In this bazaar, there is only one shop for striking iron, and the peasant families buy those peasant supplies here on weekdays, and they found the shop with their three children who are familiar with Shirakawa cypress.

The big man who struck iron and Bai Chuanbai were very familiar with each other, so he greeted them when he entered, "Third Brother Bai is here to buy something." ”

"Hey, Chang Yuan, come buy something." Bai Chuanbai smiled very gently and greeted the man, "What about Uncle Hou, why didn't he strike iron?" ”

"My dad is old, and he can't bear it when it's hot, so I let him go and rest." Hou Changyuan said with a hearty smile, "The third brother will pick what he wants, and I will come after I finish playing this shovel." ”

"Okay, okay." Bai Chuanbai was chatting with Hou Changyuan, and at the same time took Bai Shao's three children into the blacksmith's shop.

The so-called blacksmith is actually not as many people think, it is a place to build sharp swords.

Most of the iron shops in the countryside are shovels, pickaxes, iron ploughs, and other things needed in the fields, but there are very few other things.

Bai Shao walked all the way and didn't see what she wanted, so she couldn't help but hesitate a little.

It just so happened that Hou Changyuan finished the work in his hand, and while wiping his sweat, he walked over to this side, "Third brother, if you want something, tell me, I'll find the best for you." ”

Bai Chuanbai smiled gently, "I won't tell you, it's not what I want to buy, it's my daughter who wants to come." ”

"Oh?" Hou Changyuan smiled heartily, his eyes swept around the crowd, and finally fixed on Bai Wei's body, "Big niece, if you have anything you want, tell Second Uncle Hou, Second Uncle will find it for you." ”

Bai Wei is twelve years old, and Bai Shao is seven years old, only five years old. Let one of them look like a child, and the other has the feeling of a girl at the beginning.

In the minds of the vast majority of people, children do not understand anything. So naturally, Hou Changyuan thought that the girl in Bai Chuanbai's mouth was this Bai Wei who looked tall and had white skin.

However, to his surprise, Bai Wei just smiled at him, and the next person to speak was the immature baby in his heart.

"Second uncle is good." Bai Shao first greeted Hou Changyuan obediently, and then asked casually, "Second Uncle, what are these shovels and iron plows here?" Isn't there anything else? ”

"What do you want, little girl?" After all, Hou Changyuan is a businessman, and after a moment of flurging at first, he quickly reacted, "These things are often bought by the villagers, but let's strike iron, what we hit is a live, if you want something, as long as you can say it, I Hou Changyuan can give it out!" ”

"Really?" As soon as she heard Hou Changyuan say this, Bai Shao became excited, "Then, Shao'er wants something like this, such a thing, built on a flat car, is it okay?" ”

Bai Peony gestured up and down, the approximate appearance of the snack cart in the previous life.

As for choosing to put it on a flat car, it is really because in this era, there is no electric three-wheeled or anything, there are only flat cars that rely on manpower or mules to push and pull.

"It's a bit complicated to look at, but if you can draw it on a drawing, you might be able to make it." Hou Changyuan looked at Bai Shao's gaze, a little more serious, "Little Shao'er, you tell your uncle, what are you doing here." This is a lot of iron built on a flat car, and if there are no mules, it is not easy to pull it by manpower. ”

"How much silver is a mule?" Bai Shao was stunned, but she didn't expect this, so she hurriedly asked Bai Chuanbai on the side.

"Probably, about five taels of silver each." Shirakawa Bai calculated, and replied warmly.

"It's too expensive." Bai Shao shook his head and looked at Hou Changyuan, "Uncle, can you make the iron thinner properly, just support it, there is no need to be too thick." ”

"That's fine." Hou Changyuan nodded, "You send me the drawings, and if you can beat me, I'll give you a set of them." ”

"Okay." Seeing that Hou Changyuan seemed to be very confident, Bai Shao nodded happily, "Then it's troublesome for the second uncle, and I'll ask my father to send the drawings to the second uncle tomorrow." ”

After that, you have to pay a deposit again.

Hou Changyuan rejected her with a smile, and only said that it was not too late to give money if she made it.

Bai Shao no longer insisted, said goodbye to Hou Changyuan, and returned to the bazaar.

As for the flat car, wait for Bai Shao to draw the drawings and send them over tomorrow, and Hou Changyuan will try to see if he can type it out before deciding whether to buy it or not.

Then then, except for buying a little pen, ink, paper, and inkstone to go back to drawing, there is nothing else to do.

"Dad, when are we going back?" Bai Shao was worried that the Wu family at home would be bullied, so she tugged on Bai Chuanbai's sleeve, raised her head, and asked crisply.

"Daddy will buy some meat and go back." Bai Chuanbai said softly, "Before going out, your grandmother gave money to your father, let your father buy some fatty meat and go back, and your milk will stir lard." ”

"Oh, that's right." Bai Shao lowered her head and suppressed the trace of unhappiness that appeared in her heart, "Then let's go to the pork shop quickly." ”

"Okay." Bai Chuanbai glanced at these children, the eldest daughter and eldest son were fine, they were both twelve years old, and they could barely keep up with the pace of adults.

Only this seven-year-old girl, no matter how smart and clever she is, the length of her legs is limited after all, and she naturally can't walk fast.

So Bai Chuanbai simply bent down and hugged Bai Peony in his arms without doing anything, and then strode towards the butcher shop.

After about half a tea time, the four of them stopped in front of the butcher shop, and Bai Chuanbai smiled at the oily pork shop owner, "Brother Zhu, bring me five catties of fat pork, one pound of skinny." ”

"Okay." The butcher shop owner responded loudly, holding a sharp knife in one hand, and quickly cut a large piece of fat pork and a small piece of lean meat and threw them into the weighing pan.

"Brother Bai, take a look, six catties, the scale is high." The butcher shop owner showed Shirakawa Bai the upturned weighing rod to prove that he was not cheating.

Bai Chuanbai nodded again and again, "See, they are all from the villagers, Brother Zhu, we all know who you are, how many years have you eaten your pork." ”

"Hahaha, they're all old customers, I'll cut another piece for you." The butcher shop owner laughed, cut a small piece of fat and thin meat, and put it in a large piece of oiled paper with the previous six catties of meat, and drew a rope, wrapped it left and right, and finally tied a knot and handed it to Bai Chuanbai, "One pound of lean meat is ten yuan, and five pounds of fat meat is sixty-five yuan, adding up to seventy-five yuan." ”

In this era, because fat pork can be stir-fried out of oil, and lard can be used for stir-frying, fat is more expensive than lean.

"Hey, okay." Bai Chuanbai put down the white peony, took out a small red rag from his arms, and prepared to count the money outside.

At the beginning, Shirakawa Kashiwa still maintained his usual good-natured smile, but the further back he counted, the more ugly his face became.

In the end, it has become embarrassing.

Bai Shao didn't quite understand it at first, but when Bai Wei motioned to her to look at the copper plate in the cloth bag in Bai Chuanbai's hand, she understood.

These five catties of fat pork and one pound of lean pork should cost eighty-five copper coins, but Bai Chuanbai's cloth bag is only thirty wen.

Thirty or so texts, and seventy-five texts, the difference is not half a star.

"Dad, didn't you count the money when the milk gave you?" Bai Shao asked in surprise.

"This ......" Shirakawa lowered his head in embarrassment.

In the past, Liu always gave him money like this, and then asked him to buy things. Every time the money is given just right, no more, no less.

This time, Shirakawa Bai naturally thought it was the same as in the past, so he put it in his arms without thinking about it.

When he bought something, he realized that he didn't have enough money.

What should I do?

The meat family has already wrapped it, is it difficult to return it?

Bai Chuanbai was embarrassed, he raised his head, looked at the butcher shop owner who was waiting for him to give money, and then looked at the children around him, very overwhelmed.

What to do, what to do.

Oh yes, didn't Shao'er still have thirty taels on her, take it and use it first, and then return it to Shao'er with the Liu family when she returns to the Bai family.

It's just that when a father borrows money from his daughter, it is difficult for ordinary people to open their mouths, let alone Bai Chuanbai, who has always been introverted.

So he had to look down at Bai Shao, then at the butcher shop owner, and then at the thirty or so texts in his hand.

I just can't say that.

In front of the pork shop, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing for a while.