peasant girl allure

Chapter 21 Going to the Market
We just separated, and many daily necessities are not complete, and the town's fourth and tenth are market days, which are small markets; the big market is in the county, and the second and eighth are big markets.

Today was the eighth day of October, which happened to be the big market. Shen Chengyao had set up the ox cart early in the morning, and took the three little ones who strongly demanded to go to the market together to the county.The sky is still not bright yet, and the weather in the morning of October is already very cold, probably because there is no pollution in this era, and there is no greenhouse effect, so Xiaoer feels that the weather at this time is much colder than at the same time in the previous life.

The three children were sitting in the bullock cart, all wearing old white cotton jackets, shivering from the cold.Xiao'er decided to buy new cloth and make a down jacket later.

Mrs. Liu hurriedly took out a quilt and wrapped the three of them up: "You are not allowed to go, but you have to go, wrap the quilt well, don't catch a cold, and follow your father closely when you arrive in the county, don't run around or get lost If you are taken away by the kidnapper, you will never see your parents again."

"Mother, we got it, you go back to the house, it's too cold outside, I will take care of my brother and sister." Jing Rui tightened the corners of the quilt and urged Liu Shi to go back to the house.

"His mother, don't worry, we're going." Shen Chengyao flicked the bullwhip, and the bullock cart moved forward slowly.

When we arrived at the county seat, it was already daylight.There are already many people lining up at the gate of the city to enter the city.Shen Chengyao paid the two cents and drove the ox cart directly into the city.There is no need to pay money to enter the city without driving an ox cart, but you still need to pay a penny to store the ox and ox cart in the storage place.They bought a lot of things today, and Xiao'er said that sitting in the ox cart wrapped in a quilt was not that cold, so Shen Chengyao drove the ox cart into the city.

They went to the iron shop first, and he planned to buy two more sets of farm tools. When they separated, they only got two sets, but now that Jingrui and Xiaoer can help with work, he bought two more sets for them to use.I also bought two kitchen knives, a hatchet and an ax at the iron shop.The iron shop also sells iron pots, which are cheaper than grocery stores. Xiaoer thinks that the family should buy an extra large iron pot, which is specially used for boiling water for bathing. Boil water in a pot that has been fried, and there is always a layer of water in the water. Oil, taking a bath is not the same as not washing, and the body is still covered with oil after washing.

Shen Chengyao was so pestered by Xiao'er that he couldn't help it, so he bought it for 200 Wen, and it hurts when he thinks about it.

After shopping at the iron shop, I went to the grocery store to buy some dishes and the like.At the door of the grocery store, Shen Chengyao asked the three children to pick some bowls in the store first, and he had to take the newly harvested grain at home to grind in the mill.

Xiao'er looked at the bowls in the grocery store, pointed to a middle-quality bowl and asked, "Uncle shopkeeper, how do you sell this bowl?"

The shopkeeper didn't bother to take care of it just because there were three children who came in, and he also greeted enthusiastically: "Does my little sister want to buy a bowl? This bowl is a Sanwen one."

"Sanwen is too expensive, can it be cheaper if you buy more?"

"If you buy a lot, you can buy two and a half pennies each. The quality of my bowl is very good and it is insulated. I sold it at cost price for two and a half pennies." It was like cutting a piece of his flesh.

Xiao'er didn't believe him: "Shopkeeper, two and a half pennies doesn't mean it's not cheap, two pennies."

"Liuwen is not enough, but bowls like Liangwen are fine." The shopkeeper pointed to another row of bowls next to him.

"That two and a half pennies, give me ten spoons?"

The shopkeeper thought that the spoons cost two cents and three, and ten were only about four or five cents, which would be cheaper to get, so he agreed.

Seeing that the shopkeeper agreed readily, Xiao'er felt that the bowl of two and a half pennies must be expensive, so she pointed to the bamboo chopsticks next to her: "Uncle shopkeeper, your chopsticks are all made of bamboo, and they are not worth much. Give me two chopsticks too." There are 10 pairs of chopsticks in a bundle.

One stick of chopsticks costs three Wen, and two sticks costs six Wen. Now the shopkeeper refuses.

"These chopsticks will sell for pennies. I can't give them away anymore."

"Two bundles are only six coins. I buy so many bowls, but you don't give them away. If I buy them at other places, you will lose money."

The shopkeeper saw a child haggling up the price and it was serious, and the bowls sold a lot, and each bowl could earn one and a half pennies, so he agreed.Moreover, bamboo chopsticks are not easy to sell in the county.

Xiao'er walked around the store and found that there were seeds for sale: "Uncle shopkeeper, what kind of seeds do you have here?"

The shopkeeper came over and introduced some seeds, which were some common vegetable seeds, and I also had seeds at home.Seeing that Xiao'er was not interested, the shopkeeper pointed to the seeds on another shelf: "Those are seeds brought back from overseas. My boss has a boat to go to sea. The new seeds brought back this year have been open to overseas trade in the past two years." , a lot of seeds flowed in. Although many of them were successfully planted, such as sweet potatoes and corn, many people still dare not plant them. Some people don’t know how to eat or use them. And the price is expensive, so it’s not easy to sell. However, many big families have tried to grow these things.”

From the original owner's memory, Xiao'er knew that the land she was standing on now belonged to a country called Minze State. Based on the meager knowledge the original owner knew, she guessed that it existed after the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms in place of the Northern Song Dynasty. The Emperor Taizu called Shangguan Ao Min.The current emperor is the second emperor after the founding of the country, and the country name is Hao.However, sweet potatoes and corn were not introduced to China in the Song Dynasty, but in the Ming Dynasty.History doesn't know what went wrong, and there are corn and sweet potatoes now.But these are not important anymore, what is important is what others don't know, she knows as a person with a soul thousands of years later.

Xiao'er looked at these seeds, to be honest, she couldn't recognize anything, only tomatoes and potatoes, she decided to buy a small bag of the same, and went back to plant it in the space to see what it was.

"In fact, although planting these seeds is a bit risky, if they are useful after they are planted, they are considered precious things. When they are sold, they will definitely make a lot of money."

"Then accept the treasurer's words." Xiao'er also felt that what the shopkeeper said was right, after all, many people would want to have and try new things.

Xiao'er bought some salt, sugar, soy sauce, rapeseed oil, eight wooden basins, and eight wooden barrels.Seeing this, Jing Rui and Jing Hao hurriedly stopped: "Why do you need so many barrels and pots? One is enough. I still have them at home."

"One for each person to wash their face and take a bath. Sharing is unhygienic."

When paying the bill, the shopkeeper saw that Xiaoer had only picked 20 bowls, and was a little dumbfounded: "Didn't the girl say that she would buy a lot?"

"That's right, I bought 20 bowls, isn't that too much? There are only 6 people in my family."

The shopkeeper was speechless, and only felt groups of crows flying by.Said straight: "It's a loss, it's a loss."

But since he had negotiated a good price, he did not back down. He believed in doing business with integrity.

The shopkeeper settled the bill, and it was 490 Wen, which was 25 Wen short of ten Wen. After hearing this, Xiaoer picked up a [-]-jin jar, and said generously to the shopkeeper: "Uncle Shopkeeper, there is no need to look for the ten Wen. Add this jar, just one tael and a half of silver."

The shopkeeper was speechless, the jar sold for 15 Wen, but he felt that Xiaoer was much smarter than other children of the same age, so he liked it very much, so he waved his hand and let it go.

When Shen Chengyao came back after grinding the grain, he saw Xiao'er bought a lot of things that he didn't need urgently, and he was a little silly: "Why do you buy so many wooden barrels and tubs?"

"Each person has a wooden basin to wash their face, a wooden bucket to take a bath, and the remaining two to wash vegetables and fill water. It's just right, not much."

Shen Chengyao smiled wryly after hearing this: "It's enough to wash the face and take a shower."

Jing Hao seized the opportunity and said, "Father, my sister said that the public bathing tools are unhygienic and affect your health."

Jing Rui also said: "I said that I bought too much, but my sister said that she heard from Dr. Luo that these things are best used separately, and if someone has skin diseases or the like, they are not afraid of infecting others."

Shen Chengyao let it go after hearing it, and bought everything anyway: "It's like this, let's use it separately, health is more important. My Xiao'er knows a lot." I'm worried that Xiao'er thought he was blaming her for buying so much. Many things, don't forget to praise Xiao'er to show comfort.

Xiao'er appreciated it in her heart, and said coquettishly: "Of course, you all have to listen to me in the future." Several people laughed.

Shen Chengyao was going to buy some more fatty pork and cook oil, so he went home.Xiao'er thought that the family's winter clothes had been worn for many years, and they were not warm at all, so she said, "Father, let's go to the cloth shop to buy some cloth and go back. It will snow soon, and the clothes are not warm enough. The quilt was not warm enough."

Shen Chengyao's heart ached when he heard that. Every year in the past, when he saw his three brothers and sisters with hands and feet flushed from the cold, he thought about buying a new set of cotton-padded clothes and trousers for the children as soon as he had money.Now that he has ten taels of silver, although there are many places waiting to use the money in the future, he agreed without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)