The third street is called Xinghua Street, which is the most prosperous street in the county. This street is neither as tall as Baoan Street, nor as down-to-earth as Sishui Street. It is a typical city street.
There are shops on both sides of the street, most of which are small two-story buildings. There are all kinds of shops: restaurants, cloth shops, medical centers, silver houses, tea shops, pawnshops, theaters, casinos, etc., and even a luxuriously decorated brothel.
After inquiring about it, Shen Ruolan immediately decided to go to Xinghua Street to try her luck when she arrived at the county seat.
Near noon, the carriage finally arrived at the county seat and stopped on the street of Sishui Street. The driver turned his head and shouted loudly: "Go and do what you should do. Remember, we will gather here in two hours, after noon Don't wait, you will be responsible for yourself when you come back late."
As soon as the words fell, the people in the car started to get out of the car one after another. Shen Ruolan was weak, afraid of accidental injury, she didn't dare to compete with others, and when everyone got off, she got out of the car leisurely.
After sitting in the carriage for a whole morning, her legs and buttocks were a little numb. After getting off the carriage, she didn't rush to walk. She first stood on the side of the road and exercised her muscles and bones. During the exercise, she happened to see Zhang Eryong untie him on the side of the axle. As for the wild sheep, when he was sitting in the car before, Shen Ruolan only thought he was quite tall, but now he realized that this guy is really tall, more than 1.8 meters tall, and his body is quite straight. If you put it in modern times, it is absolutely no problem to be a model star.
It's a pity that he was born at an untimely time, but he was born in this feudal society with low productivity. The people here can't even fill their stomachs. Who has the leisure to pay attention to and pursue a man's appearance
If no one appreciates it, he can only be a hard-working hunter!
Just as he was sighing, Zhang Eryong suddenly returned to his country, and their eyes met inadvertently.
Shen Ruolan thought that he would pay the fare for three Wen for her, otherwise she would not be able to come here, so she smiled politely at Zhang Eryong and said, "Brother Zhang, when I go back, I will take the five Wen I will pay you back the money."
Zhang Eryong had already avoided her eyes, but when he heard what she said, he looked back and said, "It's up to you."
After speaking, he led the sheep and left.
Although her face was pale, she felt that the girl from the old Shen family was much better than his unmarried fiancee. Although the little girl was not very good looking, at least she was well-educated, grateful, and seemed to have a cheerful temper. Lively.
Unlike that stupid woman who hates the poor and loves the rich, the one who loves the poor and loves the rich has nothing but a good skin. If she is killed, he will not marry such a woman.
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Xinghua Street is not far from Surabaya Street, just bypass a temple and several houses, and it takes only a short walk to get there.
Compared with Surabaya Street, Xinghua Street is much more magnificent, with smooth bluestone roads, shops full of ancient charm, bustling crowds, it looks prosperous and lively.
Shen Ruolan was walking on the street, looking around and thinking about ways to make money. It was already noon, just as she was eating, the restaurants on both sides of the street wafted tempting scents, constantly disturbing her thoughts.
She stroked her gurgling stomach, and finally decided to follow the example of her time-traveling predecessors and go to restaurants to sell dishes, so that she could make money and fill her stomach by the way.
However, many of the snack dishes she is familiar with need modern seasonings. If she wants to sell dishes, she must know if there are any seasonings necessary for her dishes. Find other ways to make money.
For this reason, she deliberately went to a seasoning shop with a decent appearance, and wanted to check it out.
This seasoning shop should be the largest one on this street. It is bright and spacious inside, decorated in style, and the layout design is similar to that of a drugstore. Rows of shelves from the top to the roof of the shed, the shelves are divided into grids one by one, and a wooden box with a cover is placed in each grid, and various seasonings are contained in the box.
The smell of seasoning was so strong that the box couldn't cover it even with the cover. As soon as she entered the door, Shen Ruolan's nose was irritated by the smell of various seasonings so that she wanted to sneeze.
At this moment, there was only one customer in the shop, a middle-aged man wearing a lake blue satin gown. The man looked quite dignified, and even the shopkeeper condescended to serve him himself.
There were two other guys in the shop, but one of them was busy showing seasonings to the man in blue robe, and the other was serving her with a teacup, no one paid any attention to her at all.
On the contrary, the shopkeeper raised his eyelids and glanced at her. Seeing that Shen Ruolan was dressed in tatters and was yellow and thin, he thought she was a beggar, but because he was not sure, he didn't chase her away directly, but his tone was very unpleasant. Good to ask: "What are you doing?"
Of course, Shen Ruolan knew why the shopkeeper and the two clerks treated her so well. The thought of respecting people in clothes has existed since ancient times. She is here to do business.
She stepped forward, took out a small paper bag, opened it and handed it over, and asked politely, "Shopkeeper, do you have peppercorns in your shop?"
Fearing that people here would call peppercorns differently from the modern ones, she deliberately picked out a few peppercorns from the box of boiled pork slices in the space, wrapped them in oiled paper, and handed them to the shopkeeper for identification.
The shopkeeper was busy receiving distinguished guests, so he didn't have time to pay attention to Shen Ruolan. Just out of curiosity, he glanced at the paper bag in Shen Ruolan's hand, snorted, and said, "What kind of seasoning is this? Wild grass Grass seeds."
You don't need to ask to know that the shopkeeper doesn't recognize Majiao, or even recognize it, let alone have it.
This seasoning shop is a big one among the seasoning shops in this county, if they don't even have one, let alone other small shops.
It seems that her plan to sell boiled pork slices and boiled fish has failed, because the most important seasoning in boiled pork slices and boiled fish is pepper. Without pepper, boiled pork slices and boiled fish are just like stewed There is no difference, and there is no market value.
She didn't argue with the shopkeeper's words, since she didn't, what's the use of breaking it down? It's just a waste of words.
Shen Ruolan wrapped the peppercorns and put them in her bosom, took out another paper bag, opened it, handed it to the shopkeeper, and said, "Please take a look at this again, do you have this for sale here?"
This paper bag contains seven or eight grains of cumin, which she picked out from the box of cumin chicken gizzards she kept in the space. Cumin looks very similar to fennel seeds, but the fennel seeds are slightly larger Some are grass green, cumin is slightly smaller than fennel seeds, and the color is gray, like dried fennel seeds.