Luo Fengtang turned his head to look at the peddler's burden and asked Yang Ruqing, "Nine wen coins are something we can afford. Why don't you buy it, Qing'er?"

Yang Ruqing raised her hand to sweep a strand of hair from her forehead, curling her lips into a smile: "This girl is naturally beautiful. I don't need flowers to kill half the street, so why waste the money?"

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Because today is the first day of the tenth lunar month, the Cold Clothes Festival, and it coincides with the beginning of the month.

The market was bustling like never before.

Besides the vendors who had long been stationed in the Wa market, villagers from ten miles around all converged here.

All kinds of agricultural and sideline products, mountain goods, wild game, and smuggled goods are everywhere!

The cries of vendors, the haggling sounds, converged to form a bustling and vibrant hub for agricultural produce exchange.

Yang Ruqing arrived in Wa City, just like a fish leaping into the sea, her whole being invigorated.

A pair of bright eyes, darted nimbly through the crowd, sweeping past every stall, searching for good-quality soybeans at a fair price...

Soon, she made deals with several farmers and purchased more than twenty catties of soybeans at a price of three cash per catty.

"Qing'er, you handle the business deal first. I'll be back in a bit."

At the stall of an old man selling soybeans, Luo Fengtang was speaking to Yang Ruqing, who was bending over to inspect the soybeans.

Yang Ruqing looked up and asked, "What are you going to do?"

Luo Fengtang didn't utter a sound, his face flushing slightly.

Yang Ruqing immediately understood.

People have three urgent needs, look at yourself asking this question, hey!

"Then go ahead, I'll be waiting for you here!"

She immediately giggled, turned around, and continued to examine the old man's burlap sack full of yellow beans.

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On her way here just now, Yang Ruqing went to a nearby grain store to inquire about the market prices.

The soybeans in the grain store cost five cash per jin.

And within this bustling market, the farmers who came for the fair held yellow beans and peanuts in their hands, costing only three copper coins.

Yang Ruqing was so happy her mouth almost reached one ear. It's a pity she didn't bring a pole, a sack and ropes, otherwise, she would probably sweep all the soybeans away!

After a cup of tea, Luofeng Tang returned.

"Qing'er, have you bought the soybeans?" he asked.

“Okay, everyone’s here!” Yang Ruqing said, pointing to the ground beside her.

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The wooden tub that previously held tofu was now brimming with soybeans.

"Looks like quite a bit," Luofengtang said.

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Yang Ruqing smiled, “Thirty kilograms? That’s enough for us to make tofu for a long time!”

According to the contract, tofu will be sent back to the restaurant once every three days.

Every time, I send fifty catties of tofu.

Ten jin of soybeans can make fifty jin of tofu.

There are thirty jin of soybeans in the bucket, enough to make six batches.

Three trips a day, that is to say, these thirty catties of soybean raw materials are enough to support the supply for quite some time.

Besides, there are still a few kilograms of soybeans sent by Lao Sun at home!

"When we're done with this batch of soybeans, we'll come back to the market and buy more! We've received what we needed here for today. Let's head back to the village!"

Yang Ruqing said happily, clapping her hands and leaning down to lift the wooden barrel.

Luo Fengtang had already gotten ahead of her, carrying the wooden bucket filled with mung beans in his hand.

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"I'll carry it!" he said.

Yang Ruqing said, "The bucket is pretty heavy..."

Luo Fengtang smiled: "Nothing, let's go!"

Okay!

The two people returned along the original road.

“Tang Yazi, today is the Han Clothing Festival, did your family buy incense paper and firecrackers?” Yang Ruqing asked.

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Every year, on the first day of the tenth lunar month, is the Han clothing festival.

In the Mianniu Mountain area, it's customary on the afternoon of the Cold Clothing Festival to go up the mountain and burn incense paper for deceased relatives. This is done so that they can use the money to buy winter clothes.

Hearing Yang Ruqing's question, Luofengtang lowered her eyes slightly and said in a muffled voice, "Didn't buy!"

Since I was a child, I have never seen my parents. Let alone my grandparents.

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Every year when we go to pay respects to our ancestors, I would follow my uncle to the hill behind the village. My uncle would always point to an inconspicuous mound of earth and tell me...

Tell him, that's his father!

...make him kowtow to his father, burn incense...

He did it every year, but inside he felt lost!

What's it like to have parents?

He didn't understand, so he had always been indifferent to this practice of wearing heavy winter clothes in summer!

Besides, the family is struggling financially. Every penny saved counts!

“Last night, my uncle told me to buy winter clothes today. I didn't buy them, and I don't want to!” Luo Fengtang mumbled.

Yang Ruqing looked at him with a hint of surprise.

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I immediately thought of his background and understood a little more.

Just like her, in her past life she was an orphan, with no parents, raised by an organization.

Although they are the descendants of China, they rarely follow Chinese traditional customs.

I've never done things like burning incense and kowtowing to people.

Murder is commonplace!

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But in this life, she has a different kind of life.

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Being transported to a rural family, I have parents and a younger brother. We live in three thatched-roof houses with a few acres of farmland.

Life was simple and peaceful, without any storms or upheavals. However, it was this very ordinary life that gave her a sense of reality.

Let her feel that, being human, to walk through this world once.

All the splendor and glory, in the end, pale in comparison to the everyday support and companionship we share with loved ones.

"Táng yázi, no matter what happens, no matter if you have any longing for your father or your ancestors. This is a custom that needs to be followed, we still have to follow it!"

Yang Ruqing's clear voice comforted Luofeng Tang.

As children of our ancestors, we cannot forget our roots. The departed are to be honored, and the filial piety we should practice must still be carried out! Without those ancestors who rest beneath the earth, where would we be? Wouldn't you say so?

Luò Fēng Táng raised his eyes and looked fixedly at the young girl before him.

From her deep, bright eyes, he saw once again that maturity and seriousness beyond her years!

Luo Fengtang felt that her previous words and actions were like a disobedient child in front of her!

Of course, you can't always be so serious and dwell on whether or not you have a father-son relationship with your dad.

Since he gave his life for mine, allowing me to stand here and speak with Qing'er, I should at least buy some incense paper to honor him!

A tinge of resistance in his heart vanished. Luo Fengtang scratched his head and said, "Qing'er, you make sense. Let's go buy it together!"

Just ahead, there was a shop selling incense and firecrackers.

The two of them entered the shop, cut a few pieces of incense paper and two short firecrackers, each spending over ten and under twenty copper coins!

Yang Ruqing received the wrapped incense firecrackers.

After they left the shop, Luofeng Tang again reached out to take the thing from her hand.

"Qinger, you just walk away with your hands waving, and give me all the things!"

Yang Ruohua was secretly pleased with the boy's diligence and hard work.

Walking down the road, she smiled brightly, teasing him, "You little guy really think you're invincible Superman, huh? You take everything! What are you going to do when your arms get tired and you can't carry anything anymore?"

Luo Fengtang waved his hand dismissively and said, "What's that? When hunting in the mountains, when you get a good harvest, you carry things on your shoulders and in your hands, with two rabbits strapped to your waist, climbing several mountaintops and wading through several streams!"

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