sbdcsierra Chapter 19: Paying back debts is a matter of course
Chapter 19: Paying back debts is a matter of course
This oil and salt sesame cake is really well made. It tastes better the more you chew it.
After eating, Xia Shengsheng bought 10 more pancakes to take back.
"A basket, a basket, three cents a piece?"
A pleasant voice sounded, and Xia Shengsheng saw it not far ahead.
One of them had two buns on her head and was wearing a large grey two-piece suit with the wrists and ankles folded up, like the clothes for adults at home!
Xia Shengsheng walked over and picked up a basket. Seeing that the quality was indeed good, he took out three cents and bought one and carried it on his back.
"Thank you, auntie!! Please come often!"
The little girl took the copper coin, her eyes smiled like crescent moons, and she thanked him happily.
Xia Shengsheng just smiled and continued to walk around to buy what she needed!
A basket costs only three cents. The basket is woven very tightly, and there is no burr on it after polishing. It is obvious that a lot of effort has been put into making it.
It's a waste of time, but the price is very cheap. It turns out that employees are the least valuable.
Xia Shengsheng didn't continue wandering around the roadside stalls, but went directly to a cloth shop.
Now that I have money, of course I should make two sets of clothes for everyone.
But she will do it!
Memory will always work, but I don’t know if her hands will listen to memory when the time comes.
Let's think about this problem after buying it! At least I don't have time to do it in the last few days, so I'll think about it when I have time!
The waiter of the cloth shop was a boy of about fifteen or sixteen years old. He looked very smart and started introducing things before Xia Shengsheng could say anything.
"My dear sister-in-law, these two pieces of cloth are both good, the quality is simply impeccable, and the price is cheap!
Don’t think this linen is rubbing your hands, but this kind of cloth is not easy to break! We farmers have a lot of work to do, so wear resistance is the most important thing, right? "
At the beginning, Xia Shengsheng actually wanted to buy a slightly better cloth.
But then I thought, I will inevitably have to work in the mountains and fields in the future, and burlap is indeed more cost-effective.
Moreover, since we have just separated, it is not appropriate to be too conspicuous.
When the time comes, the things you bring back must be transported through a clear path in the village.
There weren’t many colors of linen, so it was easy to choose. She picked two colors at random and asked the waiter to buy two sets of cloth for each of the five members of her family according to the quantity of cloth they needed!
I also bought a few feet of fine cotton cloth and made two sets of inner garments for each person, so that the inner clothes would be softer and more comfortable.
The waiter was busy tearing cloth aside, and Xia Shengsheng looked at the cloth that was slightly better.
The feel of better fabrics is completely different from burlap, and they come in all kinds of colors and much better-looking styles.
Xia Shengsheng thought that it was okay to wear coarse linen when working, but when she stopped working and took the children out to play, it would be okay to wear nicer clothes.
So with the help of the waiter, she bought a piece of light pink and a piece of bright red cloth for her two daughters.
I bought a piece of lake blue and a piece of silver-gray cloth for my two sons.
I also bought myself a piece of less bright turmeric fabric.
We bought so much cloth at once that the owner of the cloth shop came over to help.
Two people can be faster than one, and the cloth was cut quickly.
Xia Shengsheng selected several soft soles according to the sizes of several people's feet, and asked the waiter to help match threads of various colors, and added a few embroidery needles, and then finished sewing the thimbles on the soles.
The owner of the cloth shop calculated the price, which was 2854 wen in total, and rounded off the price to 2850 wen in total.
They also gave me a lot of cloth scraps, including leftover scraps of cloth of various colors. Some of the larger ones could be used as shoe uppers.
"Thank you, shopkeeper!"
Xia Shengsheng paid the silver, put all his belongings in the backpack behind him, and was sent out of the cloth shop.
Watching Xia Shengsheng walking away, the cloth shop owner muttered to himself, "I don't want to bargain. If you bargain with me, maybe I can give you a few cents less. Alas! You don't know how to live!"
The waiter popped his head out from the back. "Boss, it would be great if everyone was like this and didn't bargain. If everyone was like that lady yesterday, who haggled for an hour over a penny, then we really wouldn't have any business."
The owner of the cloth shop nodded to the waiter, smiled and said "yes", then turned and went to the backyard to make a pot of tea to enjoy.
Xia Shengsheng left the cloth shop and bought a lot of food from various roadside stalls.
There are sugar men, mung bean cakes, osmanthus cakes, peanuts, roast chicken and so on!
The backpack behind her could hardly hold any more.
"How long are you going to force me to do this? Do you really have to force me to death?"
A lot of people gathered in a corner of the street, forming circles left and right.
Xia Shengsheng listened to the noise inside. Although he knew it was not good to meddle in other people's business, people all like to watch the fun. So he also walked over with a lot of things on his back.
"Boss Liu, what you said is wrong.
It is only natural to pay back your debts. Who forced you to do that?
We are all honest business people, so don't slander others with empty words."
Xia Shengsheng stood in the outermost circle. Through the gaps, he could see four or five big men in black clothes surrounding a small stall.
It's hard to see what's on the stall.
However, it can be clearly seen that the person sitting in front of the stall should be a middle-aged man with poor legs and feet.
Even though there were so many people surrounding him, he still sat on the ground covered with cloth, and his legs seemed to have no strength at all!
"Who's talking nonsense? I've already paid off the money I owe you, but you keep coming to collect it. If you don't want me to live, then none of us should live."
The man sitting on the ground had a red face due to excitement, and all the things in front of him were knocked to the ground by him with one force.
Xia Shengsheng then saw clearly that what he had placed were actually some wood carvings.
"Hey! You have quite a temper, you paraplegic. Do you believe I will beat you to death?"
After saying this, several strong men were about to step forward and take action.
"Wait a minute..."
Everyone looked around following the sound. Xia Shengsheng saw that everyone was looking in her direction, and she belatedly looked behind her.
It turned out to be a young man in gorgeous clothes, holding a folding fan in early spring, who excitedly interrupted several strong men who wanted to fight.
It seems that people who love to be heroes can be found everywhere.
Xia Shengsheng stepped aside to make room for the wealthy young man in gorgeous clothes.
To give others the opportunity to be heroes.
"Who are you? How dare you meddle in my affairs?"
One of the leading men rolled up his sleeves, wanting to knock away the young man who dared to challenge his authority!
"Hey, hey, hey! If you have something to say, let's talk it over! ..."