After entering the mall, He Da’s wife said, “This time I come to Fancheng, I must buy an enamel washbasin. Don’t buy a shelf. My father from the next village has a good wooden rack. Just ask him to make one. Several neighbors around us have an enamel basin. When the guests come, they clean the noodles in the morning. I don’t know how decent it is.”

He Dalian nodded repeatedly: "Okay, I bought it, I bought it. Others have it, but ours also need it."

The wife said again: "I also heard that there are porcelains sold from Ruzhou in Fancheng. Although they are made of private cellars, they are not far from the official cellars. It's fine. We want to buy a set of tea sets. When guests come, they will bring them out to look good."

He Da just nodded. The Xinyang Army began to produce large amounts of tea from last year and sold it to nearby prefectures and counties through shopping mall channels. Du Zhongxiao finally discovered the green tea technology, changing steamed green to fried green. The loose tea made of the brewed tea had a special fragrance and became popular. At this time, in addition to the tuan tea, loose tea was also popular among the people, which was somewhat similar to the tea leaves in later generations. However, like tuan tea, the method of steamed green was used and the fragrance was reduced. In addition to green tea, Du Zhongxiao also organized people to make fermented tea with old leaves, pressed into large tea bricks, and specially sold to the northern Xinjiang for tea-horse trade.

Fried green tea replaces loose tea, and fermented tea replaces ball tea, the tea making process has taken a big step forward. Du Zhongxiao doesn’t know which type of tea corresponding to later generations. In short, it is resistant to storage after being pressed into tea bricks and is convenient for transportation. It can be cooked like ball tea, which is very convenient.

At this time, the round tea was extremely troublesome to drink. It had to be ground into powder and cooked into tea soup with various seasonings. There were many things in it. Where did the poor families have such fine skills? The people sold a lot of loose tea. After the loose tea was changed to green tea, the taste was stronger than before, and gradually the wealthy families began to drink it. The tea became exquisite, and the people also pursued the taste of life. They needed good tea sets. The porcelain of Ruzhou became a famous product on Jingxi Road.

After walking a few steps, the wife said again: "In addition to tea, we also need to buy some sugar. In recent months, it has been popular to eat sugar in our place. Some wealthy families come to customers to serve tea and add sugar to it."

He Dao: "You can buy sugar, but we can't afford it if you add sugar to the tea."

The wife said, "You always have to buy something that can't be stored there, but the sugar cannot be broken. Occasionally, when a distinguished guest comes, you can take it out."

While discussing, the couple took one of their son's hand and entered the mall with the flow of people. As soon as they entered the mall, they saw stalls full of vegetables and fruits on both sides, and behind them were several stores selling grain, rice, oil and salt. The crowds here were very crowded, and many people were shopping here to prepare for the New Year.

He Da was startled: "How come there are so many fruits sold in the cold winter months now? I have lived for decades, but I have never heard of such things. In the past, in winter, there were only a few pears sold, so where are there so many kinds of them!"

The wife said, "Now that there is a train, and it comes from another place like flying, so we will naturally have it. Let's go buy other things first. If we still have any extra money when we leave, come here to buy some cheaper ones and go back for our son to eat."

The dog head was staring at the banana next to him. After hearing his mother's words, he knew that his family could not afford it, so he had to turn his head. He didn't expect that he happened to be seen by He Da. He felt unbearable and said to his wife: "I only heard that the bananas sold there are thousands of miles away from the south, but I have never eaten them. I happened to meet them today. We went to buy one or two for our son to eat."

The family of three arrived at the fruit-selling stall. He Da pointed at Banana and said, "Master, how do you sell this?"

The fruit seller pointed to the quotation next to him, and pointed to the card standing in front, saying, "It is written with a price, 30 cents per catty, and the quotation that passes by the yamen school is not deceptive."

He Da was startled: "I can buy a huge Zhengzhou pear for three cents. Why are you so expensive? Where can I afford it!"

The person selling fruit said: "There is no way to do this. The pears are durable and the price is naturally cheap. And now the train is open, and the pears in Zhengzhou are transported for thousands of kilograms, but they cannot be sold at a price. Bananas are different. This product is in the south and is afraid of squeezing, so it is not easy to transport. Moreover, it will be broken after being stored for a few days. Only the secret method of farming and farming can be placed until now, and the price will naturally be expensive."

How could He Da be willing to spend dozens of cents to buy some food? He hesitated. Seeing his son beside him staring at the banana with his eyes gritted his teeth and said, "Master, I'll buy one or two for the child to eat, I wonder if it's okay?"

The fruit seller smiled and said, "It's worth it, you can pay for it, and you can sell one or two pieces."

After saying that, he broke two of the bananas from a large handful of bananas, put them on the scale, and collected He Da's five cents.

He Da took the banana, put it in his hand and weighed it, "Be good, if this thing is delicious, you have to charge so much money." As he said, peeling one and handing it to his son.

At this moment, the person next to him said, "Brother He, have you come to the mall too? What a coincidence I met!"

He Da turned around and saw that it was He Sanlang and several people from the village. One of them, Liu Huai, caught a tiger in the village a few months ago, injured two fingers, saved his life, and recognized him, and the rest were all raw faces.

He went forward to greet him and said, "It turned out to be Sanlang, what a coincidence. - Liu Tie is here, thank you that day!"

He Sanlang said: "Brother He, Instructor Liu has been promoted. Now he has become an envoy and a commander of the battalion in the horse army. I am here to set up food and grass. Today we will come here together to buy New Year's goods for the battalion. If you don't want to meet your family."

He Da hurriedly asked what happened, and only then did he know that the tiger had been captured that day. Liu Huai, who was injured, was promoted to an envoy for the first time. After learning from the school, he changed from being a battalion commander to become a commander of the battalion and officially became a commander of the army.

He Da hurriedly congratulated and said, "It's really rare to meet here. After buying things later, I'll invite you to drink. I've heard people here in the village say that the nearby restaurants taste great. Drink a few glasses of wine. Thank you for catching tigers in the village last time and saving our father and son."

Liu Huai said: "It's not convenient today. We have bought New Year's goods and we have to hurry back to the army."

He Dadao: "What's the point? We have to buy goods and go home. We take the train that will go back the latest. Liu Tie gave up his life that day to save our father and son from peace. I feel uneasy if I don't thank you."

Seeing the refusal, Liu Huai had no choice but to agree and made an appointment for the meeting place and time. Just as he was about to leave, Liu Huai suddenly said, "By the way, the bananas sold here are all from the field commerce, don't buy them. When I go back, I will get a few kilograms from the army, and I can't ask for a few dollars to eat."

After saying that, he and He Sanlang hurriedly left with their subordinates. Today they were going to purchase New Year's goods, vegetables, meat, food, rice, oil and life for the army, and not enough time. Du Zhongxiao speculated that the Nong Zhigao rebellion in the south would be within one or two years and would be very careful in the training of the army. During the Chinese New Year, soldiers would have a few days off, and officers would have to stay in the military camp and improve various military systems.
Chapter completed!