Back in Gangshang Village, there were people walking around the street in the village, and when they saw Xie Qingshan and his party coming back from the mule cart, they all asked about talking, and Xie Qingshan smiled and drove the car to his home.

Turning the corner, I saw a merchant with a scarf standing on the street in front of the house, two burdens full of goods beside him, surrounded by a few aunts and daughters-in-law, and a few children who were pestering their grandmothers and mothers to buy things to eat, and were talking and laughing and choosing goods noisily. Xie Wang's and Lin's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are also among them.

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng hurriedly pulled Xie Xuan out of the car and ran to the merchant's stall.

When he got closer, the two burdens of the merchant came into view, Xie Xuan couldn't help but be amazed, only to see that the two burdens were full of dazzling lights, and all kinds of household gadgets rushed into his eyes together.

There are caramel sugar, white sugar, sesame sugar, hawthorn candy, and all kinds of candied fruit; There are shuttlecocks, empty bamboos, spinning tops, rolling lanterns, slingshots, kites, clay figures, mud whistles, rattles, windmills, tangrams, Kong Ming locks, and nine rings; On the head, there are peach wood combs, grates, boxwood hairpins, vegetable jade hairpins, red, yellow, purple velvet silk flowers, black silver hairpins, hair braided mustaches, brown silk mustaches, iron wire mustaches, men's nets, iron black silver nets and scarf circles; There are tin pots, notes, maza, teapots and bowls, toothbrushes, all kinds of needles and threads, embroidery patterns, all kinds of rulers, wool green cloth, three shuttle cloth, fine kudzu cloth, coarse cloth, it is simply dazzling, I don't know what to look at.

Xie Xuan saw that Xie Wang and Lin had already bought a few needles and various cotton threads in their hands, and they were rummaging through pieces of white wood flowers in a box on the stall, like wood chips cut down by a carpenter.

"Grandma, big girl, isn't this wood shavings? Can this still be sold? What's the use? Xie Xuan couldn't help asking.

"Silly Nizi, this is elm shavings, which is used to soak shavings water. Put it in a bowl, soak it in water overnight, and dip it when you comb your hair, and you can comb your hair to a smooth and smooth finish! The outspoken neighbor Aunt Feng didn't wait for Xie Wang's answer, so she smiled and said.

"Oh! I remember, I used to put a small bowl on my grandmother's table, and the water in it was slimy, and I dipped it when I saw my grandmother comb her hair, and it turned out that this thing was soaked! Xie Xuan suddenly realized that she had found this scene in Xie Xuan's memory since she was a child.

Shavings water, known as the sticky head tree in ancient times, is an ancient version of the mousse hairspray styling agent. When combing the hair, use a comb grate to dip a little, or brush a little on the head with a brush, the hair will be oily and slippery, not messy, but also exude a faint elm fragrance, with the effect of moisturizing black hair, is a natural green hair products commonly used by ancient people.

The merchant was originally very busy, not only answering the questions of the eldest sister-in-law and younger daughter-in-law, but also watching the children steal things, and Xie Xuan, who watched it, couldn't help but admire in his heart.

The merchant secretly heard Xie Xuan and the others talking, so he hurriedly took out a piece of wood about a foot long, solid, and slightly yellowed, patted the piece of wood, and said proudly: "This shavings are wood flowers dug out of a hundred-year-old elm tree, as long as it is scalded with boiling water, the glue will come out immediately!" Even if you use cold water, you don't need to soak it overnight, you only need to soak it for two hours, you can comb your hair and wipe your hair, keep your hair oily and slippery, and you won't have gray hair at the end of the day! ”

When Xie Wang and Lin saw their husbands and sons driving into the house with a mule cart, their minds were no longer here, and they hurriedly asked, "Give Bao Wuwen money!" ”

"Okay! Two pieces for one penny, ten pieces for five cents! I'll give you one more piece, and you're good to go! ”

The vendor neatly used the carpenter's wooden planer to push a few times, and the thin pieces of shavings rolled into a cylindrical shape fell next to the stall. The merchant carefully tied a bundle with hemp rope, handed it to Lin, and said enthusiastically: "Sister-in-law, I still have a shavings tank here!" There are porcelain and copper, why don't you take a look? ”

"Next time, next time! When the family comes back! Xie Wang and Lin hurriedly excused themselves, took their things and hurried home.

Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng looked at the merchant and couldn't take their eyes off it, Xie Xuan saw their greedy looks, so he grabbed Xie Wang's indigo armor placket, and said with a smile: "Grandma, give me a few pennies, I want to buy something!" ”

Xie Wang nodded her forehead and said reproachfully: "You little slippery head, I just saw that you saved all the money you gave in the past in your small purse, why do you want it now?" After that, he took out a handful of copper coins from his sleeve, counted ten wen and handed it to Xie Xuan, "Be careful, don't lose it, even if you buy cakes and candy to eat and play, it's better than losing it!" ”

This is really generous, you must know that people in the village generally don't give their children pocket money, and they only give one or two pennies, so that the children can buy one or two pieces of candy to eat.

Xie Xuan smiled and patted her ass: "I knew that grandma was the best for me!" ”

Xie Zhicheng saw it and came over and shouted: "Grandma, mother!" I want it too! ”

Lin Shi gave him a violent shudder, and scolded with a smile: "You monkey, how can you ask for money two days ago!" Look how sensible your brother is! ”

"Then how do you give it to Xuanxuan?" Xie Zhicheng pouted reluctantly.

"Is Xuanxuan a girl's family, or is it your sister, you are so old, do you want to compare with Xuanxuan?" Lin flicked his fingers on the door of his head again.

There are those women who are also in the stall to watch the excitement and pick up things, and they have always been looking for something to do, and it is not a big deal to watch the excitement. Among them, there is a Qian who lives on Qiandao Street, who is in his thirties, staring at this scene with squinted eyes, and said in a strange manner: "Yo, this granddaughter is closer than her own grandson!" Give your child ten miles of pocket money? Mrs. Lin, you can enjoy the blessings of your niece and daughter when you look back! ”

As the Xie family gradually became richer, some of the attitudes of those neighbors in the same village who could still talk a few words of gossip when they met in the past gradually changed.

Although some of them are still in normal contact as before, there are also some who want to get in touch with the benefits, and some are jealous, and they are a little yin and yang when they talk, which sounds strange in their hearts.

When Xie Wang heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't look up and look down with this Qian family, and he didn't want to entangle with her, so he pretended not to hear and ignored her.

Lin can't just ignore her, she is a daughter-in-law, even if her mother-in-law doesn't take it to heart, she has to make an attitude at this time.

"My niece and daughter grew up eating my milk, and she has always been treated as a daughter, and she is more filial than her two sons! You can take care of your own business, and don't sell turnips and follow the salt burden—what a spare time! Lin said.

The Qian family couldn't move, and ate a soft nail from the Lin family, which was so boring, muttering nonsense, Xie Wang and Lin just didn't hear it.

"Brother Zhicheng, I'll buy you what you want!" Xie Xuan originally saw that Xie Zhiyuan and Xie Zhicheng were greedy for things, so she asked Xie Wang's family for money, so she gave Xie Zhicheng a look, and Xie Zhicheng happily pulled her to the merchant's stall to pick up things.

Xie Wang and Lin said goodbye to Aunt Feng's neighbors who had been friends with each other for a long time, and hurried home.