Tongzhou is really not far from Xinghua Village. It only takes two hours to walk. If there are carriages and horses, the time can be greatly shortened.
It's a pity that people with cars and horses in Xinghua Village will not go to Tongzhou City once a year. For the villagers, the town can meet the needs of the family for a lifetime. There is no need to go to big places, which are far and expensive.
Su Ruyi walked very fast, and after coming out of the country road, she walked onto the spacious official road. At a glance, she could see the tall and mighty city wall in the distance, and over there was Tongzhou City.
After walking a few hundred meters along the official road, she arrived at the bottom of the city. The gate of the city wall was taller and more majestic than what she had seen from a distance.
The city gate is wide open, with people entering from the right and exiting from the left. There is almost no one on the left side at this time, but there is a long queue of people entering the city on the right. There are ordinary people carrying baggage and vendors pushing carts. It is a lively scene.
After being rudely charged ten cents, Su Ruyi stepped into the gate of Tongzhou City.
This big city is different. There are bluestone floors under your feet, people are bustling on the streets, carriages and horses are circulating, and the hawkers are shouting louder and louder.
Su Ruyi slowed down her pace and walked around the city looking around. The city was prosperous and everything was for sale. Her desire to shop suddenly aroused. She wanted to see everything and ask about the price of everything.
After asking around, she touched the copper coins in her sleeve pocket and secretly suppressed her desire to spend money. These 190 copper coins were not enough to spend, so she should concentrate on making money.
I asked people in the city and went to the vegetable market first.
It is said to be a vegetable market, but it is actually a market, selling everything.
Compared to the market in Ping'an Town, it's not on the same level at all.
Everyone in Ping'an Town looks the same, and everyone is patchy. Even if they belong to a wealthy family, their appearance and appearance are not much different from most people.
Tongzhou City is different. There are clear distinctions between the rich and the poor. There are beggars with yellow faces and skinny clothes, and there are also rich men and ladies who wear gold and silver and show their aura of nobility.
Su Ruyi almost had a conflict with a young lady from a certain family without paying attention, and was pushed arrogantly by their maid.
"Where did that country girl come from? She went on a rampage and bumped into my young lady. I don't think you even had time to cry!"
Su Ruyi: "..."
He stepped aside, pulled an aunt next to him and asked, "Auntie, which family is this young lady from? She looks really rich."
"How do I know these ladies from wealthy families? You, please be more careful when walking in Tongzhou City. If you run rampant like you just did, if you bump into someone with a bad temper, you will suffer the consequences!"
The aunt reminded her sternly.
Su Ruyi nodded: "Yes, I just came to Tongzhou City today, and I'm still a little dizzy. I wonder where rich families like them live?"
The aunt said with envy and hatred: "Where to live? As long as you see those with big courtyards and high walls, all the rich families live in them!"
"Where are there more houses like this?"
The aunt felt that she was confused, so she pursed her lips and raised her chin to the east, and reminded: "Poor people like us don't go to that kind of place, it's not the place we should go!"
Su Ruyi thanked her aunt and walked around the market for a long time. After coming out of the market, she went straight to the east.
Although there are many people in the market, there are also many vegetable farmers selling vegetables, so the prices are not high and sales are slow. If you are doing long-term business, setting up a fixed stall in the market will not make you rich, but it is still a stable business.
It's just that Su Ruyi can't slowly accumulate wealth now. She has to earn a sum of money quickly in a short period of time and go home.
Therefore, she still felt the need to do door-to-door sales.
Tongzhou City is very big. Although the layout of the buildings is square and square, Su Ruyi's sense of direction is not very good. For a while, she didn't know the east, west, north, and west, so she wanted to find a shopkeeper on the street to point her down.
As soon as I came out of the alley, I saw a beautiful and elegant carriage stopping in front of a shop opposite. A maid in extraordinary clothes first picked out the curtain, and then a young woman wearing a veil and a yellow shirt came out of the car, her figure slim. Thin and elegant.
Su Ruyi's eyes couldn't help but shine, she opened her legs and trotted over.
As we all know, men like to look at beautiful women, and women like to look at beautiful women even more. Some people think they are beautiful just by looking at their backs and manners!
Su Rujian is used to all kinds of beauties in modern times, but she has never seen beauties from ancient times.
Moreover, the young lady in front of her was obviously more noble than the young lady she almost hit before. This made Su Ruyi more curious, and of course she had to run forward and take a look.
After running across the street, I saw that the shop blocked by the carriage was a medical clinic. The lady and two maids had already gone in, leaving a carriage driver and two male servants waiting outside.
Su Ruyi thought they would stop her from entering, but she didn't expect them to bother her, and she felt a little more favorable towards that young lady.
As soon as I entered the door, the waiter behind the counter greeted me: "Guest, what disease do you want to see?"
Su Ruyi took a look inside the medical center. It was twenty square meters and was quite spacious, but the three people who had just entered were nowhere to be seen.
"I don't want to see a doctor, but I just want to ask if you collect herbal medicine here?"
The child put down the paper and pen in his hand: "Collect it, but we don't collect all the herbs. There are many common herbs supplied by people, and there are too many and they can't be used up. If they are rarer herbs, our shop will collect them. This person Madam, what medicinal materials do you have on hand?"
Su Ruyi didn't have any medicinal materials on hand, but it didn't hinder her, because she had the space at hand, so she could freely adapt to the market's needs.
Su Ruyi: "What medicinal materials do you lack every year?"
This sentence made the waiter in the shop very happy: "What you said means that you can find us whatever medicinal materials we are short of?"
"It's not impossible. I can try my best."
"Hey, little lady, don't make me happy here. Do you think those medicinal materials are leafy vegetables from your own vegetable field? Collecting medicinal herbs is no joke. You can lose your life if you are not careful! "
Looking at his poor appearance, he is probably crazy about money. The waiter shook his head.
Su Ruyi thought to herself: You are really right, I just want to grow those medicinal materials in my own vegetable garden!
Seeing that the waiter in the shop looked a little unhappy, she was not in a hurry: "The mountains over there are very rich. We might actually have the medicinal materials you want. How do you know if you don't tell me?"
"Can you find the ginseng?"
Su Ruyi: "..."
When the waiter saw Su Ruyi looking at him calmly, he coughed and felt a little embarrassed for deliberately making things difficult for him. Moreover, what they said was reasonable. Maybe they really had rare medicinal materials there.
"Okay, let me tell you a few common medicinal materials that you can find and sell at a good price. Astragalus, Polygonum multiflorum, Angelica dahurica, or snake skin, cicada slough, millipedes, etc., these can all be sold at a high price."
As the waiter was talking, the door to the back room opened, and the three women who had entered before walked out.
