Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 35

The market is very large and divided into districts. Next to the rice shop is the vegetable market, and beyond the vegetable market is the meat market.Qingyu's family came to the vegetable market first.

At that time, there were no good dishes on the vegetable stalls, and the prices were all the same. The cheapest leaf vegetable was five copper coins a catty, which naturally made the family of five choke. They are all expensive.

But it’s not possible to eat rice without vegetables every day. The family of five discussed for a while, and finally decided to buy one hundred catties of the cheapest leaf vegetables, so that they can go to Yinzhou without eating.

The shopkeepers at the vegetable stand were startled when they heard that they were asking for a hundred catties. Someone wondered: "We only have ten or twenty catties a day at most, not that much."

Hearts spoke quickly, "One person is not that much, isn't it enough for a group of you?" How stupid.After Qing Yu gave her a reminding look, she swallowed the last two words.

In this way, the hawkers at the vegetable stalls understood, and stepped forward one after another to recommend themselves.

The family finally chose ten vegetable stalls, each of which cost ten catties, and gave a [-]% deposit, and agreed to come and pick it up tomorrow morning.

Although Pan Ming tried his best not to point fingers, he couldn't help reminding him at this time, "Master, although I know you are worried that the price of rice, grain and vegetables will increase in two days, but rice is fine, a hundred catties of vegetables, this thing It won’t last for a few more days.” Isn’t this a waste of money.

Hearing this, Zhuifeng smiled deeply. With the Xuannv Hall of his master and junior sister, it doesn't matter how long those dishes can be kept.

He said: "Naturally, we have the wonderful method stored, so we don't have to worry about it."

Pan Ming's eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it magic? Master, you can teach me too."

Zhuifeng rolled his eyes at him, saw the butcher's shop in front of him, and hurriedly trot over excitedly.

The whole family came to the butcher shop again, but when they saw the price of ninety copper coins per catty of meat, even the heart, which had always been greedy, turned around and left.

Qing Yu pulled her back and said with a smile, "Now I still have six taels of silver on me. We can buy ten catties for only nine yuan. We can eat two catties of meat a month, and we can eat for five months."

With such a calculation, it seems acceptable? !Several other people looked at each other, since the junior and senior sisters in charge had spoken, there was nothing to say, so they bought another ten catties of pork belly with fat and white meat, and also agreed to come to pick up fresh ones tomorrow morning.

After shopping around, I spent more than half of the money just to buy food, and the family of five felt a little bit pained, because the money was gone before it was warmed up.

But this thing is far from finished.Considering that most clothing stores are now selling winter clothes, but thin spring clothes are much cheaper, Qingyu suggested that each person buy two sets of linen clothes and cloth shoes, after all, the old ones are really useless.

What do the other four have to say? Although they feel sorry for the money, the tattered original linen clothes can indeed be eliminated, so Pan Ming took them to a cheap tailor-made clothing store. Each of them had two sets of spring clothes and another five dollars .

After buying the clothes, I continued to walk forward, passing a seasoning shop on the way. There were two large vats at the door, which smelled salty.Qingyu walked in without saying a word, she knew that the seasoning was expensive, but she really couldn't stand the white taste after eating it for more than a month.

It was getting dark and there were still customers coming to the door. The store owner was very happy, showing the enthusiasm of seeing the door opener in the morning.

"Several guest officers, what do you want to buy?"

The five people from Qingyu looked at each other on the counter. The prices of bottles and cans were astonishing, especially those that were as expensive as 20 taels, which was staggering.

The five people finally stopped in front of the salt bag with a price tag on it: seventy copper coins per catty.The five people were startled again, the price of salt was actually more expensive than the price of rice.

Seeing them stop in front of the salt bag, the shopkeeper hurriedly said, "How many guests want to buy salt? The shop has refined salt and coarse salt, coarse salt is [-] copper coins per catty. What you see is refined salt, which is slightly more expensive, but tastes better." Even better, whether it’s stewed or boiled, you only need to add a small amount to get the flavor.”

Qingyu didn't want to eat anything that was completely tasteless, she knew that her brothers and sisters must think so too, so she said, "Five catties of refined salt." Then she took out a piece of broken silver.

The storekeeper looked at the child who was about the same height as the counter just now, and his expression was obviously paused, then he looked at the two adults next to him, but he didn't say anything.Only then did he agree with a smile, and while weighing, he secretly thought it was strange, this family turned out to be a little baby who was in charge of the house, there were all sorts of weird things.

After buying salt, it was already dark, and many shops were closed one after another.Qingyu had no choice but to give up, although there were still a few things she wanted to buy, but she could only come tomorrow morning.

A group of people returned to the original rice shop. The store was not closed yet, and they were waiting for them. Seeing them entering the store, they greeted them with a smile: "One stone of rice and one stone of rice bran are ready. Please come with me, the inner courtyard. Load it into the car, and then I will personally deliver it to your doorstep."

Qingyu's family was led into the inner yard. There were several sacks piled up in the yard, and there was a large scale. Two strong men carried the scale, and another worker put a bag of rice on it. Steady, a bag is exactly fifty catties.

Two stones of rice, a total of 220 five catties, plus ten catties of noodles, were loaded into the carriage, and a group of people drove the carriage back.

The ancient tree alley was pitch black at this time, because it snowed at noon, the ground mud was very difficult to walk on, and the wheels were even stuck in a mud puddle. A group of people pushed the wheels out for a long time, and then It stopped at the bottom of the alley, and the small dirt road to the left couldn't get in, so everyone carried them in bags one by one.

The shopkeeper followed Qingyu's family inside as he stared at the clerk carefully in the bags, not to cut any leaks.

The inside was also pitch black, there were no lights, and nothing could be seen clearly. At the request of the owner, the sacks were finally placed in the yard. After all the sacks were moved, the shopkeeper thanked him again and again, and then left with his assistant. .

In the small courtyard, there seemed to be nowhere to put a pile of sacks, and Pan Ming was very worried: "Master, there is no way to put anything in this room, where are you going to put all the rice? Or let it go to the Sheriff's Mansion. "It's better than leaving it in the open air."

After a day of exhaustion, Zhuifeng wanted to rest a long time ago, and urged Pan Ming, "Hurry up and go back, it's getting dark like this, so don't worry about your family. If something happens later, it's our responsibility, right? Hurry back."

Pan Ming thought to himself, maybe the master has other storage places?He hesitated for a moment, but finally replied: "Then I will come to see the master tomorrow." Then he left.

After Pan Ming left, the family finally relaxed.

Qingyu packed all the things she bought today into the Xuannv Hall.

Shi'an and Hongtao directly lit the fire in the courtyard dam, and they haven't had dinner yet.As for dinner, even though I bought meat and vegetables, they won't be available until tomorrow morning, so I only have rice and rice bran for the time being.

However, considering that everyone has eaten food that is not considered food for a month, so tonight, I will make a luxurious meal of white rice.

The rice is crystal clear, bright in color, pure white in beige color after cooking, the grains are round and plump, and the grains are distinct. After one bite, it is fragrant and soft, chewing carefully, with a sweet aftertaste and lingering fragrance.

The family of five were moved to tears. They had eaten tree bark and weeds along the way. Compared with the two, this bowl of white rice is simply a delicacy in the world.

After eating, while resting by the fire, Qingyu told others about her next plan, and then the family discussed and discussed it, and didn't fall asleep until it was almost Haishi.

The first day in Chengyang County ended in a busy way.

But after Pi San left Gushu Alley, he returned to wait in front of the Sheriff's Mansion, but after waiting for more than two hours, he finally saw Pan Ming's figure.

Afraid of missing it again, Pi San kept yelling "Tuer" and stopped him.

As soon as Pan Ming got off the carriage, he saw Pi San running over and jumped off the carriage happily: "Master, haven't you left? Why are you back?"

Pi San cursed bitterly in his heart, wishing he would leave quickly.On the face, he said worriedly: "I still can't let you go as a teacher. After thinking about it, I came back. Although Chengyang County is going to be in chaos, but with a teacher by your side, I can keep you safe."

Thinking of the 50 taels of peace talisman, Pan Ming felt a little uncomfortable, but after all, he called the master, and the master was also kind, so he changed his mind and didn't care about it. He pulled Pi San and said, "Then you and I will go back to the mansion. .”

(End of this chapter)