When the girl came out, Zhou Gong turned his head and ran away in fright, and he no longer cared about discussing the situation in the world and the major affairs of the court. Wen Cheng couldn't run, so he had to bite the bullet and accompany Chen to buy cloth.

Ning Niangzi helped Wen Cheng take care of Xiao Feng Xiaoyu at home, Wen Cheng was in the front, and Chen was in the back to go out...... That Chen said that he didn't go ahead of Wen Cheng when he said anything, thinking that he didn't respect his husband.

When he went out of the inner door, the beggar was boredly playing with his fingers around the copper coin, Wen Cheng naturally turned a blind eye and went straight past him; The beggar didn't squeak either.

Obviously, Chen rarely comes out to catch the market, and everything he sees is novel.

Passing by the melon seller, ask if it is sweet, pat it, look knowledgeable, shake his head, and leave; When I met someone who sold a comb for a copper mirror, I took a picture and held my mouth, thinking that the polishing of the copper mirror was not bright enough. The anxious vendor swore that his bronze mirror in Han'an County was indeed not the best, but it was enough for ordinary people to use it for family heirlooms. Chen carefully examined whether the comb was made of saponaria wood, and thought that the ironwood one was in better condition than the horn comb; The hairpin of Qingoka wood is not suitable for young women to wear, and the copper hairpin is not the latest style...... After tossing two teas, the vendor had already sold three flowers and two wooden hairpins, and then walked away step by step.

Passing by the ...... selling mountain goods If it weren't for Wen Chengla's timeliness, I really don't know which of the hedgehogs and the Chen family would suffer today.

Step by step, I arrived at Zhao's silk shop...... Finally rubbed to the ground.

When I went into the store, there were not many people. The shopkeeper Zhao is receiving a fat woman of 100 catties (note: kg)...... Seeing Wen Cheng bring the Zhao family in, he left the mother-in-law and greeted the general, and said, "Lord Wen! Rare guests, today's adult Mu Xiuye? ”

Wen Cheng said a few perfunctory words, and the shopkeeper Zhao seemed to have smeared fish maw glue, and leaned close to him and whispered: "Master Wen, the Xiao family in your back alley, is it still stable recently?" ”

Wen Cheng was a little surprised, that Xiao's family, the famous "live spicy" in Wuli and Eight Alleys, and some places are also called "octagonal ding" and "foreign spicy". If she blocks someone's door, whose rats and cockroaches have to flee in a hurry and move immediately, she doesn't care about looking at the time and checking the yellow calendar...... The loud trumpet, the modulated tone, and the twelve hours of exhaustion and bombardment, few creatures could stand it. Known as "Mrs. Qingdao" - as soon as she came out, she cleaned the streets more thoroughly than when the county went out to inspect.

This "Qingdao lady" does not come to trouble Zhao's shopkeeper, it is already a good choice for Zhao's shopkeeper's ancestral grave - hey, I haven't heard of the "Qingdao lady" who has hooked up with anyone in the past!

Wen Cheng shook his head and replied: I have not heard of any war recently.

The shopkeeper Zhao beat his chest, stretched out his right palm, clenched his left hand into a fist, and smashed it fiercely: "It's a loss!" What a loss! What a loss! Wen Chengqi: "Why did Shopkeeper Zhao say this? ”

The shopkeeper Zhao looked pained: "A few days ago, the Xiao family came to my shop and pulled seven feet of cotton cloth. At that time I was only focused on his breast...... fierce appearance; The Xiao family is pinching around, buying fine linen for a while, and pulling silk cloth for a while...... Alas! Presumably, I was stupid for a while, and I pulled two feet more with her...... Or is it three feet more? If she was missing half an inch of cloth, with her heart, wouldn't she have come to the door long ago? At the lowest, you have to be at home, and you can scold it for three hours before resting! ”

Seeing that the shopkeeper Zhao looked remorseful, Wen Chengzhen was worried about the shopkeeper Zhao, whether his careful liver would shrink.

Should! Who asked you to put up a wooden sign on the counter with the words "Leave the counter and don't recognize"? Wen Cheng likes to see this kind of shop, "leaving the counter is not responsible" is unlucky...... The thief is cool.

After Chen's careful selection, he finally picked out a few feet of fine linen, paid the copper money, and carried Chen out of the door.

When he arrived on the street, Chen lowered his voice and said, "This shopkeeper Zhao...... Bad! The woman who went to his silk shop, if there was no male guest to accompany her, then, that Zhao shopkeeper, would definitely stare up and down with squinting eyes...... I've heard that there are occasional moves......"

Wen Cheng disagreed: "Then change the family, why bother to come here to suffer that pickled gas!"

Chen Shi responded: "This Zhao family's shop, the cloth is newer and better than other stores. The shopkeeper Zhao will put on some scraps of cloth and collect a few pennies less; Therefore, his business is naturally a little better than others......"

- There's no way, Zhou Yu and Huang Gai's affairs, whoever participates is stubborn, and people are willing.

Speaking of Zhou Yu, I don't know where the handsome pot is in this year? Hey, what are we worried about Zhou Dashuai's pot, people have been rich and noble for generations, and we are worried about eating tribute rice and eating lobster for others who drink brown rice porridge; They are grass-eaters, and others are meat eaters...... It's really idle.

Speaking of meat, I just happened to pass by the "Zhang's butcher shop".

Most of other people's butcher shops are open in Dongshi, but this Zhang's butcher shop is open on Hengjie. Kong Erlengzi special stove and county temple stove are all supplied by this Zhang's butcher shop; Even in Wanchang Township, a hundred miles away, there is a butcher's shop, and its business is really not small. Many people think it's easy to be a butcher, but in fact...... Blunder!

Those who can be butchers are not afraid of village tyrants and rangers when they go to the countryside to collect pigs, and they are not afraid of city foxes and rats in the city. Able to pay tax officials and miscellaneous labor, and make friends with brothels and liquor stores.

It is not easy to go to the countryside to collect pigs: farmers naturally want to weigh a few catties more, and on the day they agree to sell pigs, they must take out the concentrate that they are usually reluctant to use and feed the pigs desperately; And on that day, the butcher must have procrastinated, hoping that the pig would eat and excrete more. Of course, the farmers have a countermeasure: send a child to play at the intersection, and see the butcher arrive at the entrance of the village from afar, so he hurries home and asks his father and mother to feed him again. The butcher is not stupid, with the empty core of the scale rod and the "thunder splitting weigh" with the iron bar inside, the iron bar moves, and the catties are naturally self-interested.

This trick is used too much, and the peasant no longer believes in the butcher's claim; Whoever sells pigs borrows the name of his neighbor's house; The butcher also came up with a new trick: one day in advance, he asked the little guy to hide the "thunder splitting name" in the neighbors of the farmers, and promised bribes - at that time, dozens of households in a li, there may not be a big name, whoever has this thing, the butcher has already touched the door.

Of course, if the farmer who sells the pig is friendly with his neighbors, this trick will not be used, and he can only prepare the scales to move his hands and feet, and the camera will act when the time comes.

Buying and selling, fighting wits and courage for thousands of years, has really contributed to improving the IQ of our people. As the saying goes, "You have a good plan, I have a ladder", the heavenly kingdom is full of scheming, which is breathtaking......

When I entered the butcher's shop, the red and white ones were dazzling and spoiled the poor children. Beef, mutton, dog meat, and pork are all attractive; The rich and the rich like cattle and sheep, while the poor eat pigs and dogs.

Chen cut two catties of lean meat, without it, cheap. The most expensive pork is pork belly, and the rich and noble people occasionally buy this cheap meat, and most of them cut the pork belly...... If you don't believe it, go and ask Jiang Menshen, the meat that was sent into the mansion of the Duke of the Cultivation Sect is the five flowers...... Lu Zhishen's rough goods can testify.

Wen Cheng saw that on the board, a lot of lard was thrown at random, including lard and lard, of which net oil was cheaper, so he asked the guy to cut a few catties; made the butcher hurriedly stuff Wen Cheng with two catties of oil, and secretly wondered in his heart: Although this Lord Wen is not a rich family, he is not a poor family, so he is also a decent person...... Isn't that the case?

Wen Cheng didn't say much, seeing that he couldn't put it off, he thanked him, and Chen followed behind him with a pork lard tied with a straw rope in one hand and a cloth roll in the other...... The Chen family will not let Wen Cheng mention anything, which will make the Chen family feel that he has lost the face of his husband......

Alas, what a good traditional culture, why do you lose it?

The two followed back and forth, and went home together.