Chapter 58: The History of the Struggle of the Peasant Family 4
Today is the market, and the streets are full of people.
Xi Jiang's location is relatively remote, and the people who come over to ask for the price are all fine ladies who are careful and shop around.
Tian Qingming's price is not very high, it is lower than the market price. The main reason is that the temperature in summer is already a little high, and if the vegetables can't be sold for a long time, they will soon be gone. When the time comes, it is better to sell the vegetables as soon as possible while the vegetables are still fresh and the price is a little cheaper than the market price. In this way, in fact, there is no loss at all, but some earn.
After setting up the stall, Tian Qingming weighed people with a rod scale, Tian Tang helped collect copper coins, and Xi Jiang looked at the people around him to prevent someone from fishing in troubled waters and taking the opportunity to steal vegetables.
While staring at the people around him, Xi Jiang pricked up his ears to listen carefully to the discussions of the people around him.
At this time, an ox cart full of goods slowly approached a few people, and a merchant in front of the ox cart pulled the ox cart and walked slowly, with a little frustration on his face.
Xi Jiang didn't care, they were not far from the border here, and they could see it from time to time, which was not unusual.
The vegetables of the Tian family here were quickly sold out because of their low prices and smart water. A lot of people buy a little more than usual in order to take advantage of this.
In half an hour, the three big baskets of vegetables were all sold, and there were still some left, and the vegetable leaves that were dragged down.
Tian Qingming put away the vegetable leaves and put them back into the back basket. These vegetable leaves are a little different in quality, and they can still be taken home to eat.
After counting today's harvest, a total of seventy-six yuan, you can buy a small half bucket of white rice. Listening to the tinkling copper coins in his hand, Tian Qingming was very happy, and looked at the two obedient nieces beside him, "Tangerine, Xing'er, let's go buy some coarse grains, and then we can go home." ”
Xi Jiang and Tian Tang nodded obediently, each carried an empty basket, and followed Tian Qingming towards the auspicious grocery store.
This auspicious grocery store is a very fair grocery store in the county, and the prices of all kinds of groceries in their house are relatively affordable, and the quality is not bad.
Most poor families like to come to this store to buy things.
When the three of them walked to the auspicious grocery store, they saw the merchant who was passing by just now. The man looked excited, said something to the boss in front of him, kept gesturing with both hands, and pointed to the goods behind him. But the boss shook his head, waved his hand to let the merchant leave, and turned around and entered the courtyard.
The merchant looked unwilling and lonely, and immediately turned around and took the truck and walked towards other stores.
Looking at the car of goods in sacks, Xi Jiang felt sorry for the businessman. It's not easy to do business these days! I'm afraid that this truckload of goods will be compensated.
Tian Qingming spent sixty yuan to buy about one and a half buckets of miscellaneous grains, which is about twenty catties now, and the remaining sixteen yuan had to be brought back for the Wang family to save.
Carrying a basket of grain on his back, Tian Qingming felt very satisfied, but the grain on his back. Although the peasant families themselves grow grain, after paying taxes, there is not much left.
Besides, rice is a precious commodity that poor families like them cannot afford to eat. After paying the tax, they sell it and exchange it for coarse grains. Even this is not enough, you have to spend money to buy some.
Taking advantage of the fact that the price of grain is still relatively cheap, we should buy more and stock it up, because if the weather is cold, the price of grain will be expensive at that time. If you don't have enough food, you won't be able to survive the winter.
I hope that this year's harvest will be better, and the family can have spare money to buy some quilts for the winter.
On the way back, Tian Qingming did not take a ride, but chose to walk, which would save a few pennies.
When I came, I took the car so that I could get to the county seat earlier and sell the vegetables, and I also took into account that the two little nieces couldn't carry such a heavy back basket.
Now the two little nieces carry an empty basket, and it is still very easy to walk home.
After a while, the three of them walked outside the city. There were a lot of ox carts and donkey carts coming and going on the official roads outside the city, and some of the trucks entering the city were inevitably taken away by the soldiers defending the city.
At the gate of this city, there are a lot of people coming in and out, but Xi Jiang was stunned and didn't see it, a few of them were better dressed, and there were very few people who even wore muslin, let alone brocade clothes.
You can see how poor the world is!
Tian Qingming took care of his two little nieces, and his walking speed was not fast, and he always instructed Xi Jiang and the two to pull aside. There are a lot of cars and horses coming and going on this official road, and if you are hit, there is nowhere to reason.
At this time, an ox cart passed quickly past Xi Jiang and the three of them. A tightly tied burlap bag was somewhat loose, and an unidentified object fell from the car.
The next moment, Xi Jiang was stunned, and shouted in his heart,
it! Isn't this a sweet potato? Could it be that God saw me too hard and opened the back door for me?
Xi Jiang hurriedly stepped forward, picked up the sweet potato, looked at the sweet potato that fell along the way, and shouted, "Uncle, your strange thing has fallen." ”
These sweet potatoes are not enough, she has to quickly stop people to see if there is a way, buy a bag of sweet potatoes and plant them back, it is early summer, you should be able to grow sweet potatoes, right?
Xi Jiang shouted in the back, and the people who were driving the car in front naturally heard it, stopped the car, and got out of the car to check.
Xi Jiang and the others also picked up the fallen sweet potatoes and returned them to the businessman.
This merchant is the merchant that Xi Jiang saw in the auspicious grocery store before, and he also saw it once when he was selling vegetables before.
Seeing this business, Xi Jiang muttered in her heart, this is the third time today, and this business seems to be dangling in front of her on purpose.
Could it be that the consciousness of the world is courting me? Or does the world consciousness want to develop faster and want me to push it?
If that's the case, she doesn't mind being a historical promoter of this world in the process of completing her mission.
Seeing that the three of them picked up all the sweet potatoes and returned them to themselves in person, they had a good impression of the three of them.
The merchant waved his hand and refused, but did not take the sweet potato in Tian Qingming's hand, "No need, you can keep it!" This thing is not wanted at all, it can't be sold, it's not worth much. ”
Xi Jiang also had the intention of testing, and said innocently: "Uncle, what is this?" Why can't it be sold. ”
The merchant had a good impression of the three of them, and replied: "This is a kind of flower seed, after it sprouts, it will grow a long vine, and then bloom." However, it seems that people in your country don't like this kind of flower, and no one wants to buy it after I have traveled to several counties around here. ”
Xi Jiang complained in his heart, now he can't even eat enough, who still has the leisure to plant flowers. If you want to sell flowers, you have to sell them at the national political and economic center! Selling flowers in this desperately poor border county town, you are afraid that you will lose your mind.
Xi Jiang looked interested, "Can this flower climb onto the fence?" We have a yard that can be planted under the fence, and then when it blooms, it will be a fence wall. ”
"I think it can! If you like it, I'll give you some seeds, and you can take them and try them. Fanshang thought that this thing was worthless anyway, so let's give it to this kid!
I was angry in my heart, damn, the golden retriever lied to him, saying that this is a peerless cherished flower seed, and it will definitely be sold for a lot of money.
He said that this peerless cherished flower seed, how the small half of the silk was replaced.
Seeing that Fanshang gave the seeds to himself so easily, Xi Jiang already had seven points of affirmation in his heart. It seems that the world wants to give it a boost!
Thinking that this was a mutually beneficial thing, Xi Jiang accepted it calmly.
"Then thank you, uncle." Xi Jiang said cutely.