C16 (1/2)

”Sis, look, the cloth shop is right in front.” Fang Yizhi's eyes were sharp, he pointed to a shop in front of him and said to Fang Ruyi.

Fang Ru Xiu raised her head and saw the Cloth shop that Fang Yizhi had pointed to. The decorations of this shop appeared to be much better than the others. The signboard on top of the shop was also painted red.

”Alright, I was foolish. Do you know how to write?” Fang Ru Xiu said again.

Seeing his slightly dejected look, Fang Ruzhu continued, ”Alright, work harder. I still have hope for you. In the future, whenever you see words that you don't recognize, you can write down poems that you don't understand. When the time comes, you can ask me for help.”

”Oh.” Only then did Fang Yizhi raise his head and agree.

”Alright, little sister, didn't you want to buy thread?” Let's go in. ” Fang Yizheng said.

It turned out that they had already unknowingly arrived at the entrance of this shop. She nodded towards Fang Yizheng, thanked him for his reminder, and walked in.

This shop sold cloth, the most common being cloth. There was coarse linen, thin and soft cotton, and there was even a small amount of silk for sale. Fang Ruzhu didn't look at the silk, but she touched the soft cotton. There were also several types of cotton, some were a bit thicker than the others, and some were a bit more compact, but she didn't ask for the price.

The shopkeeper was a woman in her thirties with a kind smile on her face. She did not scold them when she saw the children that came in. Seeing Fang Ruzhu touch the cotton, she did not notice that she was young and did not pay any attention to others, but instead enthusiastically introduced: ”These cotton pieces are all top quality. Miss, the one under you only requires fifteen coins, the one on the left is ten coins, the one on the right is twenty coins.

No wonder the Fang family rarely bought clothes in the past year. Most of them were worn by adults, while some of the older children wore small clothes. So it was because a foot of cloth was actually so expensive.

The ancient people needed a lot of cloth to make their clothes. Just making a shirt needed at least three feet of cloth, but it often required more than that.

Although Fang Ruzhu had designed it in her previous life, it had generally been designed in the areas of jewelry and jade. Although she hadn't designed any clothes before, she knew that some shreds at the corners would definitely waste a lot of fabric.

Of course, although these cloths were not very expensive, they were still quite expensive for poor farmers like the Fang family. Although Fang Ruzhu had just earned two taels of silver, she had to leave one or two taels for Fang Yizhi to study. If she wanted to buy rice and other food, as well as thread and thread, she really didn't have any money left to buy cloth.

What's more, he couldn't just buy cloth from her. At least everyone in the second floor had it, right? Then the Yu's and the Fang family's old patriarch should have it as well, right? In this way, the silver in her hands could not buy anything else after buying the cloth.

This cloth was already bought, and since he couldn't make any money, it was just a waste! Thinking like this, Fang Ru Xiu gritted her teeth and decided not to buy it. She raised her head to look at the cloth seller and said, ”Shopkeeper, I'm here today to buy cloth. I would like to ask if you are selling rosewood.”

”Sold.” The shopkeeper nodded his head in a hurry, and then brought Fang Ruxiu to the counter to have a look. On the counter, there were some channels and other items like silk handkerchief. Fang Ruxiu asked for the price, one for the rosewood and one for the silk handkerchief.

”Shopkeeper, if I sell you the jade, will you accept it?” Fang Ru Xiu asked probingly.

”I did.” The manager replied.

”How much is each of them?” Fang Ru Xiu asked again.

”One coin for each.” The shopkeeper replied.

Fang Ruzhu nodded her head, indicating that she knew. Then, she told the shopkeeper that she wanted to buy some thick silk threads for the string test.

The shopkeeper's silk here was made of cotton thread, hemp thread and real silk thread, all of them in different colors. Fang Ruyi planned to buy some cotton thread and silk thread, and other than the thick ones, she also bought some thin thread and needles.

When Fang Ruzhu heard the price, she was instantly stunned again. Was there a mistake? It was just a few rolls of thread and they were still so expensive, even now she was wondering if she would be able to earn back the money just by doing manual labor like beatings.

She felt that she could make that kind of selling doll, but it would be a bit of a waste. Thinking back to the novels she had read in her previous life, this kind of Cloth shop would always sell shreds of cloth, so she asked the shopkeeper if he had any, but regrettably, the storekeeper's answer was no.