In the morning, before dawn, summer gets up early.
After a quick wash, I quickly fetched two loads of water and filled the water tank halfway.
While Shen Nian is still asleep, quickly light a fire and cook.
After steaming the buns and cooking the millet porridge, he put them aside and then used a small pot to make a few cornmeal cakes for himself.
I'm going to the market today and there will be a lot of people there, so it's not appropriate to bring steamed buns with me.
After breakfast was ready, he cleared the pot and boiled some water. He went into the upper room, took out the teapot, filled it with water, and added a little spiritual spring water.
Seeing that Shen Nian had woken up, he quickly set the breakfast and added a few drops of spiritual spring water to Shen Nian's millet porridge.
Seeing that he looked normal and I didn't hear him coughing this morning, I felt a lot more relieved.
After Shen Nian finished a bowl of porridge, he served another bowl, “Brother Shen, eat more. Do you feel better today?”
"Um."
"I've made an appointment with Sister Yao and the others to go to the market today and buy some rice and flour. Do you want to come with me? We can go to a clinic to see a doctor and get some medicine or something?"
Shen Nian shook her head, “No.”
"So, is it okay for you to be home alone?"
Xia Tian was still worried. If there wasn’t much food left at home, she wouldn’t want to go.
"It's okay." Shen Nian replied calmly.
“Okay then, drink more hot water at home, the teapot is full, and I’ll try to get back before lunch.
Is there anything you need to bring?"
Shen Nian shook his head.
Seeing that Xia Tian was almost done eating, Shen Nian took out a purse from his arms and handed it to Xia Tian.
"What?"
Xia Tian took it doubtfully, opened it and saw that it was silver.
She was delighted. Brother Shen was such a thoughtful person. He knew she was going to the market today and had prepared the money in advance.
But when did he know that she was going to the market today?
She doesn't remember mentioning it?
I don’t want to think about it anymore. Maybe I said it yesterday and I forgot about it.
Xia Tian handed the purse to Shen Nian again, “There’s still a lot left from what you gave me last time!”
"Take it." Shen Nian didn't take it.
"Okay, leave it here with me first. I'll buy it if you need anything." Xia Tian finished his meal quickly.
By the time we finished packing, it was almost time.
Xiatian wrapped two corn tortillas in a clean cloth, put them in a backpack, said "I'm leaving" to the upper room, and went out to meet up with Sister Yao and the others.
Shen Nian poured a glass of water and sipped it slowly, listening to Xia Tian opening and closing the door, asking Sister Yao if she had finished packing. Sister Yao said she was coming, and the voices of the two gradually faded away...
Xia Tian and Mrs. Yao rushed to the big willow tree at the entrance of the village, where many people were already waiting.
After a while, Liu Laosan, the village driver, came driving an ox cart. Everyone paid a penny, got on the cart, and headed towards the town.
The town where they lived in summer was called Qingquan Town. It took one and a half hours to walk from Liujia Village to Qingquan Town, but less than an hour to get there by ox cart.
Qingquan Town holds a big market on the fifth and tenth day of every month, and people from the dozen or so villages around it basically go to the market.
It is very lively to exchange the extra and unused items at home for money, or to buy some things needed at home.
Although they set out early in the summer, there were already many people in the town when they arrived.
Qingquan Town faces north and south, is square, and its main street is shaped like a "well". It is not very big, but has a dense population and is usually quite lively.
As soon as I entered the city gate, I saw the flags of shops on both sides fluttering in the wind, and shop assistants standing at the door shouting to passers-by.
Xiatian did not stop either. He looked at the ancient town curiously and followed the villagers to the market.
In order to facilitate transactions for the people, the town has reserved a street for fixed stalls.
At this time, both sides of the road were filled with things, and the villagers who brought things to sell hurried to find a place to set up their stalls.
She planned to go to the grain and oil store to buy rice and flour first, and agreed with Sister Yao to meet at Uncle Liu's ox cart at noon.
Uncle Liu's ox cart is parked outside the town gate, where there is a special parking space. On market days, there are many people and ox carts are not allowed to enter the town.
The reason why she didn't go shopping with the villagers was that she didn't want them to know what she bought.
Walk along the main road and look around. When you see a grain and oil store, a meat stall, etc., go over and ask the price.
I just came here and I don't know much about the prices here. I'd like to learn about the current prices here first.
Besides, when buying things, it is still necessary to compare prices from different stores.
After understanding everything, I found a shop with reasonable prices in the summer.
Polished rice cost eight cents per pound, white flour cost seven cents, and ten pounds of each were weighed. Brown rice, coarse flour, and cornmeal were all two cents per pound, and five pounds of each were weighed.
Millet is a little expensive, five cents per pound, and I ordered two pounds.
I didn't bring any food bags in the summer, so I spent a few cents to buy one from the store owner, packed the food and put it in my backpack.
Rapeseed oil is quite expensive, ten cents per pound. She bought five pounds in the summer and asked the store to give her a jar to store the oil.
I saw that there were vegetable seeds in the store, so I bought some and planned to go home to plow the vegetable garden in the backyard and plant the vegetables.
So you don’t have to buy vegetables.
Farmers basically grow their own vegetables, and buying vegetables every day is not a long-term solution.
I had almost bought all the main things, so I walked out of the store and shopped along the way.
On the way, he found a deserted place and transferred the refined grains and oil in the backpack into the space, leaving only brown rice, coarse flour, cornmeal and vegetable seeds.
I went to the meat stall and weighed two pounds of pork belly, which cost me twenty cents. I also bought five pounds of lard, which cost me twelve cents per pound. I could use this to make lard at home.
Seeing that there were pig intestines, pig hearts, pig lungs and other things on the meat stall, she ordered five pounds and spent fifteen cents. The butcher saw that she bought a lot, so he gave her a big bone as a gift.
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