Can't afford scissors and can't afford salt
Before Chu Ying arrived at Uncle Qiu's stable, she listened to Uncle Qiu's urging voice, "Hurry up, clear the warehouse, there are still goods in the back." "Boss Qiu, you're so busy."
"It's not all you, a girl who is quick at work, I told you yesterday that you can cut more, and today there are so many, and the warehouse hasn't been cleared yet, do you say you're busy?" Uncle Qiu's chubby figure was tired and sweating a lot.
"It's true that I'm not careful, and I should have let me know. This is the last trip of the day, come, all move in, right? Uncle Qiu saw that Chu Ying was about to go inside with two bundles of grass on her shoulder.
"Ouch, just your thin arms and legs, don't move, come, let's go check out. Hurry up, this one is cleared, and the one next door is also cleaned. Chu Ying followed Boss Qiu, who was covered in silver light, to the tent.
"Chu Ying, you, just get it for the past two days, and in a few days the autumn harvest will have to go back to help, and then there will be no one to move." This is 7 money and 20 wen, you count. "Chu Ying was holding a heavy 7-string copper plate, and she couldn't stand still." Believe Boss Qiu, then I'll go first, and I'll come back tomorrow. "
"Stand firm, don't fall down." Boss Qiu felt funny when he looked at Chu Ying's stumbling appearance.
Chu Ying got in the car and began to divide the money, before Grandpa Li went to a trip and could pull other jobs at that time, but now a round trip is 20 Wen, and put Grandpa Li's 1 money and 20 Wen next to him. Then I started counting other people's. The three of them have a total of 60 Wen, which is not much different, and it will be good to divide it when the time comes.
Chu Ying covered all the copper plates with her clothes, and when she had some money, she felt that everyone else was worried about it, and she felt that she didn't feel as free as she had been penniless before.
In the evening, Chu Ying put the remaining fish tails in the rice and boiled them together. "Little fish, good. Wait and I'll eat you. Looking at the money lying on the ground, Chu Ying thought about what she had to buy tomorrow, and she had the feeling of suddenly turning over as a serf and singing.
But when I arrived at the bazaar, I found that no matter how much money I had, it was not enough to spend, Chu Yingzhao bought it for 4 months with a monthly amount of 15 catties of rice, and spent 1 yuan and 80 yuan, and suddenly lost 1 string of money, and I still didn't dare to buy expensive ones if I bought them badly.
When I arrived at the cloth shop, a blue linen cloth was 120 wen a horse, and a single purchase was 4 wen a foot, and a horse could make 3-4 sets of clothes, and a thinner linen cloth was 200 wen a horse, and a single purchase was 6 wen a foot. Chu Ying bought one each, and then spent a total of 3 and a half dollars on some writing needles and threads.
After paying the money, there were only 70 Wen left, of which 60 Wen had to pay Brother Wang's wages, and Chu Ying didn't dare to take a look at the cloth that was put up, for fear of scaring her eyes.
Originally, I still wanted to go shopping, but after buying rice and cloth, there was nothing, so Chu Ying could only go back and continue to mow the grass. Fortunately, the next day, everyone's progress was very fast, and there was still some left, so I kept it for myself to use when the time came. When Chu Ying came back from the last trip to check out, it was still dawn, and Lu Meng went back first if there was something at home, Chu Ying took out the 6 strings of money she had just settled, first gave Grandpa Li 1 money, and then gave Brother Wang 1 money and 10 Wen to let Brother Wang divide the money.
"Chu Ying, you see that you don't have any land to harvest, wait for the autumn harvest in a few days to help, how about it? Money can't be given, but the harvested grain can be divided. Brother Wang gave the money to Qian Yong, so he came to ask Chu Ying for help. The autumn harvest is the top priority of the farmers' year, and after a year of hard work, they will see that the autumn harvest is not timely.
"Of course you can, I'm fine anyway, don't dislike me for being slow." Qian Yong saw the two of them chatting about the autumn harvest and got up from the haystack.
"Chu Ying, you can't be partial, you will also come to help with my family's autumn harvest when the time comes." Brother Wang pushed Qian Yong, who was coaxing behind. "Do you still need someone to help you with that little bit of land?"
"Yes, but Brother Wang said it first, I can only go to your house to help after Brother Wang's help." Qian Yong pinched Chu Ying's busy and slightly red face.
"Chu Ying is the best, then I'll go first." Qian Yong shook the money string with his hand and grimaced at Wang Jiyuan.
Wang Qiyuan looked at Qian Yong's appearance of pinching Chu Ying, and just wanted to open his hand. "Then I'll go first." Wang Qiyuan saw that Chu Ying was busy cleaning up, and it was not easy to disturb.
"Eun, if you want me to help you in the future, just tell me, I will definitely do my best." Chu Ying saw that the sky was not yet dark, so she first made a simple torch with wooden sticks and grass.
Before closing the door, I carefully looked at the place where I buried my money to make sure that there was no trace before going to the lake, and I didn't know if there were any new visitors in the trap after not coming for several days.
When the cage was pulled up, Chu Ying screamed that it was too happy, there was a big fish with a long arm struggling lying inside, Chu Ying calmed down before slapping it unconscious, and used grass to wear it at the fish plug to hold it, although the other cages were not harvested, but Chu Ying was really happy to have this big fish.
It seemed that everything was starting to get better, and it was getting dark halfway through, and the torches prepared came in handy, and when the torches were about to go out when they got home, Chu Ying raised the fire in the moonlight.
Since there is only one pot, Chu Ying can only cook first, process the fish first, cut it in half, put half of it in a bucket with well water, and eat it tomorrow or take it to Aunt Wang.
By the time the fish soup was ready, it was already a little cold, but it was still very satisfying. Picking her teeth with fish bones, Chu Ying thought that there were still a few months, and she still had 4 yuan in her hand, so she didn't know what else she could do to make money.
Chu Ying got up early and took half of yesterday's fish to Aunt Wang. Aunt Wang has already gotten up and fed the chickens, and is packing up and preparing to go to the field.
"Aunt Wang, this is the fish I caught yesterday, this half is for you, you said that it is good to be a fish, and I hope that the neighbors will take care of each other in the future."
Aunt Wang took the half of the fish that was still fresh, and looked at Chu Ying, who tied up her hair and combed a small bag at the back, "Yo, it's quite big, I'll teach you to make fish at home later." "Aunt Wang brought the fish into the house first.
"No, Aunt Wang, next time I catch a fish, you can teach me again. I'll go first. ”
Chu Ying sped up his pace and went to the entrance of the village to take Grandpa Li's ox cart, if it wasn't early, it would be estimated that it would be mid-day when Grandpa Li came back.
Chu Ying first went to the grocery store and bought a sturdy back basket and spent 20 wen. Although I made it myself, it can be used but not durable, and then I went to buy salt ginger and a bowl, which cost 15 Wen.
A pound of salt costs 10 yuan, and suddenly feels that I can't afford to eat salt, and salt is different from other materials, I need to go to a place that specializes in selling salt, and I can only buy one pound at a time, no wonder Aunt Wang only gave herself such a small pinch of salt at that time.
In the case of no income, if you can save something, you can earn it, so Chu Ying was not shopping, she was afraid that she would not be able to control it, and finally went to the blacksmith shop to see if there were any cheap scissors.
The blacksmith shop master watched Chu Ying go straight to the scrap iron pile and buried his head in it. Although I have seen someone who picks up broken iron, I have never seen her look at it so directly, and she doesn't pretend to pick it up.
Chu Ying only saw a pair of scissors that didn't fit well for a long time, and she didn't know what to do if she didn't have the ability to trim knives for a long time.
"Have you picked it out? There are only a few pieces to pick and choose, why are you squatting there and not moving? The blacksmith looked at her blankly and didn't know what she was thinking.
"It's picked, master, can you fix it? I'll go home and grind it myself. "Scissors are no better than sharpening knives, and the blacksmith pointed with a hammer to the new scissors on the board.
"It's troublesome to repair, you buy a new one, you can't sharpen it when you take it back, the scissors can't be used anymore." Chu Ying looked at the price next to the scissors, compared it, and could only reluctantly choose a longer pair of scissors.
Thinking that when I was a child, there was a master in the village who sharpened scissors, and this scissors might be really difficult to repair.
Chu Ying put 1 string of money in the clay pot containing the money, looked at the blacksmith master who was still expressionless, and made up her mind to be reincarnated as an ancient blacksmith or blacksmith's daughter-in-law in the next life.
A pair of scissors costs 1 yuan, and Chu Ying already feels that her flesh hurts so much that she can't breathe. Looking at the axes and knives next to them, I felt that it would be a long time before I could bring them home.