Poor family mother and son

Chapter 38
The warm sun is shining again, catkins are floating all over the sky.Chu Qing took Xiaobao to the city to buy it.If you have money, can you not spend it?The main reason is to see what the blacksmith shops in the county are like, which is a market inspection.

Now that there is a carriage, there is no need to walk so tiringly and slowly, but there is no driving school to learn the skills, so I have to find Zhang Mingyu again.Comrade Xiao Zhang is good, he can make money and calculate. It just so happens that he also has to go to the city to check accounts for others, so we went together.

Xiaobao wore a new-style fanny pack around his waist, and it was bulging inside. Chu Qing filled it with a lot of small snacks, and wrapped them individually in oiled paper, with emoticons drawn on each small package.Xiao Bao couldn't put it down, and was opening a paper bag with an OK sign on it, took out the crispy abalone inside, took a small bite, savored it carefully, and then used the other hand to make an OK look.After comparing for a long time, he handed the snack to Chu Qing's mouth, and then showed OK to Chu Qing.

Chu Qing opened his mouth wide in a pretentious manner, bit the air hard at the snack, and said OK.Xiaobao's eyes narrowed, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

Zhang Mingyu drove the carriage, and then let out a "choo".The catkins outside were scattered all over the place, and Zhang Mingyu's hair and eyelashes were covered with some, and they even burrowed into his nostrils from time to time.Xiao Bao got out of the car curtain and handed Zhang Mingyu a large gourd of water. Zhang Mingyu turned around to thank him, and Xiao Bao handed Zhang Mingyu an emoji snack.Zhang Mingyu happily accepted it, opened the bag and took it out, Xiao Bao snatched it back and returned to the carriage.

Chu Qing looked at Xiao Bao helplessly, is this a show of smell?Outside the carriage was Zhang Mingyu's hearty laughter.Xiaobao put the snacks on the small table in the carriage into small paper bags one by one, sealed the mouth carefully and put them back into the pouch.

The parking place is the first stop designed by Zhang Mingyu, the blacksmith shop.This is a not-so-small shop, located at the farthest edge of the "Commercial Street" in the county seat.The sound of blacksmithing here every day means that the excitement of the commercial street begins here.

This shop is also Zhang Mingyu's first "Party A" as a part-time cashier.The salary is not much, but the boss is a straightforward person.Because I don't have much literacy and don't know how to keep accounts, I had to spend money to hire people.

While Zhang Mingyu was checking the accounts, Chu Qing wandered around inside.It is said to be a "shop", but it looks more like a broken house with half a wall missing, and the door is too broken.

There is a large oven in the middle against the wall.Beside the oven stood a bellows, and an apprentice was pushing and pulling the bellows back and forth to keep the fire going strong in the hearth.

On the anvil, a tall and strong blacksmith master turned a long iron object with iron tongs in one hand, but he couldn't see what it was, and hit the iron object with a small hammer in the other hand. Smash.Where the master hits, he hits it.

Chu Qing couldn't understand the operation of their big hammer and small hammer.Xiao Bao covered his ears with his hands and watched intently.

The master and apprentice beat each other with a sense of rhythm. Together with the beating sound from the backyard, bright and dark, high or low, formed a unique concert.

Chu Qing coordinated with their rhythm in his heart, looking around the environment in the shop.Around the wall, there are agricultural tools such as hoes and sickles, cooking utensils such as kitchen knives and iron pots, and some rotten carriage wheels, which are arranged in a random manner.

Chu Qing walked towards the backyard again.The backyard is relatively large, with forging and sharpening, and the sound of knocking and grinding is also very noisy.

No one paid any attention to Chu Qing's comings and goings, and no one came forward to ask if they could bring in business.Probably because Chu Qing came with Zhang Mingyu.

After a round of observation, Chu Qing thinks that the so-called blacksmith's shop should be called a wrought iron shop, that is, a place where finished products are processed. They can't make iron, but only modify and process the finished products.

When Zhang Mingyu came out, Chu Qing was asking loudly in the ear of the master blacksmith where the iron ingots in the corner were purchased from, but the master blacksmith turned a deaf ear to him and was serious about blacksmithing.Zhang Mingyu punched Chu Qing's elbow, signaling her to leave.

After leaving the blacksmith's shop, Zhang Mingyu said, "Sister-in-law Yuan, you can't ask that. They rely on these to support their families."

Oh, yes, it is really insincere to ask family members where they buy their goods.The master did not hit her with the hammer in his hand, which really gave Zhang Mingyu face.

"But I want to know, I'm curious." Chu Qing said.

"I'll find out for you later," Zhang Mingyu agreed.

See, this is the difference between professional and unprofessional.Zhang Mingyu belonged to the Intelligence Agency, so he was sure of getting information, but Chu Qing didn't know where to ask.

Zhang Mingyu went to check the accounts at other shops where he worked part-time.Chu Qing took Xiaobao for a stroll on the commercial street.Go shopping and eat, then you can watch the fun stuff when you visit, and eat the delicious food when you visit, so that Xiaobao has realized a "snack freedom".

Xiaobao just walked around, it was Chu Qing's wishful thinking to buy and eat whatever he saw, just to let Xiaobao be like a happy child like Meng Dao was when he was a child.

After walking down the street, Chu Qing bought things in various shops.The two of them bought all the clothes from inside to outside, rice, flour, grain and oil, including women-specific items.Especially bought more sesame oil, this is the only vegetable oil that Chu Qing saw in the county.

At the end of the street, there is a blacksmith shop.Chu Qing went in and looked around, and found that it was similar to the one just now.But the boss is very enthusiastic.Chu Qing drew a horse spoon and ordered it from him.

The boss looked at this thing, it looked like a pot but not a pot, it didn't have a pot ear, it looked like a frying spoon and it was too big, and it was still short, so he was a little puzzled.Chu Qing only told him that this thing would become popular soon, and then paid a deposit and left.

Back at the carriage, Zhang Mingyu hadn't come back yet.It was already past the meal time, but Chu Qing and Xiaobao didn't feel hungry after shopping all the way.The two put the things they bought back into the smallest volume and piled them in the carriage.

Just after tidying up, Zhang Mingyu came back.Chu Qing decided to eat in a restaurant.Zhang Mingyu suggested eating street stalls to save money.But Chu Qing wanted to see the dishes in the restaurant, mainly so that Xiao Bao could eat better.

The three of them found a small restaurant and sat down.Looking around at the dishes on the customers' tables, I found that there were more stewed dishes and less stir-fried dishes; there were more meat dishes and less vegetarian dishes.

I ordered a few dishes that I hadn't eaten in the village, and found that the taste was average, but the taste of the ingredients themselves was very good, but the seasoning was relatively small.In the border town, the supplies are not very rich.

When I returned to the village, it was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon.Most of the villagers are in the fields.When passing through the wheat field, I saw village head Wu and Wu Dalang weeding in the wheat field.

At a glance in the field, the village chief and the villagers really couldn't tell the difference.All in the same worn clothes.This is what work looks like.

Chu Qing got out of the car and went over to greet Village Chief Wu.I asked about the location of the wasteland in the village.The village chief knew that Chu Qing had gotten rich, so it seemed that he had some idea.

Chu Qing said that as long as there is barren land, no one will grow good land after buying it.When the wasteland is well used, it can still generate money.Village Chief Wu felt that Chu Qing was not an ordinary person, so he didn't ask any further questions.He just finished his work and took Chu Qing to see the wasteland.Chu Qing asked Zhang Mingyu to help take the things in the car back to the utility room of the school, and then came back to pick them up.

The distance between the wheat field and the wasteland is not short, and Chu Qing was a little tired from shopping, but he still carried Xiao Bao on the way.On the road, I described my request to Village Chief Wu:
"Village Chief, I want a long strip of wasteland, not too far from the official road."

"Yes, there is a piece of land next to the official road, separated from the official road by a slope of dirt." The village chief said. "If you want that place, I can give you a cheaper price. It's close to the official road, and no one wants it, and it has never been sold. Where there is a road, it's easy for rogues to leave."

Speaking of this, Village Chief Wu felt a little worried again: "Miss Yuan, you are not afraid of accidents if you want the land over there? It's far away from the village, so we don't care about anything."

As soon as Chu Qing heard it, he probably thought of the location, and felt that the place was very suitable.But Village Chief Wu still needs to appreciate his kindness: "Village Chief, I don't live there, I just want to build a workshop there, and it's good luck to be close to the official road."

"Oh, that's fine." The village chief was relieved.

When we arrived at the place that the village chief had mentioned, it was indeed the place Chu Qing wanted. Chu Qing was very satisfied, and the price he finally agreed with the village chief was actually 100 taels of silver and 110 two mus of land.What a bargain!

(End of this chapter)