Selena cheered up, pulled Jose's sleeve and told him her thoughts. Jose also felt a little guilty for his wife. His wife had suffered a lot of grievances due to him. She couldn't even see a doctor when she was sick, and she hadn't made a decent set of clothes for many years. He couldn't help but nod, he just picked up some groceries today, and he still had some money in his pocket.
After getting the goods, there were more than a hundred copper coins left in the principal, plus the money sold to Pedro for the two jars of essential oils and the deposit for the other two jars of essential oils. Now there are eleven silver coins in the bamboo basket. Excluding the purchase of tea seed oil and olive oil, the rest should be enough to buy cloth.
Seeing that Jose agreed, Selena smiled and pulled Jose for two quick steps, and finally entered a nearby cloth shop. The shop was not big, but it had dozens of kinds of fabrics. There was a whole cabinet arranged, which made people dazzled.
Especially in summer, the most fashionable light and thin linen is popular among well-off people. When made into underwear or outerwear, it is cool and sweat-absorbent. The colors of linen are also very rich, and they look beautiful when matched casually. Selena took a fancy to a piece of light purple fine linen at a glance. Mading into a skirt, it should be well to wear. This kind of material is not expensive, and the dyeing technique is not very good.
Compared with this texture She had worn many fine fabrics such as lace, silk, gauze, etc. when she was the earl's lover in her previous life. She was quite popular with the earl at that time, and he bought her all kinds of fabrics, even the rare fabrics in the palace. If she had seen this kind of linen at that time, she would definitely have disdained to wear it, but unfortunately, things are different now.
The owner of the cloth shop was a woman. Seeing Selena staring at the fine linen, she looked her up and down.She saw that she was wearing a cheap and plain cotton dress, cheap embroidered shoes, and even more on her head and ears. There was no jewelry at all, so she showed some disdain. The female boss rolled up the piece of lavender linen and said, "Don't touch this thing with your hands. You can't afford to pay for it if it gets damaged. The fine linen costs a hundred copper coins per foot, which is not the cotton cloth that a few copper coins can buy a foot of ..."
Selena looked up at the owner of the shop. Instead of being angry she smiled at her. Then she turned back to Jose, who was already blushing with anger, and said in a soft voice: "Dad, let's go look elsewhere. There's no cloth suitable for mother."
Because he lives in poverty, Jose is often looked down upon by others, but he is a man, and his grievance for raising a wife and children is nothing. But if his spoiled daughter is so looked down upon, he finds it unbearable. He even wants to take out all the silver coins and throwing them on the counter to buy the piece of fabric than to watch her daughter being wronged.
But he saw his daughter looking at him with calm, and telling him seriously, "Daddy, there is no suitable cloth for mommy here," Jose felt a sudden sadness surge in his heart, and his eyes became hot. But the eleven silver coins were almost all the family's income. If they were all used to buy cloth, there would be no money to buy oil to make essential oils.
And her daughter has always wanted a small mirror. Although she didn't say it, he felt uncomfortable every time she looked at the broken mirror. The mirror that she use is her aunt Alice threw away. It was so old that no matter how hard she wiped it, It couldn't be polished, and the figures inside were blurry, when he came to the city this time, he wanted his daughter to pick a mirror she liked.
After all, Jose was a husband and a father. Even if he was impulsive, he quickly recovered his senses. With a heavy "hmm", he picked up his burden and left the place quickly with his daughter. The cloth seller saw the father and daughter. As the two left, they couldn't help but spit: "Huh, you country bumpkins who have never seen the world..." Then he took out the lavender linen fabric and placed it in a conspicuous place.
When Selena left, she looked back at the fabric store. Her mood was exactly the opposite of Jose's. She didn't have much resentment towards the female boss's words just now. On the contrary, her thoughts all along became extremely clear, and what she had to do became clearer. With determination, she told herself in her heart that one day, she would change everything with her own hands. By then, even if linen like this was given to her, she might not even look at it twice.
Jose took Selena to another fabric store. The clerk in this fabric store was very enthusiastic. The father and daughter finally got rid of the gloomy mood just now. Selena rummaged through the fabric and began to pick out the colors of the cloth. Although the fine cotton cloth was not as good as Linen, but it is soft and absorbs sweat. It is also very comfortable to wear in summer. And the thin fine cotton is not cheap. Maria's skin color is fairer, so she will look particularly good in light blue fine cotton with small floral prints. Selena touched the fabric to feel the texture. There were really no lumps at all. It was obviously made of fine cotton thread.
Upon seeing this, the clerk immediately said: "This piece is the better muslin in the store. It has hibiscus flowers printed on it. The color of the fabric is also beautiful. It can be made into clothes to highlight the light skin"
In Seuropastet, as all know that women have fair and clear skin are more popular. Which girl in Beerspa city doesn't apply powder on her face desperately? Even the old lady in her fifties would get some rice powder and apply it on her face when she goes out. So when someon says that can highlight the light skin , nine out of ten people are tempted.
"Look at how pure the blue color is. It's dyed just like the sky. Now there's only a little left. If you want to buy it, I'll give it to you cheaper. One foot Twenty copper coins. Half a month ago, this cloth would cost at least twenty-five copper coins per foot. Selling twenty would already be a loss..."
The price of twenty copper coins per foot was considered expensive among cloth fabric of cottons, but the cloth was really good, and Jose thought it was worth it. Selena asked the clerk to pull a few feet, and then asked for a few feet of fine cotton in other colors. She'll match the cloth with her mother to make some skirts and dresses.
The shoulders of dad's clothes were frayed. No matter how skillful mam was, it would not be possible to make the sewn disappear. She simply buyed more than ten feet of dark blue cotton to make a shirts for her father. Blue fabric of cotton is relatively cheap, only twelve copper coins per foot. The clerk is also quite flexible in doing business. Seeing that they wanted a lot, he just counted ten copper coins per foot.
Jose kept saying that there was no need to buy it. Selena echoed him with a smile while asking the clerk to pull the cloth off. Finally, Jose had to pay and put the cloth in the bamboo basket, but he was happy in his heart.
When passing by a mirror shop, Jose wanted to buy a new mirror for his daughter. Selena also really wanted one, so she didn't refuse. She smiled and thanked her father, and then she chose a small mirror that was not too expensive and put it in the bamboo basket, and helped her father cover the lid of the bamboo basket.
When passing by a butcher stall, Jose spent dozens of copper coins to buy two kilograms of pork belly and picked out a few meat bones to stew in soup to replenish Maria's body. Her daughter also liked to eat.
In this way, they spent nearly four silver coins. After buying the oil for making essential oil, there was not much left. Knowing that they could no longer spend money, the father and daughter took the bamboo basket and took the return carriage that drove towards home.
Note: One silver coin = 100 copper coins
Seuropaaste - country name
Beerspa - the second largest city in the country