Chapter 9: The First Pot of Gold
It has been more than a month since Li Zhengrong came to wear, even if Lijia Village is next to the mountains and rivers, there is gradually a summer heat, the cicadas on the trees are calling from morning to night, Li Zhengrong is squatting next to the yard is playing with her willow saplings, as for the few wheat she planted, it is dust and dust before even sprouts. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info these willow trees have lasted a little longer, but they look like they are dying. Zheng Rong actually didn't have much hope for it, she herself didn't know much about planting, and it was expected to look at this little sapling, so Zheng Rong simply didn't even water it, put the bucket aside, and stared at the wheat that was drying in the yard in a daze. Suddenly, she had an idea, this Sun Moon Lake water can promote the production of wheat, maybe it will also work on this willow tree. She returned to the room, closed the door, dodged into the space, filled some pool of water with a jade bottle, this time she didn't wander around, and went straight out of the space. According to her experience in growing wheat in the space, she would not dare to water the willow trees directly with spring water, and if the villagers woke up early tomorrow morning and found that there were five more towering trees in front of her door overnight, her small dilapidated house would probably be dug three feet into the ground. She thought about it, filled the big bucket with a small bucket, and then carefully dripped a drop of pool water into the big bucket, this concentration of water should be greatly reduced! I took a scoop of water made of gourds, watered all five willow saplings in turn, and we were done!
Li Zhengrong packed up the bucket and scoop, went to the kitchen to get the jar and pestle, moved a small stool and sat under the eaves to pound wheat, after such a month of accumulation, Li Zhengrong's flour is almost half a cylinder, so much flour she can't eat as a little girl, there will be more and more in the future, why don't you see if you can sell a little? She wants to buy some salt or something, this child has eaten tasteless rice for a month, it is really enough, and now when it comes to eating, she is worried, if she doesn't eat, she will be hungry, and she really has no appetite for eating. Just do it, when Zheng Rong's mother got married, she brought two large rattan boxes of dowry, so many years have passed, the box has long been empty, Zheng Rong put some bits and pieces in the house, and the family only looked a little home. She stepped on a small stool, took out a bag that had been washed before, and put the flour into a small half bag. When she went out of the door, she put the bag in the small basket and covered it, then turned around and locked the door, and walked towards the entrance of the village with the small basket.
When I walked to the entrance of the village, I saw Uncle Liu sitting on the ox cart waiting, there were already two aunts sitting on it, because there were fewer people going to the city in the countryside, so every time Uncle Liu would wait a little longer, hoping to pull two more people. Zhengrong stepped forward and said to Uncle Liu, "Uncle, can you pick me up when you go to the city?" I picked some food and sold it in the city, and I'll give you money when I come back, okay? Uncle Liu saw that it was Zhengrong, and hurriedly said: "Erya, you still give a lot of money, sit on it quickly, and set off immediately, Uncle will take you there." "Thank you, Uncle Liu." Zhengrong got into the ox cart, waited for a while, and two more aunts came, and Uncle Liu drove the ox cart staggering towards Xinhe Town.
Uncle Liu drove the ox cart to the entrance of the town, and the big guys got out of the car, just because foreign vehicles entering the town had to charge ten copper plates, and people were free to enter. Before entering the city, Uncle Liu also told Li Zhengrong: "Uncle heard this ox cart under the poplar tree over there, you must come back before Shenshi, don't play for too long." ”
Zhengrong said goodbye to Uncle Liu, and lined up into the city with her small basket, saying that Zhengrong is still the first time to see this ancient town, and it is not the same as what is staged on TV, this is a rough beauty, there is no bluestone paving on the ground, it is an ordinary dirt road, and the city wall has not been carefully carved, it is built up of stones, and there are four guards at the city gate, and they are all honest, and there is no arrogance in TV at all. Zhengrong entered the city, because she didn't know the road, she walked aimlessly on the road, and she didn't dare to enter the store at will to see, she was now penniless. At the second intersection, I turned left and walked a few steps, I saw a store selling grain, she walked in with Xiaolan, and found that all the products sold here were cornmeal, beans, rice, etc., and I didn't see any flour sold, she was very strange, and I didn't see rice growing in the village? Why didn't they sell flour? She carried Xiaolan and walked to the guy in the store, "Little brother, do you collect wheat flour in the store?" The fellow was thirteen or fourteen years old, and when he turned his head, he saw a little girl dressed in gray coarse cloth, thin and thin, with a pair of eyes that were extraordinarily large, but her little face was cleanly washed, and she was carrying a small basket, and the contents of the basket were tightly covered by a washed white floral cloth.
"Flour? This is a rarity, where did you get the flour for this little girl? Aren't you making trouble?! ”
"Little brother, it's really not me who is making trouble, I don't believe you." Then he lifted the broken cloth covering the basket, opened the bag, and showed it to the young man. The guy stretched out his head and looked, "Oh, it's really wheat flour, I can't be the master, I'll ask the shopkeeper, you wait in the store first." After speaking, he ran towards the back hall, and after a while, he saw this guy walking out with a middle-aged man in his thirteen or forty years old.
"It's this girl, and the flour is what she brought." When the man saw that Zhengrong was still standing in place, he said to the shopkeeper.
"Girl, can you show me your flour?" The shopkeeper said kindly to Zhengrong.
Zheng Rong lifted the broken flower cloth and brought the basket to the shopkeeper, "Look"
After the shopkeeper saw it, he nodded, "Yes, it's flour, give the little girl three taels of silver for such a little." Fushun, go and get the silver for the little girl. ”
Zheng Rong didn't have any concept of silver when she first wore it, but she thought that silver was always worth more than copper plates. She took the silver and was about to leave, but she was stopped by the shopkeeper, "Little girl, take the silver, go back and hand it over to your family, next time there is flour, remember to take it to my house." "Okay, thank you for the reminder." Zheng Rong looked at the shopkeeper's good face, she sold such a small bag of flour for three taels of silver, and she was not a profiteer, so she readily agreed.
Walking out of the door, Zheng Rong stuffed two taels of silver into the small pocket of her clothes, which she still wanted to load things to make it easier for her to sew by herself, although the needle and thread were rough, but fortunately it came in handy. The remaining one or two silver, stuffed into the small basket, she didn't expect it to go so well, seeing that it was still early, Zhengrong planned to go shopping again, she also wanted to buy some salt and other condiments, it was best to buy some vegetable seeds, with the inducing ability of Sun Moon Lake, she probably didn't worry about eating...