Era: The naive beauty charmed the villain!

Lin An'an responded cheerfully.

Overjoyed, she invited Gu Qingsong to squat down with her and carefully select the items.

He picks up this to look at it, then picks up that to touch it.

I just think this is good, that is good, everything is good.

Gu Qingsong watched his wife's furrowed brows and troubled expression for a while, and couldn't help but laugh.

He suggested, "If you can't choose, just pick a few more; you'll use them when you get home anyway."

Upon hearing this, Lin An'an felt an urge to buy one of everything, but she managed to restrain herself.

Although Gu Qingsong said that, their family actually didn't lack baskets and bamboo crates.

Although the items are all made of bamboo and are not as durable as steel products, they are not disposable paper products either.

A basket, if used properly, can last for many years.

Therefore, Lin An'an wanted to buy these things not to use them at home, but because she valued their aesthetic appeal.

Since practicality is not a consideration, smaller items will naturally appear more exquisite.

In the end, Lin An'an only chose a small, exquisite woven basket and two identical small bamboo baskets.

Those two little baskets, with their large bellies and small openings, had an indescribable cuteness.

It was only about the size of Gu Qingsong's palm, with a smooth, bright green surface and several small bells hanging from the bottom that jingled in the wind.

Lin An'an specially chose it for the two children.

Lin An'an already had a picture in her mind of the children playing in the yard, hand in hand, carrying small baskets on their backs, after they had learned to walk.

Just thinking about it makes me think it's incredibly cute!

To avoid criticism, vendors generally don't accept cash directly.

People who come to the market specifically to buy things usually carry some light hard currency as a means of exchange.

Eggs were the most readily available commodity, and at that time, no one would complain about having too many eggs at home.

But because eggs are inconvenient to carry, Gu Qingsong put a few bars of soap in his pocket before he came out.

Soap was a rare commodity at this time, especially among the women in the household, who all loved it.

Even if you don't want to use it, just put the soap in your closet and all the clothes in the closet will smell nice.

After some negotiation, Gu Qingsong exchanged the three items Lin An'an had chosen for a bar of soap.

Knowing that the family had two children, the stall owner even gave them two grasshoppers woven from straw as a bonus.

Lin An'an watched from the side, her mouth slightly agape in a daze.

She knew prices were low these days, but she didn't know they were this low.

These three exquisite bamboo woven items were exchanged for a bar of soap, and the stall owner even gave them two small trinkets as a bonus.

Seeing the stall owner's beaming face, Gu Qingsong knew he wasn't cheating anyone; this must be the common exchange rate at that time.

Lin An'an remained silent until they were a distance away, then couldn't help but sigh softly, "So soap is this valuable."

Gu Qingsong helped Lin An'an carry the small basket and said upon hearing this, "It's not that soap is valuable, it's that handmade items are not."

Lin An'an looked up at Gu Qingsong with some confusion.

Gu Qingsong laughed and said, "Bamboo is not valuable. You can cut it down anywhere in the mountains. Weaving a basket just takes some time, but since we're idle anyway, many people will make it at home if they just want practicality."

"And the things you chose are all small, so they're easier to make."

Lin An'an thought about it and felt that it made sense.

He lowered his head and continued fiddling with the two small baskets in his hands, putting the two grasshoppers into the baskets respectively.

Although Lin An'an had been in the world for a long time, she didn't have much money and didn't often go out to buy things herself. Everything she ate and used at home was brought back by Gu Qingsong.

Although they had some understanding of money, they had lived in the future for more than twenty years, and their mindset was not so easily changed.

Lin An'an had no clear understanding of what things were valuable or how much they were worth.

In later generations, with the development of industry, many everyday items made on assembly lines became very inexpensive.

On the contrary, the value of handmade products is rising day by day, and they are even slowly approaching the level of luxury goods.

However, the situation was completely reversed in this era.

Today truly shocked her and made her realize even more how cheap human resources are in this era.