“How much is this?”

Xiaoguo looked around and found that although the place was not big, there were many kinds of seafood and they were all fresh, so she prepared to buy more.

She hadn't touched seafood for a long time, so she wanted to buy it all the first time she saw it. However, she still had some rationality, so if the price was not expensive, she would buy more, and if it was expensive, she would buy less.

"Hello, how much is this?"

Xiaoguo pointed at the squid in the basin and asked, but heard no sound. So she looked up curiously and asked again.

"Oh, hello, hello." The girl looked up and found a very beautiful woman. "This is squid, thirty cents a pound."

When talking about the price, the girl's voice gradually became smaller and she looked a little depressed, because people left as soon as she mentioned the price. She knew that seafood was expensive and people thought it was more economical to eat pork.

But these seafoods are caught by fishermen who risk their lives to go to the sea.

Thinking of this, the girl thought that the woman in front of her would just leave, but unexpectedly, she didn't leave and even said something.

"What?" The girl was a little dazed and didn't hear anything.

"Give me three pounds." Xiaoguo smiled, but felt that the girl was stupid, so he could only repeat it again.

"well."

The girl excitedly packed the squid for her, feeling very happy that she had finally sold her first batch of seafood.

While Xiaoguo was watching her packing the squid, he looked around at other seafood and found some fresh prawns. He immediately became interested and asked, "How much is that?"

"Twenty-five cents a pound."

The girl was still weighing squid, and before she had even finished her excitement, she was heard asking about other things. I was prepared to give her a discount so that she would buy more.

"If you want to buy it, just give me twenty-three."

Although there are not many cheap ones, it is more or less a reflection of attitude.

Xiaoguo nodded, apparently thinking it was good, "Let's have five pounds."

The shrimps are delicious, buy more.

"OK!"

The girl was not very big, but she was very skillful. She quickly filled the shrimps for Xiaoguo, as if she was afraid that she would go back on her word.

"Do you only open a stall here during the Chinese New Year?"

I don’t usually see any seafood for sale in the market, and from what Ruyi and the others said, people here don’t really eat seafood.

"Actually, this is my first time selling here. Basically, what we catch is transported to the capital and sold there."

The girl was packing the prawns while explaining to Xiaoguo.

“Why not sell it here?”

Hearing her ask this, the girl sighed. She also wanted to sell it nearby, but who made the people here not buy it?

"In fact, it's the best place to sell it because my family lives in a small fishing village, close to the sea. We can sell the fish we catch nearby and enjoy them fresh. But people here don't like to eat this. Besides, it's expensive, much more expensive than pork. Who would want to eat seafood with not much meat on it?"

The girl's tone was full of helplessness. The fishermen were unwilling to go through the trouble of transporting the seafood outside after spending half a day transporting it, and then have to bear the mortality rate of the seafood.

"Is this also sold at this price in Beijing?"

The girl shook her head and said honestly, "If it is shipped to Beijing, the price will increase several times. After all, we have to ensure that the seafood is still fresh when it is shipped to Beijing, so the cost is much higher."

"Then why don't you lower the price a bit and let people try it. Maybe if they are tempted, some people who like it will buy it?"

If this were the case, there wouldn't be so much trouble in transporting everything to the capital.

"You don't know that with the tools of ordinary fishermen, they can't catch that much seafood. Fishermen risk their lives and go out to sea before dawn, but they can only catch this much fish. So it's reasonable to sell it at this price. If it drops further, it will be a big loss."

When the girl said this, she felt scared, because she still remembered that her father once went out to sea and encountered a storm, and the boat capsized. Fortunately, he was a good swimmer and swam to another fishing boat, where he was rescued.

"So that's how it is." Xiaoguo nodded thoughtfully. It turns out that seafood is still so expensive whether in ancient times or now.

"Sister, this is for you. Do you want anything else?"

The girl handed the packaged seafood to Xiaoguo and then smiled, hoping that she would buy something else.

"Zhuangzhuang, do you want to eat anything else?"

Xiaoguo actually didn't want to eat anything, but he still asked Zhuangzhuang beside him.

"What is that?"

Zhuangzhuang has been looking at a strange thing in the basin out of curiosity. From his perspective, it looks very disgusting.

"Oh~" The girl reached out and took out the octopus from the basin, and moved closer to Zhuangzhuang to let him take a closer look, "This is an octopus."

"Uh..." Zhuangzhuang avoided the thing's tentacles the moment he saw it and hid behind Xiaoguo with some disgust.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Xiaoguo laughed as soon as he saw it. This thing is a bit disgusting, especially its tentacles. When it touches you from a distance, a chill feeling instantly arises.

"How do you sell this?"

After laughing enough, Xiaoguo asked a question.

"Same price as squid."

"Then have some too."

Xiao Guo hesitated for a moment and bought everything for her. Then he looked at the few seafood items she had left. Most of the remaining ones were sea fish, and there was only one of each, not a large quantity. So he simply asked the price for them all and cleared out the stall for her.

The girl danced with excitement. If she hadn't considered that they were outside, she would have jumped for joy.

Seeing that Xiaoguo bought a lot, the little girl gave her a small bonus and also gave her a wooden basin for seafood so that she could take it home.

Just like that, Xiaoguo gave a whole silver coin and then continued shopping with a bunch of seafood.

"Mom, can we eat?"

Zhuangzhuang looked at the almost half basket of seafood and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"No problem, Mom will make delicious food for you."

Now Xiaoguo can eat seafood to his heart's content.

The market was bustling with activity. There was nothing left to buy, so I headed straight for the red paper stall. I had been planning to buy some ready-made couplets, but Zhuangzhuang was at home, so I just let him write them.

She bought a large sheet of red paper, planning on cutting it herself at home, and then went straight to the bookstore with a bunch of things. It was inconvenient for Xiaoguo to go in with a bunch of things, so she let Zhuangzhuang go in and choose by himself, and she just had to pay outside.

Zhuangzhuang didn't waste any time. As soon as he went in, he went straight to the type he wanted, found his target, picked up two books and came out.

Xiaoguo handed over the money and they both left.

After leaving the bookstore, I bought some peanuts and melon seeds, so I had some snacks for the New Year. On the way, I met a man selling oranges, so I bought some small fruits as well.

Along the way, she bought whatever she needed. As the Chinese New Year was approaching, she didn't plan to rush because there would be too many people and she didn't like the feeling of being crowded.

I also bought two big red lanterns and a lot of candle wicks. Anyway, I will hang them at the door. It can be hung not only during the New Year, but also for ordinary lighting.

Then we walked along the street to the cloth shop.

"Madam, you are here."

As Xiaoguo and Zhuangzhuang walked in, someone recognized her and came over.

"Hello, I'm here to get some clothes."

Some time ago, Xiaoguo brought Zhuangzhuang and Qin Anming to the cloth shop to get measured and tailored. They wanted new clothes for the New Year, a new year and a new atmosphere. She didn't plan to make them herself, but rather buy ready-made ones. Today was the day to pick up the clothes.

"Hold on."

After the man finished speaking, he left to look for the records and get some clothes.

Xiaoguo followed behind her. He had only paid a deposit last time, and today he had to pay the balance.

The man quickly found the record and took out their clothes from a pile of hanging clothes. Then he took them to the counter and let Xiaoguo take a look at them first. Only after he confirmed that there was no problem did he pack them up.