The name of the town is Linshui Town, and as the name suggests, it was built on water.

The water is a very wide river, but the water level is shallow enough to carry large boats, and occasionally anglers row small wooden boats to fish on the river.

The town is located on the east bank of the river, and from a distance, there are rows of gray walls and green tiles, and there is no end in sight, and the row of houses built along the river will stick out of the water, like stilted buildings by the river, and women will go down the steps to the river to wash clothes and get water.

On the west shore is a barren beach with reeds more than a man high, from which snow-white herons and snow-blue kingfishers can be seen swooping out to the surface of the water to hunt.

At the entrance of the town, a solemn and elegant archway stands majestically, and the three words of Linshui Town engraved on it are vigorous and powerful.

When you walk into the town, the quaint atmosphere is more straightforward, the bluestone paved streets are slightly uneven, the houses on both sides are brick and wood structures, the window lattice eaves are carved with complicated patterns, compared with the ancient town that has been commercially developed and become a tourist attraction in the previous life, there is less shadow of modern industrial civilization and copper smell, showing the original ecological style.

People walk on the street, as if they are swimming in the middle of a painting.

Liu Qingyan has a different kind of affection in her heart, maybe it is also very good to live in ancient times!

Because there were eggs to sell, and some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar at home had to be added, the group went straight to the market on South Street.

After getting off the ox cart, the noisy voices of people in the street market rang into my ears.

Liu Boyu drove the ox cart to the place where he helped take care of the carriage and horses, paid two cents to get a license plate, and when he left, he came to pick up the ox cart with the license plate, which is similar to the modern paid parking lot.

Walking into the market, I saw the pedestrians on the street rubbing shoulders one after another, lively and extraordinary, the small stalls lined up on the ground on both sides were in good order, all kinds of items were sold in different areas, there was a dazzling array of everything, the shouts of the hawkers, the sound of bargaining and the cries of poultry and livestock such as chickens and ducks were intertwined, and it could be called the voice of the people.

Some people dressed in uniform clothes patrol the market to maintain order, and these people are equivalent to modern chengguan.

Because there were a lot of things to do today, Xie Shi carried a basket of eggs, and found a vendor who collected eggs to sell the eggs cheaper, saving time for a few pennies.

"The people take food as the sky, food as the first", now it is a peaceful and prosperous era, eating is the top priority of the people, the shops on both sides of the market are some grocery stores, grain shops, butcher shops, dim sum shops, etc., it is also convenient to buy.

I first went to the grain store and bought 20 catties of white noodles to make steamed buns, and then went to the grocery store, and added some seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

Qingzhi shouted to eat pastries, and went to the dim sum shop to weigh a few dim sum cakes and "bean" crisps, and by the way, she bought a small package of zongzi candy for the two small ones, two pennies a pack.

Liu Qingyan tasted one, it was so sweet that her teeth were sick, and she gave it to Qingzhi, and she was still not used to eating something too sweet.

Finally, I went to the butcher shop and cut a good meat, there are more than five catties, the family has not bought fresh meat for a long time, and it is not a matter to always eat bacon, change the taste.

Because of the large amount of meat bought, the owner of the butcher shop gave two large bones, and the bones were not worth much. Generally, people buy meat for one or two catties, and buy five catties less at a time, unless it is a big household in the town.

Seeing the bones, Liu Qingyan was overjoyed, she could drink bone broth! She was wondering if she should take out her 'little coffer' to buy some pork bones.

Bone broth is rich in nutrients and has many benefits, and the collagen contained in it can enhance the hematopoietic function of the bone marrow and help the growth and development of bones. The current height is less than 1.5 meters, she can't grow to 1.7 meters in her previous life, and she can be considered tall in ancient times when she grows to 1.6 meters, and she still likes to be a tall beauty.

This shop in and out of that shop, Liu Qingyan followed behind with great interest all the way, and at the same time silently calculated the price in her heart.

The price of white flour is five cents a catty, which is the same price as the best white rice in the shop, and there are more rice and less wheat in the south, which is very normal; The best meat is 15 wen a catty, the pork belly is 13 wen a catty, and the pure lean meat is only 10 wen. Although vegetable oils such as rapeseed oil and soybean oil in Canglan have been widely eaten, the working people still like to fry vegetables with lard, and lean meat is the cheapest.

Those pastries cost twenty pounds a catty, and the second elder of the Liu family was willing to buy a few catties, which showed that it was excellent for the child, and it hurt sincerely.

Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are not counted, and the bits and pieces are too troublesome.

The price of the two worlds is converted according to the price of eggs, and it is not much different, it seems that the controller of this country is a wise king.

After coming out of the butcher's shop, the basket of eggs was already full.

Passing by the vegetable stall, Liu Qingyan saw that there was a fresh Huaishan for sale, and asked Xie to buy one, and the bone broth had to be boiled with something.

The basket was carried in Liu Boyu's hands, and Old Man Liu was also empty-handed, and he bought a lot of money today, but there was the most important one that he didn't buy.

The main purpose of coming to the town today is to rip cloth, but the cloth village is on West Street.

West Street is much cleaner than the noise of South Street, the street is smooth and clean, the houses are neat and generous, the adjacent streets are all two-storey small buildings, there are silk and satin villages, embroidery villages, pawnshops, bookstores, restaurants, etc., in short, the door face is higher than the high-end atmosphere of the shops on South Street.

The group walked across South Street and went straight to the last stop.

There is a small stone arch bridge between South and North Streets, and under the bridge is a ditch, but I don't know what this ditch is used for, maybe it's just a drainage ditch.

There is a vendor on the side of the bridge on North Street selling silk flowers, hairpins, head ropes and other items used by women, these things are not as workmanship as those in jewelry shops, but the price is cheaper, suitable for women in ordinary people's homes.

Women are the ones who please themselves, women are born to love beauty, and Xie and Mrs. Liu are naturally no exception, picking and choosing the old man in the stall for a long time.

Liu Qingyan didn't like those brightly colored piles of yarn and silk flowers, so she chose two pairs of ribbons, one pair of coupling colors, and the other pair of light blue like clouds. The light blue pair of clothes that matched her body immediately asked Xie Shi to help her tie it on her head.

Shopping with women is a chore, and when several women in the family were picking and choosing, the father and son of the Liu family saw a small teahouse next to it, and immediately sat down in the teahouse to drink tea and rest.

After the Jiang family made a good selection and paid the money, the father and son of the Liu family sat in the teahouse and never moved their feet again.

"Ahem, old woman, your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will take the two girls to rip the cloth, I will sit here with the third child and wait for you, anyway, we don't know what the cloth is good or what is bad, and the silver is also with you." Old Man Liu pretended to be choked by the tea, and said with a wry smile.

The old husband and wife have been together for decades, how could Mrs. Liu not understand, and said with a blank glance at the old man Liu: "The old man has to be lazy about everything." ”

Liu Boyu just lowered his head and drank tea without saying a word.

So, Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Xie dragged a small one and left.

Xie Shi was carrying a furoshiki, which was an embroidered handkerchief purse, and the money she paid when she went to the embroidery village was her private silver. The Liu family is generous to their daughter-in-law, and the few pieces of silver that do embroidery work do not need to be handed over.

Because he was going to make clothes next, Xie handed over the embroidery work and didn't take the embroidery work back. Mrs. Liu was a little dazzled when she was old, and she couldn't see the stitches clearly when making clothes, so the work of making clothes fell all on the Xie family.

When the embroidery was handed over, the proprietress of the embroidery village heard Xie say that she wanted to buy cloth, so she introduced that a new cloth village was opened on the street, which not only had a complete variety, but also had bright colors and was not easy to fade, and the price was fair.

Out of the embroidery village, Xie and Mrs. Liu followed the direction pointed by the proprietress and looked for it.

This newly opened cloth village is extremely generous, the door face of the three bays should be repainted and cleaned up, the carved plaque reads "auspicious cloth", the red cloth on the plaque has not been removed, apparently it has been opened for a few days.

Two young men were shouting at the doorway to passers-by.

"Neighborhoods, auspicious cloth village near the water town branch newly opened, in order to thank the neighbors for their help, to patronize all have gifts to give, our cloth village price is fair, the variety of colors is complete, the weaver is superior, never deceive customers, walk through the passing neighborhood do not buy also come in to take a look, take a look!"

Whenever someone asked, the man smiled and bowed down to welcome the person in, and after a while he came out again and continued to shout, it seemed that there was someone else inside, and these two were only responsible for welcoming the guests.

Mrs. Liu stepped forward and asked, "Young man, do you have Xia Bu for sale at home?" ”

The guy immediately smiled and said: "Look at what this lady said, our auspicious cloth Zhuang silk and satin, coarse cloth and fine cloth are everything, and Xia cloth is naturally available, and the colors and patterns of our summer cloth are the most fashionable in Fucheng, and the weavers are also the best, and the whole Jiangnan can no longer find a second one." ”

Mrs. Liu said with a kind face: "You young man is a talker, and my aunt also heard that your family's cloth is good before looking for it, if it is really as good as you said, our family of eight people will buy the cloth here." ”

When the guy heard this, the smile on his face became even brighter, "Auntie, eldest sister, and two young ladies are invited." He bent down and led the four of them in.

The store is very spacious and tidy, with different kinds of cotton, linen and silk fabrics placed separately, and a variety of colorful fabrics displayed on the counter and the shelves behind it, which makes people dazzled.

After entering the door, the man shouted to another man who was greeting guests: "Zhu, this lady wants to buy Xia Bu, hurry up and come and greet him." ”

The guy named Zhu immediately came over and greeted with a smile: "A few people, please come with me, Xia Bu is here." ”

A man called the pillar took over, and the man at the door went outside to shout again.

Xia cloth is a cloth woven from ramie silk, which is divided into refined and coarse. The refined summer cloth is soft in texture, easy to wash and dry, breathable and ventilated, cool and comfortable to wear, not only loved by the majority of ordinary people, but also liked to be bought by many rich and noble families to make summer shirts.

Yongzhou Mansion is one of the main production areas of ramie, and there are some people in Baishui Village who plant one or two bushes in front of the door to make shoe soles and the like, so Xia cloth is considered a local cloth, and the price is more acceptable to ordinary people.