"Oh, I see. That's a pity." Su Fengyuan touched his beard with some regret.
Looking at Su Fengyuan and his men walking away, he seemed to be a nice guy, and there might be opportunities for cooperation in the future.
"Xiao Ce, let's clean up here. The prey has been sold out. We'll go buy some things and then go home."
Lin Shuang picked out twelve coins and put the rest into his purse and stuffed it into his pocket. In fact, he put them in the space. This has always been Lin Shuang's habit. If there is anything important, he will definitely put it in the space.
After a while, the constable who had come to collect the stall fee came over and said, "Young lady, the goods are sold out. Business is pretty good."
Wang Jianzhong took a look and saw that there were quite a lot of things when he came, but now they are all sold out.
"Brother Constable, this is today's stall fee, thank you." As he said that, he handed the twelve cents in his hand to Wang Jianzhong.
Wang Jianzhong took a look and laughed cheerfully, "Don't be polite, my family is also from the village below, I can understand this kind of thing.
You are going back now."
"I'll go back later and buy some food now. There is no food at home." Lin Shuang said without any hesitation.
"Okay, you guys go ahead." Wang Jianzhong said and left.
"Xiao Ce, Wangshu, Nan Xin, let's go." Lin Shuang pulled the ox cart and took a few people to the nearby rice shop, a place that specializes in selling grain.
"Sir, please come this way. I can store your ox cart here. Someone will be watching over it. Don't worry."
The guy smiled kindly and pointed at the ox cart behind Lin Shuang.
Lin Shuang looked at the young man in front of her. He had a cloth on his shoulders to wipe his sweat and was bent over, without any contempt in his behavior.
Lin Shuang smiled slightly and said, "Okay, thank you for your help." Then she handed the towing rope to the waiter.
"Sir, please come in this way." As he said this, he led the ox cart to the back.
Lin Shuang turned around and looked at the three children, "Xiao Ce, Wang Shu, Nan Xin, let's go in."
"Okay." Xiao Nanxin felt that he was not afraid as long as his stepmother was around. He felt at ease, just like when his stepmother resolutely led away the wild boar in the deep mountains.
Xiao Wangshu was a little scared and didn't dare to look up.
Lin Shuang noticed Xiao Wangshu's fear, sighed, walked to her side and took her hand.
Xiao Wangshu's whole body trembled slightly and he wanted to take his hand out of Lin Shuang's big hand.
But the stepmother was very strong and he couldn't pull it out by himself, so he had to follow her in nervously.
Xiao Ce watched this scene from behind, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and followed him in.
As soon as Lin Shuang stepped into the rice shop, she saw all kinds of rice packed in wooden boxes. There were several types of rice, including polished rice, aged rice, black flour, and white flour. Next to them were mung beans, red beans, soybeans, and sugar cubes. The variety was quite complete.
"Sir, what would you like to order?" A waiter came over immediately.
"How much is this refined rice, and also this white flour, sugar, and salt?" Lin Shuang said, pointing to the row in front of him.
"Sir, this fine rice is twelve cents a pound, old rice is ten cents a pound, white flour is twelve cents a pound, sugar is twenty cents a pound, and salt is eighteen cents a pound. Salt and sugar are precious and their prices are relatively high."
"Okay, give me fifty pounds of refined rice, and one pound each of sugar and salt."
"Okay." When the guy heard that this was a big customer, he quickly started to prepare.
"Madam, this has been packed. The total is 640 coins." The waiter said to Lin Shuang with a smile.
Lin Shuang took out the purse from his pocket and said, "Here are two taels. Please give me the change."
Lin Shuang took out the two taels of silver that the shopkeeper had just given her.
"Okay." The clerk took the two taels of silver and went back to the counter to find one tael of silver and three hundred and sixty copper coins, each worth one hundred coins.
"Madam, here's your silver. Keep it safe."
"Okay." Lin Shuang took the silver and copper coins and put them into his purse.
"Please help me load all these things into the car." Lin Shuang said politely.
"Okay, ma'am, wait a moment."
After a while, a few guys finished the job and parked the ox cart with grain on it at the door.
"Let's go." Lin Shuang looked at the three children, took Xiao Wangshu and Xiao Nanxin's hands and walked out together, with Xiao Ce following behind.
Xiao Wangshu stared blankly at the hand that was being held, pursed his lips, stopped struggling, and obediently let Lin Shuang hold the hand.
"Let's go to the clothing store and see what you're wearing. They're just like little rags. Mom will buy you new clothes."
Lin Shuang looked at the clothes on the kids with disdain. These kids looked pretty good, but they should be made more presentable to look soft and cute.
"Really? Stepmother, I have new clothes to wear too." Xiao Nanxin happily shook Lin Shuang's hand and laughed happily, which made passers-by take a second look.
"Of course it's true, you two are so cute." Lin Shuang liked Xiao Nanxin very much, so she was naturally gentler when speaking to him.
"Stepmother, you are so kind."
A few people walked into a clothing store chatting and laughing.
The waiter saw Lin Shuang coming with a few children. Seeing the children's clothes, he thought they were beggars from somewhere.
"Go away, this is not a place for you beggars." He said with a look of impatience.
Because she was paid on commission, the shopkeeper was kind and knew that her family was in financial difficulty, so he allowed her to earn ten cents for each item she sold, especially since her mother was in need of medical treatment.
So he was eager to make money. When he saw Lin Shuang and the others, he thought they were beggars from somewhere and would affect the business of the store, so he wanted to drive them away.
"I'm not a beggar." Xiao Nanxin said angrily, his eyes full of anger and his hands on his hips.
Now it was Chen Xiaohua's turn to feel embarrassed, and her face looked a little awkward.
"Is this how you do business at Butterfly Shadow Pavilion? We are just ragged and want to come here to buy some clothes, how come we become beggars?"
"It's my fault, ma'am." Chen Xiaohua felt that she was really possessed by the devil and actually said such words. She quickly apologized to Lin Shuang and the others.
Lin Shuang looked at Chen Xiaohua steadily. Her clothes were not too good, but not too bad either. Her hair was yellow and dry, her face was sallow, her facial features were okay, but there were thin calluses on her hands. It was obvious that she came from a poor family.
After a while, a beautiful and charming woman in her thirties came out.
"Madam, please come in. I have everything you want to buy. Xiaohua, why don't you go down quickly?" He talked to Lin Shuang, gently pulled Lin Shuang into the store, and turned back to scold Chen Xiaohua.
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