previous years.

Although there is no great wealth, everyone is still very happy and looking forward to a prosperous winter this year.

When Jiang Xiaoxiao passed by the big locust tree carrying a basket, everyone greeted her and said hello.

Very enthusiastic.

Jiang Xiaoxiao also responded with a smile.

However, before she could go far, she heard the women discussing in low voices:

"Hey, do you think the Jiang family is so rich now, will they recruit a new wife or something?"

"My natal family has a nephew who is two years younger than Mrs. Jiang and is very capable. If I go to propose marriage, will Mrs. Jiang be happy?"

"Your mother-in-law's nephew is very dark-looking. She will definitely not be happy with it. I have a nephew who is really talented. He has also studied and is a bookkeeper in this town. Mrs. Jiang will definitely like it..."

……

Listening to the group of people behind him starting to look for a man for his mother-in-law, Jiang Xiaoxiao silently quickened her pace.

It seems that in the next few days, there will be no peace in front of her house.

Soon we arrived at Qiulian’s parents’ house.

The late autumn sun was very warm on her body. Jiang Xiaoxiao immediately saw Qiu Lianniang sitting in the courtyard sewing clothes. Mrs. Zhao was also busy nearby, spreading last year's old quilts on bamboo poles to dry, while returning Use a bamboo pole to fluff up the hard wadding inside.

She walked into the yard with a smile: "Aunt Qiulian, she is making clothes."

"Xiaoxiao is here." Qiu Lianniang looked up and saw her, a smile immediately appeared on her face, "Sit down quickly."

Just as she was about to get up and move a small stool out, Mrs. Zhao beside her was already one step ahead of her. She moved a small stool for Jiang Xiaoxiao with quick eyes and hands, and then looked at the basket in her hand with a smile.

The Jiang family spends a lot of money, unlike those in the village who like petty gains. Every time they ask Qiulian Niang to make clothes, they will give something as a thank you gift, sometimes it is dozens of copper coins, sometimes it is some fabrics.

This time Jiang Xiaoxiao didn't hide it, and took the initiative to lift the cloth covering the bamboo basket, revealing the white wool inside.

"Aunt Qiulian, this is the wool scraped from the sheep at my home. Although it's not much, it can still make two woolen sweaters. Let's see if you have time to make it for my family. I'll give away the remaining wool. Give it to your home.”

Mrs. Zhao's eyes suddenly brightened.

Qiu Lian Niang hadn't spoken yet. She hurriedly took the basket from Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand and said with a smile on her face: "Little girl Xiaoxiao, don't worry, your Aunt Qiu Lian will make it for you right away. She will make it beautifully." You send it." Sheep are a rare thing in a small place like Yong'an County, and there are very few of them, let alone wool. The quantity is very small and the price is expensive. Only rich people can afford woolen fabrics.

Jiang Xiaoxiao brought a basket full of wool. After making two sweaters, there was still a lot left.

There is more than enough wool left to make a woolen hat.

"Mom, don't take advantage of Xiaoxiao." Qiu Lian Niang glared at Old Mrs. Zhao. This wool is extremely expensive, not to mention that on such cold days when winter is about to begin, people who have money but no land usually buy it.

"This is what Xiaoxiao gave us, how can I take advantage of it?" Old Mrs. Zhao stared back unconvinced, but she was still a little afraid that Jiang Xiaoxiao would really ask for the wool back. She said to Jiang Xiaoxiao with a flattering face: "Girl Xiaoxiao, You really gave your stuff to our house, you don’t want to take it back, do you?”

"No." Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled helplessly and shook his head.

I don’t know if it’s because she often drinks supernatural water, but the wool production of the sheep in her home is far higher than the normal level, and the wool in the basket is only one-third.

If she hadn't been afraid of scaring Qiulian Niang, she would have taken all the wool at home.

After Jiang Xiaoxiao returned home, she told her mother about the incident.

After Jiang Wei finished listening, he silently put away the newly installed wool carpet at home.

But speaking of it, things to keep out the cold were rare in this era. Apart from straw, they were made of reed catkins, willow catkins and the like.

However, catkins only start to fly in April and May every spring, so they are not easy to collect.

As for reed flowers, they can only be collected in late autumn, but in recent years there have been droughts and the rivers have dried up. Not even the shadow of the reeds can be seen by the river, let alone the reed flowers.

When she came back from Qiulian's parents' house, most of the people she saw used straw. Putting it into bedding can keep them warm throughout the winter.

But this thing won't do well in extremely cold weather.

I don’t know if there is such a thing as cotton in this era...

Just as Jiang Xiaoxiao was thinking about it, a shout suddenly sounded outside: "Xiao Xiaoxiao, are you at home? Someone is here to buy soap."

It was Mrs. Zhao's voice.

"Here I am!"

Jiang Xiaoxiao responded immediately and hurriedly opened the door.

The door opened, and besides Mrs. Zhao, there was also a middle-aged man wearing a long gown outside.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had the impression that this man was Mr. Bai who ordered a thousand portions of soap last time he came to her house.

"Miss Jiang, long time no see." When Mr. Bai saw Jiang Wei, he greeted her politely. Then he looked at Jiang Xiaoxiao with a warm and decent smile on his face: "Little girl, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you have grown taller." A lot.”

"Is Mr. Bai's business going well?" Jiang Xiaoxiao squinted and smiled, thinking that he was indeed a businessman, and he treated people with all-round care, even a five-year-old child like her didn't forget to say hello.

Mr. Bai smiled and nodded: "Thanks to your family, this business went very smoothly."

"Come in and talk." Jiang Wei invited people into the courtyard.

Sister-in-law Zhao was about to go back to the soap workshop, "You guys talk, I'll go over first."

……

In the Jiang family courtyard.

Jiang Xiaoxiao put the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the table, poured the tea, and handed it to Mr. Bai with a smile, while saying, "Looking at the smile on Mr. Bai's face, he should make a lot of money this time."