Spring scenery in the fields

Chapter 257 Shopping in town

After the beginning of winter, the chickens at home stop laying eggs.

Ji Wenhe lay down and yawned: "Leave a few for later. I want to go to Baiyun Mountain to see Gu Yan and give her some eggs."

Turning to look at his back, she said, "Brother Shen, I'm sleepy. I'm going to bed first. You should go to bed early too."

"Okay, go to sleep, I'll wait for them to come back."

I heard her say "hmm" softly and turn to walk out.

When we came to the yard, we saw a pile of firewood that could burn for a month. There were also several piles of grass outside the yard.

Once the broad beans are planted in the vegetable garden, there will be not much farm work to do at home.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the month.

Ji Wenhe came out of the house carrying a basket: "Wenshan, go to Aunt Wu's house and see if she has packed up."

"I was just about to go."

After the marriage of Shen Feiling from Wu Caifeng's family was settled, the date was set for the second day of the Chinese New Year, and they would go to their house for a wedding banquet the day after tomorrow.

I went shopping in town with them today.

Shen Rongshan came down from the western hilltop, carrying two pheasants: "Wen He, keep one, I'll give the other to Boss Zhou."

"Okay, Wenshan has gone to call Aunt Wu, let's go too and wait for them at Aunt Lan's door."

He took the basket: "Let's go."

The two came to the foot of the mountain. Lan Qiuhua was carrying a basket with villagers in it, asking her to help carry the silk cords to be delivered.

Seeing them coming over: "Wen He, we went to Jinxiufang in town. I have to go shopping for vegetables with your Aunt Wu."

"Okay, after buying the groceries, you go find Brother Shen, and then pick me up later. I'm not in a hurry."

Shen Suya came out of the yard with a basket on her arm: "Sister-in-law, mother, I'm going to Aunt Li's house."

"You go ahead." Lan Qiuhua looked at her as she walked away. "I thought An Guo had found someone, so I quickly arranged the marriage and showed it to Xiao Ya. But he found several people, but none of them worked out."

"Aunt Lan, don't be impatient. You didn't fall in love with her after just one look. Didn't Fei Ling also look at several people before he chose her?"

Shen Anguo looked at five girls, but either they didn't like him, or he didn't like them.

A few days ago, he said he didn't want to see me anymore. He went to town after breakfast early in the morning and said he would wait until next year to see me again.

The biggest reason is that they don’t have much money.

Shen Feiling's family gave 6.6 taels of silver as a betrothal gift and did not buy anything else.

Ji Wenhe looked at Wu Caifeng and Shen Feiling who were walking over. They both had smiles on their faces. After the date was set, this family was happy every time they saw each other, and he felt relieved.

"Aunt Wu, hasn't Uncle Qingyou come back from town yet? The day after tomorrow is the wedding day, why don't you come back early to clean up the house."

"I'm going to town today, so I can call him back so he doesn't have to run around on his own. I've almost finished cleaning the house."

Shen Feiling smiled and called out, "Aunt Lan, sister-in-law, Brother Rongshan."

He followed him to the town, to where his father worked, and called him back.

Seeing that everyone was gathered, Shen Rongshan motioned for them to get in the car: "Let's go, the sooner we go, the sooner we'll be back."

Several people sat in the car and slowly left the village.

Wu Caifeng sighed, "After paying 660 taels for the betrothal gift and hosting a banquet, I have no money left. I will have to live a tight life in the future."

Ji Wenhe turned around and asked, "The girl should give me some money to bring back."

"No." She asked Lin Yue Niang, "I won't bring any money back. My wife has two younger brothers, and it's time to marry them. I'm counting on the betrothal money to marry my son."

If she brings back half, she will have a good life. If she brings back nothing, they will have to live very hard.

She only had less than one or two taels of silver left in her hand, so she would not give all the money to them.

"Wen He, my family doesn't plan to hire a cook, so please come to my house to help cook."

"no problem."

Since there is money to be made, it would be a waste not to go.

When they arrived in the town, they separated and Shen Rongshan sent her to the back alley.

I knocked on the door, and after a while, Yang Yun opened the door from the inside and said with a smile, "Come in."

When she came into the house, she took out two cloth bags from the box as usual: "Here, I raised the price a few coins this month. The big doll sold for 600 coins, and the small doll sold for 408 coins."

Ji Wenhe took it and glanced at it: "Each price is different, it can be more or less, Boss Yang decides it, but the price cannot be too high, otherwise people will think it is not cost-effective."

"Yeah, I understand." She let out a long sigh. "My child's father and I didn't want to come to this small town originally because we were afraid we wouldn't be able to make money. Now that I think about it, it's a good thing we came, otherwise I wouldn't have met you."

"This must be fate, Boss Yang. Here is the necklace for you."

"Look at me, I almost forgot about this again." Yang Yun took out the strings from the basket and put them aside. Without even counting them, he gave her the money. "You took a hundred strings last time, so that's fifty cents in total."

“How much do you plan to take this month?”

"Two hundred and fifty. There won't be much farm work to do at home, so I'll have a lot of free time. I'll take some more back to pick."

"Okay, I'll have the guy bring it to you later."

Ji Wenhe nodded, chatted with her for a few words, and then went to the back alley to wait.

He gave Shen Wenshan the money and asked him to buy the meat.

She squatted down, holding her chin, and looked towards the entrance of the alley.

Now I have about six taels of silver in my hand. If I want to buy some land, I have to wait until the wheat harvest. By then, the money I have will be enough to buy several plots of land.

Pickle more meat this winter, and pickle salted duck and chicken eggs in February.

and also……

On this side, Wu Caifeng and Lan Qiuhua were carrying baskets filled with vegetables.

"Qiuhua, let's go. We dried a lot of vegetables at home in the summer. That's enough."

She asked Shen Wenshan to help her bring a pound of pork belly and a pound of lean meat.

The banquet was not much different from that when Shen Ruoyan got married.

"Okay, I guess Wenshan has gone back too."

Wu Caifeng walked side by side with her: "We went to Jinxiufang just now, why didn't Wen He go in with us?"

The two baskets contained the finished dolls, which were deliberately taken to the back alley, as if they were not to be seen by anyone.

Lan Qiuhua explained: "There were many people in the front shop, and Boss Yang was afraid that someone might get hurt while moving things, so he asked Wen He to go to the back alley."

"That's it."

The business in Jinxiufang is indeed better than before, and there are more people coming here.

When they arrived at Zhou's Rice Shop, Shen Qingyou and Shen Feiling were already waiting by the car.

The two men walked forward and took the basket.

Shen Qingyou asked: "Have you bought the meat?"

"I bought it. I asked Wenshan to bring it to me. He can buy it for a few cents cheaper."

As he was talking, Shen Wenshan came over with a basket: "Uncle Qingyou, Aunt Wu, the meat is ready."

Wu Caifeng smiled and nodded: "Give it to me, I'll put the meat under the basket."

He put the basket on the cart: "Aunt, pick one yourself."

Lean meats are all the same.

"I'll just take a piece. Can you finish all the meat you bought?"

Just as she was about to reply to her, Shen Rongshan came out of the shop and said, "Let's go to Jinxiufang."

Several people responded and found a seat to sit down.