latelenovela Chapter 339 Daqing Market
Chapter 339 Daqing Market
The main reason was that their carriage was currently driving on the street, and if they went down directly like this, it would be too conspicuous, so it would be better to wait and see.
"Okay, then I'll listen to mom. We'll go and see later." Shen Wanning closed the curtain of the carriage and stopped looking outside.
After returning home and unloading the things from the carriage, Lin Hu started to make a fuss about going to the town to take a look. "Grandma, Auntie, didn't we say we were going to the town to see what was going on? Let's go and see it now!"
"Hey, wait a minute. There's a lot of fun happening every day. There's no need to rush." Aunt Zhang said helplessly.
Xu said loudly, "Hey, Mom, you're wrong. This market doesn't happen every day. The village head said it only happens every two days. Today, people from other villages are selling things. Tomorrow, only some people from our village will be selling things, and we won't be selling as much as today."
"Hey, why is it so? Why isn't there a market every day?" Lin Hu didn't understand and asked the question.
"If there is a market every day, it will be too hard for those who carry their loads to sell things here, and there may not be so many customers every day. It is better to hold it every two days. The sellers will not be so tired, and the buyers can buy together, which is the best of both worlds." Xu explained.
Aunt Zhang agreed, "The village head is indeed a wise man. This is very convenient. Besides, it's only every two days, so it doesn't take long, and I can still buy what I need."
Lin Hu immediately urged, "Since it's every two days, it will be gone tomorrow, so let's go now!"
"Okay, let's go and take a look." Shen Wanning and Lin Hu went out together, shoulder to shoulder.
The market in Daqing Town is similar to that in Guangming Town. Most of the stalls on both sides of the road sell vegetables, but it is just the beginning of spring, so there are not many varieties of vegetables.
In addition to the vegetables they grow themselves, many people also sell wild vegetables, such as shepherd's purse, wild leeks, etc.
Of course, these wild vegetables are only sold together. After all, anyone can go up the mountain to dig them. They mainly sell vegetables they grow themselves.
In addition to vegetables, there are also meat stalls, breakfast shops, snack shops, cloth shops, and even an inn and a restaurant.
Lin Hu suddenly took Shen Wanning's hand, pointed to a fried shrimp stall in front and said, "Auntie, Auntie, can I eat fried shrimp?"
"Okay, of course. Since you want to buy it, then buy more and wait for your eldest brother and second brother to come back from school to eat together." Shen Wanning and Lin Hu walked over and bought a handful of fried shrimp.
Many people she met on the way stopped to greet her. There was even a villager selling vegetables who directly stuffed a handful of vegetables into her hand, which she tried to push away for a long time but failed.
"Ms. Shen, it's really you. You're back?" Chen Zihao strode over in surprise and shouted.
"Chen Zihao? Why are you here?" Shen Wanning turned around and asked.
"I'm here to stroll around the street and buy some things." Chen Zihao felt a little embarrassed, his face slightly flushed.
Since the market was established in Daqing Town, many people from the other three villages came to buy and sell things. Some of them set up stalls with their loads on their shoulders, while others rented a shop here.
He had just met a girl from Tianjia Village during these few days. The girl came here with her mother to sell vegetables.
There was a market today, so the girl must be here. He wanted to go to her stall to buy some vegetables and chat with the girl.
"With the establishment of the market, everyone's life has become much more convenient. You go and do your work, we'll just stroll around the street and then go back." Shen Wanning said with a smile.
"Okay, Miss Shen, please be careful. After all, there are many outsiders here and we don't know them." Chen Zihao said a few more words before leaving.
"Well, I'll be careful, go ahead!"
Shen Wanning stopped at a small stall and asked, "Auntie, how much are these wild chives?"
The lady seemed to be surprised that Shen Wanning would actually want to buy wild vegetables. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Wild leeks are only one penny a bunch, very cheap."
This kind of wild vegetable was everywhere in the fields, and she just picked some back.
"Okay, give me five." Shen Wanning took out five cents from his sleeve and handed it over.
"Okay, welcome back next time!" The old lady took the money with a smile, muttering to herself that young people don't understand how hard it is to make money.
The woman next to her pulled her sleeve and whispered, "Hey, did you know that the person who just bought wild chives from your stall was Princess Jingu? You know Princess Jingu, right? She was rewarded by the emperor for discovering cassava and sweet potatoes!"
The lady's mouth opened into an "O" shape in shock. "So it's the Princess, no wonder she's so beautiful. She's so kind! Not at all like the other high-ranking officials who put on airs."
"That's not the case. I met the princess once when I came to Daqing Village for a wedding. She was very kind and friendly without any airs at all," the man said.
However, Shen Wanning could not hear their conversation.
She took Lin Hu to the meat stall again, bought some meat, and prepared to go home to make dumplings.
Seeing wild chives reminded her of the delicious wild chive dumplings she had eaten at her grandmother's house in the countryside. Unfortunately, she hadn't eaten them for a long time.
"Aunt, you bought so many wild leeks. When we get home, grandma will say you wasted money. These wild leeks are everywhere on the mountain in front of our house." Lin Hu said on the way back.
"It's not expensive anyway, so just consider it as saving time." Shen Wanning replied.
"Auntie, if you want to eat wild leeks, just buy less. Why did you buy so much?"
"There are so many people in our family, a handful wouldn't be enough. I want to eat dumplings, would you like some? Do you like dumplings stuffed with wild leeks?"
Lin Hu nodded honestly, then shook his head. "I like dumplings, but I've never eaten dumplings stuffed with wild leeks, so I don't know if I like them."
"Okay, let's try making dumplings stuffed with wild leeks today." The two chatted as they walked back.
As expected, when she returned home and saw Shen Wanning holding wild leeks, Aunt Zhang felt a little distressed about the money. "Oh, why did you buy all these things just after going out?"
"Mom, I saw wild leeks for sale at the market, so I bought some. I also bought some meat. Can we make dumplings stuffed with wild leeks tonight? It's perfect, let's celebrate the end of the Xiaohu Mansion trial."
Shen Wanning raised the flesh on her hand a little so that Aunt Zhang could see it clearly.
"Okay, then I'll go knead the dough. I'll roll out the dumpling wrappers later, and you all can come and help make the dumplings. But Wan Ning, if you want to eat dumplings stuffed with wild leeks, just tell me and I'll go to the mountain at the door to cut some. Why would you need to buy them?" Aunt Zhang walked into the kitchen and prepared to knead the dough.