3. Chapter III

After boiling sweet potato porridge simply, Ruan Huizhen drank a bowl by herself, and served a bowl to Mrs. Lu, who had already gotten up.

"Mother, after you finish eating, you will guard the stove at home, don't freeze. I have to go out and see noon before I can come back. ”

Mrs. Lu was accustomed to her daughter-in-law going out every day, and waved her hand, "Go, just come back early." This winter, when is it a head? ”

It's still early, it's winter again, and there aren't many pedestrians outside. Ruan Huizhen found a small alley where no one was, wrapped her head and face with a cloth, and took out ten catties of vegetables from the space. Then he hurried away with his head down and the greens.

The wealthy people in the town were some local squire landlord families, and the families were not close to each other, and they did not live together like in the city.

The gatekeeper of the landlord's house opened the door early in the morning, swept away the snow at the door of his house, and hid in the side door while baking the fire, while complaining about the cold weather.

"This brother, do you harvest vegetables here?"

The little gatekeeper didn't reply, and waved his hand directly, "Don't come to bury me, where are the vegetables at this time?" "Yesterday, the landlord complained that he ate too much meat and was crooked. I can still eat too much meat and crooked meat this year, how much do I have to eat. The little porter couldn't help but swallow his saliva, and he clearly remembered the braised pork from the landlord's house last night. It's a pity that after only one bite, it was eaten up by the big housekeeper.

Ruan Huizhen saw that the people didn't move, and she was a little depressed, so she put the greens on the ground, "Brother, I really have greens, I don't have greens, I am troubled if you can help ask if it is okay." As he spoke, he picked up two copper coins and threw them over.

Ding dong. The sound of the copper coin falling to the ground was crisp and very pleasant, and the porter suddenly stood up, and the cat was looking for the copper coin on the ground. I finally found the copper coin, wiped it clean on my clothes, and put it in my sleeve happily.

No matter how small a mosquito is, it's meat.

After getting the money, the little porter had the heart to pay attention to Ruan Huizhen, and when he looked up, there was a little woman standing at the door, with her head covered with a cloth covering her head and face, and she couldn't see her appearance clearly. At the second glance, the little porter's eyes lit up, and his eyes stared straight at the pile of green under Ruan Huizhen's feet.

"Little cabbage?!"

The little porter rushed over at a rocket-like speed, turned over outside with his head down, and said in his mouth, "It's really a little cabbage, and it's still fresh." ”

Ruan Huizhen said, "The troubled little brother helps to ask, whether the house will accept it." If I don't accept it, I'll hurry to it as soon as possible. ”

"Collect, collect, you wait, I'll go to our big housekeeper." The little porter spoke. So he hurried to the door, and shouted for people to come to the chief butler.

After a short while, a middle-aged man in a robe with a big belly came over. The man was holding a pipe in his hand, and he looked very rich.

Ruan Huizhen sighed that the housekeepers of the landlord's family have been very rich in recent years. Looking at the tenants outside, the gap between the rich and the poor is too great.

The housekeeper of the Wang family checked the green vegetables brought by Ruan Huizhen, and nodded with satisfaction, "Can the vegetables grow in this winter?" Where did you get this greens? ”

Ruan Huizhen had already found an excuse, and said, "Some time ago, I put some straw in the vegetable garden, but I didn't expect to pass by these days and find that there were green vegetables growing in it. I figured out if it was covered with grass, and the vegetables grew. I don't know if that's the case. However, the family was poor, and my mother-in-law was reluctant to eat after she found out, so I asked me to exchange it for some money to go back, so that I could buy food for the winter. ”

The chief housekeeper looked at Ruan Huizhen and saw that she was just an ordinary woman, and she must not have much knowledge, so it was naturally impossible to grow vegetables by her own ability. He didn't ask much, but thought that he would get a piece of land when he went back, and sprinkled some seeds and covered it with grass, and maybe he could grow greens, and the lord would have to reward him again.

"Okay, ten cents a pound, I want it all." The king's housekeeper gave alms.

Hehe, why don't you grab it.

Ruan Huizhen sneered secretly. This winter's green vegetables are more expensive than meat, and now the meat is a dime and a pound, which is less than a dime, and she definitely won't sell it.

Then he said, "I didn't sell a dime in front of me." If the big housekeeper thinks it's too expensive, I'll go to the rich man's house. It's rare for the old lady of the family to look at me. "Hmph, don't forget, you're not a landlord in this town. Compared with other rich people's families, what is it, they still want to bully people.

When the big steward heard this, he was a little unhappy. I secretly scolded this ignorant little woman, a poor ghost. However, when I heard that the landlord next to me was also eyeing this dish, I didn't think much about it, so as not to be cut off.

said unhappily, "Okay, I'll take a dime and a pound." ”

Ruan Huizhen showed an unhappy expression on her face, "I didn't give a dime to others." ”

looks like a greedy and mean look.

Butler Wang looked even more disgusted, and waved his hand, "Take the money and get out of here, don't be an eyesore here." As he spoke, he lifted the ten catties of vegetables on the ground, threw a silver dollar on the ground, and walked into the gate.

Ruan Huizhen hurriedly picked up the silver dollar on the ground, blew it like others, and put it to his ear to listen, and really heard the crunchy sound, and was overjoyed.

There are still about twenty catties of vegetables left in the space. Ruan Huizhen found a few large families that were far apart, and took them one by one to exchange money and came back. There are only a few catties left to eat for themselves. I found another shop and bought seeds, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea and other kitchen supplies. There was still a lot of money in his hand, and now Ruan Huizhen finally let go of his hands and feet and ran to cut a pound of fat.

That's right, after Ruan Huizhen came to this era, she finally knew the benefits of fatty meat, and she could make lard, which was more affordable than being thin. However, in order to fight the tooth sacrifice, I still reluctantly cut half a catty of lean meat and went back, preparing to eat dumplings with Mrs. Lu on the New Year's Day and have a reunion.

The things were ready, and Ruan Huizhen didn't take them all out, after all, she only came out to wash clothes for one day, and she took too many things home at once, and the old lady would definitely be strange in her heart. Anyway, there are still a few days left before the Chinese New Year. She had already made up her mind not to sell vegetables. After all, the risk is too great. If someone finds out that something is wrong, it will be a constant trouble. After all, she couldn't find any vegetable garden where greens could grow.

Fortunately, I have money and things in my hands. When the time comes, when spring comes, I will buy some of the previous varieties and plant them, and go back for more money.

Back at home, Mrs. Lu waited in the hall as usual, watching with a blank eye. Seeing that Ruan Huizhen was back, he smiled.

Ruan Huizhen felt that this old lady was really pitiful. Sighing, he went into the kitchen to cook rice and fried a small green vegetable.

It's a rare meal.

The old lady asked the fragrance, which was incredible, "Where did we get the greens and so much rice?" ”

"Today, the owner said that I washed my clothes cleanly, and the weather was cold, and it was about to be the New Year, so he gave me some rice. There is no shortage of rice in the landlord's house, and people are not rare in this thing. ”

The old lady thought so, thinking that when her family was rich, everyone in the family suddenly saw the meat.

During the meal, the old lady picked up the vegetables one by one, ate very slowly, and counted the grains of rice. Apparently reluctant.

After eating a bowl of rice for a long time, I stopped eating. "When people are old, they can't eat so much. Eat more. If you can't finish it, save it for the next meal. ”

When Mrs. Lu returned to the room, Ruan Huizhen happily hugged the dishes and chopsticks and ate them. The mouth was full of oil, and I thought that this lard was really fragrant.

In the next few days, Ruan Huizhen went out early in the morning as usual, buying seeds everywhere outside.

Now there is no shortage of food and vegetables in the space. Ruan Huizhen thought about it and decided to plant some valuable crops in the space.

After having money, Ruan Huizhen suddenly felt that food was not so expensive, after all, it could be bought with money, and it was too wasteful to use it to grow ordinary food crops.

Food is not worth much, unless you can grow some rare varieties. However, it is estimated that there are no rare seeds to be found in the town.

Ruan Huizhen wandered around the town for a while, and finally made up her mind to plant some medicinal herbs in the space to try, preferably ginseng and reishi or something.

But she hadn't grown any of these things yet, and she didn't know if she could grow them.

After all, although space can grow many things, there are actually requirements for crops. For example, if the yield is large, the amount grown in the space is also large. If the yield is small, it will not grow anything.

Ginseng reishi and the like...... The yield seems to be small.

However, when she thought of the sky-high price of ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, Ruan Huizhen's careful liver began to flutter again.

A shiny ocean was exchanged for only three ginseng seeds. And it's dry, and I don't know if I'll survive.

When Ruan Huizhen came out of the pharmacy, she was still muttering in her heart.

It's hard to find ginseng seeds these days, so you can only try your luck in the pharmacy. After all, ginseng seeds can also be used in medicine, and large pharmacies generally have them.

It's just that Ruan Huizhen didn't expect it to be so expensive.

After returning home and saying hello to the old lady, Ruan Huizhen hurriedly entered the room, carefully planted the three precious plants into the soil of the space, and then watered them with the water of the space, hoping to survive.

Ginseng is not a precious thing, and it grows very slowly. Ruan Huizhen went into the space to check the next day, and found that it had not sprouted, and she was immediately very discouraged.

muttered to herself, if it weren't for the fact that the ocean was exchanged for ten catties of vegetables, she would definitely be distressed to death. Then I reflected on myself, whether I was too greedy, so I was retributed.

With this tangled mood, the time finally arrived on Chinese New Year's Eve.