farmhouse ditty

Chapter 21 Selling Bamboo Shoots (150 plus more)

The wheels swayed and gurgled, Xiu Niang propped herself up and moved in, leaning against Chu Ge to get closer.

Chu Ge was driving an ox cart nearby, and seeing Xiu acting awkwardly, he said, "It's uncomfortable, why don't you put your legs back on the cart."

Xiu Niang said, "No need, it's just a little slanted. Just now, the sixth sister-in-law put a cloth cushion for me. She wanted me to sit softly."

Chuge gave her a dull look, didn't say anything, moved to give Xiuniang more space, and leaned against the bamboo basket behind him, he glanced at Xiuniang, "Actually, I am Just go alone, you, you don’t need to follow.”

Xiu Niang smiled, "If I don't come, can you talk by yourself?"

Chu Ge nodded, thinking about it and whispering, "Go to the root, peel off the shell, cut into pieces and fry in the pan..."

Xiu Niang listened and smiled, "That's it. If you didn't let me hear you when you went out this morning, maybe I wouldn't follow you."

Chu Ge glanced at Xiu Niang, and replied shyly, "This is, the little tune made up by the sixth brother yesterday, I want me to remember to go to the restaurant to drink it, and there will be more later."

Xiu Niang laughed, "Don't do it, if we go into a restaurant and other people eat there, you will frighten those diners by howling with your voice."

Chu Ge thought for a while, if he really followed what Brother Six said, and yelled this ditty as soon as he entered the door, he might be coaxed out by the people in the restaurant. He looked at Xiu Niang and nodded when he was done. "You're still right."

Seeing Chu Ge like that, Xiu Niang grinned secretly, why is this person so dumbfounded...

After walking for about an hour, Xiu Niang and Chu Ge arrived in the town. The road was not easy to walk, so Chu Ge drove the ox cart more slowly, otherwise she would be bumped and uncomfortable.

When they arrived in the town, they couldn't drive away with a cart, so Chu Ge came down to lead the cattle, and Xiu Niang sat in the cart.

After crossing a small road, there is the market. The front is where the residents live, and the area behind is for business. On both sides of the street are shops. He kept looking away in the car.

This town is not very big, but it is more lively, with horses and horses passing by, and it is similar to Xiayang Village, except that the dirt roads are more spacious.

A lot of people came to say hello when they saw Chu Ge, last time he came with Ji Laoliu, but today he was driving a bullock cart by himself, and he was pulling a pretty little girl, most of them guessed She is Chu Ge's daughter-in-law, so she just came up to chatter.

Chu Ge just smiled at those people, said nothing, and introduced them one by one. Xiu Niang followed Chu Ge to say hello. okay.

A man who was joking saw the bamboo basket on the cart, "Hey, Chu Ge, you're hunting for mountain things again, okay, you've spent all your money in the past two days, and what kind of good things are still wrapped in baskets. "

Chu Ge wanted to say it was bamboo seedlings, but Xiu Niang spoke first, and she smiled and said, "They are all yam heads, not worth anything."

The people didn't know what a yam was, and they laughed and chattered a few words one by one. Chu Ge said that he would go back to the village on time and walked away. Xiu Niang looked at the small shops around and asked Chu Ge, "We Where are you going now?"

Chu Ge turned to her and said, "There is a tavern in the past, and the shopkeeper is nice. I am thinking about going to his place first."

Xiu Niang thought about it, "Chu Ge, do you know where the best and largest restaurant in town is?"

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang in confusion, "What are you doing there, they don't want this bamboo seedling to be a side dish."

Xiu Niang listened and smiled, "Small dishes? Oh, you are thinking that these bamboo shoots of mine can only be used as small dishes. Then you ate them last night, do you think they are like small dishes?"

Chu Ge was thinking about the vegetable soup that Xiu Niang made last night, it was really very fresh, even the big river fish he ate earlier was not that fresh, but he thought about it in his heart, he still said it .

"Ren'er, that's our store. I haven't seen anything before. Why would I want to buy these bamboo seedlings?"

Xiuniang thought about it, she didn't know what kind of stuff she had seen in that store, anyway, she knew it herself, if she told them, it would be enough for them to drink a pot.

She said, "Don't worry about it, let's go to that house first, and if they don't want it after the end, let's go somewhere else, okay?"

Looking at Xiuniang's sparkling and watery eyes, Chu Ge suddenly felt that he couldn't say "no", so he could only answer awkwardly, and went over there with the ox rope.

They walked along the market, passed some street stalls and small shops, and came to a two-story building. The storefront was quite big, occupying the size of two small shops. .

Chu Ge drove the car aside and asked Xiu Niang to wait for the meeting. He went into the restaurant and chatted with the manager. It was time for dinner and there were many people eating and drinking inside. Wait by the side.

After sitting in the car for a long time, Xiu Niang got up and walked around, or her legs would be numb and trembling.

The person in charge in the tavern was too busy to take care of Chu Ge, so he pointed to the back and said something. After Chu Ge came out, he took a bamboo shoot from the car and said to Xiu Niang, "The front of the shop is busy, we need to I went to the chef in the back stove and said, you, you..."

Seeing him looking straight at her, Xiu Niang smiled, "Then you go, I'll wait for you here."

Hearing that, Chu Ge said "hmm" and didn't say anything, but just dawdled with the bamboo shoots.

This is Chu Ge's little problem, when he had something to say to her, he just kept silent, Xiu Niang didn't rush him, but just waited for him, and Chu Ge said, "How much does it cost to buy this? "

"Pfft," Xiu Niang hurriedly covered her mouth, which was a joke, she held back her voice, "It's up to you."

Chu Ge also felt that it was unnecessary for him to ask. The bamboo seedlings were dug by Xiu Niang on the mountain, and the business was done without money. He could say as much as he wanted, and he was always the one who came out. How can Xiuniang know the price of buying and selling mountain products?

He stared blankly at Xiu Niang, turned around and left. Xiu Niang looked at the strong back and shook her head with a smile.

Xiu Niang was standing outside the restaurant waiting for Chu Ge. She had nothing to do, so she took a look inside the restaurant.

It can be said that there were no empty seats there. As soon as a few tables left after taking out their money, someone sat on it immediately and shouted to order.

Xiu Niang calculated carefully, this table would cost at least three taels of silver, if there were more than a dozen tables upstairs and downstairs, if they took turns, they would earn a lot of money in one day.

Xiu Niang looked at it and nodded, thinking that it would be good to open such a restaurant in the town.

As she was thinking about it, Chu Ge came out, not very happy, holding a bamboo shoot in his hand.

Xiu Niang looked at her and said softly, "What's wrong, don't you want me?"

Chu Ge was dull and silent, Xiu Niang glanced at Hou Zao, "You shouldn't be able to..."

In the middle of Xiu Niang's speech, she elongated her voice. Chu Ge looked up at her in a strange way. Get kicked out."

Chu Ge paused, "What, what, I didn't shout."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Then what's wrong with you?"

Chu Ge pursed his lips, "Actually..."

(End of this chapter)