Lu Jin walked to her side and glanced at her: "Why were you nervous just now?"
An Shuyao laughed: "Who is nervous? I am sowing seeds."
Lu Jin's eyes fell on her white fingertips at this time. An Shuyao couldn't help but become more nervous. Before she could say anything, Aunt Lin's voice sounded outside the door.
"Girl Yao, are you at home?"
An Shuyao immediately rubbed oil on the soles of his feet and fled: "At home, at home."
Aunt Lin came to ask An Shuyao if she wanted to go to the market.
In Rock Village and the surrounding villages, there is a market every five days, which is organized by the surrounding villages. You can buy some of your own vegetables and livestock for sale at the market, as well as farm products and other specialties.
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An Shuyao became interested as soon as he heard it.
Aunt Lin continued: "The market place is at Dabazi River. The most famous thing there is the Queen Mother Temple. The surrounding villagers like to go there to pray for peace, so the market place is around the Queen Mother Temple."
An Shuyao had only been to Taolin County when she came here. It was the first time she heard about going to the market. She immediately said: "Aunt Lin, wait for me. I'll get a basket."
An Shuyao took the basket and put another white flour pancake in it, and told Lu Jin: "Ms. sir, Aunt Lin and I went to Dabazi River. Remember to drink the medicine. If I don't come back at noon, the stove will still be warm."
If you have porridge, you can eat some when the time comes, and I will make something delicious for you when you come back in the afternoon."
After saying that, she left with Aunt Lin.
Lu Jin went to the small stove, poured the medicine and drank it in one gulp, then went to the kitchen to get a sickle, put the basket on his back, closed the courtyard door, and headed towards Yan'an Mountain.
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Dabazi River is not far from Rock Village. It only takes about ten minutes to walk. Almost all the villagers in Rock Village went there.
On the way there, An Shuyao met Aunt Shi and Shi Huanhuan. Today, Shi Huanhuan was specially dressed up, wearing rose-red beads on her head. Although she had an ordinary appearance, under the bright colors, she still added
Lots of color.
Shi Huanhuan looked behind An Shuyao and found that Lu Jin was not here. She bit her lip slightly, then squeezed to An Shuyao's side, took her arm, and said with a smile: "Sister An, you are the only one who will go there."
The market? Brother Lu, aren’t you going?”
An Shuyao glanced at Shi Huanhuan. When did Shi Huanhuan become so good to her? An Shuyao was not used to being so close to her.
So he smiled slightly and said: "My husband is not in good health. Let him come out after he recovers for a while and gets better."
When Shi Huanhuan heard this, she felt a little disappointed. She let go of An Shuyao and went to Aunt Shi's side.
An Shuyao didn't pay attention to her. She was all interested in the market. Soon she arrived at Dabazi River. It was as lively as Aunt Lin said, with shouts and shouts everywhere.
Almost all the surrounding villages came, and most of them laid out cloths on the roadside, and put all the things for sale on them.
There are woven bamboo products, simple embroidered handkerchiefs, vegetables, eggs, knife products... everything is available.
It looks diverse and dazzling.
Aunt Lin came here mainly to buy some meat. She pulled An Shuyao and said: "The butcher in the village was released home recently. He is the only one selling meat in this ten-mile township. He usually goes to the county to sell it.
I should be at this market today, would you like to buy some?"
An Shuyao nodded when he heard this. It happened that he had finished eating the meat at home and needed to buy some big bones to make soup.
There were many people coming and going in front of the stall where Ergou was slaughtered. It was only when An Shuyao got closer that he could see clearly what kind of person Butu Ergou was.
He is a middle-aged man who looks to be in his thirties. He is very fat, his eyes and nose are all crowded together, and his face is greasy. When he smiles, he shows his big yellow teeth, which is not really neat.
Tu Ergou saw the person coming and said with a smile: "Sister Lin, what do you want to buy?"
Then his eyes moved to An Shuyao's face, and with just one glance, he was stunned.
Absolutely, absolutely absolutely.
He has been around Taolin County for so long and has never seen such a beautiful person. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a fairy.
"Bring me two pounds of fat meat and one pound of lean meat. You have to pay less. I often buy them from you."
Hearing Aunt Lin's voice, Tu Ergou came back to his senses and looked away from An Shuyao.
His smile became brighter now. While cutting the meat, he looked at An Shuyao intentionally or unintentionally and asked, "Hey, why didn't I know there was such a pretty little lady around our village?"
Aunt Lin glanced at An Shuyao: "This is the new Mrs. Lu in the village. You were still in prison when she came, so it's normal that you don't know her."
Hearing this, Tu Ergou felt a little regretful and said, "My husband is here."
Aunt Lin glanced at him: "She is such a handsome husband."
Tu Ergou's gaze made An Shuyao feel sticky. When she heard the words "Aunt Lin's prison", she realized, wasn't this the butcher who killed several wives during their discussion that day?
An Shuyao instantly lost her favorable impression of this kind of person. Aunt Lin asked her if she wanted to buy meat. An Shuyao shook her head and said she didn't want to buy it.
Aunt Lin just thought she didn't have much money on her and left with An Shuyao. Tu Ergou looked at An Shuyao's back with longing eyes.
Gee, what a stunning beauty.
It's a pity, he is an owner.
After they were far away, An Shuyao asked: "Aunt Lin, didn't you say that day that his character was not good? Why do so many people buy meat from him?"
Speaking of this, Aunt Lin sighed: "No, Tu Ergou's character is indeed not very good. This person is very bad and not honest on the surface, but who makes him sell his meat cheaper than other places?
Even if you don't like him, no one will have trouble with money. You can save some, it's going to be winter soon, so you must stock up on these foods."
"By the way, your shabby thatched house needs to be repaired when you find time. The winter in Anzhou is very cold, and the snow can fall very thick. I think that house may not be able to survive this winter."
An Shuyao took Aunt Lin's words to heart. It was indeed as she said, that house was not suitable for long-term living, but to build a better one not only required land, but also money.
The money in her hands was not enough to build a decent house, and she also had to pay for Lu Jin's medicine.
She sighed slightly in her heart, the money was still not enough.
Finally, Aunt Lin took her to the legendary Queen Mother Temple, which is a place similar to a shrine.
There is a stone statue of the Queen Mother standing inside, and there are incense sticks in front of it. Occasionally, people kneel down from inside and come out.
It seems that most of them are seeking marriage and children.
An Shuyao bought some eggs and some bamboo products at the market. There is no cotton for sale here, so it seems she has to go to the county to buy it.
Then he passed by a stall selling hairpins and selected a wooden hairpin that looked good in color and exquisitely carved. He bought it and planned to give it to Lu Jin to hold his hair.