A month and a half have passed.

It's still dark, the Su family is already moving, and today is the day to go to the market. Everyone has to get up early, it takes three hours to go back and forth from Xiaohe Village to Shanhe Town, and it will be fast to make an ox cart, only two hours.

Usually, Su Liu's and Xiaomei go to the market, because they want to sell dried chrysanthemums this time, except for Su Dashan, the rest of the people are dispatched.

"The chrysanthemums of these four bamboo baskets add up to about thirty catties!" Old Man Su smiled so much that the folds came out, and laid straw on each bamboo basket.

"The second sister-in-law is lucky, every time she goes out, she can find a large chrysanthemum bush." The little sister carried a bamboo basket on her back, "Dad, let's go quickly." ”

Old Man Su and Su Wang's family, Xiaomei and Su Liu's family each carried a bamboo basket. Banxia looked a little embarrassed: "Little sister, I'll carry it, you rest." ”

waved his hand carelessly: "I'm used to doing this, second sister-in-law, if you're bored, help me hold this." "Then hand over a package.

"What's in it?"

"Yes, there is also a purse, my sister-in-law and I are embroidering in it, and we will go to the embroidery village in a while."

At the entrance of the village, an ox cart was parked there, and several people had already arrived.

came early, saw that the Su family and the whole family were coming, and asked, "Why did all the whole family go to the market today?" ”

Someone saw the bamboo basket and his eyes rolled slightly: "What is this carrying?" What does it smell like? It's quite fragrant. ”

"I got some mountain goods to sell in the town, Zhiyuan will go to Chaoyang Prefecture next month to catch the exam, and the back and forth entanglement is not enough, alas!" Old Man Su was miserable and miserable.

Banxia raised his eyebrows, although the Su family is honest and loyal, kind, but also smart.

"Don't be sad, I heard my cousin-in-law's son say that Zhiyuan is a good student in the academy."

"Yes, yes, when Zhiyuan becomes a master, you will be blessed."

"Don't forget us then." Everyone was talking nonsense.

Su Wangshi took out ten yuan from his pocket, thought about it and was reluctant, and put it back in Siwen, "Little sister, the eldest one, the second family, you will go in an ox cart in a while, and your father and I will walk over, anyway, it's not far, I'm used to walking before." ”

The little sister was the first to refuse: "Dad, mother, I'll go with you." ”

"Little sister is obedient, you will wait for us at the entrance of the town for a while when you arrive." Su Wang pushed the little sister into the car.

Su Liushi persuaded: "Mother, I heard that there have been some ruffians and hooligans hanging around the town recently, and it is not safe for us three weak women to wait at the town entrance." ”

"Yes, mother," Banxia echoed, and whispered in Su Wang's ear, "Mother, don't you want to know how much this dried chrysanthemum can sell for?" We're counting on you to negotiate a good price with your father. ”

“… Okay" The two got into the ox cart.

Banxia and Su Liushi glanced at each other and smiled tacitly.

Shanhe Town is similar to what I remember when I was a child. The sun shines brightly on the bricks and gray tiles, and the streets are lined with shops, and in the distance are the walls of dilapidated and quaint moss-covered civilian courtyards, some of which are covered with dense green vines.

"There are several pharmacies in this town, which one should we go to first?" Daddy Su's brows furrowed tightly.

"I remember that my father used to send the medicinal herbs he picked to Tongrentang, and I heard that the price given there was fair." Banxia gave advice.

The group set off for Tongrentang, and when they arrived at the door of the store, Father Su and Su Wang subconsciously straightened their clothes and hesitated.

Banxia knew that this first time was always a little nervous, and everything was difficult at the beginning: "Or, Dad and I will go in first and ask, and the others are waiting at the door?" ”

Su Wang hurriedly said: "What the second family said is that we will wait by this door first, so many people have entered, and it is not easy for other shopkeepers to do business." ”

Old Man Su straightened his clothes again and stepped in with his head held high.

A guy walked over: "Guest officer, do you want to see a doctor when you grab medicine?" ”

Banxia didn't speak, planning to see how Old Man Su responded. In a few months, the grapes should be ripe, and Banxia is still thinking about doing wine business, socializing with people, and talking about business, Old Man Su, they will have to learn sooner or later, and it is better to contact them earlier.

Old Man Su cleared his throat, and his voice trembled slightly: "We are here to sell medicine, and we have picked some small wild chrysanthemums on the mountain, can you collect them here?" As he spoke, he took the basket down and removed the straw from it.

The young man took a look, Xiao Yeju had been dried and was in good condition, so he went to the backyard to call the shopkeeper.

A middle-aged man came out, dressed in a dark green robe, slightly chubby: "The contemptible surname is Wang, he is the shopkeeper of Tongrentang, I heard that the elder brother wants to sell medicinal herbs, is it a chrysanthemum that has been dried?" ”

"Yes, here." Push the bamboo basket in front of the king's treasurer.

When the shopkeeper Wang saw that the bamboo basket was still separated by bamboo plaques layer by layer, and the chrysanthemums were not pressed, he was even more happy in his heart: "Brother, please inside." ”

Old Man Su raised his feet and walked in, and Banxia hurriedly pulled his sleeve: "Dad, my mother and sister-in-law are still outside!" He turned to the shopkeeper Wang and said, "We brought a total of four bamboo baskets of dried chrysanthemums this time, and my mother and they are waiting outside, can you call them to come in together?" ”

The shopkeeper Wang took a closer look at the little girl in front of him: her head was half drooping, her posture was dignified, and she was more calm and calm than the old man Su next to her, this bearing was amazing!

There was a little closeness in his heart, and the smile on his face deepened: "Naturally, you come with me." ”

"This chrysanthemum is 60 wen a catty, and the dry chrysanthemum is 120 wen a catty, your dry chrysanthemum is in good condition, I count you 125 a catty." The king shopkeeper said.

The young man weighed, "Shopkeeper, there are 35 pounds here." ”

Shopkeeper Wang took out an abacus from his sleeve, "A total of 35 catties, one catty counts you 125 Wen... A total of 4375 texts, just make a good fate and give you a whole, 4400 texts. ”

Daddy Su's excited beard was about to fly. After leaving Tongrentang, he handed over the silver to Banxia: "The second child's family, this is the idea you came up with, the little sister and the old family are helping, my wife and I didn't make any effort, you take the money." ”

Banxia's heart moved slightly, "Then the daughter-in-law will accept it first, it's inconvenient for people to come and go on the street, let's go back and divide the money." ”

"Mother can still ask for your money, the three of you go to the embroidery village first, sell the embroidered handkerchief, I and your father go to buy some things, go back to Xu Ji bun stall to gather, you are hungry to buy some steamed buns to eat." As he spoke, he stuffed a few copper plates into Su Liu's hands, and pulled Old Man Su away in a hurry.

The shopkeeper of Hu Ji Xiuzhuang is about forty years old, with a charming smile on the corner of his mouth, and he is wearing a blue vibrating waist to-bottom skirt: "What good things did you bring today?" ”

Open the package, thirty handkerchiefs, five purses: "There is nothing new in the pattern, the embroidery is not bad." Seeing that there was a stack of upright handkerchiefs inside, I opened it and looked at it, and my heart was full of joy, "This is a double-sided embroidery!" One side is a peony and the other is a chrysanthemum, lifelike! Liu Wanwan, you have your mother's true biography. ”

Banxia raised her eyebrows and looked at Su Liu, she didn't expect her sister-in-law to have this skill. Liu Wanwan, it's the first time I've heard her name: Youmei is a person, clear and graceful. There is a beautiful person, as graceful as Qingyang.

Wanwan, the real person is as his name suggests.