When they got out of the Hundred Grass Hall, Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian both had smiles on their faces that couldn't be concealed.

For the first time in his life, with so much silver on his body, Xie Qingshan felt a little dizzy, he first took out three taels of silver for pocket use, and let Xie Pingtian wrap the rest and put it in the back basket, which was still covered with chestnuts, so he pulled Xie Xuan and walked behind Xie Pingtian, his eyes staring at the back basket for a moment, for fear of being stolen.

"Xuanxuan, it's all your credit, what do you want to buy? Let's go buy it! Xie Qingshan's black face was wrinkled with laughter.

"Grandpa, I want to buy flour, toothbrushes, and straw paper." Xie Xuan has been waiting for this sentence for a long time, because the autumn weather is really dry, after washing her face, her face is always tense and dry, and there is a feeling of cracking, these days she took advantage of the washbasin in the water to look at her appearance, it is a yellow-haired girl with a red face, a typical village girl, which made her discouraged for a long time, fortunately, little Xie Xuan is only six years old, she still has room for change.

In addition, there is unbearable is that every time you wipe your farts after pooping, you can just find a piece of soil or wipe it with any leaves, and few people use toilet chips made of bamboo chips in the village, not to mention straw paper, and well-off people are not necessarily willing to use straw paper to wipe their buttocks, after all, paper is a very precious thing, and the ancient people have always had the tradition of cherishing the word paper, and folklore even says that wiping the butt with the paper that has written the word will be retributed, so wiping the butt with straw paper can only be the right of people above the well-off living standard.

But after wiping her ass with dirt for a few days, Xie Xuan really couldn't bear it anymore, this devastating Ming Dynasty, if she continued to live like this, she might as well commit suicide to see if she could go back.

Xie Qingshan couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Xie Xuan's request, originally he thought that the children probably wanted something to eat and play, who would have thought that Xie Xuan would want "luxury" in the eyes of the villagers, after all, some poor mountain villages can't even eat, who would spend so much money to buy boxes of flour fat and straw paper that they throw away when they run out?

But thinking that if Xie Xuan hadn't said that He Shou Wu could sell for money, they would never have the opportunity to earn fifty taels of silver, so he ruthlessly decided to fulfill the wish of his little granddaughter.

They first went to a grocery store and asked for a large stack of the worst kind of straw paper, made of bark, thatch, reeds, etc., and the fibers were very coarse, very coarse, and could not be used for writing, and this kind of paper was generally used for burning, that is, for the dead or for daily use.

Xie Qingshan thought about it carefully, the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar at home were not enough, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, so he simply bought some back, and after so many years of suffering, the whole family could also have a rich Mid-Autumn Festival. So I bought two more cans of oil, half a catty of sesame oil and two catties of rapeseed oil, and bought five catties of rice and five catties of sticky millet - that is, rhubarb rice. However, grocery stores do not sell salt, and salt was government-run in ancient times, so you had to buy it from a merchant with salt introduction.

I went to buy salt, bought five catties of pork, and bought more expensive fatty meat, Xie Qingshan said that the fatty meat was used to stir-fry vegetables after boiling oil, and the oil residue went back to make dumplings to eat. I bought half a pound of maltose and went back to give it to the children.

By the way, he sold most of the chestnuts in the basket to the grocery store, and only earned less than 30 yuan.

Finally came to a rouge velvet shop, Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian waited outside for a long time, and finally went in shyly under Xie Xuan's urging.

Because there were two female customers inside, and the seller was still a lady, Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian were embarrassed to lift their heads after entering, Xie Xuan could only stand on her tiptoes and shout to the woman in the counter: "Auntie, we want a box of noodles!" ”

"Yo, this little girl is so clever!" The woman who sold fat powder laughed before saying a word, and did not despise the three of them because of their shabby clothes, and probably saw the embarrassment of Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian, and only spoke to Xie Xuan: "Little girl, what kind of flour fat do you buy?" Here are several kinds of five-flower cream, almond paste, magnolia paste, pearl jade shavings Yueze paste, which one do you want? ”

"Auntie, what are these kinds of facial fat made of?" Xie Xuan pretended to be innocent and asked, anyway, she is a little girl now, and it is in line with her age.

"The main ingredient of five-flower facial grease is rose, rose, jasmine, yueji, osmanthus five kinds, almond paste and magnolia paste are almonds and magnolia as the main ingredients, pearl jade shavings Yueze paste is of course jade shavings as the main ingredient, these kinds of facial grease are equipped with medicinal materials, after using it, keep the little girl, you are white and tender!" The woman teased Xie Xuan and said with a smile.

"Huh? There are still medicinal herbs in it, huh? What kind of herbs are they? Xie Xuan pretended to be surprised and asked.

"Oh, this little girl, this is someone's secret recipe, if you know what is in it, then not everyone can do it?" A middle-aged woman next to her with a thick layer of white powder on her face squinted at Xie Xuan and the others, looking at their patched clothes and couldn't help but pout.

"That is, whether you can buy it or not, if you can't afford it, don't delay us in picking things." A young girl next to her looked like the daughter of a pouting woman, and the contempt in her eyes was about to fly out.

Xie Xuan ignored them, and still asked the woman who sold the goods: "Auntie, what is the price of these kinds of flour?" ”

When the woman heard what the mother and daughter said, she smiled at her embarrassedly, and said, "Five taels of silver for five dollars of five-flower flour, one tael of almond paste and magnolia paste, and two taels of pearl and jade dust Yueze ointment." She looked at the clothes of Xie Xuan and Xie Qingshan without a trace, and said intimately: "The five flower facial grease sells the best in the shop!" ”

"Then I want the five flowers cream!" Xie Xuan said, and then she turned her head to look at Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian, "Grandpa, uncle, if we buy three boxes, my grandma and eldest concubine won't have either!" ”

Xie Qingshan and Xie Pingtian were stunned, three boxes, that would cost one or two or five dollars of silver, and if they were to use it tightly, they could use it for two or three months! I wanted to refuse, but thinking that Xie Wang and Lin had married into the Xie family for so many years, raised children for them, and handled housework, and had never used this kind of "luxury", the white eyes of the mother and daughter in front of me were about to turn to the sky again, Xie Qingshan gritted his teeth and said to the woman who sold the goods: "I want three boxes of five-flower facial grease!" ”

When he took out the silver from his arms, Xie Qingshan couldn't help but feel a little painful, he bought so many things just now and it only cost a few dollars of silver, and a porcelain box of face fat that was only the size of a palm was five dollars, and three boxes were one or two and a half dollars of silver!

Xie Pingtian was also a little frightened, and said hesitantly: "Otherwise, I will buy two boxes for my mother and Xuanxuan, and Hongmei will forget it......"

"Buy! Hongmei has worked hard for our family for so many years, and if you have your mother's share, you should have your daughter-in-law's share. Xie Qingshan said as he handed the silver to the woman who sold the goods.

The woman really didn't expect that the three of them could afford to buy it, so she just introduced it as just a good fate, and when she saw Xie Qingshan take out the silver, she smiled and took out three white porcelain boxes depicting red plums from the counter and handed them to him, boasting: "The eldest brother really loves the Hun family, which woman is really blessed to marry into the eldest brother's family!" ”

After buying three boxes of flour fat, Xie Qingshan originally planned to buy some other things that were lacking at home, but after a while, he spent more than two taels of silver, and he was reluctant to spend any more money.