It is a full twenty-eight miles from Songshan Village to the town, and it takes almost two hours to walk. If you take the small road in the direction of Ping'an Village, it will take two-quarters of an hour faster.
Carrying things or carrying burdens is actually the same, so I would rather take the official road. At least the official road is smooth and easy to walk. If there are many things, you can also take an ox cart.
Wu Wujin and Wang Orion's family in their village both have oxcarts. The villagers have agreed in advance that one person can ride the cart for one penny.
Wang Orion's family came here to sell prey for convenience, while Wu Jin went to the town every day to collect goods to make money, so they were all on the way.
But the difference is that on Friday Jin leaves earlier than Wang Orion, and unless it rains, he goes every day, which is more convenient than Wang Orion.
Old Yuan knew that she was going to the town to sell vegetables today, so she made an agreement with Wuwujin yesterday afternoon.
Friday Jin will set off on the first day of the lunar month every day, and usually does not wait for anyone, so everyone must go to the road out of the village on time to wait.
Before Yinshi arrived, Old Yuan got up, checked the things that had been packed last night, and then called Song Qiu to get up.
Song Qiu got up at midnight when she went to Ping'an Market yesterday. She had never tried to get up so early before. This would be around three in the morning in future generations.
She put on her coat and got up and came out. She saw that the sky was still pitch black and she couldn't see anything. There were only a few stars hanging in the sky.
But the town is too far away. If they don't leave early, they won't have to sell vegetables. They will have to go to the market.
As soon as Song Qiu came out, Old Yuan asked her to carry the smaller one while he carried the larger one. They walked out into the night, locked the courtyard door, and walked down the gentle slope.
They were at the entrance to the village, down a gentle slope, which was the road out of the village. Wu Jin was already waiting here with his bullock cart.
Seeing Old Yuan and the others coming, he hurriedly shouted: "Aunt Yuan." Then he helped take the basket and put it on the ox cart, and asked Old Yuan and Song Qiu to sit down.
There were already several people sitting on the bullock cart, all of them holding baskets on their backs. At first glance, they all went to the town to sell things.
Not long after, two more people arrived. Wujin saw that everyone he had talked to yesterday had arrived, so he drove the bullock cart and set off.
The night was a bit cool in the early hours of the morning. Song Qiu had tightened his clothes. He didn't feel much sleepy at the moment. After all, he went to bed early last night. It was a bit boring because the people were squeezed together like oil residue and couldn't move.
panic.
Song Qiu got dizzy when riding in a car in his previous life, but he never thought that he would get dizzy when riding in a bullock cart, so he had to keep looking ahead, which would be better.
Through the darkness of the night, I could see the vague outline clearly. After leaving the village and walking for a mile, I saw the long river running horizontally to the north.
Then the bullock cart merged into the official road, and the bumpy feeling became smaller again.
Get on the official road and go south, going against the long river.
Today is a big market. At this time, people are going to the town on ox carts or pushing carts and carrying loads. We encounter many people along the way. Everyone is busy walking and no one makes much noise.
As dawn came, the remaining stars in the sky were gone. However, the sky began to turn a little blue, and a ray of light seemed to break out. It was no longer as dark as before.
The sound of the wheels was endless, but after a while, Song Qiu fell asleep holding the basket on his back.
When I woke up in a daze, the noise became even louder.
It was already dawn, and there were more and more people on the road. Looking ahead, we saw the town entrance. No wonder there were so many people.
Panshi Town is the largest town within the jurisdiction of Dongling County. It is famous for its developed water transportation and is an important town in Dongling County.
The canal transport business travels are constantly coming and going, so it is naturally bustling.
After entering the town, everyone gave Wu Jin the fare and went to the market each carrying their things. Wu Wu Jin didn't waste any time and hurried to the Surabaya Pier to find the goods cart.
Panshi Town has a layout of two docks, six lanes, and eighteen lanes. The market is in Ankang Square, and most of the vendors, grocery stores, and grain and oil shops selling daily necessities are gathered in this square market.
When you enter the square, there is a long street on the left next to the river, full of stalls selling fruits, vegetables, meat and poultry.
The morning market has begun, and the street is almost full of vendors.
In her memory, Song Qiu came to the town to sell things twice. She was looking around curiously. Such a lively market was very different from the town market in her previous life.
Lao Yuan was familiar with the roads. Because she had delivered babies all year round, she had gone to many places and was familiar with the town, so she was not embarrassed at all. She followed the rules and handed over to the little official who was in charge of the market at the street corner.
He paid five cents for the stall fee, took a wooden sign, and pulled Song Qiu forward.
They came not too late, but Zuo was unable to compete with the nearby people or the vendors who set up stalls who came early, so the remaining stalls were relatively far back.
There were only a few left, so Old Yuan looked around and finally spotted a stall, so he quickly took Song Qiu there.
The grandfather and grandson put down their backpacks together and placed the things they had brought.
It was clean and there was a basket full of beautiful mountain mushrooms, and a basket of rare-looking chicken fungi, as well as a basket of vegetables, green peppers, green courgettes, tender long beans and
eggplant.
After placing it, Song Qiu continued to look around. Her eyes were very good, and she could see almost everything after swaying around.
In this market, there are quite a few people selling vegetables, melons and fruits, but there are only a few people selling mountain mushrooms, and if it comes to gallinaceous mushrooms, then they are the only ones selling them.
Song Qiu was overjoyed. Galli mushrooms are rare and only one of them, so they must be easy to sell today.
I couldn't help but whisper to her mother.
Old Yuan laughed when he heard this and said, "You picked up all these chicken fungi. When they are sold out, I will make some new clothes with you."
She has had this idea for a long time. Her granddaughter has grown taller this year and only wears two clothes in summer. She changed to her mother's clothes and has been wearing them for two years.
It's too short, so I have to make a new outfit no matter what.
Song Qiu listened and saw that her clothes were also patched, so she pursed her lips and said, "Let's first pay back the one hundred yuan from Grandpa Zhang and his family."
Because of her serious illness, the family had no money left and owed a lot of foreign debt. It was a bad feeling to owe money to others, so it was better to pay it off first.
When the time comes, you will make more money, and you will be able to use it safely!
Of course Lao Yuan also knew this truth, but she was thinking about it in her mind and didn't say much at the moment.
Seeing that the morning market had started, many townspeople were already rushing over with baskets on their shoulders and backpacks on their backs, so they hurriedly started selling.
The cries of sales in the market kept coming and going, making it very lively.
Song Qiu didn't waste any time and started shouting.
"We sell mountain mushrooms! Fresh mountain mushrooms! There are also very rare gallbladder mushrooms, which are very juicy! Come and see them, come and sell them!"