Chapter 34:Let’s All Put On New Clothes
Translator: Fan Translation Studio
Proofread by Claire.KK
“Yes and we may have to start to sell sothing else,” said Ye Xiaoxian, “It’s still sumr so our cold jelly are a hit but it must not sell well when sumr has passed. As we have many regular custors now, we’d better promote our pancakes at an early stage and maintain our popularity.”
It took quite a while for Li Hongi and Xiao Baozhu to digest what Ye Xiaoxian said but after they understood it, they could not help but feel this was such a good idea.
After a while Li Hongi again asked with puzzle, “But there are so many pancake stalls in town already. Can we outclass them? And I never saw you make pancakes before, right?”
Ye Xiaoxian smiled, “Ma, I may be yet to make it, but I have tasted it. We have tried different pancakes sold here several tis. I know which one is good and which is bad. I can also tell what kind of ingredients they use. I can improve the flavour as well and try my best to make them tastier than the pancakes sold by others.”
“Do you think you can make it as tasty as the one sold in front of the governnt office?”
“Certainly. I can also make my pancakes with different styles in case so co up and accuse us of being a rival of them,” said Ye Xiaoxian confidently.
But Li Hongi thought that Ye Xiaoxian was being too confident that she just assud it as a matter of course.
Though Ye Xiaoxian made really delicious dishes recently, Li Hongi found making pancakes very hard. Qinghe was a village in South China and people here were not very good at making flour-related food and most of those pancakes sellers were northerners.
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When they sauntered around the town that day, the most excited one among them was Xiao Baozhu.
They only ca to Qinghe for a handful of tis long ti ago when her pa was still alive. Her pa was not in good health and handicapped as well so they didn’t get much ti to wander around; moreover, they were too broke to buy anything back then.
When Xiao Baozhu was young, she went to the town and saw various of snacks and goodies and girls in colourful clothes and she admired and envied them very much.
She wanted to buy so new clothes this ti as well. When they were selling cold jelly before, she looked rather self-conscious because her clothes were not only too small for her but with patches all over. She was afraid of being despised but those custors who ca to buy cold jelly.
While they were wandering, Ye Xiaoxian suddenly pointed at a cloth shop beside. “Ma, Baozhu, let’s take a look inside.”
“Little Ye, do you want to buy so clothes?” asked Li Hongi.
Sothing occurred to her and she then said again, “Little Ye, you do need to buy so clothes. You were after all a newly-married bride, but I, as your mother-in-law, didn’t prepare anything for you. Alas, you’ve made all the money and you deserve to buy so cloths and make so outfits.”
Ye Xiaoxian only smiled. “Ma, if I buy sothing, I’ll buy one for each of us. Let’s go and have a look inside and then talk.”
In this era, there were few shops selling ready-made clothes. Generally, people always bought cloths and go ho to make clothes themselves. Once Ye Xiaoxian went in, she laid her eyes upon a light yellow cloth. This kind of cloth was made of cotton and linen which was considered as coarse material and much cheaper than silk.
Few village girls wore silk as only rich people could afford it. Besides, clothes made of cotton and linen were actually more comfortable and breathable to wear. Apart from that they may be easy to be wrinkled, there were no other flaws and they were handy to wear while working.
“Ma, Baozhu, co and choose so as well. Let’s get the one you fancy and make clothes back ho.”
“And, and for , too?” asked Baozhu surprisedly.
In this family, she was the one who was inclined to be ignored. At tis, she had no choice but work in silence and was the last one who got a chance to enjoy sothing good.
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