Chapter 9 Silk Quilt

Chapter 9 Silk Quilt

I finally got out, so I have to walk around.

Shen Xia and Song Ming walked to a cloth shop, thinking that they would need linen to make malt.

So I went in and took a look.

At this time, a young woman came over, who looked like the boss's wife, and asked, "What do you want to buy, little girl?"

"I want to buy some fabric."

"Yes, we have linen and cotton, what do you need, little girl?" the boss inquired.

"Loose sackcloth".

"Yes, look at this one, it's used for lining." Then he took out a circle of white fabric from the backstage.

Shen Xia saw that it was what she wanted and asked: "How much is this per foot?"

"This kind is cheap, fifteen cents a foot, while normal linen for outer wear costs twenty cents a foot."

"That's ten feet."

"Okay." After that, the boss started cutting.

"Boss, how much is this cotton cloth per foot?" I won't buy it this time, but I can ask the price first. I can't buy too much at once, otherwise it will arouse everyone's suspicion.

"Cotton cloth can be divided into coarse cotton and fine cotton. Coarse cotton costs 20 cents a foot, it can withstand friction and is convenient to work with. Fine cotton costs 30 cents a foot, it is comfortable to wear, but it is stingy and cannot withstand friction." The boss said as he cut. He also talked about the advantages and disadvantages of various fabrics.

"Where is the quilt!".

The boss then looked up at Shen Xia and said, "The quilt is expensive. It weighs four catties and costs two taels of silver per quilt.

Three taels of silver for six catties, and four taels of silver for eight catties."

"If cotton quilts are so expensive, then silk quilts must be even more expensive," Shen Xia was curious.

"Silk quilt? What is that? I've never heard of it." The proprietress was curious.

"You haven't heard of it." Shen Xia was suspicious.

"I've only heard of cloth made of silk. That cloth is very expensive, and it's only used by wealthy families. We don't get that kind of cloth in a small town like ours," the lady boss explained.

Shen Xia thought, I knew it, silk has a history of 5,000 years, how could it not exist in this world!

It's just a remote and poor place, and I've never seen it before.

But cotton is very expensive at this time.

A family may not even be able to afford a quilt.

Many families cannot afford quilts, so they use willow catkins and reeds to make quilt cores.

But he touched the Song family's quilt carefully and found that it was indeed cotton wool.

It seems that it was bought before the family split.

I went to the fabric store and only bought some necessary lining fabrics.

Didn't buy anything else.

In fact, I also want to buy some fine cotton to make underwear.

I really can't stand the bellybands they wear.

No use at all.

Looking at the street, anyone walking fast will swing back and forth

It's embarrassing just looking at it myself.

Only people in towns wear bellybands. People in rural areas seem to wear nothing at all. It's really eye-catching.

But they seem to have gotten used to it.

Fortunately, I am still young and my growth has not progressed and is not very obvious.

You can wait a little longer.

I bought ten feet of linen, which cost me one hundred and fifty coins.

It seems that even if I make a silk quilt myself, people in the town don’t have the money to buy it, so I have to go to the county or the provincial capital.

When I came out, I saw the bookstore opposite.

Shen Xia goes in

"What do you need, girl?" the waiter came over and asked.

“Is there any paper to wrap the snacks?”

"Yes, here." Then he took Shen Xia to the other side.

Looking at the original color wood pulp paper on the table, it is relatively thick. Looking at the size, one sheet is the size of A1 and can be cut into six sheets for use.

"This is OK, little brother, how much is this?"

"One ounce of silver for one knife."

One knife is one hundred pieces, and I don't need that much. "Can I have half a knife?" Shen Xia asked.

The waiter looked at the beautiful young lady in front of him and couldn't bear to refuse her: "Okay, young lady, next time you need anything, just come to our store."

"No problem, thank you brother, you are such a nice person."

The young man blushed when he was praised.

Song Ming was silently jealous because Xia Xia was praising someone else.

After paying half a tael of silver, he took the rice paper.

Shen Xia took Song Ming away, and they had almost finished shopping. "Brother, do we have anything else to buy?"

"No more." Song Ming thought for a moment and replied, "I'm going to buy more."

"Okay, let's go buy some meat and go back."

After saying that, the two of them walked towards the market.

I saw the pork stall and the owner was tall and strong, and it was obvious that he was from a family with good food.

Shen Xia walked over.

The boss looked at Shen Xia with a smile and said, "What would you like to buy, young lady?"

The boss is fat to begin with, and now all you can see is his face but not his eyes, making his face full of comedy.

"Boss, how much is this pig fat?"

"This weighs about six pounds, and it costs thirty cents."

"Where's the pig bone?"

"This one has no meat," the boss asked curiously.

"It's okay, you name the price."

"I'll charge you five cents for these two pig bones," the boss said cheerfully.

"Okay, thank you. What about the pork belly?"

"It's late today, and this is all we have left, about four pounds. If you want all of it, it will be fifteen cents per pound."

"Originally it cost sixteen cents per pound."

"Well, pack them all up for me."

When the boss heard this, he was surprised. He had never realized this young lady was so generous.

Seeing her choosing bones, I thought she had no money!

Shen Xia was thinking that there were two people in the family who had broken limbs, and eating more bone soup would be good for their recovery.

"Xia Xia, you bought too much!" Song Ming asked Xia Xia as she watched her buy so much.

"Brother, do you know what your greatest strength is?"

Only then did Song Ming remember what Xia Xia had said to praise him, and he quickly covered his mouth.

Shen Xia looked at Song Ming's expression and said happily: "Yes, that's right. Girls like to buy things, and they hate being disturbed when they are shopping."

Song Ming covered his mouth and nodded.

Because there was nothing in Song Ming's backpack, he put all the meat in it and then put the cloth he had just bought on top.

Place the snacks under the cloth to avoid them getting damaged.

When I left, I saw a steamed bun shop.

"Boss, how much is a bun?"

"A vegetarian bun costs one cent, and a meat bun costs two cents."

It's so big, and only costs one or two cents each, it's totally worth it.

"I want twenty meat buns and two vegetarian buns."

"Okay, girl, do you want to eat here or take it away?"

"Pack".

"OK".

At this time, Song Ming didn't dare to speak anymore, for fear that Xia Xia would not like it.

Then he paid the money, took the buns and left.

Shen Xia took out a meat bun and handed it to Song Ming: "You must be hungry after walking for the whole morning, second brother, you eat it."

After saying that, he took a vegetarian bun and started eating.

Song Ming watched Shen Xia eating the vegetarian buns and gave him the meat buns.

I was so touched: "Xia Xia, you eat meat buns, I eat vegetarian ones"

"No, I don't like meat."

"is it?"

"Well, second brother, just eat it." Actually, the pigs nowadays are not castrated, and there is a smell. I smelled it just now when I was steaming the buns.

That’s why I bought the vegetarian buns myself.

But they are used to it and may not notice anything.

Song Ming followed Xia Xia quietly, like a little wife.

Shen Xia wanted to laugh just by looking at it.

So cute.

"Xia Xia, what are you laughing at?" Song Ming couldn't help it.

"Nothing, I just think my second brother is very cute."

When Song Ming heard this, his face turned red again. Xia Xia was teasing me again.

The two ate as they walked.