It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Song Zhi happened to have a basket of pastries nearby. She threw the packaged herbs directly into the basket, walked out of the clinic and met up with her elder brother who was waiting outside.

"Have you bought everything? Where are we going next?" Song Ping asked.

Song Zhi thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the grocery store. Besides buying some salt and sugar, we're running low on food at home, so we also need to buy some mung beans."

Song Ping thought for a moment and said, "For beans and the like, I'd better go to the market. They're cheaper there than in the grocery store."

Song Zhi nodded, "Then let's go to the grocery store first, and then to the market. We can buy some big bones to make soup at that time."

Song Zhi thought that the villagers were helping with housework at home, and she couldn't provide much, but she could still make some bone soup every day and give out two mung bean cakes.

The drug store and the grocery store were on the same street, and the siblings came across one not long after they walked.

Song Zhi led the people into the shop and asked for a pound of salt, half a pound of sugar, a pound of fermented black beans, fifty pounds of corn, twenty pounds of white flour, and finally two pounds of glutinous rice.

After saying that, she handed the cloth bag she had brought with her to the boy.

Last time, because of the limited money she had, Song Zhi only bought one pound of glutinous rice. She had half a pound of malt at home, so the glutinous rice seemed a little insufficient, so she simply bought two more pounds today.

When the shopkeeper heard that Song Zhi wanted to buy so much, he immediately smiled and told the boy to pack the food.

“Is this too much to buy?”

Song Ping had never made such a large purchase before. Seeing that his elder sister wanted so much at once, he subconsciously asked.

Song Zhi shook her head. "Not much. These things may seem like a lot, but they are all consumables. Besides, there are many people in the family, so they won't last long."

In fact, she also wanted to buy some rice to cook. After coming here for more than half a month, she had either corn porridge or noodles every day.

Song Zhi also wanted to eat white rice.

But considering that the family still owes money, it is better not to spend money if you can avoid it.

After she pays off everyone's debt, she will definitely buy some rice and reward herself.

She took another look at the rice on the shelf and encouraged herself in her heart.

Song Ping nodded repeatedly after hearing what his sister said.

He actually didn't mean to stop his sister from buying it, but he was used to living a hard life and felt anxious when having to spend so much money all of a sudden.

On the contrary, Song An had already gotten used to Song Huan, who had been with Song Zhi during this period.

Song Zhi noticed that her elder brother was still not used to all the changes, so she thought about asking her elder brother to come to the city to set up a stall next time so that he could adapt to the changes at home sooner.

After the boy weighed the grain.

The shopkeeper began to calculate the bills for the people. "A pound of salt is 40 wen, half a pound of sugar is 35 wen, a pound of fermented black beans is 10 wen, 50 pounds of corn is 400 wen, 20 pounds of white flour is 180 wen, and 2 pounds of glutinous rice is 26 wen."

"Sir, please give me six hundred and ninety coins."

Song Zhi was about to pay, but Song Ping was one step ahead of her. He took out the seven hundred copper coins he had just compensated him and placed them on the counter.

"Here, shopkeeper, are seven hundred coins. Please take a look."

Seeing that her elder brother had paid, Song Zhi did not argue with him. After all, they were all family. If they quibbled about everything, then they would have no way to live!

At this time, the shopkeeper received a string of coins and did not count them. He directly put the string of copper coins on the special weighing scale to weigh them.

After confirming that everything was correct, he took out another ten copper coins from behind the counter and gave them to Song Ping.

After paying the money, Song Ping carried the food, seasonings and other small items, all of which were put into the basket by Song Zhi. The group left the grocery store and went to the market.

This time, the group had a clear goal and went straight to the stall selling mung beans.

Since the entrance fee was abolished, many people come to the market to sell their own products.

Song Zhi led the group straight to a stall where few people were.

She squatted down, then grabbed a few handfuls of beans and looked at the quality of the mung beans. After confirming that there was no problem, she asked, "Auntie, how much are you selling these mung beans?"

When the woman saw Song Zhi wanted to buy mung beans, she hurriedly said, "Four cents a pound."

She hurriedly added, "My dear lady, I have carefully sorted out all the mung beans in my garden. There is not a single one that is infested. You can buy it with confidence."

This woman was also a commoner from outside the city, and she had just recently come to the city to set up a stall.

But since he had never sold much, most of the goods he brought out every day had to be taken back intact.

Even so, she is still willing to come to the city to set up a stall.

Not for anything else, just to earn some money to support my family.

Her family just divided up last year, and her parents-in-law were biased and gave them land that was mostly mountainous and dry, and the land was relatively poor.

This woman was also very capable. She took her children with her and reclaimed the mountain land to grow some dry crops.

A few days ago, the woman heard that the city had cancelled the entrance fee, so she immediately picked some mung beans and went to the county town to try it out.

This attempt really made money. Although it was not much, she could sell about 20 kilograms every day. But this was a big surprise for the woman.

Although her business was not as good as other stalls, the woman still went out before dawn every day, carrying mung beans to sell in the city.

Song Zhi nodded and said, "How many mung beans do you have? I want them all!"

"I...I have fifty kilograms here. Do you really want them all?" The woman was so surprised that her voice was a little stammering.

Fifty kilograms, but it’s only enough for the family for two days. Now there are more people at home, so this amount is not enough.

Song Zhi thought about it and simply asked again: "How many mung beans do you have at home?"

The woman was very excited. When she heard Song Zhi's question, she hurriedly said, "There are still more than 200 kilograms at home."

Song Zhi simply said, "I wonder where my aunt's home is? If you're willing to sell me those mung beans, I'll take them all. Just deliver them to Xiaohezi Village tomorrow."

When the woman heard this, her voice broke. "Really... do you really want that much?"

Song Zhi nodded, "If you're willing, just send the mung beans over in the next two days."

"So...what's the price?"

"It's the same as today." Song Zhi replied.

When the woman heard what Song Zhi said, in order to prevent any further complications, she immediately said that she would deliver the mung beans in the afternoon after she returned.

Song Zhi nodded in agreement, "In that case, I'll trouble you, Auntie." After that, she took out money and bought the mung beans from the stall.

After buying the mung beans, Song Zhi went to the meat stall. She didn't buy much, just two pounds of meat and several large bones.

The big bones are used to make soup, and then some radishes and meat slices are added into it.

It can not only nourish my uncle and elder brother, but also provide a bowl for each villager to drink.

Song Zhi paid the money and let the two children take the meat and bones.

He said, "Let's go to the blacksmith shop and get the iron pot."

After saying that, he led his men and went to the blacksmith shop again.