Until the end, everyone had so many things in their hands that they could no longer carry them. The three little ones all held snacks in their hands.
"Sister, we bought too many snacks and we can't carry them anymore. What should we do?" Xia Jiuyue looked at everyone's hands full of things and became worried. The meat, vegetables and other things that they had eaten during the New Year were still there.
Didn't buy it yet.
She almost spent fifty taels this day. If she had put it aside in the past, she would have thought that fifty coppers was too much. Today, she actually spent fifty taels. She couldn't even think about it.
"It's okay, let's go home first and put our things down, and then Xinghe and I will go out to buy other things!"
Xia Qiyue had already planned to let the children go shopping and buy something before sending it home, and then she and her brother would go out to buy other things.
Otherwise, the two children wouldn't be able to bear the cold weather.
"Okay! Let's go back now!" Xia Jiuyue held various pastries selected by the three children in her hands, and her hands were freezing.
"Let's go back..." The little ones are satisfied and now they want to go home and eat delicious food. Why do they want to go shopping in the cold weather?
Xia Qiyue nodded and quickly bought everything she needed to buy. She still had to fry the meatballs and steam the steamed buns.
So, the six of them hurried home. They didn't meet any acquaintances along the way. Maybe the people in the village had already bought new year's goods, and since they all lived in shacks, there wasn't much to buy. The only family moved into a new home.
The patriarch’s family has already finished buying it.
After arriving home smoothly, Xia Qiyue put the snacks she bought on the kang for several people, and asked her sister to take the three little ones to eat. After warming herself up, she drove out with her brother.
I bought a lot of things this time, so I drove there to avoid having to carry such heavy things back by myself.
The two of them went directly to the market.
First, I bought pork. I didn’t need to buy so much in July, and I couldn’t eat that much at home.
But Lao An's family was coming to celebrate the New Year, and she was still more or less a virgin at that time. Thinking about the man she had never met, and thinking about the two children who were at least Lao An's family. In addition, she wanted to start a business, and the children would have to take the imperial examination in the future.
The relationship at home cannot be too stalemate, so we agreed to celebrate the New Year together.
I have already agreed, so let them eat and drink well. I am not short of that little money. If Lao An's family behaves themselves and does not act like a monster, I can still get along with them in peace.
Trouble that can be spent with a little food and money is not trouble. I am afraid that they will want more, or even have some bad ideas to hurt her children.
When Xia Qiyue arrived at the butcher shop, there was not much meat left in the meat, and the rest were lean pork ribs, spines and the like.
The butcher shop owner knew Xia Qiyue when he saw her because she often bought meat from him.
"Girl, why are you here so late today? All the good fat meat is gone, only these bones and lean meat are left!"
Xia Qiyue smiled and said, "I'm just here to take the children to buy some clothes. If it's okay, just weigh these two ribs for me! Then weigh ten pounds of this meat for me!"
Seeing that Xia Qiyue was so talkative, the butcher shop owner weighed the ribs for her. Two ribs weighed twenty-six kilograms. One kilogram was given ten coppers, which was only two hundred and sixty coppers, plus ten kilograms of meat.
, lean meat is fifteen cents per pound, which is one hundred and fifty cents. Just when Xia Qiyue was about to pay the boss, the boss whispered mysteriously, "Girl, I still have some beef here, do you want it?"
Beef? Xia Qiyue was confused, because in ancient times cattle could not be killed casually, unless they were old cattle that were too old for farming or disabled cattle.
"What's it like? Is the meat good?" Xia Qiyue asked.
The boss nodded like he was pounding garlic, "It's very tender. It's not an old cow, it's a calf that's only five years old. I got it through some connections. Seeing that the girl didn't buy any fat meat today, I thought I'd give you some!"
Xia Qiyue nodded immediately, "Okay, then I can buy as much as the boss can buy for me!"
Finally, Xia Qiyue bought five kilograms of beef for fifty cents per kilogram.
The pork ribs have less meat, but they are not the kind without meat, and the lean meat is not the kind without fat. It looks like lean pork belly, and it tastes just right.
In addition to these five kilograms of beef, Xia Qiyue wants to use these five kilograms of beef to make beef dumplings to eat.
She doesn't want to eat anything like steak or beef stew. She just wants to eat dumplings stuffed with beef and green onions. She hasn't eaten them in a long time and she is so greedy.
If possible, she would like to kill a cow to eat. The cows in her space are not registered with the yamen, so there is no harm in killing them. Even the three cows in the backyard are not registered, but she will not kill cows...
I bought the meat, but now I need vegetables. I want to eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. I bought pork. There are plenty of vegetables in the space to buy, but it is impossible to have those vegetables in the winter, so I can’t take them out in summer and July. I can only take them with me.
My younger brother went to the market to try his luck and see if anyone was selling vegetables.
It was already noon, so I couldn’t find anyone selling cabbage or radishes at the market. I only found one shop selling potatoes, but they were almost sold out. What was left were small potatoes as small as a child’s fist.
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Xia Qiyue didn't like that gadget and didn't want to buy it at all.
"Sister, why don't we go to the south street and have a look?" Xia Xinghe suggested.
"Forget it, let's go home! We still have some food at home, it should be enough!" Xia Qiyue shook her head, it was almost the Chinese New Year, the food must be sold fast, it was already noon, so they must have all been sold out, she bought it from the space
Same thing.
The two siblings returned home, and a burst of noise could be heard from outside the yard.
"Sister, why are there so many people at home?" Xia Xinghe looked a little worried and quickly jumped out of the carriage, holding on to the rope.
"The people from Lao An's family are here!" Xia Qiyue's face was gloomy, and she could hear Mrs. An's voice from her voice.
She agreed to let them come over on New Year's Eve, but they all came over so early. What was she going to do?
"What should I do?" Xia Xinghe didn't know what to do for a moment. He only had his second sister and three children at home, so the house might have been turned over. What should he do now?
"Let's talk after we get in!" Xia Qiyue jumped off the carriage and walked into the yard while she was talking.
As soon as I opened the courtyard door, I saw Liu Mei holding the kitchen door open and looking in.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Xia Qiyue's cold voice sounded, and Liu Mei staggered and almost fell down in fright.
He quickly turned around and greeted with a smile on his face, "Oh, the fourth brother and sister are back? Is it cold? Come in and warm yourself up quickly!"
She spoke as if this home belonged to her. Xia Qiyue ignored her and walked straight past her to the kitchen. However, she saw that the kitchen was locked and secretly praised her sister for her good job.
"Fourth brother and sister, why is the kitchen still locked in broad daylight?" Liu Mei seemed not to notice Xia Qiyue's cold face, and followed her to take a look.
"Afraid of thieves!" Xia Qiyue still said coldly, but answered Liu Mei's question, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing? What are you looking at when you open our kitchen door?"
Liu Mei coughed awkwardly, "Isn't that right? Your eldest nephew said he was hungry. We came out early in the morning and traveled such a long way, but we didn't even get a sip of water!"