When the soldiers shuffled over and turned into the West Street where they had just come out, Qingyan looked back and took a deep look, holding Daya and Lanhua back one by one.
The small courtyard where they live now is on the east side of East Street, not far from the intersection and separated by two sideways alleys.
The courtyard is not facing the street. It is the third house in an alley. There are five small courtyards in that alley, and they happen to be in the middle one.
This location is very good. There are people in front, back, left and right. If something happens, you can hear it at the top of your lungs. As long as you are not a particularly bad person, most of the neighbors will help you.
What Li Hao probably thought at the time was that Qingyan was just a woman and would live here for a while, so this kind of environment would be more suitable.
The two families on the left and right are the kind of people who have a very complete family. After the few old ladies have interacted with them in the past two days, it can be seen that those families are relatively honest and kind-hearted, and there is basically no one who can tell at a glance that they are cunning. , a very difficult person to mess with.
This kind of neighbor is the best.
When the three Qingyans returned home, only Grandma Lanhua, Hei Dan and Chou Chou were at home. The others had gone to tidy up the newly purchased yards.
Grandma Lanhua was supposed to go with her, but there was also a housekeeper here who could make lunch by the way.
In fact, there is nothing to clean up. Those three courtyards are always occupied by people. They just need to clean them up and they can move there in the next two days.
They don't have any rituals now. They bought their bedding and clothing after entering the city.
On the way, many things were worn out, such as baskets, which were worn out after being used too much, so they were thrown away.
In Handeng, it is very convenient to buy small items such as baskets.
Of course, if you want to save money, you can make it yourself, but it's not like in the mountains where it's easy to get rattan. After all, it's a city, and you can only find some willow branches at most.
But that doesn't mean you can cut them down casually. Many of the trees in the city are owned by their owners, so you might as well spend a few pennies to buy one.
The kind that are specially made for takeout, the craftsmanship is not comparable to what they make do at home. They specialize in this every day, and the weaving is more delicate. The rattan has also been specially treated, it lasts a long time, and it is very beautiful. .
Some of the baskets also had many patterns woven into them. Qingyan couldn't help but bought two baskets with the patterns of "Fu" and "Shou", and put them in the space for Chou Chou, thinking of going back and showing them to her parents.
Although the weaving techniques of later generations are also diverse, they were purely handmade by the working people in ancient times and have different meanings.
Before, she had thought that one day she would take Chou Chou out alone and buy more unique things, especially some antiques and embroidery.
It's just that she went shopping with a few old ladies before, and she discovered at that time that maybe because of the north, even though it was close to the imperial city, there were not many types of cloth and embroidery.
There are only seven or eight kinds of fabrics in the cloth shop here. Among them, silk and satin are divided according to different patterns, otherwise there are only three or four kinds.
Not to mention the embroidery at the embroidery shop, it is not as dazzling as shown on TV. The finished embroidery cannot be said to be rough, but it is not as exquisite as it is.
She and her mother had attended an embroidery expo before and saw many exquisite embroideries there, especially the double-sided show. Although the prices were very expensive, they were indeed exquisite and lifelike.
Qingyan thought that it might have something to do with the region. After all, Handcheng still belonged to the north, and the embroidery should have come from the south.
If she hadn't been leaving in the next few days and didn't have time to run to the south, she would have wanted to go there and have a look. It would be a pity to think about it.
It would be great if I could go to the south and have a look. I don’t know what Jiangnan was like in ancient times. The Jiangnan water town has been a famous and prosperous place since ancient times.
Of course, the current era is probably not going to be too good. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were prone to wars. The Jiangnan side should be a small independent country now. Is it Yang Wu or Wu Yue? She couldn't remember clearly.
Even if I go there, I may not be able to make the trip. I think to myself that Chou Chou really doesn’t know how to choose a place. It would be great if he just lands in the south of the Yangtze River.
Qingyan said hello to Grandma Lanhua, then went to the backyard and entered her house.
Lanhua and Daya consciously did not follow her, knowing that she wanted to read the letter, so they helped grandma pick vegetables in the front yard.
It will be noon soon, and the people who went to clean up the yard should be back soon. They picked the vegetables and made the dough in advance, so they can cook it directly when they come back.
Since entering Handeng, I have changed from two meals a day to three meals a day.
At first, they were afraid of wasting food and money like this. After all, they have no income yet. This means they are just resting on their laurels, and sooner or later they will run out of money.
It turned out that it was not the case. Before, a person would eat five or six multigrain pancakes for two meals a day. After three meals, not only was the amount not increased, but the amount was even less.
I ate thick porridge in the morning and I was hungry until evening. I couldn't sleep without eating five or six meals.
After eating three meals, it was noon not long after I finished eating in the morning. I had just finished digesting the food in the morning. I was full after eating two pancakes. It was the same at night, so there was less food.
In addition, it is summer now, so you only need to steam a pot at noon, and eat it directly without heating it at night. There is no need to cook it again. It doesn’t even use more firewood, so it doesn’t take any trouble or anything, and it is even more suitable.
That's right, since they arrived in Handeng, they have switched to dry food every day.
They ate very thin food along the way, and they already felt sick to their stomachs. Even when they were in the village before, at least during the summer harvest, they would eat dry food. It’s not that they ate watery food every day, but it was just inside. Just mix in some wild vegetables or something.
After arriving here, Qingyan didn't mean to say that she didn't want to go to a restaurant, try out the specialties here, and improve the food at the same time.
It's just that when they went to Dongshi before, they also passed by those restaurants. Qingyan found that the smell wafting out of them was not appetizing. At most, it had the meaty aroma of stewed meat.
I don’t know if it’s because there’s no vegetarian oil yet, or something else, but there’s no cooking here. The smell that comes out is that of stew, the same kind that later generations would smell outside a restaurant when passing by. The scent is simply incomparable.
Of course, it may be due to geographical reasons. Most of the dishes here are salty and light, and the soups are mostly watery. They are not like the thick oily red sauce in Chudi, Sichuan, and the spicy and delicious flavor.
After shopping around that day, the most attractive thing turned out to be a pastry shop with a sweet aroma wafting from it.
(End of chapter)
