Chapter 15: The Joy of Shopping (Revised)
"Fourth brother, let's go, do we still have to go shopping?" An Muyan felt that there was not enough time, and there were still many things to buy, so he hurriedly reminded his fourth brother.
"Brother Yan, Brother Feiran, I still have some things to do, so I'll leave first." An Zhengquan clasped his fists with both hands and made a gesture to the two!
"It's okay, Brother Huaijin, please take care of yourself." The two also returned the salute.
Watch the two walk out of the alley. Huang Feiran and Lin Yanzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Lin Yanzhi sighed: "Could it be that the women in the countryside are so powerful. This is really different from the ladies in the imperial capital! ”
"Are you stupid? Except for An Huaijin's sister, who looks at us is not shy and timid. Huang Feiran looked at Lin Yanzhi like a fool.
Don't you see that the girls and ladies on the street are all looking at themselves with reddish faces? What a nerd.
"Fourth brother, were those two from the same academy as you just now?" An Muyan was a little curious.
"No, they're from Pingshun Academy." An Zhengquan explained.
An Muyan glanced at him when he heard this, it seems that his fourth brother is quite famous, and when he saw that the two of them were powerful people, he didn't expect to be able to remember the fourth brother!
"Let's go, let's go back after buying good things, so that the third grandfather can't wait." Anzheng Quandao.
As soon as he walked for a while, An Muyan couldn't walk when he saw the white pork. The braised pork, the back pot meat, and the boiled pork slices ...... came to mind, and my saliva was about to flow out when I thought about it.
An Muyan sucked his saliva, and then pulled the corner of An Zhengquan's clothes.
"Fourth brother, I want to buy pork." An Zhengquan turned around and saw his little sister looking at him with a pair of dark eyes.
"Buy... Buy it! An Zhengquan didn't dare to say that he wouldn't buy it, because he was afraid that his little sister would kill him with a fist!
An Muyan got his brother's "approval" and looked at the owner of the pork stall with a smile.
Pointing to the pork belly hanging on the iron hook, he asked, "Boss, how do you sell this meat?" "The meat quality of this ancient is very good, not like the modern meat.
When the boss saw that the business was coming, he immediately said: "This fifteen wen a catty, with pigskin." ”
"Bao'er, this meat is not too fatty. It's better to buy a little fatter. An Zhengquan glanced at the pork belly and said.
"It's okay to buy more." An Muyan didn't care. However, she knew that most of the ancient peasants could only eat one or two meals of meat a year, so they naturally chose a relatively large amount of oil and water.
"How do you sell this fat and pork ribs?" An Muyan pointed to two other things on the stall.
"Fat meat is 17 wen a catty, ribs are not expensive, 8 wen a catty." At this time, most of the people were willing to take money to buy meat, so there was nothing to throw away.
These ribs are much cheaper because half of them are bones. However, An Muyan's favorite food before the end of the world was pork ribs. Ribs of all flavors are her favorite.
Then he pointed to the big bones in the basket: "Then how do you sell these?" ”
"We don't sell this, no one buys bones" head to eat. "This big bone, one is several pounds, and you can't eat it when you buy it, so no one wants to buy it.
The meat seller generally shaves off the meat on it, and then takes the bones home for the dog to eat, raise a few more, and sell dog meat on the winter solstice.
An Muyan raised his eyebrows when he heard this, no one bought such a big bone.
"Boss, I buy five catties of fatty meat, two catties of pork belly and one catty of pork ribs. Can you give me these bones? "Nobody wants it, she wants it. The bone marrow inside is fragrant!
The boss smiled when he heard this, and happily agreed. Big family, these bones are not worth much, and it doesn't hurt to give her one.
"Okay."
Then the meat was cut neatly and weighed well. And wrap all the bones.
An Muyan counted, five big bones!
I was afraid that An Muyan wouldn't be able to open it, so I asked her if she could cut it with help.
An Muyan replied while loading the meat: "No, how much silver is there?" ”
"It's a total of one dollar and twenty-three yuan, and I will wipe you with zero, and I will charge you one dollar and twenty yuan." The boss wiped his hands with a rag.
An Muyan quickly took out the money.
An Zhengquan looked at the originally empty back, which was already half loaded.
The two of them walked to the food shop again, and their eyes swept inside.
At this time, grain, flour and salt were relatively expensive. So it's more expensive.
This coarse flour costs five cents a pound, and the fine one costs eight cents a pound. Rice, on the other hand, costs ten cents a pound. Salt is a little cheaper.
So she bought ten pounds of white flour, ten pounds of rice, and a pound of salt. It cost a total of 65 cents.
An Zhengquan, who was on the side as a background board, didn't dare to speak, and as soon as he spoke, his little sister looked at him with swarthy eyes. That's it, for the sake of this ruined sister, I can only study harder! Strive to make the little sister buy whatever she wants!
"Little sister, do you have anything else you want to buy?" An Zhengquan asked tentatively.
"I also have to buy candy, snacks and headbands for my nieces and nephews. I also have to buy some cloth and go back to make clothes! That's all for now. An Muyan wrenched his fingers and counted it. These are the things that will be needed in the near future!
After listening to An Zhengquan, that's all. But I only dare to spit in my heart. Don't dare to say it! Well, my sister can only be spoiled.
An Zhengquan took An Muyan and bought all the things she wanted. It cost nearly ten taels of silver, and ten taels of silver is enough for a family to eat for a year!
When the two of them carried it back and again to the gate of the county seat, the third grandfather's ox cart was already waiting there. After the two got into the car, the third grandfather immediately threw off the whip.
The two of them still sat in the seats they were sitting in this morning, ignoring the two mothers and sons of the Wang family in the car.
An Muyan glanced at Wang Ping'an and Wang Lin. Looking at Wang Lin's shameless look, if the two families hadn't fallen out, it was estimated that they would have already started.
An Zhengquan sensed her small movements and immediately moved away from her. Wang Lin suddenly pursed his lips and glared at the two of them with disdain.
The two didn't want to deal with her either. An Muyan nested in An Zhengquan's arms and fell asleep with the ox cart!
"Bao'er, wake up, it's almost there!" An Zhengquan shook An Muyan softly.
An Muyan woke up in a daze and looked around. At the head of the village, there was a faint figure walking around.
When the ox cart entered, I saw that my mother-in-law Li was in a hurry to go around under the big banyan tree at the head of the village.
"Mother!" An Zhengquan and An Muyan shouted in unison when they saw Li.
After the ox cart stopped, An Zhengquan jumped out of the car first. Then he took it off and put it on the ground.
I watched my mother come over with her arms outstretched. An Zhengquan felt that although he hugged his mother in public, he lost face. But looking at the anxious worry on my mother's face, I feel that I can still bear it!