The Lucky Farmgirl has a Pocket Dimension - Chapter 38

Chapter 38: Buying The Six Gifts for Etiquette

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

At this moment, an old woman suddenly rushed over. When she saw that they were about to close the stall, she was greatly disappointed. “Oh no, you’re closing the stall. Have you sold all the tofu?”

Zhao Dong still had some impression of this old lady. She was the first old lady to come to his stall to buy tofu.

Seeing that someone else came to ask him, Second Aunt immediately smiled and said enthusiastically, “It’s not sold out. There’s still one piece left.”

Zhao Zhitong also greeted her warmly, “Madam, do you still want to buy tofu?”

The old lady did not expect Zhao Zhitong to still remember her. She immediately smiled and said, “Yes, I want another one.”

It turned out that this old lady was a servant in Landlord Fang’s family who served Old Lady Fang. Old Lady Fang was old and her teeth had long since fallen out. She could not eat any hard food.

The tofu was soft and tender. It didn’t take much effort for the old lady to fall in love with it. Hence, she asked the old lady to buy some more back.

Hence, she rushed to the market again. Unexpectedly, Zhao Dong and the others’ original stall was gone.

Fortunately, a butcher beside her told her that there was another stall at the end of the North Street market, so she came over to take a look.

Zhao Dong wrapped the remaining one and a half pieces of tofu in lotus leaves and handed it to the old lady with a smile. “There’s only this last piece and a half left. Take it for the price of one piece of tofu.”

The old lady smiled and narrowed her eyes. “How can I accept that? I took half a bowl of beancurd from you earlier.”

Zhao Dong waved his hand and smiled. “You’re my repeat customer. Moreover, I can’t sell the remaining half. Take it.”

The old lady took the tofu with a smile and asked where Zhao Dong’s house was.

When she heard that it was Zhaozhai Village, he smiled and said, “That’s quite close. This trip won’t take more than half an hour, right?”

Zhao Dong nodded. “If we walk faster, it won’t take more than half an hour.”

After that, the old lady learned that the tofu was made by Zhao Dong’s wife when she was messing around. She then revealed her ultimate goal.

It turned out that Old Lady Fang had asked her to ask if she could go to his house every day to order tofu. She didn’t ask for much. She only asked for four or five catties of tofu.

Zhao Dong did not refuse. He only said that it was fine if they got someone to come to their house to get it.

The old lady naturally agreed.

Hence, Zhao Dong told the old lady the location of the house and the time to get the tofu.

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After sending the old lady off, the sun above their heads grew bigger and bigger. The few young children became tired.

Knowing that they were all hungry, Madam Liu took out the pancakes she had brought with her from the basket on her back, opened them, and handed them to them. “Eat a few bites first. After we buy the six items for etiquette, we’ll go home.”

Sun Daji, Sun Daqing, and Sun Daxiang took the pancakes and squatted by the roadside to eat them.

The pancakes were baked when they went back to Madam Liu’s house last night. Now that they were cold, they became a little hard. Therefore, they had to eat and drink water.

Zhao Zhitong was also holding the pancake with her small hands. She squatted by the roadside like her cousins and started munching hard.

Zhao Dong and the others put away the stall and turned around to see their daughter holding a piece of pancake. She was gnawing so hard that her face was about to deform.

Zhao Dong could not help but laugh. He knew that she was not used to eating this. Then, he thought of the cold noodles shop he had seen by the roadside when he came, so he suggested, “Don’t eat pancakes. We earned a lot of money today. After we buy things later, let’s go eat cold noodles.”

Second Aunt immediately disagreed. “Brother-in-law, let’s go home and eat. It’s not far from home. Don’t waste money.”

Second Uncle also echoed, “That’s right. Listen to your sister-in-law and don’t waste money.”

The children, who had just been happy, were instantly disappointed.

Zhao Dong persuaded, “Cold noodles don’t cost that much money. It’s not easy for the children to come out.”

Second Aunt still didn’t agree and asked them to go home for dinner.

Sun Daji and the other two couldn’t help but look at Zhao Zhitong.

Second Aunt was famous for being frugal in the family. She was the kind of person who would stir-fry two dishes every time she added oil.

Last night, when Sun Mei saw it, she said that the dishes were not delicious without any oil. Unexpectedly, she said in surprise, “If the dishes are so delicious, wouldn’t you have to eat more steamed buns?!”

At that time, Sun Mei was shocked.

At this moment, perhaps only Zhao Zhitong could change Second Aunt’s mind. Hence, the three little kids looked at Zhao Zhitong in unison.

After receiving her signal, Zhao Zhitong immediately ran to Madam Liu’s side and said coquettishly, “Second Aunt, Second Aunt, let’s go eat. The cold noodles are delicious.”

In the end, after Zhao Zhitong massaged her shoulders and legs, Madam Liu’s heart softened and she agreed.

The children immediately cheered.

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This large bazaar where the villagers exchanged information was set up at a T-shaped crossroads.

They were now on the north-south street. If they walked south, they would be able to see a butcher’s poultry. If they walked further, they would be able to see Butcher Zhao’s stall. It was at the crossroads to T-shaped Street. It was a good location.

After greeting Butcher Zhao, the group pushed the cart to the east street. There were grain and oil shops, fruit stalls, and various other small shops.

Zhao Dong first turned into the grain store and bought lotus seeds, longan, and red beans.

Then, she went to the fruit stall.

There were very few stalls selling fruits. There were only one or two. Moreover, there were not many types of fruits. They were all common fruits.

As far as the eye could see, there were plums, Chinese pears, red dates, crabapple, and so on. In front of a stall, he actually saw common apples.

However, fruits were generally very expensive. For example, a red common apple cost three copper coins.

When the boss saw that there were four children on Zhao Dong’s side, he immediately began to promote enthusiastically. “Come and take a look. Take a look. There are all kinds of fruits. There’s everything you need. This plum is sour, sweet, and delicious. It’s very delicious. There’s also this big green pear…”

Zhao Dong hurriedly waved his hand and said no. He hurriedly bought some dates and pushed the cart away.

He still needed celery and dried meat strips. There was celery in the vegetable field at home, so there was no need to buy them. As for dried meat strips, he could just buy them at Butcher Zhao’s house.

With that, the six gifts were complete. Zhao Dong prepared to bring the children to eat cold noodles.

Turning into the street that sold cold noodles, he saw a straw shed in front of him from afar. There was a front hanging on it with four big words written on it.

Zhao Zhitong, who was lying on Sun Youcai’s shoulder, pointed at the front and said, “Niu family’s cold noodles!”

Sun Youcai exclaimed in surprise, “Amazing, Little Tongtong. You actually know these four words.”

Zhao Zhitong snorted arrogantly. She placed her hands on Sun Youcai’s shoulders and said in a childish voice, “I know a lot of words.”

Sun Daqing, who was standing at the side, was extremely arrogant. “Hmph, my little cousin is much smarter than Uncle. She only knows a few words. What’s there to make a fuss about?”

Sun Youcai was speechless. He raised his leg and smacked his butt. “Your little cousin is smart, not you. Why are you so smug?”

Sun Daqing made a face at Sun Youcai and jogged behind Sun Youcai, who had parked his cart and was walking over.

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