Luo Qi put away the money, grabbed the vegetable basket, changed his clothes and went out, walked a few steps, poured back, and knocked on the door of the He family.

"Aunt He, Qi Niang has a reluctant request...... I'm not very good at buying things...... Can you please ask Aunt He to accompany me......"

"Where's your mother?"

"Alas~" Luo Qi tilted his head and looked at his home, shook his head and didn't speak.

"Here, I still have a pulp washing job in my hand that I haven't finished......"

"This is easy to do, I will wash it with Aunt He when I come back, and I promise it to be fast and good."

"Then ......" He looked at Luo Qi in embarrassment, then looked back at a small pile of unwashed clothes in the yard, and finally nodded, and the two went to the small market together.

"Aunt He, what's this red?"

Last time, I didn't bother to look carefully at the vegetable stalls of the Tang Dynasty, but this time I saw that my heart plummeted, and there were not many types, and there were some that she didn't know at all.

"This is air-dried dogwood, and the spicy seeds that Qi Niang usually eats are cooked here."

"What about that?"

"That's weed."

"Boss, how much is that cabbage?"

"Which one?"

Qi Niang turned around and pointed it to He's, who sneered and said to the stall owner, "Old Gao, I asked you how much you cost?" ”

Embarrassment......

Seeing this, He Shi came to comfort Luo Qi, "It's not strange that Qi Niang doesn't recognize this, it's difficult for you to support a family at a young age, it's not easy." ”

Luo Qi smiled awkwardly, and pointed to something again, and He consciously helped her ask, "How to sell pepper?" ”

"Thirteen copper plates and a pound of pepper, the He family, they have asked the dishes all over today, what kind of do you want to buy?"

It's so expensive!! Luo Qi was speechless and shook his head at He.

"You, the seller is still annoying to buy things, Qi Niang, let's go, let's go to another place."

"Hey, look at you, you have a big temper."

With He's here, Luo Qi cheekily searched for the price of the types of vegetables and meat in the small market in detail, silently remembered it in his heart, and asked a few companies that sold cakes, the most common scones cost two pennies, and the one with a little meat costs two pennies, and if you stuff mutton in your belly, it will cost at least three cents or more; The dumplings are similar, the clear soup dumplings are a big bowl, the spicy pork dumplings and the mutton soup dumplings are all two dollars and a big bowl, want to eat mutton? The stall owner simmered cooked mutton in the soup pot, and cut six thin slices for three cents, cut to order.

Calculating the average consumption, the prices of common dishes are still relatively normal, mutton is ridiculously expensive, pork is also sold but very little, and it doesn't look fresh, she walked around the door of the butcher shop, and she suddenly remembered the bloody piece of meat that fell out of Liu Niangzi's father's arms that day.

Sheep unloaded......

Is it possible to make marinated goods?

However, it seems that people at this time are in a state of disgust for the next goods, that day Liu Niangzi called the next goods to make pickles, which shows the attitude of the Tang people nowadays, let her think about it and make a neutral match.

"Qi Niang, do you have other plans?"

Luo Qi wanted to deny it, but after a little thought, he nodded, "Don't hide it from Aunt He, Qi Niang wants to make a living." ”

"Ahh He Shi was taken aback, "You, you little lady, show up to make a living, how can this be a good ......?"

"However, the situation in Qi Niang's family, although it is not starving to death now, it is not a long-term solution, let alone my mother...... Forget it, Shilang also has to study, and Qi Niang has no choice. ”

"You...... Also, when the poor can't even eat, their faces are ...... Where else can ......"

"Aunt He?"

"Oh, it's fine." He came back to his senses a little unnaturally, and he didn't know what he was thinking just now.

"I haven't thought about it yet, and I don't have the capital now," Luo Qi looked at He Shi with a pair of big black and white eyes, "Aunt He~ Can you please introduce some money-making work to Qi Niang......

"Of course that's good, but I'm here to do some women's needlework and thread work, it's hard and tiring, and you're a little lady ......."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I may have suffered!" Luo Qi promised, "How much can you earn in that month?" ”

"This ......" Aunt He hesitated for a moment before whispering, "The main thing is to look at the piece, the price given to me by the owner is high, I have a hundred copper plates a month." ”

So little is still called high......

Luo Qi wailed in his heart, but he had no choice but to start like this.

"Aunt He, where is there a roast chicken seller?"

"Roast chicken?"

"Yes," Luo Qi pouted deliberately, "My mother said that there was no taste in her mouth, so she asked me to take the only eight copper plates left and buy her a roast chicken to eat." ”

"Alas, it's not easy for you."

He really pitied Luo Qi at this time, but she was still a little disappointed in her eyes, Luo Qi didn't pay attention, she was stunned by the price of roast chicken at the moment, a big roast chicken only needs five copper plates? Compared with pork and mutton, it is so cheap, she came up with a new idea in her heart, it is better to start with chicken and duck lo-mei products, the cost is small, but the economic ability of the audience is still a problem.

Think again.

bought roast chicken, bought rice noodles needed for two days, Luo Qi took the remaining copper plate and bought two packs of small snacks, stuffed a pack for Aunt He, who refused to resign, they walked home together, and after walking into the alley for a while, Luo Qi suddenly felt cold on his back, feeling like he was being targeted by something, and when he looked back, there was nothing behind him, and there was no one in the alley, maybe he didn't sleep well last night and had a delusion.

As soon as I entered the door, the smell of meat emanated from the stove.

Luo Qi put down the basket and opened the lid of the pot to take a look, good guy, where did the mutton soup come from?

Jia Shi trotted out when he heard the voice, protecting the mutton soup pot like an old hen protecting her chicks, Luo Qi put down the lid of the pot funny, "Mother remember to leave a bowl for Shilang." ”

"Where's the chicken?"

"In the basket."

In ancient times, washing clothes, there was no laundry detergent and no washing machine, it was purely a hard work, and after a small pile of clothes were washed, Luo Qi's fingers were red and swollen.

He Shi was a little impressed by the little lady in front of him, he didn't look like a pampered little lady at all, willing to endure hardships and reasonable, but it was a pity that there was such a bastard mother in the family, and a younger brother dragged down, otherwise......

She looked Luo Qi up and down again, and some thoughts were tangled together in her heart, until Ziyong came back with the burden in the evening, and the two sat at the dining table ready to eat, and she finally couldn't help but mutter.

"Zhao Qiniang next door came over to help today, what a diligent little lady."

He Ziyong didn't raise his eyelids, He Shi hurriedly supported him with a bowl of rice porridge and handed him chopsticks, "It's both reasonable and filial, if such a good girl hadn't been in charge, she would have promised someone a long time ago." ”

……

Unable to get a response, He Shi didn't know the taste of the bowl of food, and quietly raised his eyes to look at it, and said casually, "I don't know why these days, I always dream that Miss looks at me with resentment, it's useless to paint the piano, and I haven't been able to take care of you." ”

He Ziyong's hand holding the chopsticks tightened, and He suddenly felt a little annoyed, "Forget it, forget it, let's say this to be honest." ”

"I know what you mean." He Ziyong put down the dishes and chopsticks and looked directly at Aunt He, "I don't have time to take care of myself, why bother others." ”

After that, he stood up and silently entered the room, He sat in a daze for a long time, and suddenly the whole person sighed a little dejectedly, "Yes, after such a long time, I almost forgot what my surname was......"

On the second day, Luo Qi, who was running in the morning, said hello to He Shi as usual, He Shi smiled a little absentmindedly and didn't say a word, but waited until the afternoon, came back with a lot of clothes, picked them up, took a bunch of good washes and handed them back to Qi Niang, explained some matters to pay attention to, and quietly stuffed her with a copper plate when she left, "This is yesterday's reward." ”

"Don't worry," Luo Qi hurriedly pushed back, and nodded his face towards the house, "Month-end, month-end." ”

He Shi understood, "It's okay, I remember it with you, it's good for you to come and get it at the end of the month." ”

Since then, Qi Niang has started to be a laundry lady at home.

After Zhao Guanglian married the bride, Jia's body was a little bad, and even Shilang was a little unwelcome, going out early and returning late every day, looking at the money very tightly, often he came back after eating outside to see that their sister and brother were hungry and had nothing to eat, and they didn't care, it was really Shilang who begged hard, so he gave a little money to let Luo Qi buy food, and picked and picked and interrogated again and again, cooked, and rushed to pick up the good ones into his own bowl, Shilang buried his face in the rice bowl, and pulled the eggs hidden under the rice, looked at my sister again and again.

Luo Qi glanced at him calmly and continued to eat.

At the end of June, it was hot, and the clothes dried for most of the day, but Luo Qi's hands were broken and scabbed and broken, and the daily bubbles were white, and they hurt raw, but what could be done, she looked at her fingers at the sun, gloomy.

"Don't forget to get paid today, the old lady eats and drinks for nothing to support the two of you oil bottles, and it's time for you to do your filial piety."

Jia Shi stood at the door of the house chattering, and heard the sound of washing clothes in the yard next door, and suddenly raised his voice, "I haven't heard that those who do odd jobs also have to be paid monthly, don't want to play tricks with a clear conscience, you fool, don't ask someone to sell it and help you count the money." ”

Luo Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes, wiped his hands and stood up and entered the house, Jia Shi spat viciously on the ground, fanned his nose and jumped out of the yard on tiptoe, causing a series of coughs, "Ahem, it's the life of a lowly billet." ”