Otherworldly Days

Chapter 214 Setting Up a Stall to Sell Clothes

On the market day in the town, people from several nearby villages will come to the town to go to the market.It’s getting colder these days, and it’s going to snow even more after winter. It’s not convenient to come to the town at that time, so taking advantage of the good weather these days, those who have surplus food at home rush to the town. Come up to sell, and after selling the money, add some soy, vinegar, oil and salt to the house, so as not to be unable to go out when you want to go out.

In recent times, there are a lot of people in the town every market day, and the nearby villagers rushed to the town early in the morning.

Early in the morning, the town was full of people coming and going, the old man who picked up something to come to the town, found an empty space on the side of the road, put down his burden, set up a stall and started shouting, so there were many people selling things on the street, and the people who bought things There are also many people.

"Clothes for sale, thick and warm cotton padded clothes..."

"Come and have a look, you only buy if you like it, it doesn't matter if you don't like it..."

"Buy one for the children of the family, one for the clothes of the family, and one for the man of the family. It will keep you warm all winter..."

They set up a stall here early in the morning, and Li Mei brought two talking buddies from the workshop to sell clothes.Cao Xiangnan also came here. He had told several people about these advertisements in advance. Before coming, they had memorized the words he said by heart, and they came here immediately.

The racks and hangers for hanging clothes were made by Cao Xiangnan earlier, and the hanging of the clothes is also convenient for others to see.The finished clothes are wrapped in oiled paper one by one, and the code and size are marked on the paper for easy searching and recording.

"How do you sell these clothes?" A passing brother pulled a child over, with curiosity in his eyes, presumably he was attracted to him.

"Brother, do you buy clothes for the children? This doll of yours looks really good." Li Mei walked over with a smile, and without immediately negotiating the price, she reached out and took out a small red dress from the shelf. Padded jacket, said, "This red is festive, your little doll will look good in it."

"Our material is also good, if you don't believe me, you can touch it."

"Well, it's not bad." It's quite thick to the touch.

"It's filled with cotton, which is just..." People who know this place don't know what cotton is. Li Mei didn't know what cotton was before she saw it, but now she knows it too.

Li Mei took out some cotton from the bag, handed it over, and said, "This is what we call cotton, and it's very warm to wear in winter."

One person came over to take a look, and a second one came over. The brother who was shouting over there saw someone coming, and immediately led him over with a smile, "Brother, you must look good in this padded jacket."

"I, I didn't buy it for myself, I want to buy a coat for the man at home."

"Here it is, here it is."

"This coat is so thick, it's not cold even when it's snowing outside."

Children's clothes use less material.The price is not too expensive, and it can be cheaper to buy more now.

"The clothes produced in our workshop are sold in Nanyang. These clothes are specially reserved by the boss for sale in the town. The clothes made in the workshop can't keep up with the sales."

"The price is also fair. Our boss said that these clothes don't make money, so we can sell them for a profit. Brother, if you like it, don't hurry up, or you will lose it later."

"This, can it be cheaper?"

"Buy one and it's sold at this price. You can save a few bucks by buying two. How about the pair of pants you just saw? Buy them together, and we can save a lot of money."

I hesitated for a moment when I saw the brother I liked, but I still bought the little padded jacket and a pair of cotton trousers from another place. I gave a few big bucks less, and I was also happy.

After the first order was placed, the business gradually came in later, and many people gathered to see it in a short while.There are also many people who feel that it is too expensive to part with a few dollars, and stay on the sidelines to watch, and gradually lose their standing when they see others buying what they like.

Cao Xiangnan stayed here for a while, seeing that Li Mei's brothers had no problem coping with it, and after explaining to Li Mei, he handed over this place to Li Mei and the others.

When I left, I brought two pieces of children's clothes and two adult coats, and walked towards Zheng Shubo.

"Kowkow—" "Xiangnan, you're here." Cao Xiangnan said yesterday that he would come, and today he was waiting at home.Zheng Shubo opened the door, saw Cao Xiangnan coming from the door, and led him in with a smile.

"The clothes from the shop were brought to the town to sell today, and there was a delay there. It's cold today, so I'll bring you some clothes by the way." Cao Xiangnan handed over the clothes he was holding in his hand, and said.

"Well, what's wrong with this?" Zheng Shubo shook his hand hurriedly and said.

Looking up, he saw Liang Yan holding the child standing at the door of the main room. Cao Xiangnan nodded to him, seeing that Zheng Shubo didn't answer, he stuffed it into his arms and said, "Take it, I'll get the money from you later." deducted from wages."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xiucai laughed instead, and said, "Okay, then the book blog will be accepted."

"Come, come in and sit." Liang Yan hugged the child and asked people to come in and sit.

The person who Xiao Tong'er ate delicious food and remembered to feed him babbled hoarsely when he saw someone coming, and even reached out to hug him.

Cao Xiangnan reached out and took the child over, and hugged him in his arms. When he came in and saw that the inside was clean, he knew that Liang Yan was also a hardworking person. He teased the child in his arms and said, "It seems that Xiao Tong'er is Knowing that I brought him new clothes, I smiled so happily."

Xiao Tong'er babbled and didn't know what she was talking about, and she was happy when she said it.

"I brought two sets of winter clothes for Xiaotong'er, and a coat for you and Shubo. You can check if it fits. If it doesn't fit, you can change it later." Looking up at Liang Yan, Cao Xiangnan said, "The clothes are all made of cotton, which is thick and warm in winter."

He plans to transport all the down jackets to Nanyang to sell. There are no shops here in Fenshui, and they can't be sold even if they are sold on the side of the road, so he doesn't plan to stay here to sell them.

"Hey, why are you so polite to Xiangnan?" After receiving so much favor from others, Liang Yan felt embarrassed to open the package, which contained neatly folded clothes. Liang Yan took one to look at it, and touched it Wearing this material is hard to put it down, and with this kind of clothes, the child doesn't have to worry about freezing in winter, even he and his husband each have one.

He came to pick up the three members of Zheng Shubo's family, and Cao Xiangnan sent them to Caojia Village. The Academy is located between Fenshui Town and Caojia Village. He took people to the Academy to see, mainly to tell them that there is such a place. .

After saying hello to Master Feng, he left. By the way, he led people into Caojia Village and went to his house.

The children's lively voices came from the yard. Cao Xiangnan stopped the carriage at the door, picked up the people in the carriage, and led them into the house.

When the children saw the stranger coming in, they stretched their necks and looked at them curiously.

Liu Baishu nodded to the person who came, knowing the identity of the person in his heart.

Cao Xiangnan pointed there, turned his head and said a few words to Zheng Shubo and Liang Yan.

The children have to read and write in the morning, and these things cannot be left behind every day. Now Liu Baishu is responsible for teaching the children in the morning and doing other things in the afternoon.

"Wanfeng, there are guests at home." Seeing the person standing at the door, Cao Xiangnan presumably heard the voice coming out, he walked over, held Qi Wanfeng's hand, and said.

"This is my daughter-in-law, Qi Wanfeng." Cao Xiangnan introduced them, "Wanfeng, this is Shubo, Liang Yan, and their child, nicknamed Tong'er."

After the two parties got to know each other, Qi Wanfeng smiled and nodded to the two guests who came, and said, "Please come inside."

Cao Xiangnan held Qi Wanfeng's hand and led the guests inside.

"Sit down, you're welcome."

Zheng Shubo looked around the spacious main room, and sat down with his wife and children.

He has seen wealthy people, but this place is not like a wealthy family. There is not a single expensive ornament in the house, but this house is much better than ordinary people's houses.

"I'll make you a cup of hot tea."

"I'll come, you sit here." Seeing that Qi Wanfeng was going to get up to pour water to make tea, he got up quickly.

There was hot water on the small stove in the living room. It was cold, and both adults and children were prepared to drink water. Cao Xiangnan got up, went to get hot water, and made tea.

"How old is your little baby?" Qi Wanfeng asked when he saw the child in his arms.

"It's almost one year old." Liang Yan was a little restrained, and when she saw the gentle smile on the other party's face, she smiled and said.

"Lunch is being made in the kitchen, and you guys just stay for lunch later. Here are some snacks, come, have a piece." Qi Wanfeng could see Liang Yan's nervousness and uneasiness, he lifted the lid of the box, Pass it over, "These are small snacks made by Xiang Nan, and they taste pretty good."

"Thank you...thank you." The child in her arms reached out for something to eat, and Liang Yan shyly took a piece for the child.The child puts it in his mouth when he gets food, carefree, does not know whether life is hard or not, and opens his mouth to cry when he is hungry.

"Try it too." Qi Wanfeng picked up a piece and said.

"You don't have to be restrained when you come to my house. There are a lot of people coming and going in and out of the house. The children of several families have sent me here to study and read, and their parents have all gone to work." Sitting in the living room, you can see the door Cao Xiangnan made tea for the children who were sitting outside reading in the small shed and handed it to them.

Zheng Shubo took the tea and thanked him.

On the way in just now, Zheng Shubo also saw people who were repairing the road on the road, and the road was flat and smooth.On the way to the academy, I heard from Cao Xiangnan that there is a garment workshop there, but if it is an ordinary small village, it doesn't look like it.

Cao Xiangnan saw Zheng Shubo's doubts, and told him some things about Cao's Village, and also introduced the nearby villages. After all, he will live here for a period of time in the future, and he also needs to have a basic understanding of this place. know.

In the kitchen, Sun Bailian was cooking lunch, Qi Wanfeng sat with the guests for a while, then went to help in the kitchen, the guests came to eat, and two dishes were added for lunch.

During the meal, a group of children came in from the outside. When the children saw their younger brothers, they all came over. Xiao Tong'er was not afraid of strangers, and chatted with her brothers.

Liang Yan hugged the child in her arms, and seeing the child happy, he also smiled, thinking that it would not be bad if he stayed with her husband and child in this small village in the future.

"Brother, brother." After An An went to touch Xiao Tong'er, she ran to touch his mother's stomach and shouted.

"Well, brother." Qi Wanfeng reached out and hugged the child to the chair, knowing that the child meant that his own brother was in Eminem's stomach.After having two more children in the family, he became somewhat negligent towards his own children. Fortunately, the children had brothers and younger brothers to play with each other every day, and he never felt that Eminem didn't love him.

Cao Xiangnan glanced at Qi Wanfeng and the child, with a smile in his eyes.

"This is Mr. Zheng who will teach you how to read in the future. You should be more honest before you." Seeing a group of dishonest people, Cao Xiangnan said.

In the small bowls given out, each child has porridge and steamed buns mixed with coarse grains. When they have something to eat, the children sit on the small chairs and bury their heads and slurp and eat.

There is still meat today, which can be eaten in steamed buns.

Cao Xiangnan didn't just blindly feed his family fine grains. He lived a better life, and it wasn't just a meal of delicacies from mountains and seas. It was just that everyone's stomachs could be full and they wouldn't go hungry.Adults and children have to work every day, and the children have to train them to work since they were young. The hay that the family's head horse and sheep eat is all collected by these children.

What Zheng Xiucai saw was different, and these things quietly changed his life.

After lunch, Cao Xiangnan was going to send Zheng Shubo's family back to the town, and by the way, he picked up two more people from the garment workshop to help sell clothes in the town.

The business on this side of the town is getting better and better when you get to the back. The stalls are full of people, and people from outside can't squeeze in. Fortunately, Cao Xiangnan brought two more people over.

Sending Zheng Shubo's family back to the small courtyard where they lived, Cao Xiangnan also went there to help sell clothes.

When there were not so many people buying clothes at the stall, Cao Xiangnan arranged for those who didn't have lunch to have something to eat first in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, the number of people on the street gradually decreased, and people rushed home.

The business on this day was pretty good, there were only a few clothes left, and seeing that no one came, they closed the stall and went back.The collected racks were put into the carriage, and the brothers also boarded the carriage.

"This is the money for selling clothes today." Li Mei gave him the money bag, and he was also very happy that the business was so good today.Cao Xiangnan picked it up and asked Li Mei to call Wu Yue to go to him for a small meeting.

Driving the carriage, he sent everyone back to the garment workshop.