Chapter 211 Going to the Market
It’s not accurate to call it news because he only sent someone to deliver a letter.
The message only had six words: Yanghe Market on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.
Sixteen followed Zhao Laosan to Peng Tianhe's village. The Yanghe Market was located between Peng Tianhe's village and Heishui Village. It was the largest market in the surrounding villages and was only open on the fifth day of every month.
The fifth day is four days later.
Once you have something to look forward to, the days pass by especially quickly.
A few days before the fifth day of the New Year, Xixi and her friends, led by Chuqi and Chuliu, had a blast on Xiaoqing Mountain.
For the safety of the children, Shiliu and his men dealt with the trap. However, in order to prevent any more foolish people like Zhao Shitou from going up the mountain, Zhou Yunshu asked Manager Liang to bring two puppies.
On the first day the puppy arrived, he instantly captured the affections of Xixi, Yuanli, Yuanyi and other little ones. Xixi even liked him so much that she ignored Jisheng.
Then the next day, Ji Sheng got two more little "puppies" from somewhere.
At least Zhou Yunshu thought they were little puppies when she saw them for the first time. However, after Chuwu passed by and said, "These two wolf cubs have good bones," Zhou Yunshu straightened up and silently looked at Ji Sheng beside her.
Could it be that this guy was jealous that his daughter liked those puppies and ignored him yesterday, so he brought two wolf cubs today?
No, definitely not.
Zhou Yunshu thought to herself that Ji Sheng shouldn't be such a petty and jealous person.
That shouldn’t be the case, right?
However, with the addition of these four new friends, the already lively home became even more chaotic.
In order to prevent the little ones at home from disturbing Ji Mingzhu, they usually only play in the front yard or go outside in the backyard.
There is a large open space over there, and Xiaowang River is not far away. As long as they don't go near the river, they can play as they please.
Cen Miaofu asked Aunt Liao for help and asked her to pawn the string of pearls for her when Liao Lin went to the city. Although it was pawned for a long time, it was only exchanged for 79 taels of silver.
Of the seventy-nine taels of silver he got, five taels were used to rent the small courtyard behind Uncle He and Manager Liang for a year, and the other nine taels were used to buy various household items in the city under Liao Lin's guidance. The originally empty courtyard was now fully furnished, and it finally looked like a place to live.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, when Cen Miaofu learned that Zhou Yunshu and her family were taking their children to Yanghe Market, although she did not say that she would go with them, she asked Aunt Liao and Mrs. Liao, who were going with them, to help her buy some chicks and ducklings.
Zhou Yunshu was a little surprised after hearing Cen Miaofu's request.
Because the first impression given by Cen Miaofu is that of a young lady who has never been involved in worldly affairs, but unexpectedly, after she really settles down, she turns out to be a person who is quite good at living.
It was the first time for the little ones in the family to go out and play since they came to Dongwang Village. They were so excited when they woke up in the morning. If Zhou Yunshu and Zhou Yunzhi hadn't escorted them, they might not even want to eat breakfast and would have let the brothers Liao Lin and Liao Mu drive the carriage away.
It was a rare big market, and apart from Ji Sheng who was "immobile" and Zhou Yunzhi who was not interested, even Ji Mingzhu decided to go and take a look.
There were many people going there. In addition to the three horse-drawn carriages, there was also a mule cart following behind. There was only a board at the back of the mule cart, which was filled with a bunch of tiny things.
There's nothing we can do about it. The kids like it and think it's really interesting.
Outside the car window, children were singing nursery rhymes and laughing, and inside the car window, Ji Mingzhu also smiled, a rare sight.
It's not as restrictive here as in the capital. She opened the car curtain and looked at the green and vibrant scenery outside the window. She felt her chest relax a lot.
"Grandma, I think the scenery between Xiaowang River and Xiaoqing Mountain is quite nice. Why don't we go there for a picnic one day?"
When I was in the capital, there were often activities such as spring banquets, flower banquets, crab banquets, and mountain climbing tours. Coming to the countryside, it is indeed a lot more boring.
Zhou Yunshu and the others were fine, as they usually had a lot of things to do, but Ji Mingzhu's days were very monotonous.
Zhou Yunshu even thought about letting her grandmother go to the front to teach the students. At least if she had something to do, her mood would be much better.
"Can."
As long as it was arranged by the child, Ji Mingzhu thought it was okay.
The Zhou family sent out three horse-drawn carriages and a mule-drawn cart, which made the people in Dongwang Village marvel at their generosity.
Some villagers saw this and poked the people who were studying in Zhou's school, asking them why they didn't go to the market with the Zhou family.
Maybe the people who studied in Zhou's school were not easy to mess with, otherwise they would not have decided to study in Zhou's school when the pirates came to their door that day.
So after the man finished teasing, the person being asked retorted him on the spot.
Their child had studied in the city. If it weren't for the leg injury and it was too troublesome to go to Dongchuan City, they would not have let the child come to Zhou's school first.
But who would have thought that what they thought was just okay, the child said that the people in the Zhou family taught better than the teachers in Dongchuan City.
If this is true, then why do they bother sending their children to study in the city? It is far and expensive, and the education is not as good as that of the Zhou family.
Zhou Yunshu and the others didn't know what Dongwang Village was saying about the Zhou family, and even if they did, they wouldn't care.
How tiring it would be to live your life under the eyes of others.
Yanghe Market is super big and super long.
Liao Lin had come to check the place out in advance, so after parking the carriage in front of Yanghe Market, Liao Quan and Ji Sheng's men who appeared out of nowhere watched over the carriage together, while Zhou Yunshu supported Ji Mingzhu and took Li Jialan and others to Yanghe Market.
The origin of Yanghe Market is that in the past, nearby villagers would row their own small boats on both sides of the Yanghe River to buy and sell things in order to supplement their family income. Over time, it became a large-scale market.
At the front of Yanghe Market, there are several food stalls connected by sheds, full of the steaming atmosphere.
The meat dumplings with thin skin and large fillings roll in the thick soup cooked with fish broth, sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onions, which is so delicious; the silky rice noodles, paired with various pickles and small ingredients, and poured with rich chicken broth, are so fragrant that people's mouths water; there are also freshly made fish balls; freshly wrapped shrimp dumplings; soft and glutinous radish cakes; colorful glutinous rice cakes, etc., a dazzling array of things occupy people's sight.
Although they had already had breakfast at home when they came, Zhou Yunshu and others couldn't help but buy one of each to try seeing so many delicious foods.
Each person took a bite and finished it in no time.
Zhou Yunshu and her group were really conspicuous. After Ji Mingzhu, Li Jialan and others had enough of shopping, they found a quiet place and set up a table and chairs. Those who wanted to rest could stop here to rest, while those who didn't want to rest could continue shopping.
None of the children wanted to rest, but with Chuqi watching and Wei Zhong and others who appeared out of nowhere following them, Zhou Yunshu let the children go and play.
It was so hard to get out, Zhou Yunshu didn't want to restrict them.
After they left to do their respective interests, Zhou Yunshu said something to Ji Mingzhu, then took Chunque and Shiliu and left in a different direction.
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