Chapter 8 Bazaar

When she arrived at the mouth of the riverside town, Pei Yao got off the ox cart and thanked the uncle again and again before walking into the riverside.

It's almost 7.8 o'clock in the morning now, and the market is the most lively time, on an originally empty drying field, there are small stalls in an orderly manner, men, women and children come and go lively, shouting and bargaining, so that Pei Yao is dizzying, curious about everything, and wants to buy everything!

However, in addition to the different costumes, the other markets in this otherworld are also similar to those in the hometown. Suddenly Pei Yao has a sense of reality, she has really crossed over, and now she is an ancient!

There is also a circle of shops around the drying field, and everything is sold.

Pei Yao blended into the crowd and watched others do business while watching the excitement. One bun, one steamed bun, one bun, one bowl, two handfuls of green vegetables, one bun of beans, one and a half pounds of tofu, and some sell seeds and potatoes and so on.

After inquiring, the exchange of silver money in this world, one tael of silver is equal to 1,000 Wen, that is, consistent copper coins. A pound of pure fat pork or fat and thin pork belly costs 15 wen a catty, while lean meat is relatively cheap 12 wen a catty.

Domestic live chickens also depend on the size, big roosters can only eat meat, cheaper than hens, about 5 catties of roosters 50 Wen. Hens can be used to make soup and lay eggs during confinement, and a hen of about 3 catties can be sold for 50 Wen.

As for wild things such as pheasants and hares, a kind lady told Pei Yao that the game restaurant at the entrance of the town collects these wild things, wild boars, roe deer, and wild deer, and they must be sent to the county restaurant before noon every morning.

And these wild things are not easy to sell in bulk on the market, because there are no technical tools to catch wild meat in this era, and they all rely on brute force and human life accumulation, and some wild beasts in the mountains and forests are fierce and ordinary people dare not enter, so the price is expensive, and the average farmer can not afford to eat fatty pork, not to mention such an expensive game.

Even the occasional hunter who caught wild animals was reluctant to eat it himself, so he sent it to the game to buy pork for silver.

This is good news, I don't have anything else to do with a lot of game, although it is a small wild animal like pheasants and hares, but it can't stand a large amount. Hurry up and send it to sell, and then the late goods will be sent away.

Entering the gate of the game house, a little er at the door was busy greeting a well-dressed male guest, I heard that it was from the county seat, and the little two called the money housekeeper.

Steward Qian is the main family to entertain guests from afar, and he is very interested in the game of this Linshan County, so the main family hurriedly sent the housekeeper to pick up some fresh game.

Xiao Er's eyes lit up when he saw Pei Yao coming in with a rattan basket on his back, and asked directly, "Little brother is here to sell game?" ”

Pei Yao nodded, put down the basket, and carefully took out the egg basket, revealing the two live pheasants placed underneath.

Xiao Er looked at it, smiled, and beckoned Steward Qian to come and see, "Steward Qian, what do you think of these two?" The hares and wild boars you want are all loaded, plus these two live pheasants, stewed with fresh mushrooms just down the mountain, the cooking is more delicious, and the guests are decent enough! ”

The housekeeper took a look at the pheasants, and wondered that the pheasants were still alive, but he didn't ask, and said that he wanted them.

Then he looked at the eggs in the basket and asked, "This egg is so small, but it is a wild egg?" ”

Pei Yao arched his hand: "Back to the housekeeper, these are all fresh wild eggs that happened to be found in the mountains, and I was not willing to eat them and sell them on the market." ”

The mountains and forests are not easy to enter, and the places that are easy to enter have been searched by people, and it is not easy to collect so many wild eggs.

Steward Qian likes this posterity to understand the etiquette, "It is not easy for pheasants to live, two will give you 140 wen, and give me every penny." ”

Glancing at Xiao Er, seeing that he was not displeased, Pei Yao nodded and agreed to take out the tied pheasant and hand it to Xiao Er with the egg basket.

The housekeeper counted out 170 pieces with eggs, and asked with some curiosity: "What is that mud ball you are holding?" ”

"This is a mud-roasted bamboo leaf chicken, and it is also a pheasant. Spread the bamboo leaves on the outside and wrap the yellow mud in the charcoal fire to cook, there are fresh mushrooms in the belly that absorb the gravy, when eating, break the mud while hot, remove the bamboo leaves, the fresh mushrooms will flow out to the plate by themselves, as long as you sprinkle a little salt flowers, you can eat, smell the fusion of bamboo leaves and chicken, but eat the original flavor, fresh and tender fragrance. ”

The housekeeper and Xiao Er listened attentively, and their saliva felt like they were going to drip down! "Give me this bamboo leaf chicken too, and give you 70 Wen, go back and let the guests eat fresh." The housekeeper is not short of money.

Pei Yao blinked, rich man! Deal!

turned around and handed Xiao Er 10 yuan, intermediary fees, next time I have to sell game, I can't offend.

Xiao Er's second understood, and waved his hand, "No, no, next time there is wild meat, just send it directly, we and the buyer and seller are long-term business, not bad this time." ”

Pei Yao thought to herself that the ancients were so simple and kind, good people.

Put away the copper plate, pick up the empty basket and say goodbye to the housekeeper and Xiao Er.

How do you spend money when you have it? Holding a vegetable bag in his left hand and a bowl of salted bean curd in his right hand! Finally eating normal food and salty taste, Pei Yao was so moved that she almost burst into tears, and she wanted to die of her baby!