Splendid Pastoral Wife

Chapter 116 Buying New Year's goods, a plague occurs (1)
Tian Liusu knew that he was concerned about her status and refused to ruin her reputation, but the villagers didn't know the relationship between them. How could it be possible for a person who has time-traveled to talk about things like the female training ring every day like an ancient woman?

But since Qin Baozhu wants to distance himself from her, it's hard for her to say anything, so let him go.

A few people left Qinjiazhuang and went to the town. They saw a noisy crowd on the street. There were various small vendors standing in a row. The young ladies and young masters led the servants, and there were villagers and women in the village with their arms bent over their baskets, talking and laughing and shopping for new year's goods.

The streets in winter are frosty and cold, but the bustle of the crowd is still unabated. Although the ancient bazaars are not like the bustling and noisy modern ones, they have a simple and lively atmosphere, and the department stores are not like the modern ones. There are a lot of tricks, but the original flavor is better.

Those who sell window grilles and paper-cut couplets, those who sell firecrackers, those who sell candy and snacks, various melon seeds and preserved fruits, and those who sell smoked chicken, roast duck and bacon, have everything you expect. , at least after paying the rent, the rations can be maintained.

However, the villagers of Tianshui Village should have a good New Year this year, right?

Tian Liusu was very energetic today, so he thought he might as well join in the fun and buy the New Year's goods by the way. Although he hasn't prepared other things for the New Year, it's not bad to buy the New Year's goods first.

Just doing what she said, she immediately led a few people home and took the silver and baskets, and they folded them back again, preparing for the big purchases for the New Year.

This is the first year she has lived here, and in just a few months, she has lived a life of poverty and prosperity, and now she has basically become the richest household in Tianshui Village. An Anlele's two children have suffered a lot with her in the past. This year, she will make a big purchase for the New Year to compensate them well.

Food is the most important thing for the people, so the first batch of purchases is naturally food-based. In the past, during the Chinese New Year, Tian Liusu's mother and three would eat a meal of white flour buns and bacon. I only make one piece during the Chinese New Year, and I can wear it for a year regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, so she must buy all the food this year.

She weighed two catties of sesame candy and fruit candy, two catties of peanuts, three catties of melon seeds, one catty each of preserved fruit and bacon, two smoked chickens, one catty of dried meat, and also weighed some raw chicken feet to cook for herself Soup marinated chicken feet, and then went to the pastry shop to buy a pack of chestnut flour cake, auspicious cake, Ruyi cake, rose cake, Qiqiao Dianxiang, and plum blossom cake.

In ancient times, there were very few vegetables produced in winter, so there were basically no seasonal fruits and vegetables, so I only bought some frozen persimmons and crabapple fruits.

Then a few people went to a clothing store in the town to choose a new fashion clothes, shoes and hats for themselves and Xue Ling for each of their two children to wear during the New Year. Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, she lacks energy due to detoxification, and Xue Ling does all the housework every day. She is afraid that she will be too busy, so she directly buys finished products from the clothing store.

After buying these, she walked around and chatted with a few people, and bought tea, wine, sauce and vinegar, incense candles, paper horses, firecrackers, red paper, sugar and other things needed for the New Year.

The next step is to buy two big carps, which are more than enough every year. These fish must be eaten.

The two children pulled Tian Liusu's skirt all the way and watched her buy these things, almost drooling with greed, and the two followed from time to time to express their opinions on what they wanted to buy. Tian Liusu fully satisfied the wishes of the two children.

In less than an hour, several people bought three big baskets, Xue Ling carried two baskets by herself, Tian Liusu carried one basket, Xue Ling saw that the purchase was almost enough, so she told Tian Liusu that it was almost enough , If you feel that there is still something wrong, you can buy it again.

So a few people got up and prepared to go back.

When he was about to leave the market, he passed by a few relatively deserted stalls. Tian Liusu saw at a glance that they were selling couplets, and remembered that they were still short of buying couplets. They almost forgot the most important thing after buying and buying. Turn to the place where couplets are sold.

She browsed through the couplets first, planning to choose the best couplets, blessing characters, door gods, and New Year pictures. Although she only has two thatched huts now, she still wants to make the most of these high-end things.

She will be able to build a house when the first batch of poria cocos paste has made money and the spring of the new year will be over. At that time, she will build five large houses similar to the style of modern rural brick and tile houses. .

Several vendors selling couplets saw them wandering around in front of the stall, and they all tried their best to sell their products to them. Tian Liusu walked around, and a stall caught her attention.

There is a table in front of that booth, which is different from other booths. The others are all square and large, and a shelf is set up on it. The categories were all gathered in one place and neatly arranged, but this booth was some distance away from those few, and there were not many people in front of the booth, watching in twos and threes.

Standing behind the table was a young man in a blue singlet. His appearance was gentle, with a rather bookish look but his face was disheveled. There were irregular thick stubble standing on his face, and his hair seemed to have not been washed for a long time. Shivering in the sleeves of his robe, there is a pair of pens and ink and some cut red paper on the table in front of him. It seems that his couplets are written and sold on the spot.

The man saw Tian Liusu and his group walking past his stall, and was disappointed to not want to see her, but turned back, and looked at her expectantly.

"This gentleman, are you ready-made couplets?" Tian Liusu asked tentatively, he looked like a down-and-out young man from a wealthy family, not a business person at all.

"Exactly. I wonder if this lady wants to buy couplets?" The man looked at Tian Liusu eagerly after speaking, full of hope.

"You don't seem like someone who specializes in this business, why would you set up a stall here? Could it be that there is something hidden?" Tian Liusu asked lightly.

Seeing that Tian Liusu spoke softly, and he didn't seem to be laughing at him, the man cleared his throat and replied, "Exactly, Xiaosheng is a villager in Yangguan Village. Because his mother is sick and needs money to buy medicine, Xiaosheng can't make up for it for a while." With the money, I bought a pair of pens and ink and set up a stall here to sell calligraphy."

"Oh? It sounds like you're a scholar?"

"Yes."

"Then let me take a look at your writing." Tian Liusu saw that there was a clean and upright air between the brows of this person, although he was sloppy, but if he tidied up a little, he would definitely be a good-looking scholar, so he couldn't help but cherish his talent .

(End of this chapter)