After returning from the expedition for half a month, the two thousand city guards were allowed to rest for three days. Hua Cun was working out his muscles in the yard early in the morning as usual. After training, he took his sister to the streets for shopping.
Seeing that winter is about to come, some winter clothes, cotton shoes, etc. that should be put away at home are still waiting for him, the big benefactor, to make an decision.
"Come on, don't miss it if you're passing by. You can try the freshly baked roast duck for free!"
"Take a look, take a look, the finest An embroidery is soft and as thin as a cicada's wings, and there is a lot of linen, buy two and get one free."
“Roasted lamb legs, roasted lamb loin, genuine prairie lamb, if it’s not delicious, it’s free…”
"Seller, please bring some lamb kidneys, with the oil removed." Hua Cun took the girl and greeted her.
"Hey, that smell is quite tangy, can a strong man stand it?" the store owner joked while grilling meat. Hua Cun wiped a handful of ham and replied with a smile: "Hey, that's what I want."
She glanced at the sister next to her and said, "A few more skewers of mutton, with more fat." Hua Xiaomei stared at the shop across the street, grabbed his hand, shook her head and said, "Brother, I don't
Eat meat, I want to eat cakes." Hua Xiaomei pointed to a pastry shop not far away, couldn't help but licked the corner of her mouth, and shook her big hand with pleading.
The shop selling barbecue saw this and said with envy: "The pastries in that shop are not cheap. I heard from my mother-in-law that a few pieces of something like pear cake can be sold for fifty cents. Isn't it good to spend so much money to buy some meat?
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"No, no, I'm going to eat pear cake." Hua Xiaomei stamped her feet to express her disapproval. When Hua Cun heard this, he said, "I'll give you fifty cents for your mother-in-law."
Then I thought, I am not short of money now, so I took out a money bag from my pocket, took out a piece of paper with a strange material and handed it to my sister, saying: "Go and buy it yourself." Hua Xiao
The younger sister took the piece of paper that was about the size of her palm with a puzzled look on her face, scratched her head curiously, pouted her mouth and asked, "Can I exchange this for pear cake?" Before Hua Cun could speak, the barbecue shop owner opened his eyes wide.
He looked at Hua Cun and said with a respectful attitude: "I don't know how offended the young master was at the moment. I hope the military master will not remember the villain's fault..."
"No, I'm not a military master. If the young master finds out, he'll have to skin me." Hua Cong hurriedly signaled to the store owner not to make any noise.
Seeing that Hua Cun was so friendly to the people, the store owner was secretly glad. Seeing Hua Xiaomei's puzzled face, he explained: "Young miss, I don't know. These food stamps have just been put into circulation. With the food stamps, you can buy a lot of things that ordinary people can't buy."
What a good item you got." When Hua Xiaomei heard this, she said happily: "Can I buy pear cakes?" The store owner laughed and said, "That's for sure. Not only can you buy pear cakes, but if you have enough tickets, you can also buy pear cakes.
I’m buying their cakes.”
"You can buy cakes!" Hua Xiaomei couldn't help but look at the money bag in the arms of her elder brother Hua Ji, obviously she also knew the reputation of cakes.
At this time, the store owner suddenly bowed to Hua Cun and asked: "This man must be a coach from the city guard army. I don't know how many food stamps I still have in my hand. I want to exchange some with you. Don't worry, I will definitely
If I don't want you to suffer a loss, I can increase the price." Hua Cun was stunned, but he didn't expect that someone would want to exchange for the food stamps he just got.
Yesterday, when I was giving a reward to the entire army, everyone was still wondering why they didn't give them food and cloth, but instead gave them several pieces of inexplicable paper. This paper is quite tough and can't be torn or soaked. It's said that it can't be broken.
Afraid of being roasted by the fire, the young master said it was made of some kind of leather tail mat.
Hua Cun didn't know anything, so he heard from Tian Feng that with these pieces of paper, he could exchange them for a certain amount of supplies at a shop with a signboard with the word "WEI" in the city. For example, food stamps could be exchanged for not only food, but also wine and various other items. grow seasonings; there are also cloth stamps, which can be exchanged for clothes, or silk brocade, which can be exchanged for home-made clothes... As a coach, Hua Cun also achieved a lot of military exploits this time, and received a lot of food stamps and cloth. The ones with denominations of fifty cents were the lowest, and there were several food stamps and pieces of cloth in denominations of one thousand cents in the money bag in my arms.
At this time, he saw that the store wanted to increase the price in exchange for his ticket. Hua Cun was not stupid, how could he agree? The ticket must have some magical uses that he didn't know about.
Under the reluctant gaze of the store owner, Hua Cun paid the bill with a copper plate, took his little sister with him, and walked towards the pastry shop opposite while eating kidneys.
As soon as I walked to the door of the store, I heard someone talking inside.
"Shopkeeper, please do it for your convenience. My wife really likes your pastries, so please sell more to us."
"Yes, yes, it's not like we don't pay. One pound of pear cake is fifty cents. Why can't we ask for two more pounds?"
"It doesn't make sense. You are doing business, how can you have trouble with money?" Hua Cun opened the bead curtain at the door and walked in with his little sister. A sweet fragrance of grains came to his nostrils, making him feel The lamb kidneys in my hand suddenly lost their flavor. No wonder the girl who used to be the most meat-hungry stopped eating meat for the first time. She wanted to eat pear cake instead.
"Welcome, Hao Kelai, what do you two want to buy?" Seeing the guests coming in, a sweet-looking girl hurried over with her skirt in hand, and enthusiastically handed a small bamboo basket to Hua Hua. Silver carp, there is also a clip made of bamboo in the bamboo basket, with a piece of oil paper underneath.
"What is this for?" Hua Cong looked confused. But Hua Xiaomei grabbed the basket and the clip and said to the girl: "Sister, are there any more cakes?" This voice was ordinary. The inquiry caused the entire pastry shop to become silent instantly.
Hua Cun looked at the customers who were chattering away just now, and cautiously led his sister and the girl towards the counter next to them.
The girl turned a blind eye and said: "It's a coincidence that you are here. There is indeed a piece of cake, but you need food stamps to buy it..."
"Hehe, I have food stamps." Before the girl could finish speaking, Hua Xiaomei excitedly shook the food stamps in question.
The girl looked back at Hua Cong in surprise, and then she felt relieved. Her smile became even brighter and she said, "As long as you have food stamps, I will take out the cake. You two will wait for a moment." After the girl left, Hua Cong said. Silver obviously felt that the way those customers looked at him was wrong, as if they were going to eat him alive.
Just when he was hesitating to reveal his identity as the coach of the City Guards, one of the middle-aged women came over and said politely: "This coach must be a hero of the City Guards. I don't know what else you have in your hands." Do you have any extra food stamps? Can you give me a few... Oh, my wife is..."
"Wait a minute, Aunt Zhao, I can't let you say all the good things alone... This instructor, my young master and Mr. Wei Liu are classmates and good friends... I also ask the instructor to look at my young master's thin face and exchange it for a few grains. Tickets, of course, the price is easy to say.”
"My master... I hope the instructor can give me some thin noodles in exchange for two food stamps..."
"My family..." I thought of me as a tall and dignified figure, a heroic man who fought in and out of barbarian crowds, but I never imagined that one day I would be cornered by a few uncles and aunties... just to exchange for a few pictures of me.