Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 17
When Lin Xiaoqiao heard that she was going to go to the market, how could she let go of this opportunity to go out and have a look. She was still thinking about her big money-making plan all day long, but she didn't know where to start.

So, Lin Xiaoqiao pestered his little uncle, arguing to go, but Li Erhu couldn't do anything because of her pestering, so he surrendered immediately and agreed to take her there.

Therefore, Lin Xiaoqiao was in high spirits all day, as if he had picked up money, which made Mrs. Sun and old man Li laugh for a while.

Early in the morning of the second day, the sky was not completely bright yet, Lin Xiaoqiao felt that he was still asleep, and was woken up by someone.

She sat up in a daze, rubbed her sore eyes, and found that her elder sister, Lin Xiaoxi, had already woken up.

Lin Xiaoxi patted her little head, and while getting her clothes to put on, she said, "Little sister, don't you want to go to the fair today? Why are you staying in bed? Get up soon."

After hearing this, Lin Xiaoqiao immediately got up, looking full of energy.After hastily washing up and having breakfast, the uncle and nephew set off to go to the market.

After walking for about an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.

Because today, I brought two small burdens and walked slower than usual, so although the sun has just risen, there are already people on both sides of the not-so-broad road.

Li Erhu took the two sisters, Lin Xiaoqiao, and found a place that didn't look too good. He put a basket of eggs and a few pairs of insoles on the ground, waiting for customers to buy them.

With her uncle's consent, Lin Xiaoqiao dragged her sister Lin Xiaoxi around casually. She was eager to know what kind of goods people in this era were selling.

Slowly, there were more and more people in the market. Lin Xiaoqiao looked at it, and most of them were selling some of their own crops, such as potatoes, Chinese cabbage, onion and garlic, etc., and selling some eggs along the way.

Some people also sell some simple embroidery such as insoles and handkerchiefs that their own daughter-in-law and girls keep at home.

There are also some selling poultry and game, bamboo baskets and wooden stools.

Walking along, Lin Xiaoqiao found that there was a stall full of children.Lin Xiaoqiao also immediately pulled Lin Xiaoxi to join in the fun. He ran to see that he was a seller of malt candy, no wonder he was so attractive to children.

Lin Xiaoqiao went up to ask the price, but it was actually not expensive, a piece of malt candy that was one finger long and two finger wide was only sold for a penny.Seeing Lin Xiaoxi's greedy look, she really wanted to buy a few yuan for her sister to eat, but now she has no money.

After walking through the streets of this market, Lin Xiaoqiao also inquired about the prices of all kinds of goods. Eggs cost one penny, Chinese cabbage and potatoes and other crops cost one penny per catty, and old hens cost eighteen cents. A catty, rooster fifteen cents a catty, duck fifteen cents a catty, pork eighteen cents a catty, a piglet is about two hundred cents, a wild rabbit seems to be eighty cents a catty, and a pheasant fifty Wen only...

Lin Xiaoqiao has a general understanding of the prices in ancient times. Seeing that hares and pheasants are so expensive, he really wants to go hunting in the mountains.

Lin Xiaoqiao and the sisters went back along the road, found Li Erhu, looked at the ground, it seemed that his things hadn't been sold yet, Li Erhu just squatted stupidly, not in a hurry.

Lin Xiaoqiao didn't think it was a big deal to wait like this, and she didn't want to squat here and wait for a long time.So, Lin Xiaoqiao pulled Li Erhu's sleeve and reminded him: "Uncle, why don't you yell twice like others, so that people will come to buy things."

Li Erhu scratched his head, smiled, and replied, "Uncle, I'm sorry. Hehe."

It seemed that it was impossible to count on this little uncle, so she cleared her throat and shouted: "Look, take a look, big eggs, durable insoles, don't miss them when you pass by." The voice was crisp and sweet, and immediately attracted several women to come forward and ask.

Lin Xiaoqiao greeted them enthusiastically, and kept saying, "Auntie, you look really energetic today" "Auntie's grandson is so cute, buy more eggs for the little brother to make up for it" "Sister, today The clothes I’m wearing are really nice, and I’ll buy a pair of insoles and make a pair of nice shoes.”

Those aunts and aunts were all happily praised by her, so naturally they bought things at their stalls.

In fact, it doesn't matter where you buy it. On this road, the price of everything is the same. They pick and choose, and they just look at their mood. When they are in a good mood, they will naturally pay for it.

In less than 10 minutes, everything was sold out.Both Li Erhu and Lin Xiaoxi stood aside, dumbfounded.

Li Erhu asked puzzledly: "Xiaoqiao, why are you so good? It sold out so quickly, and I usually have to sell it for a long time."

Lin Xiaoqiao lowered his head and rolled his eyes, pretending to be natural and replied: "Just now I saw other people doing it like this."

Lin Xiaoxi was very puzzled. She was with her younger sister just now. Although she saw others yelling, she didn't speak as well as her younger sister. Those words sounded really fresh.However, Lin Xiaoxi finally thought that it was because her younger sister was smart, maybe it was because she was injured last time and knocked her head off.

The three of them packed up their things and prepared to go to South Street to buy some oil, salt and other things before going home.

Li Erhu took Lin Xiaoqiao and his sisters and walked for another quarter of an hour, detoured a few streets, and arrived at the South Street of the town.

There was not much oil and salt left in the house, and Mrs. Sun told him before leaving that after the things were sold out, he would go here to buy some oil and salt to take home.Li Erhu was quite familiar with this street, he found a grocery store selling oil and salt, bought what he wanted, and planned to go back.

Lin Xiaoqiao quickly grabbed him, and said coquettishly: "Little uncle, it's still early anyway, let's go shopping again, I'm curious."

Li Erhu thought that she was a child who was hungry and was looking for something delicious, and planned to buy two pieces of candy for the two of them later.So he readily agreed: "Okay, let's go shopping today."

This side of South Street is not simply a stall, it is mainly a shop.Lin Xiaoqiao dragged Li Erhu and Lin Xiaoxi through various shops non-stop, looking here and asking there.Li Erhu only thought that she was a child who had never gone shopping, so he let her go.

The shops here are really diverse, selling everything, there are grocery stores, steamed stuffed bun shops, cloth shops, pastry shops, four treasures of the study shops, furniture shops, blacksmith shops, tea stalls, embroidery shops, etc. Fang and so on.But almost all the people here and there are ordinary people, and there are no people in rich clothes.

Lin Xiaoqiao asked Li Erhu puzzledly, it turns out that the streets in the town are also graded, just like the city center and suburbs in the previous life.Like the place where they went to the market and set up their stalls just now, it is a relatively remote street in the town. People who live in the town and are not very wealthy usually go there to buy things.

(End of this chapter)