Otherworldly Days

Chapter 273 Going to the Market

At the end of the twelfth lunar month, the taste of the new year is getting stronger and stronger.

Although it is still cold outside, God is giving me a favor. The heavy snow is getting smaller and smaller, and there is still a time to stop when there are small snowflakes floating outside. point the sun.

This road from Caojia Village to the town is convenient for people in several nearby villages. After the snow stopped, the snow on the road was cleared, and it was much more convenient for people in the village to go to the town to go to the market. Cars can pass over it, pulling goods into the town.

In the days near the end of the year, the market in the town is open every day, and there are stalls on the side of the street, people shouting and selling things, and people from the village rush to the town to buy oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, For the couplet, I bought a firecracker to set off for the New Year, and the streets are very lively with people coming and going.

The packed wine was loaded onto the carriage one by one, along with several baskets of mushrooms, all of which were to be sent to Yipinzhai in the town.

"We're going to the town. I'm taking a few children away. Do you have anything I want to bring back?" The things outside are ready, and Cao Xiangnan is also ready to go to town. The children are in the house. After being detained for so long, he also planned to take it to the town for a walk, to make the children happy.

"There is nothing for you to bring, drive slowly on the road, Xiang Nan, Aning, you have to watch out for the little ones." Qi Wanfeng didn't forget to tell the little ones to be obedient, and they all chirped Promise him.

"Well, I will, don't worry." Cao Xiangnan nodded and said.

Aning also went over to help order a few small ones, "I will watch them order, Wan Feng, don't worry." He said.

"Hehe... let's go to town..."

"Let's go, let's go to the market."

A few children ran outside, shouting happily while running, and it seemed that the little ones were happy.

After carrying a few children into the carriage, Cao Xiangnan also went up, waved to the person standing at the door, and told him to go back into the house.Cao Gang also took Sun Bailian and the two children there, Wang Dahu and Liu Baishu also rode on big horses and followed behind, and the group went into the town.

The carriage first went to Yipinzhai in the town. The heavy snow fell for so long until these days that it stopped. The business in the building was slow for a while, and only gradually recovered these days.Shopkeeper Liu was very happy to see Cao Xiangnan and his party coming, so he asked Cao Xiangnan and the others to go upstairs for tea.

"I brought a few children over here today. We won't go in when we move our things in. I'll take a few of the younger ones for a stroll first, and then come over to you, brother." Cao Xiangnan waved his hands busily and said.

"Well, then, remember to come to me later, brother, and I'll treat you all to dinner." Shopkeeper Liu recruited his assistants to come out to carry things, lifted the corner of the white cloth covering the basket, took a look, and then put it down. thing.

At this time of Chinese New Year, the stewards of the town's mansion are racking their brains to find ways to add some delicious dishes to the table for the New Year's Eve dinner prepared for the gentlemen. These fresh shiitake mushrooms are worth the money. Can't buy it.

Except for those fresh mushrooms that are kept in the building, the rest can only be bought from him by old acquaintances for a pound and a half.

The carriage and horses were left at Yipinzhai, and they went for a walk in the town.

"Isn't it because the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and it's not a good thing to send something to Brother Luo." Coming to the South Street, Cao Xiangnan took the basket he was carrying into the Luo's Medical Center and gave it to Luo Rongheng. It's just a little mushroom.

"You are not a good thing. You didn't send gold to make my mother happy at this moment. You are thinking about us in your heart. Send me this and whoever you want all day long." Luo Rongheng Pointing at the kid with a smile, he said, "Come on, go inside the house, let us have a drink."

"I won't go in today. I brought a group of young ones here, and they are all wandering outside. I rushed to see some small ones." It is an ancient industry that exists in both. If one is missing, he will not even dare to go back home.

Cao Xiangnan brought the things over, and he had to rush over to watch the group of little ones, so he didn't plan to go into the house.

"It's all here, Cheng Chengcheng, big brother is going shopping with you, it happens to be lively outside, wait until I call my kid, he still remembers going to your place to play all day long." Luo Rongheng shouted , the kid in his family ran out.

After talking to his father, Luo Rongheng took his kid out together.

Cao Xiangnan greeted Old Doctor Luo, and then went to join a group of people wandering outside with Luo Rongheng and his kid.

The weather has been fine recently, and both sides of the street are full of stalls selling New Year’s goods. It’s the New Year in three or two days. If you can sell more goods, you’ll have a few more money in your pocket for the New Year. There are people on the street. People come and go, there are many hawkers selling things, and there are also many people buying things.

Luo Rongheng's family lives in this town, and the kid in his family is most familiar with this street. Xuanxuan has also lived in the town for a while, and he is also very familiar with this street that he uses every day. , running around with the little ones behind.

"Hahaha..." Luo Rongheng gritted his teeth when he saw the good deeds his kid did, and said with a haha ​​smile, "This kid should be more skinny, more skinny."

"We'll follow behind. It's okay. Let them run. Finally come out and let them have fun." Cao Xiangnan didn't mean to chase the little ones back, he knew Xiangzi and Kangkang Be careful, most people can't deceive them, and they will help you to order a few small ones.

And the kid from Luo Rongheng's family is not easy to be deceived, he is the grandson of the old doctor Luo, and there are not many people on the street who don't know him.

"Candied haws - selling candied haws -" "Selling little sugar men -" "Brother, I want it." Several small people stood in front of a stall, seeing the little candy figures stuck in the stall, one or two looked at each other. not leaving.

"Grandpa, how do you sell this?" Xiangzi asked.

"Little doll wants to buy a sugar figurine, what about adults? Do you have money in your pocket?" An old man with a white beard set up the stall. There was melting syrup in a small pot, and a small spoon in his hand. Spoon the syrup on the board, and a beautiful sugar figurine will come out.

"I have."

"Here, one copper plate, one, you can pick whatever you want."

"You all pick one, and I'll give you the money." Xiangzai took a small purse into his pocket, filled with small copper coins, which was specially given to him by Uncle Xiangnan before he left the house today, saying that he would give it to his younger brother We buy snacks.

The little ones all chose sugar figurines, and he handed over the counted copper coins one by one to the old man who sold things.

The adults who followed also came over, followed by a group of young ones, and bought a bunch of candied haws for each of the young ones, which Xiangzai couldn't bear to eat even holding it in his hand.Cao Xiangnan put his hand on the child's shoulder and said, "Eat it, we will buy it next time we come."

"I want to take it back to Xiaoyong and the others." Xiangzi glanced at the little sugar man and candied haws in his hand, and said.

Xiaoyong was talking about the few children in the academy who also had no parents. Except for the ones with names, Cao Xiangnan, who had no names but only nicknames, gave each of them a proper name.

Xiangzi was talking about those children, and he wanted to take the candied haws back for them to eat.

"Then you can eat this bunch. Uncle will bring back a bunch of candied haws for each of them. Today is my uncle's treat." Cao Xiangnan knew that Xiangzai played well with those children, and he was very happy that Xiangzai had Such a heart.

There were quite a few children in the academy, so I counted a rough number in my heart and asked the candied haws seller to wrap all the candied haws they bought with oiled paper.

A group of people strolled on the street for a while, bought some things to use at home, and bought a lot of snacks for the little ones.The men walking in the back chatted while paying attention to the children walking in front.

Cao Xiangnan asked if Luo Rongheng was going to leave after the next year. He knew that Luo Rongheng was running outside a lot throughout the year.When Luo Rongheng mentioned that his daughter-in-law was pregnant, he couldn't hide his joy in his words. He said that he planned to collect the medicinal materials in March before leaving, and he would come back after a trip to the South. That's right, I just happened to look for the medicinal materials he said, which is exactly what he wanted.

"Brother Luo, you haven't thought about planting these medicinal materials yourself and training a few experienced medicinal farmers. I saw some medicinal materials planted in your yard. Doesn't Old Doctor Luo know how to grow these things? Let him guide you when the time comes " Cao Xiangnan roughly mentioned some benefits of growing medicinal materials by himself to Luo Rongheng, which is much better than collecting medicinal materials and running north and south.

If some commonly used medicinal materials from the south can be planted in the north, or some medicinal materials from the north can be planted in the south, this can greatly reduce the manpower and material resources for transportation, and the cost will be reduced by then. The increase in profit is mainly because if you can grow it yourself, the output is stable, and the harvest is large and concentrated.

"Listening to what you said, it's also a good idea. Later, the two brothers will sit down and have a drink. We two brothers will have a good talk, and I will listen to your ideas. You can explain it carefully to the eldest brother." Luo Rongheng Hearing this, this is really a big deal. If he can sit in the house and wait to collect gold and silver, he doesn't have to travel so far to make some money.

After running outside for so many years, I have saved some money, so I can do something.

This time I came back and saw that my father and mother were getting older, and my daughter-in-law was pregnant again. He didn't accompany the previous child, so this one had to spare some time to accompany her.

"I just mentioned it casually, and it's not a serious idea. But since the elder brother has already bought a drink, the younger brother can't postpone it." Cao Xiangnan really just mentioned it casually. He remembered that in modern times, even expensive medicinal materials can be used If the cultivation is successful, let alone other common medicinal materials.

"Haha..." Luo Rongheng's laughing voice was heard all the way.

As soon as he heard about the medicinal materials, Cao Gang, who followed beside him, also paid attention to what the two of them had to say, and listened carefully to what they said along the way.

Wang Dahu, who was following behind, abducted his daughter-in-law with his hands, Liu Baishu gave someone a blank look, and ignored him.

For people like them, medicinal materials are used to save lives. During a war, the army lacks medicinal materials and does not know how many people will die, so it is not surprising that these medicinal materials can be grown on a large scale like crops. Exciting?This matter made a circle in Liu Baishu's mind, and he thought of some benefits in it.

"Let's also buy some red paper and go back and write couplets by ourselves. I saw that your handwriting is good in Baishu. You will be responsible for writing the couplets when you go back?" Cao Xiangnan turned to Liu Baishu and said to Liu Baishu when he saw that there were red paper sellers on the street. .

Cao Xiangnan saw that Liu Baishu's brush calligraphy was really good. As for his own handwriting, how beautiful could a science student be asked to write?It would be good if the teacher who graded the paper could understand it, so let alone this calligraphy, it would be a shame!

"Success, no problem." Liu Baishu replied.

At the beginning, Aning was nervously staring at the children in front of him, but when he was dragged by Sun Bailian at the back, he also started to go shopping. In this town for so long, this is the first time for Aning to go shopping in a serious manner. On the street, the things on these small stalls looked interesting, and he would stop and look at them, and when he saw something he liked, he would spend a few dollars to buy it, most of which were small ones for children. Things, he doesn't have any of his own.

A group of people strolled around and it was almost noon. They went back to Luo's Medical Center to pick up Mrs. Luo and Luo Rongheng's daughter-in-law and go to Yipinzhai.Old Doctor Luo didn't leave, he wanted to stay in the clinic to see the patients.

The day is getting better, and some sick people from the nearby villages come to the town to see some minor ailments and pains, so from time to time, three or two patients will come to the hospital.

They set up a table of meals in the wing room of Yipinzhai, and Cao Xiangnan didn't forget to ask the waiter in the building to send someone to Luo's Medical Center to deliver two small dishes, so everyone had lunch here.

After lunch, they also headed back to the town.