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Father Liu and Luo Hong first went to the pawnbroker and told the old woman that they wanted to move out of the courtyard.

As a result, they did not stay for a full month, and the owner of the dental clinic directly returned the deposit to them.

After all, we had agreed before that rent for less than a month should be charged as a full month.

After completing the formalities for the house and agreeing on a time to take possession of the house, Liu's father thought about choosing a carriage at their home.

"Boss, don't pay us the rent yet. Please recommend a horse carriage or a mule carriage to us. We are planning to buy one and we will settle the bill together later."

The proprietress was very happy. The carriage was relatively expensive and she could earn a lot of money, so she introduced it to them enthusiastically.

"Sir, we still have two horses here. Horses are expensive these days. Many horses have been requisitioned for war, and many have been consumed. Now a horse costs about 50-80 taels. We got these two horses with great difficulty. We didn't have them before. You can't buy such good horses as mine anywhere else!"

Father Liu and Luo Hong looked at each other and indeed felt that the price was too expensive. It was not cost-effective when adding a rear carriage. There would be many other places to spend money later, so they had to be more frugal.

After Liu's father and Luo Hong discussed it privately for a while, they decided not to buy a horse carriage but a mule carriage. Firstly, they felt that the horse carriage was a bit expensive, and secondly, it was too conspicuous on the road and could easily become a target of robbery by bandits.

Although they still have some money now, after spending it for a period of time, there is not much left. They don’t plan to sell anything for money in this county, so they decided to be frugal.

After discussing it, Luo Hong lamented to the proprietress:

"Hey, why is the carriage so expensive? Boss, I'm sorry, we really need to continue our journey later, and we need money to settle down. We think the price you mentioned is too expensive, so let it go.

The lady boss should just take us to see the mule cart and recommend a better mule and a carriage for us!"

The old woman felt a little disappointed when she heard him say this, but she could understand it.

I didn't expect them to buy a carriage because it was really expensive, so I nodded and said, "Okay! Carriages are really expensive, and given our geographical location, a mule cart will do. We can use it when we are traveling or when you settle down.

If you were to settle down here, I would suggest you buy an ox cart. Oxen are more useful in the village. But you still need to travel, so an ox cart is not as useful as a mule cart. "

Finally, they spent 30 taels to buy a mule cart, which was a little more expensive than the previous one.

But the rear carriage was better, with three sides of the carriage shielded and a window on each side.

The entire carriage was covered with gray coarse cloth and looked relatively simple, much better than the previous carriage with only four pillars.

When the time comes, the children can sit in it and lower the curtains so they can't see what's inside. It looks very similar to the carriages on TV, only a little more crude.

The two thought that the weather was cold now and there were many children in the team, so if there was a carriage like this, the children could sit inside and suffer less and it would be much warmer inside.

This money should be spent.

After the sky cleared up, the sun gently sprinkled on the bluestone road, bringing a touch of warmth and hope to this weathered town.

Shops along the street lit up their signs one by one, some selling fresh vegetables, while others displayed game hunted in the mountains and home-made leather. The whole city seemed to be slowly waking up from a deep sleep.

However, during this recovery, public grain stores still maintained strict purchase restrictions. There were long queues at the door, and everyone's face was filled with desire and helplessness for food.

Winter is approaching, and the cold wind begins to blow through the streets, bringing a biting chill.

Every household is busy stockpiling supplies for the winter, especially food, which has become the most sought-after commodity at the moment.

Those shops that dare to take risks and are willing to pay high prices to buy food have become the last hope for many families.

In the shop that sells grain at a high price, there are always a few people coming in and out carrying some grain.

Whenever someone came in or out, carrying a heavy bag of grain on his shoulders, he would always attract envious glances from those around him.

Father Liu thought that there was not much food left at home, and the children were in the growing period, so the food on the surface could not be too little.

Finally, the three men had no choice but to buy some fine and coarse grains from Qian's shop. In total, they bought 200 kilograms of grain and spent an exact 10 taels of silver.

Afterwards, I went to buy two batches of cotton cloth. What I bought before were all coarse cloth. As the weather got colder, I needed to prepare a cotton coat for everyone. The simple coarse cloth clothes I made before were a bit cold to wear.

I had to wear the vest made of animal skin that I had prepared earlier to keep warm.

If you want to make cotton-padded clothes, you have to buy finer cotton cloth. Otherwise, the cotton inside will not fit closely and will be difficult to sew. Even if it is sewn well, some of the cotton will easily leak out. You can only use finer cotton cloth to make cotton-padded clothes.

So the poor people at that time had a cotton coat made of fine cotton cloth, which they could wear for many years.

Luo Hong looked at the two pieces of cloth and said worriedly, "Brother Liu, why do I feel like two pieces are not enough?"

The two grown men really didn't know how much cloth was needed to make a cotton coat each.

When Liu's father heard him say this, he didn't care. He just gave him the money, took the cloth, and got on the mule cart before he spoke.

"It's okay. These cloths are used outside. We still have the cloth inside at home. We can take them out quietly when the time comes and make cotton-padded clothes for ourselves."

So that's how it is. Luo Hong nodded, patted his forehead and said:

"Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, as long as you have a plan."

The cloth inside can be made of modern cloth collected in the previous space, or you can directly make a cover on the outside of the collected clothes.

By then, they can wear it themselves, so they just need to make a complete cotton-padded jacket for the two old women and Liu Xiaomei.

The two men drove the mule cart along the street. It was not completely dark yet. There were pedestrians and shops on the street. The two men passed by a pastry shop, which sold steamed buns, osmanthus cakes and chestnut cakes.

"Boss, give us 17 steamed buns, 17 osmanthus cakes, and 17 chestnut cakes!"

"Sir, can you please give me some cornmeal buns? We have run out of steamed buns, and it's getting late. I'll go home after these are sold out. There are only 21 left. If you take all of them, I'll give you a discount! We don't have that many osmanthus cakes and chestnut cakes left either. We have to have 24 left."

"Okay, pack all of them for me. Can you calculate how much it costs?"

"Originally, I sell steamed buns for 5 cents each. If you buy 20, that's 6 cents. Osmanthus cake and chestnut cake are 144 cents each, so the total is 244 cents. The total is 240 cents. I'll give you cents."

Father Liu also knows that the steamed buns are expensive now, but there is nothing he can do about it. After all, food is expensive now.