When Jian Ning walked out of Baiwenzhai with six taels of silver and the contract book, it was still like a dream. She never thought that the first step would be so easy, as if there was really a divine blessing, could it be that Father Jane heard her prayer yesterday?

Either way, it's always a joy to do. Six taels of silver is already a huge amount of money in Daming, and I finally don't have to worry about stomach problems for the time being, if the follow-up sales are good, I can still have a lot of income.

Exhaled softly, for three days and three nights, she seemed to have a nightmare, and she couldn't breathe. Now that the pressure of survival is gone, I suddenly feel that people are much lighter and more happy.

It's interesting to think back to the scene when you just signed the contract. I didn't expect Daming's grassroots service to be so thoughtful, and there was no need to go to the yamen in person, as long as I invited the head of the workshop to come over for verification, and then went through a few simple procedures, it was an appointment.

However, listening to Hu Yanshu's tone, there is no such paper document, and the contract spirit of the Ming people is also very good, and few people cheat. After all, at that time, the reputation could be eaten, and that kind of scoundrel was still a minority.

Jian Ning nodded secretly, the ancients were not stronger than the modern people in some aspects of spiritual civilization.

"Sanniang, Sanniang, I just listened to you, I didn't speak, can I speak now?"

Second Brother Jian, who had been holding back for a long time, said a little anxiously: "Sanniang, I can't help it, I'm hungry." ”

"Poof", Jian Ning laughed, raised her eyebrows at Second Brother Jian and said, "Let's go, take you to eat small wontons." After eating, let's buy some rice and go home! ”

"Eat small ravioli?"

Second Brother Jian was very surprised, "Okay, Sanniang, that little official just gave you a lot of silver, I, I want to eat two bowls!" ”

He blushed, "That's it, just this once, in the future, don't eat it in the future." ”

"My silly brother...... When this is done, you can eat as much as you want in a day! ”

The joyful atmosphere echoed between the two brothers and sisters, Jian Ning looked at the smile on the face of the second brother Jian, and suddenly felt a sense of solidity and happiness in her heart.

Is this what it's like to have family?

lowered his eyes, skimmed the unfamiliar emotions from his heart, and when he raised his face again, his face was already full of brilliance, "Let's go, second brother." I just heard Brother Hu say that there are a lot of delicious things around here, let's go down. ”

"Whoa."

Second Brother Jian cheered, and then followed Jian Ning around.

Because the county school is nearby, the surrounding business is very prosperous. The brother and sister walked around, and then chose a small shop that looked quite clean and sat down.

The proprietress who sells small wontons looks not young, but her hands and feet are neat. With a kind smile on his disc-like face, he heard that the two of them wanted to eat small wontons, so he took out the linen cloth around his waist and wiped the table, and then introduced: "If you want to eat small wontons, come to my sister-in-law's noodle shop!" The soup base here is made with big tube bones and chicken bones, which is not as good as the chicken soup and small wontons in the silver noodle restaurant, but this is the same on this street! ”

She gave a thumbs up, quite a princess boasting of herself, and the whole person was full of refreshment. Also, in these years, all the women who show up have to be "as sexual as a tiger", otherwise where can they survive?

Jian Ning smiled and said, "Then I'll give us two bowls to taste first, if it's delicious, give my brother another bowl." ”

"Okay, you wait."

After a while, the small wontons were served. The soup was thick with green onions and yellow oil flowers, and the small wontons as white as jade were resting inside, and before they tasted it, they felt that the roundworms in their stomachs had been hooked out.

The two swallowed their saliva, glanced at each other, and immediately lowered their heads in unison, picked up the soup spoon and ate it.

The small wontons are eaten with skin and soup, but the amount of meat is also important. There is more greasy taste, less tasteless, and only those who have worked hard for many years can grasp the heat accurately.

Jian Ning used to be an orphan, and although she could eat enough during the oral period, it was difficult to eat well. Therefore, when I grew up, I became a foodie, and just this taste, I found the power of this proprietress.

The skin is thin, the soup base is good, and the amount of meat is just right, and sure enough, there are no simple people who can open a store in the downtown and survive!

After eating one bowl and another bowl, in the end, Second Brother Jian ate four bowls, and Jian Ning also ate two bowls before stopping. The two touched their stomachs contentedly, and exhaled a long breath, with ironing and satisfaction, as if they hadn't been so full for a long time?

Calling the proprietress is to settle the bill. How do you know that the money was taken out, and the proprietress said: "Ouch, my little official, alas, you threw this big money over, and I have to give you all the change in the old woman's shop, don't you have any copper coins on you?" ”

Jian Ning was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that it was a matter of Zhengde that silver was completely used as a currency in circulation. Even after that, copper coins were basically used in small transactions like the people, after all, there were too many silver cuts, and in the end they had to be returned to the furnace, and there was a loss when they returned to the furnace.

searched for Jian Sanniang's memories and found that if you want to exchange silver for copper or divide large ingots into small ingots, you have to go to the silver shop. But the problem is that Jian Sanniang has only a limited number of times to come to the city, where do you know where the nearby silver dumping shop is?

As if she saw Jian Ning's embarrassment, the proprietress said: "If it is inconvenient for the petty official, if you are willing to spend fifteen simmers of silver, then the old woman will give it to you." ”

After that, he squeezed his eyes again, "There is more than this price in the silver shop." ”

Jian Ning's eyes widened, talent! It seems that I said that on purpose, tsk, I can also play psychological tactics, the ancients really can't be underestimated!

After sighing again at the wisdom of the ancients, Jian Ning nodded, "Then there is Granny Lao." ”

A bowl of small wontons costs 12 yuan, and the calculation is 7.2 yuan, which can be regarded as a high price. But it's worth it when you think about it. After paying 87 yuan, Jian Ning spent another three yuan to buy a cloth bag with the proprietress, and then asked Second Brother Jian to pack up the copper money and carry it to buy daily necessities.

Except for the set in Jian's father's house, the other valuable things in the house were basically gone. Now that I have some money in my hand, I naturally have to buy a little more.

walked into a rice shop, and Xiao Er greeted him, "Little brother, do you want to buy rice?" ”

Jian Ning nodded, "What is the price of your rice here?" ”

"Heh......"

Xiao Er laughed, "It depends on whether the guest officer wants to buy high-grade rice, medium rice or low-grade rice." ”

Xiao Er paused and said: "Our store has August white, ginkgo biloba white, snow green, fallen seeds, hemp black and other high-quality rice; There are also medium-sized rice with red tips...... Well, in the yellow rice plant, there is also a kind of yellow rice soft rice suitable for winemaking, and the also eat it. Oh, by the way, there is also a tribute to the old man of the Son of Heaven to eat, that is the best ......"

Jian Ning nodded, fortunately she had the memory of Sanniang, otherwise she would have been humiliating for this little er. In ancient times, the word "cheap" sometimes referred to the poor, although it is still ambiguous, but it is really not a curse.

After thinking for a while, he said, "What is the price of yellow rice soft rice?" ”

Huangjiao rice is actually Champa rice, which is also divided into several varieties. The kind of red tip with a slightly hard taste belongs to the better quality, and the soft and glutinous one belongs to the poor. Jian Ning thought, for the time being, there is not much money, and she is not very demanding, so she will buy a twenty-pound one and go back to deal with it.

"It depends on whether the guest officer wants polished rice or brown rice."

Jian Ning couldn't cry or laugh, although she had Sanniang's memory, but if she really encountered these bits and pieces, the memory was useless. Besides, these things were not purchased by Sanniang before, and she only knew an average rice price.

"What is the price of polished rice? What is the price of brown rice? I'll have a bucket for each of them. ”

Although brown rice is good and has a higher nutritional content, it is very suffocating without adding some fine grains. It's okay to make porridge, but it's really hard to swallow when it's made into rice.

In fact, she has been eating such things these days, and as a person who is used to eating fine grains, she really can't stand it.

"A bucket of yellow rice with fine rice is 45 Wen, and a bucket of brown rice is 38 Wen."

After appreciating the scenery of the rice shop in the Ming Dynasty, Jian Ning came to the oil shop again. This time, she was not verbose, and shouted directly: "Little brother, bring me three catties of sesame oil (rapeseed oil)." ”

"Haole, Chenghui 66 Wen!"

Well, the price is almost catching up with pork, and this sesame oil is really enjoyed by the rich and noble. As for sesame oil, hehe, it was enjoyed by the emperor and the officials.

Jian Ning imagined that sesame oil was used for every dish, and she felt a little unappetizing. The taste of the ancients is incomprehensible to modern people!

I bought rice, oil, and three catties of salt. To Jian Ning's surprise, the price of green salt, which is very expensive in Sanniang's memory, is only 18 wen per catty. Although it is very expensive for ordinary people, due to different consumption concepts, Jian Ning feels that it is quite cheap.

The rice has already been selected, but like oil and salt, Jian Ning refuses to give in. In fact, the coarse salt of the Ming Dynasty can't be eaten, such as the coarse salt used at home, Jian Ning has found hair, insects and other things from it, and he is unappetizing when he thinks about it.

So you still have to buy the best salt, for the sake of health.

After wandering around, it only cost more than 200 yuan. Jian Ning couldn't help but feel that her previous algorithm was too rough, because she found that the purchasing power of one tael of silver in Da Ming was far beyond her imagination, and it could not be calculated by converting it into the price of rice, that is to say, the value of six taels of silver was actually far more than her budget.

This is really good news, and it seems that we can consider renting a car to go home instead of relying on two legs.

After another sway, the two bought a pound of pork and some vegetables and fruits, and the cost was only about 70 yuan, which made Jian Ning's sense of wealth burst again. But when she walked into the paper shop, she immediately felt that she was a poor ghost.

A hundred pieces of paper is not the best, it is an ordinary one that costs 4 to 6 dollars of silver, no wonder later generations say that reading in ancient times was high consumption, and the money of this ink and paper is enough to bankrupt an ordinary family!

When I came out of the stationery store, the flesh on a certain girl's face was twitching, it was too pitiful! It's too expensive, and I'm still too poor!

Well, let's go home early and work hard to make a fortune!