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Chapter 28 Buying more food and sundries
"Qingxue, if you need anything else, let's go buy it quickly so we can go home later," Uncle Lin casually wiped the sweat from his head, turned to look at his eldest niece and whispered.
"My eldest brother and I went to the grocery store to buy some water jars, water bags, and oilcloths, while my uncle and third brother went to buy seeds. We bought both vegetable seeds and grain seeds."
As Lin Qingxue spoke, she took out a fifty-liang silver note from the space. She had to buy a lot of seeds, which would cost a lot of silver, and she still had a lot of change on her.
"Okay, then let's buy the things and meet at the city gate," Uncle Lin nodded, pulled Lin Qingran onto the donkey cart and went to the seed shop.
Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingming drove another newly bought donkey cart to the grocery store, and along the way they discussed how to buy things.
After all, there are a lot of things to buy this time, and time is not enough. If four people act together, it may waste a lot of time.
So in the end we decided to divide the team into two to buy things, so that we can improve efficiency and complete the task as soon as possible.
It was already past eleven o'clock. The sun was high in the sky, shining warmly on the earth, and the temperature was gradually rising.
Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingming quickly quickened their pace, hoping to reach the grocery store as soon as possible and start shopping.
When they finally arrived at the grocery store, they found it quite quiet. Despite its size, there were only a handful of customers inside, none of whom seemed to have any desire to buy anything. They simply browsed around and then left.
Lin Qingxue asked Lin Qingming to guard the donkey cart and food at the door, while she walked into the grocery store alone.
As she walked, she observed her surroundings, secretly thanking herself that there were not many people in the store at this time, allowing them to choose products more easily.
"Madam, what do you want to buy?" Seeing Lin Qingxue walking in with a swagger, the waiter immediately came to greet her.
"Do you have any oilcloth left? Are you taking any dried vegetables? Are you taking any pickles? Do you have any salt and soy sauce left? How much bacon and salted fish are left?"
As Lin Qingxue spoke, she looked around to see what was left in the grocery store. She wanted to buy a lot, as long as it was useful and edible, she would buy it.
"There's still some, but not much salt," the waiter said with a smile. He had been working as a waiter for several years, and when he heard the tone of the lady in front of him, he knew she was a wealthy customer and he had to treat her well.
"Okay, I need six pieces of oilcloth, four water jars, ten water bags, twenty catties of salt, ten catties of white sugar, ten catties of brown sugar, ten catties of soy sauce, two hundred catties each of bacon and salted fish, five jars of dried vegetables, and ten jars of pickles. Oh, and do you have any cotton?"
When Lin Qingxue heard the waiter say that they had everything, her heart was filled with joy. After selling the ginseng, she was no longer short of money, and her long-suppressed shopping desire also came back.
"Yes, there are about 200 kilograms of cotton left," the waiter said with a more sincere smile. Since they wanted so much, it would naturally cost more money, and his commission would also be higher.
"You want 100 kilograms of cotton? Do you have any saltpeter? If so, give me 200 kilograms," Lin Qingxue said with a smile. She should be able to get a discount for buying so many things!
"Yes, please wait a moment, ma'am. I'll go prepare it for you," the waiter said with a smile. He invited Lin Qingxue to sit on the stool next to him to rest, and then he went to prepare what Lin Qingxue wanted.
Although Lin Qingxue wanted a lot of things, the waiter was used to doing this kind of thing. It took him less than an hour to prepare everything she wanted and even calculated the money.
Lin Qingxue paid the silver and asked the waiter to help her and Lin Qingming load the things onto the donkey cart.
After all the things were loaded onto the donkey cart, it was already packed to the brim. Lin Qingxue didn't even have a place to sit, so she could only squeeze in with Lin Qingming in the front seat where the driver sat.
"Qingxue, do you want to buy anything next?" Lin Qingming waved his whip, turned to look at his cousin sitting next to him, and asked in a low voice.
"Brother, let's go to the cloth shop and buy some coarse and cotton cloth. Then we can go to the city gate to meet up with uncle and the others and go home."
Lin Qingxue also answered in a low voice. She really wanted to put the things in the car into the space. She felt insecure leaving them outside.
"Okay, let's go to the cloth shop," Lin Qingming said and drove the donkey cart towards the cloth shop.
In just ten minutes, the brother and sister arrived at the door of the cloth shop. Lin Qingxue still asked Lin Qingran to wait at the door while she went in to buy cloth.
This time, she did not delay and directly bought ten pieces of coarse cloth and five pieces of cotton cloth. Since she bought a lot, Lin Qingxue asked the shopkeeper for two bags of scraps of cloth.
Lin Qingxue tried to stuff the cloth into the two sacks left on the donkey cart, but the scraps wouldn't fit in, so she had to hold them in her arms.
After struggling through the crowded crowd, they arrived at the city gate. As soon as Lin Qingxue and their donkey cart stopped, the two sacks in her arms were taken by Uncle Lin and placed on their donkey cart.
"Qingxue, your donkey cart is a bit crowded, you and uncle should switch," Uncle Lin threw two sacks on the donkey cart, and then sat down in the seat where Lin Qingxue had sat before.
Lin Qingxue nodded. The donkey cart was indeed not very comfortable to ride. She and Lin Qingming were squeezed together. Although they were brother and sister, it would not be good if others saw them.
After Lin Qingxue got on the cart and sat down, the two donkey carts headed home. The closer they got to Linjia Village, the fewer people there were on the road, and it was extremely quiet and deserted.
"Uncle, eldest brother, and third brother, please keep an eye on me. I need to put my things into my space to prevent the villagers from seeing me and gossiping about me after I enter the village."
Seeing that there was no one around, Lin Qingxue wanted to put the things into the space and take them out when she returned home.
"Okay, don't worry! We'll guard it for you," Uncle Lin nodded, and took Lin Qingran and Lin Qingming to keep watch nearby.
Lin Qingxue quickly put the things into the space, and the four of them drove the donkey cart home. As expected, as soon as they entered the village, they met many villagers sitting under the tree at the entrance of the village with sad faces, talking about fleeing famine and rising food prices.
Uncle Lin and his friends said hello to everyone and went straight home. If they didn't come back, they were worried that the villagers would steal the things in the car.
Looking at the expressions of the villagers, Uncle Lin was very glad that Lin Qingxue had such a treasure, otherwise the family would really have no way to survive.
After returning home, Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran drove the donkey cart to the backyard and tied it up, and the family went to the house of Mrs. Lin and Old Man Lin.
Looking at the family who were all there except the children, Lin Qingxue opened her mouth and was about to speak when she heard Uncle Lin talking next to her.
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