Nongmen Rice Flower Fragrance

Chapter 11 Buying and Selling ([-])

On this day, Li Xin looked at the bamboo shoots that had been pickled for ten days, and thought that the sour bamboo shoots should have been pickled, so he opened a jar.

As soon as the jar was opened, there was a strong and lingering taste of sour bamboo shoots. She fished out a little and tried it. It was very sour and refreshing, very appetizing.It happened that there was still a small portion of the piece of meat given by the village head, so Li Xin made a piece of fried pork with sour bamboo shoots to eat.Although there were no seasonings, Wenbo and the others still had a good time eating, and they all filled their stomachs in the end.

"I didn't expect these bamboo shoots to be so delicious when marinated!" Wen Hao said happily.

"It's delicious and you don't need to eat so much! We've marinated a lot! I don't know how long it will last." Li Xin poked Wen Hao's head with his finger a little amused.It's just that he eats the most, and I don't know how such a small child can eat so much.

"It's rare to eat so good." Wen Hao said a little embarrassed.

"Okay, as long as we work hard, we will be able to eat so well every day from now on. Go wash up! After washing, take a turn in the yard before going to sleep. If you are full, wait until you digest it before going to sleep, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable .”

The next day, Aunt Zhang came to Li's house early in the morning. After hearing what Aunt Zhang told Li Xin, she realized that today was the day to go to the town to go to the market.The market in the town is held once every six days. Many villages belonging to this town will go to the market. Some people go to buy things, and some people go to sell things. It is very lively.It can be regarded as a common form of trade organization in this era.Most people don't go to the town on weekdays, even if they have something to buy, they think about it, and then buy it back when they go to the market.

In fact, there are also fixed shops in the town, and those shops are open every day, but the people who go shopping most are the houses in the town or the villages very close to the town.There is also a morning market in the town, which opens early in the morning every day, and the trading is only a little more than one hour, so it is called "morning market".The things that are generally traded are mainly fresh fruits and vegetables, and vegetable farmers in the suburbs and residents in the city go to the market in the morning.

When they heard that they were going to the market, the children were happy at first, and then lowered their heads.They have no money at home, and they can't afford anything even if they go to the market.Li Xin was a little excited when she heard that, she hadn't been to the ancient market yet!Don't know what it looks like yet.And now that there are so many sour bamboo shoots being pickled at home, she also wants to take them to the town to have a look, wondering if anyone will buy them.The family is really poor and has nothing, so they still have to find a way to earn some money.

Li Xin told Aunt Zhang that she was going, then took out some sour bamboo shoots and put them in a basket. She and Wen Hao went out with a basket on their backs.It just so happened that the village head's family was also driving an ox cart to the town. When they saw them, they let them ride in an ox cart together.The speed of the bullock cart is actually not fast, it is leisurely and leisurely, and sometimes it is not as fast as a human being.But the only advantage of riding an ox cart is that it saves effort. There are no carts here, and people in the village can't afford horses, so the only means of transportation is an ox cart.

Sitting in a bullock cart, we wobbled all the way, and it took almost half an hour to reach the town.Fortunately, Osmanthus fragrans village is not very far from the town, some remote villages take two or three hours to come to the town!This town is called "Sanshi Town", and I don't know the origin of the name. Anyway, this name has been used for many generations.After all, it is located in the south and the land is fertile, so Sanshi Town is considered a wealthy place, so the size of the town is really not small.

The streets alone are criss-crossed, there are several, and there are also many shops. Looking at the bustling crowds in the town, Li Xin has to say that Sanshi Town is still very prosperous.There are quite a lot of people in the town, besides the row upon row of shops, there are also many houses. There are really many houses, but the streets are arranged in an orderly manner, and there is no feeling of clutter at all.When they arrived in the town, the village chief and Li Xin separated, and they only said that they would meet at the place where the ox cart was parked when they were going back.

Aunt Zhang took Li Xin and her brother for a walk. Aunt Zhang brought some home-grown agricultural products to sell, including eggs and some home-spun twine.In this era, hemp was widely planted, and many families would plant some in front of and behind their houses. They could spin hemp thread by themselves, and some even wove it into linen cloth by themselves.Aunt Zhang first found a place to put things on, and then took out some copper coins, and asked Li Xin to take Wen Hao around and buy some food, and just come here to find her later.

Li Xin took the copper plate and left with Wen Hao.Li Xin thought, bamboo shoots are a one-season item, so naturally the sour bamboo shoots cannot be marinated all the time. Since they want to make money from sour bamboo shoots, they should sell more at this time.Selling them bit by bit in the market was not an option, so she thought about looking for a restaurant or something. If she could find a long-term cooperation partner, the sour bamboo shoots would naturally be sold.

"Sister, where are we going?" Wen Hao looked around. He hadn't been to the town for a long time, and everything he saw felt fresh.

"Do you know where there is a restaurant?" It turned out that Li Xin didn't go to the market very much. He had been to the town a handful of times, and he didn't have any restaurant in his memory.

"There are two big restaurants in the town, both are in the south of the city, not far apart, one is called Yuankelai, I heard that it has been open in the town for many years; the other is called Pinxiangge, it seems that it only opened two years ago .”

Yuankelai is a two-story restaurant, with the hall downstairs and the private room upstairs.But they failed to enter Yuankelai, because they were stopped by the waiter when they arrived at the door. "Let's go, we are a place to eat, not a place to beg for food."

Wen Hao's face sank in an instant, and he stared angrily at the shop waiter.Li Xin didn't think much of it. After all, she had lived for a long time, and she had seen through many things.It's not surprising that snobs are everywhere.In fact, what those snobbish people look down on is not the person itself, just like a story once, the guest who was originally invited by the host of the banquet was stopped by the people at the door because his clothes were a bit shabby.He went back and changed his clothes, and those who stopped him warmly invited him in.

Such a story is told like a joke, but in fact, this is human nature.

"Let's go!" Li Xin smiled and pulled Wen Hao to leave.She looked at what she and Wen Hao were wearing, she was indeed going to be looked down upon!Not to mention the patches all over the body, and the size is not suitable. I don't know whose old clothes were used to modify it.The only good thing is that it was washed very clean, but it still looks tattered.

"Why is he like this!" Wen Hao was very angry.

(End of this chapter)