It is estimated that she felt sorry for her staying in Ganxiao Temple for half a year, and Zhao Zhuangtou agreed to Xue Ying's request to go to the market together without any hesitation. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Early in the morning, Xue Ying and Qiaoya got into the carriage. Aunt He'an was afraid of bumps on the road, so she specially added a thick layer of felt to the seat, which was soft and warm.

San Lang followed Zhao Zhuangtou to sit outside and drive, and quarreled with Qiao Ya along the way through the curtain, which often made Xue Ying and Zhao Zhuangtou laugh.

Huaxi Ferry is not too far from Jiuquan Villa, and it took an hour to arrive. Although it was still early, the market was already crowded with people at this time.

Only then did Xue Ying know that the market at Huaxi Ferry was very short and basically ended in the morning, so she proposed to buy Zhao Zhuangtou and their goods first, so as not to miss the business.

Zhao Zhuangtou knew Xue Ying's temperament, and did not refuse, took San Lang into the market center, and quickly prepared the items to be purchased according to the original prepared list.

Qiaoya and Xue Ying waited obediently in the car, of course, this "obediently" is relative. Although the two of them did not get off the carriage, Qiaoya kept opening the curtain to look outside, and was very surprised by the excitement and prosperity in the market.

"Haven't you been out in Anjing before?" Xue Ying asked.

Qiaoya shook her head: "Occasionally, my mother will take me to the back alley to buy some sugar gourds, pastries or something, but the back alley is not as lively as here." ”

"However, I read what the book says, some festivals such as the Lantern Festival or something, don't many people go to the street to see the lanterns?"

"I haven't been there, my father used to buy two lanterns to play with the bolt when I used to have the Lantern Festival, but we couldn't go out that day, first, the rules in the house were strict, and the old lady generally didn't let us go out, and secondly, there were many people on the street during the festival, and I was afraid of colliding with some nobles and causing trouble in the house. ”

Listening to the meaning of this, the form of this Jian'an Hou Mansion in Anjing City is not good, it is necessary to restrain people so strictly, and the reason is "afraid of colliding with nobles"?

A Hou Mansion has such an attitude, which is enough to show that this Hou Mansion is already a little weak.

However, what the Hou Mansion is like now has little to do with her, and she doesn't have much chance to stay there anyway.

At this time, Zhao Zhuangtou and San Lang had already finished purchasing, opened the curtain of the carriage and asked, "Where does the young lady want to buy things?"

Xue Ying thought for a while: "Let's go to Buzhuang first." ”

"Miss, do you want to buy cloth too?" asked Qiaoya.

"Hmm. When we finished buying the cloth, we went to buy sewing and thread, then to the bookstore, and finally to buy good food. Xue Ying hooked her fingers and counted, and then nodded Qiaoya's forehead, "I'm afraid that if you go to buy food first, you will spend all the money, and then you won't be able to buy flower cloth." ”

"I won't," Qiao Ya protested, "I'm sensible!"

"Yes, yes, yes. Xue Ying replied with a smile, with a doting face, "Tell me what you want to buy, I have money." ”

"I'm going to spend my own money. Qiaoya shook her pigtails and replied proudly.

Xue Ying pursed her lips and smiled, waiting and seeing.

Accompanied by Zhao Zhuangtou and San Lang, the two of them quickly bought what they wanted, and in a blink of an eye, it was already noon, and the people in the market had begun to disperse, and the streets that were lively and crowded not long ago quickly became deserted.

Zhao Zhuangtou booked a private room at the best restaurant in the ferry - although Xue Ying was not particular, but just in case, it was better to find a relatively private place to eat.

The window of the box is facing the street, and now the crowd has dispersed, and there is less noise, and I feel quite comfortable when eating.

While eating, there was a sudden sound of quarrel from the shop opposite, Xue Ying and Qiaoya looked at it curiously for a while, and quickly figured it out.

Opposite is a rice shop, and now a middle-aged man in a thin robe is reasoning with the shopkeeper, saying that the medium rice he bought back is mixed with inferior rice, and the shopkeeper is asking the shopkeeper to refund the difference. The shopkeeper naturally didn't recognize it, so the two stood at the door and quarreled.

"This is the kind of rice that can be bought for two pennies, you saw it when you bought it, and you compared it, why do you dislike it now?" said the shopkeeper.

"Nonsense," the middle-aged man's face turned red, "This medium rice is obviously mixed with inferior rice, are you a bully?"

"What kind of deception? You can just ask, my store has been open for eight years, and it has always been well-known. Yesterday someone from the comptoir came to check, and I have no problem with the pricing here, and this year's medium rice is like this!"

"This rice smells musty, isn't it inferior rice?" argued the middle-aged man.

"You don't know what this year is like? And everyone else has said that there are still three years left in this famine, and it is good that you can buy rice now, and you will try it again next year? People are not stupid, and they will not stock up at this time? Our family is already conscientious enough, the cost of collecting rice is high, and the profit of mixing some rice is less and selling, you look at the street Xie Jia Rice Village, people are directly taking the middle and middle rice and selling it......

"Isn't this year's harvest bad?" Xue Ying asked Zhao Zhuangtou.

Zhao Zhuangtou nodded: "Actually, this year is okay, although the production has been reduced, it can still go on." But you also heard it, the physiognomist said that there are still three years left in this catastrophe, and this year has just begun, alas, the next two years can be survived. ”

"Which phase master did you say?"

"Nine times out of ten, the physiognomy who looks at the celestial phenomena says so. Zhao Zhuangtou replied patiently, "And the official calendar of the official family is also recorded in this way." ”

"However, even if there is a catastrophe, don't we inform everyone so early that those merchants will be able to hoard goods and buy and sell them? ”

"Merchants are managed by both the government and the commercial bank, and no matter how good it is, it will not make people unable to live now. It is okay to stock up on goods, but according to the regulations, as long as there is goods, it is not allowed not to not ship them; prices can also rise, but they cannot exceed the limit. Moreover, the announcement of the disaster by the government also allows the people to prepare in advance: tighten their belts now, it is better than selling nothing in two years. ”

"But who can be absolutely sure that these three years must be disaster years? What if the forecast is wrong?"

"Wrong? It's rare. Zhao Zhuangtou seemed to feel a little amused by this question, "The person who wrote the official calendar is the most powerful physiognomist in the country, how could it be wrong?"

"Oh. "In the era of overhead, weather forecasting is more accurate than the future world with supercomputers, which is too unscientific!

"Then we have enough rice, we won't go hungry, will we?" asked Qiaoya.

San Lang smiled: "Don't worry, the land in Jiuquan Bezhuang is the best, and we have not been affected by the reduction of production elsewhere this year." Besides, if you don't have enough rice to eat, make less wine. ”

Qiaoya and San Lang chatted again, but Xue Ying remembered the heavy snow last winter. Qiaoya also said at the time that it is very rare to have such a large amount of snow.

If the three-year disaster is dealt with properly, the agricultural planting area may really be able to survive by relying on diligence and thrift and past surpluses, but she has understood the surrounding environment of Dagu.

Dagu is prosperous, but there are also many strong enemies outside the borders, especially the nomadic tribes in the north.

She is not yet in love with this unfamiliar "country", but if there is a war, I am afraid that as a member of Dagu, it will be difficult for her life not to be affected.

Can her carefree childhood continue?