Qi Ning, who had been busy from morning to late, couldn't care about anything else, so he went to the grocery store first to ask for a flint and came back to brush the pot. Dismantled a bundle of firewood, pulled a handful of straw from the straw pile in the corner of the wall and stuffed it into the stove, knocked the flint for a long time before making a fire, boiled a pot of water and brushed the pot again, only then did he use a big bowl to stuff some rice and stop cooking, quickly finished the rice, and went to fetch water to heat it again, and washed it carefully from head to toe. Not to mention that although there is no soap in this dynasty, the bath beans I bought at the grocery store just now are also very useful. After washing, Qi Ning climbed into bed with his hands and feet, and couldn't get up again.

The next day, Qi Ning slept until he woke up naturally, only to be woken up by the bustling sound outside. stretched his waist for a long time, Qi Ning went to the yard and washed briefly with cold water, but he couldn't get up anymore, and his stomach was growling. When I washed my face, the shadow of a little girl appeared in the basin, with a slender and thin body and thin and weak shoulders. A small face is probably not as big as an adult's palm, but a pair of black eyes look clear and clean. The appearance of this original body is similar to that of Qi Ning in his previous life, when he was a child, but the original body is thinner and his face is not good-looking. Qi Ning was forced by her mother to learn dance for several years, and after training, her figure was very well-proportioned and straight, and her appearance was even more delicate and fair-skinned with her mother. Qi Ning took a closer look and felt that the reflection in the water was a little distorted. And now Qi Ning is less than fifteen years old, and he is still malnourished all year round, and his body is thin. If you take care of it well, it is estimated that she will be a beautiful woman when she grows up, at least she will not be ugly. Basically, Qi Ning is still confident in his future appearance. She doesn't require that after crossing over, she will have the appearance of a country and a city, a fish and a goose, and she can be a queen and princess or something. As long as you can earn more money to buy what you like, and spend your life peacefully and joyfully, you will be content. When I opened the door, I found that there were many fewer people on the street today, and I simply ate a bowl of tasteless chaos at the chaos stall at the intersection, and Qi Ning wiped my mouth and walked along the street.

Qi Ning wandered in the market, his heart was filled with a familiar feeling, the bluestone floor, the street that could pass two carriages, the shops on the street, the eaves of the corridors were covered for a long time, the stalls under the corridor, and the various disguises hung above, no matter the weather or rain, they were not affected to do business. It's like the slow-paced living area of the previous life, the smell of fireworks in the morning bell and dusk. A few children with bags and buns squatted at the mouth of the alley chattering, and the old people and women were standing or sitting on the side of the street in groups of three or five, chatting with each other.

The stalls sold hot roasted sweet potatoes, boiled peanuts, and plum cakes, and in the open courtyard gates there were a few hanging ropes, drying clothes and bed sheets, not blocking the sun's rays, and swinging with the wind. It's lunchtime, there is cooking smoke in the distance and near the distance, and the air is filled with the smell of vegetables, which is what life should be. Her heart calmed down, as if she had come to travel, and walked slowly and watched.

Qing'an City has convenient water and land transportation. On the east side of the city is the north-south traffic artery, and further east of the official road is a large waterway wharf. Therefore, there are abundant goods in the city, and the prices are relatively cheap compared to other state cities. Walking along West Street all the way to the main street and East Street, after carefully looking at all the shops and stalls, Qi Ning had a plan in his heart, there are many restaurants of all kinds in Qing'an City, Chaos, noodle restaurants and other snack shops, but there are no special ones that sell hot sauce. Qi Ning couldn't help but be happy in her heart, in her previous life, her grandmother was best at making all kinds of hot sauce, and if she was ready to put it into a bottle, it wouldn't be bad if she put it for a long time. Qi Ning also learned the specific method by following the beating, and every time she took it to school on Monday, she was snatched up by her classmates.

Qi Ning happily walked back, passing by the meat stall at the north end of West Street, and carefully inquired about the price. The butcher surnamed Zhang, the ancestors are all killing pigs and selling meat, has been doing business on this street, usually killing a pig every day before dawn, every New Year's festival or a large family to order meat, will kill a few more. Although Zhang Butcher looks sturdy, he is straightforward and quick to speak.

"Fat pork belly is fifteen wen a catty, lean meat is thirteen wen, if the girl buys more, I will give you a few bones, and stew them at home." Zhang Butcher said while holding a whisk to chase flies.

"Big brother, I don't just sell meat for myself, but I also want to make something to sell, you can give me a cheaper price, I only need pork belly."

"If you can ask for ten catties at a time, I'll give you fourteen wen." When Butcher Zhang heard that he wanted more, he immediately laughed.

"Okay, you cut me twenty pounds of fatten."

"Okay, twenty pounds high, I'm putting you a piece." The butcher cut off a large piece of meat hanging from the hook and weighed it, and then cut off a small piece and added it.

"This, how do you take it?" Qi Ning asked.

"Why don't you bring a basket when you buy something, I'll skewer it with hemp rope for you." As he spoke, he took out a hemp rope from under the stall and put it on.

Qi Ning handed him a piece of silver horn, and the butcher weighed it in a small scale to retrieve a pile of copper plates, and tied two leg bones with hemp rope and handed it to Qi Ning: "This is a gift, the girl must take care of our business more in the future." ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I'll come often." Qi Ning didn't care about wandering around with the bones and meat in both hands, so he went home and put them down first.

After going home and putting the meat and bones in a basin to soak, Qi Ning locked the door and went to the grocery store again.

"Aunt Wu." Qi Ning stood at the door and shouted at the Wu clan who was standing at the door of someone else.

"Hey, here we are." Wu trotted back: "What does Miss Qi want to buy?" ”

"Are there any dried chilies, mushrooms and bean paste?"

"There are chili peppers and bean paste, and the mushrooms are dried mushrooms, okay?" Wu led Qi Ning into the room, pointed to a wooden box and asked.

"Mushrooms?" Qi Ning picked it up and took a look, isn't this a shiitake mushroom! It seems to be called differently.

"Is this mushroom expensive?"

"It's not expensive, it's all in the mountains, and it's my Uncle Zhu who went down to collect it. Thirty wen per catty. ”

"I want five catties, bean paste?"

"Douban sauce is the best bean paste from Fucheng Liuheju, there are two hundred wen for five catties and a jar, and three hundred and ninety wen for ten catties, which one do you want?" Wu took out two jars from a pile of sacks and placed them on the counter.

"Then ten pounds, what does dried chili pepper look like?"

"That's what hangs on that shelf." Wu pointed to the red peppers on the shelves at the door.

"Look at my eyes, I didn't see it when I came in." Qi Ning smiled embarrassedly.

"My house is too full, not to mention you, even my old man often can't find things."

"Is this dried chili pepper spicy?"

"It's very spicy, this is a cargo ship pulled from the south, 20 wen a catty. A string is exactly a pound. ”

"Do I want 100 pounds?"

"So much? But it's not enough, I'll find it for you. Wu bent down and turned over the basket behind the shelf for a long time, and only made up more than 30 catties.

"It's okay, then let's do these first, Aunt Wu calculates how much."

"It's a total of 1,360 yuan, you can give one, two, or three dollars." Wu skillfully pulled the abacus a few times, and said to Qi Ning with a smile.

Qi Ning took out a piece of broken silver, Wu weighed exactly one or two, and Qi Ning counted another three hundred wen and put it on the counter.

"Thank you, Aunt Wu, I'll go back with the bean paste first, and I'll get the rest of the things later." Qi Ning carried the jar out the door.

"I'll send you the others to the mouth of the alley, and if it weren't for my old man's absence, I'll send you home." Wu used a basket of chili peppers and shiitake mushrooms to send to the mouth of the alley, and when Qi Ning put the bean paste at the gate, he came back to get the basket of chili peppers: "Thank you, Aunt Wu." ”

"You kid, thank you one by one. When you run out of baskets, just give it to me by the way. Wu said, seeing the customer in the store, he hurriedly went back.

Qi Ning moved the things to the yard, soaked the mushrooms with water, locked the door again, and carried the basket to the Wu family to put at the door: "Aunt Wu, the basket is here for you." ”

"Let it go." Wu was greeting customers and didn't bother to say much.

Qi Ning walked through the alley to find a porcelain shop on Main Street.

Seeing the customer come to the door, the guy greeted him enthusiastically: "What does this girl want to buy?" ”

"Is there a small jar of white porcelain? To be with a lid. ”

"Do you look at these kinds of things on the shelf?" The job pointed to several white porcelain bottles at the bottom of the shelf for Qi Ning to see.

"How do you sell this pot-bellied one?" Qi Ning chose a porcelain jar that was bigger than a fist and picked it up and looked at it, the cap was also porcelain, but cork was added to it, so the lid was quite firm.

"This is ten cents a piece."

"Is there any other color for this?"

"And black, red, and cyan." The job took three objects of the same size and different colors from the side and put them on the shelf in front of Qi Ning.

"How much does this cost?"

"The price is the same, Shiwen."

"Can it be cheaper if you want more?"

"How much does the girl want?"

"Let's ask for a hundred colors first, and then buy them often."

"Shopkeeper, come here." The job turned back and shouted to an old man at the counter.

"This girl asked for 400 jars and asked if it could be cheaper." The work explained to the old man who came over.

"The girl wants so much at a time, and we have to go to our store, and no one has these goods." The old man looked at Qi Ning with a smile.

"The so-called large quantity is preferred, not to mention that I didn't buy it this time, and I will often buy it in the future."

"Oh, that's nine cents a piece." The old man has a white goatee and his eyes are shining, and he looks like an old businessman.

"Liuwen." Qi Ning smiled and spit out two words.

"Liuwen is too low, and it loses money. Or just seventeen or two? ”

"Bawen, send me five more. Okay, I'll pack it up and send it to me, if not, I'll go to another house to have a look. Qi Ning made it look like he was leaving.

"Okay, it's just Bawen, I don't know where to send it?"

"The first alley in front of the Zhu Ji grocery store on West Street."

"Okay, the girl is happy, I'll let the job be delivered to you, settle the bill here." The old man pointed to the counter and said to Qi Ning.

Qi Ning followed to the front of the counter, and the work just now went to the back to load.

"A total of three taels and two pieces of silver." The old man didn't need to calculate, and looked at Qi Ning with a smile.

Qi Ning took out a silver ingot of five taels and handed it to the old man.

"It's a tael or eight that was found for you." The old man took the silver and looked at it a few times, put it in the cash cabinet, took out the broken silver slot and weighed it with a small scale hanging above the counter and handed it to Qi Ning.

"How long?"

"Right now, girl, later." The old man bowed his head and kept notes.