The casual life of the flat space

Bai Tieying left the clinic and went straight to a "signature" clothing shop.

"Hello, young lady! What do you need? I'll get it for you." Seeing a customer coming in early in the morning, the clerk in the clothing shop hurried forward to greet her.

“Are there any ready-made clothes I can wear?”

"Indeed we don't have that. Girl, most of the ready-made clothes we have prepared are for larger sizes. But if you are in a hurry, we can alter this suit for you. It will take about fifteen minutes." The waiter did not look down on Bai Tieying's clothes, but enthusiastically took out a suit for Bai Tieying to see.

"I need to alter two sets of fabric similar to this one, but I have a dinner party at the Zhiyin Restaurant at noon, so I'd like to trouble you to get me a set that's suitable and have it altered."

The waiter didn't expect that the girl would treat him at the Zhiyin Restaurant. He was stunned for a moment, but then he readily agreed: "No problem, I will definitely fix it for you before noon."

"Do you have any clothes for five-year-olds here? They're about this tall and very thin, but they can be made a little wider." Bai Tieying stretched out his hand to gesture at Bai Tiexiong's height, and added, thinking that the child might grow taller and fatter after eating.

"Yes. How about this? Let the embroiderer pierce it first, and then when you feel it is too thin, just pull the thread and let it go."

"Okay, I want two sets of this one, made of the same fabric as mine."

"Okay, we'll prepare everything for you before noon. Do you need anything else?" The clerk was very happy as he sold five sets of clothes right after opening the store, so he asked another question.

"Make three thick mattresses, three thin quilts, two thick quilts, two pairs of cloth shoes, two pairs of boots, two sets of padded clothes, and two sets of winter clothes for each of us. Four window screens, two cotton curtains, and two cotton door curtains..."

"Miss, girl..." The waiter interrupted Bai Tieying.

"Excuse me for being so nosy, but are you moving into a new house?"

"Ah? Oh, I guess so."

"Miss, may I ask how many people are there in your family?"

"Two, oh, four people." Bai Tieying suddenly thought of his uncle and Uncle Dafu, and counted them in.

"If you don't have any special needs, we know what you need to move into a new home and we will definitely prepare it for you."

"Oh, that's fine. I don't have to think about it. I can make up for it if I need anything."

"Okay, don't worry, everything will be ready for you by noon today. Do you have anything else to say?"

"Please prepare the clothes I need to wear when I meet the guests. I will change in a moment. I will come back to get the rest after packing them. How much silver?"

"Miss, if you have something to do, go do it first and come back to calculate it. Otherwise, I will waste your time calculating one by one."

"Okay, then I'll leave these with you first. You can refund me if there's any excess and pay me more if there's any shortfall." Bai Tieying grabbed a handful of silver and put it on the counter.

The waiter exclaimed, quickly took the silver off the counter and whispered, "Miss, when you are out, don't show off your wealth! Here, I'll take these two pieces first, I think there are ten taels."

"You are such a real guy!"

"It's not that I'm honest, it's that our Four Seasons New Store has a great reputation."

“Everyone on Earth knows it!”

"What?"

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll leave it to you. The two adults are about this height, and their weight is normal. Just pick out better material for daily wear." Bai Tieying said as he walked out.

"Okay, girl, take your time. You can come back to change your clothes in about 5 minutes!"

Bai Tieying waved his hand and went to the next target.

To the north of the city is the headquarters of the Northern Army.

"Your Excellency the General, Bai Tieying has sent me a visiting card." General Li said as he handed the visiting card to General Zhao to look at.

"Invite you to Zhiyin Restaurant? What does that mean?" The general was a little confused.

"Please give me your instructions, General."

"What has she done?"

"This morning, she opened the door and released the gyrfalcon. She ordered the clinic apprentice, Bai Dafu, to enter her room. Then, Bai Dafu ran away screaming. After investigation, it was found that the gyrfalcon had eaten all the animals it caught last night in her room. Bai Dafu was frightened by the bloody appearance of the room."

"Hahahaha, this little girl is interesting!" The general laughed as he did not expect such a thing to happen. "Gyrfalcon, I wish I could have one too! And then?"

"After breakfast, Bai Tieying went to the clothing store, blacksmith shop, grocery store, grain store, porcelain store, furniture store, bookstore, etc. Before her subordinates reported, she was asking people to find a bricklayer."

"Bookstore? What did she do in the bookstore?" "She bought a lot of toilet paper, a few enlightenment books, and some blank books."

"Blank book? Didn't buy a pen?"

"Yes."

"This little girl... is unusual!"

"Please give me instructions on the appointment at Zhiyin Restaurant, General."

"Go, let me go with you! I want to see what she is up to!"

Noon, in front of Zhiyin Restaurant.

"Tieying!"

"Hey, Uncle Zhang, you're here early!" Bai Tieying stepped forward and saluted.

"Haha, such a good thing, how could you not come earlier?"

"Uncle, I'm not good at doing business. Please help me later!"

"Awesome?"

"Uh... it means to treat you well."

"Okay, of course. The etiquette and language of your Xianhe Village are quite interesting." Shopkeeper Zhang felt that the saying "the dialect changes every three miles" in the south was not entirely true. The Xianhe Village in the north was not far away and had its own customs and accents.

"Haha, yeah! Hey, here it comes!"

Bai Tieying and Manager Zhang hurried forward to greet them, but unexpectedly they saw the commander-in-chief behind them.

"I, Bai Tieying, pay my respects to the great general! May the great general be well!"

Shopkeeper Zhang originally thought that the other party was just a small general who could manage affairs in the military camp, but he didn't expect to be able to meet the "general". Tieying also paid a great tribute to him. There was only one possibility, this person was the commander-in-chief! Shopkeeper Zhang, not knowing whether to be surprised or happy, also hurried forward to pay his respects.

"Miss Bai, please stop being so polite!" General Zhao's attitude was friendly, completely different from his intimidating look yesterday.

"Thank you, General. I am overwhelmed and honored that you have condescended to come here. Please take a seat upstairs."

"No need to be so polite, let's go upstairs and talk."

"General please!"

Bai Tieying turned to look at General Li again and saluted, "General Li, may you be well!"

"Miss Bai, you're too polite. Please come in!" General Li knew that since General Zhao had come, he would just be a foil, so he signaled Bai Tieying to go first.

Bai Tieying knew that the military had a strict hierarchy and that the soldiers obeyed orders, so he stopped being polite and hurriedly followed the general upstairs.

"Yesterday I did not dare to ask the general's name. Please forgive me for my impoliteness!" Bai Tieying said after everyone was seated.

"Haha, if you are talking from Doctor Bai's perspective, you should call me Grandpa Zhao. If you are talking from your elder brother's perspective, you should call me Uncle Zhao. What do you want to call me?"