After Doctor Du left, they went around to the back street and went to the iron shop in the back street to buy an iron pot.

Gu Jinli's house doesn't have an iron pot, only the third grandfather's house has one. These days, he has to use that pot for cooking and boiling water, which is very inconvenient.

Dang Dang Dang~

As soon as I entered the blacksmith shop, I heard the harsh sound of blacksmithing.

When the master blacksmith saw them, he pointed to a row of iron pots of different sizes on the ground and said, "Which pot you want to buy depends on you."

He asked them again: "Have you brought your household registration? You can't buy ironware without household registration."

In ancient times, iron was a weapon, something controlled by the imperial court. If farmers wanted to buy iron items, they had to obtain household registration, otherwise they would not be able to buy them.

"Bring it." Gu Dashan came to the row of iron pots, took out a straw rope, compared the iron pots with the straw rope, chose an iron pot that was the same size as their earthen stove, and carried it for a while

After knocking around, listening to the sound and feeling, it took half an hour to make a decision.

He asked the blacksmith: "Master, how do you sell this pot?"

"There has been chaos everywhere recently. Iron is more expensive, two hundred cents more than last year. Your pot costs three to two hundred cents."

An iron pot is a very important property for farmers. No matter where they go, they have to carry the pot on their backs.

Gu Dashan felt a little sad when he heard the price, but he still bought it. In their hometown, a large iron pot like this would cost about the same. They are in the northwest, and there are often wars. Ironware is very expensive, so it's not a bad idea.

purchase.

Qin Sanlang also spent the same money to buy a large iron pot.

They gave the money and showed the household registration to the master blacksmith. After confirming it, they took the iron pot and left the shop.

After leaving the iron shop, they returned to the main street and went to the grocery store.

The grocery store is quite large, with a dazzling array of things inside, including barrels, baskets, poles, thick ropes, salt, sugar, vinegar, sauce, wine, needlework, and other groceries.

There are more people in the grocery store than in Buzhuang, and most of them come to buy sugar and wine for the Chinese New Year.

The Third Grandpa and the others went shopping and bought three pairs of wooden tubes, a pound of salt, a packet of malt sugar, a pot of vinegar, a pot of wine, and a dozen pottery vessels. They also bought needlework and thread for the women in the family.

A bundle of burlap.

This burlap is the worst kind of cloth. It is cheap and is generally not sold in cloth shops. Even if it is sold, the price is more expensive than outside. Farmers who want to buy it usually go to grocery stores. The price here is two or three cents cheaper than that in cloth shops.

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Seeing that they didn't buy any sauce, Gu Jinli pointed to the bottles of sauce on the shelf and said, "Dad, let's buy a bottle of soy sauce. This is delicious for cooking."

There is no seasoning sauce at home. The meals they eat these days only contain salt. The meat meal last night only contained salt, ginger, and the fennel and bay leaves she found on the road.

When Gu Dashan heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "You can't buy it, you can't buy it. This fresh mint sauce is something that rich families eat. We farmers don't eat it."

"Frost sauce?" Gu Jinli didn't quite understand.

Qin Sanlang explained: "It is a kind of sauce made from meat. It can be put into dishes to make the dishes taste delicious. But it is very expensive. A pot of fresh glutinous rice sauce costs one or two silver."

Gu Jinli thought about it in her mind for a while, and then realized that the fermented glutinous rice sauce they were talking about was the fermented fermented glutinous rice paste she had seen in history books.

Before the Han Dynasty, there was no soy sauce made from soybeans. There was only a kind of sauce made from meat pickled for a hundred days, called glutinous rice. The production method is similar to that of fish sauce. However, this kind of glutinous rice paste made from meat is very expensive and is generally only available in the market.

Only nobles can afford it, but ordinary people cannot afford it.

When Gu Jinli heard that the sauce cost one or two cents, she gave up on buying it, but she kept in mind that there was no soy sauce in Dachu.

Several people paid money, tied up their things, and left the grocery store.

"Let's go to the grain store." Third Grandpa said, "We have to buy grain." When they came to town this time, buying grain was the most important thing.

When they arrived at the grain store, Uncle Tian and his son, and brothers Gu Damu and Gu Dalin were already waiting here.

Gu Dalin saw them first and smiled at them: "Uncle Third, Brother Dashan, you have bought a lot of things."

The things on the load almost blocked their people.

"It's cold, so there are all the things you need to buy." Third Grandpa looked at Uncle Tian and saw that there was nothing in the basket at his feet. He frowned and asked, "Why didn't you buy cotton or fabric? It's so cold that you don't buy cotton.

Making clothes and quilts, how are you going to spend most of the winter?" Mr. Qin didn't lend money to the Tian family, so why didn't he buy something to keep out the cold?

When Gu Dalin heard this, he said to Third Grandpa: "Third Uncle, we already talked about him when we were in Buzhuang, but he just didn't want to buy it. It's not that we have clothes and quilts to keep out the cold at home. They are enough and we don't need them."

Buy more. What’s enough is enough. Those are woolen clothes. How can they keep out the cold? The quilt was issued by the government. There is only one bed. It is still an old quilt that is damp and can freeze someone to death."

The Tian family went shopping with Gu Damu and Gu Dalin's brothers, but when Gu Damu and Gu Dalin's family were shopping, the Tian family and his son just watched and didn't buy anything. No matter how much they tried to persuade them, it was of no use.

Uncle Tian lowered his head slightly and said, "Don't worry, third uncle, we have those silk clothes and old quilts at home, and there will be a fire in the house. It won't be cold even if you sleep next to the fire at night. It will be fine."

Their family is still in debt and they are reluctant to buy anything.

When the third grandpa heard this, he was so angry that he wanted to punch someone: "The province is not such a provincial law. Do you want to freeze to death?!" Although it is not as cold here as in Yangji Mansion in the east, it is still so cold that the water freezes.

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Gu Jinli knew that the Tian family was in trouble because they had no money. She took out the money from selling the snake and said to Uncle Tian: "Uncle Tian, ​​the snake we caught yesterday was sold for two to eight hundred yuan. This amount of money is worth two thousand yuan."

Between Xiaohua and Xiaohua, each of them can get 467 cents."

Tian Erqiang kept shrugging his head. When he heard Gu Jinli's words, he immediately raised his head and asked her excitedly: "Xiaoyu, are you serious? Our snake really sold for two to eight hundred yuan. Xiaohua and I

One person can get more than 400 yuan? More than 400 yuan per person?"

Gu Dashan said: "Xiaoyu didn't lie to you, your snake really sold for two to eight hundred yuan, and we were all watching."

Gu Jinli opened his money bag, gave Tian Erqiang a few pieces of silver, and said to him: "You and Xiaohua can get a total of nine hundred and thirty-four cents. You have to give us sixty-six cents in change."

Tian Erqiang took the money and cried with excitement. He handed it to Uncle Tian: "Dad, this is our family's money. It was earned by me and Xiaohua. We can make money. You and mother, don't worry about it anymore. We

We will definitely be able to live a better life at home."

Uncle Tian's eyes were red with excitement. He didn't expect the two children to make so much money in one day on the mountain. They earned it, not borrowed it. This is more important than anything else.

He took the silver with shaking hands, carefully put it into the inner pocket of his clothes, counted out another sixty-six cents, and handed it to Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, my whole family will thank you."

Gu Jinli took the money and said with a smile: "Thank you, this is what Erqiang and Xiaohua earned. They can make money now. Uncle Tian doesn't have to be so frugal anymore. It's important to buy some cotton quickly to avoid having to spend money if you get cold."

Buy medicine."

With these nine hundred and thirty-four cents, Uncle Tian was able to survive. The money was earned, not borrowed, which proved that they could survive with their own hands.

"Okay, Erqiang and I are going to buy cotton cloth right now." We can't get cold-blooded. Only by being healthy can we make money to support our family.

Uncle Tian and Tian Erqiang carried baskets and went to the cloth store to buy cotton cloth.
Chapter completed!