It's time for lunch.

For her and Sun Er, it is a meal, but the villagers of Hongjia Village are not, they maintain their previous habits, two meals a day, one meal in the morning, and one meal at three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

I was embarrassed to eat anyone, so the two picked a few peaches that didn't cost money to fill their stomachs.

When Lu Erniang took care of her father, Village Chief Hong did not leave in a hurry and talked to her about Hongjia Village.

In Huai'an, there are many people who learn literature and business, in addition, the business of the martial arts hall is also good, born in the early years, the men of Hongjia Village have gone to the martial arts hall, after learning, they either open the martial arts hall to accept apprentices, or to take care of the courtyard, have a good strength, always not starve to death, the wife and children at home stay in the village, and sell fruits can also make some money.

When it came to the dynasty.

The martial arts business is no longer working.

What should I do if I want to eat?

The women and the old people stayed in the village, and the men went to Fuyang.

"Fuyang?"

"It's a little bitter outside the plug, but don't suffer more, what can I do at home?"

Fuyang is in the northwest of Chang'an, that is, where the Guo family is located, I heard that foreign trade there is more developed, many merchants directly bring things to sell outside the Saiwai, some sell while walking, and some send them directly to the connection point, no matter what the situation, you need to accompany people all the way.

Of course, there are bandits outside the Seychelles.

Whether you know martial arts or not, at least the team is huge, and the bandits don't dare to take action easily when they see it.

Village Chief Hong didn't say a few words, and a woman's face appeared at the end of the hillside.

"Lu Erniang!"

The woman who greeted Lu Erniang was ten or twenty years older than her, and she had just climbed up the hill, followed by an old man about the same age as Lu Erniang.

Lu Erniang shouted "mother-in-law" and stepped forward to help the old woman.

As soon as the old woman stood firm, she slapped Lu Erniang on the back: "Why are you so stupid!" Fortunately, everyone rescued you, you, you're leaving......"

The old woman began to weep.

The old man in the back also walked closer: "What are you crying about, it's a good thing that people are fine!" Woman, don't cry, hurry up, get your things out. ”

The old woman removed the burden from her arm and opened layer after layer, and inside were nearly two handfuls of rice.

"Silly boy, tell us something, the army is gone, you are still our daughter."

Lu Erniang refused to ask for it.

Then the old woman said, "Can you stand it, but what about him?" He is Lu'er's grandfather, didn't Lu'er say that he would come back for the Chinese New Year this year? It's good that he comes back, we don't talk to each other, we can always help each other over. ”

In the end, Lu Erniang only needed a handful of rice.

When Lu Er's mother-in-law left, Village Chief Hong came out with a cloth bag: "It's 20 money inside, take it, don't do stupid things again, and come out with a juanzi, I don't have the face to see the ancestors underground." ”

Lu Erniang is not the first.

A while ago, there was a woman named Xijuan in Hongjia Village.

"Her child is hungry and crying all day, I ......" Village Chief Hong opened his mouth several times, but finally said nothing.

A few people walked away for a while.

"Huh? Girl, what are you two doing with me? ”

She let out an "oh" and looked around before saying, "Old village chief, I have something to talk to you about, is it convenient to go to your house?" ”

"What are you talking about?"

"Peaches."

Village Chief Hong took them to a forest on the side of the road, and the three of them sat under a tree.

"Old village chief, there are still so many peaches in your village, so there is no other way to sell them?"

"In the past, it was sold to Jiangchuan, but this year I don't want it there."

"Huai'an?"

"This peach is not a place in our Hongjia Village, we pick some peaches to go to the city every day, we can't sell them for a few dollars, at most we can exchange peaches for some cakes with others."

The meaning of the village chief Hong is translated, probably the peaches of the surrounding villages, and it has been agreed with some merchants in Huai'an City that the peaches of Hongjia Village should have been sent to Jiangzhou, but now there is no market, and the peaches are almost ripe, and it is impossible to transport them to other places for sale.

There is indeed no other way to sell the peaches in Hongjia Village, there are not enough men in the village, and the peaches are ripe to 8-9 percent, so they really have no other way.

"How many peaches are there in the whole village?"

The old village chief looked at her: "Why do you ask this?" ”

"I don't think I can afford it."

"You!" The old village chief jumped up all of a sudden, pointed at her with one hand, and widened his eyes: "You want to buy peaches from our village?" ”

She nodded.

"Yes, how much?"

"It depends on how many you have and what you sell for."

"This ......" The old village chief suddenly smiled, waved his hand and sat down: "You are a female doll, don't come to tease me, I'm annoying!" ”

She took out the money on her body: "I only have about a hundred dollars now, if the price is right, this money will be given to you now, as a deposit, and the rest will be paid tomorrow." ”

Village Chief Hong stared at the money and looked at her face again.

"Doll girl, go home!" Village Chief Hong got up to leave.

Sun Er also asked her: "Auntie, you, you, what are you buying peaches for?" They can't sell, sell, sell! ”

Village Chief Hong is really gone.

She hurried to follow,

"Old village chief! What are you afraid of? ”

"It's not like I don't give money!"

"You are the village chief, and you know the situation in the village best, if you drag it out like this, the peaches will only rot to the ground, and no one really wants it at that time."

Village Chief Hong stopped: "You...... Do you really want to? ”

"How many?"

"More than 20,000 liters of peaches."

A liter is almost 1.25 catties, and it is estimated that there are about 25,000 catties.

A liter of apples seems to be 5 yuan, and if a liter of peaches is sold for 5 yuan, 20,000 liters is 100 yuan.

100 runs.

Last time I went to Nanxun County, I fished out 6 ingots of gold and 9 ingots of silver, and exchanged them for 45 yuan, although there is still a bag of gold and silver jewelry, I don't know how much those things are worth.

It's starting to stretch down again.

Without waiting for her to speak, Village Chief Hong said: "According to the price of previous years, the peaches in our Hongjia Village can be sold for 4 to 5 wen a liter, if you want it, give you 1 wen a liter, how about it?" No, no, no, you can do as much as you want, and I'll give you that money! ”

She immediately handed over a bag of money: "Cheng, I want it, here is the deposit, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

"You...... Really? Girl doll, how much do you want? ”

"I want 20,000 liters, but I'll pay half of the money first, and when the peaches are packed, I'll pay the remaining half, old village chief, what do you think?"

"Yo...... This, is this really? ”

"We'll see you tomorrow at noon."

"This ......" Village Chief Hong took her money bag at this time, he stretched out his hand to take it, and quickly withdrew his hand, as if the bag was very hot.

"By the way, old village chief, will it rain recently?"

"It's raining?" Village Chief Hong came back to his senses: "How can it rain!" It's the hottest time, and it won't rain for more than ten or twenty days in a row! ”

She said, "That's good, old village chief, you can arrange for someone to pick peaches!" ”

When the two returned to Nanxun, it was already evening, and they didn't know where the coachman had gone.

Fangcao is in the yard of the Sun family.

"Miss!" As soon as Fangcao saw her, she greeted her.

"Make a basin of water and soak your feet."

While soaking her feet and eating steamed buns, she asked about the situation of Fangcao in the past two days.