After Doctor Du left, they walked around to the back street to purchase a cast iron pot from the iron shop there.
Gu Jinli's family didn't have a cast iron pot; only Third Grandpa's family had one, which was inconvenient to use for cooking, making dishes, and boiling water over the past few days.
Clang, clang, clang –
As soon as they entered the blacksmith shop, a piercing sound of hammering on iron rang out.
The blacksmith saw them and pointed to a row of iron pots of different sizes on the ground, saying, "Pick whatever pot you want to buy by yourself."
Then he asked them, "Did you bring your household registration? You cannot buy ironware without it."
In ancient times, iron was used to make weapons, and it was regulated by the court; farmers needed to bring their household registration to purchase ironware, or they would not be able to buy it.
