The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 108
"Xiao Luo, don't think so. It's just that I was lucky enough to think of these things this time, but I can't think of them every time, so I need Xiao Luo to remind you more." Liu Linchu said.

Han Qianluo realized that he hadn't cooked at all, so he hurried back to cook.Time flies, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye. For such a long time, Han Qianluo went to the city every day, but he still couldn't find the shop.

It's already the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and Han Qianluo went to the city to look for shops as usual. Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, there are still more people in the city, especially in the market, and they are all starting to shop. It's New Year's Eve, so it's a little crowded.

Han Qianluo still came to look for a shop, but he also bought some New Year's goods to prepare for the New Year.She planned to buy a piece of cloth first, and she would definitely wear new clothes during the Chinese New Year. Even if she and her elder brother didn't mind, the two children, Sanwei and Pan Song, definitely wanted to wear new clothes.

Han Qianluo vaguely remembered that there was a cloth shop on another street, and the waiter in the store had a good service attitude, so she planned to go to another street to buy cloth.Unexpectedly, when I walked to the corner, I found a shop there, and there was a piece of cloth on the wall outside the shop with words written on it.

Han Qianluo walked over quickly, carefully read all the content written on it, and suddenly couldn't help being excited. After searching for so long, he finally found the shop today.The content on the cloth is very simple, it is nothing more than saying that the owner of the shop needs money urgently for something, and then he wants to sell the shop.

After reading it, Han Qianluo walked into the shop, and found that it really looked like it was about to be sold out. There were very few goods in it, and only a middle-aged man was sitting lazily behind the counter. He didn't mind seeing Han Qianluo come in. Greeting, just looked up at her, and then lazily turned her head away.

Han Qianluo didn't mind his attitude, so he walked over and asked, "May I ask if you want to sell this shop?"

The middle-aged man finally turned his head to look at Han Qianluo, looked at her expectantly and said, "Yes, does the girl intend to make the offer?"

"Yes, what's your price?" Han Qianluo asked directly. She still had to buy new year's goods, so she didn't have time to beat around the bush, and she was not good at beating around the bush.

The boss also lost the lazy posture before, sat up straight and said seriously: "It depends on the girl, do you want the goods here?"

Han Qianluo turned his head and looked at the things in the shop. In addition to some tables, chairs, benches and counters, there were also some fabrics, the colors were old, and the patterns seemed to be outdated. No wonder the business could not continue, Han Qianluo thought.

"I don't plan to open a cloth store, so these cloths are useless for me, so I don't want them, but other things such as tables, chairs, benches and counters are needed." Han Qianluo said, although they are a bit old, they are still usable. It will save you a lot of time if you stay.

"That's it," the middle-aged man said, looking around at the things in the shop, "Twenty pennies."

This price made Han Qianluo frowned. Before he could speak, the middle-aged man quickly added: "If the girl is not satisfied, how can this price be discussed again?"

Seeing the attitude of this middle-aged man, Han Qianluo also understood that he was anxious to sell the shop, maybe he was in a hurry to spend money, but Han Qianluo did not answer immediately, but said: "I have to go back and talk to you about this matter." Let's discuss it with my brother, I am a girl and I can't make the decision on such a big matter, how about this, my brother and I will come over tomorrow, let's discuss it again?"

"Okay, no problem." The middle-aged man agreed immediately.

However, Han Qianluo was still a little worried, worried that the middle-aged man would sell it to others if someone else wanted to sell it. After thinking about it, he took out a hundred coins from his body and handed it to the middle-aged man, saying, "This is my deposit." , you must never sell it to others."

The middle-aged man took out the copper coins, and said with some concern: "What if the girl regrets it after going back and doesn't want it?"

"Well, don't sell it to others before tomorrow morning. If I don't come tomorrow morning, then it's up to you. Then the money will be regarded as compensation for you. How about it?" Han Qianluo suggested.

The middle-aged man immediately said with a smile: "Okay, that's all right." After speaking, he walked to the door and took off the cloth in front of Han Qianluo, and put it in the drawer.

The shop was finally found, and Han Qianluo's mood improved a lot. He continued to go to the cloth shop to buy cloth happily, and soon saw the Yongji cloth shop. Many people came in and out. Cloth's business is very good.

Han Qianluo also walked in with the crowd. There were a lot of people buying cloth in the store, and the three clerks were so busy that they didn't have time to greet the new customers. Choose your favorite fabric.

Before coming here, Han Qianluo had already thought about it. She wanted to buy a piece of fine linen. There was no way for ordinary people to wear silk and satin. So after she came in, she looked for this kind of fabric, and soon found it among a pile of fabrics. The kind of fabric I want to buy, but there are lighter and heavier ones, which are suitable for winter clothes.

Han Qianluo pointed to one of the thicker silk cloths and asked the waiter: "How do you buy this fine linen cloth?"

The shop waiter had just cut the cloth for the woman, and when she heard the voice, she quickly turned her head and replied, "[-] Wen a piece." After speaking, she quickly turned her head and went to cut the cloth for others.

After hearing this, Han Qianluo was a little surprised. The last time I came to buy it, it was only more than 300 yuan a piece. Why has it increased so much now, but then I was relieved. It is probably because of the Chinese New Year. There are so many things Prices have all gone up.

Just about to ask the waiter in the shop to cut a piece of fine linen, Han Qianluo suddenly saw a kind of fabric that he was familiar with but seldom seen now among the pile of fabrics. He was overjoyed and quickly took out the fabric , I touched it carefully, and I was sure it was cotton cloth.

Han Qianluo was very happy. He didn't expect to see cotton cloth at this time. You must know that cotton is still in Xinjiang at this time. Of course, it should be the Western Regions now, and the relationship between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions is not very good, so How can you not be surprised to see cotton cloth.

"Shop er, how do you sell this cotton cloth?" Han Qianluo asked excitedly.

One of the guys turned his head, saw the fabric Han Qianluo was pointing at, and hurriedly chattered, "Girl has a good eye, this kind of fabric is not from our place, but from other places. It is not only warm, but also very comfortable." It’s comfortable, whether it’s an inner or an outerwear, but of course the price is a little more expensive.”

"How much is a piece?" Han Qianluo asked, saying that rare things are more expensive, so she naturally knew that the cotton cloth would definitely not be cheap.

"It's always worth one horse, how much does the girl want to buy?" the waiter asked with a smile.

When Han Qianluo heard the price, even though she was mentally prepared before, she was still a little scared by the price, but she just hesitated for a moment before making a decision: "Cut me a horse."

"Okay, girl, wait a moment." The waiter said with a smile on his face.

Han Qianluo actually hates this, why ordinary people can't wear silk and satin, they can only wear linen clothes, not to mention the poor, they really can't afford to wear them, but if other people have money, why can't they? wear.

However, although there is a rule that silk and satin cannot be worn, it does not say that cotton clothes cannot be worn, because cotton cloth is not produced in this place, so it is naturally left out. Han Qianluo feels that this cotton cloth is better than that. better.

The store clerk neatly cut a piece of cotton cloth, and handed it to Han Qianluo: "Girl, take it well." Han Qianluo put the cloth into the basket, paid the money, and left.

Immediately after setting out, Han Qianluo walked towards the meat place again. Although she had made marinated meat before, she felt that there might be a little less and she still needed to marinate some, so she planned to buy some more.

Soon Han Qianluo came to the place where the meat was sold, and there were quite a lot of people in this place, all of them were women, young and old, carrying baskets on their backs, so it seemed very crowded.

Han Qianluo came to a stall selling meat and looked at it. Most of the meat was very fatty, and there was very little lean meat. However, she also knew that ordinary people like fatty meat, so fat meat is better than lean meat. more expensive.

However, Han Qianluo and his family can eat meat from time to time, so they don’t like to buy fatty meat very much. After visiting several meat stalls, they finally saw a lot of half-fat and half-lean meat among the vendors. There is a lot of lean meat, but there are many fewer people in front of this stall.

"Miss, do you want to sell meat? The meat here is cheaper than theirs. Which one do you want?" The peddler said enthusiastically when he saw Han Qianluo.

"How much is a catty?" Han Qianluo asked, turning over a piece of meat and taking a closer look to make sure there was nothing wrong with it.

"This is fourteen Wen a catty, and this lean meat is twelve Wen a catty, which one do you want to buy, girl?" The peddler asked quickly.

Han Qianluo hesitated for a while, and finally pointed to the piece of lean meat and said, "I want this piece, can you weigh it to see how heavy it is?"

"Well." The peddler happily hooked the hook of the scale to the piece of lean meat, and said after holding the scale steady, "It's a total of sixteen catties and two taels."

Han Qianluo paid the money, put the meat into the basket, and then continued to go shopping. Naturally, salt was needed to make cured meat, so she left the place where the meat was sold and went to a shop that sold salt.

The shops that sell salt are relatively less crowded. Han Qianluo bought the salt quickly. At this time, he felt that his shoulders were getting heavier and heavier. Thinking that he would have to walk for an hour, Han Qianluo left the market decisively and went home. Do not continue to buy.

(End of this chapter)