Kapitel 177: New Year Goods

Second sister-in-law Guan bought seasonings and left the shop. She followed them to the cloth shop and ordered a tael's worth of cotton.

This was indeed not a small amount. One had to know that cotton was light. Even though it was expensive, one tael of silver was already a lot. At the very least, it was enough for all the children in the family to buy new cotton jackets. The adults would also have a few catties of cotton left for themselves!

They spent four coins to buy some supplements. The Guan family did not mind. They would see who in the family had tattered clothes which needed mending to ask for cloth from Mother Rong.

After they came out of the cloth shop, Second sister-in-law Guan led Second Brother Guan and Fifth Brother Guan to buy brown sugar, ordinary sugar, osmanthus sugar, and cinnamon. They also bought some bowls, rapeseed oil, pastries, dried fruits, a few jugs of wine, couplets, lanterns, a large barrel of oil, incense sticks, firecrackers…