53. Catch the market
The next day, Kagome had a rare sleep, only to wake up after a slight light break.
Kagome changed into a cotton kaftan that Aunt Gu gave her last night, although the clothes looked gray and fat and not very good-looking, but they were quite comfortable to wear.
When entering the countryside, you have to follow the customs, she always feels awkward and panicked when she walks around the village in a sportswear, which is very good!
Kagome ran in circles around the village, and she felt refreshed all over her body!
When I met the villagers on the road, they all smiled innocently, and the naughty little baby also ran behind Kagome.
So, the more Kagome ran the more little tails in the back, and when she finished the lap, the little one at the back almost collided with her!
The days passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was the seventh day of Kagome's arrival in Taoyuan.
Before dawn that day, Aunt Gu knocked on Kagome's door.
"Xiaowei, are you up?" Aunt Gu leaned at the door and asked in a low voice.
"It's coming!" The door creaked open, and Kagome was dressed and standing by the door.
"Let's go, let's take an ox cart to the market!" Aunt Gu saw that Kagome woke up, her voice became louder, and there was a spirited baked cake standing next to her.
Today, Aunt Gu deliberately changed into a brightly colored dress, she carefully stroked her new clothes, and walked in front with the same newly dressed baked cakes.
Kagome followed Aunt Gu to the entrance of the village, where someone was already waiting in an ox cart.
Aunt Gu stuffed a bag of rice into the car, and the middle-aged man who drove the ox cart took it happily, and it was regarded as paying for the car.
In Taoyuan, everyone barters, and if you fancy something, you can exchange it as long as you take out an item of equivalent value.
Taoyuan City has a small episode every ten years, and there will be a large episode in the second half of the year. Every big gathering, it is the most lively time in Taoyuan City in January.
Today is the monthly big gathering, and every household in the village has been dispatched, and several ox carts have been parked at the entrance of the village.
"Sit down, drive!" The ox cart was soon crowded with people, and the driver greeted him and set off, and for a while everyone had to fall backwards by inertia, you squeeze me, I will press him, and everyone laughed.
Kagome sat on the swaying ox cart, her eyes swept over the side of the road, and the fields were full of green rice as far as the eye could see, and the wind blew and set off layers of green waves.
Half an hour later, the ox cart came to the outside of Taoyuan City, and a long queue had already formed at the gate of the city.
Kagome sat on an ox cart and looked at the city gate not far away:
The walls are made of gray boulders, making it difficult to get a glimpse of the city. At the gate of the city, two huge stone lions looked ahead with huge eyes the size of a gong, majestic.
On the city wall, people who stand neatly to maintain order supervise everyone consciously line up.
Once you are found to be suspicious of cutting in line, sorry, the ox cart or person who cut the queue will be asked to leave the queue and queue up again.
Kagome's ox cart slowly moved along with the procession, and everyone entered the city in an orderly manner.
Unlike the mud of the villages outside the city, the streets of the city are paved with smooth bluestone bricks, and the streets are lined with shops.
When the ox cart entered the city, Ruth, who was familiar with the house, came to a colder street, put the people in the cart down, and agreed to meet at the same place after noon.
As soon as everyone got off the bus, they parted and walked to the street they were interested in.
Aunt Gu was carrying a big bag of things on her back, leading the baked cakes to walk like flying, "Xiaowei, let's go, go over there first!" ”
"Auntie, can I help you carry it?" Kagome followed behind with a small cloth bag, embarrassed.
"No, what is this thing?" Aunt Gu waved her hand indifferently.
Kagome followed Aunt Gu all the way to the next street.
This is a street where you can buy and sell all kinds of daily necessities, cups, dishes, wooden knick-knacks, handkerchiefs, as long as you can think of it, you can find everything here.
Kagome was so excited that she picked up a purse with a delicate embroidery and a small shape, and couldn't put it down, but she couldn't find it outside!
She took out a small packet of melon seeds fried by Mother Lin from a small cloth bag and handed it to a little girl in front of the stall, "These are melon seeds, can you taste them?" ”
Kagome once gave it to Aunt Gu to eat, and Aunt Gu said that there was no such thing as melon seeds in Taoyuan.
The little girl took out a melon seed with a strange face, how to eat this thing?
Kagome smiled and took out a melon seed, put it to her mouth and knocked it, making a crisp sound, she took the cracked melon seed shell, and pointed to the melon seed kernel inside, "Eat the inside!" ”
The girl learned from Kagome's appearance and tasted a melon seed, which was crisp and fragrant, and immediately captured her stomach, and her eyes lit up, "I'll change!" ”
Kagome handed her the melon seeds, picked up the purse she had just liked and put it in the bag, but she had taken the opportunity to put it in the space.
"Xiaowei, that purse is useless except for being good-looking, do you want to see something else?" Aunt Gu saw that Kagome had finished exchanging, so she came over and said something.
"Auntie, look how well this purse is embroidered!" Kagome pointed to the embroidery on the stall and complimented, and the little girl straightened her chest with pride.
Aunt Gu saw that she liked it, so she didn't say much, she pulled Kagome into the shop on the side to buy all kinds of ceramics.
The shop was filled with a dazzling array of cups, dishes and saucers, and Aunt Gu's eyes lingered on a set of tea sets, and then walked to a pile of pottery bowls placed in the corner.
Although the tea set is beautiful, it is porcelain, which is precious! Ordinary exchange items are not looked down upon by other shopkeepers.
Kagome walked up to the tea set, which was a festive-looking red grapefruit tea set, she glanced at Aunt Gu who was carefully selecting the pottery bowl, and silently walked towards the shop owner.
The proprietor was a young man, sitting in a wooden chair, reading with relish in his hand a yellow paper book, one hand on the table tapping leisurely.
"Boss, how do you change that tea set?" Kagome asked in a low voice as she stood in front of the man, glancing at the shoddy paper book in his hand.
The shopkeeper raised his head, glanced in the direction Kagome was pointing, and said slowly, "What do you want to change?" ”
Kagome thought for a moment and took out a pack of dried pork from the space, "This is jerky, can you taste it?" ”
The man raised an eyebrow, picked up a piece of pork jerky with his hand, put it in his mouth, and chewed it carefully.
"Well, this jerky tastes pretty good, but well, it's a little less!" The young man slammed his mouth, a little unsatisfied.
"Really not changing?" Kagome was not fooled, and pretended to recover the jerky on his hand, this person obviously took a fancy to her jerky!
"Hey, hey, wait!" The young shopkeeper was in a hurry, he put the book on the table next to him, grabbed Kagome, who turned around and wanted to leave, and said with a painful face, "Change!" I'll change! It's really cheap for you! ”
Kagome watched this man sing and write well, this man is really a businessman!
The two reached an agreement, and Kagome picked up the tea set that had been carefully packed into the bamboo basket and walked towards Aunt Gu with a smile.