Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

"How many, how many?"

The proprietress picked at her ear in disbelief.

"Twenty sets, cotton-padded coats and trousers, made with good quality cotton," Zhao Yan replied calmly.

cough cough.

What she wants... might indeed be a bit too much.

Well, what can you do when her family is so big?

Each of her three nephews has three outfits, and she and her daughter each have three outfits, making a total of fifteen sets.

She always keeps extras on hand; she never thinks she has too many.

The proprietress blinked and pinched her arm hard.

"hiss--"

Depend on!

I wasn't dreaming.

This beautiful young lady really wants to buy twenty sets of cotton-padded clothes!

Her expression immediately became incredibly fawning.

"Oh dear, I have plenty of cotton-padded clothes and trousers that you want, young lady. What size do you want? I'll have my husband get them for you."

Hahaha--

She was so happy that the cotton-padded coats she had been stuck with for last year were finally going to be sold.

Last year, the head of the household had a dream that winter would be extremely cold, so he recklessly bought a batch of thick cotton-padded clothes and trousers and put them in the house.

To my surprise, winter passed by without getting cold at all.

Of the batch of cotton-padded clothes and trousers we received, only one-fifth were sold; the rest were all stuck with us.

Hey hey hey.

There were only about twenty sets of cotton-padded clothes left, and this young lady bought twenty sets at once.

That's great, her initial investment has been recouped.

After a moment's thought, Zhao Yan listed a series of sizes: "Five sets for men who are 1.8 meters tall, five sets for women who are 1.7 meters tall, six sets for men who are 1.5 meters tall, and the rest for women who are 1.2 meters tall."

"Give me two more of the largest size cotton quilts, and ten jin of new cotton if you have any."

"Boss lady, go get the goods first, I'll wait here."

Looking down at her worn-out shoes, she added, "Get me a few more pairs of cloth shoes, both thin and thick, boots would be even better."

"That's it for now."

That's it for now?

Does she want to buy something else?

The proprietress was absolutely ecstatic.

OMG!

This young lady is quite the big spender!

The proprietress's face almost contorted with laughter.

"Alright, alright, young lady, please sit down and rest your feet. I'll be right back."

After giving her instructions, she dashed off to the back warehouse.

They hurriedly woke up the man in charge, and the two of them raced against time to pack the clothes.

When they returned, the proprietress was carrying a bag of cloth shoes, followed by a man in his thirties.

He was the man in charge of this clothing store.

The man handed Zhao Yan the packed cotton-padded clothes, two new quilts, and ten pounds of new cotton, and then took the bag of cloth shoes.

"Madam, would you like to see these?"

Zhao Yan tilted her head and glanced at them. There were adult shoes and children's shoes, thin cloth shoes and quilted cloth shoes.

She nodded. "Okay, I'll take them all. How much will they cost, boss?"

The proprietress happily picked up the abacus and started typing away.

"There are ten garments in total. Five are for adults and cost five hundred coins. The other five are for smaller garments and cost three hundred coins."

"Twenty sets of cotton-padded clothes and trousers, totaling two taels and two mace of silver."

"Two cotton quilts, a total of four hundred and fifty coins."

"Ten catties of new cotton, a total of one hundred and fifty wen."

"Twenty pairs of cloth shoes, three hundred coins in total."

She would move the abacus beads once she calculated each amount.

"In total, it amounted to three taels and nine mace of silver."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yan counted out nine hundred large coins and three taels of loose silver, and handed them to the proprietress.

The proprietress accepted the money with a smile.

"Young lady, you have quite a lot of things. Would you like me to call a mule cart for you?"

These things must weigh at least fifty pounds. This young woman looks so thin and frail; I wonder how she's going to carry them home.

"No, I can do it myself."

Zhao Yan tied everything to the basket on her back and easily carried it on her back.

Under the astonished gaze of the shop owner, Zhao Yan left the clothing store carrying her belongings.

Walking into an empty alley, she lightly touched the basket on her back, and the contents inside instantly disappeared.

Looking at the storage cabinet that was crammed full, Zhao Yan frowned deeply.

Can not be done.

There are still too few places.

If you had a 100-square-meter space, what couldn't you fit in it?

It's a pity, 100 square meters costs one million, she doesn't have that much money.

She knew she would need to buy a lot of things next, so she had to spend four thousand to buy eight more one-cubic-meter storage cabinets.

She wanted to buy more, but the system only allowed her to buy ten of the same lockers at most; it wouldn't allow more.

With the clothes sorted out, the next step was dealing with all sorts of other miscellaneous items.

When she arrived at the general store, she bought a lot of flint, oilcloth, jars, wooden basins, baskets, sewing baskets and other items.

After buying all that, Zhao Yan kept heading into the grain store.

Upon seeing this, her mood instantly sank even lower.

More than twenty days ago, she came to buy grain, and a pound of dark flour cost only six coins. Now it has risen to eight coins a pound.

Other grains have generally increased in price by two or three coins.

The price of government-issued salt also rose, suddenly reaching eighteen coins per catty.

Zhao Yan pondered silently: So, the floods in the south really have an impact on life here.

And about last night's earthquake, we don't know exactly where it hit or what the situation is like.

If the number of levels is too large, who knows what might happen then?

Inside the shop, someone was complaining to the shopkeeper that grain prices were rising too fast and their family could barely afford to buy any more.

Zhao Yan didn't care what they thought; she only considered what she wanted to buy.

She has everything that should be on the system's shelves, but she needs to buy black flour and salt from the shop.

The salt on the system shelves was all pure white and free of impurities, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to explain it when she took it out.

When it was her turn, she bought 100 jin of dark flour and 10 jin of coarse salt in one go.

The grain store also had finer refined salt, and she bought ten jin of that too.

However, the refined salt at that time was still somewhat yellowish, unlike the white salt of today.

After buying these, she also bought some various seasonings for the season before paying and leaving.

She found a secluded corner and put the items into her spatial storage cabinet.

Seeing a pastry shop across from the grain shop, her eyes lit up and she headed straight for it.

The shop is filled with all kinds of pastries: chestnut cake, pear cake, red date cake, mung bean cake, sesame brittle, and so on. They look so tempting that they make your mouth water.

Zhao Yan herself is fine, but the younger children in her family will definitely like it.

She waved her hand and told the waiter to give her five catties of each item.

Carrying more than a dozen kinds of pastries on my back, it must weigh at least seventy or eighty pounds.

Before leaving, she asked the waiter to pack two of the shop's signature pastries for her, and then carried them toward Miao'an Hall.

Miao'an Hall continues to operate in an orderly manner, providing medical care and dispensing medicine.

Yuan Gang led the person to the backyard and then left.

In the backyard, Yuan Tianbao was being restrained by his grandfather to identify medicinal herbs. When he saw Zhao Yan arrive, he rushed over like a firecracker.

"Aunt Zhao, you've finally come to see me! Where are Brother Chen and the others? Did they come with you?"

As he spoke, he glanced behind Zhao Yan, and seeing that no one was there, he felt a little disappointed, but quickly recovered.