Rich and wishful

Chapter 15 Market
Early the next morning, An Ruyi woke up the two children early. After washing up, the egg pancakes and seaweed soup were all leftovers from yesterday. All the effort is saved.

Finished.An Ruyi held Liu Yue in her arms, and carried a covered pannier on her back, filled with random things to conceal her.Take Liu Huairan to the entrance of the village.

Speaking of the bazaar.

The ancient bazaar probably originated in the Yin and Zhou dynasties. "Yi? Xici" said: "Japan and China are the market, to the people of the world, gather the goods of the world, trade and return, and everyone gets what they want." Usually there is everything in the market, all the things you need in daily life You can find almost everything in the market.

There is a city magistrate in the market, and every stall that enters the market needs to pay a tax of five renminbi.There are also large and small markets.

Generally, there are small gatherings every day; big gatherings are held twice a month, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year.

Every time we go to Daji, farmers, hunters, and craftsmen from far and near from nearby villages will come to the market. There are all kinds of vegetables, livestock, snacks, daily necessities, jewelry, cosmetics, etc. in the market. .Compared with Xiaoji, the scale is several times larger and extremely lively.

Today happens to be the big market day that only happens twice in January.

Liujia Village is located in a remote place, and the village is nearly a hundred miles away from the nearest Annan Town. If you walk alone, it will take two or three hours if you go slowly, and you will arrive within two hours if you hurry up.It only takes an hour to ride a mule cart or an ox cart for three Wen.

So it is not easy to go to the town on weekdays.

Of course, if it is a carriage or can ride a horse, it will be faster.It's a pity that horses are strategic materials, and civilians are not allowed to own them.In fact, even if you have it, you can't afford it.That is a luxury belonging to the privileged class.

But the two big market days every month are exceptions. Some people in the village will park an ox cart at the entrance of the village and wait for people to go to the town, and leave when they are full.An adult is only charged two pennies for a round trip, a child is charged one penny, and children in arms are not charged.So in general, most people will choose these two days to go to the market, or to bring something to sell, or to buy something back.

Of course, there are also those who are reluctant to spend money and would rather walk.

When they arrived at the entrance of the village, the ox cart was already half full. An Ruyi paid three Wen to get on the cart, but it was full after waiting for a while.Coincidentally, Aunt Zhang next door was also in the car, so the two naturally sat together.As soon as she saw Liu Huairan, she shyly called Auntie, and Liu Yue followed suit and called out sweetly in a soft, childlike voice.

Seeing that the smiles on their sister-in-law Zhang's face increased significantly, she enthusiastically pulled An Ruyi to sit down, reached out to take Liu Yue over and hugged her, and teased her by pinching her little face: "Xiao Yueer is so good. I went to the market with my mother, and the market was fun, and when you come back, my aunt will buy you candied haws to eat."

As she said that, she looked up at An Ruyi again, and helped her put the pannier in place: "You put the pannier here with mine, hey, why did you bring both children with you this time? But it's fine, why not The small one is too small, so I worry about leaving it at home, why don't you take it with you." Then he touched Liu Huairan's small head, "Why didn't you come to play with Kang'er these two days, he was still thinking about you last night."

"I want to eat candied haws." When Liu Yue heard the candied haws, her saliva began to flood, she blinked her big eyes and looked at Sister-in-Law Zhang, then at An Ruyi, her small face was full of anticipation.

"You little foodie." An Ruyi scolded with a smile.

"Brother eats too." Liu Yue is also a villain, and she couldn't help being happy to see that her mother didn't mean to blame her.Her saliva is almost drooling. She has eaten candied haws, which was given by brother Zhang Kang. It's sour and sweet. It's delicious.

"Okay, brother eats too, so my aunt will buy it when I come back." Mrs. Zhang smiled.She gave birth to four sons but only one daughter was missing. She had no particular interest in the handsome and well-behaved little girl, and had almost no resistance.Seeing Liu Yue's cute appearance on weekdays, I wish I could take her back and raise her.

"Sister-in-law, don't be like this, how can you let sister-in-law spend money again!"

"Don't push, I promised Kang'er that I would bring them to him today. I wanted to bring the two of them. If you push back, I will be angry." Sister-in-law Zhang gave her a sideways look, unwilling "Besides, it's not for you to eat."

An Ruyi smiled, but stopped talking.

A woman with a six or seven-year-old girl and dressed in calico looked at her with hot eyes, and said sourly: "A bunch of candied haws costs four yuan, and two bunches cost eight yuan. It's almost worth going to the town. It’s a day’s wages, Mrs. Zhang is really rich. Our Xiu’er has never tasted candied haws when we grow up. Isn’t Xiu’er called an aunt? , What's the use of raising you." She tugged on her somewhat dull daughter to signal her to call someone, with a look of hatred on her face.

"Why, Gou's family, how do I spend my money, whoever I want to buy food for eats and who can tell me what to do." Sister Zhang sneered, looking at the woman who spoke.

This woman's husband's family name is Gou, and everyone in the village calls her the Gou family.As far as this woman in the village is concerned, she is the most despised woman, she will gossip if she doesn't do good things all day long, and she can't see anyone well, either from the boss to pick things up, or from the west who always wants to pick things up. She will be happy after seeing it, but that's not enough. After she's finished picking things, she's done watching enough excitement in private, and then goes around the village to spread gossip on both sides, using it as a talking point to get a little bit of cheap money everywhere.

In the village, anyone with a brain and ideas doesn't like her very much.

Mrs. Zhang has always advertised that peace is the most important thing to the villagers, and she has always greeted people with a smile, but she has never had a good face when she is cheeky and wants to take advantage of her.Wanting to take advantage of her, hum, it's a dream.

Although the Gou family knew that sister-in-law Zhang didn't want to see her, they didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction. The main reason was that although sister-in-law Zhang was an outsider, she could talk at home, but the husband looked fierce but was a strict wife.Not to mention that he has a strong belly, four sons, three are tall and big, with fierce faces, and the youngest one is still in school. Although he is only ten years old, it is said that the scholars in the next village praise him Talented in reading, he has a bright future, and if he is not sure, he will be able to become an official in the future.

Because the people in this village were very polite to this sister-in-law in person, and even the village head gave her some face.She didn't have the guts to face her face to face, so she could only apologize and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, this is not a compliment for your generosity!"

"I don't need you to boast." Mrs. Zhang gave her a sideways look and ignored her.It's unlucky to get acquainted with such a person.

The Gou family gave a secret pooh, and said a few words in their hearts, but they didn't dare to turn around and find fault with An Ruyi like they did with other people.Although this is also an outsider, she looks soft and easy to handle, but she has a bad temper and good martial arts. Although she was conscripted for military service two years ago, she asked the village head to take care of the house before leaving.He also uttered harsh words in the village, and if he came back and found that someone who didn't have eyesight made trouble for his mother-in-law, he would never stop.In addition, his brother-in-law works as the shopkeeper in the Zhenbao Building in the town, and it is said that he is also a brother and brother with the police station in the government office.I can't afford it.

一个多时辰的路途就在一车人或窃窃私语，或大声说笑中飞速度过了。因为出来的比较早，到镇上的时候也才辰时（7:00-9:00）刚过。大家约好了申（15:00-17:00）初，在城门附近一起回程就各自散开了。

An Ruyi planned to go to her sister-in-law Liu Rong in the west of the city first. The son's house that Zhang's sister-in-law was going to was in the south of the city. The two of them had different paths, so they said goodbye.

She has a good impression of Mrs. Zhang's family, both in her past life and in her current life.
Sister-in-law Zhang has four sons, three of whom are adults and married, and all of them make a living by butchering pigs in the town. There is also a young one named Zhang Kangcai who is ten years old and goes to study in a private school of a scholar in a neighboring village every morning.

Zhang Kang played very well with Liu Huairan, and Liu Huairan learned many characters from him in the previous life.Speaking of which, Aunt Zhang's family really took care of themselves a lot.

Zhang Da is a butcher in the village, and every now and then, Aunt Zhang would rush through the door, bringing some offal, big bones and so on.Zhang Da is often called to come over to help with some physical work at home.Not to mention, thanks to her, two lives saved his life twice.

(End of this chapter)