Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

After walking on the official road for about a meal's time, I met a carriage from the post station.

Chen Lang waved to stop them, but Li Xiuzhi was puzzled.

"It's only half an hour's journey at most, why do we have to take a car?" Li Xiuzhi asked.

Chen Lang replied with a smile: "We are going to the county town and not going home."

Li Xiuzhi frowned slightly and asked, "Why are you going to the county town?"

"Shopping." Chen Lang said, "I specially set aside a day just to take you two to visit the county town."

"We didn't have enough fun last time. This time, our family of three wants to explore the entire county carefully, eat delicious food, and have fun."

Guoguo immediately became happy, waving her hands and saying, "Oh, we're going to visit the county town, we're going to visit the county town."

Li Xiuzhi said, "You have to spend money to go around the county town. Erlang, it's not easy for you to earn money, not to mention that we will have to divide the family soon. If you keep an extra copper coin in your hand, life will be easier after the division."

Chen Lang blinked and said, "Xiuzhi, come closer and listen."

Li Xiuzhi didn't understand what was going on, but she still obediently put her head forward.

After Chen Lang fiddled with it for a while, Li Xiuzhi's eyes almost popped out.

"twenty……"

"Shh!"

Chen Lang raised his finger to his lips and said, "Just know it in your heart, don't say it out loud."

Li Xiuzhi asked in disbelief, "How did you make money?"

Chen Lang said: "I'm lucky. I caught a God of Wealth fish and two snakes."

"The God of Wealth fish and snakes are very valuable, I tell you, especially the fish..."

Li Xiuzhi said, "Wait, are you catching snakes again? Didn't I tell you not to go? If something happens to you, what will happen to my daughter and me?"

Chen Lang said: "Wife, don't get excited, I didn't take the initiative to catch it, I was purely passive."

"The snake got into the crab pot on its own."

"Well, when the carriage arrives at my fishing spot, I'll take you there and I guarantee it will open your eyes."

The coachman was unhappy and shouted, "Are you and your family going to take the carriage or not? If not, just go."

Chen Lang immediately said, "Sit! Get in the car right now."

After saying that, he put Guoguo on the car bed first, then helped Li Xiuzhi up, and finally jumped into the car himself.

After more than half an hour, Chen Lang stopped the carriage, paid the fare, and took Xiuzhi and Guoguo to the river.

Guoguo asked curiously, "Dad, aren't we going to the county town? Why are we walking towards the river?"

Chen Lang said, "Daddy, go collect the cages. If there are any small fish or shrimps in them, we can sell them in the county town."

"By the way, let Guoguo see where Daddy works."

Guo Guo tilted her head: "Work?"

"Just work." Chen Lang said.

After a while, the three of them arrived near the river bank. Chen Lang asked Li Xiuzhi to hold Guoguo's hand, and he walked to the river alone.

Although this road has been cleared by Chen Lang, there are still a lot of weeds, and there might be snakes hiding in them. For safety reasons, it is better to let the mother and daughter stay on the shore.

Chen Lang picked up a stick and knocked his way to the river. He lifted the pile of weeds covering the crab cage and lifted the cage.

The harvest was quite good.

Although no snake crawled in this time, there were about ten pounds of river seafood such as crabs, shrimps, and eels inside.

It can be sold for at least two to three taels of silver.

Chen Lang returned to Li Xiuzhi with the cage and said happily, "Wife, look!"

"After selling this cage, it should be enough for our family of three to spend in the county town today."

Guoguo clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Daddy is so awesome!"

Li Xiuzhi had never imagined that such a simple cage could actually catch so many freshwater fish. She couldn't help but ask, "There are quite a few fishermen in Shanghe Village who also use this type of cage. Why don't they catch as much as you do?"

Chen Lang chuckled and said, "The secret lies in the nesting material. This is my exclusive secret recipe and will not be passed on to anyone else!"

After hearing this, Li Xiuzhi stopped asking questions.

For the rest of the journey, Li Xiuzhi refused to take the car again no matter what.

In ancient times, travel fees were charged simply per person. There was only one situation where a ticket was waived, and that was if the passenger was holding a baby in their arms.

Anyone who can walk will be charged, and the fee is the same as that for adults.

The previous section of the journey cost almost forty cents, and taking a car for this section would cost nearly one penny. Li Xiuzhi was reluctant to pay, so she refused to take the car.

It’s okay not to take a car. The family of three can just stroll slowly along the official road and treat it as a picnic.

When we arrived at the county town, we went to Tianshangju to ship the goods first.

The shopkeeper was not there, so the waiter received the goods.

But after so many transactions, it is unlikely that there will be any shortage of weight.

In the end, this cage of shrimps, crabs and eels was sold for four hundred and twenty coins.

Chen Lang temporarily left the crab cage at Tianshangju and would pick it up when he left the city.

The waiter readily agreed.

Next, we will officially start shopping!

The county town is divided into two markets, east and west. The market on the east side is full of large shops, such as Tianshangju, Xu's Cloth Shop and brothels.

The market in the west is mainly about being close to the people. In addition to small vendors, there are also performers, storytellers, and even martial arts competitions.

To sum it up in two words: lively!

This was the first time Guoguo had seen such a lively scene since he was a child. His little face turned red with excitement, and he became a curious baby, asking what everything he saw was.

Chen Lang also patiently explained.

In addition to explaining, when Guoguo shows great interest in something, he will decisively buy it.

Li Xiuzhi often scolded him for this.

But Chen Lang didn't care. As long as his daughter was happy, spending some money was nothing.

Besides, he owed Guoguo too much, and the things he bought now were far from enough.

However, Guoguo was not a greedy child. After receiving the two gifts, he immediately gave up.

"Xiuzhi, don't worry about saving money. Just buy whatever you like. Your man is rich now and has plenty of money."

Li Xiuzhi shook her head and said, "I don't want to buy anything."

But Chen Lang didn't think so, because when he was walking past a jewelry stall, he saw Li Xiuzhi staring at a hairpin on the stall for a long time.

"Xiuzhi, please take Guoguo with you. I'm going to the toilet." Chen Lang handed Guoguo to Li Xiuzhi.

"Is there a toilet here?" Li Xiuzhi asked.

Chen Lang said, "You can just find a random merchant to borrow it from. At worst, you can just pay them."

After that, he left in a hurry.

After about a cup of tea, Chen Lang ran back and said, "Huh, I feel much better."

"Xiuzhi, it's almost noon, let's go eat."

Li Xiuzhi said, "There are food stalls everywhere on the roadside, just buy something."

Chen Lang said, "How can that be? We have finally come to the county town, how can we treat them casually?"

"We're going to have a big dinner today!"

After saying that, he picked up Guoguo and said, "Guoguo, do you want to have a big meal?"

Guoguo glanced at Li Xiuzhi, then leaned close to Chen Lang's ear and whispered, "Yes."

Chen Lang laughed out loud.

Li Xiuzhi was both angry and helpless.

Forget it, let’s indulge ourselves completely today!