Chapter Twenty-Nine: Buying Household Belongings

There was nothing to do overnight, and the next day Shen Lan took breadfruit out to make breakfast, and the family was full, and then Shen's father offered to help Shen Lan buy some pots and pans.

Shen Lan didn't have a penny on her, so this money was naturally paid by Shen Xiaoquan, which made Shen Lan a little uncomfortable, but she did have no money, and there was no way to quickly make money, so she could only keep silent, and Shen Xiaoquan was in charge.

This is the first time Shen Lan has gone out to buy something, in fact, she has been here for so long, but she has stayed in two villages, one is Songjia Village, the other is Linchun Village, and she has never been to other places, so for her this is the first time to go out, Shen Lan is still slightly excited.

Out of the village, along the avenue to the west for almost five miles, you will arrive at a village, this village is larger than Songjia Village, in the village of Tongguò on both sides of the avenue on both sides of the shop, there are a few more shops, namely a blacksmith shop, a grocery store, a tea shop, a butcher shop and a cloth shop, these shops are for both purposes of opening shops and living in the house, generally behind the shop is the residence of the shopkeeper.

The first thing was to buy a pot, so Shen Xiaoquan went straight to the blacksmith shop, Shen Lan was just about to follow, but was pulled by Shen Zhao, but instead pulled her towards the grocery store, the grocery store has a relatively large façade, and when you walk in, it is a high counter, and you can't see what is sold inside, but there are also some things at the door and in the shop, mainly some clay pots, porcelain, bamboo, brooms, etc.

Shen Zhao took Shen Lan to the place where the clay pots and porcelain were placed, and focused on picking a few pickle jars, which house did not have pickle jars in this era, for housewives, this pickle jar was a sharp weapon in their hands.

"How much does this jar cost?" Shen Zhao asked the young man who was watching the store.

"The big one has two papers, and the small ones have two pieces." The young man replied.

Shen Zhao looked at the big vegetable jar, touched it carefully, and then looked at the small one, a large vegetable jar is almost two, but the small vegetable jar can pickle a few more varieties, so Shen Zhao is a little hesitant, you can't always eat the same dish, you will get bored after eating for a long time, although they are all pickles, but different varieties, the taste will naturally be different.

After thinking about it, Shen Zhao still decided to buy one big one and two small ones, so that he could pickle more pickles and not eat the same one all the time, so he said to the young man: "I want one big one and two small ones." ”

"Okay, auntie pick carefully, pick it well, I'll bring you water to see if it leaks." The young man replied with a smile, while he ran out, leaving Shen Lan and Shen Zhao to continue picking things.

Shen Zhao's carefully selected the old man for a long time, and finally picked three jars to come out, but in Shen Lan's eyes, these jars all look the same, she really didn't think it was worth picking for a long time, but who made her not the one who paid for it, so she could only wait, waiting for her own lady to choose slowly.

After picking the jar, Shen Zhao picked up another bowl next to him, and only then did he choose four large bowls and an earthen pot, and then put the things on the counter, and the young man had already brought out a bucket of water, so it turned out that he was going to carry water.

The water was taken out and placed in front of Shen Zhao's, and Shen Zhao's picked out pottery was soaked into the bucket, and the vegetable jar and earthen pot were put into the water, and there were no bubbles in the water, which means that the pottery picked by Shen Zhao's was not leaking, and it seems that Shen Zhao's picking up things still has a hand.

"Brother Song, how much do these things cost?" After testing the utensils, Shen Zhao asked with a smile.

"The vegetable jar is five Wen, four bowls are three Wen, and one earthen pot is two Wen, a total of ten Wen." The young man did the math before quoting the total.

"It's all old acquaintances, you can make me cheaper." Shen Zhao continued to smile on his face.

"Auntie is not the first time to come back to me to buy things, you also know that our store is the most sincere, it really can't be cheap, if you negotiate the price with me again, I will lose money." The young man also replied with a smile, with a kind face, and he was not unhappy because of Shen Zhao's bargaining.

"Ouch, my aunt didn't buy much, and she didn't take credit, so you should count me less." Shen Zhao continued to make persistent efforts.

"Auntie, you really can't be less, you are also a regular customer, you must know that the profit of our family's things is not high, no matter how cheap it is, it will not be cheaper, or I will spare you a rice noodle sieve." The young man was not the slightest impatient, but happily pointed to the rice noodle sieve hanging on the wall.

"Is that it?" Shen Lan took a sieve made of gauze, which is very suitable for sieving rice noodles, but Shen Lan didn't want to sift rice noodles, she wanted to make seafood noodles, and she forgot to make them last time in the Shen family, she planned to make some more, and try to see if she could sell them in the county.

The young man nodded and said, "Little sister-in-law, this is it." ”

Shen Lan took the sieve and looked at it carefully, and then looked at Shen Zhao's face with a look of longing, Shen Zhao was a little helpless, and couldn't help but ask angrily: "What do you want this thing for?" ”

Shen Lan put down the rice noodle sieve a little embarrassed, but there was a faint expectation on her face.

"Okay, let's go around your sieve, come back to me and buy it, and I'll give you a cheaper price." The young man immediately slapped the board, and his face was non-negotiable.

Seeing that others have made a decision, Shen Zhao can only pay for it, why can't her daughter live so much? Ask people for a broken sieve, there is no rice or wheat at home, what's the use of taking a sieve?

"Brother Song, I bought a lot of things, can I borrow a flat pole and basket and return it to you when I come back?" After Shen Zhao bought the things, he asked people to borrow baskets to use, mainly because they were in a hurry to go out in the morning, and Shen Lan, who had just separated from the family, did not have a basket at home.

"Okay, my sister-in-law is from my family, just bring it when I come back." When the young man saw that the business was done, he naturally spoke well.

Shen Lan looked dazed, could it be that the other party still knew her? With doubts, he put the things he bought into the basket borrowed by Shen Zhao, and asked Shen Zhao when he went out: "Mother, do I know this person?" ”

Shen Zhao held her forehead, her daughter had amnesia, and naturally she didn't remember many things, so she opened her mouth to explain: "This shop is opened by your Song family, and it's not wrong for him to call your sister-in-law." ”

Hearing this, Shen Lan nodded, at this time Shen Zhao began to popularize knowledge for her, it turned out that this village was called Songjiapu, Songjiapu is related to Songjiapu as the name suggests, the Songjia Village where Shen Lan lives is the ancestral house of the Song family, mainly the eldest grandson of the long house can live in this village, on the contrary, the people who went out after the family went to Songjiapu, of course, there are people with other surnames who live in Songjiapu, but there are more people with the surname Song in Songjiapu.

Speaking of which, the Song family is also a big family in this area, and the ancestors have also produced officials, of course, the Shen family is not bad, but the Shen family has never produced officials, and it is weaker in this regard.

Although Song Wenxiang's family does not study, as long as the children of the Song family can afford it, almost all of them will go to school, so most of the heirs of the Song family are people who have read, but unfortunately they have not had good luck in the exam, and they have never been an official so far, and at most they have been admitted to Xiucai.

Saying that, Shen's mother and Shen Lan returned to the blacksmith shop, and Shen's father bought a pot here, a kitchen knife, a sickle, a few hoes, and a pair of tongs.

put the things into the basket borrowed by Shen Zhao, Shen's father carried it with a flat pole, and then took the mother and daughter back, but when passing by the butcher shop, Shen's father also rubbed over and asked someone for a piece of meat skin, and he didn't know what to do.

After Shen's father picked the things back and put them down, he installed the iron pot and washed it again, before letting Shen Lan burn a fire, and then took out a small piece of meat skin, wiped the new pot, and cleaned it again, and then said that he wanted to go back, but left Shen Zhao and Shen Hailing behind, originally Shen Zhao himself was going to stay to take care of Shen Lan, as for leaving Shen Hailing temporarily, the main reason is that after all, there were people who died in this house, and leaving a man to suppress the evil spirit, so Shen's father also left Shen Hailing.

Seeing that Shen's father was going back, Shen Lan secretly baked a lot of breadfruit, took it out for Shen's father to take back, and gave it to a few younger sisters to taste, Shen's father did not shirk, he simply put the breadfruit that Shen Lan took out into the basket and covered it with a cloth, and then went back with the basket.

Leaving the mother and son, after Shen's father left, Shen's mother took a sickle and pulled Shen Hailing to cut firewood, after all, Shen Lan's new home has nothing, so she can't always borrow from others, and it is not difficult to borrow and borrow again, so Shen's mother plans to take her son to help Shen Lan cut enough firewood, of course, Shen Lan also went to the mountains with her, but she went to dig wild vegetables, after all, everyone knows that her family has no surplus food, and she can't go without eating for a few days, people will be suspicious, so Shen Lan has to take a basket to pretend to dig wild vegetables, It's not a pretense, after all, she still has to dig up wild vegetables and go back.

Before going out, Shen Zhao took out the lock that Shen Xiaoquan had bought before, locked the door, and then handed the key to Shen Lan for safekeeping, after all, this home belongs to Shen Lan, and this key should naturally be kept by Shen Lan.

When she went up the mountain, Shen's mother concentrated on cutting firewood and grass, while Shen Hailing relied on her youth and agility to find some small trees that were not very strong, and directly stepped on them to crush them, mainly because Shen Lan's family didn't even have a firewood knife, and Shen Hailing didn't have tools to chop firewood.

Shen Lan carried the basket, took the newly bought kitchen knife and came out to pick wild vegetables, there are still a lot of wild vegetables at this time, spring is the season of recovery of all things, most of the plants have taken root and sprouted, Shen Lan also knows some wild vegetables, it was fashionable to eat wild vegetables in her time, how could she not have seen and eaten wild vegetables?

As far as she knows, the wild vegetables include dandelions, wolfberry heads, maran heads, chrysanthemums, etc., and purslane has been on TV stations and has done programs.

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