With the help of my sister in the vegetable greenhouse, Zhou Zhi was a lot more relaxed. In addition to taking care of vegetables during the day, you can also find a lot of time to read. In this way, he reads books even faster.

After five days of such peace, after almost two months of growth, the celery was more than a foot tall, the spinach was almost half a foot smaller, and the leeks were even more tender and green with their green leaves. These three vegetables are almost ready to hit the market.

Today is November 17, a big market day in Gaochang Town, and Zhou Zhi plans to cut some vegetables and sell them at the market today.

In the past four watches, Zhou Zhi used a sickle to cut about ten catties of celery and spinach, and almost twenty catties of leeks. These vegetables were carefully beaten into pounds and bundles with firewood and grass, and then they were all wrapped in quilts.

After finishing these, the sky was bright, and my sister Zhou Luyun brought food and pushed the dilapidated wheelbarrow. At this time, Zhou Luyun looked very excited, his delicate face revealed pink, and he smiled softly at Zhou Zhi, "Xiao Zhi is going to sell vegetables today, and I don't know if anyone will buy these vegetables in such a harsh winter?" Can you sell it for a good price? ”

Zhou Zhi said while nibbling on the yellow rice pumpkin pie, "Sister, don't worry, these vegetables will be sold, hehe!" Just this half acre of vegetables can make our Zhou family's life much better! ”

"My sister is also looking forward to it, no matter what, Xiaozhi has really grown green leafy vegetables this winter, and my Xiaozhi is really able to do it." Zhou Luyun looked at Zhou Zhi with admiration and said happily.

The two sisters and brothers talked and laughed, full of hope for Zhou Zhi to go to Gaochang Town to sell vegetables this time.

After eating enough, Zhou Zhi put on his winter coat, and put on a shabby burlap cotton shoulder worn by his father Zhou Tie. greeted her sister Zhou Luyun and told her not to forget to burn the kang and maintain the temperature in the shed, so Zhou Zhi pushed the cart and went on the road.

Counting nine cold days, ice and snow, the four fields are shrouded in a layer of white mist.

The Zhou family's field is southeast of the village, and Zhou Zhi has to pass through Baiyue Village first to go to Gaochang Town. The weather was cold, the village was deserted, and there were hardly any people to see after passing through most of the village. When I left the village, I saw a few farmers slowly leaving the village, and it seemed that they were also going to Gaochang Town to catch the market.

Zhou Zhi's pace is steady, and he walks fast. soon caught up with those farmers, and the "broken boy" Uncle Wang was also among them. They are all from the villagers, and Zhou Zhi naturally wants to say hello affectionately. Several people were busy smiling at Zhou Zhi, and their eyes were clearly full of awe.

Even Uncle Wang's eyes when he looked at Zhou Zhi were quite different from the past. However, Uncle Wang still said, "Zhou Zhi boy is really not simple, this harsh winter day really let you grow that vegetable, amazing, really amazing!" ”

Zhou Zhi laughed a few times and replied. He originally wanted to go with them, but when he felt the change in the eyes of the peasants, and at this time, seeing that they had obviously slowed down, Zhou Zhi secretly wondered for a while, so he quickened his pace and left them behind.

Coming out of Baiyue Village, along the official road to the north, walking thirteen or fourteen miles is Gaochang Town. Gaochang Town has a market day every ten days, and Zhou Zhi has met a lot of people along the way. Most of them were poor peasants, carrying baskets of eggs or one or two hens that did not lay eggs, and a few were leading a sheep and a pig. Everyone entered the town in one direction from the official road south of Gaochang Town.

Gaochang Town is a large town in Qingdu County, with more than 1,000 households, many landlords and wealthy households, and even more so in the middle and upper families.

The closer you get to Gaochang Town, the more people there are.

The sun had just risen, dispelling the fog, and it was a sunny day.

There are almost three miles to go into the town, and Zhou Zhi's mood can't help but be nervous. Whether the vegetables can be sold at a good price, whether anyone buys them, this is really not accurate.

After all, this is through the Ming Dynasty, and it feels feasible to make a greenhouse to grow fresh vegetables by yourself, which is just a personal judgment. Whether it can really be done or not still needs to be tested by the market, and it needs to be tested by this era.

When Zhou Zhi was walking in a hurry, he suddenly heard someone shouting loudly in front of him, "Flash look, flash away!" ”

I saw a carriage coming not far away, and the coachman almost stood up, and was pulling the reins of the horse with a panicked face, and the carriage was bumpy, swaying left and right, and it seemed that if it continued like this, the carriage was very likely to overturn.

Behind the carriage were eight or nine men dressed as servants. There were young and old, and they also waved their hands to the opposite side in a hurry, and shouted hoarsely, "Stop the carriage, stop the horse." ”

The horse was obviously frightened, it came galloping like crazy, and it was too late to hide, who would dare to stop it?

Several people who were traveling with Zhou Zhi ran away towards the side of the road one after another, and Zhou Zhi also hurriedly pushed the cart to the side of the road to dodge. The carriage was getting closer and closer, about thirty steps away from Zhou Zhi, and suddenly heard the screams of children in the carriage, and Zhou Zhi couldn't help but be shocked.

He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly put the cart down on the side of the road, and stood in the middle of the road in three or two steps.

"Aren't you crazy kid, be careful that the carriage will knock you down!" Several passers-by exclaimed.

The carriage had approached, Zhou Zhi stared at the horse's head with his two eyes, saw the reins of the horse, and reached over to hold the reins firmly. Then he used his body hard and grabbed the reins of the horse. The horse was galloping, where could it stop, and at first encountering an obstacle, it roared, and its four hooves were still jumping vigorously.

The snow road was slippery, and Zhou Zhi slid out with the horse in an instant.

The coachman was also pulling the reins of the horse hard at this time, and under the combined force of the two, the horse was a little slower after all, Zhou Zhi took the opportunity to quickly turn sideways in front of the horse's head and block it, the horse sucked a few neighs, Zhou Zhi suddenly pulled the reins again, and the carriage finally stopped.

The thrilling scene made those passers-by sigh when they saw it, and said, "You kid is really bold, and the carriage stops, otherwise you kid will either die or be injured!" ”

At this time, the coachman was able to jump out of the carriage, and with a few more hard tugs on the reins, the healthy horse finally regained his composure.

The coachman then bowed his hand to Zhou Zhi and said with a grateful face, "Thank you for this little brother, if it weren't for the little brother, I can't tell how much trouble this beast would have caused." ”

"It's okay, it's a trivial matter." Zhou Zhi also hurriedly said.

At this moment, the curtain of the car was gently opened, and a middle-aged woman with a silk handkerchief came out of it. The woman's eyebrows are like green feathers, lightly powdered, dignified, and can be called a beautiful woman. It's just that he was obviously frightened just now, and his breathing was a little short.

She lightly opened her lips towards Zhou Zhi and said, "Thank you little brother just now!" ”

With such a simple sentence, he lowered the curtain of the car, and then jumped out of the car with a child. The child was seven or eight years old, with red lips and white teeth, and his appearance was not bad. Wearing a small emerald green jacket, and wearing a fox fur coat on the outside.

The child walked a few steps to Zhou Zhi, bowed down, and said, "Little brother just saved the lives of my mother and son, and I have given you a gift here." ”

Anyway, he bowed respectfully to Zhou Zhishen, he was small, but such a gift was very regular, decent, and a little bit of a little adult.

Zhou Zhi hurriedly hugged him, and before Zhou Zhi could speak, the child saw that there was bright red blood oozing out of Zhou Zhi's legs, and he couldn't help but lose his voice, "Oh, brother, didn't my brother be injured to save us just now!" ”