Gathering

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  "Taohua, let the silver be taken care of by these aunties first, and when we return to the village, I'll give it back to you, then you can distribute it among everyone." Road Dama said to Yang Tao outside "Xu Jin Ge".

  "Alright, got it, Big Auntie," Yang Tao said, although Road Big Auntie and Liu Aunt had both witnessed her verbal sparring with the best of them, she still put on a very well-behaved front in their presence.

  They not only got the embroidery this time, but also set a bigger one. This time, Liu Dama gave them the highest price for the embroidery, and she couldn't help feeling great. Even Lu Dama and Liu Shu were unexpectedly delighted.

  "Then... shall we go back now?" Lu Daigne hesitated, having just arrived in town after great difficulty, she didn't want to leave immediately.

  "Let's go to the market anyway!" said Aunt Liu. "Even if we don't buy anything, it's good to take a walk around."

  "En en." Yang Tao nodded repeatedly. "I also want to go to the fair."

  The gathering place is indeed not far from here and very easy to find, just go where there are many people. Mrs. Liu told them that this market takes place once every seven days, and villagers from nearby villages within a radius of ten miles will come, even those who are slightly farther away will get up early to rush over, anything that needs to be bought or sold can be brought here to sell, bartering is also okay.

  It seems that their village is still too far away, and only Lao Xia's family has an ox cart, so the villagers have never thought of coming to the market.

  There are really all kinds of vendors here, selling vegetables, chicken, fish, pork, buns and steamed bread, fruit, although the variety of fruit is a bit less. And surprisingly, there are even vendors selling all sorts of candies.

  Although Yang Tao doesn't like sweets, she has a best friend who is super fond of candies. Her friend is almost obsessed with candies and even told her about the history of candies, saying that China's sugar-making technology was learned from India during the Tang Taizong era, but later became better and India had to come to China to learn, such as sesame candy, Yangmei candy, etc., which have a very long history dating back to the Song and Ming dynasties.

  Now it seems that this empty era, life is not bad, and the town of Mi is very prosperous. It's just that the village is too far from the town, and everyone has gotten used to a self-sufficient lifestyle.

  Yang Tao and Lu Dainiang Liu Shu walked slowly side by side, savoring the scenery.

  Yang Tao, although self-proclaimed as a foodie, is also very picky about what she eats. She doesn't like sweets and meat. In the past, at home, she would skillfully use her chopsticks to avoid the meat, especially fatty ones. When going out to eat with others, she usually ordered vegetable dishes and seafood. Therefore, even after coming here, it wasn't until a month ago that she had meat at "Fragrant Pavilion", but she still doesn't have much interest in sweets and meat.

  But not loving to eat doesn't mean not eating, especially when Yang Tao thinks of her grandmother and Pei Yifan's frail appearance, she feels it's still necessary to adjust the family's life a bit, add some nutrition, thinking this way, Yang Tao can't help but stop in front of a meat stall that doesn't look very small.

  "Boss, how much is this pork?"

  "Twenty cents a catty." The boss was just about to take a rest when he saw another customer coming in, and immediately perked up again.

  Wow! That means the six embroidery pieces she's been working on for half a month can only buy more than two kilograms of pork, Yang Tao really doesn't know if the prices in this space are scientific. She hesitated about whether to buy it back without caring about what others think, and worried that she would appear too showy in front of Road Danni and Liu Shu. Just then, she heard Road Danni whispering a sentence to Liu Shu.

  "This is much cheaper than what Lao Xia's family sold us during the Spring Festival."

  "That's right! If we hadn't gone to town with Taizi, we really wouldn't have known how much the Lao Xia family had made from us all these years. Although they did make things convenient for everyone, they also took advantage of us a bit." Liu Aunt said quietly.

  Yang Tao thought for a moment, although every household in the village raised chickens, ducks and geese, but no one raised pigs. It was probably because the village was too far from the town, and no one in the village knew how to slaughter pigs. Therefore, it was really not easy for the villagers to eat pork. Except for Old Xia's family, there were hardly any big events that didn't require going into town. In fact, they could only have a meal of pork during Chinese New Year.

  "Hey, Big Sister, Auntie, how about we buy some to take back?" Yang Tao asked with a hint of temptation, quietly seeking the opinions of Road Dama and Liu Aunt. "That way, the money spent can be earned again."

  "Alright." Lao Liu's wife thought for a moment and said resolutely, thinking that her own children had not seen meat for several months, which was indeed heart-wrenching.

  The old woman on the road also nodded in agreement.

  "Boss, can you give us a discount?" Yang Tao decided to negotiate the price first.

  "This little girl, you know, doing business is not easy, we can't make much money. Look at this pig, after buying it and removing the skin and internal organs, how much meat is left?" The boss had a worried look on his face.

  Yang Tao's eyes lit up, what did this boss mean? It seemed that she had heard that foreigners didn't like to eat various internal organs. Could it be that the pig intestines here were also inedible? Although she didn't like to eat pig liver and large intestine, she knew they were nutritious. And the pig blood made into blood tofu was still tender and smooth.

  It's a pity that pig skin is too difficult to handle, otherwise stewed pig skin or cold mixed pig skin would be delicious.

  "Boss, do you have pig blood and pig intestines here?" Yang Tao couldn't help but ask, the pig skin project was too complicated, so she didn't think about it for now.

  "Of course, who would have less of that when slaughtering a pig?" The boss looked at Yang Tao in confusion, not knowing why this little girl was asking this, and casually pointed for her to see. "Our family is right in the town, the stall is big, all are freshly slaughtered and sold, this pig blood and intestines, haven't even had time to throw them away. Go ask elsewhere, it's unlikely you'll find any."

  Yang Tao followed his boss's hand and looked over, and indeed one wooden basin was filled with pig blood, while another wooden basin contained various internal organs of pigs.

  "Boss, can you sell us those pork and give us three more, half a catty of meat each?" Yang Tao said.

  She figured that if they bought meat, the boss would definitely give her the pig's blood and intestines, which he considered useless. Yang Tao missed blood tofu more, but unfortunately, it was too far away and had to be transported, and even if the pig's blood coagulated, it was probably impossible to take back and forth, so she could only reluctantly give up on it. Although she didn't like eating that stuff herself, she could at least let everyone else try some.

  Thinking that there would be pork on the market, Yang Tao didn't buy as much meat, also good to leave some spare money in the hands of Road Danna and Liu Shu, so they wouldn't feel that the money was too hard to spend, only then would they feel like they had a goal.

  Half a catty of pork may not be much, but it's enough to make some dumplings when I get back. She looked at the small piece of empty land in front of their house and saw that besides leeks, they had also planted some celery scattered here and there.

  "Alright!" The boss replied, first neatly wrapping the meat and handing it to them. Then he found a broken basket, scooped up the pork offal and put it inside. "This is for you."

  Yang Tao saw the boss developing according to her thinking, and she was already delighted in her heart. She hurriedly went to receive the basket, but found that it was still quite heavy. Lu Danni and Liu Shu's faces showed a look of surprise, although not as good as the meat stall owner, they still helped Yang Tao take over the basket.

  Just think about those strange vegetables and grasses that the kids dug up not long ago, Road Dama and Liu Shu felt that Yang Tao was a bit different from the people around here. It seems that this child's home should not be nearby.