An eight-year-old kid emptied his scumbag father's warehouse and followed his grandparents into

The small market is only about 20 to 30 meters long. On one side are simple wooden shops selling the most daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil and salt, and on the other side are mobile vendors displaying their own products.

There were two shops selling dried seafood, with a wide variety of items, including kelp, seaweed, starfish, and dried fish, shrimp, and scallops of various sizes and varieties that had never been seen at the pier. However, they only attracted people's attention, and they had no desire to buy.

When they walked out again, they saw a small stall at the door selling beautiful conch shell ornaments. The girls' eyes lit up and they couldn't move their feet.

The ornaments made from shells and conchs are brightly colored and of different sizes. Some are made into necklaces, some are made into bracelets, and some look beautiful just displayed.

The price is really cheap, the price in each basket is different, and you can buy a bunch for just a few copper coins.

"This one looks good. I'll go back and pierce a hole in it and make a string. It will look great when I hang it on the tent." Jing Mingyue immediately picked out two small conch shells. The colors were very bright and the circles were of different shades. They were both as big as a fist.

Jing Chunxi nodded in agreement and lowered his head to choose. "Even Hailuo Pu'er hasn't seen these before! These bracelets are pretty good, do you want any, cousin? I'll pick two for each of my two little ones."

You can get a beautiful bracelet for one cent. The prices of conch shells vary. You can get several small ones for one cent, and the big ones are only two or three cents. Jing Chunxi generously let Chuntao and Tangsong choose whatever they want.

"You two will come back with me after the Chinese New Year. Pick out some suitable ones and take them back with you. You can use them as decorations or as gifts." Jing Chunxi reminded them.

For my mother and brother who have never seen the sea, such a gift should be nice, and it won’t take up much space when they take it back.

Tang Shuang always knew that she and the young lady would have to return to the capital, but she only picked out the ones she liked. Even if she wanted to give them to someone, she couldn't. Even if she hadn't left the Marquis' Mansion, there was no one worthy of her giving them away.

She wanted to give gifts to the ladies and young masters in the capital, but she felt that she was taking advantage of the young master and it would be unreasonable to ask for favors from them. Besides, it would be meaningless to give almost the same things to the master.

Chuntao didn't know that she could return to the capital, and thought that she would be like Nanny Wang and would never go back after coming here.

After hearing this, she was very excited and wanted to follow the young lady wherever she went. Although the people in the General's Mansion were friendly, she was still a little uncomfortable and wanted to go back to stay with the lady and the young lady. However, along the way, she was taught by Nanny Wang and learned a lot that she could not learn in the Marquis' Mansion before.

Chuntao was busy all the time, smiling like a baby: "Then I have to choose carefully, miss, please don't think I'm greedy." Several people picked up all the ornaments on the stall, which made the aunt who was watching the stall smile from ear to ear. She even took out a bag of shredded dried squid from the shop for them to taste, but they were not used to the taste.

Finally, I picked out a bunch of things, and the total cost was only a little over 300 wen. But after I finished choosing, I was worried about how to take them back. I bought a small basket at the grocery store and finally finished packing them.

After taking out a piece of change to pay the bill, Jing Chunxi realized belatedly that he had actually forgotten to pay the monthly wages to the servants at home.

"Your New Year's gift money is five taels each, and your monthly salary is based on the amount of escorts. I'll keep thirty taels for you first, and you can ask me for it when you get to the capital." Jing Chunxi put five taels of silver per person in their hands, all of which were small change.

"This... this is too much." Tang Shuang had never seen so much silver before. When she saw the small pile in her palm, she quickly tried to refuse it from her master.

She did all the hard labor in the mansion, and after the maid deducted her money, she only had a hundred coins left. She didn't spend a penny and saved it honestly. It was not until she was exiled that she exchanged all her savings for a small piece of silver and sewed it into the hem of her clothes. She never dreamed that she would get thirty-five taels of silver in her lifetime.

Chuntao accepted it without changing her expression, but in her heart she was extremely happy. She asked cautiously, "Does Nanny Wang need that much too?"

Nanny Wang was very considerate and attentive in her work. Most of the decisions were made by Nanny Wang. She felt inferior to her. If Nanny Wang got less money, she would feel that her own money was too hot to handle.

"Don't worry! Grandma won't treat her badly." The old lady was a very kind person, so she would naturally not treat the old people who came with her badly. Jing Chunxi didn't want to make plans for her, after all, every family had different practices.

So she only cares about the people around her.

When they walked further outside, they were stopped by a group of children. These children were obviously not so afraid of the cold and were already wearing spring clothes. Some of them wore clogs and some were barefoot.

A little boy: "Miss, we have a lot of shells. Do you want to buy some more?"

"Miss, look at mine. I picked them up myself. They are so beautiful."

"Miss, would you like to buy mine?"

"My price is not expensive, two strings for one penny."

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The girls were immediately surrounded by seven or eight local children, both boys and girls, aged from five to six to eight to nine. Seeing that they had bought a basket of shells, they all came up to them and chatted, obviously thinking they were their sponsors.

The children spoke with a strong dialect, but I could understand the general meaning and knew that they wanted to sell what they had.

Around their necks hung several pre-strung shell necklaces or conch shells ready to be blown. They also wore ornaments on their wrists, and each held a woven bamboo basket filled with shellfish, some of which looked quite nice.

But overall, they were not as exquisite as the ones they just bought from the stall, they were all leftovers from others.

But shells are colorful and have different shapes, each one has its own attractions, and still attracted their attention.

When they asked again, they all said the prices were very low, and they all said that if they picked more, they could get a better discount.

An older boy kept recommending, "I have a whole bunch more at home. Miss, you can go to my house and choose."

Others nodded in agreement, saying that they had some at home as well. Some even said that their homes were not far away, right next to the market.

Jing Chunxi and Jing Mingyue hesitated, unable to move their legs. Should they buy it or not? There were so many children in Qingshan Villa, some of whom couldn't even read letters. If they knew that their relatives had prepared gifts for them, they would definitely be ecstatic.

Chun Tao saw that they were surrounding her too tightly and was afraid it would be difficult to escape. Without waiting for the two girls to speak, she stood in front of them and said, "We are busy today. We will stay in Tianshui Village and choose something next time. But we don't want anything too expensive."

The children were a little disappointed when they heard this, thinking that they were not picky at all. However, most of the people in the small market were from nearby villages and were not interested in these things.

They didn't disperse, but kept pushing the things on their necks and the baskets in their hands towards them. Some of them even continued to sell without giving up.

The basket was almost full, and Jing Chunxi was a little hesitant.