pastoral fragrance

Chapter 33
Tonight was the most delicious meal that Qiulin had since coming to different time and space.The stir-fried eel meat was delicious, and it was indescribably smooth and tender in her mouth, which greatly increased her appetite.She ate three full bowls of corn paste before she touched her belly, which was too round, and put down the bowls and chopsticks contentedly.

Early the next morning, the children had already woken up.

Today is the day to go to the market again. The wild vegetables and walnuts picked from the fields and forests are going to be exchanged at the market for money. The children have faint expectations in their hearts. They don’t have to worry about the sales of wild vegetables. I don’t know how much the walnuts cost.

Now the family still has a little surplus of money, and they are not in a hurry to sell the dustpan that father wove.When I have saved more, I will go to Wang Laoer's house to borrow a bullock cart and drag it to the town to sell.So today, instead of going to Wang Laoer's house to borrow an ox cart, everyone went to town on foot.

Qiu Song carried half a load of walnuts, which weighed about twenty catties.The remaining wild vegetables were divided into two baskets, which were carried by Qiuyue Qiuhe.Not to be outdone, Qiulin brought a bamboo basket filled with wild vegetables weighing about two catties.The siblings had already set off after a few days were still dim.

Everyone was busy on their way and had nothing to say to each other.The trail in the early morning is very quiet, and walking in it gives people a sense of tranquility and peace.The sound of cow hooves and shouts came from a distance, and the ending sound was deep and distant.

The sound of the hooves of the cows dragging the wooden planks was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that the villagers from these ten miles and eight towns were also going to the market.

"Oh, who is the auntie? It's the Xu family. Look, you can just give these things to the auntie to sell. Why do you go to such trouble? Auntie is not that I’m sorry for an unscrupulous trader who doesn’t speak conscience! My aunt is not greedy, but I just take ten or eight copper coins as travel expenses. Such a good thing is hard to find even with a lantern! Only my aunt has a good heart and is willing to do such a thing It's hard work and I can't get a few good things."

The driver of the ox cart was a middle-aged woman in her forties, her head was tied with a pink scarf, and she was wearing half-worn clean coarse clothes. She had a smile on her face, but her eyes were too small to reveal a calculation and innocence. shrewd.

Qiulin turned his face to look carefully at the familiar middle-aged woman. When she heard that the ten or eight copper coins were worth ten or eight copper coins, Qiulin felt like a conditioned reflex, and immediately knew who the woman in front of him was.

Dare to feel that this person cheated their family and got the proprietress of a cheap and well-behaved grocery store!Qiulin frowned, with a look of disgust.

I have seen shameless people, but I have never seen such shameless people!He cheated his family around, how much money was secretly cheated from their family?Now he's here to please and act like a good boy, pretending to be kind!Looking at Liu's face, Qiulin really wanted to vomit!
Qiuyue is impatient, seeing her, her face immediately collapsed.They didn't go to her to settle accounts, but she provoked them instead!Qiuyue was about to get angry, but Qiusong secretly tugged on Qiuyue's sleeves, took a big step forward and passed the eldest sister, with the same expression as before: "So it's the proprietress, we have nothing to do anyway, it's good to come to the town to see and see. Please take care of the lady boss."

Liu's face froze when she heard that, these children were very enthusiastic towards her a while ago, why are they so deserted now?Mrs. Liu was a little confused. Could it be that they already knew that they had made a little money from his family?But it doesn't look like this, "Hehe, you kid... what are you talking about, you are so strange? You can just call me auntie. Auntie has something to do, and she is in a hurry to go to the town to buy goods. If you are not busy, why don't you I can take you along for a while, I'm really sorry. Auntie is going first." Liu Shi said, waving the small whip, with an anxious expression on his face.

Qiuyue and the others didn't expect this black-hearted thieves woman to take them along for a ride, and she was willing to take them along, but she was not happy!Qiuyue raised her eyebrows, with a bit of contempt in her eyes.

Qiu Song also lowered his eyes, and said calmly: "It's easy to go."

With a wave of the whip, the bullock cart dragged Mrs. Liu far away.Only then did Qiuyue raise her head, her mouth kept turning up and down, and the cursing words rolled out like beans, "Bah, hypocrisy, who cares about riding in her broken car, isn't it just a broken ox cart, what's there to pull?"

Qiu He also looked disdainful. Ever since she learned that the proprietress of the grocery store cheated so much money from his family, Qiu He hated this person deeply. "That's right, let's buy a carriage tomorrow when we make money, it's much more comfortable than her ox cart that can't keep up!"

The two chattered at each other, Qiu Song looked at the younger sister helplessly, and saw that the younger sister was also looking at him with bony eyes, the two of them looked at each other speechlessly, they could only smile wryly.

"Okay, we have to hurry up early, stop nagging, and hurry up on the road." Qiu Song bit the bullet and interrupted their chatter. If this continues, it's not known when they will be able to reach the town.

Qiuyue suddenly came to her senses, and strode forward quickly.It's time to sell wild vegetables as soon as possible, otherwise all the aunts and mothers-in-law who buy vegetables will be gone, who should they sell them to?
Today's wild vegetables are still the same as before, and they are very easy to sell, and some uncles recognized that they were the ones who sold the baskets and dustpans last time, and came up to ask when they would sell those woven things again.The children were all overjoyed, it seems that this thing is still selling well!However, when Qiulin was selling wild vegetables, he also discovered that there were two more households selling wild vegetables on this street, which had never existed before.It seems that others have noticed that their wild vegetables are selling well, and they have also started selling them.

It's just that the current situation is only on the rise, and the sales of wild vegetables are not bad, but when the streets are full of wild vegetables, it will not be easy to sell.What worries Qiulin is that the current trend is developing in that direction!

"Little sister, we are all sold out, what are you doing in a daze?" As soon as these wild vegetables were sold out, Qiuyue's purse continued to bulge.At this moment, the autumn moon is full of spring breeze, and the wild vegetables are selling so well, every time I go to the market, I can earn two or three hundred Wen.In the long run, her family's life will get better and better.

Uh... Qiulin just came back to her senses. She didn't tell her elder sister her worries. It's rare for her elder sister to be so happy, so why should she spoil her scenery?Qiulin glanced at the half-basket of walnuts, swept away the gloom just now, and said cheerfully, "Since the wild vegetables are sold out, let's go sell the walnuts."

This walnut is a good thing, and it should be able to sell for a good money!Qiulin thought happily.

Qiuyue nodded with a smile, put away her purse, carried half a basket of walnuts on her back, and pulled Qiulin to leave here.

"Wait," Qiu Song suddenly stopped Qiu Yue, "Sister, who should we sell these walnuts to?" Qiu Song scratched his head, but couldn't think of a reason.

In fact, this walnut is not a rare thing. There are many walnut trees in the surrounding ten villages and eight villages.But the ones sold on this street are pitifully few.It is troublesome to eat this thing as a snack; it is too dry for a staple food.The taste is neither sweet nor fragrant, nothing to eat.So since this morning, wild vegetables such as fragrant steamed buns have been robbed; but this walnut has been neglected.

It seems that the sale of this walnut is worrying!

Qiuyue also scratched her head. She was so excited just now that she didn't think about so many things.Thinking about it at this moment, I was really at a loss. "Do you want to take it to the dental store?" The dental store still accepts these things, but the price is kept low.

But how much can be exchanged for a few dollars, and how much money can be exchanged is counted as a few dollars, so we won’t be able to carry this walnut back home again, right?

Qiuyue took Qiulin to the nearest dental shop with a basket on her back. Qiulin lowered his head and thought about it.

After entering his place, this basket of walnuts can't be sold at a low price?How much money will you have in your own pocket by then?

At this time, a burst of pastry aroma came to the nostrils, and the smell made people salivate.Qiu Lin raised his head, and saw a plaque hanging in a shop not far ahead on the street, which read "Zhiwei Pavilion".This seductive fragrance is coming from there.It's a bakery shop.

Qiulin grabbed the elder sister's hand and couldn't move anymore.

"Why don't you go?" Qiuyue tugged twice, but she couldn't do it, and she simply stopped, as if she was waiting for Qiulin to play something.

Qiulin suddenly broke away from Qiuyue's hand, and ran to Zhiwei Pavilion.Qiuyue and the others hurriedly chased after her, the street was crowded with people, after a while, Qiulin had already run a certain distance, Qiuyue was so frightened that she cried out: "Damn girl, why are you running around, stop!"

Qiulin finally stopped in front of the shop in Zhiwei Pavilion. There were people coming and going here, and it seemed that the business was good.

Qiu Lin was pondering over it carefully when a blow hit her on the head suddenly. "You foodie, okay, why are you running, the snacks in this shop are almost hooking your soul out?"

Qiuyue was so angry that her teeth itched, they chased after her closely, but the little girl didn't care at all, she only cared about her own mouth, how could Qiuyue not be angry?
"Hey, you guys want to quarrel elsewhere. We are open for business here. Don't block our financial resources early in the morning!" A young man came over with a broom to drive people away. Quarreling at the door of the shop, isn't it looking for bad luck?
Qiuyue pulled Qiulin to apologize to that person, and hurriedly said: "Little brother, let's go now, let's go!" These people are not something they can afford.If they get angry, they can't keep it and they can't eat it!
But Qiulin broke free from the shackles of the elder sister, walked up to the clerk, and asked with a smile: "Brother, do you accept walnuts in this shop? These are freshly picked, very fresh." Lin smiled, as if the unhappiness that happened just now was just an illusion of everyone.

The guy didn't know whether he was shocked by Qiulin's sincere smile, or he was surprised that the little girl knew how to do business at such a young age.He actually looked in the direction the little girl pointed, and the walnuts in the basket were indeed fresh and plump.

After a while, he withdrew his eyes and murmured, "You are interesting, little girl. You have learned how to do business like adults at a young age? It's just that we Zhiwei Pavilion sells pastries, and we also charge for it." Flour or something. What are you walnuts?"

(End of this chapter)