Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Order (2)_1 Chapter 38: Chapter 38 Order (2)_1 “Auntie.” The little one immediately corrected himself.
“You, always going whichever way the wind blows.” Lin Zige tapped the child’s forehead.
Lin Yanzhi didn’t care, his mind was set on delicious food and new clothes.
The three women and two kids entered the cloth store, and the shop assistant greeted them immediately.
“Sir, do you want fabric or ready-made clothes?” The assistant was polite and didn’t look down on them because of their outfits.
“Cotton fabric.” said Lin Ziyin with a smile.
“Hemp is better.” Guo Huiniang and Lin Zige said in unison.
“Cotton.” Lin Ziyin insisted. “I will also take leftover fabric if you have it.”
“We do have some, but the colors are a bit faded.” the assistant answered hesitantly.
“The color doesn’t matter.” Lin Ziyin insisted.
So, the assistant brought out two rolls of cotton fabric from the back, one in a deep aqua color, the other one looked nicer, but it was clear both had been through rain.
“As they’ve been through the rain, each roll is just a hundred copper coins.” the assistant said somewhat regretfully.
Lin Zige and Guo Huiniang were a bit unsure, a piece of good cotton fabric is not cheap, the least expensive ones cost two taels of silver. They didn’t expect these two rolls to be so affordable.
Thinking that cotton fabric is always better than hemp, when Lin Ziyin took out her silver for the purchase, neither of them tried to stop her.
“Two jin of maltose, please.” When they passed a sweet shop, Lin Ziyin noticed the envious looks of the two kids, so she cheerfully took out a copper coin to buy maltose and a jin of Guihua flaky pastry.
“You’re the one with a sweet tooth.” Seeing the extra treats and toys in her kid’s hands, Guo Huiniang felt somewhat embarrassed.
“Sister-in-law, they’re just children.” Lin Ziyin laughed and pulled Lin Yanzhi closer.
“Miss, are you buying meat?” The butcher who had a keen sight immediately recognized Lin Ziyin.
“We still have some at home.” Seeing Lin Ziyin’s interest, Lin Zige quickly tried to pull her away.
“Give me three jin of lard.” Lin Ziyin pointed at the lard on one side, “And two jin of lean meat. By the way, shopkeeper, why not give me these offcuts as well?”
“Sure, I’ll give them to you.” The butcher immediately agreed.
After Lin Ziyin paid the bill, she casually asked, “How much offcuts do you usually have left each day?”
“At least three portions.” The butcher happily replied.
After a brief moment of thought, Lin Ziyin suggested, “How about this, I’ll buy a whole portion of offcuts from you every day for five copper coins, alright?”
“Sure, why not.” The butcher laughed.
“Miss, I also have some left, do you want it?” another butcher nearby asked.
“Sure, how much do you have?” Lin Ziyin asked while looking at him.
“I usually have about three portions.”
“Okay, I’ll take them, but we need to make an agreement.” Lin Ziyin said, “Otherwise, if one day you don’t have any and I happen to need some, that will be a big loss for me.”
The two butchers were stunned. Someone wanted offcuts every day?
“How about we find someone to write up an agreement?” One of the butchers suggested. A portion of offcuts for fifteen copper coins was almost equal to the price of a jin of lean meat, so they really didn’t want to miss out on this good deal.
“Okay.” Lin Ziyin was secretly delighted. “Let’s agree for a month.”
After they found a literate hawker to write up the agreement, Lin Ziyin bought the offcuts from both butchers on the spot.
“This portion is free, as we agreed earlier. You only need to give me ten copper coins.” The first butcher shyly returned Lin Ziyin five copper coins, “My surname is Zhang, you can call me Big Brother Zhang. In case you need something, you can just ask for ‘Pig Meat Zhang’ on the left street, everyone knows me.”
“My surname is Wang, people call me Pig Meat Wang. We live not far from each other.” The remaining butcher was afraid he would lose out, so he also gave out his name.
“Understood.” Lin Ziyin nodded.