Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 3 Market
Rong Wan brought Rong Shui to a water tank with a missing corner outside the kitchen, and said, "Second Sister, this is our mirror."

Rong Shui took a picture of himself in front of the water tank, and saw that his left face was completely dark, and his right face was white and clean, which was very distinctive compared to his ugly appearance.She nodded in satisfaction and said, "Thank you, sister."

After putting on her "makeup", Rong Shui hurried outside the house, where Rong Ming was holding a small bag and waiting for her.

When Rong Shui was about to walk over, she was stopped by Mrs. Li again, and gave him a thousand instructions, for fear that she would be abducted by someone who was ignorant when she went out.

Rong Shui didn't mind her nagging, and patiently listened to her instructions before leaving with Rong Ming.

Rong Ming took Rong Shui's hand, and the two brothers and sisters set off on the road. Mrs. Li stood in the yard surrounded by dilapidated fences and watched them leave.

Rong Shui held Rong Ming's hand tightly, and walked with one foot deep and one foot shallow, feeling a lot of emotion in his heart, no wonder the previous slogans said "If you want to get rich, build roads first".In ancient times, the road was bumpy, the market was far away, and most of the roads were mountain roads. It was difficult for an adult to walk, let alone a little girl now.

When she has money, she must remember to bring up the road construction project.

Seeing her walking hard and panting, Rong Ming said, "Second Sister, do you want Big Brother to carry you?"

Rong Shui shook his head, rejecting Rong Ming's kindness.Her current body is really inconvenient. Not to mention she is a little girl, she is still so weak. She needs to exercise well in the future to keep fit, so as not to die prematurely if she is infected with any disease in ancient times where medical conditions are extremely backward. .

The ideal is very full, but the reality is very skinny. After Rong Shui walked for a while, his face turned pale. Rong Ming looked distressed and said: "Second sister, you are in good shape, why do you have to force yourself like this?" Lower body intends to carry her up.

"Ding Lingling", a bell rang suddenly behind them, and the two looked behind, and it turned out that an old man was driving an ox cart towards them.

"Old man!" Rong Ming hurriedly waved to him, and when the ox cart stopped in front of him, he bowed to the old man and begged, "Old man, where are you going?"

The old man flicked his long whip, and said: "Go to the market, I'm planning to sell my own vegetables, and go back with two batches of cloth."

Rong Ming was overjoyed, pulled Rong Shui over and said, "Old man, this is Sister She. We brothers and sisters are also going to the market, but Sister She is thin and weak, unable to bear the long journey and exhausted. Please take pity on me, old man. Can you take a ride with my sister?"

Fortunately, the old man was also warm-hearted. He glanced at Rong Shui and said, "She's a beautiful girl! It's just that the birthmark on her face..." He stopped abruptly at this point, maybe he didn't think it was right, so he didn't say anything, and said: "Why not, I'm going to the market anyway, so why not take your brother and sister for a ride! Come up!"

Rong Ming said gratefully: "Thank you, old man, for your kind heart!"

Rong Shui also thanked her, and Rong Ming carried her into the bullock cart.

The old man flicked his long whip, and the bullock cart began to move forward slowly.

Rong Shui was finally able to rest for a while, and he was relieved. After resting for a while, he was not so tired, and finally had the leisure to look around.

There was no environmental pollution in ancient times, so when you look around, you will be surrounded by green water and green mountains, birds are singing crisply, and the air is fresh, which is the clarity and purity that modern people have not seen for a long time.

Rong Shui thought to himself, there is nothing wrong with traveling to the ancient times, not to mention that you lost your life for nothing, just come here to experience a different kind of life again.

"Speaking of which, it has been more than a year since Concubine Tong Guifei passed away for some reason."

The old man was a good talker. While driving, he turned his head and chatted with Rong Ming: "Speaking of which, Concubine Tong Gui is still from our hometown, and they are all from Jiangcheng!"

Rong Ming smiled and said: "Yes, it's just that the imperial concubine is from the city, how can she be considered a fellow villager with us in a remote village?"

The old man shook his head and said, "Young son, what you said is wrong. Our Fengmu Village belongs to Jiangcheng after all, so how can we not count it from the same village? By the way, the imperial concubine and empress are dead, and the seventh prince, Junli, is also gone. Today, I go to the harem The latter position is empty, it is the world of Concubine Yun Gui, I am afraid that the crown prince is also in the pocket of Jun Chu, the son of Concubine Yun Gui."

Rong Ming said in a perfunctory way: "It's hard to say, we're just small people in Dousheng, how can we know about the royal family."

Rong Shui listened to the conversation between the two, and thought that this old man's demeanor was quite similar to that of a driver in the imperial capital in her previous life, so he was easy to talk about.

The old man's nonsense with Rong Ming all the way, also gave Rong Shui a chance to understand the background of this era.

It turns out that the current era is different from any dynasty that existed in her previous life, but a dynasty that she has never heard of, the Dayan Dynasty. It is now the 14th year of Xianheng, and it is a time of peace and prosperity.In this peaceful and prosperous age, there was nothing to fight in the previous court, but the battles in the harem were more fierce. The current emperor, the Empress Yuan, died and never became an empress. There are two favorite concubines, Concubine Tong and Concubine Yun.A year ago Concubine Tong Guifei died in an accident while bringing the Seventh Prince back to Jiangcheng to visit relatives. Now Concubine Yun Guifei only favors the harem.

Rong Shui didn't have much interest in these things, and fell asleep after listening to them. He didn't wake up until the bullock cart shook violently. Here, big brother will take you down."

Rong Shui let Rong Ming carry her out of the car, and the old man said goodbye to them and continued to drive on.In front of the two of them was the market in Jiangshui Town that only opened once every ten days.

There are many stalls in the bazaar, which are used to buy and sell with copper coins, and some are bartered. There are quite a lot of people, bustling, but the scene does not look very prosperous, and most of the passers-by are dressed in ordinary clothes. It is rare to see one or two A rich man dressed in silk and satin.After all, this is the size of a town, and it is estimated that you have to go to the city to prosper.

Rong Ming took Rong Shui's hand and went straight to the grocery store, and asked the owner, "How do you sell the salt now?"

The shopkeeper glanced at the two of them, rolled his eyes, and said impatiently: "There are coarse salt and fine salt, which one do you want?"

Seeing the shopkeeper's contemptuous attitude, Rong Shui frowned, feeling unhappy.She knew that salt and iron had been monopolized by the imperial court since ancient times, and those who were able to run a small shop and sell salt must have some way to get the salt, otherwise they would be beheaded for selling private salt.

But this can't be the reason for the shop owner to look down on people. Just because his brother and sister are dressed like this, it really makes her character who has never suffered a loss in her previous life get angry.

Rong Ming didn't care at all, obviously he was used to the shopkeeper's attitude, he took out a small bag from his arms, squeezed it, and said, "Coarse salt."

The shopkeeper squinted at him and said, "Twenty Wen."

Rong Ming was surprised and said: "The last time I came to buy it, it was still eighteen coins, why did the price increase again?"

The shopkeeper frowned, becoming more and more impatient: "Hmph, you country boy must not know that now that Concubine Yun Gui is a favorite, and her elder brother Yun Kejiu has been promoted to be a salt and iron envoy, the first thing he did was to increase the price of salt? Buy it or not? If you don’t buy it, go out! If you don’t buy it, people will buy it! This is still coarse salt, but fine salt costs thirty yuan a catty!”

Rong Shui thought about it, and in less than half a day, he heard the name "Concubine Yun" from two people. It seems that this woman should be the same as many concubines who have influenced the country in history. Like some virtuous character.

Rong Ming had no choice but to say, "Okay then, weigh me two catties."

The shopkeeper was about to go in to weigh the salt with a stinky face, when suddenly a person came in and said, "Shopkeeper, do you still have refined salt?"

Rong Shui saw that he was a young man dressed as a servant with a bundle of cloth. Although he was wearing bunts, the cloth looked very good.

The owner of the store saw him, and without hesitation left the two Rong Ming brothers and sisters, greeted him attentively, and said with a smile: "So it's Brother Duan! I haven't seen you for a while, but I miss you so much. Come, come, please come in. I'll make you a pot of tea."

The man smiled and waved his hands and said: "Thank you for your kindness, but the owner has other business, so don't bother me, and please ask the owner to weigh me the refined salt, so that I can go back early."

Rong Ming was left aside by the shopkeeper, a little embarrassed, and called out in a low voice: "Shopkeeper, my salt..."

The shop owner seemed to have never heard of it, and continued to talk to the man, Rong Ming's face became a little ugly, and Rong Shui's chest became even more angry, this shop owner really dislikes the poor and loves the rich!
Just when she was about to say something sarcastic to the shopkeeper, the man noticed the situation here, and said to Rong Ming: "Is this person going to buy salt? I'm sorry, I shouldn't." Then he said to the shopkeeper: " Since that friend came first, please let the shop owner weigh him first, and I will wait here for a while, it will not be a problem."

Hearing what he said, the shopkeeper had no choice but to go in and weigh two catties of coarse salt for Rong Ming. When it was delivered, he was displeased, and casually threw a package of things wrapped in straw paper into Rong Ming's arms. Holding on to not get angry, he took out the jingling bag, took out a copper coin from it, handed it to the store manager, turned around and left with Rong Shui.

After walking a few steps, Rong Shui clearly heard the shopkeeper's contempt behind him: "Bah, poor ghost."

Rong Ming turned a deaf ear and walked out calmly with Rong Shui.But Rong Shui hated the store manager to the extreme, she clenched her fists tightly, she wanted to be insulted like this without money, the store manager was too bullying!She must find a way to earn a lot of money, and then come to this store and beat the disgusting store manager to death with money.

Later, the two of them had some soy sauce and vinegar, and Rong Ming didn't say a word along the way, Rong Shui understood that he didn't say anything, but in fact he was really angry, but he had no choice but to bear it.

When the two passed by a jewelry store, Rong Ming lowered his head and said to Rong Shui: "Second sister, go in and have a look."

If Rongshui was really an eight-year-old girl, she might nod her head, but Rongshui's psychological age is an adult. When Rongming was jealous, she saw that there were few copper coins in the purse. She quenched Rong Shui's thirst with a bowl of tea, but she didn't drink anything, her lips became dry. It turned out that the few copper coins left were to buy her hair.

Touched again in Rong Shui's heart, she shook her head and said, "I don't want it, brother, let's buy a bowl of tea."

Of course Rong Ming refused, and insisted on buying some flowers for Rong Shui. When the two were pushing back and forth, they suddenly heard a scream from the middle of the street: "Ah! Thief! He stole my money!"

(End of this chapter)