In the county seat of Changli County, Yongping Prefecture.

Liu Jin took Zhao Erhu to walk very leisurely in this small county, the county seat is very small, only a few streets, and it only takes less than half an hour to walk around.

Although the county seat is small, it is very lively, with a lot of people, coming and going, and all kinds of shouting and shouting one after another.

"It's quite lively, just like the New Year."

Liu Jin looked at the lively scene in front of him, there were scholars wearing robes and holding fans, looking like a first-class scholar with his nostrils facing the sky; There were poor people in tattered clothes, carrying firewood or some dry goods and the like from the countryside; There are also small merchants who carry loads of goods and shout loudly to do business, operators of specialty snacks, and so on.

Such a scene is very rare to see in later generations, and in Liu Jin's memory, such a scene can only be seen during the New Year in the countryside, and with the development and progress of the times, such lively scenes are becoming more and more rare.

Although it is a lot, much worse than that of later generations, Liu Jin feels that this place seems to have more of a shopping taste, and people can't help but take a closer look at everything here.

"It's very lively, I haven't been to the county seat for many years."

Zhao Erhu touched his head, his eyes kept looking at it, as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden, and when she saw some food sellers, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"Dumplings, delicious pork dumplings~"

Hearing the sound of pork dumplings, Zhao Erhu couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and at the same time, his eyes were staring at a small stall.

"Let's go, eat something~"

Liu Jin naturally noticed Zhao Erhu's slanderous appearance, smiled and walked towards the dumpling stall.

"This son, what should you eat?"

The owner of the dumpling stall is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his 40s, and when he sees the business coming to the door, he also quickly wipes down the stools and tables.

"What do you have here?"

Liu Jin looked at the stall carefully, next to a shed built up by a wall, several sets of seats, next to the stove for cooking food, at this time the stove was burning very strongly, the pot should be boiled pig skull and something like that, exuding bursts of meat aroma, with the soup tumbling can also see some bones and small minced meat.

"The best noodle soup and the best pork dumplings are all freshly made and guaranteed to be delicious."

The boss looked at Liu Jin and saw that Liu Jin was dressed as a scholar, although he was dressed in general, but the money for a meal was still available to the reader, so he also introduced it.

"Then give us two bowls of dumplings."

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu's appearance, smiled and said.

"Okay, two bowls of dumplings, please wait, come right away."

When the boss heard this, he immediately shouted happily, and then began to roll out the dough and make dumplings, very skillfully and very quickly, in less than 10 minutes, two large thick bowls were filled with dumplings and soup served together.

"Two bowls of dumplings are here, please use them slowly~"

Liu Jin picked up the soup spoon and chopsticks, and he was not in a hurry to eat, but looked carefully, the dumplings were very large, compared with the most common Shaxian dumplings in later generations, they were almost as big as two dumplings in later generations, and they were also more densely wrapped.

Liu Jin counted carefully, there were 20 dumplings in this big bowl, and the number was also large, but he didn't know how much the price was.

Gently pick up a dumpling, blow it slightly cool, bite it slowly, and suddenly a fresh sweetness and fragrance come, the pork is accompanied by Chinese cabbage, plus some green onions, the taste is very perfect together.

"These dumplings are delicious~"

Liu Jin couldn't help but praise.

Compared with the dumplings of later generations, although there are not so many seasonings in this era, the ingredients are very real, the ingredients are also very fresh, the soup is also made of big bones, and the boss has been making dumplings for many years.

The dumplings of later generations, although they bear the name of dumplings, often cut corners, and the meat used does not know what kind of meat it is, and the soup is also clear water soup, and the dumplings have no taste at all.

"Thank you, Childe, for the compliment, it's delicious, and you remember to come often in the future."

Hearing Liu Jin's words, the boss, who had no business and was idle, also said with a smile on his face.

"Wow~It's delicious~"

At this time, Zhao Erhu on the side drank the last bit of soup in the bowl and couldn't help but say.

"You're too fast, aren't you?"

Liu Jin looked at Zhao Erhu's bowl, and then looked at his own bowl, he only ate a dumpling here, Zhao Erhu had already eaten all the bowls, and at this time, he was not full, and looked at the dumplings in Liu Jin's bowl.

"I haven't eaten any delicious dumplings yet, so I'm eating a little faster."

Zhao Erhu said with a smile.

"Boss, bring him another bowl."

"You eat slowly, no one will rob you."

Liu Jin couldn't help but smile and shook his head and said.

"Okay, a bowl of dumplings, I'll be here right away."

The boss saw that there was business here, and he was also happy to get busy, as for Zhao Erhu, when he heard it, there was still a bowl to eat, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva again, it was good to follow Brother Jin, and you could eat two bowls of dumplings.

Liu Jin ate very slowly, and when Zhao Erhu finished the second bowl, Liu Jin still had a few dumplings left to eat, which was very sufficient, and Liu Jin's body also had little appetite, so he couldn't eat it.

"Eat mine."

Liu Jin moved the bowl to Zhao Erhu's side, then turned to the boss and said, "Boss, check out." ”

"This son, three bowls of dumplings, one bowl of dumplings 10 yuan, a total of 30 yuan."

As soon as he heard Liu Jin settle the bill, the boss immediately came over with a smile.

Liu Jin took out a bit of broken silver from his arms and put it on the table.

The boss took the broken silver, looked at it carefully, then bit it with his teeth, and soon a smile appeared on his face, the silver was in very good condition, and then took out a very small scale, and weighed it carefully.

"Childe, your broken silver is worth about 100 Wen, and I'll find you 70 Wen."

Soon, the boss put away the broken silver, took out another hanging of money, counted out 30 texts, and strung the remaining 70 texts together and put them in front of Liu Jin.

"Hmm~"

Liu Jin didn't count it, and put away the copper coin.

"You can eat such dumplings for 10 yuan, it's really cheap, if you want to eat such dumplings in the future, you can't eat it without 20 yuan in a bowl."

In his mind, Liu Jin couldn't help but make a comparison, and I have to say that the price level in this era is still very low.

"Gone~"

Seeing Zhao Erhu finish drinking the last bit of soup, Liu Jin also got up and prepared to go shopping again.

"Childe walks slowly~"

When the boss saw Liu Jin and Zhao Erhu leaving, he also smiled and sent them off.

At this time, the weather was already relatively cold, and after eating a bowl of hot dumplings, the whole person also felt a lot more comfortable, walking on the streets of the small county town, Liu Jin couldn't help but start to look around and ask.

"Boss, how do you sell these eggs and chickens?"

"Childe, a chicken costs 15 cents, and an egg costs two cents."

"How cheap?"

As soon as he heard this price, Liu Jin couldn't help but say secretly, I remember the TV sets I had watched, and I used silver to buy things, but I didn't expect to buy a big rooster weighing a few catties for only 15 Wen.

Looking back now, the dumplings I just ate don't seem to be cheap at all, a bowl costs 10 yuan, and 3 bowls are two big roosters.

"Boss, how do you sell this firewood?"

"Childe, you really have an eye, my wood has been dried very dry, it is a good and strong cypress, and the weight is definitely more than 100 catties, only 50 Wen."

Liu Jin looked at it casually all the way, and when he encountered something he was interested in, he also stepped forward to ask the price, in general, in this self-sufficient small-scale peasant economic society, the price level is very low.

A fine cotton cloth is only less than 200 yuan, the high-quality polished rice from Jiangnan only needs 2 yuan a catty, and the best cotton only needs 25 yuan a catty.

Everything is very cheap, of course, it can't be said to be cheap, at this time, because there has been no large-scale inflow of silver in the Americas, everyone uses copper coins in daily life, and the price level is much lower than that in the late Ming Dynasty.

When it was time to conceal it, there was a large-scale inflow of silver, and silver slowly replaced copper coins and gradually became the mainstream currency, and the price level was relatively high.

"Brother Jin, there is a place to sell meat in front."

Walking and walking, Zhao Erhu looked at the meat stalls in front of him, and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and said to Liu Jin.

"Let's go, go over and have a look."

When Liu Jin heard this, he also nodded and walked over.

The place where meat is sold in a county is very small, and there are very few people who sell meat, only a few stalls, one sells mutton, two sell pork, and there is no place to buy beef at all, because in this era, the status of cattle can be said to be higher than that of people, and they are protected by law, and they cannot be slaughtered, unless they are cattle that have died of old age or disease, they are absolutely not allowed to slaughter cattle.

"This son, do you want to buy meat?"

Liu Jin came to a pork stall, and the owner who killed the pig looked at Liu Jin's appearance, and hurriedly asked with a smile, while sharpening his knife, he said: "My pork is all good pigs, you see this fat meat, it is a finger thick." ”

Liu Jin looked at the pork on the board, this pig is indeed very fat, and this butcher also puts out the fattest place, Liu Jin then remembered that in the era when it was difficult to eat meat, the most popular was fatty meat, as for lean meat, bones, elbows and other things, it was the most undesirable.

So when this butcher saw that there was a business, the first thing he introduced was fatty meat, if in later life, this fat meat is the most undesirable thing, but everyone's favorite is pork ribs, lean meat, elbows, just the opposite.

"How much is a pound?"

Liu Jin smiled and asked, but he agreed to Zhao Erhu to invite him to eat braised pork.

"Fat meat is 12 wen a catty, lean meat is 9 wen a catty, how much do you want?"

The butcher said with a smile.

"Cut me 5 catties of fat, and cut me a few more ribs~"