Caiyun knew the eldest sister's thoughts, and shook her head, "No need, I'll keep it and don't pick chrysanthemums today, but eldest sister, you take Mu Lang, you have to watch it, if it's too troublesome, let him stay at home!" ”

Mu Lang could understand what they meant, his eyes flickered, although he didn't speak, but those eyes revealed what he was thinking at the moment, in fact...... He also wants to go to the market!

Mu Xiang turned his head, and when he saw Mu Lang's eyes, his heart moved, "It's okay, I can take a good look at him, let him go out, and he can have a long insight, Caiyun, when the eldest sister comes back, I will definitely bring you a gift." Thinking that he couldn't take Caiyun and left her at home alone, Mu Xiang felt a little guilty.

Caiyun sensibly refused, "No, I don't want anything, I don't lack anything." ”

Mu Xiang didn't insist on saying anything, Caiyun would live better than her, it didn't matter, she chose for her sister when she turned around, it was the same.

After breakfast, Mu Xiang took Mu Lang on the road.

The road to the town, straight and big, is very safe, and the farmers are more enthusiastic. On the way, there was an uncle who was driving the car, and when he saw the two of them walking hand in hand, he kindly took them for a ride.

When he got out of the car, Mu Xiang paid ten cents in order to thank others, which was considered the car money. But the uncle who drove the car refused to accept it, saying that it was a stop, and there was no detour, so he still needed any car money. After saying that, he waved his whip and left.

Mu Xiang's heart is warm, and human nature has always been unkind. But there are so many people who take advantage of the kindness of others to do things that hurt nature and reason.

Half an hour later, Mu Xiang has not bought good things, she wants to buy some rice, but also wants to buy some spices, as for the stone mill, you can buy it at the mouth of the town, so as to save the back and forth transport, the style she is also optimistic, it is a small stone mill, it does not take up space anywhere, it is light and convenient to use, and it is enough for home use.

Mu Lang along the way, just stared at the stalls on both sides of the road, his eyes were almost straight, several times, if Mu Xiang hadn't reacted and pulled him away, this kid would probably have to stand by the stalls all the time!

Mu Xiang was worried that he would be hungry, so he took him to eat a bowl of wontons, although it was a vegetarian wonton, and the skin was not thin enough, but Mu Lang ate it deliciously, and a big bowl of wontons was eaten cleanly. After eating the wontons, Mu Xiang bought some more white cut sugar, took two pieces to him, wrapped the rest, put it in a basket, and prepared to take it home for Caiyun to eat.

Mu Lang looked at the candy in his hand, and hesitated: "Let's bring these to the second sister to eat, I have eaten wontons, but the second sister has not eaten them!" ”

"You eat, the eldest sister bought a lot, and there are a lot of them," Mu Xiang walked in the crowd with his arms around him, and the two younger brothers and sisters sensibly made her feel distressed. Thinking of Mu Lang's appearance of eating wontons and gobbling up ravioli just now, she said, "Didn't you eat enough just now?" ”

Mu Lang shook his head first, then nodded again. It's certain that he didn't eat, but he was also a lot satisfied to be able to eat a gram of ravioli.

Mu Xiang smiled softly and said, "Then when we go back, buy some pork belly, and go home to make dumplings to eat, just wrap leeks and pork, okay?" In fact, she wants to wrap coriander, but unfortunately the coriander has just emerged, and the weather is cold, and the growth is slow, so I am afraid that it will take two months to eat it!

The two walked along, and before they knew it, they were walking to the north of the town. Mu Xiang suddenly remembered that Jin Ju's future father-in-law, Fang Youcai, opened a small shop on this street, selling some groceries, mainly needles and threads, and some things commonly used at home, such as bamboo and flint.

In ancient times, there was a clear division of labor, there were special iron shops, selling ironware, there were also special cloth villages, firewood, rice, oil and salt, and there were also special shops, each line had its own rules, and it could not be like a modern supermarket, selling everything.

Mu Xiang relied on his memory to find the shop. She wanted to find out if he had any ingredients or spices to sell here, her family was lacking these things, and the general small shops did not sell all of them, like peppercorns, which were not used in ordinary restaurants, and they couldn't stand the taste, and as for cumin powder, it was rarely used.

The door plaque reads: Fangjia store

Mu Xiang pulled Mu Lang in, the small storefront was neatly placed, a young man was helping the guests get things, and there was a young man standing behind the counter, with a square face, about the same height as Wang Xi, not outstanding, but not bad.

He was settling accounts, because there were guys there, and he didn't need to come forward to greet ordinary guests, so he only settled accounts in autumn.

"I don't know what you want, girl, we have all the goods here, you can take a look," the young man greeted them warmly.

Mu Xiang really looked at it seriously, but she didn't see what she wanted, so she asked, "Do you have any spices for cooking here?" ”

"You said a lot of material, yes," the young man ran to the back of the counter where Fang Youcai was, and carried a big bamboo basket out.

This action disturbed Fang Youcai, and he looked up at the two people standing in the store, he didn't know Mu Xiang.

Mu Xiang was also bent on finding spices at this time, and when she saw the young man moving things out, she went up to see that there were only two kinds in the basket, cumin and star anise, which seemed to have been put for a long time, and they were all moldy.

The young man was very good at looking at people's faces, and seeing that she frowned slightly, he quickly explained: "The weather has been humid recently, and it will grow mold when you put it away, but you can buy it and wash it with water at home, and then dry it, it is the same, definitely not worse than fresh." ”

Mu Xiang still frowned, and it was difficult to agree with his statement, "Your spice is obviously put for too long, it will grow mold, the original fragrance is light, wash it again and dry it again, is it still called a spice?" Young man, business is not like this, good is good, bad is bad, you have to be sincere. She turned around and pulled Mu Lang away, the musty fragrance was given to her for free, and she didn't want it.

When Mu Xiang entered the door, the young man only treated her as an ordinary peasant girl, even if he wanted to buy spices that ordinary people did not eat, he would definitely not know the goods. These spices have indeed been left for too long, and the boss means to dispose of them as much as possible, so he will strongly recommend them. But I didn't expect that this girl knew so much, and she taught him the wrong way to do business.

Fang Youcai hurriedly walked out, glared at the young man with an ugly face, and hurriedly caught up with Mu Xiang and the two who had already stepped out of the gate, and stopped her, "Girl! ”

Mu Xiang stopped and turned around, and asked in a cold voice, "What are you asking me for?" Could it be that you still have better spices, or do you think it's easy to deceive because I'm young? "She hates being deceived the most, don't look at her usually in the village, facing Damei and them, always smiling. But in her bones, she belongs, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, otherwise no one will give face, Jin Ju hasn't married him yet! Moreover, he did not recognize himself.

Fang Youcai was choked by her for a while, I didn't know what to say, secretly, but wiped a sweat, this girl's mouth is really powerful, fortunately he chased it out, otherwise he would definitely offend her, in case he is a long-tongued person, his reputation will be ruined.

Thinking that the girl in front of him couldn't be offended, Fang Youcai's face showed a smile that belonged to a businessman again, "Girl, you are wrong, my guy didn't mean to cheat you, and the spices he moved out just now really wanted to sell them to you, but we didn't plan to sell them at the original price, and the price of the things handled will be much cheaper, don't you think about it?" ”

Seeing that he was sincere and reasonable, Mu Xiang's face softened, "I retracted what I just said, it's just ...... What I want is fresh spices, this kind of moldy, in fact, has deteriorated, the fragrance is gone, not to mention, in case of bad stomach, I have to pay for medicine, so this silver, I don't want to save, I can't save, I quit! She pulled Mu Lang into the crowd quickly, and soon disappeared.

The young man muttered a little complaining, "Boss, that girl seems to be here to find fault, it's not that we don't want to buy the goods, but when we buy the goods, who will we sell them to?" These goods were still imported in the month of last year, but they still didn't sell. ”

It is true that ordinary people do not buy spices, and large restaurants like Fushoulou have their own purchase channels, and even the most ordinary spices are much more upscale than the ones they enter. Therefore, no merchant is willing to buy spices.

Fang Youcai carried the burden and didn't say anything.

Coming out of the Fang family's store, Mu Lang observed her sister's expression from time to time, she thought that the eldest sister was angry, looking at the appearance of her quarreling with someone just now, it was really fierce.

Mu Xiang didn't notice that he had something to say at first, until he walked for a while, and the corner of his eye inadvertently saw his expression of wanting to speak and stopping, and his cold expression eased, "Do you think that the eldest sister is very fierce?" ”

"Well," Mu Lang nodded, "Eldest sister, don't quarrel with people in the future, I'm afraid they will beat you." ”

Mu Xiang couldn't help laughing, her eyebrows and eyes were crooked, and she looked at the young people passing by. She sighed, clenched Mu Lang's hand, and said seriously: "Mu Lang, you remember a sentence, people don't offend me, I don't offend people, if people offend me, I will offend people, do you understand this sentence?" ”

Mu Lang's head shook with a rattle, where would he understand, this is too profound.

"That is to say, there must be a limit to patience with people, for example, if someone wants to beat you, you can't stand still and let people beat you, right? If you didn't make a mistake, why did he hit you? If others treat you well, you can pay him back, and if others treat you badly, you naturally have to pay him back......" Mu Xiang explained to him while walking, Mu Lang's temperament is too generous, and he should be properly understood the good and evil of human nature, endure what should be endured, what should not be endured, there is no need to endure.

Mu Lang listened carefully and wrote them down one by one, he had a strong comprehension, and Mu Xiang said it again, and he wrote it down.

The two walked while talking, and unconsciously walked to the door of Fushou Building.

Near noon, Fushou Building was full of people, and people in and out were gorgeously dressed.

When Mu Xiang passed by, he only glanced at it casually, and felt that Fushou Lou seemed to be extremely busy today, and even the guys who were shuttling back and forth had a strict face, as if they were afraid of something going wrong.

This road is the most prosperous road in Linquan Town, the wide road surface, enough for three carriages to go side by side, it is said that such a wide road surface, even if the donkey cart passes, it will not lightly touch people, but on the contrary, there is a middle-aged man so unlucky, was hit by a very slow donkey cart, at this time he was lying in the middle of the road, holding his legs and wailing, as if it was really painful.

As soon as he shouted, the passers-by ran up to watch, some accused the donkey cart driver, and some shouted to report to the official, and everyone talked about it, each saying his own thing.

The Fushou Building is divided into two floors, the first floor is the hall, and the second floor is the private room, and the grade distinction is obvious. People who can enter the first floor to eat are either rich or expensive, and this private room on the second floor, it is said that only the big people in Beijing, the rich party, or those who are related to the imperial power can go up.

And today, the entire second floor was encircled, no matter how big the official was, no matter how much money he had, he was not allowed to approach, and at the staircase leading to the second floor, there were still guards with weapons in their hands, although they were wearing ordinary black clothes, but the cold momentum was enough to scare off those who were curious.

At this time, there were two people sitting in the private room facing the street on the second floor.