Madam Ke's cooking was really good. The dinner was porridge with flatbread and pickles. Everyone was really satisfied with it.
When they returned to their room later in the evening, those three soon fell asleep.
However, Gu Yundong stared at the bed canopy with her eyes open, not feeling sleepy at all.
She had developed the habit of keeping vigil at night, and suddenly, as she had finally settled down, she just couldn't fall asleep.
Gu Yunke was in her arms, the little girl had fallen asleep while sticking to her side, looking very contented.
Seeing her pursing her little mouth and moving slightly, Gu Yundong suddenly felt warm in her heart.
It was great.
Finally, she would no longer wander around and encounter inexplicable dangers. She could eat hot meals, and sleep on soft beds.
Even better now, she had a family.
Gu Yundong gradually relaxed and slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, she went out with two taels of silver in her pocket.
Madam Ke had said that she had to cook for herself today.
Now that she had settled down, she still had a lot of things to buy.
At the very least, she had to buy vegetables, rice, oil, salt, etc. She could not use her landlord's.
It's just that she only had two taels of silver to buy a lot of things, and the prices in Xuanhe City were not cheap.
It seems that she had to go collect her debts.
Gu Yundong went directly to the Yamen, but the guard at the gate said that Nie Cong was not there, as if he had gone to arrest someone.
Gu Yundong could only go shopping with the two taels of silver in her pockets and see if there were any places where she could make money.
After walking around for a while, she gave up. There were many refugees in the city.
She knew after asking around a little, that the refugees were working for food and shelter, so they didn't need wages at all.
Wasn't it ruining the market? How could you work for free?
Gu Yundong sighed heavily and simply went to the market that Madam Ke told her about.
The market was quite lively. Gu Yundong bought some vegetables, as well as onions, ginger, garlic, and two catties of meat.
After walking around, she suddenly found a stall in the corner selling apples.
When the vendor saw her stop in front of his stall, he immediately greeted her warmly, "Girl, come and see those apples! It's a good thing, sweet and sour, it quenches the thirst. Those doctors said that it can also help with digestion and cure diseases. I especially brought them here from Yandi. They don't grow here, and it's not expensive, just ten copper coins a piece, how many do you want?"
Ten copper coins the apple? Everyone in this city was robbing, huh? Forget it, she already had apples in her space.
Gu Yundong turned around and left. The vendor hurriedly called after her, "Hey, girl, don't leave. We can negotiate the price. You can buy it for cheaper."
Gu Yundong walked faster holding her basket and left the market.
She went to the grain store to buy a bucket of rice and two catties of white floor. Then she turned around and entered another shop to buy oil, salt, bowls, and chopsticks.
She began to miss modern supermarket.
Originally, she wanted to go to the cloth shop to get some fabrics, but after thinking about it, she decided not to.
Those two sets of clothes could still be worn after being washed. She would buy new clothes when she had the money.
But right now, ... she was just too poor.
After buying so many things, Gu Yundong could no longer hold her groceries in her hands. So when she turned into a corner and saw that no one was paying attention to her, she stuffed part of it into her space.
Then, with only one tael of silver left, she slowly walked back home.
Money was really a necessity.
Madam Ke was not at home, so when Gu Yundong entered the courtyard, Gu Yunke ran over, hugged her thigh, and asked, "Sister, what did you buy?"
"Sister will cook braised pork for you later." Gu Yundong lowered the vegetable basket to let her take a look.
The little girl swallowed, "What is braised pork?"
Gu Yundong remembered that before, in the Gu family, they could hardly eat any meat. Let alone Gu Yunke, who was so young.
Moreover, Mother Yang did not know how to cook braised pork.