Chapter 5: Rush to the market
Gently stroking the imprint, silently reciting, everything became familiar again, and the pit that had dug the yam in front of him was still there.
Touching the imprint again, silently reciting into it, she appeared in the space surrounded by mist again, this time she found a different place, the yam she had dug before was actually placed in the ground, the soil was very soft, and she dug a pit by hand and planted the yam in it, and there was no water to water it for the time being.
It was not too early, so I got out of the space and took a hoe to look for another yam, and after digging up several yam plants, I went to the creek with a basket on my back.
The stream in front of me is not a big river that the original owner jumped into the river, but a small stream about half a meter wide that forks the big river, and there are a lot of plantain and mother-in-law and other wild vegetables growing on the side of the stream, the wild vegetables in this season are a little old, not very delicious, and there are fewer people digging in the village.
Mother-in-law Ding is also called dandelion, it is also a herb, it can clear heat and detoxify and so on, but this season is a bit old, but it does not prevent eating, it is better than drying and chopping, this is an afternoon, and it is almost dark when I return home.
Seeing Jiang standing outside the cowshed and looking at the road from a distance, Su Banxia's heart warmed, knowing that he was worried about her, so he hurriedly ran over with a hoe with a smile.
"Mother, look at what good things I've dug up." Jubao generally put the small back basket on the ground, and she took out a few large yams and placed them neatly on the ground.
Then he said: "These yams will be carried to the town tomorrow and sold, and it is good to exchange them for a few pennies. ”
Jiang was distressed for a while, and took Su Banxia's hand to take a look, and a few big blisters on his palm made people feel distressed: "You child is also stubborn, and you can live with your mother's embroidery, why do you go to the mountains to dig yams, and see that these hands are blistered." He blew on his palm.
Su Banxia withdrew his hand, grinned and comforted: "I haven't taken a hoe for a long time, and my palms will blister, just get used to it, and how boring embroidery is, didn't I say that I will protect my mother in the future, and let my mother live a good life, you have to believe me." ”
Jiang's heart hurt, sighed and complained: "It's all because my mother is incompetent, let my mother take care of you when your father left, but my mother ......"
What Su Banxia didn't like to hear the most was self-pity guilt, and pretended not to be happy and said: "If my mother says this again in the future, I won't be happy, embroidery can't make a few dollars, and I will embroider hard for two handkerchiefs and four pennies a day, yams should make more money than embroidery, oops, don't worry, I'm hungry and hurry up and cook, let's steam yams tonight." ”
Those broken and relatively small yams were washed and steamed in a pot, dug a lot in the afternoon, mixed with a little dandelion with salt, and ate the steamed yam for a while, which was much better than multigrain paste.
said that he would tie up the straw stall with Uncle Xie Hua in the afternoon, but he was delayed by digging yams, but fortunately, the Jiang family did not forget this incident, and he and Aunt Osmanthus covered the cowshed.
The next day, before dawn, Jiang got up, and Aunt Osmanthus was already waiting outside the door with a basket on her back.
Knowing that he was going to enter the city, Su Banxia hurriedly put on his clothes, picked up the backpack he had sorted out last night and went out with the Jiang family.
Aunt Osmanthus is going to the town to sell eggs and duck eggs today, and the Jiang family is going to the town to hand in embroidery, and Su Banxia, who is carrying a yam, follows the two honestly.
It was dark and the road was steep, Aunt Osmanthus walked in front with a torch, and the three of them walked out of the village with one foot deep and one foot shallow.
Qingxi Village is in the depths of the Qinyu Mountains, and the nearest town is more than ten miles away.
Today's market town is very lively, when they arrive in the town, Jiang and Su Banxia separated, Su Banxia and Aunt Osmanthus are going to the vegetable market to sell yams and eggs, Jiang is going to hand over embroidery, and agree to see you in half an hour.
The vegetable market is at the back of the street, and it is very lively, and there are a lot of people selling and buying things, because it is late, the two can only find a place to set up a stall in the corner.
Su Banxia set up a stall, in order to make money in college, she deliberately set up a stall for a year, so selling things was not difficult for her at all, so she took a mat made of straw and spread it on the ground, and the yam was neatly placed on it, while Aunt Osmanthus on the side put the eggs and duck eggs separately in two bamboo baskets.
Su Banxia, who set up a stall, did not sell yams directly, but walked around the market, and only returned to the stall after understanding the price of yams, fortunately, the price of yams is good, a penny a catty, yesterday I dug fifteen or sixteen catties, except for those who had eaten, when I came, I weighed it with the scale of Aunt Osmanthus's house, and there were a little more than thirteen catties, and a penny and a catty was thirteen cents, which was much better than expected, but there were too many people selling yams in the market, and more than a dozen stalls were all selling yams.
Aunt Osmanthus stood for a while, but no one came to ask, and she couldn't help but be anxious: "It's too late, and many people don't want to come to the back." ”
Su Banxia was also anxious, after the yam was sold, he could not embroider, otherwise he would not be convinced by the Jiang family, so he shouted loudly: "Sell yams, fresh yams are sold cheaply, don't miss ...... when you pass by"
Aunt Osmanthus on the side was completely stunned, she didn't expect Su Banxia to be so bold at all, you must know that Su Banxia didn't even dare to come to the market to sell things in the past, but now she dares to shout loudly.
At this time, where can I still take care of the facelessness, selling things is the biggest thing, Su Banxia shouted one after another, attracting the people around to look over, not to mention, this method is quite effective.
No, a woman in light-colored clothes came over to ask, Su Banxia hurriedly greeted, and finally sold three catties of yams.
Aunt Osmanthus was completely stunned, and when the woman left, she whispered, "When did you become bold?" ”
Su Banxia's heart tightened, knowing that the performance was too abnormal, and quickly explained: "This is not forced, I am not afraid of death, where do I care about face, my aunt also knows that I don't like embroidery, and embroidery can't make a few dollars, my eyes are burned out after a month of hard work, and I still can't eat, so I think that if the yam sells for more money than embroidery, I can go up the mountain to dig yam every day, and if I don't sell it, my mother will definitely not let me continue to dig, so I can only let it go." ”
Aunt Osmanthus laughed and said happily: "You girl still has these careful thoughts, but you are right, if the yam is not sold, your mother will definitely not allow you to enter the mountain." ”
Su Banxia did not delay, and continued to shout with a smile, this trick is particularly effective, selling yams and helping to sell Aunt Osmanthus's eggs, not to mention, the yam and eggs were sold out in less than half an hour, counting the thirteen dollars in his hand, and his heart was satisfied.