There are many gossips at the widow's door.
Qiao Wei has been traveling for so long, and although she has been trying her best to adapt to the role of mother, she has forgotten that she is a helpless little widow in the eyes of outsiders. Not to mention a bachelor like Da Zhuang, even a man with a family, I'm afraid he can fabricate a romantic affair.
Aunt Liu targeted her so much, it may not be because her man secretly watched her.
Knowing that her son had fought with others because of herself, Qiao Wei's heart softened. She touched her son's face and wanted to say something, but found that her throat was sore and she couldn't utter a word.
I never knew that someone would risk everything just to get justice for himself. It was so warm that my heart felt hot and tears wanted to fall out.
Qiao Jingyun looked at his mother's slightly flushed eyes, and said in a childish voice, "I'm too young to beat Tien Niu. When I grow up, I will definitely beat him, and he will never speak ill of mother again." .”
Qiao Wei took her son into her arms.
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The rhinoceros village is not far from the town, about ten miles, and it takes an hour to walk there. Of course, this is the footsteps of adults, and children cannot walk so far. Qiao Wei plans to hire a car.
Cars can be divided into ox carts and horse-drawn carts. They are all open-air and very simple. The ox carts are slow and the price is low; the horse-drawn carts are fast and the price is high. After some hesitation, Lu Wei chose the carriage. The one-way carriage costs ten Wen per person, and the two children count as an adult, so the total is twenty Wen. After arriving in the town, the carriage will not wait for them all the time. When it is full of passengers, it will leave.
Qiao Wei had a lot of things to buy, and she couldn't come back without a carriage. There should be a carriage in the town, but where to hire her, she was blind. In the end, after the owner of the car, that is, Father Shuanzi bargained, he hired Father Shuanzi and the carriage for half a day at the price of two hundred cash.
Counting the transportation, Qiao Wei felt that it was worth the price. After all, it was only 120 yuan when converted into RMB.
The family of three happily went to the town. As the scenery in front of them continued to retreat, the village was left far behind, and even their troubles seemed to be hollowed out, and the faces of the three of them were full of smiles.
This town is called Lingquan Town. Because of its proximity to the capital, the population is relatively dense, and the commerce and trade are also very developed. Shuanzi's father knew that Qiao Wei was going to buy, so he directly dragged her to the largest market, where there were all kinds of goods, from food to play, not all on May 1st.
The children can't remember how long it has been since they went to the market. Looking at the dazzling array of shelves, their eyes are bright.
They were already beautiful, and they were a pair of twins. The younger sister was holding a soft and cute "little white dog" in her arms. Coupled with this cute expression, it attracted the attention of passers-by.
Such a good-looking child seems to have walked out of a New Year picture.
Qiao Wei was extremely proud.
After strolling around, Qiao Wei had a preliminary definition of the bazaar, which is equivalent to a modern wholesale market. The price is indeed cheaper than that of the shops, but because the town is a fortress leading to the capital, there are many floating population, and the integrity of the merchants is not good. If it is too high, whether you can buy high-quality and cheap things depends on whether you know the goods or not, and whether you will bargain.
Qiao Wei is simply a small and medium-sized expert, and Shuanzi's father also introduced several reliable ones. After a few bumps, he bought all the oil, rice, flour and seasonings. Qiao Wei felt a little heartbroken when she bought the salt. The salt at this time was coarse salt, whose quality was incomparable with refined salt, but due to the monopoly of the government, the price was extremely high. Ten catties cost her a tael of silver, and her heart ached to death.
After that, Qiao Wei went to the clothing store to buy some women's essentials, but she found out sadly that they didn't sell aunt's towels at all, and made them all by herself. She bought the raw materials, packed them and put them in the wagon.
Cotton clothes are also needed in winter. The price of ready-made clothes is three to five times more expensive than the price of fabric and cotton wool. Qiao Wei hesitated, bought two sets of ready-made clothes for the children and herself, and pulled some fabrics, and went back to learn slowly. Do.
The little bun was so excited that he had new clothes, he jumped when he walked.
Shuanzi's father looked at the carriages that were almost piled up into a small hill, and said, "Xiao Qiao, is there anything else you want to buy? Let's go back if we don't have any more?"
Qiao Wei thought for a while: "Don't worry, let me ask you, is there any iron shop near here?"
"Iron shop? There is a shop in Daxing Hutong, not far from here, what's the matter? What are you doing there?" Shuan Zi's father had one ear behind him, and his voice was a bit loud.
Qiao Wei didn't mind at all, she smiled and said, "I want to hunt, don't I? I don't have enough tools, just take a look."
The story of Qiao Wei hunting a dead tiger has spread in the village. Everyone doesn't think it's her own skill, they only lament her good luck. But seeing that she was determined to buy it, Shuan Zi's father didn't say much, and carried the three of them to Daxing Hutong in a carriage.
Qiao Wei bought a self-defense dagger, a bone cutting knife and a few hooks for traps in the iron shop.
"Is there anything else you want?" Father Shuan asked.
"I still want to book a bed." There is no bed in the place where they live, there is only a narrow kang, and the mother and child are actually a bit crowded when they sleep. She wanted to find a bed to sleep in by herself and leave the kang to the children.
Shuan Zi's father led her to the carpenter to order the boards, and made them according to the specifications, and then she could assemble them at home. She did not expect that the ancient times were so advanced, and Qiao Wei was very surprised.
After working hard all afternoon, I finally bought all the things that should be bought. Qiao Wei touched her son's daughter's little head: "Are you hungry?"
The two nodded in unison.
He doesn't bark when he's hungry, which is so sensible that it makes people feel distressed.
"What do you want to eat?" Qiao Wei asked.
Qiao Wangshu asked in a low voice: "I want to eat beef dumplings, is that okay?"
Qiao Wei smiled: "Of course! Besides this, what else do you want to eat?"
Qiao Wangshu licked his lips: "I still want to eat leek boxes and scallion pancakes."
"anything else?"
"Gone."
Qiao Wei looked at her son: "What does Jing Yun want to eat?"
Qiao Jingyun said like an adult, "I can do anything."
The children were talking about snacks, which didn't cost much. Qiao Wei and Shuanzi's father found a relatively clean stall and ordered two large bowls of beef dumplings, one for Shuanzi's father and one for Jing Yun and Wang Wang. Shu, ordered four more leek boxes, four scallion pancakes, one serving of pork ribs with sauce, and two bowls of mutton vermicelli soup.