They didn't go buy new fabric.
All their money went toward their studies.
During this time, Yue Yang would also trade her needlework for small items. For example, a pen holder was something Yue Yang had gotten from a classmate in a trade.
The classmate really liked Huo Xiaoqian's dolls. When she came to visit their courtyard, she took a liking to one right away and asked where they had bought it.
Upon learning Yue Yang had made it, she traded some fabric and a pen holder with Yue Yang for the doll.
Yue Yang kept the fabric for herself and gave the pen holder to Huo Xiaoqian.
Huo Xiaoqian chattered on, telling all this to Xie Changning. Of course, she hadn't been idle either. It wasn't that she lacked a craft of her own; she knew how to make simple soap.
The simple soap she made was also very popular.
Their classmates would trade with them. For example, one day they'd trade for some meat ration coupons, the next day for some grain ration coupons.
