Chapter 6: Into the City, Shopping, Shopping
"Are all the bandits gone?" Tao Qi Niang doesn't care about any horses, silver, she is worried about her daughter now, offended the mountain bandits, what if she chases it back.
"Mother, don't worry, they were all scared away by me. But we have to run away tonight, and when the time comes, someone in the province will find out that I drove away the bandits. β
Hearing this, Tao Qi Niang nodded, "Okay, let's go quickly." β
"That mother, you get on the horse, and I'll lead the horse."
"You go up, my mother will lead it."
"This horse is just a little frightened, I'll calm it down first, and we'll exchange it later."
Tao Qi Niang thought about it, and in order to stop pushing back and forth and delaying time, she responded: "Okay." β
Then she climbed onto the horse with the help of Tao Qiqi.
Just as soon as she got on the horse, Tao Qi Niang had an inexplicable sense of familiarity, but it was only for a moment.
After Tao Qiqi and Tao Qiqi rushed overnight, they were getting farther and farther away from the team in Taojia Village.
When it was almost over, the mother and mother stopped to rest.
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Early the next morningβ
As soon as Tao Qiqi woke up, he said: "Mother, let's go to the county seat today, buy a carriage cover, and buy some pots and pans, otherwise it will be inconvenient for us to cook on the road." In the morning, I will go to the county seat and buy some food. β
"Okay, so shall we sell the horses for donkeys or mules?"
When Tao Qiqi heard this, he didn't want to refuse: "No, the carriage is going fast, and at least there is a sheltered shed, which can not only shade the sun, but also rest in it." β
Tao Qiniang saw that Tao Qiqi said this, so she didn't say anything more.
The two simply packed up and walked to the nearest county seat.
When I arrived at the gate of the county seat, I saw that there were officers and soldiers guarding the gate of the city, and there were many refugees outside the city resting there.
Tao Qiqi led the horse and led Tao Qiniang directly to the city gate.
"Official, is there any requirement for entering the city now?"
When the official guarding the door saw someone asking, he turned his head and saw that it was a girl leading a horse, and his original impatient expression was immediately put away, and then replied: "There are no other requirements, there is a deed of nationality or a road guide, and then one person can pay fifty wen to enter the city." β
Hearing this, Tao Qi Niang couldn't help but gasp.
On the contrary, Tao Qiqi took out a string of copper plates from his arms without blinking.
The official took the copper plate and briefly looked at the deed, and then let him enter the city.
The first thing Tao Qiqi did after entering the city was to put the carriage on the horse, so that there would be a place to buy and buy for a while.
Tao Qiqi thought about sitting with the two of them, it didn't have to be too good, but it couldn't be too bad, so she chose a similar one, and it cost fifteen taels of silver, but it hurt her.
But thinking about it in the future, it can be regarded as a carriage to escape the famine, and I feel that these fifteen taels are worth it.
The shopkeeper politely helped to put on the carriage, and then took the experience around, it felt good, and there was no quality problem, and she started her purchase and purchase plan after paying the silver.
Of course, you have to fill your stomach before buying, buying, buy
Eat and go shopping, buy and buy!!
First of all, I bought daily necessities, pots and pans, buckets, and kitchen knives!
And of course, the most important salt!!
I went to the market and cut a few catties of pork belly, bought some eggs, and cooked two chickens.
After all, it costs a lot of silver to enter the city once, so you have to buy more things at a time.
The guy who ate went to buy a quilt, although the weather was hot at this time, it was more secure to prepare, anyway, it was not expensive to buy a quilt on a hot day at this time.
In addition, some medicines must also be prepared, such as powder to repel snakes, rats, insects and ants; Herbs to prevent heat stroke and wind cold; There are also those that treat bruises and injuries, and those that stop bleeding are also a little bit.
After buying these, Tao Qiqi asked Tao Qiniang in the carriage: "Mother, we have almost bought all the things, what else do you need to buy?" β
"Go to the ready-to-wear store and buy you two clothes, and you see that the clothes on your body are torn by you."
After listening to Tao Qiniang's words, Tao Qiqi noticed the clothes on her body, and she couldn't care so much about the sandstorm, there were only two sets of clothes in total, and the other set was broken when she left Tao's house.
"Okay, then we will buy two sets each."
Tao Qiqi said and walked in the direction of the ready-to-wear store.
In the end, the two happily bought new clothes and took Tao Qi Niang out of the city.
The new clothes Tao Qiqi put on directly.
However, she bought very simple dark clothes, and as soon as she put them on, she tied her hair into a ponytail and tied a headband, and she would never recognize this as a girl if she didn't look carefully.
In this way, there will be at least fewer people staring at her on the way to escape from the wilderness in the future.
It's just that as soon as the two of them left the city, Tao Qiqi heard an old woman's harsh and abusive voice at the city gate.
"Money-losing goods, it's really a money-losing goods, let you be sweeter and take the initiative when you meet the buyer, but you put on a dead face for me, why don't you just die, it's a hundred dead.
What kind of sin did I make, why did I raise such a money-losing goods, and now I can't open the pot at home, you are useless in losing money, oh, my eldest grandson, why are you such a useless sister.
If you starve to death, don't forget, don't let her go if you're a ghost, she's a broom star, a cheap hoof, she should be stuffed into a dung bucket and drowned when she was born, she is a white-eyed wolf after so many years in vain, and it's useless at a critical time. β
This voice is not only ugly to scold, but a scolding is enough to kill a hand, and after scolding, I still feel aggrieved, and I sit on the ground and cry that is called a pear blossom with rain, which is better than Tao's.
On the other hand, the little girl who was beaten didn't shed a single tear, and she was also a stupid girl.
In this empty ancient time, there is no shortage of the best products.
Especially the patriarchal thinking, the angry peach Qiqi couldn't help but grit his teeth.
I wanted to endure and drive the carriage away, but I saw the old woman get up and pick up the little girl and say, "Go, go into the city, and sell you to the kiln, no matter how much silver you exchange." If you can have a rich man, you can take a fancy to you and exchange some food, it is better than eating white food at home every day and wasting food. β
As soon as the old woman finished speaking, Tao Qiqi wanted to stand up, but a tall and burly man next to her stood up one step ahead of her and said: "You have to pay two people's entrance fees to sell in the city, so it is better to sell it to us, or we can exchange it with you for food." β
"It's just, it just so happens that our brothers haven't had fun for a long time. How about it, do you want to exchange this girl for some food with us? You can also save some money on entering the city! β
When the old woman heard this, her eyes rolled and she replied: "Okay, ten catties of grain, give ten catties of grain, three taels of silver, two taels of silver, ten catties of grain plus two taels of silver, and this cheap hoof will belong to you." β
After hearing this, the two men who spoke just now couldn't help but laugh.
"Auntie, aren't you dreaming? Just this stinky girl, do you still want to exchange ten catties of grain plus two taels of silver?? Two pounds of grain at most, or you will go into the city and sell it yourself. As for a hairy girl like her, it is not certain whether she can buy it when she goes to the city. β