Although everyone knows that "wealth should not be exposed", many times, it is still "revealed" accidentally.
On this day, when Su Qingluan was making braised soup, she found that there were not enough spices, so she thought of going out to the stall today and letting her parents look at the stalls, while she went to the stalls selling spices.
One is to be able to shop around and choose high-quality and low-priced goods, and the other is to often visit spice stalls and occasionally see what fresh spices the merchants have purchased.
Of course, not all of these "spice" are introduced as "ingredients". Some of them are used as burning spices, and some are used as medicinal materials. What's even more exaggerated is that Su Qingluan even saw some spices being sold as raw materials for refining elixirs.
Just outrageous.
So gradually, Su Qingluan developed the habit of visiting various medicinal shops, spice shops and other places every time she went to the town, hoping to discover something new.
Unfortunately, so far, she has not found anyone selling tomatoes or peppers - even as ornamental plants.
Spices are expensive, so Su Qingluan brought extra belongings today.
In fact, large-denomination silver ingots or banknotes were not common during trade. People were most accustomed to using cloth and copper coins in exchange for "cash payment" channels.
This leads to a problem - whether it is a string of copper coins or a piece of cloth, "circulating currency" takes up space and is very bulky.
Therefore, today's journey from Huaxi Village to Lefeng Town seemed extremely long - after all, the pile of copper coins was quite heavy.
Of course, after all, spices are expensive commodities. In order to prevent the possibility of purchasing some particularly expensive spices, Su Qingluan also brought some silver ingots and broken silver for emergencies.
Su Qingluan's plan was very clear: he would first visit all possible target stalls and shops, then ask the shopkeepers to transport the required spices to his own stall, and then pay them all together.
After all, Su Qingluan has to purchase a large amount of spices at one time, so for such "big customers", "additional after-sales services" such as door-to-door delivery are usually provided.
But Su Qingluan didn't expect that while she was away, there would be restless pickpockets who wanted to take advantage of the time when Su Guangfu and Yang were busy doing business and steal a bunch of copper coins and a few taels of silver.
In fact, it's no wonder that Su Guangfu, who has always been careful, didn't notice that they were actually singing along with each other. Su Guangfu and an honest peasant housewife like Yang were really no match.
Here, Su Guangfu and Yang, one serving the soup and the other collecting the money, cooperated very skillfully. The people in the queue were also very quiet. They handed over wooden signs with numbers on them and waited calmly to receive their share of the sewer soup.
As a result, there were two people in the team. When one of them handed the sign, he accidentally knocked over the soup of the other person, and the person who was knocked over had not even drank the soup.
"Hey, you don't have eyes! My good soup has been spilled!" The victim who had his soup spilled was not happy.
"Why are you talking? Didn't I apologize already? I didn't mean it!" The instigator also retorted angrily.
"You pay for my soup! And this piece of clothing costs six taels of silver!"
"Six taels of silver?! Why don't you go and grab it! I think you let the soup spill over on purpose. It's a blackmail, right?!"
"Okay, you splashed me all over me, and you're going to frame me?!"
"When did I falsely accuse you? I think you did it on purpose... eh!"
Without saying a word, the two people were fighting in an instant.
No matter when and where, there is no shortage of people who like to watch the excitement. So when the two had a quarrel, a circle of people gradually gathered around the place. By the time Yang and Su Guangfu realized that too many people had gathered around, which had affected the stall's business, it was too late to stop them. The two people had already stretched out their hands and started fighting. In a ball!
"Hey, guests, please don't fight...I'll serve you another bowl..." Yang shouted at the top of her voice. Although she usually has a clear voice, after all, this is a downtown area and there are many people. No matter what, one person cannot shout out to a group of people.
When Su Guangfu saw his mother-in-law almost falling due to being pushed, he rushed over to support Yang without caring about the stall, protected her in his arms, and pushed away the crowds that were crowding around him.
Not to mention the Su family couple, even the thin monkey selling eggs and Aunt Yang, selling fabrics, were frightened by these two people. One of them took the eggs and hid in a place with few people, while the other wanted to come over and pull Yang aside. Avoid crowds.
The crowd was so crowded that neither Mr. Yang nor Su Guangfu, nor even Shou Houer and Aunt Yang, who were close friends with them, noticed that a nimble and thin figure had sneaked into the side of Su's stall.
Taking advantage of the chaos, he first looked at the surrounding situation. Seeing that no one noticed him, he quickly moved towards the place where the broken silver and copper coins were placed.
He was very flexible, and he also knew how to "grab the big ones and let go the small ones." He first swept the more valuable pieces of silver and silver ingots into his cuffs, but he had no intention of taking action against the string of copper coins that took up more space.
The pickpocket saw that the eyes of the people around him were focused on the two people who were struggling together, and thought that he could escape smoothly.
Unexpectedly, before the pickpocket could retreat, his arm was twisted behind his back by a strong force, causing him to struggle a little, and his arm and half of his body felt severe pain that was almost torn apart.
"Ah! What are you doing? Let me go!" The pickpocket couldn't help but scream.
He is nimble and thin, so he relies on his agility and quickness to often do sneaky things. Especially with the cooperation of the other two "starring actors" who work together, they rarely miss a beat.
Why did we mention iron plates today?
The pickpocket's scream finally made several people around him turn around. The pickpocket originally wanted to catch the thief, but he reached out to stop him and took out the broken silver and silver ingots in his arms and said: "Brother and sister-in-law of the Su family, let's see if this is the silver that your family is missing!"
The voice was slightly hoarse, but very bold - what was even more surprising was that the person who came to help was a woman!
When Su Qingluan walked around and returned to her stall, she saw this scene——
A slightly fat woman twisted a thin man and pinned him in a tight place like a twist, preventing him from breaking free.
The parents, on the other hand, were trying very hard to pull away the two customers who were rolling into a ball in front of the messy stall.
Su Qingluan stared at the woman's back and asked uncertainly: "Are you the 'Cuibing Xishi' opposite?"
