Traveling through ancient times, storing supplies and not fleeing famine

After dinner, Xia Shengsheng took the children downstairs to pay the bill.

Because the street outside is a relatively lively and prosperous street.

It is very inconvenient to travel by donkey cart.

So Xia Shengsheng temporarily left the donkey cart in the restaurant.

I went shopping with a few kids.

Several people did not forget their main business. Xia Shengsheng first took everyone to the tailor shop.

Made several sets of brightly colored clothes for Shanshan.

He asked the boss to expedite the delivery and have it delivered to Niutou Town three days later, and Xia Shengsheng then went to Niutou Town to pick it up.

Shanshan used her pocket money to buy a few pieces and some silk thread to use for embroidery when she returned home.

After coming out of the tailor shop, Xia Shengsheng bought some sugar-roasted chestnuts sold on the roadside.

I walked around with the kids and ate all the way, and never felt hungry at all.

"Mom, do you think this candy figure is pretty?" Sicheng pulled Xia Shengsheng to a stall selling candy figures, pointed at the candy figure blown into a mouse pattern, and asked Xia Shengsheng excitedly.

"It looks good, so buy it if you like it! You all have money in your hands, buy whatever you want today. When you go home, whoever has more money left will have to wash dishes for three days!"

The children looked at each other, nodded and immediately calculated the money in their hands, wondering what they were going to buy later.

Washing dishes is the job that several children dislike doing the most?

Compared to washing dishes, they would rather go up the mountain to collect firewood.

Now Xia Shengsheng uses this as punishment just to let the children have a happy day. If there is something they wanted to buy but were reluctant to buy, they can take this opportunity to buy it.

Now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, many people are shopping.

In order to avoid people getting separated, Xia Shengsheng asked everyone not to disperse too far when shopping and not to act alone.

The children are also relatively obedient.

Even if we want to see something, we only look at it nearby. If we want to go somewhere far away, we will wait until everyone has seen it and go together.

When Yiyi saw a large bookstore, she immediately stopped walking.

After asking Xia Shengsheng for her opinion, Xia Shengsheng took Sicheng and Shanshan to go in and have a look around.

Ye Chao and Er Cheng have no interest in reading.

Next to the bookstore is a shop selling weapons.

There are swords, spears, halberds, and exquisite small hidden weapons.

The two of them looked at each other enthusiastically to seek Xia Shengsheng's opinion.

After Xia Shengsheng nodded, the two of them ran straight in.

"Let's go in too! We can come find them after we're done shopping."

Xia Shengsheng brought Yiyi and the others directly into the bookstore.

These two shops are so close to each other, they really are both civil and military. It’s the first time I see a bookseller and a weapons seller as neighbors!

Mr. Yu’s house has a room for collecting books, which contains many different kinds of books.

They are also quite tolerant towards children studying there and they can go there to read at any time.

Yiyi has read most of the books in that room in the past six months.

If I don't understand something in the book, I will often ask the teacher for advice.

Mr. Yu will also answer your questions patiently.

Now that I have moved to a new environment, I feel a little stuck when I see some books that are not available at Mr. Yu’s house.

Standing there, watching carefully bit by bit.

Although Shanshan has no great interest in reading, it is not difficult for her to flip through a few chapters occasionally.

She is usually very active, but at this moment she was quietly accompanying her elder sister, reading books.

But the youngest Sicheng was obviously getting restless.

Xia Shengsheng was just about to ask Sicheng to go next door to find his two brothers.

Maybe he is more interested in the things over there.

But I didn't have time to speak yet.

Then Sicheng seemed attracted by something.

When I got closer, I saw that it was an exquisitely crafted abacus.

This abacus is made of a rectangular sandalwood frame with several parallel thin rods running across the frame. The patterns on the rods are very delicate.

Each rod is strung with strings of equally spaced beads.

The surface of these beads is polished to be extremely smooth and the color is also very beautiful.

Sicheng moved it gently.

The beads of the abacus slid up and down the thin rod, making crisp clinking sounds.

This voice seemed to hit Sicheng's heart at once.

So he took the exquisite abacus, walked to the front counter, and asked the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, how much silver does this abacus cost?"

The owner of the bookstore did not treat Sicheng badly because of his young age.

Because it’s not convenient to talk inside the counter.

So he walked out from behind the counter, squatted in front of Sicheng, and first took a look at the abacus in Sicheng's hand.

Then he smiled and replied, "This abacus is made of red sandalwood. Red sandalwood is relatively soft and difficult to carve, so it is a little more expensive, one tael and two cents.

If you want to buy this toy, you might as well buy the ordinary wooden one next to the abacus. That one is only 600 coins, twice as much as this one!"

One tael and two cents was an overspending for Sicheng.

But because he has always saved pocket money.

Before going out this time, Xia Shengsheng did not tell the children in advance that she would give them pocket money for buying things.

So Sicheng brought all the more than 300 articles he had saved in the past six months.

If you want to buy this abacus, it is enough.

After thanking the shopkeeper for his answer, he took the abacus and ran to Xia Shengsheng and asked, "Mom, I like this abacus so much! When I went out today, I took out all the pocket money I saved.

Plus the one ounce of silver that mother gave me, it is enough to buy this abacus. Mother, can I buy it?"

What reason did Xia Shengsheng have to refuse?

I told the children that they could buy whatever they wanted with the money they were given.

The power of control is in their own hands, so naturally they have the final say.

"Of course! As long as you have enough money."

Finally Sicheng took down this exquisite abacus horse.

Yiyi made almost the same choice. She picked out her favorite book from among the books and bought a brush and some rice paper. Since she had ink at home, she didn't buy anything else.

I asked the shopkeeper to help me calculate the bill, and found that the total cost was one tael and four cents, which was also overspending.

But Yiyi, like Sicheng, added the pocket money she had saved before.

I still have some left.

Xia Shengsheng does treat them differently. Usually girls get more pocket money. After all, they live in the capital city and cannot go home often, so it is better for them to have more money on hand.

Boys get less pocket money.

After buying the things, a few people went next door to find Ye Chao and Er Cheng.

The two of them also bought things.

They each bought a small dagger. There was no special decoration on it, but fortunately the blade mark on the dagger was quite sharp.

When Xia Shengsheng went to find them, they were still fascinated by other large weapons.

Xia Shengsheng also joined the two people's camp and looked carefully at the weapons in the room.

Xia Shengsheng discovered that the weapons in this shop were generally made with better quality.

It should be because the craftsmanship of the makers is quite exquisite. Most of them don’t have any special decorations, but they are indeed very useful.

There are no special restrictions for ordinary people who want to buy weapons.

But if you want to purchase in large quantities, it is definitely not possible.

Xia Shengsheng was very fond of the exquisite pair of sleeve arrows.

So I paid for it.

I also bought an armor-piercing knife and a dagger.

These two things are prepared for Ye Chao and Er Cheng to use. Xia Shengsheng thinks these two weapons are very suitable for them.

That's why I bought it.