Flowers in full bloom

Hualei put the title deed and other things into the cloth bag and breathed a sigh of relief, finally it was done.

"Brother Xile, let's go to Beida Street in the north of the city." "Go to the north of the city?" "Well, let's get in the car first, and I'll tell you slowly." "Okay." Luo Xile drove the mule cart, turned around, and drove to the north of the city. Hua Lei did not get into the car, but sat on the edge of the seat, looking at the various stores on both sides of the street, and whispered her plan to Brother Xile.

"So Miss, let's go to the north of the city to buy jars and wooden barrels? These things are available on East Street in the East City." "Well, I'll go and have a look over there. I heard that there is a lane called Beibaliu Lane, which is full of all kinds of daily necessities stores. I'll go and pick some and compare prices."

"Oh, I'll listen to you, young lady." As they were talking, they had unknowingly arrived at North Street. Luo Xile found a place in the market to store mule carts and gave a few coins. The two began to walk slowly along North Street. There were all kinds of shops on both sides of the street, including restaurants, cloth shops, jewelry shops, and grocery stores. The arrangement was basically the same as that of East Street.

Hualei also saw a bookstore, which was similar in layout to her own bookstore. However, the store was much bigger than Hualei's. She walked in involuntarily, and from the door, there was a table against the wall. A middle-aged man who looked like a shopkeeper was sitting behind it, using an abacus, concentrating on calculating something, and didn't notice Hualei and the others.

In the middle of the shop, there was a rectangular table with all kinds of writing brushes, inkstones, and papers on it. The prices varied, but they were basically not expensive. There were no expensive items. There were bookshelves lined up on the three walls of the shop. The bookshelves were about two meters long and divided into four levels. The bottom one was like a cabinet, the same shape as the cabinets in Hualei's own bookstore.

There were some manuscripts on the top three shelves. Hualei walked around the shelves, stopping occasionally, picking up a book and flipping through it before putting it down again. Not finding anything special, she left the bookstore.

Continue walking along the street. The entire North Street and East Street are arranged in almost the same way. Every 300 meters or so, there will be an east-west alley on both sides of the street. It is a cross with the street. The street and the alley are like a "non" shape.

When there were only about 200 to 300 meters left at the end of the street, a small alley several meters wide appeared on the east and west sides of the street. Hua Lei turned into the alley heading east. On the wall at the entrance of the alley was engraved Beibaliu Lane.

There were shops on both sides of the alley, including pottery shops selling jars, pots, and cans, wooden shops selling basins and barrels, grocery shops, rice and flour shops, and blacksmith shops. There were all kinds of shops, covering everything.

Hualei now walked into a wood product shop. She saw all kinds of wood products placed along the walls on three sides of the shop, including tables, chairs, benches, wooden racks, wooden basins, wooden buckets, and wooden shovels. There were long wooden beds for cooling off in the yard in the summer, as well as small wooden spoons for babies, abacus beads for accounting, and pen holders for study. There was everything, which really made Hualei dazzled and stunned.

Although Hua Lei was already a person with an open mind, knowing that in the highly developed society of her previous life she could just search on the Internet for anything she wanted to see, but when she saw the large and small objects in front of her, Hua Lei couldn't help but marvel at the outstanding craftsmanship of the working people.

Walking out of the woodwork shop, next to it is a pottery shop, which is also filled with things. Pottery jars, pottery basins, pottery urns, pottery pots, pottery bowls, pottery bowls... These are all arranged in sets from large to small according to the shape.

The pottery that cannot be matched is lined up from large to small, along the wall behind the shop, high inside and low outside, covering the entire store, with only a path in the middle that is just wide enough for two feet to pass. Customers walking along this path in front of the shop can stop for a while and see all the pottery.

At this moment, Hua Lei was standing at the door of the shop, looking in. Luo Xile, who was following behind, also had his mouth wide open, with a look of amazement on his face.

The shop assistant came over when he saw Hua Lei and the other person, and asked attentively, "Miss, do you need anything? If you buy a lot, our shop can deliver it to your door." "Oh, we can deliver it to your door?" "Yes, we will deliver it to your door as long as you are a customer in the vicinity of Shangjing City."

Hua Lei pointed to a jar that held about three pounds and asked, "How much is this?"

"This jar containing three pounds is four cents each, this one containing one pound is two cents each, and this one containing five pounds is five cents each," the waiter answered clearly.

"What about this big vat? It should hold 50 kilograms, right?"

"Yes, this one is for fifty jin, and this one is for eighty wen," he pointed to a jar next to him and said, "this one is for twenty jin, and it's forty wen."

Hua Lei asked about the prices of several other ceramic jars and pots, and had a rough idea in mind. She smiled and said, "Thank you, young man. I'll take a look."

"Okay, no problem, miss, take a look, we have a lot of varieties of pottery." Seeing Hualei about to leave, he added, "The prices of pottery on this street are not much different. Customers who have bought from us know that we don't cheat customers. Miss, you can go ask at other stores."

"Okay, thanks, bro." The guy waved his hand and said, "It's ok, come back later."

Hualei smiled and nodded, then walked slowly along the alley, passing by one shop after another. When she saw something she was interested in, she would go into the shop and ask about the price.

Xile followed behind slowly, occasionally helping to ask about prices and exchanging opinions with Hualei. After they had almost walked around, it was almost noon. Hualei felt a little hungry, so she bought some snacks nearby and ate them while walking with Xile.

Hualei filtered the items and unit prices of several stores in her mind and found that the items sold in this alley were indeed as the first waiter had said. Although the unit prices were not exactly the same, they were basically not much different.

Hualei took Luo Xile to a pottery shop called "Haiji" and bought ten 50-jin jars and ten 20-jin jars. Because the shop was out of stock, Hualei also ordered 100 jars of 1-jin, 3-jin, and 5-jin.

The shocked clerk repeatedly confirmed and couldn't believe it, until Hualei paid the price of 20 jars plus the deposit of 300 jars, and agreed to deliver 20 jars to the door tomorrow, and 300 jars to the door in ten days. He also left the name and address of the village and wrote a receipt, and the clerk closed his mouth tightly.

He escorted Hualei and the other person out of the shop with great hospitality. Indeed, for the shop assistant who usually saw customers coming to buy two large jars or ten pots, Hualei was a big customer.

After buying the pottery, Hua Lei went to the blacksmith shop next to the pottery shop and bought three large iron pots, a dozen cutting knives, and a dozen scissors. She paid the full amount and agreed to have the goods delivered to her door the next day. The shop assistant, who was also extremely surprised, sent her out of the blacksmith shop with great attentiveness.