Traveling through life as a widow: six sons to support her in her old age

"Forget it. I'll just feed them first. When they have enough food and drink, I'll find a way to find ginseng."

"Come on, host!"

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

Lan Qiyan: I was just being polite, do you take it seriously?

System Customer Service: I am always very polite!

Lan Qiyan came back to his senses from the Taobao system and got up to wash up. Yu Ze had already gone to the kitchen to cook.

She washed up and walked over, "I'll go to the town later, you guys stay at home, I'll go try to see if I can exchange this Ophiopogon japonicus for some money.

If possible, I will take you with me next time. If not, you won’t have to make a wasted trip.

See if there is anything missing at home and I will bring it back directly."

Yu Ze looked at his mother's confident face and felt a little twitchy. The Ophiopogon japonicus had not been exchanged for money yet, so why was his mother so confident? There were many things missing at home, but he only mentioned salt, for fear that his mother would feel pressured.

Although Lan Qiyan is not good at cooking, he knows that Yu Ze has not finished speaking. Is he afraid that she can't make money?

She did not argue. After Yuze finished cooking, she carried the basket filled with dried Ophiopogon japonicus.

At this time, the six brothers were standing at the door.

"Brother, did Mom go the wrong way? The south is the way to town."

"You can walk to the north, and you can get there by climbing over a few mountains."

"Well, mother is really different."

……

Lan Qiyan walked for a long time and found that something was not right. Isn't this the road he took to dig Ophiopogon japonicus yesterday?

Later she realized that she had gone the wrong way, but she would pass by her home on the way back and she didn't know how to explain it to her children.

She vaguely remembered that when she went out for a stroll yesterday, she heard the old people in the village say that they could reach the town after climbing over two mountains.

She looked up at the top of the mountain. Just two small mountains, nothing to worry about.

She didn't know how long she had been climbing, but when she looked up, she saw that the sun had already set to the south.

My mouth was dry and my throat felt like it was being cut by a knife. It hurt even more when I swallowed.

At noon, Lan Qiyan, who had taken a detour because he didn't know the way, finally arrived at the town.

The town was not big. She walked around twice and found that it was a cross street.

The main street is North Street, and on both sides of the street are very simple ancient buildings, not so colorful, and the tallest one is three stories high.

The gray stone slabs on the ground have been trampled very smooth by people. There are three types of vendors on this street.

The first type is the ones with shops, and there are waiters inside to take care of business. Lan Qiyan looked carefully for a while and found that they were all restaurants, teahouses, ready-made clothing stores, pastry shops and drug stores.

The second type is vendors sitting or squatting outside shops, some selling steamed buns, some selling wontons, some selling tea, some selling meat...

The third type is those who carry a shoulder pole filled with vegetables or firewood and walk around the streets.

The rent of shops is very high, several taels of silver a month, and the stalls are ten cents a day. It doesn't cost much to go from street to street, and perhaps that bundle of firewood can't even be sold for ten cents.

The place is bustling with people and the sounds of hawking are endless. This is the life of the world.

Lan Qiyan touched the money in his pocket and looked at a pennant flying not far away with the word "Salt" written on it.

She walked quickly through the crowd and saw that the door was crowded with people. Business was really good.

No wonder the salt merchants in ancient times were all rich. There was only one shop like this in Changle Town, which had an absolute monopoly. She also walked in.

You don't know until you ask, and you'll be shocked when you ask. A pound of salt costs 80 cents, so why don't they just rob it?

But without salt, everyone would have no strength to eat. After much consideration, Lan Qiyan decided to buy a pound of salt and went to the grain shop next door to look at the noodles.

When she saw that fine noodles were 30 wen per pound, she decisively chose coarse noodles. After all, they were only 5 wen per pound. She was a teenager and could not afford fine noodles.

I bought 10 kilograms of coarse flour and straw sandals for the children. When we went up the mountain yesterday, Yuxiu's toes were exposed from her straw sandals.

Straw sandals are only 3 cents a pair, and for six children, that’s 18 cents. It’s not easy to sell them, and it’s not easy to buy them either.

A penny can also make a hero stumble. After leaving the grain shop, she went to the pork stall. She couldn't afford the pork at 30 pennies.

But there was no more at home, so she bought ten pounds of pork fat and went through great pains to reduce the price from 19 cents to 13 cents per pound.

Then she turned around and saw the pig offal. She naively thought that no one wanted it, so she said that she would buy it for five cents.

As a result, the butcher looked at her like she was an idiot. Why couldn’t pig offal be eaten?

Most families could not afford pork at 30 wen per pound, but they could still eat pig offal at 10 wen per pound occasionally.

These pig offal weigh five kilograms. Lan Qiyan gritted his teeth and decided not to eat them!

Thinking of the children's tattered clothes, she gritted her teeth and bought another piece of cloth, which cost her a hundred coins.

There is no problem in making six sets of clothes from one piece of cloth, but the problem is that she doesn't know how to do it.

But my mother-in-law knew how to make clothes, so she also bought the cloth needed for the two of them to make clothes.

There are ready-made clothes and women’s underwear in the Taobao system, but they need to be exchanged for dandelions, so we can only wait until spring.

After buying a bunch of stuff, she passed by a bun stall and asked cautiously, "Excuse me, how much are these buns?"

The couple was selling the buns. The woman who was making the buns looked up and said, "The vegetarian ones are one cent each, and the meat ones are three cents each."

Lan Qiyan twitched her lips. There were eight people in her family, and eight meat buns cost 8 cents. After calculating, she said thank you and turned away.

After a while, I had an extra pound of pork in my hand. One pound of pork is just right.

If I add some more vegetables, I can make at least 17 or 18 buns.

Seeing that the backpack was full, Lan Qiyan started to walk back. This time she did not choose the mountain road, otherwise she would lose her feet.

When she was halfway there, she looked around and saw that there was no one around, so she found a big rock to sit on, opened the Taobao system, and found the page with rice.

She clicked "+5" and chose to redeem, and a magical scene appeared: 5 kilograms of Ophiopogon japonicus disappeared from her backpack, and 5 kilograms of rice appeared.

They even thoughtfully packed the items in sacks. Lan Qiyan couldn't help but give this Taobao system a five-star rating, saying it was very user-friendly.

"Beep, beep, host, are you satisfied? If you are satisfied, please give me a five-star rating."

"Beep, beep, this one of yours is pretty good."

"Host satisfaction is our pursuit, Bibi is dedicated to serving you."

"Can I come in?"

"I'm sorry, host. We haven't developed a model of exchanging people for goods yet. Besides, you are not worth much. The most you can get is five kilograms of brown rice."

She was angry, she was completely angry, what did that mean?

Can't such an outstanding person like her be exchanged for even a bowl of rice?

Because his facial expression was a little distorted due to anger, passers-by quickened their pace. It was not advisable to stay here for long, as a bully was resting here!