Chapter 55: Chinese New Year's Eve
Usually she buys most of the vegetables at home, and after years of accumulation, she doesn't need to weigh a pound of vegetables, and she knows that she knows that the leeks are bundled into two types very quickly. One is a pound and a bundle, and the other is a half-pound bundle, the latter is for the convenience of those who want to try it and don't have much money left at home, such as her family.
The bundled leeks were neatly arranged by her on the small cart, and from a distance, they were green and eye-catching.
In addition to bringing a lot of livestock, they also brought a wooden table, and at this time they were putting a chopping board and knives for chopping meat on the table, and they smiled and asked: "How do you sell this leek, little lady?" ”
"Ten pennies a pound." Wen Shu thought for a moment.
"Yo, that's not cheap."
Wen Shu smiled embarrassedly: "Uncle said that he laughed, leeks are rare at this time, and my relatives are like this, and I don't dare to sell less." As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said, "But if Uncle likes to eat, I can send two bundles, and I should thank you for giving me a place." As he spoke, he immediately took two bundles of leeks from the cart and handed them over.
However, the uncle actually refused and waved his hand: "No, no, I don't like to eat this thing, you can keep it and sell it yourself." ”
He didn't accept it, Wen Shu was even more uneasy in his heart, if he accepted it, he could still say that this person left her just to take advantage of it and beg her two bundles of vegetables to eat.
But he doesn't accept it, either he is a really kind person, or he has bigger ideas!
Just as she was anxious, a woman carrying a bamboo basket walked over from the opposite side, and when she saw the leek, her eyes lit up slightly, and then she glanced at Wen Shu and asked, "How can this leek be sold?" ”
"A bundle of ten cents."
"Yo, it's so expensive!" The woman exclaimed, she didn't want to buy it, but she saw that the leeks were shiny and very fresh, and then remembered that the children at home loved to eat, and she was reluctant to leave, so she picked it up twice and said, "It's cheaper, I'll buy a pound back." ”
Wen Shu thought for a while and nodded: "Cheng, then give my sister-in-law a penny cheaper, others don't have it." ”
When the woman heard this, she felt that she was respected, and that it was not easy to negotiate the price, so she nodded, picked a bundle of leeks and left.
As time passed, the flow of people in Wushu Temple became more and more, and Wenshu's small vegetable stall was originally in a good location, and it was full of people in front of the stall after a while.
Everyone, you have a bundle, I have half a catty, in less than two quarters of an hour, nearly a hundred bundles of leeks were almost sold, when he was busy, Wen Shu didn't even have time to bundle vegetables, or the Xiao Ye brothers on the side took the time to come over and help.
After this time, Wen Shu confirmed that she had really met a kind-hearted person, and this Xiao family brother was like her father, and he was also disgusting and kind.
Of course, her stall is booming, and the meat stall next to her is also stained, after all, where you buy meat, you buy it, as long as the price is fair, people are still willing to buy it nearby.
When there were only two or three handfuls of her dishes left, the Xiao family's meat was almost sold, and Wen Shu saw that there were still two sheep vertebrae left on the stall that had not been sold, so he wanted to come forward and buy them.
First, I want to take care of the Xiao family's brothers' business, which is also a small return, and secondly, I really want to study the practice of this sheep vertebrae.
It is said that when a scholar of Su University was released, he tried to make sheep vertebrae, and it was said that the taste was extremely beautiful, although she did not know the specific method, but it was still possible to buy it back and study it, so she immediately came forward to inquire.
When Xiao Ye saw her buying, he said that it was cheaper than others, Wen Shu shook his hand again and again, this sheep vertebrae were not sold at a high price, ten yuan a catty, and then two yuan minus that was really cheaper than her leeks.
She has inherited the love of the Xiao family brothers today, how can she take advantage of others again!
shirked, and finally the Xiao family brothers accepted her two bundles of leeks first, and then she bought the two sheep vertebrae at the price of Bawen.
sent two bundles of leeks to the Xiao family brothers, Wen Shu's stall only had a handful of leeks left, and she didn't plan to sell this last one, anyway, the family also wanted to eat, so she collected the pocket stools and other things, and said hello to the Xiao family brothers.
The Xiao family was also cleaning up the stall, and said with a smile: "We are also going back, if the little lady still has vegetables to sell in the future, just come here, and I will give you some places." “
Wen Shu smiled in response, thanked them again, and said goodbye to them.
Along the way, she thought to herself that if her father came home one step ahead of her, she would have to think of some excuse to get by.
Fortunately, God treated her well, and when she trotted home with the cart, the courtyard door was still closed.
In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.
Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.
As night falls, the sound of firecrackers resounds throughout the city, mixed with the smoke rising from thousands of households, enveloping the city of Tokyo in a cloud of smoke.
Because most of the houses in the city are flammable, the military patrol institute does not dare to be negligent, and sets up a sentry every 100 paces to monitor the surrounding movements at all times, and once it is found, it will be extinguished as soon as possible, so as not to expand the fire and lose money and money.
At this moment, a sentry on Xizi Street was smelling the aroma of each family's food, and at the same time vigilantly looking at the naughty boy not far away, holding a cannon in his hand.
In the courtyard of the Wen family, Wen Shu put the last dish on the plate, then took off his apron and brought the dish to the hall with the newly dressed Wen Tai.
The meal is ready, and it stands to reason that it is time to worship the ancestors next, but the Wen family has never sacrificed to the ancestors, and the only two tablets placed in the family are her deceased mother and her brother who died young.
Wen Shu gave them two pillars of incense, bowed three times, and offered dumplings (hand-rolled noodles) before beckoning her father to sit down and eat.
Wen Tai stared at the tablet for a long time before sitting down, Wen Shu poured him a glass of Tusu wine, poured himself another glass, and then raised his glass and said: "In the new year, may my father be healthy and live a long life." ”
Wentai smiled, raised his glass and touched her: "Then dad wishes you to find a good husband, a happy husband and wife, and a smooth life." ”
"If you want me to get married, my father has to marry a bride first." Wen Shu took a sip of wine.
"Nonsense!" Wentai's face was a little stiff.
Wen Shu was not afraid at all, pouted and said: "Where did I say it, it was originally true, my mother has passed away for more than ten years, and you have been a father and a mother over the years, and the widow Wang on the street when I was a child hinted several times that she wanted to be my stepmother, and you were afraid that the stepmother would not be good for me when she entered the door, so she refused." And in order to keep my reputation from being damaged, I won't even accept an apprentice, seeing that you are getting older and older, if there is no one to take care of me in the future, I can marry with confidence. ”
"What nonsense, your father is still young, and he is still half a year away from being able to move, so you can rest assured that the person who marries you is the one who marries you." Wentai shook his head and smiled.
"I don't, anyway, my father doesn't marry a bride, I will never marry, so give me Zhang Luo before the marriage, and your own life's events are also in mind." As she spoke, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Why don't I go to Mrs. Li one day and talk to Mrs. Li and ask her to show you one?" ”
"It's not big or small, Dad's business, it's not your turn to worry about it."
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