A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Zhangjiacun.

"Yueyue, there is a market in town today. After breakfast, your second aunt and I are going to buy some cloth to make another set of summer clothes for the family. By the way, we will go to the market to see if there is anything that the family needs.

Why don't you go to town for a walk?"

"Okay, mother, I haven't been to our town to attend the market for a long time, and I miss it a little.

I still remember when my family first started making mung bean jelly to sell, we would get up early in the morning to make the jelly, and after breakfast, we would push a wheelbarrow to the town to sell the jelly.

"Yes, at that time, your father, uncle, aunt and I would go there every other day, and you would walk to the town every day."

Zhu: "Three years have passed in a flash. It's so fast."

Zhang Yunxue: "Mother, I also want to go to town with you, is that okay?"

"Sure. There will be a lot of people in town soon. Follow Mom."

"Yeah, I know, mother."

After breakfast.

Father Zhang harnessed the carriage.

Before leaving.

Grandma Zhang called Zhang Yunyue and said, "Yueyue, the fried bean paste cake you bought a few days ago tastes pretty good. Buy a few more when you come back."

"Okay, grandma, I'll buy a few more later. Don't tell me, I want to eat some too, haha."

Mother Zhang touched Zhang Yunyue's forehead with her hand: "You."

After saying this, Zhang's mother took a backpack from under the eaves and put it on the carriage.

Several people went towards the town.

Arrived at the city gate.

Father Zhang stopped the carriage and everyone in the carriage slowly got off.

"You guys go shopping, I'll just wait for you at the door."

As he spoke, Zhang's father handed the backpack to Zhang's mother, who took the backpack and put it on her back.

"Dad, let's go shopping. You wait here for us."

Zhang Yunyue held her mother's arm, and Zhang Yunyue held Zhu's arm, and they entered the town and headed directly towards West Street.

Zhang's mother and Zhu took Zhang Yunyue to the Jixiang Cloth Shop first.

Zhang's mother: "Manager Li, I'm here to buy some cloth for summer shirts."

Shopkeeper Li: "Miss Zhang, long time no see."

"Shopkeeper Li, long time no see."

Shopkeeper Li turned around and took out a few pieces of cloth from the shelf and placed them on the counter: "Mrs. Zhang, these pieces of cloth are suitable for making summer shirts. You can feel the cloth."

Zhang's mother and Zhu looked at the pieces of cloth that Manager Li brought out and found them all to be quite good.

"Xiaoxue, do you like the color of this cloth? Your aunt and mother will make new clothes for you when the time comes."

Zhang Yunxue looked at the cloth on the table. It was a piece of light green cloth with patterns on it. "Aunt, I like it."

"Okay, then use this piece of cloth to make two more sets of clothes for Xiaoxue."

The two looked at each other and nodded.

Zhang's mother: "Manager Li, I want one bolt of each of these three kinds of cloth, and half a bolt of the light green cloth."

Shopkeeper Li was delighted: "Okay, wait a moment, I'll get the cloth and wrap it for you."

After waiting for a while, Manager Li placed the wrapped cloth on the counter and said, "Mrs. Zhang, the total is one tael and fifty coins. Forget the change. I'll take one tael of silver from you."

"Okay, thank you, Manager Li."

After paying the money, Zhang's mother put the cloth in a backpack, and the four of them left the Jixiang Cloth Shop.

Zhu: "Let's go to the market now."

At this moment, the market is already very lively.

Zhu saw beef being sold at the stall in front.

He said happily, "Oh, there is beef for sale at the market today, sister-in-law, let's go buy a few pounds of beef."

"Okay, this is good."

Zhang's mother and Zhu walked in front, while Zhang Yunyue followed behind holding Zhang Yunxue's hand.

The beef stall was already full of people, and after the people in front left, the four of them hurried forward to avoid having their seats taken by others if they weren't careful.

After all, beef cannot be killed casually, so generally as long as there is someone to buy it, it will all be sold out in less than an hour.

Zhang's mother and Zhu picked and chose at the beef stall and bought five or six pounds of beef and two beef shanks.

After buying the beef, I squeezed out from the beef stall.

The four continued to stroll.

Seeing that there was nothing else the family needed at the market, they prepared to buy the fried bean paste cakes that Grandma Zhang had asked for.

"You guys, you want more bean paste cakes, right? How many do you want?"

Zhang Yunyue: "Hmm? Do you still remember us?"

Shen Luo smiled and said, "Of course I remember. Although you only bought from me once, my memory is pretty good. Generally, I will remember someone I have met once if I see him again in a short period of time. And you bought ten bean paste cakes from me last time. There are relatively few people who buy so many at one time."

"I see."

"By the way, how many do you want? There are five or six fried now."

"Give me twenty. My family likes it very much."

"Okay, then you guys wait a moment, I'll continue blasting for you."

Mother Zhang looked at the girl in front of her and spoke very nicely.

"Girl, I saw that last time and this time, it was you two who were selling bean paste cakes here. It's so busy today, why didn't your family come to help?"

Shen Luo said as he spread the pancakes: "Our parents have passed away, and now there are only my sister and I left."

Hearing this, Zhang's mother quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, young lady, for making you think of sad things."

Shen Luo shook his head: "It doesn't matter, we are both doing well now, I believe they will be happy to see us doing well in heaven."

Zhu: "That's right, girl. The past cannot be retrieved. Looking forward and living every day in the future well is the only way to comfort your deceased family members. Only in this way can they rest in peace."

"Yeah, my sister and I think so too."

"Miss Shen, do you have fried bean paste cakes? I want two."

"I'm sorry, auntie, these two aunties want twenty, and now they are all fried for them."

Zhang Yunyue: "It's okay, you can pack two for this aunt first. We need a lot here, so it's okay to wait a little longer."

"Thank you, young lady. I bought this for my grandson and granddaughter."

Shen Luo: "A Ming, give this lady two red bean paste cakes."

Shen Ming: "I understand, sister."

Shen Ming wrapped two fried pancakes in oil paper and handed them to the aunt in front of him.

"Auntie, please hold it, it's a little hot."

"Oh, okay, thank you."

Shen Luo: "Aunt, please wait a moment, there are only a few left to be blown up."

Zhang's mother waved her hand: "It's okay, we're not in a hurry, take your time."

Zhang's mother thought that Zhang Xingyun was already eighteen years old this year and still had no girl he liked. Some people in the village had wanted to introduce a girl to Xiaoyun before, but Xiaoyun had rejected them all.

Looking at the girl in front of me, although her parents are no longer around, she and her younger brother can still support each other and live a good life.

Moreover, when talking to her at this moment, I can feel from the conversation that this girl is quite cheerful.