In the beginning, there were not many loaches on the edge of the low-lying land because they dried up prematurely, and the closer you got to the center, the more there were, and sometimes you could find three or four loaches when you raked down.

Probably very few people have come to catch these things, so the loaches are very fat, and the two siblings are very happy to catch them, and they are full of joy.

In three days, except for the first day, less than ten catties, the next two days dug more than 20 catties.

Jiang Yi first raised these loaches with clean water for two days, let them spit out the soil, and then used the gap time to break some slivers and weave a few bamboo boards to dry the loaches.

Loaches are known as ginseng in the water, which is very nourishing, and they will leave some relatively small dishes to eat every day.

It is precisely because of the good nutrition in the past few days that Jiang Yi's body has also recovered well.

"Tomorrow, I'm going to go to Lin Feng Town to have a look, bring some dried fish, and if it's sold, I'll buy some salt and rice and come back." While eating dinner, Jiang Yi picked up a loach and chewed it in her mouth.

These wild loaches are difficult to eat in later generations, and most of the ones bought in the market are raised in captivity, and the taste is not as good as the wild ones at all.

Bu Ru Dao; "I'll go with you, I'll have a day off tomorrow and stop reading, okay?"

He has been asked by Jiang Yi to study for the past few days, and only occasionally helps to dry the loaches in his spare time.

Considering that he should also combine work and rest when he reads, and that he can't get too much fish by himself, and that it is inconvenient for a single woman to go to the market, he must know that it is now in ancient times, so he nodded and agreed.

"I'm not going, I'm going to dig at home." Jiang Zhen picked up the rice in the bowl, he has been a little addicted to digging loaches these days, and as soon as he rakes it, it feels good that there will be surprises.

Early the next morning, Jiang Chunya found a few pieces of cloth made of torn clothes, collected some dried fish on the penny, and divided them into three grades, one of which belonged to the lower grade of small dried fish below three fingers, one of which belonged to the middle grade of dried fish, and one of which was more than two and a half catties of large fish, which were packed separately, and each was about ten catties.

After four or five days of sun and wind, the water in the flesh of these fish has largely evaporated, but it is only three or four percent dry, far from the extent that it is completely dry. It is a semi-dried fish.

Because the low-lying land was nourished by water before, and it has never been fed with food, it is a pure wild fish, so the meat looks very good, and the taste is also very good, I believe it can be sold.

Bu Ru took one and tied it to Jiang Yi's back, and then he carried one on his shoulders and one in his hand, and went on the road together.

When I opened the door, the morning breeze was bitter and it looked a little cold.

In the distance, the east was just white, and the sound of chickens crowing came from the village.

By the faint light, I saw a layer of white frost flowers on the leaves of the wild grass on the path, and when I walked to the river, a layer of water vapor rose on the river, like a Xiangling.

The two supported each other, crossed the squeaky bamboo bridge, and walked to the main road.

Mo Daojun walked early, and there were even more early pedestrians.

At this time, there were already three or four people walking in front of the main road, and a few people were not far behind.

There are women with baskets of eggs, men carrying fresh vegetables, and people carrying a bag of rice or a handful of herbs.

These are all people from Bujia Village, who brought some of their family things to the town in exchange for some daily necessities.

Because they were all acquaintances from the same village, everyone nodded and greeted each other.

"Brother Ru'er, wait for me!" A man's voice sounded more than twenty steps behind.

The two of them stopped, and in the faint light, they saw a man of seventeen or eighteen running behind them.

"I saw it coming from the bamboo bridge, I thought it was you, what? Going to town with your siblings? "Hurriedly followed by the big brother of the same village, their surname is Ma, there are two brothers, they have been playing with Buru since childhood, and Jiang Yi's predecessor naturally knows him.

I saw that he was carrying half a bag behind his back, and I didn't know what it contained.

Bu Ru saw that Fa Xiao was very happy to respond; "Yes, I'm going to go to town to buy some salt and rice."

"Hey, you don't have to go to the town to buy rice, it's not only more expensive, but you also have to travel so far, it's better to buy it in the village."

"There is no grocery store in the village, where to buy?"

Brother Ma smiled; "A lot of people sell, this year's rain is very sufficient, everyone has some surplus food, as long as someone buys, naturally someone sells, how much do you want? I'll pick some to come to your house when I come back. ”

"This, let's take a look and talk about it......" Bu Ru didn't know how to agree, because he didn't have any money in his hand at the moment, and only when he bought the dried fish in his hand did he know how much money he had and how much he could buy.

Brother Ma said casually; "Okay, it's okay, tell me when you want it."

After walking a few steps, Jiang Chunya asked with a smile; "Brother Ma, what are you carrying?"

"This? It's my horse's hooves, take it to change some oil and come back to cook, the child lacks oil, and he doesn't grow up enough to be smart. "Don't look at Brother Da Ma is only about eighteen years old, but he is already the father of a two-year-old girl.

"Horseshoe?" Jiang Chunya was stunned for a moment.

"Thirsty or not? Take a few to quench your thirst, my horse's hooves are big and sweet, but delicious. Brother Ma enthusiastically took out a few from the bag behind his back and stuffed them into Buru.

Bu Ru handed it over to Jiang Yi, she suddenly realized, this horseshoe is a more common name for southerners, the scientific name is water chestnut, aquatic plants, growing in the soil, generally the size of an egg, but it is round and flat, black-brown, with a pedicle at one end, peeling off the black-brown skin, inside is a milky white fruit, raw sweet and juicy, most of them are eaten as fruits, can also be cooked and boiled to eat, crisp and sweet, can relieve greasy.

If it was the spring sprouts in the past, he might have rubbed the soil clean and put it in his mouth, but now Jiang Yi can't do it, so he didn't eat it, but just asked suspiciously; "Can this thing be sold?"

Brother Ma said proudly; "Of course, the horseshoe in our Bujia Village is the best and sweetest in ten miles and eight townships, and it is sold out in the morning every time I go."

"How much does this thing cost a pound?"

"Three copper coins a catty, one catty for three buns, hehe."

The three of them chatted and hurried, and when the sun was about to come out, they were almost in town.

Along the way, Jiang Chunya kept asking Brother Ma's words, such as asking how much it costs to eat a meal or soup powder in the town, how much is a pair of ordinary shoes, and how much is cloth, rice, salt, and pork.

At this time, I will know a little bit about the prices at this time.

This Dayong Dynasty has been inherited for more than 300 years, and its development was once prosperous, and because silk and porcelain were exported in large quantities and exchanged for a lot of foreign silver, commerce was also very developed.

Now in this world, one tael of gold is equal to ten taels of silver, one tael of silver can be exchanged for ten copper coins, and there are always ten copper coins, and one copper coin has ten.

According to the price of goods inquired before, it is probably known that the purchasing power of one tael of silver is about 800 yuan in later generations, and one copper coin is equal to eight cents.

Buying a bun in the town is a copper coin, and the average rice is 50-55 copper plates and ten catties. Worse brown rice can be bought for 40 copper and ten catties, and sometimes even 35 copper.

It is equivalent to three yuan and two dollars and a pound of brown rice to later generations, mainly because the yield per mu of grain in ancient times was relatively low, an acre of land in the Ming and Qing dynasties produced about 550-650 catties, and an acre of land in later generations was about 1500 catties, plus the current transportation cost or something, this price is not expensive, if it is a troubled era or a famine year, the grain is ten times or even dozens or hundreds of times the current one.