Chapter 48 West Market
The carriage drove out from the small door on the west side of Sikong Mansion and headed to the west along the stone road next to the waterway.
The spring wind is warm. Although it is approaching late spring, the weather is not too hot. The morning air is filled with a light fragrance of flowers. There are unknown birds on the willow trees beside the road.
The horse's hooves stepped on the not-so-flat stone slab, and the carriage swayed. Hua Mian lay beside the fence of the carriage, and the early morning scene of Yuancheng came into view.
Although she was also sitting in a carriage with lanterns hanging on Sikong Mansion, Hua Mian's mood is completely different from when she first came. Last time, she was full of confusion about traveling through time and anxiety about the future of this world.
Now that I have been through just over a short month, I have a stable job and a warm bed. I can also improve my food from time to time. I have no overtime work and no sleep. I feel that my hair has fallen less than before. So
Now I also have the mood to enjoy life slowly.
I went to see this city with such a good mood and felt that the people living here looked a little cute.
The paper lanterns on the carriage were swaying, and they also announced the car's belonging to the pedestrians on the road. When they walked on the main road in the city, they saw the words Sikong on the lanterns, and the pedestrians made way.
The road is unobstructed, and there are more shops near both sides of the market, and all kinds of hawking sounds are endless. Although Yang Gu mentioned that if there are materials you like, the money you spend can be purchased from the mansion, Huamian still only
I have some monthly money with me. What if I have what I want? I can’t buy it too.
Huamian was fascinated by all kinds of shops. The cakes were placed on the street to build earthen stoves. The cakes were bought with the bamboo baskets they brought to put the cakes, while those who couldn't wait bought the cakes and then they were now.
There are continuous stalls such as food, rice and flour, oil shops, cloth shops, fruit stalls, calligraphy and paintings, daily necessities, small groceries, and various types of stalls, increasing as the West Market approaches.
I saw a vermilion archway from afar, which was decorated with various birds, beasts and flowers, and the streets became more and more lively.
"There is the West Market there." Yang Gu tightened the reins and patted the horse's right side. The horse knew it and walked towards a fence on the left.
"Yang Zhangchu, why did you come here in person today?" The person at the entrance of the fence seemed to know Yang Gu. Seeing Yang Gu coming in a car, he hurriedly stood up from the bench beside him and greeted him, taking Yang Gu's hand
The reins of the carriage are brought into the fence.
After entering the fence, Huamian noticed that there were various carriages parked in this divided area, which was probably the parking lot of the market?
When the car stopped, Yang Gu jumped out of the car and said, "Here, the carriage that started transporting goods from here is prohibited from entering."
Huamian then jumped out of the car, stood firm and looked around. From the neatness of the parking lot and the layout of the vehicle parking, we can see that the market is managed rigorously. Even the clothes of several gatekeepers in the parking lot are uniform gray-blue cloth.
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Turning over the fence, it is the market's doorstep. Two guards-like people walked around and patrolled at the door. A main road was straight ahead. Every other section there were branches extending to the left and right. Although there were many shops and stalls on both sides of the road.
But it is not messy and arranged in an orderly manner.
Hua Mian followed Yang Gu all the way, looking around curiously. This was the first time I visited such a market. In the past, the world didn’t even go to supermarkets or delivered online shopping. I only saw foreign markets in travel notes or documentaries.
Chapter completed!