Zhou Sining ignored her, picked all the wild vegetables on the kitchen floor, and then scooped water to soak them, and then went to the kitchen to pick up dishes and chopsticks.

She wanted to take advantage of this time to go around the town at noon, so the movements in her hands were particularly quick, and after a while, she cleaned up the kitchen neatly, and made sure that the Zhou family and his wife had fallen asleep, so she took out the grass cage containing the scorpion, as well as a few eggs at the bottom of the box, and slipped out of the house with the basket on her back.

She hadn't been to Longquan Town, but the eldest girl did, she looked for the memory of the eldest girl, and walked quickly to Longquan Town.

The villagers of Xitang Village basically go to the market in the morning and come back at noon, either starving or having to spend money to eat out, neither of which the villagers are happy with, so most of them come back before lunch. Therefore, at this point in time chosen by Zhou Sining, no one from the same village saw it.

Smoothly walked to Longquan Town, the town is not very big, just a main street, such as supply and marketing cooperatives, purchasing stations, health centers and other units are on this street.

Zhou Sining stopped and looked at the white slogans on the wall and sighed, this is really the same as the picture in the history book. It didn't take long to walk the street from start to finish, and she easily found the acquisition station.

Pushing the door open, I walked in, and there was a middle-aged man standing behind the counter. Wearing eyes and a tunic suit, he looks like he is gentle, not at all like he is holding a scale pole, but like he is holding a pen.

"Comrade, are you collecting scorpions here?" Zhou Sining saw that there was no choice but to walk over and ask.

"Collect, which village are you from, you actually dare to catch scorpions, not bad. "The middle-aged man has a good attitude.

Zhou Sining pretended not to hear it, and continued to ask what he wanted to know, "How did you collect it?"

"Of course, it's collected by the catty, and the scorpions don't all grow the same size, so how can you collect them. The middle-aged man wasn't upset that she didn't answer the question, he just asked in passing.

There were so many villages around him that he couldn't remember which one was which.

"How much is a pound?" This is the question that Zhou Sining is most concerned about.

"Two dollars and five pounds, how much did you catch?" The middle-aged man was a little curious.

"I didn't catch a few. Zhou Sining put down the basket as he spoke, and carefully took out the three straw cages from inside.

The middle-aged man looked at it, took out a round bamboo basket from under the counter, opened the lid on it, and said, "The scorpions are all poured into this frame, and I can weigh them." ”

"Hey, okay. ”

Zhou Sining grabbed one end of the grass cage, and with a slight force on his wrist, he shook the scorpion inside out. The middle-aged man held a bamboo basket underneath and continued, and in a few minutes, a total of nine scorpions were caught.

The middle-aged man quickly closed the lid, then picked up a scale from the counter and directly put the bamboo basket on the weighing pan.

"It's a total of three taels and one money, I'll give you three taels and two dollars, my basket weighs two taels, and the skin is removed, and these scorpions weigh one or two or two dollars. As he spoke, he dragged the abacus on the counter, and Thunderbolt began to fight, muttering in his mouth, "It weighs one or two or two dollars, and the purchase price of one pound is two yuan and five cents, so I'll make it up for you, a total of one and nine cents." ”

Zhou Sining was a little confused, she knew the unit of measurement money, but she had seen it in the history books, and she had never used it. Now she is coldly asked to measure it with money, and her brain is a little dizzy!

"Wait, wait, this comrade, I'll do the math!" Zhou Sining hurriedly shouted to stop.

"Hehe, okay, if you know how to do the math, do the math yourself, don't worry. The middle-aged man said with a good temper.

Zhou Sining couldn't take care of him, frowned and began to calculate.

She remembered that the history books seemed to say that ten dollars were equal to one tael, but this tael was not one-tenth of a catty, and at this time one catty seemed to be equal to sixteen taels......

"How many taels is this catty?" Zhou Sining wanted to make sure.

"One pound is equal to sixteen taels. The middle-aged man is looking at her with the eyes of a fool, and the little girl looks smart, not just on the surface.

Zhou Sining nodded, it seems that he is right, if he calculates it this way, one penny should be equal to 3.125 grams, one or two coins is almost 37.5 grams, and 500 grams is two yuan and five cents, so isn't this two or nine dollars more than one cent and eight cents. People give a dime and nine is more.

"Well, the little girl has figured it out. The middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"Well, I got it, that's right. Zhou Sining nodded cautiously.

Think about it, the children in the village are at the seller's place, and a scorpion can be exchanged for a penny of sugar, and the big one is only a little more. As long as these nine are bought from the merchant, they are almost worth four or five cents, which is enough to show that the seller earns really a hard money.

The middle-aged man continued to ask, "Little girl, do you sell it at this price?"

"Sell. "Although I think it's a little less, I still have to sell it, or what can she do with these scorpions.

"Okay, you wait. The middle-aged man put down the scale, picked up the bamboo basket, walked to a large water tank on the side and stopped, reached out to lift the cylinder head, and then quickly opened the basket cover in his hand, and with a twist of his wrist, he poured all the scorpions in the basket into the big tank, and finally the cylinder head was covered again.

Zhou Sining saw that he was going to settle the bill, and hurriedly shouted: "Comrade, don't be busy first, I still have a few eggs here, can you take it?"

"Eggs, of course. The middle-aged man turned around and walked back, "Our purchase price is three cents each, you can take a few." ”

"Nine too. She carefully picked up all the eggs in the basket.

Originally, she picked up four this morning, ate one in the morning, and should have eaten one at noon, but she thought about coming to the town to sell eggs, and when she hesitated, she didn't eat the eggs.

The middle-aged man picked up the eggs from the counter one by one and put them in the basket under the counter, checking whether they were broken by the way.

"Your egg is good, big enough, it can give you three cents, nine is two cents and seven, plus the one cent and nine cents of the scorpion just now, a total of four cents and six cents. The middle-aged man was afraid that the little girl would not be able to settle the account, so he kindly calculated it for her.

Zhou Shining nodded, indicating that it was right.

"Okay, you wait, I'll settle the bill for you. ”

Zhou Sining took advantage of the man's efforts to get the money and looked at this acquisition station.

There was nothing to see outside the counter, there were a lot of bottles and cans inside, but they all had lids, and she couldn't see what was inside.

"Little girl, you don't have to look at it, as long as it is agricultural and sideline products, we will collect everything. The middle-aged man walked over with the money, "You count, a total of four cents and six cents, count, go out of this door, I won't be responsible for more or less." ”

Zhou Sining lowered her head and counted the money carefully, she really hadn't seen the coins of this era, but she knew how to read, so she could tell which one was a dime and which one was a penny, and no one wanted to fool her.

After counting it and making sure it was correct, she stuffed the money into her pocket, picked up the basket on the ground and prepared to leave, "Thank you, comrade." ”