Chapter 50 Sugar Man
Fortunately, I passed by the market on my way to the grain store, otherwise I would have gone back without buying any meat.
I am really busy and happy.
Today I only carried two backpacks to carry my things.
There was food to eat in the market. Since we hadn't had breakfast, we were feeling a little hungry.
So I found a noodle stall and sat down.
"Xia Xia, what do you want to eat? I'll go tell the boss." Song Ming asked.
Shen Xia looked at Xiaowu and Xiaotian.
They both looked at him blankly and said, "I will eat whatever my sister eats."
"Okay, I'll take one ounce of clear soup noodles, Xiao Wu and Xiao Tian will take two ounces," Shen Xia said to Song Ming and then looked at Song Jiang and said, "Where's the eldest brother?"
"Same as you, clear soup noodles, one or two ounces."
"Okay," Song Ming said and shouted to the boss.
"Is one or two ounces enough for big brother and second brother?" Shen Xia asked curiously.
Song Jiang said, "When you come up, you will know that it is enough."
"Ah?" This has several meanings.
When the results came up
Wow, what a portion, I want one liang, is there any half liang?
The portion size was too much at this time.
Then looking at Xiaowu and Xiaotian’s two taels, it was embarrassing.
Xiaowu and Xiaotian also looked at the noodles next to them in surprise.
Shen Xia smiled awkwardly and said, "The three of us will give some to the eldest and second brothers."
"Okay." Xiao Wu
"Okay." Xiaotian.
After saying that, the two of them put the extra food in their bowls into the bowls of the eldest and second brothers respectively.
I also took a little bit for myself.
Song Ming said with concern: "Xia Xia, you need to eat more. If you eat less, you won't gain weight. You will have children in the future, and it will be difficult to have children if you are too thin."
"Cough-cough--" Shen Xia choked after hearing Song Ming's words without paying attention.
Song Jiang quickly patted Shen Xia on the back and said, "Here, drink some soup first."
Then he rolled his eyes at Song Ming and said, "Eat your noodles and stop talking."
Song Ming felt guilty when he saw Xia Xia was choked by his words.
Why did Xia Xia react so strongly? Isn't that normal? I care about her too.
Fortunately it was clear soup, otherwise I would have choked while eating and got very angry.
Tai Chi coughed so hard that tears came out.
Song Jiang took out the handkerchief from his arms and wiped Shen Xia's tears.
Shen Xia looked at the handkerchief in Song Jiang's hand, which was suddenly messy in the wind. What kind of picture was this?
As a modern person, I think handkerchiefs are something only used by women.
But I forgot that men would also carry one with them at this time, because there was no habit of carrying paper at this time.
Speaking of paper,
It's hard to put it into words again,
Forget it. It’s not appropriate to think about that while eating.
At that time, the price of noodles was 5 wen for one liang, 10 wen for two liang, which was double the price.
It was not like today when one liang costs 7 yuan and two liang costs 8 yuan.
After paying the bill, they went to the market. The noodle stall was at the entrance of the market.
I'd better go to the fat boss where I bought meat before.
The boss looked at Shen Xia with a happy and tired face: "Young lady, are you here to buy meat again?" Looking at the young lady in front of him, although the young lady's clothes are not very good, she always buys a lot of meat.
I'm a little curious about what kind of family can afford meat but can't afford clothes.
"Well, yes,"
"What do you want today, young lady?"
"Same as always, I want some large bones, some ribs and pork belly." Shen Xia said after taking a look at the pork on the chopping board.
"Okay." Then the boss started cutting the meat.
When Shen Xia saw the large intestine next to it, she remembered the delicious braised pork intestines made by her mother.
After thinking about it, I decided to give up. Although I have the marinade in my space, the smell is so strong that I can smell it from far away, so I decided to give up.
Wait until the yard is bigger before doing it.
Or wait until everyone’s conditions are good before doing it, otherwise it will affect the harmony of the village.
Sometimes it's not that I'm afraid of trouble, but I prefer to keep my distance when others don't touch my bottom line.
Living a peaceful and stable life is better than anything else.
After buying the meat, the boss packed it up, put it in Song Jiang's backpack, and left.
Take a few steps.
"Huh—there are ducklings and chicks here?" Shen Xia asked in surprise.
My brother also said to go next door to buy it.
"I just saw it, let's buy some!" Song Jiang said.
"Well, sister, buy it! Xiaotian and I will raise it together." Xiaowu said.
"Aren't you two going to raise silkworms? Where do you have the time to raise this?" Shen Xia asked.
"Yes! Raising silkworms doesn't take much time." Xiao Wu explained.
"My sister doesn't like to eat pork. I raise these so she can have meat to eat."
"Hey, you have such a sweet mouth, no wonder your sister likes you the most." Shen Xia praised.
Xiao Wu's face turned red from what he said. At this age, people are always very reserved about liking someone, but someone like Shen Xia can say it out loud.
In the end, because my house was too small, I couldn't buy more. I could only buy ten chickens and ten ducks. The chickens were five cents each and the ducklings were six cents each, for a total of one hundred and ten cents.
The vendor was kind enough to give me a bamboo basket, which made it easier to carry.
After packing the chicks and ducklings, Song Jiang came back with a live chicken and a live duck in his hands: "You don't like pork, buy two big ones, and you can eat them when you want. It will be too late to raise the small ones."
"When I have time, I can also go to the mountains to hunt some game."
"Oh."
Shen Xia was surprised. She had never realized that her brother could be so considerate.
Then they bought some things at the market and left.
Song Jiang and Song Ming's backpacks were almost full.
When passing by a small stall, they saw someone blowing candy figures. Although Xiaowu and Xiaotian didn't say anything,
But Shen Xia noticed, and the two children were curious: "Let's go over and take a look."
"Ah! No need, let's get down to business!" Xiaowu refused.
"No, sister has never eaten it! I want to eat it," said Shen Xia.
"Okay then!" Xiaowu.
Several people came over together, and Shen Xia chose a sugar man she liked and asked Xiaowu and Xiaotian to choose.
"Just eat it, sister."
"That's right," Xiao Tian
Shen Xia fooled them: "Food tastes better when everyone eats it together, otherwise it won't taste good. If you don't believe me, ask the eldest and second brothers."
While the child was not paying attention, Shen Xia exchanged glances with his two brothers.
"Yes, you have to listen to your sister." Song Ming said.
Song Jiang also nodded.
"Then we want the sister's too."
"Okay," Shen Xia replied, and then said to the vendor, "Boss, I want five of these."
After hearing this, Song Ming thought, aren’t you three going to eat it?
Then he glanced at his eldest brother, as if to say, Brother, we are two grown men, is it okay for us to eat this?
Soon, everyone got their own candy man.
This candy man is a little expensive, because sugar is expensive.
One cost ten coins, and for five, he paid fifty coins.
At this time, several people did not notice that someone was watching them in the distance.
"Mom, how did they become so rich that they actually bought candy figures for several people to eat together?"
The person who spoke was Song Fei, the second daughter of the fourth room, who was slapped by Shen Xia in the morning.
"I haven't been to their house recently, so I don't know what's going on. It's okay, I'll go back and ask later. Anyway, your father and your eldest brother are taking a break."
"Just ask your grandma to call them to the old house at night."
"Okay then!" Song Fei looked at the candy figures in their hands with hatred. Her mother was reluctant to buy one for her to eat.