"Niannian, can we go to town? I want to advance next month’s wages to buy clothes for Er Zhuzi," Cuihua asked her, showing such a pitiful expression for the first time.
Gu Nian reached out and grabbed Er Zhuzi’s clothes. Although they looked shabby on the outside, the clothes were quite substantial and felt soft to the touch.
However, the soft texture seemed somewhat different from the cotton clothes she was wearing.
Cuihua suddenly became enlightened and explained, "These clothes are filled with reed flowers. They may look thick, but they don’t have the warmth of cotton."
She was afraid Gu Nian thought Er Zhuzi was pretending to be cold.
"Reed flowers?" Gu Nian recalled this from the original owner’s memory.
Most poor families filled their cotton clothes with reed flowers. The original owner and her brother had worn clothes sewn with this material before because they were too poor and had no choice.
"Let’s go to town." Gu Nian finally understood why Er Zhuzi was so cold. "Hmm... let’s first take Er Zhuzi to buy clothes, then go to the cattle market. Since our farm is set up, we can’t just raise pigs and chickens. We’ll buy two cows at the cattle market, and check out if there are any other new species!"
"Okay." Cuihua swung the small whip in her hand, and the ox cart started to speed up.
She disdainfully pushed Er Zhuzi backward, "Sit at the back."
The front was windy, making it colder when they moved.
Cuihua had quite the demeanor of an elder sister.
As soon as they arrived in town, they headed straight to the cloth shop.
Gu Nian handed a set of cotton clothes directly to Er Zhuzi and said to the young shop clerk standing nearby, "Big brother, may I borrow your fitting room to change clothes?"
"Of course, of course!" With business coming in, why refuse?
The clerk warmly greeted Er Zhuzi, "Little brother, please follow me to the back!"
Er Zhuzi glanced timidly at Cuihua, who nodded at him, so he plucked up the courage to grab the clothes and follow.
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She wore a blue cotton jacket with black cotton pants. Honestly speaking, it was quite plain, but Mrs. Jiang had made it stitch by stitch for her.
Moreover, in the village, this set of clothes was something other little girls envied.
Because it was made of new cotton and fabric, it was definitely warm to wear.
Looking at the red jacket with a white fur collar hanging to the side, Gu Nian’s eyes lit up and she asked the shopkeeper nearby to take it down.
She measured it against herself and it would definitely fit, so she didn’t try it on and let Cuihua put it away directly.
Although there was just some rabbit fur around the collar, it was priced twice as expensive as other clothes.
Gu Nian curled her lips; indeed, as the saying goes, there are no merchants without trickery.
But then she thought about her hot pot restaurant, which operated on the same principle.
They earned money, which was nothing but the difference in price.
"Gu Nian, are you buying clothes?"
Gu Nian didn’t expect to encounter Zheng Shaochen here as well.
"Yes, what a coincidence! Mr. Zheng, are you here to buy clothes too?" Surely not, right? With him being such a wealthy young master, shouldn’t all his clothes be made personally by the family’s seamstresses?
Could it be that the period dramas she watched were mistaken?
Just as she finished speaking, Zheng Shaochen said, "I’m not here to buy clothes, but I’m here for inspection!"
Zheng Shaochen pointed to the shopkeeper not far away, his lips slightly curled, "This is my family’s shop!"