Reborn in Dunhuang, I am farming and doing business in the desert

Chapter 10 Buying another bag of used clothes
When Shen Zhao heard his father's voice, he jumped up and opened the door.

Shen Ang came in covered in dust and accompanied by a gust of wind and sand, which immediately choked people and made them hold their breath.

Shen Zhao stretched his head to look out the door, and seeing that there was no one behind him, he quickly closed the door.

I saw that the old man's head and face were wrapped in a cloth, and there was sand and dust on his eyebrows.

But he still smiled and said, "I'm here to give money back."

Zhang Shanyue was surprised and hurried to help her husband take off his coat. She asked, "Have you sold all the winter clothes? How much?"

"You count it yourself." Shen Ang took out a heavy small bag from his arms and handed it to his wife.

"I'll do it!" When Shen Heng heard about counting money, he jumped up from the wooden couch, snatched the small bag, put it on the couch and opened it.

Strings of copper coins appeared, and his eyes lit up: "So many? Dad, what winter clothes did you sell?"

Shen Ang ignored him, brushed off the dust and sand on his body, and washed his face with the water his wife fetched.

Shen Zhao also ran over to help count, and finally came up with the number, a total of 1,650 coins.

It really is a profitable business!

Shen Zhao was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He took 300 coins for himself and gave the rest to his mother: "Mother, keep these and use them to replace my elder brother's corvée in the future."

Zhang Shanyue was also very excited. He took the money and touched it again and again.

"My elder brother will be back home in a month, why should he do any more corvée labor?" Shen Heng was puzzled.

"What do you know?" Zhang Shanyue glared at his younger son, took the money to the inner room and put it in the box.

My eldest son will be back to get married next month, and it was my husband who asked someone to pay money to bribe the Yumen assistant official, and only then was the leave approved.

This is because the woman is already sixteen years old this year and cannot delay getting married until next year, otherwise she will have to pay five times more head tax.

This time when the eldest son comes back, it would be a good idea if we could spend money to exempt him from military service and find him a job locally.

"Why do you want to change your elder brother's corvée?" Shen Ang didn't quite understand what his daughter meant.

Although it was the eldest son's first time to go to the border, he had the support of his father, the head of a pavilion. He also worked as a beacon tower chief in Yumen. Although his life was hard, he could come back in a year or two, so it was no big deal.

In his opinion, instead of having money to give his son a guard, it would be better to bribe the Yumen Captain and let his son work as a minor official in Guannei City.

Shen Zhao thought for a moment and said, "I had a dream a few days ago. I dreamed that my eldest brother was transferred to the Western Regions shortly after he got married. Later, my eldest brother died of illness on the way to the Western Regions."

Upon hearing this, Shen Ang and his wife looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a long pause, Zhang Shanyue said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Shen Lang, you haven't had your meal yet, right? I'll go make a bowl of noodle soup right now."

Shen Ang nodded and silently followed his wife to the kitchen.

Shen Heng looked at his parents, then at his sister, and suddenly leaned in and asked, "Did your dream come true?"

"Of course it works." Shen Zhao said, and then he went to the side room with three hundred coins in his pocket.

After closing the door, taking out the small bronze mirror and recharging 300 coins, and then typing in the words "old cotton-padded clothes", the screen was filled with promotions for used clothes.

After careful selection, she chose 100 kilograms of old cotton-padded clothes and clicked to buy.

Two hundred of the three hundred coins I just recharged were gone in an instant.

[Congratulations, you can get 20 transaction points for this shopping! ]

【Your goods will be delivered soon! 】

Following Xiaoqing's report, Shen Zhao immediately became nervous.

In a short while, a huge phantom of a bundle appeared on the ground and gradually solidified into a real object.

Shen Zhao suppressed his excitement and used a pair of scissors that he had prepared long ago to pick out the packaging threads.

When I opened the seal, I saw that it was filled with cotton clothes of various colors.

He took them out one by one and counted them. There were 38 pieces in total, 7 or 8 of which were small, probably children's clothes. Shen Zhao picked out three pieces suitable for his parents and brother and put them aside. He also picked out a bamboo green long cotton coat for himself before opening the door and leaving.

The sandstorm outside has not stopped yet and the visibility is only about ten feet.

Shen Zhao ran to the kitchen and said to his parents who were cooking, "Dad, Mom, come to my room when the meal is ready."

"What's the matter?" Dad asked curiously.

"I have something to show you." Shen Zhao smiled.

When mother Zhang Shanyue saw this, she immediately thought of the winter clothes her daughter had brought.

No way? Is there another piece of clothing in Zhao's room?
"I'll take a look first." Zhang Shanyue's heart was pounding. He put down the dough in his hand and walked out.

When I walked into my daughter's room and took a look, I was shocked: "Where did this come from?"

Turning his head to look at his daughter, he saw that she looked calm, so he subconsciously asked, "Did you get it from the Hu merchant again?"

Shen Zhao blinked and said, "It was sent by the Hu merchant."

What she said was ambiguous, and I guess A Niang would never figure out that she bought it from the small bronze mirror.

Zhang Shanyue was silent.

At this time, Shen Ang also came over from the kitchen. When he saw so many winter clothes, he was a little surprised: "Huh? You bought winter clothes again?"

Zhang Shanyue nodded and lied to her daughter: "Hu Shang sent it early in the morning. It was windy and sandy, so they left because they had to hurry on their way."

Shen Zhao suppressed his laughter, hugged one of A Niang's arms and shook it, and said to his father: "Dad, can you sell all these?"

"Yes! When the sandstorm stops, I will take a few pieces to the military settlement to have a look. Most of the soldiers there are from other counties, so there will definitely be people willing to buy them." Shen Ang was full of confidence.

Yesterday, just as he brought the winter clothes back to Tingyi, they were snatched away by Tingfu and his men. Two of them wanted to buy them on credit, but he refused them outright, saying that they were his daughter's things and must be paid in cash. So the brothers obediently took out the money.

He was afraid that the night would be too long and he would rush home early in the morning to avoid those bastards trying to trick him into treating them to a meal again.

"Great! Many of the winter clothes this time are suitable for men. Dad, can you take a look at which ones we can take to the military settlement?"

Shen Zhao took out the things he had picked for his parents and said, "Dad, Mom, this is for you. It will be cold after the sandstorm today, so you will be warmer if you wear it."

She picked out a dark blue short-sleeved cotton coat for her father, which had a hood and felt very thick.

Shen Ang took the winter clothes and put them on happily.

You know what, this one is much more pleasing to the eye than those red and green ones.

He walked up to his wife and asked, "How is it? Is this awkward?"

Zhang Shanyue straightened his collar and buttoned it for him: "It doesn't look awkward, it looks good."

Shen Ang was relieved. He turned his head and looked left and right. Suddenly he remembered something and asked his daughter, "Oh, Zhao, I forgot to ask you before. How do you wear these winter clothes without belts?"

After his brothers put on their winter clothes, they always felt something was wrong because they had no slanting lapels and could not be tied tightly, and it was not a good thing to keep their chests uncovered all the time.

Shen Zhao quickly put on a coat and demonstrated to his father: "There is a zipper here, just push it and zip it up." As he spoke, he smoothly zipped up his winter coat.

Shen Ang was stunned, and quickly pointed at the one he was wearing and asked, "Why doesn't this one have a zipper?"

Shen Zhao took a look and said, "This one has buttons, no zipper needed."

"So that's how it is?" Shen Ang was a little disappointed.

He actually likes clothes with zippers, which makes him look very classy.

Shen Zhao saw what his father was thinking and quickly said, "Why don't you choose another one for yourself? There will be plenty of winter clothes like this in the future anyway."

"Really?" Shen Ang's mouth curled up immediately, and he picked out another one with a zipper for himself.

The family of three was trying on winter clothes one by one, when Shen Heng popped up and asked, "What do you mean? You have something good but you are hiding it from me?"

(End of this chapter)