I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

It was still early, so there was no need to rush back to the oxcart to gather. Wen Shutang took Xiao Ye for a walk on the street and bought some daily necessities.

The two of them went to the grain store first. There was no food left at home. Even the millet they ate last time was taken by Wen Shutang from the space. Although there were a lot of things stored in the space, they couldn't take them out too often. It would be better to buy some rice and flour.

There were not many people in the grain shop, only two or three women carrying things.

The waiter in the store was cleaning the counter. He turned around and saw a customer coming. He immediately came up to him and asked a question.

"What would you like to buy, sir? We have rice, millet, refined white flour and coarse grain flour."

“How are they sold?”

"Rice is thirty-five cents a pound, millet is ten cents, refined white flour is thirty cents a pound, and coarse grain flour is cheaper, eight cents a pound. What would you like to order?"

Wen Shutang touched his chin. Sure enough, refined rice and flour were not cheap. With four people in the family, they would need at least ten kilograms of rice and flour each, which would cost more than six hundred coins.

You can earn money again if you lose it, but the children are still growing up, so this can't be delayed.

Besides, she couldn't stand eating whole grain noodles all the time. She used to have a nutritionist prepare meals at home. As the top officer, Wen Shutang had to deal with a lot of documents every day. Only when she had enough food could she have the energy to cope with her work.

Over time, her taste for food became more and more picky.

"Then give me ten catties of rice and flour, and five catties of millet."

"Okay, my lady, please wait a moment."

The shop owner was naturally very happy to receive the money. The waiter happily asked people to prepare things, while he was fiddling with the abacus in front of the counter, then he looked up and spoke with a smile.

"My dear lady, the total is seven hundred coins."

Wen Shutang nodded, took out some silver from the cloth bag in his arms and handed it to the waiter.

When the waiter saw the silver, his eyes lit up. He quickly stretched out his hands to take the silver and nodded repeatedly.

"Okay, okay."

After he found the money, Wen Shutang looked at the three cloth bags in front of her and felt worried. With her current physical condition, she couldn't even move one, let alone three.

The waiter seemed to see what she was thinking and waved his hand with a smile.

"Don't worry, young lady. Our store can deliver it to you, but if it's too far, you'll have to pay extra."

"Okay, then help me send it to the east end of the town."

Wen Shutang responded and said that she would put all the things on the ox cart first, and then slowly drag them back when she got back to the village. There was always a way, and she didn't want to spend extra money.

"Okay, I'll send it to you later."

She nodded and was about to say something else when she suddenly felt her clothes being pulled. She looked down and saw Xiao Ye carefully holding her sleeve.

Seeing that he seemed to be hesitant to speak, Wen Shutang squatted down and pinched his little face.

"what happened?"

"Mom, rice is so expensive. Let's just buy brown flour. It costs less." Xiao Ye paused and whispered in Wen Shutang's ear.

"The family is very short of money."

Although Xiao Ye was still a little afraid of Wen Shutang, he couldn't help but want to persuade her when he saw her spending so lavishly on food. After all, his family had always eaten coarse grains and noodles, and he had only eaten rice and noodles for a few meals since he was a child.

Wen Shutang didn't expect that the child knew how to save at such a young age, and her expression softened.

"You have to save where you can, but you are all growing up, how can you not eat something good? It's okay, you can earn money later. Don't you want to grow taller and stronger, Aye?"

After hearing what Wen Shutang said, Xiao Ye stopped talking. Of course he wanted to grow taller. The kids of his age in the village were all very strong and almost everyone was a head taller than him.

Especially that Xiaohu, who was tall and fat, and always bullied him by relying on his tall and strong body. Thinking of this, Xiao Ye nodded vigorously.

"I want to grow taller. When I grow taller, I can protect my brother and sister."

"now it's right."

Wen Shutang stood up and grabbed his hand again: "How about I go buy some more meat and make wontons for you guys when I get home?"

"it is good!"

The two men walked out of the grain store and went straight to the butcher's shop at the end of the street.

There are many meat stalls at the end of the street. As soon as you walk in, you can smell the strong smell of blood and beef and mutton.

Wen Shutang frowned subconsciously. She never liked this smell.

Walking to a stall, Wen Shutang looked at the pork belly that had been divided and pointed at one of them.

"How do you sell this meat?"

"Pork belly is thirty-five cents a pound, and spareribs are forty cents."

My goodness, it seems that meat is still more expensive. Wen Shutang complained silently in his heart.

She has been here for two days and has not had any meat for the past few meals. Now that she sees meat, she is really greedy.

"Two pounds of pork belly, and half a pound of spare ribs."

The butcher was a burly man. He responded and started chopping ribs.

While he was chopping the meat, Wen Shutang caught a glimpse of a few large bones thrown aside in an inconspicuous place. His eyes lit up immediately, as large bones are very fragrant when used to make soup!

"Is that for sale?"

Wen Shutang pointed to the pile of bones.

The stall owner turned his head and took a look: "Those are things that are going to be thrown away. There is no meat on them and no one wants them."

"I want all the five cents."

The man looked at Wen Shutang in surprise, as if he didn't understand why she wanted the meatless bones, but there was no reason not to make money. He nodded and took the bones and wrapped them up.

When other people who came to buy meat heard Wen Shutang's words, they all turned their heads to look at her. Some of them were surprised, while others were puzzled and mocking.

When Xiao Ye heard what she said, his face wrinkled. He really couldn't understand why he should spend money to buy bones.

Wen Shutang didn't know what other people were thinking. He happily thought that noodles cooked in bone soup were also delicious.

"Ninety-five cents in total." The man handed her the package.

Wen Shutang took out the money, counted it, and handed it over.

"My dear, I have some pig offal here. I'm not going to sell it anyway. Do you want some? If you want, I'll give it to you."

Pig offal and large intestines are good stuff! The ears can also be eaten cold. Wen Shutang's eyes lit up.

"Then I'll take it too."

The man nodded and packed up the things again.

Xiao Ye stared at the package in Wen Shutang's hand and frowned even deeper.

What does the stepmother want this stinky thing for? She's not going to eat it, is she? No, no, even if he's craving for meat, he won't eat a bite!

After they bought the meat, Wen Shutang took Xiao Ye for a few more rounds on the street. There were still many things in this place that she didn't understand, and she had to get some useful information as soon as possible, in case there was a chance to solve the mystery of why she was transmigrated into a book.