The bought lady will farm

Chapter 7 Mother

Li Hongmei took the leaf from her hand and looked up mysteriously, "I'll tell you in a few days. Let's go, we'll go to the market tomorrow."

"Ah, going to the market? This..." Zhao Erya hesitated.

After all, this new sister-in-law was bought here, so let her go to the market like this, if she runs away halfway, their family's money will be wasted again.

Seeing her like this, Li Hongmei understood her concerns after a little thought.

She sneered, "Do you think that if I go to the market, I will run away, and then your money will be wasted again?"

Seen through her mind, Miss Zhao Erya was still a little embarrassed, and her expression became a little unsteady at the moment.

Li Hongmei waved her hand indifferently, and looked into the distance, "Do you think, if I want to run away from this place, I really won't be able to get away? Just because of you, an old lady with...not very good eyesight, Is there a child who hasn't grown up? If I really want to run, can you really stop me?"

Her series of rhetorical questions made Zhao Erya blush.But I also understood that what she said was indeed true.

However, just agreeing to take her to the street market like this is still a bit uneasy.

Another point is that it is very far to go to the market. If you want to go to the market that day, you have to start in the middle of the night anyway.After all, mountain roads are difficult.It takes two hours just to walk.And on the way, what if something happens to a beast or something?
You know, because of the remoteness here, many people go out together.Moreover, there must be a strong man accompanying him.

"Well, looking at you like this, you are still very entangled. How about this, I will tell you the truth. This thing, our people there call it tea. If it is made well, it can be divided into various grades, and then After selling it, many rich people will use it to make tea to refresh their minds, or to improve their eyesight and meditation. Even our poor people can also use it to drink.

However, I only heard about it and saw it when I was at home.It's not a bad thing to know.But specifically, I don't know if you sell them here, and if anyone will spend money to buy them.So what I urgently need now is to understand your market here.If there is no such person, I will try my best to find a merchant who can buy this kind of thing.Now, you know why I have to go to the market, right? "

With her explanation, Zhao Erya's eyes flickered slightly.But he didn't agree immediately.But after a while, he asked with some uncertainty, "Do you really think that this thing can be exchanged for big money?"

Li Hongmei shrugged, "As I said, you must understand the market."

The little girl seemed to be a decisive person, and after thinking about it for a while, she calmed down. "Sister-in-law, you go back first. I'll go and see if there are any people in the village who will go to the market tomorrow. If there are, we will go together tomorrow."

She clenched her fists tightly, breathing heavily.

Li Hongmei smiled faintly, "I don't think you will regret today's decision."

It still takes several days for Zhao Dashan to go up the mountain to return.Therefore, during this period of time, she didn't have to face that simple and honest man.

When it was getting dark, Zhao Erya came back, and was obviously a little surprised when she saw Li Hongmei who took the initiative to cook. "Sister-in-law, I'll do it."

Li Hongmei was still struggling to light the fire.It's a bit difficult to make a fire here, but she can still cook.

In modern times, if I have nothing to do, I will cook a few dishes to reward my stomach.Now in this ancient time, she couldn't let the old lady with bad eyes cook, so she took the initiative to undertake these tasks.

It's a pity that it was really difficult to light a fire in ancient times.After tossing for a long time, my hand was almost swollen from rubbing the flint, but the fire still didn't start.

Fortunately, Zhao Erya is back.Li Hongmei threw the fire at Zhao Erya as if seeing a savior, "Come on. You come, I will be in charge of cooking and cooking. This job of lighting a fire is really terrible."

Seeing her terrified look, Zhao Erya burst into laughter.During the day, the new sister-in-law was still calm.But a job of lighting a fire actually tossed her like this.Looking at the dirt on her face, for some reason, Zhao Erya felt that her heart was warm.

In other words, the Zhao family didn't have much to eat.However, slightly better than many other families, this family has animal oil.

Stir-frying or something, even some wild vegetables, also has animal oil.

Moreover, this season, it seems that there is not too much shortage of plants in the mountains, so Li Hongmei simply fried a large bowl of wild vegetable leaves with Zhao's ingredients.I also roasted some wild roots with a little rabbit meat.This kind of rhizome is eaten in the mouth, and it tastes a bit like a foot plank. I don’t know if I have had enough of the unsalty and tasteless dishes made by Zhao Erya. That night, after eating these dishes that were just right, Li Hongmei felt that this It is the enjoyment of eating.

"Well, the dishes tonight are really delicious. This ordinary wild vegetable has something added. It tastes spicy, but it's still delicious." Zhao Xiaosan's mouth was full of oil, and he said vaguely, but the chopsticks is not moving.

Although Liu's eyes were not good, she was smiling all over her face.She felt more and more that this new daughter-in-law seemed to be... different from the previous one.

"Girl, you eat." Just as Li Hongmei was eating hard, a piece of rabbit meat was delivered to the bowl.

Seeing the woman in front of her with bad eyes but full of smiles, Li Hongmei's heart warmed slightly.

In the previous life, she had a father but no mother, but in this life, she has a mother but no father... Although this mother is someone else's mother, the kindness she showed made Li Hongmei feel very comfortable.

"You're skinny, eat more to make up your body." Liu smiled and groped for the food.

"Mother, you should eat more too." Naturally, Li Hongmei called out mother.Ever since she came to this house, she...hasn't taken the initiative to call her mother yet.

Zhao Erya and Zhao Xiaosan'er both laughed quietly when they heard the mother.

My sister-in-law is calling me a mother.

Does this mean that there will really be a sister-in-law in the future?

When the meal was almost finished, Zhao Erya simply announced that she would go to the market tomorrow.And also said that he wanted to go to the city to inquire about the news.

To Li Hongmei's surprise, Liu believed her unconditionally, and had no intention of objecting.On the other hand, Zhao Xiaosan'er looked at her worriedly, and in the end, she buried her head in her meal.

That night, Li Hongmei found Zhao Erya packing some simple things.

Those things are nothing more than some animal skins and the like.

"These are things that our family uses to exchange salt. With this, we can exchange for the salt we ate recently." Seeing Li Hongmei looking at it curiously, Zhao Erya also explained.

"How much salt can this piece of skin be exchanged for?" Li Hongmei asked curiously, picking up a piece of white sable hair with a good color of skin.

"This... I don't know the specifics. The skins at home are sold, and it's all done by the elder brother. I went to the market with my father when he was alive..."

Having said that, Zhao Erya bowed her head sadly...

Obviously, these words aroused Erya's longing for family.For a while, Li Hongmei was also embarrassed.

"Well, I'll go to the back and pick some tea leaves and knead them. I'll have them ready for use tomorrow."

Just a little bit, and it's still superbly made.

The pressed leaves are picked and stir-fried by hand in the pot. Every time they stir-fry, Li Hongmei will silently memorize these numbers.It is not until the tea leaves can squeeze out the astringent water that they start to knead green.

First tease, second knead, third dry.

Because there was a fire in the stove, Li Hongmei put the kneaded tea leaves on a stone slab beside the stove.Put some burning charcoal on the bottom, separated by a large board, the tea leaves will not be spoiled when you get up early in the morning, let alone guarded by someone.This set of techniques was also learned when I was in my hometown.Never thought it would be useful.

During the whole process, Zhao Erya stared curiously, only thinking that the new sister-in-law did something pretty.

The next day, Li Hongmei was still in bed, so Erya called her over.

"Sister-in-law, we have to go to the willow tree at the east end of the village ahead of time and wait for Big Niu and the others. Here, you can eat a piece of steamed bread first. We are hungry and go to the market to exchange for food."

While talking, Erya handed over a piece of black steamed bun, just took a bite, Li Hongmei gritted her teeth, it was so hard...it felt like a stone.

They didn't plan to eat any more, the two carried the animal skins on their backs, wrapped the tea leaves in leaves, and went to the market together like this.

Under the willow tree at the east end of the village, there were two people gathered at the moment.

After Zhao Erya took the two of them there, the two murmured softly, "It belongs to the Zhao family, oh, what a bad luck."

The two looked like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, muttering, and took a step back in disgust.

After a while, several other people who were going to the market came one after another.The leader was a tall and thick man, and by the light of the torch, Li Hongmei saw the man glance at Erya, and came forward with a flattering smile, "Sister Erya, let's go." After finishing speaking, he smiled, That mouth is grinning, it really feels like a big mouth.In addition, he is not tall, and the pimples on his face when he smiles... It feels like a big toad.Such a man would be considered extremely ugly in the countryside.

Erya frowned, "Brother Big Niu, let's go."

"Okay, sister Erya, you stay with me, I will protect you for a while, in case there is a beast or something, it can't hurt you."

Daniu said that he was about to grab Erya's hand, but Erya tightly grabbed Li Hongmei's arm and moved forward, "Sister-in-law, let's leave quickly, those who receive the goods will leave when it's late."

Being left out in the cold, Daniel snorted angrily, "A stinky girl from outside, she still looks like..."

"Daniu, I think you can't eat it and feel uncomfortable now..."

Behind them, a group of people booed. Along the way, this group of people talked about Erya and Daniu. Several women even openly talked about Erya.

"I'm talking about the second girl of the Zhao family. It's not that we're talking about you. Daniu is a nice person. He's strong, and he loves you so much. With your temper and your foreign appearance, you can't be caught by Daniu. Your luck."

Li Hongmei frowned when she heard this, why did these people openly say that in front of the second maiden?Even if it's informal, it's not enough.Let’s look at Erya and Daniu again. To be honest, Erya’s looks, with big eyes, nose and small waist, is a mixed-race beauty in modern times.

(End of this chapter)