Li Qingfeng woke up in a daze, and seeing that he had already arrived in the town, he smiled at Li Qingling a little embarrassedly, and he didn't expect to fall asleep as soon as he sat in the back basket.
Li Qingling picked up the basket again, took his hand, and followed Liu Zhimo into the town.
Today is the market day, the town is very lively, there are hawkers yelling everywhere, Li Qingling has never been here a few times in my memory, let alone she is from modern times, I have never seen such a scene.
For a moment, she was fascinated by it.
When passing by a steamed stuffed bun stall, Li Qingfeng swallowed at the smell of steamed stuffed buns, but turned his eyes with his mouth pursed. He knew that his family had no money and couldn't afford steamed stuffed buns.
His reaction was noticed by Li Qingling, she touched the wild ginseng in her sleeve, then turned to ask Liu Zhimo, "Brother Zhimo, do you know where there is a medicine shop?"
They came out so early, didn't eat anything, and walked so far, let alone Qingfeng Li, even she was hungry.
So she planned to sell the wild ginseng early, eat something to fill her stomach, and then go shopping slowly.
Liu Zhimo was quite familiar with the town. He took Li Qingling to another street. This street was called South Street. There were many shops and restaurants, and it looked very prosperous.
Li Qingling could tell the difference from North Street to South Street. North Street was mostly visited by ordinary people, while South Street was visited by wealthy people.
"We're going to a pharmacy called Jishitang later. This pharmacy is innocent. Next time you want to sell medicine, go to this pharmacy." Liu Zhimo said, and told her about all the pharmacies in the town. pharmacy.
Li Qingling came to the conclusion that Jishitang served well and treated the rich and the poor alike, while Baicaotang, which was as famous as Jishitang, bullied others and only served the rich.
"Little Master Li, are you here? Do you want to buy medicine?" The drug boy saw Liu Zhimo and the three of them, came up to him, and asked with a smile on his face.
When Liu Zhimo's parents were sick, the doctor from Ji Shitang saw him. He had been here several times to get medicine, and the medicine boy knew him by now.
Liu Zhimo shook his head. He pointed to Li Qingling and said to the drug boy, "My sister wants to sell medicine. I wonder if the pharmacy will accept it?"
Only now did Yaotong look at Li Qingling, with the same smile on his face, "May I ask what medicine you want to sell, little sister?"
Li Qingling nodded secretly, the service of this pharmacy is really good, and she didn't look down on her because of her young age and shabby clothes.
She took out the wild ginseng from her sleeve, opened the veil and handed it to the drug boy, "Little brother, I want to sell this wild ginseng, what is the price?"
"This has to be shown to our shopkeeper. Please wait a moment." The drug boy took the wild ginseng from Li Qingling's hand and went into the room.
Not long after, a middle-aged man with a short beard came out holding her ginseng. Seeing him, Liu Zhimo smiled and called Shopkeeper Zhou.
"It's Mr. Li, long time no see." Shopkeeper Zhou was all smiles, and he had a good impression of Liu Zhimo, but it was a pity that Mrs. Liu left early, and this young man dropped out of school because of this, otherwise the future would be bright, what a pity.
"This is shopkeeper Zhou." Liu Zhimo introduced to Li Qingling, and Li Qingling immediately bowed to shopkeeper Zhou cleverly.
"Hello, Shopkeeper Zhou!"
Shopkeeper Zhou stroked his beard with his hand, "Little girl, I saw your ginseng. It was dug well and the roots are all there. But it's not very old, so I can only give you a tael of silver. What do you think?"
Li Qingling also knew that ginseng was not very old, so it would not be very valuable, and she was already very satisfied if it could be sold for a tael of silver.
"Yes!" She stretched out her hand to take the tael of silver that shopkeeper Zhou handed her, "Treasurer, if I dig up other medicinal materials, can I still sell them here?"
"Yes, the price depends on the medicinal materials."
"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Li Qingling happily bowed to shopkeeper Zhou again. Shopkeeper Zhou waved his hand, even saying that you are not welcome, but feeling in his heart, this child is sincere.
After leaving Jishitang, Liu Zhimo took the two books he copied and went to the book store. When Li Qingling saw that Liu Zhimo only got 20 Wen for copying two books, he was shocked. Such a thick book, It is too cheap to get only ten pennies, and I deeply understand that it is difficult to earn money in this era.
Walking out of the bookshop, Liu Zhimo saw Li Qingling glance at him from time to time, and he touched his face in doubt, "What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
"No!" Li Qingling shook her head, she just felt sorry for him all of a sudden, from a wealthy family to a day when there was no meal, it must be very hard for him to come here alone, "I'm starving to death, let's go eat something!"
She took the other person by hand and walked quickly towards North Street. When she reached the steamed stuffed bun stall, the boss saw that the business was coming, so he quickly asked, "Do you want to buy steamed buns? A meat bun costs two cents, and a vegetable bun costs one penny." , the package is big and stuffed, and you will turn back after eating it."
"Then I want six meat buns and six vegetable buns." As soon as Li Qingling spoke, Liu Zhimo gave her a disapproving look.
"You bought so much, can you eat it all?" It's so difficult to earn money now, so she spent 18 Wen in one go, and with another 2 Wen, she could buy two catties of brown rice.
Originally, Li Qingfeng was quite happy when he heard that Li Qingling wanted to buy so many buns, but in a blink of an eye, he heard Liu Zhimo's words again, and he was tangled up again. Three are fine, and it will cost a lot of money to buy that many.”
Li Qingling asked the boss to wrap up the buns and said, "The three of us plus my mother, Zhiyan, and Rourou, there are six people in total, and it happens to be two buns for each person. Why can't we finish it? I don't buy it often, it's a rare one. That's all."
Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that she would even think of his younger siblings. At this moment, his mood was quite complicated.
Seeing that she wanted to give money, he hurriedly stopped her, took out the copied book from his arms, and planned to buy 20 Wen for polished rice for his sister, counted 18 Wen and handed it to the steamed stuffed bun owner.
Li Qingling raised his eyebrows, and put his hand back very simply. In his previous life, he heard people say that whether a man loves you or not depends on whether you are willing to spend money for you.
Although she didn't know whether Liu Zhimo loved her or not, she thought he was a loving person.
"Delicious..." Li Qingfeng finally ate the meat buns he had been longing for, and was so happy that he couldn't even see his eyes.
"It's hot, eat it slowly." Li Qingling put the other six buns into the basket, seeing Li Qingfeng eating in a hurry, she hurriedly made a noise.
Li Qingfeng nodded humbly, but the speed of biting the buns did not change. Li Qingling didn't care about him when he saw this, as long as he didn't choke.
She also took a meat bun, took a bite, and felt that the taste was not bad. At this time, the person was real, and the bun was quite big. After eating a bun, she might be full.
"Aren't you hungry?" Li Qingling gnawed on half of a steamed bun, but she didn't start eating when she saw Liu Zhimo, "Hurry up and eat, we have to buy other things!"
Liu Zhimo glanced at her, hesitant in his heart, but seeing how delicious her food was, he finally took the buns and ate them.
It's a new experience, he's never had this before, and it feels good now.
Li Qingling watched while eating, but after watching for a long time, she didn't find any way to make money. Even if she set up a stall, she still needs money!
At this time, she saw a cloth shop sharply, so she asked Liu Zhimo and Li Qingfeng to wait for her outside, and she went in to have a look.
There were a lot of people shopping in the store, and she looked up. When she saw the nets hanging in the store, her eyes lit up.
She wanted to ask how much it was, but after looking around, she saw that there was only one person busy in the store, probably the owner of the store, but she had no choice but to stand aside and wait until everyone else had paid for it. , she stepped forward.
"Shopkeeper, do you accept this kind of net here?" She pointed to the net hanging on it.
In fact, as soon as Li Qingling entered the store, Du Shiniang saw it, but she was busy, so she only looked around and didn't speak.
But I didn't expect that the little girl would wait so patiently for her to finish greeting other guests before asking her politely.
This patience made her have a good impression of Li Qingling.
"I accept it. Simple ones like this one cost one penny, and those with complicated styles cost three pennies each." Du Shiniang pointed out different nets to show Li Qingling, so that she would know what to expect.
Li Qingling nodded, remembering that Mrs. Zhao knew how to embroider purses, she asked Du Shiniang if she would accept the purses, and Du Shiniang also said yes, the simple two-cent ones and the exquisite four-cent ones.
After listening to Du Shiniang's words, she thought about it, and still felt that it would be better to make a net. It took a long time to embroider purses, and Zhao would be tired.
"Shopkeeper, how much is a bundle of colored threads?"
"A bundle of six coins."
Li Qingling immediately bought three bundles of colored threads for 18 Wen. She knows how to tie Chinese knots. There are no Chinese knots for sale here. When the time comes, I will print them out and show the price to the shopkeeper. If the price is high, she will teach Mrs. Zhao to fight.
"Sister, what did you buy?" Qingfeng Li asked curiously when he saw Li Qingling coming out.
Li Qingling stretched out his hand to hold him, "I bought some colored thread, and asked my mother to tie it up to exchange for money." After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Zhimo again, "Brother Zhimo, how can I get to the rice shop?" After coming out for so long, It's time to go shopping.
Liu Zhimo said to follow me, and walked to the front silently to lead the way.
After walking for a quarter of an hour, I arrived at a rice shop. Li Qingling asked the price, and bought ten catties of polished rice, twenty catties of brown rice, three catties of rapeseed oil, one catty of soy sauce, and one catty of salt. The total cost was four hundred and fifty-five Wen, looking at the money swishing out, she felt distressed, and the money was too much to spend.
"Here, this is yours." Li Qingling handed five catties of polished rice and ten catties of brown rice to Liu Zhimo. Liu Zhimo looked at her intently, neither reaching out nor making a sound.
She simply put it in his back basket, and said without shyness, "Just remember to be nice to me in the future." She will remember all the kindness he has been to her family.
Liu Zhimo pursed his lips and nodded heavily, he will treat her well for the rest of his life.
"Go and buy some meat and then go home." Li Qingling felt like drooling when he thought of the long-lost pork.
"Sister, do you want to buy meat?" Qingfeng Li stared at Li Qingling with wide eyes, and when he saw Li Qingling nodding, he grinned. He hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and finally had some meat tonight.
Li Qingling felt a little sad seeing him like this. She must work hard to earn money so that her family can eat meat every day.
"Uncle, how do you sell this meat?" Standing in front of the meat stall, Li Qingling asked.
"Fifteen cash for the fat ones, ten cash for the thin ones." The butcher smiled heartily, "The pig slaughtered today is good, look how fat the meat is! How much does the little girl want?"
People here like to eat fatty meat, the fatter the better, Li Qingling shuddered, "Uncle, help me cut a catty of fat meat and a catty of lean meat." Seeing the clean bones, "Uncle, you Give me this bone!"
"Okay, I'll give you all these bones, come and help me next time!" The owner of the butcher's stall quickly tied up some bones, since no one bought these bones anyway, so it's humane to give them away, "Little girl , a total of twenty-five Wen."
Li Qingling counted twenty-five copper coins to him, took the pork, put it in the basket, and smiled at Liu Zhimo and Li Qingfeng, "Okay, let's go home!"