Chapter 8
8
There is a market on the 15th of every month, and people from many nearby villages go there.
Before daybreak, Shen Yuntang woke Cheng Yeran up, "We have to leave early. If you are left behind, you will have to walk there by yourself."
Cheng Yeran glanced at the time in a daze. It was only half past three, which was too early. However, Shen Yuntang had already changed his clothes and went to the yard, so he had no choice but to get up and change his clothes.
He felt that the program team deliberately arranged a diligent person to push him forward.
He thought he would go straight to the market to buy breakfast after getting up, but when he arrived in the yard, he found that Shen Yuntang had already set the table for the dishes.
"You got up so early in the morning to cook? Did you not sleep last night?" Cheng Yeran was always shocked by the other party these days.
"I made some extra last night, so just heat it up this morning." Shen Yuntang said it very easily, as if getting up early and heating up rice with firewood was as easy as heating it up in the microwave. Cheng Yeran was very impressed.
These days they have been eating vegetable dumplings. There is no oil at home, so they are all boiled in water. No matter how delicious they are, if they are eaten three times a day, they will get tired of it after two days.
"Buy more vegetables and seasonings today. We can't eat wild vegetables every day." Cheng Yeran thought of the wild vegetable joke that was popular on the Internet before. "If you marry me and eat wild vegetables every day, I am such a failure as a man."
"I'll buy some rapeseed later and plant it in the backyard, so I won't have to worry about having vegetables." Shen Yuntang became worried when he saw the pile of weeds in the backyard. He estimated that it would take several days to till the land.
The two men were eating when they heard the sound of a group of villagers passing by their door. They quickly ate a few bites, put down their bowls and chopsticks, put on their backpacks, and went out.
It takes an hour to walk to the market. Taking an oxcart is faster, but each person has to pay three cents, and two people have to pay twelve cents for a round trip. Not many people would take the oxcart, unless they had too many things to sell at the market.
Although the two of them didn't bring anything with them, Shen Yuntang brought a lazy man with him. He was afraid that the lazy man would be too tired and would never accompany him to the market again. He couldn't carry so many things back by himself.
There were a lot of people at the market, but it was different from what Cheng Yeran had imagined. He had been to a small town to film a movie before, and had visited the market there in his spare time. It was very lively, with all kinds of daily necessities, clothes, and snacks, but there were not that many things here.
He wanted to buy two quilts and some clothes, but they didn't have any. There were only people selling cloth and cotton. The material was not expensive. It felt rough, but seemed very strong. It also didn't have any patterns. Those with colors were more expensive.
There were very few seasonings, and there was no oil available even if he wanted to buy one. There was only salt and sugar. The salt and sugar were different from what he usually ate, they were coarser and not white in color.
Many of the vegetables were also dirty. I had the impression that the vegetables in the supermarket were washed and packed in bags, but the vegetables here were covered in mud and were dirty, which made people lose their appetite.
"What if there are no quilts for sale? I still have to go to town." Cheng Yeran hasn't had a quilt for two days. It's okay for two nights, but it would be terrible if the temperature drops sharply one day.
"Buy some cloth and make it yourself. I can finish it in almost a day." Shen Yuntang has been doing needlework with her mother since she was a child. She is good at making bedding, clothes and even embroidery.
He asked the stall owner to pull a few more feet of cloth. In addition to the bedding, he also wanted to make two more sets of clothes. The weather was getting warmer, and it was time to wear some light clothes.
He had bought all the cloth, cotton and some buckwheat husks for making pillows, while Cheng Yeran standing by was still in shock.
"You can make a quilt? The kind where you cut the cloth and stuff cotton into it?" Cheng Yeran's eyes widened in shock. "How good are you? You are such a life expert. I shouldn't call you my wife. I should call you boss."
Shen Yuntang didn't know what he was crazy about, but after he reminded her, she went to buy a pair of scissors.
Shen Yuntang went to buy meat again. Cheng Yeran noticed that he only bought the fat ones and felt a little disgusted: "I like to eat lean ones."
"Go back and refine the pig
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Oil. "After Shen Yuntang picked out the fatter ones, he specially bought him a thinner one.
"No way, you can do this too?" Although he didn't like eating fatty meat, he actually liked eating noodles mixed with lard for a while. However, he thought that lard was something that only restaurant chefs could make. Could he make it at home?
Shen Yuntang gave him an idiotic look. This lazy guy had no common sense at all.
Cheng Yeran felt that he was being looked down upon. Maybe in the eyes of others he was indeed an idiot, but he did not understand a lot of common sense in life and was wholeheartedly focused on acting.
After that, he didn't interrupt Shen Yuntang about what he bought. He had no right to interrupt and just focused on being a follower who carried things.
Shen Yuntang also bought some lamp oil, needles and thread, rapeseed and wheat seeds, and finally went to buy the gifts he would bring back to his parents' home today.
A lot of money was spent today, and this money belonged to Cheng Yeran. If he wanted to use the money to buy things for his family, he would not be so decisive.
"What kind of gift should we buy for the bride?" Shen Yuntang asked Cheng Yeran for his opinion.
Cheng Yeran has never been married, so how does he know what gift to bring? Isn't this also part of the mission?
"The song says, there's a chicken in the left hand, a duck in the right hand, and a fat baby on the back," Cheng Yeran couldn't help laughing when he sang this. "Forget about the fat baby. Let's just take a chicken, a duck, a piece of meat, and a bag of candy. How about something else? I see they're selling snacks over there, but they don't look very tasty. How about buying a bag to make up the number?"
Shen Yuntang looked at him with his mouth open. He actually wanted to bring so many things over? In his previous life, he married Xia Xiaowu. The Xia family was so wealthy, but the only gift he brought back home was a piece of meat and some candies and melon seeds left over from the wedding.
Even with such a small amount of money, my mother-in-law looked reluctant and felt she was at a loss.
However, in the previous life, Xia Xiaowu gave a betrothal gift, but in this life, Cheng Yeran gave nothing. He gave more as a return gift, probably to make up for it.
But why did someone who was too lazy to go out on the wedding day change so much after seeing him? This made Shen Yuntang feel strange.
When they went back, they filled both backpacks and each carried a chicken. Shen Yuntang said that his family didn't like duck meat, so they bought chickens instead.
When they arrived at the door of their house, they saw Aunt Li and several other aunts eating melon seeds at the door. Seeing the two of them, Aunt Li couldn't help but give them a blank look, but the other aunts greeted them enthusiastically.
They went back to the house to put their things away, and then prepared to go to Shen Yuntang's house.
When he came out again, he heard the conversation between Aunt Li and those aunts when he was about to reach the gate. They probably didn't expect Cheng Yeran and the others to come out so soon, and their voices were a bit unscrupulous.
"They've only been married for three days, and you've already managed to coax a lazy guy into buying him so many things. You're really capable."
"Do you think the young man from the Shen family is a good person? I've heard that he asked for things from many men in the village before."
"I heard from the men in the village that the young man from the Shen family often asks men for things and money, and of course he will give some benefits."
"Oh, how shameless! I always thought it was not easy for him to marry a lazy guy. How did she just happen to fall into his arms? Could it be that she was pregnant and had no choice but to find a sucker to take over?"
"He and Xia Xiaowu were originally scheduled to get married in a month. He is in such a hurry to marry a lazy guy. Is he afraid that someone will find out if the month is too late?"
They were talking excitedly when they suddenly saw Cheng Yeran coming out. They were all startled and some of the aunts even wanted to run away.
Cheng Yeran looked at them and asked, "Aunt Li is so familiar with the men in the village? Are you too pregnant to marry Uncle Li? Are you afraid that people will find out and are looking for someone to take advantage of you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Aunt Li's lips were shaking with anger. She pointed at him and wanted to curse him, but before she could open her mouth, Cheng Yeran retorted.
"You are so familiar with the process, you must have experienced it before. Is Uncle Li at home? I'll go talk to him." He looked at the remaining aunts and said, "Aunts, I'll go to your homes someday to ask. Ask your husbands if they mind you getting so close to the men in the village and being so familiar with everything they say."
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