In the afternoon, Su Qingyu planned to go to the market in Ping'an City and buy the white paper, silver needles, bells, oil lamps and copper coins mentioned in the rules.
My younger sister Su Xiaohua clamored to go together.
Mother asked Su Qingyu to bring her sister along as well.
After Su Xiaohua repeatedly promised that she would not act naughty, Su Qingyu took Su Xiaohua's hand and took her out.
At the market, peddlers were walking around, pulling carts to sell pulp, some were carrying shoulder poles and hawking their wares, and some were setting up stalls.
There will be soldiers patrolling the city.
On the stalls along the street, there are fresh fruits and vegetables, a variety of jade hairpins and bracelets, as well as coarse cloth hand-woven by farm girls. The vendors are shouting about their own goods, as if this really is a paradise isolated from the world.
However, the bustling market reveals a hint of weirdness.
In the dark alleys of the streets, there would be some neatly dressed beggars sitting there. They would not come out of the alleys to ask for money from passers-by, but would sit together in a group, looking sluggish.
There is not a single dog on the streets.
In the market, Su Qingyu saw several dog meat shops.
[Safe City]Rule 5.
[Dogs are not kept in Ping'an City, and people who eat dog meat are kept away. ]
The shop owner would stand at the door and warmly invite everyone who passed by to taste the meat for free.
Most passers-by looked horrified and waved their hands in refusal.
But the beggars in the alley would come out at this time and ask the boss for dog meat.
The boss hates them very much. Not only will he not give them any money, he will also yell at them to leave and even throw boiling water on them.
Some beggars would come with paper money for the dead to buy the meat, and the boss would throw the meat on the ground and curse it for bad luck.
But the beggars did not get angry. Instead, they lay on the ground, held the meat in their mouths, and went back into the alley.
Dog meat will make beggars in the alleys rush to buy it.
If you eat too much meat, you seem to be addicted to it and feel uncomfortable if you don’t eat it.
Su Qingyu tried his best to avoid dog meat shops.
Su Xiaohua is a greedy little cat who has never seen the world. When she is in the Governor's Mansion, she behaves well, but when she goes out, she wants everything she sees.
"Sister, I want to eat candied haws, candy men, and roasted sweet potatoes." Su Xiaohua pulled Su Qingyu's sleeve, and it shook.
"Have you any silver?"
Su Xiaohua opened her round eyes and said, "No, but I want to eat."
"Then choose one of the three. Don't be greedy."
"I like candied haws!" Su Xiaohua simply picked the biggest one.
Seeing that the man selling candied haws was a normal human being, Su Qingyu bought a string and gave it to Su Xiaohua.
"Wow, sister, you are so kind." Su Xiaohua took a bite of the candied haws with satisfaction, her mouth was covered with syrup, "Sister, the silver and the ghost money are all with my mother, where did you get the ghost money to buy me the candied haws?"
Su Qingyu made up a random excuse: "The eldest young master gave it to me. The eldest young master and I are engaged. He saw that I was new here, so he gave me some ghost money to keep me safe."
"I didn't give you any ghost money."
A man's voice suddenly came from behind.
Su Qingyu turned around and saw the eldest young master wearing a military uniform and a metal badge on his chest. The badge was flashing a silver-white light and appeared in the market.