The story of Princess Lenggong's farming

Chapter 25 Tian Osmanthus

On the one hand, I was angry, and on the other hand, I was wronged. They were snacks bought with hard-earned money, and they were snatched away by these boys. Swallowed alive.

The local girl squinted her eyes, feeling defensive for a moment. She couldn't believe that these boys were just trying to grab two candied haws.However, if you want to grab money from her teeth, rub it, it's impossible.

"What do you want to do?!" Tu Niu whispered.

There were six boys on the opposite side, about eight to ten years old. The leading one held a thin bamboo pole as long as an arm in his hand, and a straw in his mouth, with a malicious expression on his face.

A thin young man behind said: "It's them. I saw them selling chestnuts in the market yesterday, and bought a lot of meat to take home. They are here again today. They must have money..."

Nimei? !Sure enough, they are stealing money. Seeing how young they are, it's easy to start? !It doesn't matter whether she is willing to let go of her pensive mind.

The clothes worn by the six teenagers are a bit tattered and not too clean. They really look like beggars, but beggars can't arouse her sympathy. Nima, she thought about wearing black noodles to eat here. Cake, is it different from a beggar? !
In essence, there is no difference. A beggar asks for money occasionally, and if he meets a kind-hearted person, he can add another meal. She pondered for the first time in the past eight years. The money for the meat was spit out, it was painful to cut her flesh, and she was a little angry at that moment.

"Want to grab money?!" Shen Sisi laughed.

The other party didn't pay attention to her at all, seeing that she was thin and small, he didn't take her seriously at all, the leading boy said: "Be smart and obediently hand over the money, otherwise you will be beaten hard... ah... it hurts... ..."

The young man hadn't finished speaking, and he hadn't reacted yet. Shen Sisi had already thrown the money into the space, and came up with his bare hands. When he caught the young master who was the leader, he was beaten up. The young man's size, but it was unexpected, when the young master reacted, he had already been crushed to the ground, and he was stunned all of a sudden, he didn't care about it when he thought about it, he kept greeting him on the face and stomach, Although the fist is small, it can't hold a large amount, and it beat the young master so badly that he couldn't get up, his stomach hurt badly, and his nose was bruised and his face was swollen...

The five people in the back were dumbfounded. They were used to thieves and robbers, and they never dared to rob adults. They always robbed children. , and pissed off, I cried in fright at once, giving me what I want, who knows... I hit a hard nail today.

The three brothers have long been accustomed to it. It is normal for the younger sister to beat someone. It is not normal for someone who is bullied to the head and not to be beaten. However, although the younger sister has the upper hand at this time, but there are so many of them, the three of them dare not be sloppy. The five young men said: "Return our candied haws, if you don't return it, you will suffer..."

They are used to fighting and rolling with other teenagers in the village, and there is nothing particular about it in the village. They can wear a pair of pants when they are good, and they can fight when they are not good. The three of them are also used to fighting. Although there is a little pressure to treat five people, they are all of the same age after all, so they can't suffer any losses if they think about it. The most important thing is that the three brothers are absolutely impossible to hand over the money. Worrying about it, it is even more impossible to pay the money out.

So, before the five unlucky children could react, they were already beaten to the point of crying, with bruised noses and swollen faces.

Sister, they have encountered a hard problem today. They have seen fierce fights, but they have never seen such desperate fights. It hurts to death.

For a while, the alley was full of people crying for their fathers and mothers, and it was very lively.

The five teenagers couldn't see the enemy, and they didn't care about the leading boy, and ran away screaming like a mouse in their arms.

The so-called capturing the thief first captures the king, and Shen Sisi just stared at the boy and didn't care about other people's affairs, so in the end, the boy didn't get it at all, and in the end he became isolated and helpless, and was very angry Gritting her teeth ruthlessly, she said angrily: "...You guys are waiting for me, you will look good to me...uh..."

He was relieved when he was beaten by Shen Sisi, and he wanted to let him go, but when he heard this sentence again, he punched him in the eyes again, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The young master is waiting to see you too. It's nothing..."

The boy didn't dare to talk back anymore, he only glared at Shen Sisi, until Shen Sisi stood up and patted the ashes on his body, ready to let him go, then the boy got up, gave up the bamboo pole, and flew far away Only then turned her head viciously, and raised her fist, "...Boy, I'll wait for you, I'll see you."

It's just that the bruised nose and swollen face are really not threatening, so Shen Sisi laughed out loud.The boy became even more furious, glared at her viciously, and ran away.

Only then did Shen Sisi clap her hands, and smiled coldly, whoever she was, trying to steal money from her, there was no way.

Second Treasure and Three Treasures felt aggrieved, "The candied haws are gone..."

Shen Sisi patted their heads comfortingly and said, "I'll buy it tomorrow."

When the two of them were overjoyed, they became happy again, and they responded heavily, "...um." They just wagged their tails, and now they are completely convinced that following the local girl, there is meat to eat, money to spend, someone to beat, and most importantly There are also candied haws as a snack, this day is so wonderful...

Dabao said worriedly: "Tu Niu, if they still come..."

The local girl snorted coldly, picked up the bamboo pole and shook it: "Soldiers come to block, water comes to flood the earth, beggars come and beat them away with sticks..."

Tu Niu glanced back at him, and said, "Let's go, go buy black noodles and go home, and go to Uncle Niu to borrow his donkey cart to load us with more black noodles. We can buy more while he is here." ...so you don't have to carry it yourself."

She swung the bamboo pole and walked forward.Dabao reluctantly followed behind with the empty gong frame on his back.

When I arrived at the goods store, I saw the white flour, and my mouth watered when I thought about it, but the flour is indeed expensive, and only the Chinese New Year and the holidays in their village are willing to buy some to eat back.After all, no one here can afford five cents a catty of white noodles...

The villagers planted wheat and ground white flour and sold it to the goods store to buy black flour and go back to make rations. After all, the family has a large population, so how can it afford to eat white flour? As for the matter, in the era of small-scale peasant economy, villagers without craftsmanship basically have no income, and can only rely on the land for food, and they can only barely eat.

Of course, the basic conditions for those with crafts or hunting skills are slightly better, and their family life is also easier, but their family is a little too poor, and it has been delayed until now.

After all, four children have to be raised, and so many lands are planted. The husband and wife are too busy. They have to pay rent and taxes, and they have to depend on the weather. When the harvest is not good, the rations are really tight, even if Zhong Gensheng can hunt. It is not enough to fully subsidize the household.

Life is so tight, it is really helpless.

Shen Sisi can only look at white noodles now, but she is really reluctant to buy and eat now. She earns too little money now, and in the future... she has to work harder, try to eat white noodles, and eat white noodles. Flowery rice, at least it would be nice to have meat every day.

However, rice is really quite expensive, and it costs eight cents a catty. This is the cheapest rice that is not of very good quality.

Shen Sisi sighed silently. After all, there is little rain here and no rice is produced. If the cost of transporting it from the south increases, the price will naturally be high.have no choice.

But the black noodles are really cheap, one penny and one catty, Shen Sisi didn't hesitate, and bought a hundred catties directly, and the owner of the store gave them a sack to put them in, a hundred catties is quite heavy, at least for them That was the case for the four of them, so Shen Sisi carried the empty gong frame on his back, and the three brothers moved the sack together, and the four of them hurriedly found Niu Laogen's donkey cart, and when they told him, he didn't make any trouble. Agreed, just surprised that they can sell chestnuts.

Shen Sisi was very grateful and told him to wait for them a little longer. She went back to the market and bought a catty of meat and some unwanted bones for 25 Wen, and bought a catty of sugar for [-] Wen. By the way, I bought a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake for Wuwen.

After returning in a hurry, Niu Laogen smiled and said: "You can go, Tu Niu?!"

"Well, Uncle Niu, this is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake we bought, you can take it home and give it to Xiaohua and the others, I'm sorry to trouble Uncle Niu today..." Shen Sisi handed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake forward.

Niu Laogen hurriedly pushed: "Baby, I can't ask for your sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. It's just a matter of bringing things for you. Don't worry too much about it. In the past, it was normal for villagers to bring a little something when they met. You are here baby……"

Seeing the refusal, he had no choice but to accept it, but he was very happy in his heart. Although he was a little embarrassed to ask for something from a few children, but it was osmanthus cake, and he was reluctant to buy it. It's all right to just give a souvenir, how can such a sensible child buy a gift specially, Niu Laogen secretly sighed that this child really knows how to behave, and the smile on his face became even bigger.

Dabao watched behind Shen Sisi, and gradually understood, and what Sanbao told him, he was not a stone head, so he gradually understood.If you don't want to understand, you can understand it by looking at it.

Several people walked and chatted all the way, and it was not yet noon when they returned to the village.Niu Laogen drove the donkey cart to their door and helped them move the black noodles into the house before leaving with a smile.

Shen Sisi looked at the hundred catties of black noodles, and heaved a sigh of relief. Anyway, the family can eat more. Although it is not good, it is finally enough. As for the standard of living, it will be improved gradually in the future.

In fact, one hundred catties of black noodles is really not very durable. When the family has a large population and is growing up, everyone can eat it, but it is better than nothing. Every meal should be more, and those who can eat are full Wonderful thing.

"Tu Niu, how much money do we have left?!" Dabao said in confusion, "Let's save some money in the future..."

Shen Sisi nodded, not because she didn't want to save it, but because the family had too much money to spend, she lowered her head and calculated, "Today I earned 170 cash, plus yesterday's one penny, a total of 170 pennies, and the candied haws are used up." Five coins, one hundred coins for black noodles, four coins for city gate fees, twenty coins for meat, twenty five coins for sugar, five coins for sweet-scented osmanthus cake, now there are still twelve coins left..."

While calculating, he sighed: "The money is really useless, I haven't bought anything yet."

Dabao was very happy, and said: "It's not bad that you can buy so many things with fried chestnuts. There are still twelve yuan left. From now on, if you save ten yuan a day, it will be a big deal for a year. Tu Niu, we will spend more money in the future." Pick up chestnuts and sell them, save more money..."

(End of this chapter)