The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

After saying goodbye to the shopkeeper, I left the inn and found that the rain was lighter and many stalls had put their goods out again.

Lu Qingqing went straight to the carpenter's stall at the market.

I saw the carts on the stall and asked the price. One cart cost one tael and two qian of silver.

It’s so expensive!

Although Lu Qingqing had just earned ten taels of silver, she had too many things to buy and didn't dare spend the money here.

I negotiated with the stall owner and rented the cart for a morning. The stall owner's son pushed the cart to help, and I paid him 30 cents in total.

The stall owner's business was not good today. It was raining and there were not many people at the market. Thinking that he had nothing to do anyway, he agreed.

Lu Qingqing communicated with the stall owner again and asked if he could make some wooden shelves. After explaining her requirements clearly, the stall owner said that such shelves could be made very quickly.

It can be made before lunch. Lu Qingqing ordered eight wooden racks with three layers in total.

After paying a deposit of 400 wen, she and the stall owner's son went back to the house to pull wild boars and mountain products to the residence of Mr. Yang in the north of the town.

As usual, they went to the back door of Yang's house. The servant who opened the door was very happy to see Lu Qingqing. He still remembered that the peaches were very sweet last time.

When Lu Qingqing saw that it was him, she walked up to him and greeted him with a smile, and secretly gave the young man a handful of cooked chestnuts.

The stall owner's son acted very awkward from the moment he approached Yang's house, and stayed quietly behind the whole time.

Seeing that he didn't come forward, Lu Qingqing also knew that in this era, most people were afraid of the rich, so she didn't say much.

He asked the servant of Yang Mansion to help carry the wild boar into the house, and after weighing it in the mansion, he received the silver.

Using the backpack as cover, he put the silver into the space, then went out and asked the stall owner's son to go back.

This time, he successfully sold a wild boar and 70 kilograms of yam at Yang's house, earning a total of eight taels of silver.

Now I have a total of 18 taels in my hand, which is enough to buy some things.

She asked the carpenter's son to go back to the stall first and she would go find him later.

Lu Qingqing went straight to the grain shop and bought 10 stone of white flour, 5 stone of rice, and 3 stone of millet. Finally, after thinking about it, she bought another 5 stone of coarse grains, spending a total of 14 taels and 3 cents.

If Lu Qingqing ate all this food by herself, it would last her five or six years.

Because I wanted a lot, I discussed it with the grain store owner and he agreed to deliver it to my home.

After buying all the food, Lu Qingqing went to the carpenter's stall and asked the stall owner's son to pull a cart to go to the market.

I saw a stall selling large baskets, which were very suitable for storing things, so I bought six.

There were also woven mats on the stall, and I bought three of them, one of which I could put in the space for sleeping.

Before, I always slept on the floor, which was not only hard but also covered me in dirt.

The other two are intended to be used to store things and to isolate the space from the soil.

He also bought four long hemp ropes, three wooden basins, two ladles, a water bag, four coarse porcelain bowls and two earthenware pots and racks at the market, one for boiling water and one for cooking.

Thinking back to when I was planting before, I had to secretly use the farm tools at home at night, which was very inconvenient.

I went to the blacksmith shop and bought a hoe and a sickle, and also bought a kitchen knife when I saw one.

Ironware in ancient times was really expensive. These three items cost me 1750 coins.

There is also a stall in the middle selling condiments such as green onions, ginger, garlic, green peppercorns, and star anise.

Lu Qingqing thought they looked relatively fresh, so she bought a little of each, planning to plant them in her space when she got home.

Later, when I wanted to cook, I needed salt. When I went to the salt shop and asked the price, I was shocked. It was 120 wen per pound. In modern times, a bag of refined salt only costs two yuan.

The ancient salt purification technology was poor, the taste was astringent, and the price was very expensive.

However, she had to eat salt, so Lu Qingqing bought two kilograms and spent 240 coins.

After buying the salt, I walked forward and found someone setting up a stall.

What they sold were actually sweet potatoes, which were smaller than modern sweet potatoes and most of them were long and slender.

The stall owner was a middle-aged man. Seeing a group of people gathered around the stall, he greeted them warmly.

"Gentlemen, these are sweet potatoes I bought from the capital. They're incredibly sweet. My family is from Yuhegouzi in the south, so we're all from the same hometown. I don't want to charge too much, just four cents a pound. That's even cheaper than wheat."

People gathered around to watch the fun, but no one asked to buy.

"Uncle, this thing is cheaper for you. I'll buy some and try it."

When the stall owner saw a skinny little girl speaking, he thought it was a naughty girl who came to cause trouble.

I saw a young man pushing a cart standing behind the girl, and guessed they were from the same family. Thinking of this, I said:

"Girl, I'm selling it sincerely. The price is not expensive. How much do you plan to buy?"

Lu Qingqing was in a hurry to finish shopping and go back, so she stopped talking.

"Uncle, if it's three cents a pound, I plan to buy about 200 pounds."

When the stall owner heard that the seller wanted 200 kilograms, he immediately became interested. He had a total of about 300 kilograms on his stall.

At this moment, most of it is out.

The locals had never grown his sweet potatoes, so no one dared to buy them.

Seeing this, Lu Qingqing went over and whispered to the stall owner,

"Eating too much of this stuff gives me heartburn. It can't be eaten like food. I won't lose anything if you sell it to me for three cents."

Seeing that Lu Qingqing was knowledgeable, the stall owner thought that he would not lose money at this price.

He was also afraid that her nonsense would affect his business, so he sold her more than 200 kilograms.

After paying, I put all the things on the cart, which was already full.

Lu Qingqing felt that she had bought most of the big items, so she and the stall owner's son pulled the things back to the cabin first.

After unloading the things, the two returned to the carpenter's stall together. The carpenter had already prepared the wooden shelves.

Lu Qingqing checked and found that they were all very strong.

After paying the remaining 400 coins and 30 coins for car rental, the stall owner's son ran several times to return the wooden rack to the cabin.

After seeing off the stall owner's son, Lu Qingqing began to put the things she bought into her space one by one.

After making sure nothing was left behind and checking that there was no one around, he placed the key under the stone slab at the door.

The rain had almost stopped by now, and Lu Qingqing figured the ox cart might be heading back, so she got up and walked towards the agreed town exit.

When I passed by a bun stall, I bought another 100 meat buns and 300 steamed buns. This time I bought more, so the boss gave me a burlap bag for the buns.

When we arrived at the agreed location, there were already quite a few people on the ox cart.

He gave a penny to the old man driving the cart, waited for a while, and started to walk back when everyone was gathered.

With nothing to do on the ox cart, Lu Qingqing silently calculated today's income and expenditure.

Selling wild boars and yams brought in a total of 18 taels.

In terms of expenses, I spent 14 taels and 3 qian of silver on food, and about 63 taels and qian of other miscellaneous items. Now there are wen left in the space.

I bought a lot of things into the space today, but there is not much money left from earning.

On the way back, people got off the bus one after another. Before reaching Lujia Village, Lu Qingqing got off the bus early and took a detour to the back mountain.

I went straight to the place where I had seen withered mushrooms before, and sure enough, a lot of them had grown there again. I picked some common mushrooms, and this large area of ​​mushrooms was growing quite lushly.

Lu Qingqing had picked almost all the mushrooms she knew and was ready to go down the mountain. She filled two backpacks with them.

I kept half of the basket and put the rest in the basket in the space.

When I got home, the Lu family had already finished lunch and went back to rest.

She went to the kitchen and saw only half a bowl of porridge on the stove.

Lu Qingqing put down the backpack, put half of the basket of mushrooms into another part of the space, and poured the rest into the basket in the kitchen.

He poured the remaining half bowl of porridge into the space to feed the chickens, ate a steamed bun directly in the space, rinsed his mouth, looked around and saw that there was no one, then left the space.

It’s not that she doesn’t want to eat buns, it’s just that the meat buns smell too strong. People here don’t eat meat all year round, so they are particularly sensitive to the smell of meat.

When I returned to the room, Dazhuang was sleeping and snoring softly. Boss Lu and Mrs. Lu were also lying on the bed, breathing deeply.

Lu Qingqing hung her wet clothes by the door, climbed quietly to the end of the kang, and fell asleep in a short while.