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

Chapter 54 Flowered Cotton Pants

After the meal, the guests left one after another.

Shen Ang also asked his son to bring a few pieces of pork to give to the three elders and the village headman.

The family of A Zhu, who helped to kill the pig, also sent a piece of pork and a pair of pig intestines as a reward.

After everyone left, Shen Zhao bought a lot of coarse salt and gave it to his mother to marinate pork.

I also bought two packages of small sausage casings, plus one of my own, to make sausages.

"Mother, let's stuff the sausages tonight. My cousins will come over to make tofu tomorrow, and we won't have room at home."

Shen Zhao helped his mother clear the dishes and glanced at his second brother: "It's just right for you to cut the meat."

Shen Heng didn't refute and swept the yard with a broom.

"I'll cut it too." Shen Xun came over with a yellow basin and scooped water to wash his hands and face.

Shen Zhao shook his head: "No, big brother, go to sleep, you can help pickle the meat tomorrow morning."

Shen Xun was indeed tired. He had been traveling all these days and felt that his body had reached its limit.

"Okay, I'm going to bed." He didn't dare to show off, in case he fell ill and caused his family to spend money.

Shen Zhao: "Well, there is water on the stove. You can soak your feet. You have walked so much, your feet must be worn out."

Shen Xun looked down at his exposed feet and smiled: "How did Ah Zhao see that?"

"The footwear on your feet is torn, can't you see it?" Shen Heng said unhappily, "The footbath is in my room, don't take the wrong one."

Shen Xun ignored his brother, walked out of the kitchen with a yellow basin, and poured the dirty water into the vegetable garden outside the yard.

After getting the footbath basin, Shen Xun first filled it with water and brought it to his father, then knelt in front of the low couch and said, "Dad, let me wash your feet."

Shen Ang, who was lying on the couch, sat up, stretched out his legs, and let his son help him take off his boots.

"Ah Xun, the money for this shift was earned by Ah Zhao. When you become successful, you must not forget your sister's friendship."

Shen Ang said seriously, "Also, when you get married in the future, you must not spread rumors about Ah Zhao. Do you remember that?"

"I swear that I will never tell anyone about Ah Zhao." Shen Xun put his father's feet in hot water and rubbed them gently with a linen cloth.

Today at Tingyi, his father told him about his sister's miraculous abilities. Shen Xun was surprised but also a little worried, wondering what was wrong with his sister.

But when he saw his sister taking out bags of salt from the house, he was quite shocked.

There were a lot of tiny words on the salt packaging, but he could only recognize a few.

After all, he studied with Mr. Dong for several years and was taught by his father when he was young. But when he saw those words, Shen Xun suddenly felt like an illiterate.

If there really was such a kingdom in the Western Regions, it would probably be more powerful than the Han Dynasty.

The next day, Shen Zhao was still asleep when he heard a noise outside.

Soon, the second brother came knocking on the door: "A Zhao, get up quickly! Someone is here to deliver money!"

Shen Zhao quickly sat up from the kang, put on his clothes quickly, opened the door and went out in his wooden clogs.

I saw the five young men from yesterday standing neatly in the yard, their mouths grinning from ear to ear.

Seeing the girl coming out, they said in unison: "A Zhao, we are here to pay back the money!"

Shen Zhao stretched out his hand: "Give it to me."

After she handed over 15,000 yuan to her father last night, there was only over 4,000 yuan left in her account, of which over 1,000 yuan was deposited with her by her second brother.

"Here!" Several young men handed her four hundred coins each, and said with a smile: "We want to buy two more cotton-padded clothes. This time we'll pay in cash, no need to buy on credit!" Shen Zhao roughly counted the money, tilted his head and looked at them: "Where did you go to sell it?"

A young man said with a smile: "We went to Yuzezhang yesterday, and many of the garrison troops there needed to buy winter clothes."

Another teenager: "They also asked if there were any warm boots and pants. They also wanted to see the bedding."

"Of course we have warm pants and cotton boots. Please wait a moment, I will go and look for them." After saying this, Shen Zhao returned to the room and closed the door.

Summoning a small bronze mirror, she searched around and indeed found many cotton trousers and cotton shoes.

However, the cheapest one costs dozens of coins a pair, which is not cost-effective.

But a pair of leather boots locally costs more than a hundred yuan, so compared to the local market, it’s not bad. It shouldn’t be a problem to make a few dozen yuan from a pair.

Cotton trousers are much cheaper. There is a kind of three-layer thickened cotton trousers that only costs a dozen cents. There are beautiful patterns on them, with red, purple and green flowers, which are very beautiful.

Shen Zhao was dazzled by the selection, and finally, following Xiaoqing's suggestion, he wholesaled fifty pairs of large-flowered cotton trousers from a shop for only five hundred coins.

I also bought twenty pairs of sturdy green-patterned cotton shoes, also at wholesale, for a total of four hundred coins.

After a while, the goods arrived. Shen Zhao quickly unpacked them, picked out a few pairs of cotton trousers of different sizes and put them aside, and then took a few pairs of cotton shoes and ten cotton coats and carried them outside the house.

"Here, pick your own." Shen Zhao placed the items on the square table and let the young men pick: "Cotton trousers are fifty coins a pair, cotton shoes are sixty coins a pair, and cotton coats are still two hundred coins a piece."

The young men's eyes widened and they asked quickly: "Can we have all of them?" Such nice-looking pants, colorful, not only the garrison soldiers, but they themselves also liked them!
Shen Zhao: "Okay, do you have enough money?"

The young men lowered their heads.

"If it's not enough, we'll sign a contract and pay you back within three days." There's a group of young men helping her earn money, so she can just sell it on credit. Is she afraid that they'll run away?
Humph, if anyone dares to play tricks on me, forget about getting anything from me from now on!
The young men immediately laughed: "Okay! We will definitely pay you back within three days!"

So Shen Zhao collected 400 coins from each of them for the goods and wrote IOUs for the rest.

However, in order to facilitate calculation, each of them was given two sets of winter clothes, four pairs of cotton shoes and four pairs of cotton trousers.

The young man put the goods into the backpack and ran away. Looking at the direction, it was clearly heading towards Yuze Barrier in the north.

Shen Zhao suddenly thought of Xixiang Mifu. It seemed that his brother was also preparing to buy cotton clothes to sell in Yuzezhang.

It seems that there are a lot of garrison troops stationed there, and with Yougu County nearby, the demand is relatively large.

Shen Zhao was so happy to receive 4,000 coins at once that he immediately deposited it into his account. The balance now became more than 8,000 coins.

Shen Heng also followed him into the house, picked up the green-bottomed black-patterned cotton shoes and looked at them from left to right.

"Second brother, pick out two pairs to wear, and pick out two pairs for eldest brother and father." Shen Zhao didn't know the size of his father and brother's feet, so he could only let them try them on themselves.

Shen Heng happily sat on the kang and put on his shoes, then jumped around in and out of the house: "Hey! These shoes are warm to wear, it's like there's dog skin inside."

After running a lap, he came back and picked up the flowery cotton pants and asked, "Can a man wear this? Why do I feel like it's for a woman?"

"As long as they're warm, there's no difference between men and women." Shen Zhao picked out two pieces to give to his mother, and two for his eldest brother. His father had to wait for him to come back before making any decision.

Then he picked up a dark one and kept it for himself.

Shen Heng started to hesitate while holding the flowery pants, but finally took them to his room and changed into them.

The cotton pants are really warm, stretchy and fit perfectly.

Shen Heng was satisfied and then went out to show off to his elder brother.

My eldest brother went out early in the morning with a wheelbarrow to fetch water, but for some reason he hasn't come back yet.

"A Zhao, I'm going to the Jinshui River to find my elder brother. You stay at home!" Shen Heng called out and swaggered towards the Jinshui River with his flowery trouser legs opened.

(End of this chapter)