Jiang Wan did not restrain them, gave them ten coins each, and said, "There are many people on the street, don't get lost."

Xie Xueling and Xiaoliu stood on her left and right, holding her hands tightly.

Xie Jing and Xiaohu followed Xie Erzhu, and they squeezed into the crowd one after another.

Fourth Aunt Xie took her two daughters-in-law out shopping.

Luohe Town is indeed lively today. Not only are there street performers, but there are also monkey shows.

The children had never seen such an obedient monkey and they stood by and watched without blinking.

After watching for a while, Xie Xueling pulled Jiang Wan's hand. Jiang Wan leaned down and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Xie Xueling said softly: "Sister-in-law, the little monkey is crying. It definitely doesn't want to be tied up."

Jiang Wan followed her gaze and saw a monkey trainer was training a big monkey with a small monkey of a few months old tied next to it.

The monkey has fluffy silver-gray fur and big round eyes, which makes it look very cute.

But at this time it was tied tightly with a rope around its neck, its movements were restricted, and it could only jump around in a hurry, making chirping sounds from time to time.

Jiang Wan asked, "Xue Ling, do you feel sorry for the monkey? Do you want to buy it?"

Xie Xueling hesitated and asked, "Will that be very expensive?"

"Wait until the crowd disperses, and then we'll go ask."

"it is good!"

Xie Xueling's eyes lit up.

About a quarter of an hour later, the monkey trainer finished his performance and asked for money from the spectators around him with a broken bowl.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, the spectators had more money and were willing to support the feast, throwing a few coins into the bowls.

When he arrived in front of Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan asked, "Brother, are you selling that little monkey?"

The monkey trainer looked at Jiang Wan for a few times. Jiang Wan looked calm and explained, "My sister and the little monkey fell in love with each other and wanted to buy it back as a pet. I wonder if big brother is willing to give it up?"

Seeing her seriousness, the monkey trainer rolled his eyes and said, "Since you are sincere, I won't lie to you. My monkeys have been trained by me since they were young. They are proficient in bowing, sitting and meditating, and are very human. I have also trained this little monkey for several months. If you really want it, just pay me ten taels of silver."

The spectators around exclaimed, "Ten taels for a little monkey? This is too much of a rip-off!"

"Of course! Little girl, don't listen to his nonsense. If your sister really likes animals, I have a few little rabbits at home. They are snow-white and cute. They are five taels each. Do you want some?"

"Hey, I'm telling you, why are you doing business?! According to what you said, my bitch just gave birth to a few puppies, they are quite cute, why don't you buy a puppy and take it home to raise, and it can also guard the house! I won't charge you five taels, I only want two taels!"

The people around saw that Jiang Wan and her group were dressed richly, and they all wanted to do business with a "rich lady" like her.

Girls from wealthy families have no shortage of money, they just buy whatever they like, it’s so easy to fool them!

People flocked to Jiang Wan to sell their own animals, which made the monkey trainer very anxious.

This huge business obviously fell into his hands, how could it be snatched away by others?

Jiang Wan was calm. Even with so many people asking her questions, she didn't say a word.

The monkey trainer wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to Jiang Wan, "Girl, if you really want my little monkey, the price is negotiable. Why don't we find a secluded place to talk..."

"One tael of silver."

Jiang Wan suddenly spoke in a clear voice.

The monkey trainer was frightened and refused without thinking, but Jiang Wan took Xie Xueling's brick and left.

Seeing the person walking away, the monkey trainer hurriedly chased after him and said with a bitter face: "Okay, okay! One tael is enough! Girl, you are really good at bargaining! I have raised this little monkey for several months, and the food alone is not worth even one tael of silver..."

Jiang Wan turned back, showing her white teeth, and interrupted him, saying, "In that case, let's pay the money and get the goods."

Jiang Wancai didn't listen to the monkey trainer's nonsense.

A little monkey is sold for ten taels, why doesn't he go and rob it?

The little monkey looked to be no more than four or five months old, and was extremely skinny. It looked like it had never had enough to eat. How could it be raised as carefully as the monkey trainer said?

Jiang Wan gave the monkey trainer one or two taels of silver, and the monkey trainer gave the little monkey to her with great reluctance.

The few of them walked to a bun stall, and Jiang Wan ordered four trays of meat buns. He then asked the auntie who was selling vegetables nearby and spent two cents to buy some wild fruits for the little monkey.

The little monkey squatted beside Jiang Wan's feet. He was skinny and small. He held the wild fruits in both hands and stuffed them into his mouth. It seemed that he had been hungry for a long time.

Xie Xueling looked at it with sympathy and went to a nearby vegetable stall to pick up some rotten vegetable leaves for the cat to eat.

The four children surrounded the little monkey and looked at it, curiosity all over their faces.

"Sister-in-law, should we take the little monkey home?" Xie Jing asked.

Jiang Wan drank tea and said, "What if we don't take it home? Put it back in the mountains? It's winter now, there's nothing to eat in the mountains. A monkey this small will freeze to death, won't it?"

There was a moderate snowfall last night. The snow was not heavy, but it covered the entire Baihu Mountain.

The snow stopped this morning, and the people from Lushui Village were able to go to Luohe Town to buy things.

But it looks like it will snow again tomorrow.

Xie Jing couldn't help but complain, "We have horses, dogs, chickens and ducks at home, and now we have a little monkey. It's really lively."

Jiang Wan couldn't help laughing when he thought about it.

Xie Erzhu followed with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law, my mother said she wants to go to the next village to pick up two piglets after the New Year. Does your family want them?"

Jiang Wan thought for a moment and said, "Then let me have two too."

Raise pigs after the New Year and you can eat them the next year.

Xie Jing was both happy and depressed.

There are quite a lot of small animals in his house, and he will be busy taking care of them in the future.

After a while, the meat buns came up.

The hot and fragrant meat buns diverted all the children's attention away from the little monkey.

As soon as the soft and fragrant meat buns were put into their mouths, everyone showed an expression of satisfaction on their faces.

The little monkey gobbled up the wild fruits and rotten vegetable leaves, and stared at the meat buns on the table.

Jiang Wan knew that monkeys were omnivorous animals, so she threw a meat bun to it.

Unexpectedly, the little monkey caught it accurately in his hand, lowered its head and started to bite it, eating it with such delicious taste.

After eating the meat buns, Jiang Wan took the children to continue shopping, buying hair ornaments, rouge, and embroidery thread for the two girls, and pens, ink, paper, and inkstones for the two boys, as well as small toys such as the Nine-Ring Chain.

Clothes were the last thing they were short of. The cloth that Mr. Liu had given them and the cloth that Madam Qian had given them were more than they could use up.

Meihua is very skillful. When Jiang Wan and his family are not in Lushui Village, she makes clothes with Juhua and makes a set of cotton clothes for each member of Jiang Wan's family.

When Jiang Wan returned, she learned about it and was given four rolls of silk cloth to make another set of clothes for them, and was also paid five taels of silver.

Thinking about how Meihua, Chrysanthemum, and Lotus were taking care of Jiang Weiran at home and how hard it was, Jiang Wan walked into a gold shop and wanted to buy a piece of jewelry for the three of them.

Unfortunately, as soon as I entered the gold shop, I saw Jiang Lianer.

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