A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

Shen Nian asked her to go to the government office tomorrow to ask what procedures were needed to set up a stall. If she wanted to set up a stall for a long time, it would be best to file a case with the government office.

Xia Tian originally thought that many neighbors would set up stalls to sell things on market days, so she planned to just go there directly.

But Shen Nian told her that if she wanted to set up a stall for a long time, it would be different from the villagers who came to the market temporarily to do business, so it would be better to prepare a case.

If you encounter any problems, you can seek official help.

Xia Tian nodded, that makes sense!

It's up to the indigenous residents to decide this matter.

After chatting, the two washed up and went back to their rooms to rest.

Before going to bed, she went over in her mind what she had to do the next day to make sure there was nothing she had missed before falling into a deep sleep.

The next day, she got up early, had breakfast, washed clothes, and prepared lunch for Shen Nian before slowly going out.

Today I am just going to explore the road, and buy some seasonings, large intestines and other things by the way. I will braise them in the evening and go to the market tomorrow to try the results.

Since she was not in a hurry, she did not take Uncle Liu's ox cart and walked to the town alone.

Today is not a market day, so there are relatively fewer people in the town, but it is still quite lively.

Xia Tian went to the government office to ask first, and sure enough, if you set up a stall to do business for a long time, you still need to register.

After filing, the government office will give you a fixed stall and you will have to pay a management fee of five cents each time.

Fortunately, the management fee is only charged when the stall is set up, and it is collected directly at the stall, so there is no need to pay it in advance.

This is good, so that if you don’t come one day, you don’t have to pay management fees, which would not be cost-effective.

After understanding the situation clearly, she thought that since she was there, she would just register and book the stall.

After paying a deposit of one hundred coins, the person in charge of registration at the yamen recorded it and gave Xia Tian a note, telling him to go there directly when the time came.

Xia Tian looked at the note and saw that it was a fixed stall, which meant it had a fixed approximate location, and it only wrote the street number.

Exactly where is unclear.

The streets were full of people setting up stalls at this time. Xia Tian thought of asking someone from the government office to take her there and point out the location so that she could set up her stall directly tomorrow.

She also secretly slipped a handful of copper coins to the person in charge. Seeing that she was sensible, the person in charge called a yamen runner to take her over.

Xia Tian thanked him and followed the yamen runner to see the stalls.

On the way, Xia Tian approached the yamen runner and asked, "Brother, are the stalls fixed in one place, or can they be set up all over the street?"

"It can't move around freely. Once it's positioned, it can only be fixed in that position." The brother replied.

"If I don't set up a stall that day, will that spot be reserved for me, or will it be given to someone else?"

She lived far away and was afraid that if she came late one day, the stall would be occupied by someone else, so it was better to ask clearly.

"It doesn't matter if it's occupied by someone else. You can go directly when you come, but it's better to come early." Brother Cha didn't find her annoying and patiently explained to Xia Tian.

In summer, the stalls are probably fixed, but if you come late and they are occupied by others, you will have to solve it yourself.

"Thank you, Brother Cha, I understand." Xia Tian thanked him sincerely.

As the two were talking, they arrived at the place. The stall was on the street where the market was going, so there was no shortage of people.

The yamen runner pointed out the location to Xia Tian, which was not far from the intersection of two streets and was a very good location.

Xia Tian slipped a few copper coins to the police officer, thanked him, watched him leave, and then walked around.

Most of the streets here sell food, including steamed buns, wontons, and noodles, but I didn't see any braised dishes.

I feel a lot more at ease in the summer.

The stall has been decided, and we still need to prepare the materials.

First, go to the seasoning store and the pharmacy to buy all the ingredients you want for the marinade. Don’t buy too much, just enough for a month.

Some of the seasonings needed here are medicinal ingredients, which are not available in ordinary seasoning stores.

After buying the seasonings, Xiatian didn’t rush to the butcher shop, but went to the cloth shop first.

She was still wearing her original clothes that were patched up with patches on top of each other.

If you start selling food, you still have to dress decently and neatly.

This also looks cleaner.

Xia Tian went directly to the Jinxiu Cloth Shop where he had been last time and bought two pieces of coarse cloth, one wine red and one sky blue.

Make two sets so you can change into them when needed.

He put the things in the backpack and went to the grocery store to buy needles and thread. He had already cut clothes for Shen Nian last time, but he hadn't sewed them yet.

But if she were to set up a stall now, she probably wouldn't have time to sew. She'd see if she could pay Mrs. Yao to sew for her then.

When I saw the oil paper on the counter, I remembered that there were no plastic bags in ancient times, and people used oil paper to wrap things. I bought another stack of oil paper and spent twenty cents.

I saw someone selling wooden bowls and chopsticks, so I bought ten pairs of chopsticks and ten wooden bowls, spending a total of twenty cents. I can give them to customers for sampling tomorrow.

After buying all these in the summer, I prepared to go to the butcher stall to buy a pair of pig intestines.

On the way, secretly put things in the space when no one is around, so that you won’t smell the food you buy later.

There was a torn bag covering the backpack. As long as no one opened it to look, no one would know whether her things were in the backpack or in the space.

When I got to the meat stall, there was not much meat left.

She went out late today, and it was almost noon now. The good meat had basically been sold out, and only some lean meat was left.

Fortunately, not many people buy pig intestines, so I bought two pairs in the summer and spent twenty cents.

I also bought a pair of pig's feet, which cost me fifteen cents.

I wanted to buy a pig's head, but it was sold out.

I'm just testing the waters tomorrow, and I don't dare buy too much in the summer.

I weighed two pounds of lean meat to cook for dinner and then prepared to go home.

Passing by a tofu stall, I saw dried tofu for sale, so I weighed two pounds of dried tofu and spent ten cents.

This braised dish tastes just as good as meat.

I'm going to set up a stall tomorrow. Xia Tian will prepare the stew at home tonight and bring it over to sell tomorrow. She can cover it and put it in a space. It should still be warm when she sets up the stall in the morning.

This way, there is no need to open fire, which saves a lot of trouble.

There was nothing to buy, so I found a noodle stall in the summer and ordered a bowl of plain noodles. I ate it slowly before walking back.

It was almost two o'clock in the afternoon when I got home. I said hello to Shen Nian and hurried to the village carpenter's house to order a table, a wooden barrel and a wooden basin.

You don’t need to use fire to set up a stall, but you can’t sell directly on the ground. It’s cleaner to put a table on it.

Wooden barrels and basins can be used to store braised dishes separately.

The carpenter had the items ready at home. In the summer, I asked for a square wooden table, two wooden barrels and a large wooden basin, paid for them, and had them delivered directly to my home.

I'll see what else is missing tomorrow and add more then.

It’s getting late, so we quickly take out the large intestines and pig’s feet, light a fire and start braising.

Shen Nian watched Xia Tian busying around, but didn't disturb him. He just sat quietly in the yard and cut bamboo.

Ever since Shen Nian's health improved, he has become very interested in bamboo weaving and would sit in the yard and weave when he has nothing to do.

Now there are a lot of backpacks, bamboo baskets, small stools and other things at home.

But it's a good thing that Shen Nian has something to do, it's good for passing the time.

In the summer, we braise pig intestines and other things. Since it’s getting late, we clean up and start cooking dinner. Now the cabbages in the field can be eaten.

She stir-fried some Chinese cabbage, fried some lean meat with dried chili peppers, made some egg drop soup, and had rice as her staple food, then prepared to eat.

After dinner, turn down the heat and continue to simmer for a better flavor.

Xia Tian took the cloth to see Sister Yao and asked her to help make clothes, paying her ten cents for each piece of clothing.

Mrs. Yao happily agreed.

Come to think of it, there will be a lot of people on Uncle Liu’s ox cart at the market tomorrow.

I went to Uncle Liu's house again and told him to pick her up at her door in the morning. She had a lot of things and it would be difficult for her to carry them all by herself, so I would charge him double the money when the time comes.

The next morning, Xia Tian got up early, prepared breakfast for Shen Nian and kept it warm in the pot, and also ate some himself.

Uncle Liu arrived around five in the morning. Xia Tian moved the table, wooden barrel, and wooden basin onto the ox cart, and also brought a small stool woven by Shen Nian.

The wooden barrel was covered with a lid and only contained a small amount of things. The rest was placed in the space and then quietly transferred to the barrel when it arrived.

Load the things onto the car and drive directly to the village entrance.