Shen Rong reached out and tugged at the sleeves of her two sisters-in-law, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, we finally came across a big market, let's go shopping and go back later!"

The two sisters-in-law were extremely happy.

When Shen Wu returned to Taohua Village and built this blue brick and tile house, it aroused the envy of many people.

Later, Shen Wu kept a low profile in the village, and even gave everyone the illusion that his family had no savings left after buying land and building a house.

Although Shen Rong's family seems to be low-key, their economic conditions are actually quite good in the village, and both of her sisters-in-law have some private savings.

Lu and Shen Wu were not like other families in the village. The younger generations of other families had to hand over every penny they earned outside, but Lu was only required to hand over half, and kept the other half for himself.

However, it is not easy for country people to save some money. Even if the eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Shen family have some money, it is earned by their husbands outside. The money is all for the children, and the two are reluctant to spend more.

When Shen Rong returned to her parents' home this time, her two sisters-in-law saw that they had found a way to make money, and seeing how lively the town was, they also felt the urge to spend money.

Shen Chunsheng noticed the little movements of the women in the car, and said to Old Man Shen:

"Uncle Shen, we will be back in a while, probably in the afternoon, so you don't have to wait for us."

Old Man Shen watched them take the things down, and then he whipped the old cow, "Okay, then I'll go back first."

After Shen Dongting got off the ox cart, he became visibly excited.

"Second sister-in-law, I want to eat the meatballs and braised pig's trotters later."

Shen Dongting couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he thought of the braised meat from the Chen family that his second sister-in-law had brought back.

"What else do you want to eat? Sister-in-law will buy it for you!" said the sister-in-law readily.

The second sister-in-law smiled and said, "Yes! My brother-in-law has helped us a lot. Buying some food is nothing."

Shen Dongting is a person who can't sit still. When Shen Rong and her sister-in-law went up the mountain to collect herbs, he always followed them and helped a lot.

When drying the medicine, I helped a lot with the moving of materials up and down the stairs.

The two of them bought food for their brother-in-law, and there was nothing wrong with them.

Everyone has been to Qingshi Town, so there is nothing unfamiliar about it.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, let's sell the medicine first and then go shopping." Shen Rong said after looking around.

"Okay! We still have quite a few of these things. Let's sell the medicine first. It will be more convenient for us to go shopping empty-handed." Li Fenglian said.

Naturally, other people had no objections. Even Shen Dongting, who loved playing the most, knew that business was more important.

The big fair in Qingshi Town is held only once a month, so the streets are crowded and bustling.

The ground is paved with bluestone slabs. It's not very beautiful, but it's much cleaner than the dirt road outside.

There are many shops on both sides of the street. As it is just a small town, the highest shop has only two floors, and most of them are one floor. The signs above the shop doors are fluttering in the wind. There are liquor shops, small restaurants, pharmacies, restaurants, teahouses, cloth shops, etc.

There are many shops on the street when you enter from the main gate.

Shen Rong and the others quickly found the pharmacy.

Shen Rong was already very familiar with selling medicinal herbs. She and Changsheng had delivered medicines to the drugstore several times before. The shopkeeper was an old acquaintance of Changsheng's grandfather. The shop assistants also recognized Shen Rong and gave her a very fair price.

This time she brought her sisters-in-law here to let them get to know each other, so that she wouldn't have to come to deliver medicinal materials in the future.

After selling the herbs, the people felt relieved as they no longer had to carry sacks and squeeze with the crowd.

They followed the flow of people and soon reached the south end of the street.

There are vendors setting up stalls here. The stall owners are not as well dressed as the shopkeepers in the shops in front. These are stalls set up by ordinary people, and the prices are affordable. People passing by are more willing to come here to shop, so there are more people than in the front.

There were many people sitting at a stall selling wontons. The old couple who were cooking the wontons were very busy. The owner of the buns stall was shouting while using lotus leaves to make buns for people.

Other snack stalls were also full of people.

There are also some stalls selling rouge, powder, spices, jewelry, and oil-paper umbrellas. The stalls are neatly arranged and the voices of the stall owners shouting are everywhere.

The more rudimentary stalls are mostly run by nearby farmers who bring some vegetables and eggs produced at home to sell. An old mat is placed on the ground with some fruits and vegetables on it, and that constitutes a stall.

This is where vegetables are sold, and Ma Xiuxiu's brother-in-law's pork shop is in this area.

Among these simple stalls, Chen’s pork shop is particularly conspicuous.

At today’s market, the aroma of meat wafting from Chen’s shop never ceased.

There were quite a few people queuing up in front of the shop to buy braised meat.

Ma Xiuxiu felt that she had finished her shopping, so she said to the others, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I'm going to help my brother-in-law for a while. Let's meet at the town gate later!"

The Chen family's shop is on South Street. There is a shop in the front and a residence in the back. From the appearance, these houses are very small, with only two or three rooms.

This area, connected to the west and south, is home to shops and residences for ordinary people.

Ma Xiuxiu often came to her sister's house and was very familiar with the area. After greeting everyone, she disappeared into the crowd and soon disappeared.

If you ask what women like to buy the most, it is either rouge and powder, or fabrics and jewelry.

The eldest sister-in-law didn't even think about pulling Shen Rong over

I squeezed into the stall where there were many women.

She thought there must be rouge, powder or jewelry inside, so the two of them squeezed in and saw, as expected, an older woman inside.

Shen Rong saw her introducing the items on the stall with saliva flying all over her body while collecting money. Her hands and feet were nimble and her words could praise the jewellery on the stall to the utmost. She thought that if the young girls and wives put on her jewellery, they would all turn into fairies. Shen Rong really admired her.

"Oh my! Whose young wife is this? She is so pretty! Come, come, what do you want to see? Let me introduce her to you." When the stall owner saw Shen Rong, she greeted her warmly.

As soon as the stall owner said this, the young girls and wives surrounding the stall subconsciously looked at Shen Rong.

Shen Rong's face turned red when she said that to the stall owner. Then she looked at the jewelry and cosmetics on the stall seriously and said, "I want to buy jewelry for my mother."

"Ah! You are such a filial girl. Well, take your pick. I'll give you a cheaper price."

The stall owner saw that Shen Rong was young and had a youthful look on her face despite having her hair in a bun, so she called her "young lady".

Shen Rong suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. She could only look at the stalls and choose two items so that she could leave quickly. She took a quick look and saw that most of the items on the stalls were crude silver and gold hairpins, as well as pearl flowers made of rice-sized pearls, gold and silver bracelets, hairpins, etc. The rouge was all in coarse porcelain.

Among so many things, only the pearl flower was somewhat unique. Shen Rong picked up a silver hairpin casually and felt something was wrong.

She weighed it in her hand and found it was a little light!

Looking more closely, it seemed like it was coated with a layer of silver. Then, looking at the luster of other gold and silver jewelry, I had a rough idea that the items on this stall were probably all silver-plated and gold-gilded. You wouldn't see any stalls selling real gold or silver.

It seems that this stall only sells rough jewelry.

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