008 Catch up with the market (I)
Zhang Yun was thinking about the market, and he couldn't sleep well, so he woke up very early the next day. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info she didn't know what time it was, and she was afraid that it would be late, so she got up and packed her things.
The best thing to pack is mushrooms and put things in a big bag. The cherries had to be put in the basket, and there were several layers of leaves underneath. The fish were put in clay pots, and the pheasants were wrapped in leaves and put in the baskets.
Everything was packed, and the only thing I worried about was how to take it. She had thought it was borrowing an ox cart or something. First, she didn't know anyone, and second, the ox carts and donkey carts were all valuables, and ordinary people didn't have them. If you really can't take it, you can leave the cherries behind, and the possibility of selling them is small anyway, so you can simply make your own jam.
After packing up his things, Zhang Yun heated up the leftover porridge from last night, took a few more potatoes, and then called his younger brothers and sisters to get up and eat.
Xiao Xiu opened her eyes first, kicked Xiao Feng in a daze, and said, "Second brother, get up." Xiao Feng snorted and continued to sleep.
"The eldest sister and Xiu'er left first. Xiaoxiu made up nonsense.
Xiao Feng got up with a grunt and shouted, "Wait, I'll go too!" Seeing the eldest sister standing by the bed and laughing, he breathed a sigh of relief.
As soon as the sisters had finished eating, they heard Aunt Zhang shouting outside. Zhang Yun didn't care about washing the dishes anymore, so he was busy carrying things and walking out.
When he opened the fence gate, he saw a donkey cart, driven by an old man in his fifties and sixties, and Zhang Yun was overjoyed.
"How's it going? I brought Grandpa Li here, thinking that you won't be able to take so many things. The red plum on the side stepped forward to show her merit. It turned out that this old man Li was grinding tofu in the village, and he went to the market to sell tofu every time the market opened.
"Hello Grandpa Li!" Zhang Yun hurriedly greeted his younger brothers and sisters. At this time, a small head leaked out of the side, which was Li Laohan's grandson Gua Dan'er. When Gua Dan'er saw Xiaofeng Xiaoxiu, he beckoned, and several little guys crowded together to whisper.
"Hey, good baby, it's all!" Li Laohan replied with a smile, "Let's move things to the car." ”
Zhang Yun said yes. Hongmei carried her things to the car with her.
Zhang Yun didn't see Aunt Zhang, but when he saw Hongmei, he asked, "Isn't Aunt Zhang going together?"
"Alas, my mother's leg pain has occurred again, and my sister-in-law is taking care of my mother and little nephew at home. Dad and eldest brother have to go and clean up potato seedlings today, and they are not available. Anyway, I went to sell some eggs and mushrooms, and I also sent my sister-in-law's embroidery to the cloth village. Hongmei smiled.
"Yes, you, little baby in charge!" Zhang Yun joked.
Hongmei was stunned for a moment, Zhang Yun used to be very introverted, but she has changed her temperament in the past few days, but she is more in line with Hongmei's temper, so she smiled and said: "You are not a little baby in charge!" If it was Zhang Yun in the past, Hongmei would definitely not make such a joke.
Zhang Yun smiled: "Yes, we are both the same." ”
There was already a side of tofu on the donkey cart, and there were so many things in it that there was only a little space left. The three little guys squatted in the car, and Zhang Yun and Hongmei followed behind the car while talking and walking. The donkey cart didn't go fast, so the two were able to keep up.
After all, it was more than ten miles away, and Zhang Yun, who was tired when he arrived at the entrance of the town, was sweating, Hongmei was a little better, she was already stronger than Zhang Yun. By this time, the sky had already brightened, and there were already many people coming.
The town is full of blue-brick houses, much better than the thatched houses in Shoushan Village, the road is paved with bluestone slabs, and there are shops on both sides. In the 21st century, these blue brick houses are almost extinct, and this place has become a sign of wealth, Zhang Yunxin said. She didn't know that it was because there were big families in the town, and the stone roads they paid for were built, and generally only the county had such roads!
A few little guys looked excitedly at the pedestrians on the road and the shops on both sides, their eyes full of novelty.
Today is the day of the market, the town is crowded, the goods are crowded, and it is very lively.
Uncle Li turned to the edge of a dim sum shop at the intersection and parked the donkey cart, where he always stopped in the market. The dim sum shop was extremely gorgeous, Zhang Yun glanced outside, and saw all kinds of dim sum on the counter, with prices ranging from more than ten to fifty or sixty yuan.
Hongmei saw Zhang Yun looking inside, so she said: "The dim sum in this Ruyi shop is really expensive, it would be good to eat a piece of it when you can." ”
Li Laohan next to him smiled: "This is not something we can afford to eat." The cheapest one costs more than a dozen yuan, and we have more than a dozen catties of tofu on top. ”
Hongmei pouted: "It's all made of noodles, why is it so expensive!" turned her head and packed up. Zhang Yun's heart moved, pondered for a moment, smiled and continued to lift things down. A few little guys looked into the shop for a long time.
A middle-aged man with a beard in the shop walked to the door, saw Li Laohan, and said with a smile: "Uncle, come to sell tofu today." "Look at him dressed in silk cloth, his temperament is gentle, but he has an amiable attitude towards the old man in the countryside who is dressed in patches. Zhang Yun nodded a thumbs up.
Li Laohan hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Hello shopkeeper, old man, I'm here to bother me again." "The place where he sells tofu belongs to Ruyi Pavilion, and the shopkeeper is kind, and he doesn't pick him up, and he greets him every time he sees him.
Shopkeeper Wang said a few words to Li Laohan and went inside.
"This Wang family is really everyone, the shopkeepers in the family are so kind, don't say that they are in the family. Old man Li said to himself.
Hongmei was helping Zhang Yun set things up, and when she heard this, she hurriedly said, "Grandpa Li, tell us about it." ”
Li Laohan began to speak. It turned out that this Wang family was the largest family in Qingfeng Town, with hundreds of people in the family and thousands of slaves. Now the eldest son of Mrs. Wang, Wang Weiguan, is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the second son Wang Zhi is the Fu Yin of Kaifeng Mansion (there are two sons of Prince Ming and Prince Yang), and Wang Wei's eldest son Prince Tengguan Bai Hanlin Bachelor, the second son Prince Xing is only fifteen years old, that is, he was admitted to the Juren last year, and there are not a few other officials in the clan.
Hongmei smacked her tongue: "Then why don't they move to a big place?"
"This is the old mansion! The fallen leaves return to the roots, how can the old lady Wang be willing to move it. However, there are many officials in the family, many of whom are businessmen, and there are many outside. Li Laohan said.
Hongmei is a few young, and she can't imagine that there are such big families in the town, and they are very envious.
Hongmei pondered for a while and asked, "Grandpa Li, do they eat meat every day?" ”
Li Laohan thought for a while and said, "That's it, you must eat meat every day!"
"Eat meat every day!" the three little guys were also fascinated.
Zhang Yun was so amused that he almost couldn't hold back. When she first came here, she didn't know that a mountain village family like them might not be able to eat meat once a year. The day before yesterday, they cooked fish soup, which was the first time their sister had eaten meat in two years. A fish given to Hongmei yesterday made their family happy as the New Year. Those who have chickens and ducks at home all save eggs and duck eggs for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and only during the Chinese New Year do they kill chickens and ducks and eat meat, and this is still a solid family! The rich have dozens of chickens who take chicken tongue to cook, and the poor have those who eat bran and dig up tree bark.