small farm girl in pastoral space

Chapter 4 Chestnuts
The people sitting in the bullock cart were all from the same village, and they were very curious to see Mrs. Li carrying a basket on her back.

"Miss Li, what's in your back basket? Are you going to sell it in the town?"

"They are all wild fruits picked up by the two children on the mountain. I plan to go to the town to try my luck, and I don't know if I can sell them." Li Shi didn't take out the things, she also had selfish intentions.If these chestnuts can be sold for money, wouldn't their family have another way to survive?

Hearing that it was a wild fruit picked up on the mountain, the person who asked the question stopped asking. After all, this wild fruit is nothing unusual. People in the village have also sold it, but most of them can't sell it.Which of the young masters and ladies in the town didn't grow up in rich clothes and fine food?Who would be interested in a few wild fruits from the mountains?

The bullock cart was driving on the winding mountain road, and Mu Qiu felt that he was about to be knocked to pieces, and he wobbled for an hour and finally arrived at Pingyang Town, and it was already daylight.Mrs. Li found a stall that was still vacant, and after paying two Wen, she put down the basket and laid out her things.The location of the booth is not good, and there are not many people coming and going, Mu Qiu looked at the chestnuts wrapped in banana leaves and was a little anxious.

"Selling chestnuts, delicious chestnuts, come and have a look..." The ghost knows how embarrassed Mu Qiu is, she has never done such a thing in the street in two lifetimes.But the matter of embarrassment is less serious than death from starvation, and there were no surprised looks from around. Gradually, Mu Qiu became bolder and shouted louder.

She opened a bag of chestnuts: "Delicious chestnuts, taste before you buy, come and have a look!"

Mrs. Li is also a thin-skinned person, seeing how bold Mu Qiu is, she slowly let go of her reserve, and began to peddle along with her daughter.The voices of the two were crisp and clear, and they were particularly eye-catching among the rough people.

When everyone saw a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl with a smile on her face, it was inevitable that some good feelings would emerge in their hearts, and some people actually came to ask after a while.

"Little girl, what is your chestnut? Can it be eaten?"

"Uncle, this chestnut is delicious, just peel off the outer shell, why don't you try it first." Mu Qiu grabbed two chestnuts and handed them to the questioning uncle.

"Well, yes, it's really delicious. How do you sell these chestnuts?"

"Three pennies a pack, if you buy two packs, it's five pennies!" The price is negotiated at home.Eggs here cost two cents a piece, and there are many snacks that cost two or three cents, so everyone can accept this price.

"That's fine, then get me two packs, I'll buy them back for my son to eat!"

Li Shi was very excited with five cents in her hand, she looked at Mu Qiu who was earnestly shouting at the side, and felt a lot in her heart.When they were in the Sang family, the three of them were bullied in various ways. Sang Muqiu had a submissive temperament since he was a child, but after falling into the water, he woke up as a different person.

Li Xianrou is of course happy that her daughter has become sensible.Although their family of three is living in a very difficult situation, no one can bully them for nothing, and they are free to do whatever they want!

With the first person buying, there will be a second one.Everyone has never eaten this food before, and after tasting it, they feel that it is fresh, so they will pay for a pack or two. More than 20 packs of chestnuts were sold out in about an hour.

In the end, I did the math and sold a total of 68 Wen, which is not much, but it is still a considerable income for this family.

The weather is getting colder and colder. Even though there is sun in the sky, it doesn't feel stuffy. Mu Qiu estimates that it will be noon.The mother and daughter went out without eating breakfast, and they were also very hungry at this time.Li Xianrou went to the bun shop on the street and bought four vegetarian buns. The mother and daughter filled their stomachs, and bought two more buns to take home for Mu Wen to eat.

It was the first time for Mu Qiu to see an ancient town with her own eyes. Although she wanted to take a good look around, she suddenly thought of her own magical space.There is a large field there.

In the past two days, Mu Qiu has learned that their family moved from other places, and there is no extra field except for that thatched cottage.In this society dominated by agriculture, the field is the guarantee for the survival of the family. The food and clothing of the family almost depend on the one-third of an acre of land in their own home.And Mu Qiu owns so many fields, so she can be regarded as a small landowner. Although she can't let others know about these fields, it shouldn't be difficult to grow some food secretly to support the family.But first she had to deal with the seed problem.

"Mom, let's go buy some vegetable seeds and plant them in the open space outside the yard, so that we can eat fresh vegetables!"

After thinking about it, Mrs. Li decided that it would work. After all, it is not enough to just dig wild vegetables or buy vegetables to eat. It is more cost-effective and convenient to grow some by yourself.

On the way home from the seed shop, Mu Qiu felt his heart was bleeding.A tael of cabbage seeds costs 38 Wen, and a tael of radish seeds costs [-] Wen. Li Xianrou bought a tael of cabbage seeds and a tael of radish seeds, and it cost [-] Wen.Just after selling the chestnuts, more than half of the money went out in an instant.Mu Qiu has never felt that she is so short of money!
After more than an hour of swaying in the bullock cart, the mother and daughter finally returned to Ping'an Village.Aunt Zhang led Mu Wen to play under the big banyan tree, and several children from the village also gathered there.Seeing that the two came back, Mu Wen immediately left his little friend and ran over.

"Mother! Sister! Wen'er misses you so much!"

"Oh, your mouth is so sweet, did you steal candy at home?" Mu Qiu leaned down and pinched his face, the tender little face felt good.

"Not at all!" Mu Wen showed a cute smile: "I really miss my sister."

After bidding farewell to Aunt Zhang, Mu Qiu took Mu Wen and followed Li Xianrou, walking towards the house at the end of the village.

Mrs. Li had never done farm work before, and her family did not have a decent farm tool. In order to grow vegetables, she had to borrow a hoe from the nearest Liu Tian's house.Taking advantage of this time, Mu Qiu secretly took some vegetable seeds, intending to experiment with the space.

In the afternoon, Mu Qiu made an excuse to go to the mountain to collect firewood, and went out with the seeds.Mu Wen was obviously very interested in growing vegetables, so he didn't follow her as a tail.It was just what she wanted.

The dense bushes just blocked the village at the foot of the mountain, and Mu Qiu quickly entered the space after making sure that no one was around.She was taken aback when she went in. The chestnuts she threw in two days ago actually grew into small saplings half the height of a person.In the clearing just behind the cabin there seemed to be a tendency to grow into a chestnut grove.

Mu Qiu was once again stunned by the magic of this space. It can grow freely without watering or fertilizing, which is just like opening a cheat.Thinking of this, she hurried to the empty field, dug a hole and sprinkled the vegetable seeds in it. Just to be on the safe side, she scooped water from the river and irrigated it.Mu Qiu thought that these cabbages and radishes would grow in two days, wouldn't it be another income to sell them in the town?

But how to sell vegetables openly has become a problem, and how to account for the money obtained is also a headache.

When Mu Qiu came home, Mrs. Li had already planted the vegetables.Although it was an excuse to go up the mountain to collect firewood, she still carefully picked up a large bundle of firewood, tied it with vines and dragged it home.

It's only a day, when Mu Qiu looked for another chance to enter the space the next day, he found that the cabbage and radishes he had planted yesterday were about to mature, and even the chestnut trees that were half a person tall had grown to about the same height as hers .The flow of time in the space is obviously much faster than outside, and this kind of time flow does not affect her, it only affects the plants growing inside.

What about animals?Mu Qiu saw the clear river in front of the wooden house, and thought of the fish in the river in the village.She decided that she must take the time to secretly catch a fish and put it in the space for a try.

(End of this chapter)