Chapter 8 Rushing to the Market
Ling'er, who was muttering to Xiaohuzi outside, asked him about the results of the news, and sure enough, the king's family was not ordinarily unkind. Speaking of collecting bamboo products, taking the big bamboo basket as an example, he accepts the village chief and his relatives is a pair of eight documents, and the ordinary people surnamed Wang are six letters and a pair, and the foreign population is generally four or five documents, and the Yang family is the lowest, obviously the best workmanship and the most dense weaving, but he only gives three documents and a pair, or the taste of giving you charity, which is really angry!
Therefore, there are only a few families in the village who really weave bamboo products and sell them to Wang Yuanwai, one is the son of the village chief and his own relatives who can get high prices and convenience, and the other is the unlucky Yang family! The others will either be secretly pulled to the market to sell, or they will simply be self-sufficient and not wade into this troubled water!
This is true not only of bamboo products, but also of the soles of the shoes made by the women, the embroidered sachets and so on! In order to avoid Wang Yuan's foreign family, some even saved enough and sent them directly to the county seat to sell.
Ling'er was a little angry, glared at Xiaohuzi and said, "Your Wang family is really lacking in virtue!" ”
Xiaohuzi was stunned for a moment, and said with some grievances: "That... That's not like the Wang family, it's just his family......"
"Yes, his family is so rich and so stingy, hum! Most of the money must have been scavenged from honest people like my parents, and if you do too much of this lack of morality, you will be punished sooner or later! ”
Xiaohuzi laughed dryly: "Ling'er, do you really want to go to the market tomorrow?" ”
"Of course, is your uncle's ox cart ready?"
"Okay, okay, I told my uncle about it, but he said that he had to be early, maybe he had to leave before dawn!"
"Okay, I'll tell my mother, just get up early! By the way, Xiaohuzi, you tell your uncle, my mother will also go to the market early tomorrow morning, so it's okay to have one more person in the ox cart, right? ”
"It's okay, my uncle didn't plan to go, I pulled him to grind and soak for a long time before agreeing, and now the big guy doesn't know yet, just your family hitchhiking!"
"Then thank you, little tiger!"
"It's okay, Ling'er, you still look for me if you have something, as long as my mother doesn't stop me, I will definitely come to help!"
Ling'er went home and set an hour with her father, counted the things again, went to bed when it was dark, and got up at the end of the second day. Taking advantage of her mother's efforts to make breakfast, Ling'er carried dozens of catties of dustpans and baskets with torches on her back, and went to Xiaohuzi's uncle Wang Jiarong's yard upside down!
Xiaohuzi's father has four brothers, and the above three brothers have all become families and have also split up, and now his uncle Wang Jiarong has not yet married, and lives alone with his father. But don't look at the many brothers, the conditions of those brothers are not bad, just say that this ox cart, in addition to Wang Yuan, there are hundreds of families in Wangjia Village, and there are only five or six ox carts in total, and Xiaohuzi and his father's four brothers have two. Therefore, every time you go to the market, if you want to take a ride, you have to say it in advance, and you have to give some livestock feed money!
When Ling'er knocked on Wang Jiarong's courtyard door, it was Xiaohuzi's grandmother who yawned to open the door. Ling'er hurriedly stuffed the warm roasted sweet potato in her arms: "Grandma Xiaohuzi, I'll bring the things over first, so as not to hinder Uncle Rong from loading the car!" Please be tolerant and tolerant of the livestock feed money, we will give it to you immediately after we sell something, okay! ”
The old grandmother rubbed her eyes, looked at Ling'er, looked at the stack of bamboo products again, and said in surprise: "You moved here?" ”
"Oh, yes! It's a bag that I moved over two by two, so I'm afraid I'll cause you trouble! ”
The old grandmother nodded appreciatively: "Silly girl, I didn't expect you to be so sensible as soon as you opened your mind, your father didn't hurt you in vain!" Put the things here, I'll let Jiarong bring them in and load the car! ”
"Okay, thank you Grandma Huzi, then I'll go home for dinner first, and I'll come over with my mother later!"
"Okay, let's go! Don't rush, take your time! ”
Ling'er waved to Grandma Huzi, ran home with a torch, finished eating with the old lady, and then went to the car together.
The town that the adults said is the place where Ling'er saw it from afar on the back mountain last time, a very big town, selling chickens, ducks, fish, pork, vegetables, mountain goods, dried fruits, grain, clothes, many, many, anyway, there are things in this era can be found!
Ling'er and her mother got off the bus at the big market near their home, found a vacant seat to put things out one by one, and when the work was over, the sky was still a little dark, and as far as the eye could see, the entire market was almost full of sellers, but there were few buyers!
After waiting until the hour had passed, the sky was bright, and there were more and more buyers, and before they knew it, the aisles between the stalls were crowded, and the sound of bargaining was endless!
Ling'er is so excited, there is a feeling like she entered the vegetable market on the weekend in her previous life, this lively taste is really good! So she rubbed her hands and tore her throat like other peddlers and began to shout: "Hey, take a look, look at Le!" The fine dustpan does not leak, and the beautiful dustpan cooks rice fragrantly! ”
Mrs. Yang shook her head funny when she heard Ling'er's casual nonsense, but seeing Ling'er shouting so energetically, she didn't bother her, and let her jump up and down!
I don't know if it's because Ling'er is young and easy to please women, or because the bamboo products made by my father are really good, or both? In less than half an hour, the five small dustpans, five small baskets, and the pile of small bamboo baskets, birds, and insects brought by Ling'er were all sold out! And many people who also sell bamboo products have not yet opened!
Ling'er excitedly held the copper coin and counted it, a total of fifty-five wen, Mrs. Yang couldn't keep her mouth shut, these things should be sent to Wang Yuan's house to get twenty wen, I didn't expect the market to be so good! Ling'er paid 50 wen to the old lady, and took 5 wen and ran to the neighborhood to find Uncle Rong to give him the fare!
Xiaohuzi sold her mother's soles today, Ling'er saw him put the soles on the ground, and he sat aside like a passerby, and his daughter-in-law came to ask the price, but he didn't answer! I sold a pair for a long time and didn't sell it!
Looking at Xiaohuzi's flushed face and embarrassed expression, Ling'er understood after a little thought, ran over and put away the soles directly: "Xiaohuzi, you come with me, I'll take the soles to my mother to sell!" ”
"Huh? No, no, no! When he said this, people still followed him in a daze!
Half of the soles of the mother's shoes were also sold here, and when she saw Ling'er and Xiaohuzi coming over, she greeted her warmly, Xiaohuzi squatted beside the old lady and was silent, Ling'er took two soles and shouted: "Take a look, take a look at Le, the thick soles are sold cheaply, a pair of three cents, two pieces of five cents,......"
Xiaohuzi was surprised to see Ling'er bargaining with the buyer in a clever manner, and he was very surprised that he didn't blush at all, and he asked quietly: "Grandma Yang, did Ling'er use to be so good at selling things?" ”
Old Mrs. Yang was naturally satisfied with Ling'er, and said with a smile: "Where? Every time she used to come to the fair, the old man and I had to spare someone to watch her, or she would disappear in a blink of an eye! Alas! Now it's okay, thanks to God for opening his eyes! ”