There were so many teahouses, taverns, pharmacies, pawnshops and all kinds of shops and workshops that AnAn, who was seeing such a lively scene for the first time, felt that his eyes were not enough.
"Dad, it's so lively here, much more lively than Yishan Town." After walking for a while, AnAn finally couldn't bear it anymore and started talking.
"You have good taste. Dad also thinks it's much more lively here." Gulan smiled happily as she looked at her son.
When they came to a stall selling wontons, AnAn couldn't move. Smelling the delicious aroma of wontons, AnAn's little head looked towards his mother.
"Buy it, let's eat it all." Gulan couldn't resist her son's look at all.
"Brother Jin, do you want to eat?" She looked at Xiang Yunjin while speaking.
When he was in Yishan Town, it seemed that this guy had no desire to try anything other than the candied haws at the roadside stalls he passed by, which led to Gulan asking this question. As she spoke, the three children beside her turned their eyes to YunJin.
Faced with these clear eyes, Xiang Yunjin stopped shaking his head.
"Then try it?" Xiang Yunjin said hesitantly, and then received AnAn's bright smile.
"Okay," Gulan said with a smile in her eyes, and then shouted to the wonton stall, "Give me five bowls of meat." The wonton is still meaty and tasty.
The customers came and ordered five bowls of wontons. The boss immediately asked them to sit down and started cooking wontons skillfully. He said as he cooked:
"You all have come to the right place to have Liao's wonton soup. I'm not bragging, but this is the best wonton soup in Jiaocheng. I guarantee you'll want to have it again after having it once."
"Old Liao knows that your wontons are delicious. Can you please stop bragging to new customers? We are tired of hearing your words."
It was obvious that he was a regular customer and was joking with the stall owner, but his words showed that he acknowledged Old Man Liao's boasting, and at the same time, it also aroused Gulan's desire to eat more wontons.
Old man Liao was not angry. He smiled and signaled the old woman next to him to add more firewood and cook the wontons quickly. Soon, delicious and fragrant wontons appeared in front of Gulan and the others. Each wonton was plump and served with fragrant chicken soup and sprinkled with a little green onion. It looked very appetizing and delicious.
AnAn had never eaten it before. Looking at the big plump wontons in the bowl, his eyes widened and he looked at Gulan, waiting for his mother to start eating.
"Eat," Gulan smiled knowingly. Just by the fact that this kid waited for her for everything, it was obvious that the little guy would definitely be a filial child when he grew up.
After his mother spoke, AnAn quickly buried himself in a bowl that was almost as big as his head. The two sisters, Daya and Erya, did the same.
After spending these days together, the two sisters have gone from being cautious and restrained at first to becoming more and more natural. They are trusting Gulan more and more, and they remember to abide by his words.
Gulan, who was about to take a spoon to eat, glanced at Brother Jin beside her. This guy was staring at the wonton bowl with his triangular eyes as if he wanted to see through it. Gulan's eyes twitched when she saw this competitive look.
Alas! This is the custom of a wealthy family.
"Brother Jin, eat!" Those who have never eaten at roadside stalls will never know how delicious they are. Gulan decided to save this thing.
"Oh, okay." Xiang Yunjin gave a stiff smile, picked up the spoon in the bowl with great difficulty, and put a mouthful of soup into his mouth with difficulty.
Xiang Yunjin had never eaten at a roadside stall before. He always felt that the roadside stalls were not clean with so many people coming and going. It also felt awkward for a grown man like him to eat on the roadside. If Gulan hadn't urged him, he probably wouldn't have touched the wontons tonight.
Then he took a sip of soup and stopped looking at Gulan.
"How is it?" Gulan looked at him and always felt that this guy's reaction was a little different.
Is it unpalatable? But AnAn and the others didn't look like it was unpalatable. The three little guys didn't even raise their heads. Gulan, who was just about to try a bite herself, finally saw this guy's reaction.
Xiang Yunjin shook his head, "No, it tastes good, but a little surprising."
"Right! Don't underestimate the small roadside stalls. Sometimes the taste is better than that of a big restaurant. And don't think too much when eating. Taste is the most important thing. Isn't there a saying? If you eat something unclean, you won't get sick. Look at us, we are not living well."
Thinking of this guy's previous fussy look, Gulan couldn't help but say more. When she reacted, the words had already been said. She smiled awkwardly at Xiang Yunjin and started eating.
Xiang Yunjin was pondering Gulan's words that eating unclean things wouldn't make you sick. No one had ever said such words to him before, but he inexplicably felt that there was some truth to it. Living with the lowest class of people these days couldn't have been without a shock to him. This was the first time in his life that he felt so directly the difficulties faced by ordinary people.
They struggle on the edge of survival every day, and some can't even get half full. How can they have the energy or spare energy to pay attention to these things? He is really pretentious. Looking at the people coming and going on the street, and the old couple who smiled brightly every time they sold a bowl of wontons, Xiang Yunjin finally picked up the spoon again and took a bite of the plump wonton.
It tastes good. The old man selling wontons was right in his praise. The soup is fresh and the wontons are fragrant. Indeed, some restaurants make them better. Gulan is right, we should not underestimate the small vendors. He thought he couldn't eat any more, but he quickly finished a bowl of wontons.
After eating this bowl of wontons, both adults and children were full. The portion was quite large and the price was very good. Five bowls are only forty cents, with chicken soup, fine grains and meat, plus the effort put into it, the price is really not expensive.
After paying the copper coins, Gulan and Xiang Yunjin, along with the children, continued to walk leisurely deeper into the street. They would stop to take a look at every shop they passed, especially the medicine shop and spice shop. Gulan would go in specifically to take a look and buy some herbs and spices. She thought that when she had time, she would think about developing the special cosmetics in the research space. But don't worry, there are still cosmetics in the space, so they can be used for a few years.
Just like Yishan Town, you can shop all the way here. The difference from Yishan Town is that even after sunset, it is still very lively here and there are more kinds of shops. Chicken eggs, duck eggs, some fresh vegetables, fresh pork, and nearly ten kilograms of lard alone.
Like her, AnAn likes to eat the lard residue, sprinkle some salt and chopped green onions on it and eat it with pancakes. It is so delicious!
Moreover, the refined oil, salt and aniseed can be stored for a long time. There was also the red dates and brown sugar that Gulan had always been thinking about, and this time she did not forget them. Although brown sugar does look quite rough, it doesn't matter as long as it is good for the body. Besides, the brown sugar in the space must have a source. As the weather was getting colder, they did not miss out on going to the clothing store and bought several sets of clothes each.
During the trip, they went into a money shop. The closed and tall counter in the lobby of the money shop was exactly the same as Gulan had imagined. They exchanged a silver note worth one hundred taels into small change, paid a certain amount of exchange tax, and left with the manager's smile on his face.
The change she had in hand had been almost spent, and this journey was necessary, so Gulan was deliberately looking for a money house along the way. There were also various snacks, and finally she bought two stone of fine grains, and returned out of the city with a full load at dusk.
They were the last to come back. The village chief's son and Li Da and his group had also returned early after buying things. The silver had been exchanged, and before Gulan came back, the village chief and Li Da had already distributed the money to the villagers. At this moment, everyone is happier than during the New Year and is full of joy.