Chapter 192 Market
Mr. Simingen, Ms. Sun Nianhan and Ms. Mi Zhizhi had all been to Meicheng and were very familiar with the scenery here. The three of them took turns acting as guides for the little ones.
The Youlan Hotel is located in the center of Meicheng. Downstairs is the largest market in Meicheng, so it is naturally the first stop.
Although the plum season has long passed, Meicheng is still filled with the strong aroma of green plums.
No, it should be the sweet aroma of candied plums mixed with the fresh fragrance of plum wine.
Tang Jia curled his lips and chuckled, "Everyone is in for a treat!"
Old Master Simingen smiled and joked, "Nothing can be hidden from your little cat nose!"
Sure enough, when I walked into the market, I saw candied plums in small glass jars.
Tang Jia bought a few cans without hesitation and distributed them to everyone. She couldn't wait to pick up one and put it in her mouth.
With a light bite, the flesh of the crisp plum cracks, as if it were freshly picked from the tree and still as tender and crisp as before.
The sour and refreshing plum juice immediately overflows, with a mellow taste and no astringency.
After chewing the flesh carefully, I couldn't help but savor it for a long time, even sucking out the juice in the core, before reluctantly spitting out the core.
Just looking at her enjoyable expression, the two little guys couldn't help but drool and rushed to stuff the plums in their hands into their mouths.
Only old man Simingen didn't like it. Instead, he walked next door and bought a few jars of dried whitebait pickled in plum sauce and a few jars of green plum wine.
The sweet and sour taste suppresses the fishy smell of the whitebait. Accompanied by a sip of green plum wine, the refreshing sourness, soft sweetness, and the plum fragrance linger in the mouth, everything is just perfect.
Tang Jia bit a plum and thought for a while, then spent a huge amount of money to buy all the plums, dried whitebait and green plum wine from the two stalls, preparing to use them as souvenirs to share with his relatives and friends when he gets home.
Tang Jia's generosity made the two stall owners very happy. Not only did they give Tang Jia a 10% discount, they also gave him several beautiful shells as a gift.
The girl next door, who had deer antlers and looked like she had Star Beast blood, asked softly, "Sir, would you like a lantern carved from a plum kernel?"
Tang Jia looked up and saw dozens of lanterns hanging on her stall, with a halo of star sand condensed in the translucent plum cores.
Tang Jia immediately pulled Ms. Mi Zhizhi forward to start choosing, and arranged for all the relatives and friends to be included.
Little Tang Zan had already rushed to the shell tank of the sea creature vendor next door. In the beautiful tank, plum juice was bubbling, and ice corals were floating in the deep purple liquid.
Tang Chengjia quickly stopped him.
"Children can't drink this!"
The boss pointed to the tank next to him and said with a smile: "Here is the room temperature one. Children can try this."
Little Tang Zan seemed to understand and looked at Tang Chengjia eagerly.
What else could Tang Chengjia do?
Of course, buy, buy, buy!
Now that we have Tang Zan, we can't forget Tang Jia and Tang Xu either.
So, the three siblings held plum juice in their left hands, plum pit lamps in their right hands, and jars of candied plums in their arms. It was a great harvest.
We ate and drank along the way and thought that the market was just like that.
Unexpectedly, just after turning the corner, the entire long street suddenly broke into colorful blocks under the sunlight.
The Feathered People spread their wings and flew over the market. Their plum-dyed silks hung from the sky. The peacock blue and rouge red cloths looked like inverted waterfalls.
The peacock blue is rich and deep, just like the shimmering surface of the Meicheng River in the sun, mysterious and charming.
The rouge red is bright and delicate, like clouds hanging in the sky. It is gorgeous and elegant, which is fascinating.
Tang Jia's eyes lit up, and Ms. Mi Zhizhi also smiled and said affirmatively: "It will definitely be beautiful when it is made into clothes."
Old man Simingen waved his hand and immediately bought several horses.
After putting the cloth into the storage space, Mr. Simingen led everyone out of the market and came to a wooden house by the river. He said loudly:
"Boss, do you have a boat?"
Several mixed-race men with tanned skin came out of the wooden house. The scales on the back of their necks gleamed faintly, and there were some water droplets hanging on the ends of their hair, which could not be told whether they were sea spray or something else.
One of the men said, "Three large ships, eight thousand each; five small ships, four thousand each."
Old Master Simingen nodded and said in a deep voice, "We are a family of eight and need a big boat. However, we have many children, so can we have an extra boatman?"
The man thought for a moment and said, "Add two thousand."
Old man Simingen nodded and transferred 10,000 credit points.
Two of the sturdy men then dragged out a rowboat made of camphor wood from the cabin.
The boat is about eight meters long and two meters wide. The oar at the stern is like a crescent moon, gently rising with the hull.
The black awning in the middle of the boat covered the square wooden table, and the blue printed cloth cushions were soft.
Old man Si Mingen boarded the boat first, then pulled Ms. Sun Nianhan and Si Jiali up, took the two little ones in, and extended his hand to Tang Jia.
Tang Jia rushed up in a few seconds, but did not go in. He just smiled and stretched out his hand to Ms. Mi Zhizhi.
"Ms. Mizhizhi, please give me a chance to perform!"
Mi Zhizhi, who was still hesitating, smiled and extended her hand to Tang Jia.
"Here, here, here! I'll give you the chance to help the elderly and children!"
Tang Chengjia supported her carefully while vying for her favor.
"Give it to her, not to me?"
Mi Zhizhi tapped Tang Chengjia's forehead and scolded him with a smile, "You're already grown up, and you're still vying for favor with a girl?"
Tang Chengjia confidently said, "No matter how old he is, he is still your son."
Mizhizhi nodded.
"That's true! Give them all, take turns!"
After saying that, Mizhizhi couldn't hold back her laughter and started laughing.
Laughter is always contagious.
As soon as she started, everyone started laughing.
Even the boatman's eyes and eyebrows were filled with a smile.
"Hold on tight—" the leading boatman suddenly opened his voice.
The three boatmen used bamboo poles to push the boat off the stone pier. Their arms were like bamboo joints soaked in black plum juice, their muscles bulging as they rowed, and water droplets slid down their forearms into their rolled-up trouser legs.
The oars shattered the gold foil in the river, startling two egrets that flew over the bluestone bridge.
Faced with such a beautiful scenery, Tang Jia and Mi Zhizhi couldn't help but raise their laptops and started taking pictures.
The boatman looked at the two of them curiously, and old man Simingen smiled knowingly and explained, "They are both painters.
Occupational disease.
When I see something nice, I want to take a picture of it.”
The oars made a dull sound on the mossy rocks, and the boatman at the bow responded in Mandarin with a hint of local accent: "Yes!
Our Meicheng has beautiful scenery, and many painters come here to sketch!"
The water waves rolled the reflections of the eight people into colorful blocks.
Tang Xu was lying on the side of the boat, and as soon as his fingertips touched the water, he was grabbed by the collar by a boatman.
"Be careful, there are water monkeys in the river!"
However, the smile in his words couldn't even fool himself, so how could he fool Tang Xu?
He rolled his eyes.
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