Farming with Taobao - C28

Chapter 28 The Road to Well-off (4)

Manager Xu was very enthusiastic as he escorted the three siblings to an intersection before turning back.

Seeing that the person finally left, Black Bean heaved a long sigh of relief, and asked Li Yannian in puzzlement: “Er Niu, this time their price is so low, why are you still willing …”

Li Yannian laughed: “Although the Gu family did not give us much, but it would save us a lot of time and trouble, so I won’t ask too much. Big brother, don’t worry. I won’t do business with a loss. I’m confident in my knowledge of the Gu family’s deal. Let’s go eat first. You see, give the beans to the poor. ”

After Black Bean heard his sister say that, he did not want to continue anymore. The three of them found a noodle house and ordered three bowls of noodles. The taste was not good, so they quickly filled their stomachs. On the way, he saw a cake shop. He conveniently bought some honey beans and pastries for Mao Dou, and also bought two bags of easy to put away dim sum for First Uncle to bring back to the outer sect.

By the time they got back, Zhang Bao and the others had already started their work.

When the shopkeeper found out that the person who came to buy the material was the nephew of his capable shop assistant, he cheerfully recommended some of the better cotton that were sold in the shop for a very reasonable price. Li Yannian originally planned to directly buy the clothes, but seeing that the clothes in First Uncle’s shop were made of silk and cloth, she could only give up on this idea. The price of silk and silk was more than five times that of coarse cotton. They had never worn such expensive and delicate clothes in a place like this.

However, even if he bought the materials, he wouldn’t be able to make clothes.

So that’s how it was. The poor families would naturally get one point less, no wonder there were no coarse clothes in this shop.

Zhang Bao patted her head and said kindly, “You are too young to learn, so you can’t do it yourself. You can just buy the materials and go back to the auntie next door to help out with it. He’s just a country bumpkin, there’s no need to care so much about him. There aren’t enough people in the shop, so it’s not worth the money to work for your clothes. Besides, it’s not convenient for you to come and get them. Listen to First Uncle, the three of you wear new clothes, a thin jacket and a simple one. Then we’ll go next door and weigh a few pounds of cotton.

Li Yannian raised her head and looked at Black Bean, seeing that her brother was nodding to him, she agreed: “Uncle has thought it through, then let’s go ahead and buy.”

Zhang Bao decided to pick out three pieces for them, one red and two green. Hehe, sure enough, all the straight men of the world have similar aesthetic mysteries. Fortunately, she didn’t care much about what she was wearing. As long as it was red, it was fine.

“Apart from the ones outside, it’s about time for you guys to get another set up. The materials that mom brought back for you guys last time were just nice, but they were still too little. How about this, I’ll buy another piece of muslin today. I think this should be enough. ”

In the end, the three of them only spent around one tael of silver, the coarse cloth was cheap, as long as it was one hundred and fifty gold per piece, it would be worth a little too much. Even though it cost three hundred and eight gold coins, they still had to give their acquaintances a price to take it so cheap.

However, compared to Cheng Yi, it was much more worthwhile. Any one of the items hanging in the shop would cost at least six or seven hundred gold coins each. Although the cloth was meticulously used, it could still be used for at least two and a half sets. Thinking about it this way, Li Yannian felt that if she let the Auntie Li next door help him make clothes, it would be a loss for him.

Zhang Bao helped them put the materials on the oxcart, thought for a while and said, “I think it’s better if I buy cotton for you guys next door. I’m also familiar with the staff in the shop, so it’s good for you guys to go out and take a look, it’s also a rare occasion to visit the manor.”

These words were exactly what Li Yannian wanted, she immediately asked for two taels of silver to pass it to Zhang Bao: “Then I’ll be counting on Uncle, I wonder if this amount of money is enough?”

However, Zhang Bao pushed the silver back. “No need, Uncle Qian has some cotton on him. Keep the money well, you have a lot of things to use at home, so don’t use them all up.” That’s right, your Little Uncle had thought about it when they went home, and said that since they were going to fix the house, his master would be free recently, so there was no need to worry about the homes of the other senior brothers. As for the salary, we’re all on the same side, so we definitely won’t be like those fools outside. ”

Before Black Bean could say anything, Li Yannian agreed, “I was just about to ask if Little Uncle was free, that’s for the best. Then, First Uncle, when you return home, help me inform Little Uncle. They know better when to move the soil than we do, and they listen to them. “We can do that at any time.”

Zhang Bao could see that his niece had agreed so easily without even asking for the price. His whole body was filled with a heroic spirit. He was truly worthy of being a child of Old Zhang’s family! He could not help but smile satisfactorily, and extended his hand to rub her head: “Alright, it’s just the right time for me to go on vacation the day after tomorrow. I’ll tell your Little Uncle later, and let him choose a day to come to my door.”

After he settled another big matter, Li Yannian’s heart relaxed. He turned around and took the bag of snacks from Mao Dou’s hands, and stuffed it into Da Bao’s hands.

When he reacted, he was about to put the dessert back to Li Yannian. “Child, what are you doing? Take the thing back, how can we possibly lack such a mouthful of food at home!”

“First Uncle, of course the little brothers would eat this mouthful, but at least it is the hearts of the three of us, so you can accept it. You have to go back and forth in the future, otherwise the next time you and Grandma come back to our house, I won’t dare to pick up your things. “I just happened to buy dessert on the way here. I don’t know if it’s okay either, so don’t mind it.”

Zhang Bao could only accept it. “Alright, I’ll thank you on behalf of my family’s children.”

Li Yannian thought of another thing, “First Uncle, is there anyone who sells white sugar in this villa? “I’m hungry. He ate all the food my grandma gave me in one night. I just went to look around the street but didn’t see anyone selling it. Big Bro and I still need to buy him some candy.”

She spoke in a very ordinary and sparse manner, so much so that Zhang Bao didn’t even know how much heartache he felt when he heard her words. This prodigal child, that little bit of sugar was the white candy that his uncle the lord had brought with him when he came to the house. His entire family’s children had been drooling over that candy for two months, but his mother was still so happy that she knocked on a little corner for them to lick. Last time, when he knew that his mother had decided to bring back all the candies for Black Bean and the others, he wasn’t happy with the few small ones at home, but in the end, this brat, Mao Dou, had been taken care of overnight.

Li Yannian noticed that First Uncle’s expression had suddenly become very subtle. Just as she was puzzled, Mao Dou pouted and protested, “Big sis, you’re talking nonsense. It’s not like it was me who ate it.

Black Bean who was suddenly asked to eat turned extremely red. He had actually only eaten a little and then looked at Mao Dou who was greedy to the point that his eyes were fixated on the candy, allowing him to eat all of it.

Zhang Bao sighed. It seemed that Zhang family’s men loved to eat sugar, but he couldn’t change that. When his son reached out his small hand to ask his mother for sugar, Zhang Bao actually really wanted to reach out his hand.

He answered Li Yannian’s previous question with a sour feeling, “There’s a sale on the street in front of the candy store, it’s just that the price is expensive. One kilogram of candy costs half a tael of silver, Mao Dou really wants to eat it. Uncle will buy it for you later …”

Sugar had always been a high priced item, but the half a tael of silver per catty was already enough for Black Bean to be speechless, “To think it would be so expensive!”

Mao Dou shook his head sensibly, then waved his hand to reject Zhang Bao’s good intentions. “There’s no need for First Uncle, my teeth are aching. I won’t eat candy.”

While speaking, he was afraid that Zhang Bao might not believe him, so he opened his mouth wide to let him see the row of pitch black teeth in his mouth.

This was the first time Li Yannian heard him mention toothache, so she stuck her head out to look, only to find that Mao Dou’s row of teeth were caved in, but thankfully he had not changed his teeth, and there was still some hope for survival.

Li Yannian couldn’t help but pat Mao Dou, “Why didn’t you say earlier that you had toothache? No wonder when you were eating the candy, you would cover your mouth and squint your eyes, I thought you ate too happily. “When we go back, we won’t be able to eat these honey beans anymore. By then, your teeth will be completely rotten. Let’s see if you intend to eat porridge for the rest of your life …”

Mao Dou was so scared that his face paled. “Can teeth still rot?”

Black Bean also scared him: “Of course, look at the village’s Old Man Li. Their teeth are all broken from smoking a gun, they can’t even eat tofu, they’re all still eating soup.”

Mao Dou struggled to look at the honey beans and pastries in his hands, then painfully handed them over to Da Bao. “First Uncle, take these back to your brothers for them to eat.

He pitied the three of them and felt extremely happy in his heart. He also had to keep a straight face and keep from laughing. Zhang Bao did not decline this time. Holding back his laughter, he received the dessert, “Then I’ll also thank you on behalf of my brothers. Next time, when your teeth are ready, First Uncle will buy you some white sugar to eat.”

Li Yannian saw that it was getting late and nudged Black Bean with his elbow. Black Bean understood and said to Zhang Bao: “Uncle, it’s already been half a day since we came out, so we have to hurry back early. Otherwise, it would already be dark by the time we get back.”

Zhang Bao slapped his forehead as he remembered that the journey from Li Village to the manor was not very close. He hurriedly said, “Seeing my memory, I’ll go buy some cotton for you guys. Put the carriage on first, I’ll be back soon.”

The three siblings nodded obediently, and Zhang Bao ran to the front like a wisp of smoke.

Black Bean was in a difficult position: “You just promised to send some goods to the Gu family. How are we going to send the items over now?”

With their little sister’s ability to conjure things out of thin air, where could they find a place to hide?

Li Yannian laughed: “Brother, don’t worry, what do you think is that?”

She pointed to a grass shack behind them. Black Bean focused his gaze, it should be the place where the cloth shop stored all the rubbish.

“I’ll put the things inside first. When uncle comes, you go ahead and let him go. I’ll put the things together with Mao Dou. The four-foot-four piece of paper is not that big, so you can just stack it up and cover it with an oilcloth. No one will notice.”

After hearing her affirmation, Black Bean wasn’t that nervous anymore. Li Yannian looked around. Seeing that no one was around, she sneaked into the grass shed and opened up the system. She quickly bought 21 pieces of Xuan paper. With a slight explosion, a large package appeared on the grass hut.

She opened it as if she were familiar with it. The plastic bags that were wrapped around it were crumpled into a ball and stuffed into the bag. She would deal with them when she got home.

Less than a minute later, she heard Da Bao’s voice. In her hands were two large bundles of white cotton, and she said to three siblings, full of smiles on her face, “It’s such a coincidence, the cotton that was recently bought by the shop next door, go back to take their clothes, it’s done.”

Li Yannian smiled sweetly: “First Uncle is still the best. After buying such a good thing for us, this trip was right, thank you First Uncle.”

Being praised like this by his precious niece, Zhang Bao’s heart was elated. It was even sweeter than eating honey. Suddenly, he heard the shopkeeper in front call out to him, causing him to immediately turn around and respond. If you really want to sleep, then someone will pass you a pillow. Now, Black Bean did not need to think of a way to get rid of his. Li Yannian said sensibly: “Uncle, go ahead and busy yourself. It’s been half a day already. “My brother knows how to hitchhike. Don’t worry, go quickly. Otherwise, the shopkeeper won’t be happy.”

Just as Zhang Bao was about to say that there were no big issues in the shop, a nagging voice came from ahead. The shopkeeper really had something to talk to him about, so he could only nod at the three siblings: “Then Uncle won’t send you guys off, you guys should be careful on your way.”

Li Yannian pulled Mao Dou and gave him a cute smile, saying in unison, “We will, thank you First Uncle. Goodbye Uncle.”

Zhang Bao only felt a blow to his heart. He gave them a reluctant look and waved his hand. “Mm, then Uncle will be leaving. Come back next time if you’re free.”

The three siblings nodded his head. When Zhang Bao left, Black Bean rushed the oxcart over to the small hut, and the three of them went in and out of the hut and emptied the paper.

Li Yannian carefully covered everything on the carriage with the tarpaulin, and then, together with Mao Dou, they went to deliver the goods to the Gu family’s Bookstore.