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Chapter 19 At the Bazaar

It was past six o'clock, when dinner was being prepared, and smoke was rising from the chimneys of every household.

When the two sisters returned home, Li Cuizhen stood in front of the pot pit with a big belly. The meal at night was simpler, boiled corn porridge, washed two mustard lumps, cut into finger-thin pickle sticks, and drank a The bowl is also settled.

The five bundles of firewood were placed at the door, and they were not in a hurry to pile them on the pile of firewood.Zhao Wenying stepped into the threshold first, and saw that Li Cuizhen was alone in the outer room, and the Jiang family in the lower room just entered, took two steps forward and whispered: "Mom, the third child is hunting rabbits again today."

Li Cuizhen's eyes lit up, and she regained her spirits immediately: "It's hitting again!" Looking at the room, she also knew that the eldest girl's voice was so low that she was afraid of being heard, and it was not good to let them know that it was not good to separate them. Distressed and panicked, it's better to keep quiet.

Zhao Wenduo knew that the boss went in to talk about this matter, and she was not idle outside. The bundle of firewood that wrapped the rabbit and pheasant had been loosened, and the things inside were half-covered and half-exposed.

"Ouch, there are three pheasants—" Li Cuizhen bent down overjoyed and touched them twice, then lowered her voice and said, "Hurry up and put them in a big tank to freeze, don't leave them here , let others see it.” There are so many people living in this yard, someone might come out and bump into them in the next second, so you have to act fast.

In the first two days, I was hunting rabbits, and it was just like that when I was seen by others. I returned several rabbits one after another, so I really couldn’t publicize it like before. When I met that kid who had pink eyes, he was jealous and played tricks, even if he couldn’t really do it. It's annoying to stumble over a few quarrels.Just don't bother with that.

Zhao Wenduo had long thought that this would be the result. There was only one big jar for storing things at home, and where else could it be put? He opened the door of the warehouse first, and took two in each of his left and right hands. Put it in the jar and put the lid on.

Li Cuizhen was waiting at the door, and when she saw her come out, she smiled and patted her shoulder twice: "My youngest is really good at it!"

All things are sad for poor families, but only a few rabbits can get such joy.Zhao Wenduo's heart warmed slightly, but at the same time, he also felt a little bit emotional.

Zhao Wenying stood aside, looked at her, then at Li Cuizhen, remembering Zhao Wenduo's plan to sell rabbits, she opened her mouth to say something, but her eyes fell on Li Cuizhen's big belly, and the words came to her lips Swallowed it back again.Her mother's pregnancy is almost full-term, and it is uncertain when it will be born. This is the most frightening moment, so let's not tell her yet.

A simple and honest person would not hide the expression on his face. Zhao Wenduo knew what Zhao Wenying was thinking at the moment without thinking too much, and it happened that she also wanted to hide this matter, so there was no need to spend any more persuasion and explanation.

At the dinner table, Li Cuizhen told about Zhao Wenduo's prey again, and the whole family was very excited, and the corn porridge they were used to in their mouths felt much sweeter than usual.And Zhao Wenduo, who captured these meats, has received a lot of praise, as if he has jumped from the one who can spend the most money to the available hero.

After all, Zhao Wenduo is not really an 11-year-old kid, and he will not be dizzy and change his original plan just because of these sweet words.

On Sunday morning, after having breakfast and greeting his family, Zhao Wenduo took a pot of hot water, took tools and went up the mountain again.

At this time, the sky will also be bright, and the temperature in the morning is frighteningly low.The cotton-padded jacket on his body was already very old, and it had already lost its function of keeping warm after being mended and mended.Even then, there is no second piece to replace it.

Knowing that Zhao Wenduo was going up the mountain early in the morning, Li Cuizhen deliberately sewed up the patch the first night. There was no cotton to waffle, so at least she used rags to increase the thickness.

Maybe it's because he has a good physique and is more resistant to cold. Zhao Wenduo didn't feel too cold just wearing this old jacket, which is not too thick. up.

The temperature on the mountain was even lower. Frost hung on the trees, and the sickle was swung to chop them up, and the debris fell rustlingly, and there was another burst of ice falling on the face and neck.

The mountain snow is not too thick in such a cold weather. When the cold wind blows at night, the shallower hollows are smoothed out. In the early morning, if there are paw prints slipping past, they will be very clear. It is also easier to go to the code beast in this space.

Not long after, Zhao Wenduo had a harvest. Two male pheasants were pecking at an empty piece of soil with their backs facing each other. She touched them quietly, bowed left and right, and two stones smashed them. With two hands and one side, the pair of pheasant brothers grabbed their tails.

It's not the same as human females are more beautiful than males. In order to win the favor of females, a large part of males in the animal world can make a big show of flamboyance, how gorgeous and beautiful they come from.This pheasant is one of them. The female pheasant looks gray and inconspicuous, but the male pheasant is much more eye-catching, especially the two long tail feathers behind him, colorful and green, raised high, especially The spirit is good-looking.It is precisely because of this eye-catching appearance that it is used in some opera singing outfits, and it is generally called the National Opera Lingzi.

On the one hand, the feathers are more beautiful, and on the other hand, Zhao Wenduo deliberately pulled out the tail feathers of the two pheasants and put them in a separate place with the idea that they might be useful. Make a bunch of them.

After returning it properly, Zhao Wenduo continued to walk down.When encountering dense trees, stop and chop firewood for a while, and if there is a large space, make a yard of paw prints.

After walking like this for a while, after a few hours, I cut another ten bundles of firewood and put them together with the twenty bundles that were hidden on the mountainside before.

The rabbit also caught two, and the pheasant made another pair.

Seeing the sun above his head moving towards the sky, Zhao Wenduo put away the thing, patted the snow flakes and leaves on his body, and went down the mountain.

There is a market in Qiushui Town every Wednesday and Seventh. The front is small and the back is big. On Sundays, there is a big market. People from the surrounding villages take a break from their busy schedule, but they can go around the market for a while. , Buy everything you can buy, and experience the eye addiction for those you can't buy.

The variety of items sold in the market is not too rich, most of them are baskets and baskets, needles and thread brains, most of which are daily necessities, and the food is nothing more than dry food and fruits. This is not sold in groups, most of the sellers have one in their arms, and those who have bought are immediately sold out.

Buying and selling money and bills here are traded together, mostly by barter. Usually eggs are exchanged for a large proportion, and various grains are exchanged by catty. For example, one catty of soybeans can be exchanged for several pieces of tofu, and one catty of rice noodles can be exchanged for For a few twists, a few taels of fruit, and so on.Of course, there are also completely money to buy, but it will cost a lot of money.

In the era when entertainment life was still relatively scarce, such a market is a rare leisure time for most people, even if they don’t buy anything, they return empty-handed, the lively environment and red, green and green items It can also relax the tired body and mind.It can be said that such a market is a way to decompress from a certain perspective.

Of course, this kind of leisure will not last for too long. After all, people’s main business is to earn food and money, and the focus of life is still labor. It is rare to come out for a walk once in a while, so naturally it will not be too long.

At this time of noon, the market has already left, and there are a few sporadic people who have not left. Most of them are packing up the stalls that have been set up, and they should leave within three to five minutes.

(End of this chapter)