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

Chapter 20: Fire-making Artifact
Zhang Shanyue touched the soft cotton cloth and was reluctant to tear it open: "How much does this beautiful color cost per piece?"

Shen Zhao calculated and said, "About thirty coins a horse."

A piece of cloth here is forty feet long and about two feet two inches wide. If converted into centimeters in the bronze mirror world, a piece of cloth is about nine hundred and fifteen centimeters long and fifty centimeters wide.

"Only thirty cents a horse?" Zhang Shanyue couldn't believe it.

She unrolled the cloth and found that it was seven feet wide. If she tore it in the middle, it could be made into two pieces of cloth.

"Oh my God! This cloth is so cheap!" Zhang Shanyue said to her daughter excitedly, "Why don't we just sell the cloth? Look how beautiful it is! It's also very wide, so one piece can be used as two pieces."

Shen Zhao smiled and said, "Okay, from now on we can exchange our old clothes with the vendors and sell the cloth ourselves."

"Well, let's do it!" Zhang Shanyue smiled so hard that her teeth were showing. She picked up the pearl jewelry and looked at it: "Oh! This pearl jewelry is not cheap, right? Is the one thousand I gave enough?"

"Yes, these things are very cheap. A string of transparent beads is only twenty or thirty coins." Shen Zhao picked up a pearl flower and said, "This one is only a dozen coins. A pearl flower hairpin is only eighteen coins."

It cost more than one hundred yuan in total to buy these jewelry, which are beautiful and affordable. As for what they are made of, Shen Zhao has no idea. Anyway, these things that are not available here are the most precious, and I believe that my sister-in-law will not say anything.

After looking at the jewelry, the mother and daughter began to measure the cloth, tear it into pieces and stack them up.

Afterwards, I selected a few pieces of the remaining cloth to make cotton robes for my family.

"Now that the betrothal gifts are ready, I'll find a matchmaker some time to send the cloth to the in-laws. The bride has to sew her own clothes. It will be too late if I'm late."

While measuring her daughter's size, Zhang Shanyue muttered, "I'll sew your eldest brother's new clothes. If there's any material left, I'll send it to your aunt and ask her to sew some winter clothes for your little niece."

Those two children are so pitiful. They are still wearing thin clothes in such cold weather. It is really unbearable.

Shen Zhao: "Why don't you pick a few old clothes for your niece? They are much warmer than the ones your aunt made."

My aunt is somewhat biased towards boys, and she would keep all the good things, saying that they were for her unborn grandson.

Moreover, she was not very nice to her daughter-in-law. She would rather give the food that could not be stored to her son or nephew than to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

However, the great aunt was quite nice to Shen Zhao. Sometimes when she passed by her great aunt's house, the old lady would always put a handful of dried dates or steamed melon strips in her hand.

"That's fine." Zhang Shanyue glanced at the cloth and felt a little reluctant: "Why don't you make another cotton gown for your aunt? Her winter clothes are covered with patches and look terrible."

"Ah."

Suddenly, the sky darkened. Zhang Shanyue glanced out the window, uttered a cry, and immediately dropped the needle and thread in his hands: "It's getting dark so soon? I haven't even prepared dinner yet."

Then he got up and went to the kitchen.

Shen Zhao followed and said, "We have ready-made white flour, why don't we make noodle soup?"

Zhang Shanyue hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, let's make noodle soup. Hey, why hasn't your father come back yet? Is there something wrong with Mr. Dong?"

Shen Zhao was stunned for a moment, and said, "How about I go to Dong's house and take a look?"

"No! It's dark now, it's not safe for a young girl like you to go out." Zhang Shanyue thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we wait until the noodle soup is ready and go together?"

Shen Zhao nodded: "Okay."

Unexpectedly, before the noodles were rolled, Shen Ang and Shen Heng came back.

As soon as Shen Heng entered the house, he started to complain about being hungry: "Mom, my stomach is almost empty, what delicious food are you going to make today?"

Zhang Shanyue glared at his son: "You only care about eating! Go and light the fire. Can't you see we are busy rolling noodles?" "Are you asking me to light the fire again?" Shen Heng reluctantly walked behind the stove and frantically started to drill fire on a wooden board with a log and a handful of reed fluff.

While drilling, he gnashed his teeth and shouted: "It's not fire yet! It's not fire yet?"

Shen Zhao was amused by his second brother's appearance, and suddenly remembered the lighter that men in the bronze mirror world used when smoking.

Or, why not buy a few and use them yourself? This way you don't have to use this method to make a fire every time.

So she quickly ran to the side room and came out after a while with a transparent lighter in her hand.

"Here! Use this to light the fire." Shen Zhao handed the lighter to his second brother and taught him how to use it.

With a pop, flames appeared, startling Shen Heng: "Huh? What is this?"

Shen Zhao: "Lighter."

"Wow! This is amazing! Where did you buy it, sister? How much was it?" Shen Heng took the lighter and flicked it, the light in his eyes brighter than the fire.

Shen Zhao: "Twelve cents." Actually it means twelve cents for twenty.

"Only twelve cents?" Shen Heng felt that this kind of thing should be worth a hundred cents.

Shen Ang also leaned over and looked at the lighter curiously, then turned to ask his daughter: "A Zhao, do you have any more?"

This thing is a real magic weapon. When I go on business trips to other places in the future, it is better to bring this thing with me than anything else.

"Yes." Shen Zhao immediately took out another one and handed it to his father: "Dad, this thing is very dangerous, especially the potion inside. You must not take it out, otherwise you will burn yourself."

"Really?" Shen Ang took the lighter, flicked it a few times and put it in his pocket, smiling: "A Zhao, I'm going back to Tingyi tomorrow, why don't you bring a few lighters with you? Maybe someone will buy them."

Shen Zhao quickly shook his head: "No, this thing is dangerous. If someone mishandles it and it catches fire, we will be in big trouble."

Shen Ang scratched his head embarrassedly: "Yeah, those bastards are not easy to deal with, I can't fall into their hands."

The family discussed the lighter for a while, and Shen Zhao then remembered Mr. Dong and asked quickly: "Dad, how is Mr. Dong?"

Shen Ang fiddled with his lighter and said, "His fever has subsided. I think he's fine, so I gave the medicine to his grandson and asked him to keep track of the time and give him the medicine."

"Since the fever has subsided, it means he can get better. Alas, Mr. Dong is also pitiful. If something happens to him, his grandson will have no one to rely on." Zhang Shanyue sighed while shaking off the noodles.

Shen Ang sat down beside the stove, still fiddling with the lighter in his hand.

When Shen Zhao saw this scene, he was worried that his father would set the firewood on fire.

Zhang Shanyue continued, "His father, the betrothal gifts for Ah Xun's new wife have been prepared. Go to the matchmaker and ask him when to send them over."

"Huh? The betrothal gifts are ready? So fast?" He just went to Dong's house and his wife got the betrothal gifts ready?
"Where is it? Let me go take a look." He said as he was about to get up.

"Let's wait until after dinner." Zhang Shanyue put the long noodles into the ceramic jar and flipped them a few times with a pair of chopsticks to prevent them from sticking.

Shen Ang had no choice but to sit down again, staring at the steaming pot of soup.

They didn't know that at this moment, the matchmaker was arguing with the Shen family's relatives with a red face and a thick neck: "What? You want me to go to the Shen family to cancel the engagement now?"

(End of this chapter)