A Man Whose Elbows Only Turn Inward
"This piece of cloth is twelve feet long, enough for an adult to make a complex long skirt or even a simple set of clothes. The cloth at the supply and marketing cooperative costs about three yuan per foot, but this is coarse cloth, so one and a half yuan is enough. Therefore, one piece of cloth is eighteen yuan. You can give me something similar in exchange," Auntie explained, surprised that someone from a nearby island was asking about the cloth.
Su Yijia heard this price and felt that the items at the market were slightly cheaper than in Hu City. Coarse cloth didn't even cost half as much as ordinary cloth, so she felt like she had made a good deal.