Early the next morning, An Ruyi woke up the two children early, and after some washing, the egg cake with seaweed soup was left over from yesterday.

Finished eating. An Ruyi hugged Liu Yue, and carried a back basket with a lid on her back, which was filled with something to hide people's eyes. took Liu Huairan to the entrance of the village.

Speaking of bazaars.

The ancient bazaars originated around the Yin and Zhou periods. "Easy? The "Dictionaries" said: "Japan and China are the market, to the people of the world, gather the goods of the world, trade and retreat, and each has its own place." "Usually there is everything in the market, and almost everything you need in daily life can be seen in the market.

The market has a city magistrate, and all the stalls that enter the market and set up stalls need to pay a tax of five cents. There are also large and small markets.

Generally, small sets are available every day; The big set is twice a month, and only on the first and fifteenth days of the new year.

Every time you go to the big market, farmers, hunters, and craftsmen from nearby villages will come to the market, and all kinds of vegetables, livestock, snacks, daily necessities, jewelry, fat powder, etc., will be in the market...... Compared with the small set, the scale is several times larger, and it is extremely lively.

Today happens to be the only two Great Gathering Days in January.

Liujia Village is located in the middle of nowhere, the village is nearly 100 miles away from the nearest town of Annan, if you only rely on your own walking, it will take two or three hours to slow down, and it will take nearly two hours to arrive soon. It only takes an hour to spend three cents to ride a mule cart or ox cart.

So it's not easy to go to town on weekdays.

Of course, if it's a horse-drawn carriage or can ride a horse, it's faster. It's a pity that horses are strategic goods, and civilians are not allowed to own them. In fact, even if you have it, you can't afford it. That's a luxury that belongs to the privileged.

But the exception is the two large market days a month, when people in the village will park at the entrance of the village with ox carts waiting to take people to the town, and when they are full, they will leave. An adult only charges two pennies back and forth, a child receives one penny, and a child who holds his hand does not charge money. Therefore, most people will choose these two days to go to the market, or bring something to sell, or go to buy something back.

Of course, there are also those who are reluctant to spend money and would rather walk.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, the ox cart was already half full, and An Ruyi paid three cents to get on the car, but it was full after waiting for a while. Coincidentally, Aunt Zhang next door was also in the car, and the two naturally sat together. As soon as he saw the person, Liu Huairan shyly called his aunt, and Liu Yue followed with a sweet voice in a soft childlike voice.

Seeing that the smile on their sister-in-law's face was obviously more, she sat down enthusiastically, reached out to take Liu Yue over and hugged her, pinched her little face and teased her: "Xiao Yue'er is so good." I will go to the market with my mother, the market is fun, and when I come back, my aunt will buy you sugar gourds to eat. ”

Saying that, she looked up at An Ruyi again and helped her place the back basket: "You put the back basket here with mine, hey, why did you bring the two children with you this time?" But it's good to take it, it's too small to be small, and it's also a worry to put it at home, so it's better to take it. Then he touched Liu Huairan's little head again, "Why didn't you come to play with Kang'er in the past two days, he still missed you last night." ”

"I want to eat sugar gourds." Liu Yue heard the sugar gourd and suddenly began to salivate, blinked and looked at Sister-in-law Zhang with big eyes, and then at An Ruyi, her little face was full of expectation.

"You're a snacker." An Ruyi laughed and scolded.

"My brother eats it too." Liu Yue is also a villain, and she can't help but be happy when she sees that her mother has no meaning of reproach. The saliva is about to flow out, she has eaten the sugar gourd, and the brother Zhang Kang gave it, the sweet and sour are delicious.

"Okay, my brother will eat it too, and my aunt will buy it when I come back." Sister-in-law Zhang smiled. She gave birth to four sons, but she has one less daughter, and she is especially not rare for handsome and well-behaved little girls, and she has almost no resistance. On weekdays, when I see Liu Yue's well-behaved appearance, I can't wait to take it back and raise it myself.

"Sister-in-law, don't be like this, how can you let your sister-in-law break the bank again!"

"Don't push, I also promised Kang'er to bring it to him today, I originally wanted to bring the two of them, if you push three or four, I will be angry." Sister-in-law Zhang glanced at her and was unhappy, "Besides, it's not for you to eat." ”

An Ruyi smiled, but stopped talking.

A woman with a six- or seven-year-old girl next to her, dressed in floral cloth, looked at it with hot eyes, and said sourly: "A string of sugar gourds costs four yuan, and two strings are eight yuan, which is almost worth a day's salary in the town, Sister-in-law Zhang is really generous." We Xiu'er haven't tasted sugar gourds since they were so big. Xiu'er is not called an aunt yet? You have no eyesight, and you won't be called a person if you're stunned, what's the use of raising you. She tugged hard at her daughter, who was a little wooden, and motioned for her to call someone, with a look of hatred on her face.

"Why, Gou family, how do I spend my money, who I am willing to buy to eat, who will tell me." Sister-in-law Zhang sneered and looked at the woman who spoke.

The woman's husband's surname is Gou, and everyone in the village calls her Gou's family. If you want to talk about this mother-in-law in the village, she is the most disdainful, she will chew the root of her tongue if she doesn't do good things all day long, and she can't see people, either the owner picks up trouble, or the West family always wants to provoke the discord between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and she is happy when she turns her eyes, this is not enough, she picks up things, and she has seen enough of the excitement in private, and then goes around to spread the gossip on both sides of the village, and uses it as a talking point to rub a little cheap everywhere.

Everyone in the village who has a little brain and a little idea doesn't like her very well.

Sister-in-law Zhang has always flaunted harmony to the people in the village, and she has always been smiling and welcoming, but when she is cheeky and wants to take advantage, she never has a good face. I want to take advantage of her, hmph, dreaming.

Although the Gou family knew that Sister-in-law Zhang didn't want to see her, they didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction, mainly because although Sister-in-law Zhang was an outsider, she could talk at home, but her husband looked fierce but was a strict wife. Not to mention the belly of the people, four sons, three of them are tall and fierce, and the youngest one is still in school, although he is only ten years old, but it is said that the Xiucai in the next village is very talented in reading, and he has a future.

Because the people in this village were polite to this sister-in-law in person, and even the village chief sold her a little face. She didn't dare to face her face to face, so she had to smile and say, "Look at what you said, this is not a compliment to your generosity!" ”

"I don't want you to boast." Sister-in-law Zhang glanced at her and ignored her. It's bad to be a person like this.

The Gou family snorted secretly, and discussed a few words in his heart, but he didn't dare to turn around and find An Ruyi's stubble like he did with others. Although this is also an outsider, looking at people is still soft and easy to handle, but her man has a violent temper and a good martial arts, although he was conscripted for military service two years ago, but before leaving, he specially asked the village chief to take care of the family. also put cruel words in the village, if he comes back and finds that no one is long-sighted and his mother-in-law is blocked, he will not stop. In addition, his brother-in-law works as a shopkeeper in the treasure building in the town, and I heard that he is also a brother and sister in the official office. I can't afford to mess with it.

The journey of more than an hour passed by a carload of people whispering or laughing loudly. Because I came out early, it was just after the hour (7:00-9:00) when I arrived in town. Everyone made an appointment at the beginning of Shen (15:00-17:00), and they dispersed together on the return trip near the city gate.

An Ruyi planned to go to her sister-in-law Liu Rong in the west of the city first, and the son's house that Zhang's sister-in-law was going to was in the south of the city, and the two went on different roads, so they said goodbye to each other.

She has a good impression of Zhang's sister-in-law's family, whether it is in her past life or in this life.

Zhang's sister-in-law has four sons, three of whom have become adults and married wives, all of whom make a living by killing pigs in the town, and one of the younger ones named Zhang Kangcai, who is ten years old and goes to a private school in a neighboring village every morning to study.

Zhang Kang played with Liu Huairan very well, and Liu Huairan learned many words from him in the previous life. Speaking of which, Aunt Zhang's family really takes care of themselves a lot.

Zhang Da is a butcher in the village, and every once in a while, Aunt Zhang will come to the door and bring some water and big bones or something. Some manual work at home is often called to Zhang Da to come over and help out. Not to mention, thanks to her, the two lives saved their lives twice.