The market next to the residential area is mainly an open market. Su Nian found that it is still at the level of the country at the beginning of the last century.
All the bedding is made of cotton. Occasionally there is a blanket, but it is a coarse blanket that is very hard and pricks the body when covered with it.
The pillow is filled with buckwheat husks.
The sponge mattresses, down pillows and silk quilts of later generations had not yet appeared.
In addition to bedding, food raw materials such as flour and rice are also sold here. It seems that Nan'an has completed the selection and breeding of seeds and found grain seeds.
There are also rich other seasonings, including the most basic oil and salt, special sauces, and spices for cooking meat.
Looking along the way, Su Nian bought appropriate bedding according to the number of people in her family, and also bought rice, flour and other food ingredients. In addition, she also bought ten pairs of large-sized leather boots, and told the boss that if the size was not suitable, she would ask them to come and exchange it the next day.
The bearded village chief and other people from the cedar forest were wearing handmade deerskin boots, which were too hot and too conspicuous to wear on the asphalt road.
It took half a day to get all these things back home and put them in their respective rooms.
After doing all this, Su Nian took out the rice to cook rice porridge. It didn't take long before the pot was filled with a faint aroma of rice. This was the first time Su Nian cooked rice since she came to this world. She smelled it again and again, filled with joy.
After cooking the porridge in a big pot, she made the staple food of white flour flatbread in another pot, and also made some cold shredded carrots.
Just when dinner was almost ready, Chu Beichen came back happily with a group of brothers. It turned out that they had completed a temporary task in the afternoon and earned some extra money, which was a fruit similar to an apple. The color of this apple was dark green, but it tasted very sweet.
After these people came back, they took the initiative to clean the yard. Because there were more than a dozen wild horses in the yard, they had been running around and defecating all afternoon, and the yard was already very dirty. They also crushed the hay and added oatmeal grains to feed the horses.
There is a well in the yard. Although the water quality is not as good as that in the cedar forest, nor is it a hot spring, it is still clear.
Big Beard and the others were extremely happy, especially Big Beard, who even got a pipe. From time to time, he would stuff some tobacco into it and smoke it, making a puffing sound.
Their original life was similar to the nomadic life in primitive society, but now they have directly skipped the feudal era and entered the early stage of the industrial revolution, becoming workers. This change of identity made Big Beard and others very excited.
While working, everyone talked about the novel experiences they had while patrolling today.
Originally, they had to undergo training before they could take up their posts.
But now there is a shortage of manpower and the work is completely overwhelmed, so the person in charge of patrol directly assigned them to Shi Kun, who was responsible for leading them to work and teaching them the rules.
Shi Kun, mindful of the friendship they had built in the cedar forest, did not deduct their salaries and benefits. Instead, he took them to do some lucrative work.
Big Beard and the others had never experienced such a thing before and thought it was supposed to be this way. Only Chu Beichen immediately saw the trick, but he didn't say it out loud. Everyone has their own rules for living in this world. Just because Chu Beichen didn't do this doesn't mean Shi Kun couldn't do it.
The bearded man was obsessed with the power of the patrolman. You know, when he was in Huodong Village, although he also held great power, there were few people in Huodong Village, and everyone was relatively honest. Almost no one did bad things, so he had no chance to exercise his power.
But it is different in the South Bank. The social model here has just changed. Everyone here has active minds. There are people who get rich through hard work, and there are also people who take advantage of opportunities. As the guardians of social rules, the police are already too busy to deal with these opportunists.
As they were talking, the meal was ready. Chu Beichen felt that Su Nian was doing too much work, so he discussed with her that he wanted to hire a reliable worker for the house, who would come to help Su Nian with chores during the day and leave at night.
Su Nian also felt that she needed a reliable person to clean the house and take care of the animals in the yard, otherwise these animals alone would be enough to keep her busy for the whole day.
If we only consider the wages, the monthly wages of Big Beard and others are not enough to hire a worker. However, they have just started working and are very interested in it, so no one is willing to stay at home to help.
After dinner, when the family returned to their rooms and saw the bedding and leather boots in their rooms, they all cried out in surprise. They hurriedly took off the deerskin boots on their feet and put the boots on their feet carelessly.
Humans are social animals. They will instinctively imitate and learn behaviors that are more advanced than their own.
After Big Beard and his companions arrived at the South Bank, they discovered that the clothes worn by the people there, although strange in style, were more practical and seemed more beautiful, especially the shoes.
The leather boots that are popular in the South Coast now are all military boots style. They have a tough and elegant appearance and a shiny leather surface. They are both beautiful and comfortable to wear. They are many times more beautiful than the deerskin shoes hand-sewn in the cedar forest.
It’s just that Big Beard and his companions had just arrived and had just solved the problem of food and accommodation, so they consciously did not put the purchase of leather boots on the agenda.
What Big Beard and the others didn't expect was that Su Nian was so generous. He not only prepared warm and comfortable bedding for them, but also bought them leather boots.
Chu Beichen smiled and told everyone that these shoes come in different sizes, and asked them to exchange them with each other for relatively suitable sizes. If there is anything that doesn’t fit, they can go to the shoe stall to exchange it tomorrow.
Everyone was busy for a while, and after exchanging clothes, everyone was wearing similar sizes.
This is mainly because the people in Cedar Forest are all tall and strong, so as long as you buy extra-large leather boots, they will not be too big.
As for hygiene, since Chu Beichen had invented soap a long time ago, Big Beard and the others were not particularly sloppy.
However, the next day, under Chu Beichen's strong suggestion, Big Beard and others went to the barber shop, shaved off their proud beards, and trimmed their hairstyle.
Only after shaving his beard did Su Nian have a clear understanding of the appearance of Big Beard and others.
She always thought that the bearded man was an old man in his forties or fifties, but after shaving his beard, Su Nian was surprised to find that the bearded man looked only about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
The same was true for the other members of the Cedar Forest. Without the cover of their beards, some of them looked younger, while others looked older.
However, Big Beard and others are still very satisfied with their image. They feel that in terms of appearance, the gap between themselves and the people of South Bank is getting smaller and smaller.
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