Chapter 67: Live a great life, don't worry about it
Zhang Juexia was delighted when he heard Liu Mingda's answer. "Doctor Liu, you are such a good man."
Liu Mingda was very pleased to hear the kind words, "How did you get to town?"
Zhang Juexia pointed at the carriage and said, "This is it."
"I drove here myself."
"Um."
Liu Mingda couldn't help but look Zhang Juexia up and down in front of him, thinking in his heart, this young lady is really brave!
"Doctor Liu, do you want to get anything? If so, I'll go with you."
Liu Mingda finally came back to his senses. "My things are all with my junior brother. How about this? I still have something to do. Find me at Li's Pharmacy in half an hour."
"Do you have many empty houses?"
“A lot!”
Liu Mingda pondered for a moment and said, "Well, I'll probably stay at your house for a few days."
After saying this, the man left.
Zhang Juexia didn't have time to say what he wanted to ask. He looked at Liu Mingda's back, stamped his feet, and returned to Yaoji Cloth Shop.
When Shopkeeper Yao saw her come in, he quickly put down his work and went to greet her, "You forgot something."
Zhang Juexia shook his head. "Manager Yao, do you have any ready-made bedding in your shop?"
"Yes, I have!"
We have a kang and a bed at home, but we lack bedding, which won’t be enough if we make it now.
Shopkeeper Yao brought her a few samples and placed them in front of her. "These are all well-made. To be honest, ordinary people rarely buy ready-made bedding. I make them to sell to people in town or to some merchants who come and go."
Zhang Juexia felt them and found the quality to be quite good, so he selected two mattresses and two thick quilts, and the waiter helped to deliver them to the carriage.
In a short while, one or two taels of silver were gone.
Zhang Juexia followed the waiter, wondering why this thing was so expensive, and accidentally bumped into someone coming from the opposite direction.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
Zhang Juexia was so busy saying sorry that he didn't even look up to see who was across from him. When he raised his head, he realized that the person he bumped into was actually Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu looked at Zhang Juexia in surprise, "It's you!"
Zhang Juexia collected his thoughts and asked, "Are you okay? I was so lost in thought that I forgot to look at the road."
"No problem, no problem."
Mrs. Liu smiled and looked at Zhang Juexia, "I always feel that the young lady looks familiar. Have we met before?"
"How could that be possible!"
Zhang Juexia didn't want to have anything to do with the Liu family anymore. Seeing that the boy had put the things away, she smiled at Mrs. Liu and said, "Since you are okay, my husband is still waiting for me at home! Goodbye."
"Wait, I remember the young lady's husband's family is from Yejia Village. I want to ask you about someone. Do you know Ye Beixiu?"
Zhang Juexia looked at Mrs. Liu warily, "Why are you asking about him?"
"I heard that the daughter of an old friend of mine married him. I want to know what kind of person he is and how his wife is doing."
Zhang Juexia has always felt sorry for the original owner. If this person has you in their heart, they can find you no matter where you are.
What's more, what is involved is marriage, a lifelong event.
She pretended to think, then raised her voice after a moment, "Ye Beixiu is quite the man now. Not only has he built a new house, he's also bought land. I heard he's also very good to his wife!"
After hearing her words, Mrs. Liu patted her chest, put her hands together, and bowed to the sky while muttering something.
She couldn't help but ask Mrs. Liu curiously, "Are you praying to God, hoping that your old friend's daughter will have a good or bad life?"
"This is our Liu family's fault. We feel sorry for that child and naturally hope that she will live a good life."
"Then don't worry, Mrs. Liu. Ye Beixiu and his wife are living a really good life. However, they probably don't want you to still be thinking about them."
Zhang Juexia got on the carriage without looking back, and waved the whip towards the sky in a dashing manner. The whip spun in a beautiful arc in the air, and fell to the ground with a "pop".
Several little girls nearby couldn't help but shout, "So handsome!"
But when they saw clearly that it was a woman driving the coach, they couldn't help but pout in disappointment.
Zhang Juexia was too lazy to pay attention to them. She had to go shopping and pick up Liu Mingda. She had a lot of things to do.
She first went to the butcher shop to buy some meat and ribs, and also bought some large bones and a bunch of other goods from the shopkeeper.
Then she went to the grocery store again and bought some seasonings. This time she specifically asked the store owner if there was any chili pepper.
The grocery store owner listened patiently to Zhang Juexia's description and shook his head. "We don't have the spicy stuff you mentioned, but we have some rock sugar in the store. I wonder if you'd be interested."
When Zhang Juexia heard that there was rock sugar, he hurriedly asked the shopkeeper to weigh out two pounds.
"Are you sure it's two pounds?"
"Is there something wrong with the shopkeeper?"
"Rock sugar is one hundred coins per pound. Miss, do you want to weigh two pounds?"
"It's so expensive, what about white sugar?"
"White sugar is fifty cents a pound."
"Then weigh one pound of rock sugar and two pounds of white sugar!"
Zhang Juexia saw some beautiful pottery jars in the shop and asked, "How much are they?"
The shopkeeper took a look and said, "That thing is cheap, five cents each."
Zhang Juexia selected some and prepared to take them home to use for food.
After putting the things in the carriage, she remembered that she had not bought eggs yet, so she went to the market and bought fifty eggs.
She saw someone selling peanuts in shells, so she went over to ask, thinking that she could buy these home and eat them raw, fried, or boiled. In short, there are many ways to eat them.
When the man selling peanuts saw someone coming forward, he stood up excitedly.
"How much are these peanuts?"
"Twenty cents a pound."
Zhang Juexia also thought the price was expensive when he heard it. After all, these were peanuts in the shell, not peanuts. "Can you make it cheaper?"
"My dear lady, this is a rare thing."
"But it's in its shell, so it's not worth that much. Will you sell it for twelve cents a pound?"
Zhang Juexia thought to herself that if he didn't sell it, she would leave.
Unexpectedly, the man stopped her and said, "Young lady, if you buy this whole bag, I will sell it to you at twelve cents per pound."
"Oh well!"
The man originally thought that the business would not succeed, but unexpectedly it did.
He excitedly picked up the scale and weighed Zhang Juexia, "My dear, you really got a great bargain today. This price is my purchase price."
Zhang Juexia didn't believe it. Those who sell things all say that they don't make money, but who would do business that loses money?
Seeing that Zhang Juexia didn't believe him, the man became anxious and began to complain to her, "My dear, I thought this thing was a rare thing here, so I thought someone would buy it to try it out. But who would have thought that as soon as they asked the price, they would leave.
If you take it home and find it delicious, come find me at Liujiawan, a mile outside of town. I have plenty more at home."
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