Era: Seven money-losing girls? They're trying to trick me into having a daughter again!

"Don't worry, it won't bite."

Fang Wei placed the snake on the counter and laughed, "This is a viper; it's excellent for making medicinal wine."

"I see you have a medicinal wine cabinet in your shop, right? If you brew a jar of this, people will definitely line up to buy it."

The old man pushed up his glasses and leaned forward to take a closer look.

It was indeed a viper, and quite large. Most importantly, its body was undamaged and appeared to be in good condition.

"I'll give you ten yuan at most."

"fifteen."

"Twelve! I won't accept a single cent more!"

"make a deal!"

When Fang Wei came out of Yonghetang, he had seventy-seven yuan in his pocket.

That's a huge sum of money!

He thought for a moment and then walked toward the most respectable building on West Street.

The two-story brick building had a red sign hanging at the entrance. The shop windows displayed colorful fabrics, enamel basins, rubber shoes, and various daily necessities, a dazzling array that made one's eyes dazzled.

This is the supply and marketing cooperative here.

Fang Weiwei pushed open the glass door and went inside.

The saleswoman behind the fabric counter was a round-faced woman in her thirties, who was knitting a sweater with her head down.

"Comrade, pull the cloth a little."

Hearing that I wanted to buy something, the saleswoman put down the sweater she was holding and lazily stood up: "What kind of fabric do you want? What's it for?"

"Well……"

Fang Wei hesitated for a moment.

He had never bought fabric for his wife and children in his past life, so he had no idea how to choose.

The fabrics on the counter were neatly stacked, in red, green, blue, and floral patterns—they had it all.

"Tear off a little of this to make women's clothes."

Fang Wei first pointed to a piece of white cotton fabric with small floral patterns, and then pointed to a pink one, "Tear off a little more of this, to make clothes for little girls."

The sales clerk glanced at him and asked, "How much of each?"

"..."

Fang Wei was dumbfounded, not knowing how long the cloth would have to be pulled!

"What's wrong?"

The sales clerk rolled her eyes and said impatiently, "You don't even know how much fabric you're going to buy?"

"Well, I was just doing this on behalf of my wife and my seven daughters."

Fang Wei chuckled awkwardly, "Could you please do me a favor and calculate how many feet of cloth I need?"

"...Was this for your wife and daughter?"

The saleswoman raised an eyebrow at him, her attitude slightly improving: "If you're going to buy fabric for them, why didn't you bring them with you?"

"They have things to do at home."

Fang Wei hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I still need to buy candy. Big sister, could you do me this favor? What kind of candy do you want? I'll buy you some too."

"Hmph, I don't need your candy!"

The sales clerk chuckled and took out a white floral fabric and a pink fabric.

"How tall is your wife? Does she reach your shoulder? How old are your seven daughters?"

"My wife is up to my chest."

Fang Wei reached out and drew a line on his chest, then continued, "My eldest daughter is ten years old, and my youngest daughter has just been weaned."

"With so many children, how can you possibly raise them all?"

The sales clerk was very quick; she cut and folded the fabric in no time, wrapped it in kraft paper, tied it with hemp rope, and handed it to Fang Wei.

"Here you go! Your wife's seven feet, your daughter's thirty-two feet! That'll be twelve dollars and forty cents in total!"

Fang Wei paid the money readily, feeling fortunate that he no longer needed cloth coupons to buy cloth, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to spend the money.

"Those ones……"

He looked towards the grain and oil counter. "Ma'am, can you help me think of something? Like with sugar, what would you like to eat?"

Unfortunately, rice, meat, and oil still require ration coupons, so you can't buy them freely anymore.

He had no tickets, so he had to think of other ways.

"..."

The saleswoman's gaze swept over the flour and pork, then she chuckled, "You little rascal! Come with me!"

She took Fang Wei to the grain and oil counter, whispered something to the salesperson, and then slipped something to the person.

"Okay, no problem, it's nothing!"

The saleswoman at the grain and oil counter was a woman in her forties with a hearty laugh.

"Young man, what do you want to buy? Pick whatever you like! I'll weigh it for you!"

"Thank you so much, sisters!"

Fang Wei didn't care what deal the two of them had made in private, and just told them what he wanted to buy.

"Five catties of rice, five catties of wheat flour, and three catties of pork belly—yes, the fatty kind!"

"Okay!"

The older woman quickly weighed all the things he wanted to buy and bundled them together.

Thank you!

True to his word, Fang Wei pointed to the flour and meat and said, "Could you please give me another pound of each of these for this lady?"

"Oh, you don't need so much!"

Although the sales clerk at the fabric counter was polite, her eyes were constantly fixed on the flour and pork.

"Half a pound is enough! Half a pound is enough!"

"Sister, you don't need to be so polite with me!"

Fang Wei had plenty of money and was very confident. "I might need your help when I come to buy things in the future."

"It's nothing! Why are you being so polite!"

Seeing that her colleagues had weighed their clothes to the correct weight, the saleswoman at the fabric counter said with a smile, "When I first met you, I felt a sense of closeness to you, like you were my own younger brother."

"From now on, you can come to me for anything you want to buy. Everyone here will give me face!"

"good!"

Fang Wei had no intention of letting his wife and daughter suffer any longer. He would definitely come to the supply and marketing cooperative often from now on. "I'll remember your words!"

"By the way, how many White Rabbit milk candies are in a pack?"

He suddenly pointed to the White Rabbit milk candy on the shelf next to him and asked with a smile.

"That comes in a pack of forty."

Seeing his generous spending and the fact that there were no other customers, the other sales clerks gradually gathered around.

"Would you like to take a look at some other bulk candies?"

"Not for now, give me three packs of these White Rabbit milk candies."

Fang Wei said.

His daughters are all grown up, and they probably haven't even touched a candy wrapper.

"Are you buying this for your daughters?"

The saleswoman at the fabric counter knew she was definitely entitled to a share of the candy, and said with a grin, "Buying new fabric and White Rabbit milk candy, your daughter is really living the good life."

"..."

Fang Wei's expression froze for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.

His daughters are not doing well.

"Look at you, you're just being too polite!"

The sales clerk at the fabric counter took a bag of White Rabbit milk candy from Fang Wei and then helped promote it to her other colleagues.

"We have some fresh clam oil here, would you like to buy a box for your wife and kids?"

"This stuff can protect your skin when you apply it!"

Fang Wei took a small, round tin box, looked at it, and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll have one of these too."

"Hey sis, I wanted to buy some oil, but I didn't bring a bucket..."

"It's alright, we have plenty of buckets here."

The sales clerk at the fabric counter gave a look to the person next to her, who then ran under her counter and pulled out an empty bucket.

"This is a five-pound bucket, can you handle that many?"

Fang Wei laughed and said, "Yes!"