Chapter Seventy-Three: Scolding
It was easy to wait until the snow stopped, and after waiting for a few more days, the big sun finally came out, and the snow on the road slowly melted, and the Li family's small shop was finally full of customers again.
Due to the heavy wind and snow, it has been waiting for many days from snow to snow, and many ingredients in the store are lacking a lot, so Li Luaner took advantage of the sunshine to drive a donkey cart to the city to buy things.
Although the snow melted, but the road is very difficult to walk, the official road is also loess milled, this heavy snow covers and disappears, the alternation of hot and cold is very muddy, Li Luan'er came all the way, and was glad to have driven the donkey cart in his heart, if he entered the city on two legs alone, I am afraid that it would be difficult to go back with a pair of deerskin boots.
It is cold in the north, although the sun is out, but the weather is also cold, Li Luan'er is wearing a thick cotton suit, a rabbit fur cloak outside, a hood on his head, and gray squirrel skin earmuffs on his ears, the whole person is like a ball, and it is inconvenient to move.
She actually doesn't care much about the heat and cold anymore, but Mrs. Jin and Li Feng'er are not at ease, so they force her to wear such a thick one, which makes Li Luan'er really uncomfortable.
Seeing that he was about to enter the city, the west side of the guard at the gate of the city, basking in the morning sun, his hands shrunk in his sleeves, and he didn't care to look at the pedestrians entering the city, and the two of them gathered together to talk.
Li Luan'er drove the donkey cart into the city gate, stored the donkey cart first, and quickly found a familiar shop to buy things.
Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are indispensable, and there are many spices to buy, Mrs. Jin's medicinal wine lacks a few flavors of medicinal materials, and Li Luan'er also has to help her buy it back, in addition, that Qin Mao Qin Gongzi has been wearing a set of clothes for several days, this time, Li Luan'er wants to go to the cloth shop to help him buy some fabrics, and go back and ask Li Feng'er or Mrs. Jin to help him make two clothes to replace.
Li Luan'er thought that there were more customers in the store in the past few days, and the weather was cold, so she couldn't tell when it would snow again, and when the time came, it would be really inconvenient to come out to buy things, so she simply bought more of everything.
She first sold the nitrate skins, put away the silver, and then took out the silver from the store's account and went to the shops to buy it.
Li Luan'er has a lot of time to buy, and the guys in each store are also familiar with each other, as soon as they saw her come in, they greeted her with a smile, Li Luan'er directly took out the list and read it, and those guys quickly helped her load the goods and send someone to the place where she stored the car.
After buying in the morning, most of the things were bought, Li Luan'er went to the butcher stall to buy half a fan of pork, and packed and bought all the lean meat and bones left in the butcher's shop.
I bought meat, and went to the grain store to buy some rice, noodles, sweet potato flour, and all kinds of miscellaneous grains.
Asked the man to help her send things to the city gate, Li Luan'er also felt hungry, so she bought a dozen buns at the food stall outside and ate them, and was enjoying eating, when she heard a commotion, she inquired, it turned out that a certain village collapsed the cowshed due to the heavy snow, and an old cow was stoned to death, and the family reported to the official, and now the cow was killed, and the beef was sold.
I haven't eaten beef for a long time, Li Luan'er can't be hungry for a long time, and she can't care about eating steamed buns, so she wraps the buns and follows the human voice.
At the base of the city wall, there were several stalls selling meat, and I saw that the cattle had been killed, and several people were talking about the price with the seller.
Li Luan'er leaned over and asked, "Is there any beef?" ”
The seller was about forty or fifty years old, with wrinkles on his face, and his skin was very rough and dark, and at a glance he was a farmer, and he smiled: "Also, I have a good servant of this cow, and it is very fat, and I have killed more than four hundred catties of meat, and these guest officers can't ask for so much." ”
Li Luan'er listened, and hurriedly asked the buyers, each asked them how many catties they wanted to buy, and after doing the math, those people bought more than 200 catties, and the cow still had more than 100 catties of meat to sell.
At that moment, she was not polite, and said directly to the seller: "Keep the rest for me, and the price is easy to say." ”
Finally, Li Luan'er has been in ancient times for more than half a year, and she has also passed the addiction of a local tyrant.
The seller responded with a smile and divided the beef for those few, and almost half of the remaining beef was weighed by Li Luan'er: "Little lady, there are one hundred and eighty-two catties left, this beef is expensive, and the meat is even more expensive in winter, the little lady just heard it, I have twenty-five yuan and one pound of meat, a total of four taels and five dollars and fifty yuan, and you can give me four or five taels of money." ”
Li Luan'er didn't bargain, and asked the seller to put the meat on the cart and follow her, and when she arrived at the city gate, where she stored the donkey cart, Li Luan'er threw the beef on the donkey cart with one hand, and after putting it away, she took out the silver and settled the account for the seller.
At this time, the delivery guys from the shops also arrived, and Li Luan'er asked them to carry their things to the car, settled the bill with the people who watched the car, and drove the donkey cart back.
When she got home, it was already dark, Li Luan'er parked the car in the courtyard, shouted, and saw Qin San'er take Qin Mao out to help move the goods.
Qin San'er was born in hardship, he worked a lot on weekdays, and it was naturally easy to lift the goods, but Qin Mao was blind.
He carried the fabric, carried the fabric, his hands trembled, he crooked his neck and twisted his body, he couldn't walk, put down the fabric, he moved the spices in the small basket, and when he moved it, he heard the things in the basket rattle, and Qin San'er, who was frightened, hurriedly said: "www.fouxiu.com, you put it down first, I'll come, I'll come, this object is not easy to move." ”
Qin Mao hurriedly put down the small basket and went to lift the meat again, but the meat had been frozen outside, and now it had formed thin ice, and it was very cold when he lifted it, and he didn't hold it for a while and fell to the ground.
Li Luan'er's eyes twitched, and she couldn't stand it, so she wanted to send Qin Mao back to the house, but she saw Li Feng'er come out of the house with a cotton curtain in her hand, holding a feather duster in her hand and saying loudly: "Qin Mao, you broke the dishes when you asked you to wash the dishes in the kitchen, and you still have the face to come out to move things, if this car is ruined again, see if I don't discount your legs." ”
How long has it been since Li Feng'er lost her temper so much?
Li Luan'er couldn't remember, but she knew that Li Feng'er's temper was much better now than when she first came.
"Feng'er ......" Qin Mao just shouted, seeing Li Feng'er's willow eyebrows upside down, phoenix eyes round, and quickly changed his words: "Little lady, I don't have a hand, I won't ...... it again when it's cooked."
"After a day's work, which one do you coax?" Li Feng'er was angry, the feather duster was waving, but she didn't greet Qin Mao, although she heard the sound of crackling, but the feather duster was all hit on the tethered horse stake on the side: "I told you to go to the guest room to burn the fire, and the smoke and fire burned it, and almost didn't burn the house, I asked you to boil water, you made a mountain of water, and asked you to wash the dishes, you said how many plates and bowls you played, our family is opening a store, not a good hall, and we can't afford you to do this." ”
Li Luan'er knew it as soon as she heard it, Li Feng'er was distressed.
Li Feng'er has put a lot of effort into this small shop, from the furnishings in the store to the purchase of beds and bedding in the guest rooms, all of which are handled by Li Feng'er, that is, the dishes used in the kitchen, which are also selected by Li Feng'er.
She didn't even recognize Qin Mao's father who beat him, this was already an effort to restrain himself, and he saved a lot of face for Qin Mao.
"I'm sorry." Qin Mao was helpless, and he also knew that he was in trouble, so he patiently compensated Li Feng'er: "Little lady, keep the account first, and I will compensate you in the future, the little lady is not angry, it is really mine, I will work hard in the future, and work hard to work hard." ”
In the face of such a good-tempered person, Li Feng'er would really be a little too much if she didn't give up, she sighed helplessly: "Forget it, you are the uncle, you, you are not a person who works by nature, in the future, let's do less and save some money for my family." ”
Here Li Feng'er was counting Qin Mao, and didn't want Li Chun to come out of the house, so she carefully tugged Li Feng'er's clothes: "Sister, little sister, don't be angry, Da Lang didn't mean it, I, I have money, little sister will buy a bowl again." ”
Li Feng'er looked back at the nervous Li Chun, and then looked at Li Chun's obvious appearance of defending Qin Mao, she was even more weak, she waved her hand: "Forget it, my brother has interceded with you, and I don't care about you, you try to learn as much as possible these days, if you break things again, see if I don't fight ......."
"Break my leg, know, know." Qin Mao smiled in response, Li Feng'er snorted coldly, turned around and went back to the house.
Li Luan'er watched this farce, and was also a little helpless, so she called Qin San'er and asked him to take Qin Mao back to the house, and Li Luan'er carried the rest of the heavy things into the kitchen by herself.
After putting the things away, Li Luan'er called Ma Fang, who was busy with his work, to come over and ask him to drive the donkey cart into the shed.
Li Luan'er quickly stepped into the backyard, stomped her feet under the porch, changed her shoes and entered Li Feng'er's house.
Li Feng'er was sitting on the bed sulking, Li Luan'er couldn't help laughing: "I said what are you angry about, then Qin Mao is obviously the son-in-law of which family, it is inevitable that he will not be able to work, he fell something and destroyed the goods, you just remember, his family came to find him, and asked him to pay more money, anyway, he is a big fat sheep, and when the time comes, we will slaughter it fiercely." ”
In a word, Li Feng'er snorted and was happy.
Li Luan'er saw that Li Feng'er was no longer angry, so she sat down and took out a few preserved fruits from her arms: "Look, your favorite dried pestle, plum and honey apricots." ”
"Yikes!" Li Feng'er suddenly looked surprised: "This pinch is really good, where did my sister buy it." ”
"A woman in the market brought a basket to sell, and I bought some when I saw that it was good, and if you like to eat, I will buy more with you next time I go into the city."
"Thank you, sister." Li Feng'er happily took the preserved fruit and enjoyed biting the pestle.
Li Luan'er saw that she was happy, so she discussed with her: "I see that Qin Mao is just a replacement of clothes, my brother is taller than him, and he can't wear his brother's clothes, so he bought some materials, you take the time to cut it and get him two padded jackets to wear, no matter what, people in our family, we can't let him be like a frozen cat, as if we treat people harshly." ”
Li Feng'er was in a much better mood while eating the pestle: "Okay, for my sister's sake, I'm not angry with him, I'll pick up a piece of material and cut two clothes for him." ”RS