GBP Chapter 351: Visiting the County with Grandma
Chapter 351: Visiting the County with Grandma
Three days later, Shen Youyou brought the old lady, who had just dyed her hair black, into the city.
The time to set off was to follow Shen Dabao and the others who were setting up the stall.
Shen Youyou got on the ox cart again, and grandma sat on the other side of the shaft.
We had just crossed the bridge. Although it was still light outside, many people in Tangjia Village who were busy with farming had gotten up very early.
The Jiu clans and the villagers of Tangjia Village are now familiar with each other and can talk to anyone they see.
"Old sister, you are carrying firewood to cook. You got up pretty early."
"Sister Xu, why are you going to the old house with a basket so early to pick vegetables? I heard that your cabbage is growing well. If you can't finish it, sell some to us."
"Oh, sister, are you going to visit relatives or go to the city? Why don't you have any animals?"
This is Tang Wuye's wife, known as Wusaozi. She said, "I'm going to the city. The livestock at home are plowing the fields these days. It's not far to walk."
Old Lady Hua hurriedly picked up the things on the car and said, "Come on up, old sister. We are going into the city too."
The fifth sister-in-law was not polite either. Shen Youyou paused for a moment, then she also sat down on the shaft of the cart that Old Lady Hua had vacated, carrying her bag.
Along the way, Old Lady Hua and Mr. Tang Wu's wife kept talking. It turned out that the old lady's little daughter had married in the county town, and she received news last evening that the little daughter was born, so she wanted to go to the county town to see her daughter.
Shen Youyou also admired her grandmother. She found out the family her daughter was going to marry in just a short while.
It was said that she married a military officer, a small leader at that. His family had several boys, and her daughter gave birth to a big fat girl as her first child, which made her in-laws very happy.
The smile on the Fifth Sister-in-law's face could not be stopped. She also asked Old Lady Hua: "Don't you let your boys go to the stalls at other times? Why are you going to the city today? What do you want to buy?"
Old Lady Hua did not hide it. After all, in her eyes, the many wives and daughters in Tangjia Village were also their hidden customers.
She turned around and took out a hairpin with a bunch of peach blossoms from the package and said:
"This is what the granddaughters of our clan made. I'll go see if I can sell it in the city."
The fifth sister-in-law saw the hairpin in the old lady Hua's hand. It was a little dark and the light was not very good. She blurted out: "Why are there peach blossoms in this season?"
Mrs. Hua laughed happily: "It's fake."
The fifth sister-in-law took it and touched it in her hand to confirm that it was indeed a fake flower: "The girls in your tribe are so skillful, this flower looks just like the real one. If we sell it, it will make a lot of money, right?"
Old Lady Hua looked at the five or six flowers she picked up and said, "This flower is really hard to make. It took a lot of effort. And this flower is different from the silk flower. It doesn't fade and is not afraid of water. This small cluster of flowers costs fifty cents."
To be honest, when she said the price, Mrs. Hua's heart was beating fast. If this thing was not hers, she would definitely say:
"Fifty cents for a thing like this, why don't you just go and rob it?"
But this is her own home, and the little granddaughter repeatedly explained:
"It can't be cheap. We have to dye the beads, buy copper wire, and add the labor. Fifty cents is not expensive, and there are cheaper ones.
Aren’t there hairpins with plum blossoms directly on them? They’re cheap, and the plain colored plastic ones are five cents each, and the ones with flowers are ten cents.”
Mrs. Hua thought of her granddaughter's words and felt a little more confident.
She leaned sideways and grabbed a bunch of plain hairpins with various small flowers on them from another package.
"This kind of hairpin costs five cents for a plain one and ten cents for a hairpin with flowers."
Because it was still dark outside, the fifth sister-in-law was looking at the pearl flower carefully. Each flower was so beautiful!
Hearing this, he looked up and saw a hairpin in Old Lady Hua's hand. He exclaimed in surprise: "Is this made of jade?"
Grandma Hua looked carefully and found that the stone she took out was the white one mixed by her little granddaughter, which looked especially like jade.
He quickly explained, "It's not jade, but it looks like jade and is cheap."
I was thinking that some people may not like white.
The old lady reached out to the next package and grabbed a handful. This time it was the right one. It was a red hairpin. The color was mixed by Shen Youyou and it looked very much like red agate.
"This red one looks festive,"
As soon as Old Lady Hua took it out, she attracted the attention of Fifth Sister-in-law.
The peach blossom pearl is fifty cents, which is a bit expensive, but it is still affordable for the people of Tangjia Village. But this red hairpin that costs five cents and looks like a gem is really worth it.
After all, nowadays you can buy a wooden hairpin with a little bit of pattern for five cents.
When they arrived at Fang County, as soon as they entered the city gate, the fifth sister-in-law also wanted to go to the market to buy some pork to visit her daughter, so she followed Shen Youyou and the others to the market.
As soon as she parked the car and hadn't even set up her stall, Mrs. Hua, who had been feeling anxious all the way, smiled.
Because after seeing the hairpins and pearl flowers in Shen Youyou and the others' packages, Fifth Sister-in-law bought a red plum blossom plastic hairpin, a jasper-colored magnolia hairpin, and a cluster of crabapple pearl flowers.
In other words, before Mrs. Hua even called out for it, she had already sold it for seventy cents.
How could the old lady not be surprised? Although she was a little reluctant to give her a bargain, she was still very considerate and gave her a ring made of imitation red jade with a plum blossom.
This ring also costs five cents, and it is a perfect match with the plum blossom ring.
The fifth sister-in-law chose the ring size herself. In her words, if it can fit on her little finger, her daughter can wear it on any of the three middle fingers.
After seeing off the Fifth Sister-in-law, Shen Dabao and his team had almost finished setting up their stall.
Shen Youyou hasn't been out to set up a stall for quite a while, and many people around him were very enthusiastic when they saw him.
"Boy, why haven't I seen you out recently? You've grown taller since I last saw you!"
Shen Youyou said with a smile: "There's a lot going on at home lately, so I'm busy with other things. Uncle's business is pretty good recently, right?"
He was a man selling fried dough sticks, and the aroma filled the entire area.
Old Lady Hua thought that selling hairpins was just like the boys selling jelly. She could just find a stall and shout:
"The hairpin and the pearl flower are so beautiful. Come and take a look."
She was pulling down her bag, and before she knew it, Shen Youyou came over to the fried dough sticks stall:
"Uncle, I'm here to take care of your business today. Do you know how to make inflatable bags? Make me one with two eggs in it. Then make eleven with one egg in it."
The uncle selling fried dough sticks said, "Okay!"
But he looked at Shen Youyou a few more times, because this group of kids had been setting up stalls for a while, and judging by how popular the business was, they really made a lot of money, but they were setting up stalls day after day and were reluctant to buy any food around them.
I didn't expect it to be such a big deal today.
In fact, he didn't notice Shen Youyou buying buns on the first day. He was busy at that time and there were many people setting up stalls, so he really didn't notice Shen Youyou and the others at the beginning.
An air cloth bag for one egg costs three cents, and four cents for two eggs.
The main reason is that oil is expensive nowadays, and things like fried dough sticks are not like steamed buns, which can be mixed with some whole-grain flour.