Tang Ning calculated with his fingers and widened his eyes, "The family has thirty cents, and the total is 150 cents. What can I eat? A pound of pork outside has increased to 60 cents, even eggs cost two cents, duck eggs cost three cents. Needless to say, beef and mutton, what is even more exaggerated is an ordinary catfish, two or three pounds, ranging from eighty to one hundred cents."

"So expensive!" Jiang was frightened by the price and frowned tightly. "If this happens, you can't buy many meat dishes, but the Spring Festival is only once a year. This is the first year we have been to Jiangnan. I always feel uncomfortable if I don't live a good life."

Tang Ning knew the ancients attached great importance to the Spring Festival. Even if their family background was weak, they would have to spend two taels of meat during the Spring Festival. This year, they made some money, so they naturally didn't want to pay attention. However, after the beginning of spring, they wanted money everywhere in Pingyuan Township. They could not squander all the money they had saved up so hard.

"Otherwise, I'll give me 150 cents and I'll find a way. You know that what I'm best at is reselling. I can double this 150 cents in one or two days. You can buy anything at that time, and everyone will feel comfortable."

When Jiang heard this arrangement, his eyes lit up and nodded decisively, "As long as you go, I'll give you 150 ounces first. Just watch it and do it, and buy as much as you can at that time."

Tang Ning turned around with one hundred and fifty folks, paused, and turned around and asked, "Do you want to buy new clothes?"

Jiang naturally thought about it, but now he dared not spend money randomly, so he shook his head directly.

Tang Ning didn't say anything, turned his head to discuss with Qiu Jingming, "You are running around outside, can you tell where the cloth is the cheapest?"

Qiu Jingming was sorting out the goods. When he saw Tang Ning immediately put down his work and led her to the window. The window was wide open, and he could see a red plum planted in the courtyard. "Do you want to make New Year's clothes?"

Tang Ning nodded, holding hot tea in his hand, thinking slightly, "It's not easy for everyone to go on this journey. My parents' clothes were all worn out on the road and were dirty. Although everyone is like this, they attach so much importance to the New Year, so I still want to buy them well."

Qiu Jingming's tough face seemed a little light, and his cold eyes had a warm smile. He looked at the Hongmei in the yard and said, "This is easy. I am quite familiar with the nearby town and county town during this period. I know how to buy cheaper fabrics in several places. I wonder what cloth Miss Ning wants?"

Seeing Tang Ning's curious look, Qiu Jingming explained: "The Jiangnan is rich in silk and satin. Of course, ordinary people can't afford these fabrics, but every household planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms, they must have left many cocoons of inferior color, which cannot be wasted. So they thought of a way to weave a mixed cloth, with a certain proportion of silk and twine together. Although the fabric woven is not as bright and smooth as silk, it also has the soft light of silk.

It feels softer than ordinary linen cloth. Of course, the higher the proportion of silk, the better the texture and the more expensive the cloth. When the government knew this, it turned a blind eye to the point and ordered that the proportion of silk mixed fabrics should not exceed half.

I have also used some fabrics in Jinshui Town before. I know that one foot of linen costs about thirty cents, and the gauze costs about fifty or sixty cents. The cheapest one foot of this kind of mixed silk costs eighty cents, and the best one foot is three hundred cents.

A man takes a piece of clothing to remove his head and tail, and the corners are about five feet or six feet long. Fewer women, but not much.

If Miss Ning wants to buy it, I can go to the countryside to buy it. Many people also keep the fabric they have in their own textiles, and the price will be lower."

Tang Ning had already made up his mind. Their two big men, including Jiang, and a half-large Tang Zhong and her, would have to buy about twenty-eight feet. If Lu Dazhuang and Du Chunyue were included, they would have to buy forty feet in total. Even if they bought the cheapest linen, they would have to buy 1,200 yuan. If they bought the second most mixed cloth, they would have to buy 3,200 yuan.

There is another problem. If Lu Dazhuang and Du Chunyue are included, Tang Laoer and Tang Rou can't be involved, otherwise this relative will be separated.

Tang Ning held his forehead with a headache and leaned on the table and sighed, "The poor people these days can't afford to wear new clothes!"

Qiu Jingming smiled and added a cup of hot tea for her, his voice softly, "I will put in more cloths at that time, and it will be cheaper. It depends on your plan, but I think this little money is not too much for you, little rich woman!"

Tang Ning suddenly looked up and stared at Qiu Jingming novelly, "How do you know I have money?"

The eyes seemed to be guarding against thieves, and almost pointed at Qiu Jingming's nose and asked him if he was peeking at her wallet.

Qiu Jingming looked amused and crying, "You forgot how much silk soap I have entered from you during this period? You know more than me how much I have earned myself. I can save so much this month, let alone you!"

Tang Ning then let go, withdrew his gaze, and muttered with his head down, "That was also what I worked hard to save!"

"What are you saving money? Isn't it just to make yourself and your family feel more comfortable?"

Qiu Jingming made Tang Ning suddenly realize his thoughts. She immediately took out ten taels of silver from her arms generously, "You see, as long as it is enough, our family has my second uncle's family, Du Chunyue, Lu Dazhuang and Xiaozao. If possible, see if you can get chicken feathers, duck feathers or goose feathers and make some new jackets."

Qiu Jingming took it seriously, turned around and put the silver into the cabinet, took out a box of hairpin from it, and said, "This is the goods I bought. I haven't thanked Miss Ning for her care during this period. What Miss Ning likes to choose by herself."

Which girl doesn’t like pearl-hair jewelry? She is naturally no exception. However, she subconsciously reacted, “Do you want money?”

Qiu Jingming's eyes twitched slightly and shook his head.

"Then I'm not polite." Tang Ning rubbed his hands, showing a jealous smile of being greedy for a little profit. He picked a jade hairpin from the box for a while, and chose a jade hairpin. Jade is not a good jade, but it is better because of its exquisite carvings, and tassels. "It's it!"

"Don't look at it anymore?" Qiu Jingming signaled Tang Ning to continue choosing.

Tang Ning shook his head, "This is enough! The rest is left for you to continue doing business!"

After Tang Ning left, Qiu Jingming continued to put the remaining hairpins in the cabinet and put them in the box. The goods he wanted to sell were in the corner, but they would not be put into the wardrobe.

The next day, Qiu Jingming borrowed a donkey cart and went out. Tang Junsheng and others knew that he was a peddler and thought he was going to purchase goods. They didn't think much about it. It was not until dark that Qiu Jingming came back that everyone knew what he was doing.

Looking at the fabrics and chicken, duck and goose feathers, Jiang was so distressed that he thrust, and his voice was trembling, "This... are these bought by Aning?"

Qiu Jingming shook his head, "It's not all, it's mine. I bought the goods together, which is much cheaper."
Chapter completed!