Poor Family Chapter 462

  Chapter 462 Sang Jiawazi

   "Do you still have to go to tile shops to buy cat food?" Li Yanqing asked with a puzzled smile.

   "Of course it is to go to Wasi, or go to the Xiaozhang cat food shop in the south of the city, it is too far away."

  In Li Yanqing's memory, buying cat food is usually at a small farmer's market. You can buy a bunch of dried small fish, and there are cat food specialty stores in the Song Dynasty?

In the Song Dynasty, all people were merchants, and the commodity economy was very developed. As long as there was a need, there was supply. Many wealthy and powerful families kept pet cats, which gave birth to a developed pet economy. Cat food, grooming, lice removal, hair removal, manicure, All kinds of small shops for pets abound, but the pets in the Song Dynasty were mainly cats, but dogs were not treated like this. It's just that Li Yanqing didn't notice it, so this is the first time he heard of it today.

  Li Yanqing looked at the cat-loving girl again, and asked with a smile, "What's your name?"

   "My name is Cao Jiaojiao, what about you?" Seeing that Li Yanqing was willing to accompany her to buy cat food, Cao Jiaojiao had a good impression of him.

   "My name is Li Yanqing"

   "I know yours!"

  Cao Jiaojiao suddenly clapped her hands and laughed, "You wrote two couplets for my sister, didn't you?"

   "I see, your sister is a little scholar, her name is called."

  Li Yanqing suddenly forgot her name, Cao Jiaojiao said with a smile: "Her name is Cao Yun, I call her Da Shuniang, she will die after reading the book."

   "Yes! Her name is Cao Yun, I almost forgot."

  Li Yanqing was a little embarrassed and said: "Does your sister like the couplet I wrote?"

   "Of course she likes it very much. She is still waiting for you to write a long couplet for her! She said that your handwriting is very good, Brother Li, why don't you write me a couplet too!"

   "What do you want couplets for?"

   "I'll post it on the cattery! Wait until the Chinese New Year."

  Li Yanqing couldn't help laughing, and posted the couplet written by the dignified censor on the cattery. I'm afraid only this little girl would want to get it.

  His promise also became vague, "Okay! Wait until the Chinese New Year."

  Cao Jiaojiao slapped her hands with joy, "My cattery also has couplets, I'm so mad at that big scholar."

  Li Yanqing liked her very much when she saw her innocence, and asked her with a smile, "How old is Jiaojiao today?"

   "I'm almost seven years old, are you going to ask me if I have read? Tell you, I have already gone to school."

   "How do you know I'm going to ask you if you read?"

  "Adults always ask this way, how old are you? Have you gone to school? Are you obedient at home? Have you been mischievous?"

  Cao Jiaojiao pointed to her ear, "Look here, it's full of calluses!"

  Li Yanqing laughed out loud when he heard it, and quickly waved his hands: "I just don't ask you."

  Gaofu is very close to Sangjia Wazi, only two miles away. Not long after, the ox cart stopped in front of the gate of Wasi, "Mr. Li, you have arrived!" the driver said outside.

  Li Yanqing pushed the car door, and Cao Jiaojiao jumped down impatiently. Seeing that she was about to run, Li Yanqing quickly grabbed her, "Wait a minute, don't run!"

   "Li Guanren, I parked the car opposite, you just come back and find me." The coachman pointed to the opposite alley, where several ox carts were parked.

   "Got it, we'll be back soon."

   "Brother Li, let's hurry up!" Cao Jiaojiao grabbed Li Yanqing's hand and ran towards the gate of Sangjia Wazi.

Today is a ten-day holiday, which is equivalent to the weekend. The tile shop is crowded with people and is extremely lively. The stalls selling all kinds of gadgets and food are next to each other. The guys are shouting loudly one after another. Li Yanqing grabs Cao Jiaojiao Asked: "Do you know where the cat food store is?"

  Cao Jiaojiao looked bewildered, "I don't know! Don't Brother Li know?"

  The two suddenly stared wide-eyed, neither of them knew where the cat food shop was?

  At this time, Li Yanqing saw a little brother carrying a food box to deliver food, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask him: "My little brother, where is the cat food shop?"

  The takeaway boy turned his head and pointed to the front and said, "Go straight, turn left at the second intersection, and just go to the end. There are two of them!"

   "Thank you!"

  Li Yanqing grabbed Cao Jiaojiao and walked forward, "Candied haws! White jade candied haws!" A hawker selling candied haws came towards him.

   "Brother Li, I want to eat candied haws!" Cao Jiaojiao suddenly couldn't walk.

Only then did Li Yanqing remember that he was leading a little girl who was less than seven years old. The actual age was less than six years old, which was equivalent to the first class in kindergarten. He quickly touched his purse. With great enthusiasm, "Brother Li will buy it for you, and I will buy it for you whatever you like."

Soon Li Yanqing knew why Cao Xing refused to bring Cao Jiaojiao to buy cat food. The various snacks in the tile shop were so rich that the little lady stared straight at her and begged Li Yanqing to buy her some snacks. After a while, Li Yanqing had to hire two people to help him carry things.

The little lady is greedy, and the family is strictly controlled. She buys everything she can't see or eat, such as fried ginkgo, chestnuts, Hebei goose pears, pear strips, dried pears, rubberized dates, jujube rings, sea red Jiaqingzi, Lin Qinxuan Wuli, Fried Xijing Sydney, Xichuan Lactose, Lion Candy, Frost Bee, etc.

   "Sugar pie, meat pie, victory pie!"

   "Crispy mooncakes! Pig pancakes, delicious hubing!"

   A big cake seller carrying a load yelled on the side of the road, "Little lady, sell a piece of pig pancake! It's still hot!"

  Cao Jiaojiao had just gnawed a bunch of candied haws, and pulled Li Yanqing's hand, "Brother Li, I want to eat pig pancakes!"

  Pig pancakes are actually the pizza of later generations. The thin scones are covered with various fillings, which are very delicious.

   "Okay! Pick a piece yourself."

   "Little lady, buy some other cakes too! You must have never eaten."

  The cake seller is very good at doing business. He saw that Li Yanqing was generous with his offerings without asking the price, and there were porters behind him carrying all kinds of gadgets and food, so he knew that he had met a big customer today.

Bing Dalang quickly took out all kinds of sesame cakes from the picker, such as thousand-layer cakes, moon cakes, burnt golden flower cakes, milk cakes, vegetable cakes, mustard cakes, peony cakes, hibiscus cakes, cooked meat cakes, chrysanthemum cakes, Plum Blossom Cake, Sugar Cake. Dazzling Cao Jiaojiao, she couldn't help smiling and said, "There are so many! Then I'll buy three copies of each, one for me, one for Da Shuniang, and one for Yun girl."

  Li Yanqing looked back at the burdens of the two porters. Fortunately, they could barely put them down, so he said to Bing Dalang: "Everything has three servings, wrap it up for her!"

   "Don't worry, officials, I have a cake bag, which is clean and convenient, and it will still be hot when I go back."

Li Yanqing saw Cake Dalang neatly sorting all kinds of cakes into bags, and he suddenly understood a thousand-year-old case. It is not without reason why Wu Dalang can afford a house and support a wife by selling cakes. Wu Dalang is not Just sell one kind of cooking cake!

   "With so many varieties, are you busy enough?" Li Yanqing asked puzzled.

"To tell you the truth, except for the meat stuffing, which is finely minced pork that I bought, other pie fillings can only be bought ready-made from outside. There are some specially made pie fillings, but they are all genuine and good ingredients. Don't worry, officials. .”

  Li Yanqing nodded, these cakes look pretty good, and they were cleaned up very cleanly.

After buying cakes, Cao Jiaojiao was finally satisfied. She realized that she had bought two big loads of food. She couldn't help scratching the back of her head, and looked at Li Yanqing with a little embarrassment, "Brother Li, I seem to have bought too much. !"

   "It's okay, Brother Li is rich, as long as you like it!"

   "It's not this, I mean. How can I take it back? It will be miserable if my mother sees it!"

  Li Yanqing almost spit out a mouthful of blood, it turned out that he was acting affectionate, and the little lady didn't care about money at all.

  He thought for a while and smiled: "Let's do this! When we buy cat food, we need a few more big boxes for cat food. Your mother thought it was cat food!"

   "This is a good idea!" Cao Jiaojiao jumped up happily.

   "I can eat pancakes with the little cat."

   In the blink of an eye, I forgot my sister.

It took a maximum of 150 steps from the gate of Wasi to the shop selling cat food, but they walked for more than half an hour, and the two porters were sweating profusely. Li Yanqing added 50 Wen to each of them, stabilized their emotions.

  There are two cat food shops, both of which are not very big, one is called "General Cat" and the other is called Xiao Zhang Cat Food Shop. Li Yanqing likes the name "General Cat", so he took Cao Jiaojiao to the door and walked in.

  There are a variety of products in the store, such as cat toys, cat bags, cat litter, cat litter, etc. There are more than a dozen kinds of cat food, which are carefully cooked with fish or minced meat.

  At this time, Cao Jiaojiao pulled Li Yanqing aside, and whispered, "I want to buy everything here, but... but I only have one tael of silver."

   "How about I lend it to you?" Li Yanqing teased her with a smile.

   "But. I can't afford it either!" The little lady looked at Li Yanqing expectantly.

  Li Yanqing tugged at her braids and laughed, "Brother Li is just kidding you, you can take whatever you want, and I'll buy it for you!"

Cao Jiaojiao cheered, and immediately started her big purchases. She had to buy ten copies of everything because she had ten kittens. When the shopkeeper saw a big customer coming, he simply closed the shop and concentrated on being their family. The business took another half an hour, and the shopping was finally over. Five large boxes were filled, and Li Yanqing bought a few more large wooden boxes, and put the food she bought in it, and put the words "cat food" on the outside , In this way, it can be transported back to Cao's mansion without concealing the truth.

   "Officer, a total of forty-nine taels of silver!"

  Li Yanqing gave the shopkeeper fifty taels of silver, and smiled at him: "Please send the shop back to Cao Mansion with a car!"

   "Is it the residence of General Cao?"

   "Exactly! Send it to the side door and just hand it over to their housekeeper."

  "The villain understands, the villain will usually deliver the goods to the door, and the reputation is guaranteed!"

  Li Yanqing wrote Cao Jiaojiao's name on the big box with a pen, so that the housekeeper of Cao's mansion would not make a mistake.

  Li Yanqing sent Cao Jiaojiao back to the Cao Mansion.

   "This is for you!"

  Li Yanqing squatted down in front of the steps, smiled and gave Cao Jiaojiao one or two small silver ingots, "I will buy candy myself in the future!"

  Cao Jiaojiao was very moved, she pulled Li Yanqing's neck down, and whispered in his ear: "Brother Li, let me tell my sister, you can be my brother-in-law!"

  Li Yanqing laughed, and patted her cute red face, "Go back! Brother Li will buy it for you when the cat food is finished."

  Cao Jiaojiao waved her hand to bid him farewell. At this moment, she suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly shouted: "Brother Li, don't forget to write couplets for my cattery!"

  (end of this chapter)

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