Entering the mall, He Da's wife said: "When you come to Fancheng this time, you must buy an enamel basin." Don't buy the shelf, Daddy Lin from the next village has made a good wooden frame, and he just needs to make one. We have a few neighbors around us, each of them has an enamel basin, and the guests come to clean their faces in the morning, and they don't know how decent they are. ”

He Dalian nodded repeatedly: "Okay, buy, buy." What other people have, our family will have. ”

The wife said: "I also heard that there is porcelain from Ruzhou sold here in Fancheng, although it is produced in the private cellar, but it is not far from the official cellar." It's nothing else, we have to buy a set of tea sets, come to the guests, and bring them out to look good. ”

He Da just nodded. Since last year, Xinyangjun has been producing a large amount of tea, which is sold to nearby states and counties through shopping malls. After all, Du Zhongxiao figured out the green tea process, changed the steamed green to fried green, and the brewed loose tea had a special fragrance and became popular. At this time, in addition to group tea, loose tea was also popular among the people, which was somewhat similar to the tea leaves of later generations. However, like the group tea, it uses the method of steaming green, and there is less fragrance. In addition to green tea, Du Zhongxiao also organized people to make fermented tea from old leaves, pressed into large tea bricks, and specially trafficked to northern Xinjiang for tea and horse trade.

Stir-fried green tea replaces loose tea, and fermented tea replaces group tea, and the tea-making process has taken a big step forward. Fermented tea, Du Zhongxiao does not know which kind of tea corresponds to later generations, in short, it is resistant to storage after being pressed into tea bricks, which is convenient for transportation, and can be boiled and drunk like a group of tea, which is very convenient.

At this time, the group tea is extremely troublesome to drink, and it is necessary to grind it into the end, add various spices and cook it into a tea soup, and there are many exquisiteness in it. Where is the poor family with such fine work? Loose tea is still sold in large quantities by the people. After the loose tea was changed to green tea, the taste was stronger than before, and slowly some wealthy families began to drink it. The tea is exquisite, and the people also pursue the taste of life, and they must have good tea sets, and the porcelain of Ruzhou has become a famous product on Jingxi Road.

After walking a few steps, his wife said again: "In addition to tea, I also need to buy some sugar." In recent months, we have also become popular to eat sugar. Some wealthy people come to serve tea to their guests, and sugar is added to it. ”

He Dadao: "You can buy sugar, but we can't afford to add sugar to tea." ”

The wife said, "Always buy something to put there, and the sugar won't spoil." Occasionally, a distinguished guest comes and can be taken out. ”

While the two husbands and wives discussed, one took one of their son's hands and followed the flow of people into the mall. As soon as I entered the mall, I saw stalls full of vegetables and fruits on both sides, and several shops selling grain, rice, oil and salt behind me. The crowd here is particularly crowded, and many people buy fruit here to prepare for the New Year.

He Da was taken aback: "Now in the cold winter weather, how can there be so many fruits sold?" I've lived for decades, but I've never heard of anything like this. In the past, there were a few pears sold in winter, where are there so many varieties! ”

The wife said: "Now that there is a train, it is like flying from other places, so naturally there is." Let's go buy something else first, and if we have any money left to spare, come here and buy some cheap things and go back to feed our son. ”

The dog head had been staring at the banana next to him, but after listening to his mother's words, he knew that he couldn't afford it, so he had to turn his head. I didn't want to be seen by He Da, so I couldn't bear it, and said to my wife: "I only heard that the bananas sold over there are produced thousands of miles away in the south, but I have never eaten them." We happened to meet today, and we went to buy one or two sticks for our son to eat. ”

When the family of three arrived at the fruit stall, He Da pointed to the banana and said, "Master, how can this be sold?" ”

The fruit seller pointed to the scale next to him, and then pointed to the sign standing in front of him, and said: "It has a price written on it, thirty wen per catty, and the yamen school has said that Tong Su is not bullied." ”

He Da was taken aback: "I can buy a huge Zhengzhou pear for three cents, why are you so expensive?" Where to afford to eat! ”

The fruit seller said: "There is no way to do this, pears are durable, and the price is naturally cheap." And now that the train is open, thousands of catties of pears from Zhengzhou have been transported, and they can't be sold at a price. Bananas are different, this product is produced in the south, and it is afraid of squeezing, so it is not easy to transport. And it will be bad if you put it for a few days, only the camp field has a secret method, and you can put it now, and the price is naturally expensive. ”

Where is He Da willing to spend dozens of dollars to buy a few mouthfuls of food? Hesitation in the heart. Seeing the son next to him looking at the banana, he gritted his teeth and said, "Master, I'll buy one or two for the child to eat, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

The fruit seller smiled: "You can pay as much as you want, and you can sell one or two sticks." ”

After speaking, he broke two bananas from a large handful, weighed them, and collected He Dawuwen's money.

He Da took the banana, put it in his hand and said, "Good girl, if this thing is delicious, you have to charge a lot of money." As he spoke, he peeled one and handed it to his son.

At this moment, the person next to him said, "Brother He, are you also coming to the mall?" What a coincidence! ”

He Da turned around and saw that it was He Sanlang and a few people in the village. One of them, Liu Huai, was catching a tiger in the village a few months ago, injured two fingers, and saved his life, which is recognizable, and the rest are all fresh faces.

stepped forward and saluted, He Dadao: "It turned out to be San Lang, what a coincidence." - Liu Tizhi is also here, thank you for that day! ”

He Sanlang said: "Brother He, Commander Liu has been promoted. Now I am an envoy, a battalion commander in the horse army, and I am there as a grain and grass officer. Today, we are here together to buy some New Year's goods for the camp, and I don't want to meet your family. ”

He Da hurriedly asked what was going on, only to learn that he had captured the tiger that day, and the injured Liu Huai was the first to be promoted. After graduating from school, he was changed to battalion commander from the utility of the unit, and officially became a commander of the army.

He Da hurriedly congratulated and said, "It's really rare to meet here, I'll buy something in a while, and I'll invite you to drink." I've heard people in the village say that the restaurants in the neighborhood are very good. Drink a few glasses of wine and thank you for catching tigers in the village last time and saving our father-son relationship. ”

Liu Huai said: "It's inconvenient today. We bought New Year's goods and hurried back to the army. ”

He Dadao: "What's the matter?" We also had to buy our goods and go home, and we all took the last train to go back. Liu Tizhi gave up his life that day to save our father and son safely, and I felt uneasy if I didn't thank him. ”

Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Liu Huai had no choice but to agree and make an appointment with the place and time to meet. Just as he was about to leave, Liu Huai suddenly said: "By the way, the bananas sold here are all from the camp, don't buy them." When I go back, I will get a few catties from the army, and I won't need a few dollars to eat a good meal. ”

After speaking, together with He Sanlang, he left in a hurry with his subordinates. Today, they have to purchase goods for the New Year for the army, vegetables, meat, grain, rice, oil, and everything, and they don't have enough time. Du Zhongxiao speculated that the Nong Zhigao rebellion in the south would be within a year or two, and he would pay close attention to military training. During the Chinese New Year, soldiers have a few days off, and officers are required to stay in the barracks to improve various systems in the army.

Watching Liu Huai and He Sanlang leave, He Dadao: "It turns out that Liu Tizhi was rewarded for his meritorious service after returning that day, and he has become an official, and my heart is much better." If he hadn't rushed forward desperately that day, the big worm would have been ruthless, and maybe it would have ruined my life. ”