Chapter 190 Going to the Market
In Qili County, Yunniang, who rarely went out, went to a needlework shop and selected many embroidery thread patterns.
She went into the rouge shop again to choose powder and rouge for Song Liyun. She also bought a safety lock for Song Zhenping and Xiao An respectively.
Ever since Song Zhenping said he would take care of Yunniang and Han Ming in their old age, the atmosphere at home has changed subtly.
In the twelfth lunar month, Yunniang stayed in Baolinju to take care of Xiaoan, and Song Liyun gave her and Han Ming monthly wages of one or two taels of silver.
Now she doesn’t save it anymore, but spends it all on buying things for her three siblings.
Seeing Yunniang buying rouge and powder for herself, and silver locks for the Song brothers, Song Liyun felt ashamed. She had never thought of these things before.
She couldn't let Yunniang spend money, so she quickly bought some things.
Song Liyun didn't like complicated hairstyles, and usually it was most convenient to tie her hair with a silk ribbon, so she reluctantly bought two silk flowers.
Instead, he bought a pair of silver bracelets and a silver hairpin for Yunniang.
Han Ming, Xue Zhuang and the other two followed closely behind, looking a little embarrassed. They might not be in the habit of accompanying women shopping.
In the county government office, Lord Jiang took the letter of commitment written by Song Liyun, frowned as he looked at the slightly scribbled paper, and it took him a long time to put the paper and seal into the file.
He knew that Suijin Town was selling land.
Several villages outside the county wanted to buy the land and even asked people to go to the county government office to ask the government to intervene and allow outsiders to buy and sell land in Suijin Town.
The county government did not allow military households to privately purchase civilian land.
Song Liyun is a military household, and now if she wants to help someone else establish a female household, she must also use her civilian registration to buy land.
This is no longer a secret.
But he didn't understand why Song Liyun was willing to take the responsibility for others instead of just signing a contract to sell herself and solve the problem once and for all?
Although he only said a few simple words, Jiang Feng still realized that Song Liyun was not easy to deal with.
I just asked about their views on taxes, and the other party said that taxes should be paid, but the guard post should pay them on my behalf.
There is nothing wrong with this statement, but asking the guards to give it to you yourself is just an excuse to shirk responsibility.
This woman... is very slippery!
For safety reasons, Song Liyun and her companions did not stay in Qili City for too long. They bought their things and left in a hurry.
After returning to Suijin Town, Song Liyun did not even rest. She immediately took Han Ming and Yunniang's household registration books and registered several pieces of land that she had her eyes on.
During this period, people talked a lot about buying land, but not many people could actually afford to live in the town.
Life in Suijin Town was better. Not every family could afford five taels of silver, and many people felt satisfied with having a yard to live in. However, outsiders bought several houses using the townspeople's household books.
Song Liyun surprisingly had the largest share.
The next day was the third day of the restored market in Suijin Town.
Compared with the previous two attempts, the surrounding villagers were obviously more active and set up stalls early.
The peddler from Qili County also came, and all kinds of needles and thread, silk fabrics, grains, oils and meat were neatly displayed.
The cavalry from the garrison patrolled around the market, making the villagers feel more at ease.
Song Liyun took Xiao An out to the market.
In the open-air market outside, baskets were placed next to baskets, carts were placed next to backpacks, and every step brought a new scene. Xiao An had never seen such a lively scene before.
The last time he went to the city, he saw mostly people walking around in shops, which was completely different from this open-air market. This was something he found very strange.
It is now early June, and peaches and apricots are ripe. Villagers carry the fruits from their yards to Suijin Town and exchange them for a few cents.
There are also home textiles, sweet cakes, sauerkraut, chickens, ducks, and various grains.
Song Liyun carried a basket covered with a cloth and bought any fruit she saw, as well as chickens and ducks.
Her basket was like a bottomless pit, she just kept filling it.
As I walked, a white and grey puppy appeared in front of me, barking at the people outside in a wicker basket.
Xiao An squatted down and touched the furry head. The feeling was different from the black gold, it was soft and not prickly.
The puppy was not afraid of strangers and licked Xiao An's hand madly, and its little tail wagged in a double light.
"Second sister, I want a puppy!"
Xiao An held up the puppy's face, looked at its dark and wet eyes, then turned back to look at Song Liyun and said.
"Okay, when you take it back, make sure you tell Heijin not to bully it!"
Xiao An goes out to work more often now, and Baolinju is big, so Song Liyun wants to raise a dog to keep Heijin company.
Seeing that his sister agreed to buy the dog, Xiao An smiled, reached out to untie the purse at his waist, took out a handful of copper coins and was about to give them to the old man selling the dog.
Song Liyun held his hand and asked with a smile, "Old man, how much is this dog for?"
The old man smiled so much that his face was full of wrinkles when he heard Xiao An wanted to buy a dog. When he saw Xiao An take out a handful of copper coins, he was even more delighted.
Just as he was about to take the money, Song Liyun stopped him. He was stunned: "How much is it?"
Then I remembered that I didn’t even ask the price just now.
The old man glanced at Xiao An and Song Liyun's clothes, as well as the purses in their hands, and weighed how much money was appropriate.
Xiao An wore a small bun, a moon-white summer cloth short-sleeved jacket, indigo wide-leg pants, and white reed straw sandals.
He is said to be a child from a farmer's family, and his eyebrows and eyes are too clean, but he is not a young master wearing silk.
I also saw that Song Liyun was dressed neatly, with her hair braided neatly, and she looked delicate and quiet.
But the purse in his hand was heavy, and one could tell at a glance that there must be dozens of coins in it, like the child of a rich local family in the countryside who had come out to the market.
Finally, the old man gritted his teeth and shouted out the price: "Fifty cents."
"Fifty cents?" Xiao An frowned and prepared to count the money.
Ever since he was laughed at by his brother Abu, he has been working hard to learn how to count, and he can now count within a hundred.
The copper coins in his purse were also earned by himself. He would make paper boxes every day and then go to the shopkeeper Mu to exchange them for money and save them.
Today, he was taken shopping by his second sister, and he took out all his savings.
Song Liyun felt that fifty cents for an ordinary little dog, which was equivalent to five pounds of pork, was obviously too expensive.
But it was rare that Xiao An liked it and even offered to buy it, so she didn't stop him and let Xiao An count the money slowly.
Everyone needs opportunities to learn. Let Xiao An come to the market to buy things more often in the future, and he will naturally understand what he needs to understand.
The old man took the puppy out of the basket and waited for the money.
At this moment, a little kid came running over, pushed Xiao An away, and hugged the puppy tightly, saying, "I want a puppy, I want a puppy."
Xiao An was startled. When he pushed her, the copper coins she was counting on almost fell to the ground. Seeing her favorite dog being hugged by someone else, she immediately became anxious: "Don't snatch it away."
When Song Liyun saw the child, she frowned. It was that naughty kid Xu Xiaobao again.
Seeing a child interrupting his business, the old man said anxiously, "It has already been bought. If you want to buy it, just pay." Then he was about to take the puppy back.
Xiaobao grabbed the puppy's legs and refused to let go: "No, I want it, I want it."
The puppy was pulled by him and kept whimpering and struggling hard.
When Xiao An saw the puppy screaming, he stepped forward and pried Xiao Bao's hands apart: "Let go, the puppy is in pain."
He is now well taken care of and has started to grow taller. Although he is still not as good as other children of the same age in all aspects, he is much better than when he was timid at the beginning.
In addition, he wrestles and fights with Hei Jin every day, so he will not be at a disadvantage when dealing with the naughty kid.
In just a few moves, Xiao An took the puppy back.
(End of this chapter)
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