roccoschili Chapter 469 Big Purchase
Chapter 469 Big Purchase
The whole family has the habit of taking a nap. If we don’t take a nap one day, we will feel listless for the whole afternoon.
When Xu Han woke up, the yard was quiet and no one was there. It seemed that they had gone to the street to buy things.
Xu Han also pulled Lu Chuan to the street. Now that there were so many people in the family at once, many things were not enough, and they would definitely not be able to do without buying more.
The most scarce items are bowls and chopsticks. The bowls and chopsticks at home were bought before, and we haven’t bought new ones over the years. I’d like to take this opportunity to buy more.
The two went straight to the grocery store and bought pots and pans, water tanks, bathtubs, and other miscellaneous things. As long as it was useful in daily life, Xu Han bought some of it.
After leaving the grocery store, she turned and went to the blacksmith shop, where she bought a lot of new sickles and hoes.
The autumn harvest is coming soon. Now that there are many people in the family, we need to buy these things. Otherwise, when the time comes, people will be unable to do anything even if they have the tools and can only watch helplessly.
Xu Han also hoped that they could open up more wasteland in the future, and then plant more land! But without tools, it would be impossible.
So she was ruthless when buying these tools, picking up the best ones and buying a lot of them.
Fortunately, there are not many people living in the county town now, otherwise it would be difficult to find enough stock to buy so many agricultural tools at once.
After buying the farm tools, she also bought cooking utensils such as iron pots, hatchets, and kitchen knives.
After the house was built, she planned to let the servants cook for themselves, and she would not eat and live with the servants anymore.
She would give them some food every month, and they could eat whatever they wanted. As for what they ate every day, she didn't ask at all.
Anyway, the food was given to them, and as for how to eat the food, that was their business. As long as they could work well, Xu Han planned to ignore the rest.
After buying all these things, Xu Han took Lu Chuan to the cloth shop. The linen and defective cloth at home were almost used up this time. Xu Han planned to ask about the price of the cloth. If the price was right, she would buy some new cloth.
Autumn is coming soon and the weather in the mountains is getting cold quickly. I guess they don’t have new autumn clothes, so we have to prepare fabrics and other things early.
The two of them randomly found a cloth shop and went in. After entering, they found that the business of the cloth shop could not be described as bleak. There was no one in the hall. The shopkeeper was sleeping soundly on the counter, and there was no sign of him waking up even when the two of them came in.
Lu Chuan pretended to cough, and the shopkeeper slowly opened his eyes.
When she saw the two people in front of her, she couldn't believe her eyes. She rubbed her eyes hard with her hands. Seeing that the two people in front of her did not disappear, she immediately put on a smile and came out to greet them.
It's no wonder he did this. The business of the cloth shop was really bad. No one had come into the store for a long time, not even anyone came in to ask about the prices.
There is no way. The world is in a bad state and everyone is hungry. How can anyone have money to buy cloth and make clothes?
Of course, there are still many rich people in the county, but after several years of natural disasters and wars, the rich have almost spent all their family assets. Now even if they have money, they dare not spend it recklessly.
I’m afraid that if something happens, I won’t be able to get the money when I need it.
After all, ordinary people don’t know that the war may end soon, and the war is not far from here, so the crisis has not been resolved.
As for richer people, they would not buy fabrics from her shop. Her shop sells fabrics at affordable prices. Most of the fabrics sold in the shop are linen, coarse cotton and the like. Even fine cotton fabrics are rare.
If the shop wasn't my own, I would have closed it long ago and there would be nothing to do if I closed it. I can't sell anything every day and I'm just losing money by keeping the shop open.
There wasn't even a waiter in the store, only a shopkeeper. It cost money to hire a clerk, and the store had no business, so the clerk had to be fired and the shopkeeper was left alone to run the store.
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "What do you two need? We have linen and coarse cotton in many colors and good quality. The price is also cheap."
The shopkeeper said as he led the two men to the rack where the cloth was placed.
Xu Han followed the shopkeeper and walked a few steps. She reached out and touched the linen cloth and felt that the quality was indeed good and very strong.
So he asked, "How much is the linen cloth? How much is it per piece?"
When the shopkeeper heard Xu Han directly ask how much it cost per piece instead of how much it cost per foot, his eyes lit up and he replied happily, "Hahaha, madam, you have good taste. This color is very beautiful and it is easy to use and not easy to get dirty.
Normally, it's sold for 430 per piece, but since you really want it, I'll give you a discount, 410 per piece."
Xu Han thought about it for a moment and found the price acceptable. Before the disaster, she had bought it for 380 wen per piece, and she did so after bargaining.
It is a time of war now, and it is not convenient to transport things here from other places. It is expected that the price will be higher than before.
Although she thought so, it didn't affect Xu Han's bargaining! You know, all merchants are dishonest, and the shopkeeper will definitely not sell at a loss.
So Xu Han said again, "It's a bit expensive. Can you make it cheaper if you buy more?"
The shopkeeper pondered Xu Han's words carefully, and asked cautiously, "Madam, how much do you want? If it's more, we can discuss it."
Xu Han calculated that based on the current size of a piece of cloth, one piece of cloth could make about five to six sets of adult clothes. There were 21 people in the family, two sets per person, so at least eight pieces of cloth would be needed.
The children are included, and the extra ones can be used to make shoes. It is not a waste.
Xu Han smiled and said, "I need quite a lot, at least 8 pieces of cloth, 16 pieces is fine if I want more. As for how much, it depends on the price the shopkeeper gives."
Xu Han thought that the price was not expensive, so if she bought it, she could buy the winter ones as well, and it would be cheaper if she bought more.
After all, autumn in the mountains is very short, and winter comes in the blink of an eye.
When the shopkeeper heard this, his eyes widened a little, and he thought to himself, "Wow, this is a wealthy family! They must be purchasing cloth for their servants, otherwise why would they buy so much cloth at once? It seems that I have met a big customer this time, I must seize the opportunity."
Although the shopkeeper was very confused as to why a wealthy family would come here to buy cloth, after all, wealthy families usually had their own places for purchasing all year round. Usually, when the master ordered clothes, the cloth shop would take the opportunity to ask the servants about the purchase of fabrics, and they could also order them together without looking for another cloth shop.