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Li Xiuping, the county seat, didn't go around too carefully. It's only this big anyway. It's an exaggeration to say that standing at the easternmost end can definitely see the westernmost scene.

There is no use for a carriage, Li Xiuping personally measured it with his feet, and it only took a quarter of an hour to cross this street.

At that time, Li Xiuping was wearing casual clothes, walking on the less lively street, and no one recognized him as the new county magistrate.

If it wasn't for the fact that his family had done some small businesses one after another in the past few years, Li Xiuping probably wouldn't have been able to see why the streets of Yangfeng County weren't lively enough.

Except for a few pedestrians and a few shops, there are very few vendors, and there are not many people who set up their own stalls on both sides of the street to do small business.

Putting aside the aloofness of a scholar and standing in the perspective of ordinary people, Li Xiuping once discussed with her the issues of people's livelihood when teaching his daughter-in-law to study.

As a result, he was greatly inspired by what Fang Qingqing said at the time:

"Scholars, farmers, businessmen, people in the world habitually rank merchants at the bottom.

In fact, except for farmers who rely on the sky for their food, can other people of any class who do not farm their own land live directly without businessmen? "

If you don’t grow your own crops or get paid as an official, you actually need to buy food, clothing and housing. Don’t those things require the presence of merchants?

Buying and selling can drive the economy and promote the prosperity of a place, and people's lives will become better and better if there are buying, selling, coming and going, and various livelihood exchanges.

He has also visited some villages near the county seat. Of course, he has not been to the villages that are farther away.

I found that apart from the county school, only a few surnames have ethnology, and even a relatively large village near the county seat with more than 100 households does not have a private school or academy.

It is conceivable that the education level of the people in Yangfeng County must not be good. It seems that how many more teachers are very important to develop here?
These are just Li Xiuping's preliminary ideas. Since he took the initiative to come to this place, he must have something to do.

And I also want to verify for myself, after reading the books for so many years, is he a poor scholar who can only talk on paper, or can he flexibly apply what is said in the book to real life?
It’s as if the daughter-in-law wanted to learn medicine just after looking at some medical skills. In the end, she could discover high-yield crops by picking herbs, and learn some basic medical skills from an old doctor, but she could learn from one another and learn from it so that she could diagnose and treat more diseases.

Li Xiuping hopes to be on par with his daughter-in-law, and even more hope that he can be better than his daughter-in-law.

It was not easy for the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to come here with their children. Mrs. Li wanted to take them on a tour of the town in the county, but he had more energy than he wanted.

The day before, Li Xiuping deliberately delayed the affairs in the yamen, and Li Xiuping stayed in the back house for a day just to settle down his family.

It can't continue like this the next day, there are still many things in the yamen that he needs to deal with and there are many files to check, so Mrs. Li can only let the family members play by themselves very sorry.

"Sanlang, business is important." Shi Shi waved his hand and said very casually.

In fact, she originally just wanted to go to the street with the third daughter-in-law, and she didn't want to go with Saburo.

You can negotiate with Saburo's daughter-in-law whether you want to see it or buy it. Bringing Saburo with you is just a burden.

Fang Qingqing just smiled, and grabbed her little hand and waved it at her father a few times as a farewell.

But her mouth was the same as that of her mother-in-law, and said very modestly: "Brother Sanlang, you should finish your errands in the yamen first, and then take me and mother out when you are free."

From Li Xiuping's point of view, there are not many people doing small businesses in Yangfeng County, probably because he used to concentrate on studying and then began to care about common affairs.

Fang Qingqing has already organized Mrs. Li to open a shop and Li Erlang to sell goods, and has seen many big business scenes.

In fact, behind the street on the main road, there are still quite a few people doing small business in the place where the square and the city are separated.

People with candied haws and candied haws are the most common. On the contrary, people who sell buns and soy milk at the street stalls like Mrs. Li in the past are hardly seen.

In about half an hour, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished shopping this street, and this was after carefully checking the shops on the left and right sides of the street.

Li Erlang didn't go with them, he left the county yamen's house early in the morning alone, saying that he wanted to familiarize himself with the situation in the whole Yangfeng County, and Xiang Wu might not be able to go back for dinner.

This is optional, anyway, Li Erlang has traveled all over the past few years alone, and there is no need for anyone to worry about it outside, and Shi's Fang Qingqing's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law want to get all the things they lack at home.

That's why I strolled here carefully, some things can be bought later, at least I'm going to buy vegetables now to cook a delicious meal for my family at noon.

After Li Sanlang arrived, he cleaned up the kitchen in the courtyard, and prepared all the pots and pans, but there was no rice, noodles, vegetables, meat or eggs.

Lord Li usually eats with the servants in the yamen alone, Shi Shi certainly thinks this is not good, and must make some delicious food for his son.

After inquiring about the business situation on the street, Fang Qingqing planned to go shopping with her mother-in-law for lunch.

So they diverted to Fangshi, and there were slightly more people gathered there.

Among them, many rural people brought their own products, some fruits and vegetables, and occasionally fish, meat, poultry and eggs.

They can be purchased directly with copper coins, or they can be bartered. Shi Shi felt strange looking at them from the sidelines.

In fact, even though Mrs. Shi has been the person in charge of the old Li's house for decades, she is not very proficient in grocery shopping and the like.

In the past, I didn’t need to buy vegetables to eat in the village, and there was nothing to be picky about. I could eat whatever was available in the garden.

Later, I followed Sanlang and his wife into the city and went all the way to the capital. There was no need for Shi to show his face when buying from the eldest and second family.

At the beginning, I was not used to it, but gradually I learned to bargain with the locals, and I got the inspiration from the third daughter-in-law.

Shi saw with her own eyes that the stall owner had said that a handful of cabbages cost a penny, but after communicating with him, his daughter-in-law bought three handfuls of cabbage for not a penny.

The stall owner also gave them an extra handful of shallots. While Shi was shocked, the third daughter-in-law was really smarter than others.

Shi Shi is also a quick-witted person, and he quickly learned it and even bought dishes that were much cheaper than the original price. He was very happy.

Of course, as a filial and virtuous daughter-in-law who knows how to please her mother-in-law, Fang Qingqing does not intend to tell Shi Shi:

Originally, these small vendors would charge slightly higher prices when selling things, giving buyers room to bargain.

But it is also because Shi Shi only lived in the county for a short period of time before going to the capital, and there are many nobles living in the capital, the key is that the Li family never needs her to do the shopping work.

So Shi Shi, who has been a housewife for decades, experienced the joy of bargaining for the first time when she came to this small place.