Chapter 7: Buying a Horse

"The girl is really good eyesight, this is a BMW I just entered, and I got it by accident, obedient, docile and aura. It's just that I heard that you are going to buy a carriage, and this horse is used to pull the carriage, I'm afraid it's a bit of a pity. The old man looked at Gu Qingcheng with an appreciative expression, but he was a little disapproving.

"A good horse is not a horse on the ground, but it is good if it is useful." Gu Qingcheng said lightly, looking at the horse with his eyes, secretly revealing that he was bound to win.

"A good one is useful, this horse, 6,000 yuan, no two prices. Like the others, it's just two or three. Does the little girl still buy this horse? The old man still smiled.

6,000 guan, which is six taels of silver, is half more expensive than other horses, but it is expensive to think about it.

Look at this old man, he shouldn't have fooled her.

"Miss Gu family, why don't you change it, this horse is half as expensive, anyway, you are also a carriage, it is not cost-effective." Old man Yang also persuaded on the side.

"No, I want this. With a carriage? ”

Maybe she will make a profit by buying, even if she loses money, she will buy it in the eyes of this horse!

"Add two taels to the car. Although it is a little expensive, this is a pure pear blossom wood, I don't believe you ask the old Yang head. The texture is good, and it does not tire the horse. If you want to buy this horse, you have to buy this kind of car. ”

The old man who sold horses wanted to say something, but he didn't think about it, so Gu Tingcheng agreed.

"Okay, help me install it!" directly took out seven taels of silver.

Seeing that this little girl was so refreshing, the old man who sold horses also asked people to help her install it immediately, the carriage was very simple, but there were windows and curtains, but the cushions were a little hard.

But the old man also sent her a couple of reed mats.

And when Old Man Yang saw the seven taels of silver he had given out, he felt distressed, and he could only sigh that the Gu family was really rich.

These seven taels of silver must be enough for the expenses of ordinary people like them for a year.

"Little girl, if you want to buy a horse next time, come to the old man!" When the old man saw that they were leaving, he smiled and touched his beard, and did not forget to pull business.

Such a beautiful girl, he hasn't seen him for many years.

"Okay, I'm fine, but my horse may not be as you like." Is it so easy to change such a good horse?

"Hahaha, you little girl, it's funny." Seeing them go away, the old man went back to his stable, and lay down and drank tea.

He's not really selling horses here, he's just idle and coming to take a look. He used to come often, but he had never met such an interesting girl's house in such a place.

"Do you know how to ride a horse? The girl of the Gu family. Uncle Yang sat in the carriage and asked Gu Qingcheng, who was learning to drive a horse.

"Thank you, Uncle Yang, I already know." It doesn't take much trouble to drive this horse, and besides, this horse is obedient. Plus she's not an ordinary person, can this little thing stump her?

"Okay, you're really a smart and capable girl." Old man Yang did not hesitate to praise.

"Then thank you Uncle Yang for your compliment, Uncle Yang, why didn't you say you knew the boss who sold the horse before?" Asked curiously, Gu Qingcheng was now comfortable driving a horse and was driving towards the main gate.

"I don't know him very well, I made a lot of wood and carvings for these carriages, and he admired it, so we talked about speculation. I occasionally go to deliver things, and when I run into them, I chat. Old man Yang also said casually.

Soon the two of them came to the main gate and handed over the carriage to the guardian to take care of, and of course they had to pay for it.

But it's not much, it's just four texts.

"Gu girl, will you go back with me? Do you know the way? ”

Old man Yang asked kindly, after all, he really liked this smart and clever girl.

"No need, I still have some things to do, you are in a hurry, I think those people are waiting, I can't delay your business. I remember the road. ”

replied with a smile, other people's good, she remembers, this old man Yang is not bad, he also helped her a lot today, I will buy something later, and I will go back and let Xiaodouding send it.

"Okay, I'll go first, old man." After saying that, he went to his ox cart, and now there was still a pillar of incense before the time of return, but the people were almost all there.

So I drove the ox cart back in advance, after all, there were still a lot of things to do at home.

"Carpenter Yang, what about the Gu family's sisters and brothers? Why don't you take the car? Are they out of money? What kind of collection does this person have if he has no money? Chen Yun asked gloating and with a little sarcasm.

I also carefully hold a handful of sunflower seeds in my hand, the yield of sunflower seeds here is high, and the price is not very expensive, ten pennies a catty, there are a lot of catties, and it takes a long time to buy one.

It's a very good snack, but it's not bought very often. I only buy one two or three times a year at most.

"Everyone has bought a horse-drawn cart, how can they still ride this ox cart." Old man Yang said, and whipped the ox, and the ox rushed forward two steps in an instant.

Chen Yun, who was stunned because he heard that people were buying carriages, leaned back, and all the melon seeds in his hand fell to the ground.

"You loser girl! Look at you, all the melon seeds have been sprinkled, this is all money! Chen Yun's mother slapped her daughter's back and looked at the melon seeds in the distance angrily.

"Mother! Why are you beating me, you should blame Carpenter Yang, if he didn't suddenly speed up, could I lie? Chen Yun looked angry, but no one paid attention to her, and she was the only one who sulked.

What I thought in my heart was that the Gu family had bought a carriage! Why, hum, why is she not the daughter of the Gu family?

If she is the daughter of the Gu family, isn't the inheritance of Mrs. Gu's death all hers now?

She can also buy whatever she wants, and she will be beaten because of a little melon seed!

The more I think about it, the more resentful I become!

"Is there anything you two would like to buy?" Gu Tingcheng, who returned to the town, asked the two of them, and both of them just looked east and west, seemingly interested in everything.

"I want to eat sugar, sister." Since his mother left, he hasn't eaten candy for a long time. I also knew that the family had no money, so I never asked my sister for it.

"Okay, let's go buy sugar. What sugar do you crave? ”

"Everything." Anyway, all sugars are one flavor and all sweet. He has a sweet tooth.

There happened to be an old man selling rock sugar gourds in front of him, shouting

"Selling rock sugar gourds"

"Uncle, how do you sell this rock sugar gourd?" Gu Qingcheng asked as he pulled Xiao Douding.

"One string of three cents, two strings of five cents, five strings of ten cents, girl, how much do you want?" The old man asked enthusiastically.

"Bring me ten strings." You must know that she likes to eat sugar gourds in modern times, sweet and sour.

If you ask her what flowers she likes? That's definitely a sugar gourd flower.

Especially when I buy a lot, a lot of it, it looks like a flower, it's really delicious and beautiful.

"Ten strings, girl, this thing is not easy to put in! If you can't finish it today, it will be bad tomorrow. The old man who sold sugar gourds kindly reminded.

"It's okay, I'm done." Why can't you finish it? Even if the three of them can't finish eating, they can always find someone to eat.

"Okay, give, 20 cents." Took down ten strings of sugar gourds.

Gu Tingcheng also gave 20 yuan to go over.

"By the way, uncle, I want to ask, is there a spice shop in this town? It's just selling some salt or something? There are also vegetable seed sellers. ”

Divide the sugar gourd among the two little dolls to hold.

"Salt, spices, there's a grocery store up there, and she sells them there. As for vegetable seeds, you have to go to Caixiang to buy them. The vegetable sellers there generally also sell seeds. ”

The old man who sold sugar gourds pointed to the front, and looked along the place where he pointed to, not far away, the three words grocery store written on the door number, but the words were a little small, and I couldn't see them if I didn't pay attention.

"Okay, thank you." Then he took the little bean and went to the grocery store.

"Lady, what spices do you have here?" I saw a middle-aged woman sitting in the store, knocking melon seeds.

When I saw a customer come to the door, I stood up

"What does the little girl want to buy? As for the spices, there are more spices in my store, but ordinary people don't need them. ”

The proprietress twisted her hips, still holding melon seeds in her hand, and walked over to Gu Qingcheng.

"Can you show it to me?"

"Come and see." The proprietress opened some of the boxes covered with oiled paper.

"Are these these?" Look at some of the powder in these wooden boxes. In this way, it seems that there are a lot of seasonings in ancient times.

"Of course, this big box is coarse salt, this box is refined salt, this box is flower salt, beauty, and it is also the favorite use of those rich daughters of official ladies." The proprietress introduced.

Gu Qingcheng was a little embarrassed, there were so many categories of feelings in ancient times!

"And what about these?" Asked for the remaining boxes.

"This is chicken powder, which most people can't afford because of the high production cost, and it is generally used in restaurants. This is fennel powder, which enhances freshness, this is clove powder, this is cinnamon powder, and this pepper powder. That's all, what do you want? The proprietress knocked the melon seeds and pointed to the boxes to explain them one by one.

"How do you sell all this?" This pepper powder should be Sichuan pepper! It smells exactly like peppercorns.

"Coarse salt is two and a catty, refined salt is three and a catty, flower salt is seven and a half catty, chicken powder is ten and a half catty, fragrant powder, clove powder, cinnamon powder are all five and a half catties, and pepper powder is seven and a half catties."

The proprietress finished speaking in one breath without stopping, obviously knowing all about these things.

"Then bring me a little bit of everything, no coarse salt and flower salt." With these spices, cooking should be delicious, right?

"Okay, you wait." With that, the proprietress went to find the oily paper bag.

Then take the ancient rod scale, and put the scale on the scale after each item is loaded.

"Come, girl, a total of 35 wen, seeing that you bought so much, I'll give you three wen." The proprietress is also quite bold.

"Boss, I want to ask, is there any pepper powder, has it not been powdered?" After all, the one that is not powdered is more fragrant, and if it is fresh, it is even better.

"Yes, how? Do you want it? ”

This is really a strange request, to buy these, which is not the more detailed the request is better? You must know that the finer it is, the deeper the effort will be.

"How do you sell it?" I didn't expect it to be.

"This is not expensive, four and a half catties. If you want me, I'll decorate it for you, and it just so happens that some of them haven't been powdered. "The main thing is that it takes a lot of work to get powder.

"Load me a pound!" That's a good thing.

"Okay, you wait." After saying that, the proprietress turned around and went into the house, which was quite reassuring to them.

I don't know if in this era, in addition to lard, is there vegetable oil? If you have one, you can buy some later and go back to make sesame oil.

Buy some flour to make noodles, buns, etc., this kind of life is simply perfect!