Brother Wang's date was cleverly set in late December. The New Year would be celebrated not long after the wedding. One person in their family couldn't just wear one set of clothes until after the New Year. The days would be too long, and Wen Yu was also serious about it.
He didn't really want to trouble Aunt Wang. He also knew that she was busy, but they couldn't find anyone else in the village except Aunt Wang.
When Aunt Wang heard about this, she laughed and said: "What did I think? Your clothes are easy to make. I can find some good ladies from several places to work with me in just a few days. Okay, you can take the time to buy some cloth."
Let’s take another measurement and I’ll do it for you as soon as possible.”
"Thank you, ma'am."
"What's the big deal? You kids are just too polite."
Aunt Wang finished changing the last piece of clothing and handed the clothes over, "Okay, I've already put some of them away. You don't have any more clothes to put away. Put them on first. If you don't put them away, Shan'er will grow up later."
It can be worn. If you don’t mind adding a piece of the remaining cloth, it can be worn. Let’s see later.”
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After the rain this week, business can continue again.
Last week, there was almost a tael of profit every day, so that more than a thousand salted duck eggs were sold out in one week. If you want more, you have to wait until December, and these profits are not all
They can all save it, half of which needs to be used for the next day’s food expenses, so that there is still a total of 3 taels, 500 Wen left in the week’s balance. In addition to the money they spent collecting eggs in the village last time, their family is now openly
The account was almost 30 taels of silver.
Of course, only Wen Xin and Wen Yu knew this specific number. Their family members didn't ask in detail, so they naturally didn't elaborate on it.
However, buying clothes for the whole family is a big expense for any family, especially winter clothes, because they not only require cloth, but also need to buy cotton separately. Even Wen Jin couldn't help but feel distressed and said: "
I might as well just wear the winter clothes I had before, so why am I so distressed about having to add more clothes for the whole family?"
Wen Yu smiled and said: "I always need these clothes. These are all necessities. I just need to buy more cloth and make the clothes bigger. This way, if it is small, it will be easier to put more and wear it for a few more years. Besides,
The new clothes this time won’t last that long. It’s getting cold now. I think we can change and wash the clothes once they’re ready.”
Wen Jin's little face was wrinkled. After thinking for a moment, he asked seriously: "How many taels did we spend on clothes last time?"
He said warmly and leisurely: "About 10 taels. I plan to make the clothes thicker this time. I think this cotton coat is very good to wear this season, but if the weather gets colder, I think it is a bit thin, but we made a quilt last time.
, so a lot of fabric and cotton were used. If I didn’t need these this time, I wouldn’t have paid so much silver.”
Wen Yu said: "You're not going out. When the weather gets cold, just light a fire and roast it in the house. But you can also make it thicker."
Wen Wen said speechlessly: "You have to go out if I don't go out. Although it's only a few days when it's cold, you have to take a donkey cart when you go out to the stall. You can't carry your clothes if they are thin. You always buy something, and you always make it."
Yes, you can do it right the first time.”
Seeing how excited everyone was talking, Jing Chen also asked, "Can you please ask Aunt Wang to make two sets of clothes for Bo'er? I'll pay the money alone."
"Okay, Uncle Jing, do you want to do it?"
Jingchen waved his hand, "I don't need it. I still have all my clothes that I don't need to make any more. They are Bo'er's. Children grow so fast that last year's clothes can no longer be worn."
Even in the past, Jingchen had paid for the help of villagers, but didn't he just happen to bump into the Wen family? The Wen family always did what they did, and he followed suit.
Speaking of this, Jingchen said again: "Actually, I have hunted a lot of rabbits during this period, and I have already tanned the rabbit skins. It is cold during this period, so you can use it when you go out. Wear it on your hands or a scarf.
Anything above is fine.”
This is true. Wen Shan had kept the rabbit skins before. At this time, Wen Shan quickly said: "I put the rabbit skins in the cellar. There are more than ten pieces of them."
"If it's not enough, I can go up the mountain and hunt a few. It's easy, but I just don't know how to do it." He didn't know how to use gloves or a girdle, so he left the skins untouched after making them.
But Wen Wan is actually good at this, but you have to pay a price for asking her to do it, so you might as well ask Aunt Wang to do it. She always uses this favor, "Let's send the cloth to Aunt Wang's place after we buy it."
After saying that, Wen Yu added: "I was thinking that Aunt Wang wouldn't accept any money from us anyway. How about we don't accept any money when we help Aunt Wang hold a wedding banquet during the Chinese New Year? We can give it to others when their family is busy."
If you cause trouble, let's be smart and don't be vague when it's time to help."
"We know that."
In fact, Wen Yu has already thought about the matter very carefully. The money they want to send here is probably only one tael, but the wedding banquet of Madam Wang's family must be more than this amount, but that's not how favors are calculated. Some things cannot be calculated.
It's so detailed, otherwise it would hurt feelings. Besides, Brother Wang's wedding banquet is not that far away. When their clothes are ready, Brother Wang's wedding banquet is probably about to start, so there won't be any time difference.
How long.
The Wen family naturally had no objection when they heard Wen Yu's statement, "Okay, this arrangement is quite good. Aunt Wang usually takes care of our family, so let's make this decision."
The matter was decided, and the rain outside stopped. Naturally, I quickly got on the donkey cart to buy the ingredients. After working all morning, I got on the donkey cart again in the afternoon and sold the morning ingredients again.
The Wen family, who had not made money for a long time, were making money again, and they were still very happy. But when they thought about having to spend it again soon, and they were several times what they had made today, they became depressed again.
Seeing Wen Jin's mood, Wen Yu comforted him: "It's not like we won't be able to earn back this money. What are you doing? Okay, let's go shopping quickly."
Fabrics cannot be bought in the market, so the group got on the donkey cart and headed towards the fabric store.
The shopkeeper of the fabric store could tell at a glance that the fabrics on these people were his own fabrics. When he took a closer look, he knew one of them, so he said: "Hey, boy, I came with you last time."
Where’s the girl?”
The shopkeeper greeted him with a smile. Even though he was wearing ordinary clothes, he was really happy when he took the money, especially since the little girl looked like she was in charge.
And Wen Yu didn't expect that the shopkeeper would still remember him after a few months. He immediately replied: "Uncle, do you still remember me? It's getting cold now. My little sister is too young, so I didn't let her follow me."
Cold."
"Your family really loves their daughter. I came here to buy something."