As soon as the star fruit walked out of the door, I saw a kite dressed as Zhang Yao, sitting on a stone tonzi at the door, waiting, the posture was disguised to be very loyal, not bewitching at all.

Star fruit changed her mind instantly, immediately returned to the store, and with the help of Liu Mingxuan, took out the three sacks and embroidery.

"Brother Zhang, please take these things to the carriage first, Aunt Lu and I still want to go shopping and then go back, is it okay?" Carambola made herself very decent and polite, in fact, she didn't like it when she went shopping, and the kite fluttered behind her.

"Okay." The kite agreed very happily, as if he hadn't seen through the careful thinking of the star fruit, thought for a while, and took out a small ingot of silver from his waist and handed it to the star fruit. "This is what my son-in-law gave you, saying that you paid back his extra silver, a total of three taels."

Carambola glanced at the kite with some surprise, not that she thought it was a little strange that the kite really only charged her seventeen taels of silver, anyway, the kite looked very rich, and she wouldn't care. She was amazed by the carefulness of the kite, saying that she was going shopping, and what she needed most at the moment was, of course, silver!

Star fruit and Aunt Liu, Aunt Lu, originally wanted to buy some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, but found that they couldn't find a place, and they used to use these things, and the old Xia family found a way to get them in the village and sell them to everyone, because their village was too far away from the town, and even the merchants refused to go.

Aunt Lu thought that there was a limited space in the carriage, and even if she bought it, she couldn't transport it back to the village for the time being, and she didn't think about it in advance, so she didn't bring anything from home, so she had to put it down temporarily.

Before coming out, Aunt Lu and Aunt Liu promised to bring delicious food back to the children, so they bought some candy for each of them, which they used to buy only for the children during the Chinese New Year, and they didn't dare to buy more, because Lao Xia's family sold it too expensive.

Aunt Liu also specially picked some lighter flavors. said that he would go back to Grandma Liu to eat, because the old man didn't like it too sweet.

Star fruit thought about it and bought a pack, although she was not very interested in this, but thinking about her grandmother and Pei Yifan, maybe she might not be willing to buy it during the New Year. At most, grandma only bought one or two points for Pei Yifan to eat.

Unconsciously, the three of them walked to the place where they bought pork last time, and the family really set up a stall outside the shop on weekdays. Carambola and Aunt Liu, Aunt Lu, did the same, each bought half a catty of pork, and asked for half a sack of pigs to go into the water, but fortunately, the family kills pigs on weekdays, and there are a lot of shabby baskets and sacks that they don't want, and they are not stingy to give them away.

"Girl, what do you want this stinky thing for?" The sound of a kite came from behind him. Starfruit was taken aback.

Carambola took advantage of Aunt Lu and Aunt Liu's inattention and glared at the kite fiercely. In fact, she also knew in her heart that because of what happened on the road just now, the kite was more worried about her safety, and followed behind to protect her, but could she not do it so obviously? Although he pretended to be Zhang Yao, didn't he know that Zhang Yao usually didn't like to talk? Even if she took the pig into the water and put it in the car, she just frowned.

"Brother Zhang. Please, help us get these back to the wagon, and we'll have to go back on a walk. Carambola decided to chase away the kite anyway. Otherwise, he couldn't help but be curious and ask a few more questions, Aunt Lu and Aunt Liu would definitely wonder how this person became so nosy.

The kite was obedient, and immediately felt that he was in too much control, and took the pig water and three small packets of candy handed over by the star fruit, although his face inevitably showed disgust. But still very reluctantly took it.

Star fruit and they continued to shop with great interest, and with the pig in the water, of course, it should be accompanied by some dried peppers and the like, and then see what other vegetables there were.

During this time, star fruit was discovered. Although every household in the village, including Lao Xia's family, grows their own vegetables to eat, there are only so many kinds, which are basically leeks, celery, cucumbers, cabbage, and potatoes and radishes that are easy to store. Although the small vegetable garden in front of my grandmother's yard was not very large, except for the potatoes that were grown in the mountains in the field, there were only leeks, celery, cabbage and cucumbers. Although it is enough to eat at this time, it is inevitably monotonous, and it is not easy to store, and when the weather is a little cold, only cabbage, potatoes and radishes are left to eat, and then pickles.

The vegetables sold in the town are quite complete, including peppers, loofahs, beans, eggplants, etc., as well as bitter gourds, but there are no tomatoes and star fruit's favorite chrysanthemum.

Star fruit is dizzy! It is said that although this tomato may have been introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, it was used for ornamental purposes, and it was only during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty that people began to eat it. Even though there are potatoes, peppers and bitter gourds in this empty place, it is understandable that no one eats tomatoes.

But chrysanthemum, which she loves to eat, chrysanthemum, known as the "emperor's dish", is said to have been eaten by someone a long time ago, but there is no one in this place? Of course, thinking about Aunt Lu, they don't even know wild vegetables, but anything can happen.

It just feels so sad! Carambola was speechless. Could it be that in the years to come, she can only miss her "garlic chrysanthemum" in her fantasy?

Aunt Lu and Aunt Liu saw that the carambola mouth was deflated, and they seemed to be a little angry and a little aggrieved, they didn't know that the carambola was so good, but suddenly what was wrong.

"Peach, isn't there anything wrong with you?" Aunt Lu asked with concern.

"Yes, Momoko, if you're tired, let's go back." Aunt Liu packed the dried chili peppers and green chili peppers she bought, and also asked.

"It's okay auntie." Carambola hurriedly smiled, knowing that although Aunt Liu said so, she still wanted to go shopping again, after all, it was not so easy to come to town. "Let's take another look, we may not have time next time!"

Aunt Lu looked at the star fruit very carefully, and found that although the star fruit looked a little aggrieved just now, her face was still very normal, so she was relieved and nodded. And I was very self-righteous and felt that the star fruit might be homesick, so I couldn't help but pat the star fruit gently.

"Shopkeeper, I have something I want you to help me with." Star fruit suddenly remembered the purpose of her trip, saying that she only cared about thinking about garlic chrysanthemum, and she hadn't done anything yet!

"Little girl, what's the matter with you, just say it!" The shopkeeper is also kind.

"Is that the way it is, are all the vegetables you sell here grown by your own family?" Carambola then asked.

"Of course I grow my own." The shopkeeper's answer. "My brother and I are both in the village south of this town, and there are several plots of land to grow vegetables, which are picked and sold to ensure freshness."

After asking the star fruit, I also feel that I asked a little redundant, this era of transportation is not developed, it is estimated that few people from other places into the dish to sell, that is, into the dish, but also as close as possible, always not everyone is like the emperor, eat the "tribute rice" from all over the place.

Just listening to the shopkeeper say this, she was a little apprehensive, seeing that although this vegetable stall is not too small, but people may point to selling vegetables to support their families, will they agree to her request?

"It's such a shopkeeper, I want to wait for the autumn, to buy you some beans, eggplant, bitter gourd and loofah seeds, our village is far from here, it takes almost a day to go back and forth, and it is too troublesome to eat some fresh vegetables." Star fruit also had to decide to give it a try and try to be as honest as possible. "My grandmother is old and her legs are not very neat, so I want to grow some vegetables for her next year."

"Oh, that's right!" The shopkeeper was a little hesitant. "Which village are you from?"

"Our village is called Lushui Village, there are only dozens of families, in the far away mountains, everyone does not come to the town, even us, we can only come once in half a month and 20 days." Aunt Liu, I can see that the shopkeeper has some concerns, this is originally a small business, if there is another peer, it will be even more difficult to do, and the name of this "Green Water Village" has just started, and no one knows yet. It is estimated that when the shopkeeper hears it, it is an unfamiliar place.

The shopkeeper listened, it was really a village that he had never heard of, he thought about it again, looked at the star fruit, Aunt Liu and Aunt Lu, to say that people also want to sell vegetables and get some seeds, where to go, why do you want to find him!

"Okay, when the autumn comes, I'll prepare it for you, you just have to bring it." The shopkeeper finally nodded. "I set up a stall in this place every day, it's easy to find.

"Great, Xiexie, your uncle." Star fruit said, and began to think about her garlic chrysanthemum again. "Uncle, don't you have chrysanthemums here?"

"Chrysanthemum?" The shopkeeper paused for a moment and thought about it very seriously. "Is it mugwort during the Dragon Boat Festival? Who eats that thing! ”

Star fruit was disappointed again, how could there be no chrysanthemum in this place? It's not scientific!

But think about it, even the "Piaoxiang Building", which is said to be the largest restaurant in Mizhen, does not have chrysanthemum to make dishes, although she thinks this can be had, but it is estimated that there is really no such thing!

"By the way, uncle, you sell vegetables here at this time, what do you sell in winter?" Star fruit's eyes, glancing at the dried chili peppers. Anyway, since there are dried chili peppers in this place, there should also be other dried vegetables!

"I don't sell vegetables in the winter! After all, potatoes, cabbage, and radishes are generally available to all households, and although those large households also eat them, they eat less and sell more. Those who have horse-drawn carts will bring back some other vegetables from the south, although they are not very fresh and expensive, but after all, there are still many people who like to eat them, but our family does not have the ability, so we will rest at that time. When the shopkeeper said this, a smile appeared on his originally sad face. But it's not bad that the family can be happy together. ”

Carambola also smiled, this is obviously a middle-aged uncle, but he understands life quite well.

"Uncle, if you have a lot of vegetables in your family, and you can't sell them all and eat them, you can actually dry them and sell them in winter." Star fruit said. "Beans can be shredded and dried, and green chili peppers can also be used, but they are too spicy for your hands to stand it. There are also eggplants, which can be sliced raw and dried, or steamed and dried in strips, and in winter, they are all delicious, don't believe it, you can try it. ”

"Really?" The shopkeeper's face was beaming with joy. "We used to have more than one in our family, and those who can pickle vegetables will pickle them, keep them for themselves to eat, and I will definitely try them this year."

Star fruit nodded, and said, she really misses these dried vegetables that she ate at her grandmother's house when she was a child, and when she grows vegetables, she will also get some to eat. (To be continued......)

PS: Chinese New Year's Eve, I wish you a happy Spring Festival!