A farmer's daughter travels through time, farming and dividing the family to fight for the best

The next morning, Li Xiaoxiao and Sun arrived at the east end of the village. There were only two

The family has an ox cart. One belongs to Li Quanfu's family and the other one is Zhang San. Zhang San makes a living from this. He goes back and forth to the county town every day and charges a fee per person, one cent per person. They pass through several villages on the way, so they are the first group to get on the cart and can find a better seat. Now it is the busy farming season and not many people go to the county town. During the New Year, an ox cart can only seat a dozen people at most.

As soon as they sat down, they saw Li Laosi's wife, Jiang, coming over. Jiang also saw them and deliberately found a seat closer to them.

"Second sister-in-law, you are going to the county town." Jiang said with a smile. She glanced at them inconspicuously and saw that they were still wearing their old clothes, which were tattered. Then she looked at what she was wearing. Although the material was not very good, it did not have a single patch. She felt instantly in a good mood.

"Yes." Sun felt a little scared when she saw her. This Jiang looked harmless, but in fact she often bullied Sun behind her back. Sun was often beaten and scolded by Old Lady Li because of her.

"You got a lot of money from the division of the family. You can buy things with it, but remember to be filial to our mother." Jiang saw Sun's expression, a sneer of contempt appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she spoke in a somewhat impolite manner.

When Sun heard this, she didn't know how to respond.

"Aunt Four, we have separated the family, but we only got eight taels of silver. Your fourth room hasn't separated yet, but you have more than ten taels. Shouldn't you also give grandma five taels of silver every year?" Li Xiaoxiao said indifferently.

What a coincidence, last year, Old Lady Li asked her to call Jiang to dinner. When she walked outside, she heard the crying of Jiang's little daughter. As soon as she stepped into the house, she saw an exquisite small box on the table. The small box was open, and there were more than ten taels of silver in it. Li Xiaoxiao had never seen so much silver before. She was so shocked that her mouth opened wide and she quickly retreated. Jiang did not notice her at that time.

"You, how do you know?" Jiang looked incredulous and looked around, afraid that someone would hear her. Only she and Li Laosi knew about the silver, and Li Laosi would definitely not tell anyone.

"Don't worry about how I know this. If the things we bought are taken away by you, I will tell you that you hid the money." Li Xiaoxiao spoke word by word, her words full of threats.

Jiang immediately changed her expression: "Haha, Fourth Aunt is joking with your mother. Now that the family has split up, there's no need to send things to the old house." Jiang laughed dryly and said nothing more. When they arrived at the next village, she took the initiative to change to a seat farthest away from them when someone got on the bus.

The ox cart soon arrived at Jiunu County. All the passengers got off the cart one after another, but there was no sign of Jiang.

The ox cart stopped at the edge of the market. As soon as we got off the cart, the surrounding area became very lively. There were already quite a few people in the county town. The roadside was filled with various snack stalls, and the aroma was fragrant.

Since they had already thought about what they wanted to buy, Li Xiaoxiao and Sun did not stop but went to the grain store to buy five catties of flour, five catties of rice, and four catties of millet. The flour was 4 cents per catty, and the rice and millet were both 5 cents per catty.

They were in the north, where wheat was grown, so rice, a southern crop, was a little more expensive. Li Xiaoxiao asked to buy millet, as it was good for Li Dahai's health. Sun didn't want to buy it at first, but after hearing what her daughter said, she bought four pounds of it. This cost her 65 cents, which made her heartbroken.

There were many butchers in the market, and the two came to a meat stall. Li Xiaoxiao had bought bacon from Aunt Wang's house before, so he had a rough idea of ​​the current meat prices. Lean meat was 8 cents per pound cheaper, while pork belly with alternating fat and lean meat cost 10 cents per pound.

Most of the people who come to the market are from the village. They usually don’t buy much oil and water, but occasionally when there is a big market, they mostly buy pork belly, which has oil and water, and the dishes cooked with it are more fragrant.

Li Xiaoxiao discussed with Sun and bought three pounds of pork belly and several pork bones. The pork bones were used to make soup for Li Dahai, and the three pounds of meat were cooked at home and marinated with salt so that they could be eaten for a few days. Li Xiaoxiao also saw some pig offal in the corner, and looked at the pork and bones in his hand and decided to buy them next time as he would not be able to finish them if he bought too much at one time.

After buying these things, she had to buy other things, which was inconvenient to carry. So Li Xiaoxiao found a place and asked Sun to wait. She went alone and had the chance to go shopping. She was very curious about what was sold in the ancient markets.

Before leaving, Li Dahai gave her five hundred coins. Sun had never spent money before, so she didn't dare to take it. Li Xiaoxiao took it. There was another reason why she didn't let Sun follow her. She wanted to take the opportunity to take some things from the space. She was carrying a large backpack with a lid on it, so no one would know if she put something in it.

They arrived quite early, and there were still many vendors selling breakfast at the market, and the sound of hawking could be heard constantly.

"Big meat buns, fresh from the oven. If they don't taste good, no charge." Li Xiaoxiao happened to walk over here and bought two when she heard the hawking. She and Sun each got one and paid four cents for it. Although there were buns in the space, she wanted to try the buns of this era to see if they were delicious.

In no time, I finished a bun. It was so delicious that I couldn't help but buy three more to bring back for Li Dahai and the others.

Putting four buns into the backpack, Li Xiaoxiao walked into an oil shop. Ancient people used oil, mostly sesame oil and lard, and the prices were similar, sesame oil was 9 cents per catty, and lard was 10 cents per catty, which was not cheap. Li Xiaoxiao asked if they had soybean oil, but the waiter didn't even know what soybeans were, and looked at her strangely.

Only then did Li Xiaoxiao realize that there were no soybeans and other beans in the era she lived in. Something flashed through her mind, and she thought about it carefully, but she couldn't remember it for a moment.

They each bought two pounds, used a slightly larger clay pot, paid two cents more, and bought some seasonings. The seasonings in the space all had packaging bags. She was afraid that Sun would find out, so she bought less so she could add more at any time. Salt was wrapped in paper, and she also bought one pound of salt, which was better than going out in the open. The moment the things were put into the backpack, she moved them into the space.

After leaving the oil shop, I walked around the main street. There were many shops, inns, restaurants and all kinds of stores. The ground was paved with bluestone slabs. People were coming and going, and there were young men and women dressed in silk and satin everywhere. It was a prosperous scene.

Not far away, they saw a cloth shop and Li Xiaoxiao walked in.

Seeing a customer coming in, the waiter immediately came over to greet him and did not treat him differently because Li Xiaoxiao's clothes were worn out.

"Sir, what kind of cloth do you want?" the waiter asked enthusiastically.

Li Xiaoxiao looked around. The shop was not big, but there were a lot of fabrics inside. On the big shelves, fabrics were lined up from inferior to good quality. On the wall hung several women's ready-made clothes. The materials were bright and the workmanship was exquisite. Li Xiaoxiao liked them at first sight. After asking, she found out that such a piece of clothing cost one or two taels of silver. It was beautiful, but she didn't have that much money now.

I also asked about the price of the cloth. Ordinary cloth was five cents a foot, better cotton cloth was seven cents a foot, and fine cotton was nine cents a foot.

Li Xiaoxiao silently calculated in his mind that the worst fabric would cost about six feet for an adult man, which is thirty wen. A better inner garment would cost forty-two wen, making a set seventy-two wen. If the whole family had to buy it, the money in hand would not be enough, as he also had to buy medicine for Li Dahai.