Under the city of Anyang.
They had camped outside Anyang City last night. They had already learned that everyone entering Anyang City would be inspected, and the entrance fee was half a tael of silver per person.
The village chief discussed with several members of the Liu family that the next city was far away, so they needed to stock up on food and water.
Five people from the village went to the city to see if they could buy some more brown rice and black flour. They heard that there was someone selling water in the city.
The two brothers Liu Shihu, who led the team, were given 20 taels of silver. Liu Shihu, Liu Shinan, the old hunter, Xu Fugui, and Yang Nianhua drove an empty ox cart and pushed two wheelbarrows filled with water bags. Everyone had a machete on their waist.
Liu Yuhan was also going to the city with his mother and grandmother. Old Lady Jiang asked Liu Daling to ask Li to keep an eye on the children.
Liu Daling...he also wanted to go into the city.
In Anyang City, all merchants kept their doors open to attract business. Although there were not many people, it was still bustling.
Liu Yuhan brought her grandmother and mother to a noodle stall and sat down to order three bowls of noodles, which tasted average.
After eating, I walked around a bit. I bought some needles and thread, as well as shoe soles and uppers. Shoes don't last long on the road, so it's always good to have a few on hand.
The three of them walked into the medicine shop, and Liu Yuhan spent ten taels to buy summer heat herbs, detoxification pills, typhoid medicine, etc. He put the medicine into the space when no one was around.
I went to the bookstore again and found that Three Character Classic, Hundred Family Names, Thousand Character Classic, and Rules for Disciples were all enlightenment books.
The Analects, Mencius, The Doctrine of the Mean, The Great Learning, and Policy Essays were all required for the imperial examinations. They also copied out the Three Character Classic, the Hundred Family Surnames, and the Thousand Character Classic.
Liu Yuhan bought "The Rules for Disciples" and "The Analects of Confucius" and "Mencius" for his younger siblings.
These books are not easy to understand. Without someone to teach them, it's hard to grasp their deeper meanings. Let them memorize them first. Yang Zhi was enlightened late, and he only learned the Analects. He could still explain some of the more superficial things.
If it really doesn't work, Liu Yuhan can just Baidu while learning. After all, in modern teaching, classical Chinese is just a part of the learning. However, because she studies calligraphy, she has been exposed to it more, so she can still understand simple explanations. If it doesn't work, just Baidu so as not to mislead the students.
The books were very expensive; three of them cost six taels.
Seeing Liu Yuhan's simple attire, Old Lady Jiang and Lady Liu wanted to buy her a silver hairpin, but Liu Yuhan refused. Instead, they chose three silver hairpins for her grandmother, her mother, and her own aunt. The total was six taels of silver, which was what they requested.
Liu Yuhan wanted to buy better things for them, but they were unwilling.
Liu Yuhan doesn't like wearing jewelry. She thinks it is inconvenient and cumbersome when working. The bun is very good and convenient.
She also wanted to cut her hair shorter, but in ancient times, the hair on one's body was given by one's parents and should not be damaged easily. This matter could only be discussed later and could only be done secretly.
Ask them to buy some hairpins and small items for sisters Liu Yun, Liu Yao, and Liu Xiang.
They had silver sewn into their clothes before, five taels each for adults and two taels each for children. So their nanny and mother could spend what they wanted, and if they didn't have any, Liu Yuhan would give them more.
Liu Yuhan bought a Luban lock and a nine-linked ring for Xiaosi, and a small wooden sword and a small wooden hammer for Xiaowu that were better than the ones he was using now.
Liu Yuhan asked her grandmother what she wanted to bring for her grandfather, as she really didn't know what her grandfather liked best.
Old Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "Your grandfather, just bring him some food and drink. If he has a little wine, he will be so happy that he will go crazy."
Liu Yuhan went into a restaurant and bought two pots of wine, one for his grandfather and one for his great-uncle Liu Xiaoman. Seeing that the restaurant had cooked whole chickens for sale, he generously bought 10 chickens, spending a total of one tael of silver.
When the chickens arrived, we got two for our family, two for our uncle's family, and the rest were given to other people in the village.
The three of them went to the pork stall and bought the remaining half of the pig, asking the butcher to cut it up for them. The pork cost 25 wen a pound, which cost them nearly two taels.
Old Mrs. Jiang was getting anxious! How could Ni'er spend so much money? Liu Yuhan whispered in her ear, "This is what we got from the village. Besides the 50 or so taels we gave to the villagers, there are still 100 taels left. We can't tell anyone else."
Old Mrs. Jiang immediately became generous and said, "Go ahead and buy it."
I also bought four big meat buns for each of my father and his family who were coming to the city, a total of 20 buns, each costing 4 wen, so I spent 80 wen.
I found several bun shops, packed up the buns and steamed buns, and put them in the space where there was no one.
Liu Yuhan and the others all wore face scarves and didn't care too much about other people's opinions.
Seeing that my grandmother and mother's backpacks were full, I went to find my father and the others first.
They rushed to the rice shop street and saw Liu Shinan and the other four. Xu Fugui was worried about the ox cart guarding the city gate. This was the only ox cart in their village, what would they do if it was lost?
As for why Liu Shinan and the others took so long, it was of course because Yang Nianhua followed them. They went from one rice shop to another to ask about the price. In the end, they compared prices from three different shops and decided to buy from the one with the best discount.
They only buy the cheapest brown rice and black flour. Brown rice had previously risen to 25 wen in Shitou Town, but now it's 30 wen per jin, and black flour 32 wen per jin. It's more than five or six times higher than in previous years!
There was no other way to buy, so they spent 15 taels of silver to buy 300 catties of brown rice and nearly 200 catties of black flour. Four people pushed a wheelbarrow and first pulled the grain to the ox cart at the city gate.
Liu Shinan took his mother and wife's backpacks and put them on the oxcart first. Liu Yuhan gave them some buns and told them to eat them when they got to the city gate.
They put the food on the oxcart and covered it with rags. They ate the sweet meat buns and were very satisfied.
They only ate one of the four meat buns. They wrapped the rest and put them in their arms, ready to take them back for their family. Liu Shinan ate it all and asked his eldest brother to finish his own, but his brother-in-law didn't care.
Xu Fugui, the old hunter, Yang Nianhua...
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