Chapter 275 Buy, buy, buy!
Seeing Uncle Lu crossing the river with a pole, Fubao made up his mind instantly. No matter whether the innate or acquired things were true or not, at least Uncle Lu, his master, was a real martial arts master.
"Haha, even if I don't have the demeanor of an emperor, I at least have the demeanor of a hero!"
At this moment, Fubao was extremely happy.
Unfortunately, Uncle Lu still failed to catch the person opposite.
When Uncle Lu was halfway across the river with his pole, the people on the opposite side had already turned around and fled.
"Flee at the sight of the wind, Master is mighty and domineering!"
Old Master Xu watched the figure opposite him flee and couldn't help but offer compliments from the bottom of his heart.
When Fubao heard what his father said, he felt like he couldn't bear to look at it.
She finally realized that her father had become Uncle Lu's little fan.
Uncle Lu crossed the river with a pole and reached the other side. Although the other party had already escaped, he still chased after him.
Not long after Uncle Lu started chasing after the man, the dragon boat race came to an end.
Lingshui Village won the championship with an absolute advantage, successfully obtaining a 50% reduction in senior citizen taxes. In comparison, the 100 taels of silver reward seemed insignificant.
After all, the wealthy Marquis Zhao Er had just spent a lot of money in a very generous manner.
The annual dragon boat race came to an end amid the sound of gongs and drums.
However, the market on the Jiuqu River embankment will not disperse so quickly. The girls who are looking for their future husbands will also start to take action at this time.
As the champion, Lingshui Village is naturally the most popular.
Boss Xu and Second Xu had to work very hard to fight their way out of the crowd and head straight for the riverbank.
As early as the moment of victory, they saw their little sister sitting on her father's neck, waving at them vigorously.
"Little sister, is big brother awesome?"
Boss Xu came closer and raised his head proudly at Fubao.
"Brother, awesome!"
"Two, awesome!"
Fubao naturally would not be stingy with words of praise.
"Little sister, I am, second brother, second brother, second brother!"
Xu Laoer looked at Fubao sadly, feeling that he had to work harder and harder. He had to correct his younger sister. He was the second brother, not the second!
"Second brother!"
Fubao deliberately didn't say yes.
Her little finger pointed at her second brother, first calling out "two", then "brother". Before her second brother could laugh, she quickly moved her finger and pointed at Boss Xu.
"Little sister, I'm the second brother, the second brother!"
Seeing his second brother's miserable look, Fubao smiled and called out, "Second brother."
"Yes, yes, second brother, second brother!"
"Haha, my little sister is really so smart!"
"Want some candy? Second brother will buy you some!"
Finally hearing the name "Second Brother" from his younger sister's mouth, Xu Laoer jumped up excitedly. People who didn't know him would think that he had encountered some earth-shattering happy event.
But in fact, it's just a name.
"sugar!"
Fubao pointed at the market on the embankment with his little hand.
That's right, she just wants to eat candy.
The sugar here is not the white sugar of later generations, nor is it rock sugar, but red sugar, which is what people in later generations call brown sugar.
The Tang Dynasty was powerful and wealthy, but the variety of sugar it had was relatively limited.
At least Fubao has only seen red sand sugar since he was a child, and has never seen any other kind of sugar, not even malt sugar.
Maltose, also known as maltose.
As far as Fubao knew, malt sugar had existed as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty.
In the Book of Songs, Da Ya, there is a line that goes, "The Zhou plain is fertile, and the violets and endive are as sweet as maltose." This line refers to the fertile land of Zhou, where even violets and endive are as sweet as maltose. If maltose did not exist at the time, there would be no such description.
However, Fubao had never seen malt sugar here.
It is also because of this that Fubao is really curious about the history of this time and space.
What kind of development process has the civilization here gone through?
Unfortunately, Fubao couldn't get the answer from anyone now. She could only wait until she grew up and could go to school, then she could find the answer.
"Okay, go eat some candy!"
Xu Laoer took Fubao from his father's hands, held her in his arms and walked towards the market.
Because she knew there would be a market during the dragon boat race today, Old Lady Xu gave silver to her sons yesterday, and especially gave the eldest son some money, ten taels of silver to each of them.
What is this silver used for?
Even without the instructions from Old Mrs. Xu, the mother, the eldest and second Xu understood that they were asked to buy some things for their wives.
In fact, although the Xu family did not split up and all the money earned was handed over to Old Lady Xu, both the eldest and second Xu brothers were not short of money.
As long as the request was legitimate, Old Lady Xu would never refuse them when they asked her for money.
This is also the reason why the two daughters-in-law, Zhou and Li, have no complaints about Old Lady Xu being the head of the family.
After all, even though they don't have money in their hands, when it's time to spend money, they just have to ask their mother-in-law.
As for the things to bring back to her parents' home during festivals and on ordinary days, Old Mrs. Xu would arrange everything properly, so they don't have to worry about returning to her parents' home empty-handed.
During festivals, Old Mrs. Xu would also give them pocket money.
As for their own dowry and private money, their mother-in-law, Old Mrs. Xu, never had any idea about it.
With a mother-in-law like this, what else could you be dissatisfied with?
Fubao let her second brother hold her in his arms. When she entered the market, she was dazzled by the variety of things around her.
Those little puppets, carved from wood, stone, clay, all kinds of small animals, and those colorful windmills...
The craftsmanship of these handicrafts is truly amazing.
Compared to the little dolls that Fubao collected when he traveled, the craftsmanship level is many times higher.
This is a real handicraft!
I want it!
Fubao opened his eyes wide, raised his hand and pointed at those little things, screaming.
Anyway, the things are not worth much money, so you must buy them, buy them, buy them!
When Xu Laoer saw Fubao like this, he was not at all vague. He waved his hand and bought it.
How many to buy?
Are you kidding me?
Bought them all!
There are a bunch of little kids at home. Not to mention Dabao and Erbao, in a few days, Sanbao, Sibao, Wubao, Da Niu and Er Niu will be able to play with them too. How can we do without toys?
The arrogant Xu Lao Er instantly became a fool in the eyes of the vendors.
If you are stupid and have a lot of money, you will be fooled quickly!
Unfortunately, Xu Laoer was destined to disappoint these people.
He bought these things because Fubao wanted them. As for things that Fubao had no interest in, why would he spend money recklessly?
Rouge, powder, jewelry and fabrics, these were the things he wanted to buy for his wife Li, and Xu Laoer finally bought them all with the help of Fubao's guidance.
(End of this chapter)
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