“There are five relatively large markets in Tianjin, namely Renhou Market, Baoquan Market, Huoquan Market, Dadao Market and Fuyou Market.
"The five markets have different opening times, but basically, there are at least two markets open every day. The one we are going to today is Baoquan Market."
Everyone took a carriage and soon arrived at the market entrance.
Boss Ye jumped out of the car first, helped Mrs. Ye, and then carried Qingtian down.
As soon as Qingtian saw the grand scene at the market, he couldn't take his eyes off it.
Mrs. Ye was also shocked: "Oh, there are more people in this market than those waiting to enter Shanhaiguan."
The things in the market are even more dazzling.
There are all kinds of grains, oils, rice, flour, bamboo boards, wine, snacks, various utensils, and even flowers, birds, fish and insects.
It can be said that there is nothing you can’t find in the market, except what you can’t think of.
Li Fu said, "I've asked around, and all the fabrics, needles, and thread are on the west side. Let's go over there and buy what we need first. We can go shopping for other things if we have time."
Naturally, everyone had no objection and followed Li Fu westward.
On the way, Boss Ye bought Qingtian a candied haws.
It was Qingtian’s first time to see candied haws. Looking at the red ones wrapped in a layer of shiny sugar shell, they looked so beautiful.
She didn't know how to eat it, so she tentatively stuck out her little tongue and licked the sugar on the outside.
"How sweet!" Qingtian smiled happily with his eyes curved.
Boss Ye taught her, "Don't lick it, bite off the first hawthorn directly."
Qingtian opened his mouth wide and bit off a sugar-coated hawthorn, chewing it with a crisp sound.
The sour and sweet taste fills your mouth.
"Is it delicious?" asked Boss Ye.
"Delicious!" Qingtian nodded vigorously, put the candied haws in her hand to Boss Ye's mouth and said, "Dad, have some too!"
"Dad isn't a kid anymore. He won't eat these. You eat them now!"
Seeing his daughter so sensible, Boss Ye felt happier than if he had eaten something.
Qingtian stretched out his arm again to hand the candied haws to Mrs. Ye.
"Good boy, I won't eat it either, so you can eat it yourself. You don't have to leave any for your brothers. I'll buy some for you when we get home later, okay?"
After hearing this, Qingtian finally stopped pushing and held the candied haws in his hand and slowly started eating it.
Li Fu couldn't help but say, "Oh, Qingtian is such a sensible child. No wonder even my wife likes him!"
Hearing others praising their daughter, Boss Ye and Sister Ye couldn't help but smile.
As they were talking, the group soon arrived at the westernmost end of the market.
It turned out that what the man said before was not nonsense. This place can be said to be a sea of fabrics.
Various cloths were neatly stacked in rolls, including cheap and sturdy cottons as well as expensive satins and silks.
There are also stalls here that specialize in selling various colored silk threads. All the silk threads are arranged one by one according to color and depth. It is estimated that there are at least hundreds of kinds.
This time, Ye Ersao was really enlightened and immediately walked forward to take a closer look.
Li Fu quickly followed, and before leaving, he told Boss Ye: "Just look around, don't go too far."
Mrs. Ye was also dazzled by the number of fabrics in front of her. She took a few steps forward to take a closer look, but did not dare to reach out and touch them.
Brother Ye followed with Qingtian in his arms and said, "I brought some money with me before I came out. Let's buy whichever one you like."
"I have clothes to wear, so I don't need to buy more." Mrs. Ye said this, but her eyes were glued to the colorful cloths. "I want to buy some cloth to make clothes for Qingtian."
After the sunny days came, all the clothes I wore were modified old clothes, and I didn’t have any new clothes!
"Buy!" Boss Ye said generously, "Buy a few more. My daughter is so pretty, she must be dressed up nicely."
If it were in the past, they would not dare to be so generous.
But now that he had the fifty taels of silver notes given by the Qin family, although he didn't dare spend it lavishly, he still had the confidence to buy some cloth.
So the two of them carried Qingtian to the cloth stall.
"What would you like to order?" The stall owner was quite welcoming and did not look down on them because of their ordinary attire.
"Let's see, we want to buy some material to make clothes for the children.
The stall owner immediately found seven or eight rolls of fabric and placed them in front of Sister Ye. He said, "Look at these, sister. They are all the most fashionable in the south this year. The colors are bright and the patterns are lively. They are perfect for making clothes for children."
As he spoke, he unfolded a roll of cloth and stuffed it directly into Mrs. Ye's hand, saying, "Children's skin is delicate. Feel this material, it's soft and fine, and it's very comfortable to wear.
"Try it on your child and see the effect."
After seeing what Qingtian was wearing, the stall owner immediately became even more enthusiastic than before.
He tore off several pieces of fabric and measured Qingtian's body one by one.
"Oh, your daughter is so pretty, and her skin is so fair, she looks great with any color!"
Mrs. Ye was so fooled by the stall owner that she felt that every piece of fabric looked good. She even began to imagine how the finished clothes would look like on Qingtian.
"Boss, do you think these pieces of material are suitable?" asked Mrs. Ye.
Brother Ye said, "How would I know about this? Just buy it if you like it. Anyway, anything looks good on sunny days!"
"That's right!" the stall owner said with even more excitement, "Don't worry, sister. You have personally seen and touched these things. How can you not know the quality?
"Then take it all?" Mrs. Ye turned her head to look at Boss Ye in confusion, ready to ask him to pay.
Qingtian suddenly turned around and looked in another direction and said, "Mom, let's go find Second Aunt!"
"Wait a minute, after mom buys the fabric, we'll go..."
But for some reason, Qingtian, contrary to her usual obedient self, shook Boss Ye's neck and said, "Dad, let's go find Second Aunt!"
Boss Ye was afraid that she would fall, so he quickly reached out to hold her, and immediately he had no hands free to take out the money.
He had regained some consciousness by now and said to Sister Ye, "How about we go over and see if Second Brother's wife has bought all the silk thread?"
Seeing that the business was about to go, the stall owner immediately tried to persuade her to stay, saying, "Sister, how about this, if you buy five pieces of material, I'll give you one piece for free?"
Who knew that as soon as he said this, he ended up making things worse.
Mrs. Ye immediately became alert. Why would he give her a piece of material for no reason?
Doesn't this mean that he gave me a piece for free and I still have something to earn?
Mrs. Ye immediately put the material in her hand back on the stall and said, "Look at my memory. We both don't have any money with us. The money is with the child's second aunt. Let's go find her and come back later to buy more."
After she finished speaking, she quickly pulled Boss Ye away. After they were quite far away, she patted her chest and said, "Oh, thanks to the sunny day, otherwise we would have been fooled!"
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