Several people greeted them outside the town, and Tian Gui said that he could not enter the town and wanted to ask Xu Errui to help buy some rice.
"I have fifty coins here. I want to buy some fine grains. I can buy as much as I can!"
Tian Gui groped for his money bag from his arms, which was made from the coarse grains he earned from working in the medical shed.
I don’t know the current price of food, so I can only spend as much money as possible, but now I can’t even enter the town.
Xu Errui took the money and was a little surprised: "Uncle Tian Er, can your family afford white rice now?"
Tian Gui was a little embarrassed: "My wife is pregnant again and is vomiting badly, so I want to buy some white rice to make porridge for her!"
Jiang Zhi: Human reproductive capacity is really strong, and you can still get pregnant under this situation.
But Magistrate Zhang likes to see these things the most. The population is too small, and everything is waiting for prosperity!
She took the money bag and said, "Okay, I'll ask you about the price of rice. Just use these fifty cents to buy it! Then you wait here!"
Tian Gui thanked her repeatedly: "Okay, thank you Sister-in-law Jiang!"
The crowd walked towards the town. Just when Xu Errui and Xiaoman successfully entered the town, and Jiang Zhi was worried that Li Laoshi would be stopped, Li Laoshi said, "You will not be spared. If you are a local, you will be let go."
He has a quick mind. He has been hanging out with Xiaoman Xu Errui in the mountains every day for several months. He has long learned the local accent and got in on his own years ago.
There is only one street in Lihua Town, and shops are built along the river. They are all tile-roofed and brick houses.
It was originally a large village with fifty or sixty households. Gradually, people from surrounding villages gathered spontaneously to form a market.
Some people opened shops to do business, such as restaurants, wine shops, pharmacies, and cloth shops, and it became a large-scale commercial street.
The village chief was in charge of the trivial affairs of the market and recruited young men to serve as town guards. However, when the rebels and bandits came, the low wall outside the town was breached. The village chief who lived in the town was killed, and all the town guards were dispersed and massacred.
Nowadays, these town workers are recruited from various villages. They are new to the business and need to identify their accents.
The destroyed Ewha Town has now been partially restored.
There are many people going to the market, and everyone puts their own products on the street.
There are coarse grains, vegetables, and half-used clothes and furniture.
Whether selling for money or bartering, I want to quickly find what I need for my home.
After a winter, everyone’s desire for life seems to be sprouting under the soil in the coming spring.
Xu Errui was carrying a large bag of rushes and stood out in the crowd.
Before he could put it down, someone came over and asked, "Young man, how do you sell rushes?"
Xu Errui has never sold it, and Jiang Zhi doesn't know the prices here, especially the current prices.
Li Laoshi, who was still not doing his job properly, replied: "Fifty yuan per catty!"
The man turned around and left, obviously asking for a high price!
Xu Errui immediately became anxious: "Mom, what should I do if people don't buy it?"
Jiang Zhi is not in a hurry. If she doesn't want to buy it, she won't buy it. She still wants to go around and see the market before talking.
We really can’t blame Li Laoshi for shouting loudly.
Most people seldom buy rushes by the pound. The grass core is loose and light, and a pound of rushes is a large bundle. Xu Errui's full basket is less than four pounds.
The wick of a lamp can only be used for three inches in one night, and a pound of grass is enough for half a year.
For people who are still short of food and clothing, oil lamps are dispensable. At least Jiang Zhi seldom lights lamps in the mountains.
Occasionally lighting cotton string can make do, so naturally there is no need for rushes.
Li Laoshi was not in a hurry. This was how things were bought and sold. In order to get a bargain, he would often deceive others by deliberately turning away when he wanted to buy something.
There are many people selling things in the market, but few people buying things. Everyone is poor, and everyone hopes to meet a fool.
Jiang Zhi asked the price at the egg stall. One egg cost four cents, which was not cheap. It was more expensive than shelled rice.
The price was high but the items were few, and the man only had three eggs in front of him.
Nowadays, few families can raise chickens. In winter, chickens lack food and do not lay eggs. Even the chickens of two families in the mountains only lay eggs every few days.
Second, eggs are always more expensive than grain. Right now, a local egg costs at least 2 yuan, and a pound of rice costs 1.1 yuan.
The best business of all is probably the blacksmith shop. At this time, there is a circle of people around, holding the money bag in one hand and touching the hoe blade in the other, with faces full of tangles.
Spring planting is around the corner, and whether those who stayed behind or returned home are short of hoes and sickles.
If you don’t have farm tools, you can’t farm, and you’ll have to buy them if you use up your family’s money.
Jiang Zhi first helped Xiaoman and Errui find an empty spot on the street and put a dozen pairs of straw sandals and a few bundles of twine and silk thread on it.
A pair of straw sandals is priced at fifteen cents, a small bunch of hemp is ten cents, a bunch of kudzu is ten cents, and the home-dried red thorn fruit powder is three cents a pound.
No matter how much or how little money you have, see the money first.
The dried fungus I brought was not on display, so it would be difficult to bid here. If the price was too low and it would be a loss, I could put it away anyway, so I would rather keep it until I have the opportunity to go to the county seat in the future.
After everything was arranged, Jiang Zhi asked Li Laoshi to take him to the pharmacy.
This is a two-room shop. The last time bandits entered the town, no one robbed the medicine shop, but the items were smashed, and now there are signs of damage to the inlaid door panels.
Compared with the noisy streets outside, the business in the store was deserted. There was only one customer carrying a bunch of medicine bags and leaving unhappily.
Well, anyone who goes into a drug store before the first lunar month is over will not be happy.
As soon as Li Laoshi entered the store, he immediately shouted: "The shopkeeper sells medicine!"
Soon, a young man came out of the cubicle next to him. He was wearing a blue cotton robe that had been washed white, holding a medicine bag in his hand, and his hair was still full of dust. He was handling medicinal materials.
The young man glanced at Li Laoshi and obviously didn't recognize him: "Are you selling medicine?"
Jiang Zhi just put the rush and the backpack on the counter. The waiter immediately pushed it down in disgust: "Put it down, put it down, and don't even look at the mud on the bottom of your backpack. Don't make my counter dirty." !”
Jiang Zhi smiled and didn't care about the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy. He directly picked up the backpack in his hand and said, "Shopkeeper, do you want to collect these rushes?"
The young man came over, pinched the rushes, and felt that the quality was good. He nodded and said, "This rush is good. My Baicao Hall wants to collect it, but the price can only be 90% of the price in previous years."
This is not rising but falling!
Jiang Zhi frowned: "Why did the medicine drop?"
Li Laoshi also started to look like a scumbag: "Are you the shopkeeper? You can't do things well if you talk nonsense. Call the old shopkeeper out!"
He came here to sell medicine years ago. He was an old shopkeeper and he paid well. Even if his herbs were fresh, they were still charged dry and the price was high.
Now this young man is digging for money.
The young man smiled, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes: "This uncle should be talking about my grandfather.
Originally, pharmacies were not open during the Lunar New Year. My grandfather said that illnesses do not depend on the time of day, so the pharmacies and pharmacies did not respect holidays, so they stayed open until New Year's Eve.
As a result, he went back to the city and braved the rain and cold, and is still recovering at home. I am currently taking care of this pharmacy. "
Li Laoshi's eyes widened: "Oh, the old shopkeeper is such a good man. There is also a pharmacy in your county?"
The young man nodded: "Yes, there is a pharmacy in the county!"
Jiang Zhi remembered that he had sold medicine at Huo's in the county town, which was known as the largest and most comprehensive medicine store, and said, "What's the surname of the young master? I have sold medicine at Huo's in the county before."
The young man glanced at Jiang Zhi in surprise: "That's our store owner!"
