In the northwest, a small town with very average conditions, there is a young couple who often come to deliver mushrooms and game to the town's restaurants.

Occasionally, there will be four or five rabbits, as well as some expensive mushrooms. If you're lucky, you can sell it for four or five hundred dollars at a time.

This time, Gao Shan knocked on the door of the restaurant again, and the other party smiled when he saw that his hands were full, and the woman next to him was also carrying a big basket.

"Oh, this harvest is good."

"It's fine."

Xiao Er smiled and took the young couple to the back kitchen and began to order.

"Well, this mushroom isn't as good as last time." Xiao Er said a little critically, "The dishes and soups made with that kind of mushroom last time, the guests are very satisfied, the quality you brought this time is not as good as the last time, I'm afraid it will affect our business." ”

As soon as he heard this, Gao Shan's face changed, and his daughter-in-law said with a smile: "Thanks to the little brother's care, this time the mushrooms will be given to you according to eight cents a catty." ”

When Xiao Er heard this, he was satisfied.

Although the quality of this mushroom is not very good, it is not cheap, and it costs more than a dozen yuan a pound on weekdays. When the time comes, he will tell the shopkeeper that he will receive ten cents a pound, and he can still get a little money.

"It's still my sister-in-law...... These mushrooms are a total of three catties of hanging zero, a total of twenty-four Wen, and the rest of this mushroom is too ordinary, seven catties, three Wen a catty, a total of twenty-one Wen, adding up to forty-five Wen. ”

"This rabbit...... It's a total of 360 wen, plus those mushrooms, a total of four strings of money and five wen. ”

"Oh, here you go."

Gao Shan had a cold face and didn't speak, but his skin was dark, and even if he had a calm face, he couldn't see it. In addition, he has always been silent, and most of the people who come out are his daughter-in-law talking, so the other party didn't see anything abnormal.

Gao Shan's daughter-in-law took the money, and then quietly put the five pennies into Xiao Er's hand, "Thank you for your hard work, thank you for taking care of me these days." ”

As soon as he touched the copper coin, the face of the shopkeeper instantly improved, and he was polite to Gao Shan's daughter-in-law, and his heart was even more beautiful.

When the husband and wife came, it was heavy, and when they left, there was only an empty basket left.

"I'll carry it."

Although it was just an empty basket, Gao Shan didn't hold anything in his hand now, so he didn't let his daughter-in-law take anything.

Gao Shan's daughter-in-law glanced at his face and sighed: "What, unhappy?" ”

"Hmm." Takayama is an honest man and doesn't lie.

He was indeed not happy.

One is the price reduction of Xiao Er, who gave twenty dollars less. The second one is the five pennies that his daughter-in-law gave to Xiao Er in the end.

This adds up to twenty-five yuan, how can you not feel distressed if you can buy two catties of meat?

"There is such a restaurant in our town, if we offend Xiao Er, we will have nowhere to sell these things in the future. Although it is okay to set up a stall in the market, it is one thing to sell it or not, and it is far less stable than selling it to a restaurant. ”

Gao Shan's daughter-in-law is a gentle character, but her face is a little yellow, but she can see that she is not bad.

It's just that as soon as the skin is dark and yellow, it will go to five points.

Although the husband and wife have different personalities, one is willing to explain patiently, and the other will not lose his temper and is willing to listen to persuasion, so the young couple rarely quarrels.

"We haven't offended him either." The voice of the mountains was muffled.

took out so much money in a good manner, and if you want his temper, you can't give it to him at that time!

Gao Shan's daughter-in-law sighed, feeling that her husband was just a child in terms of human sophistication: "Gao Shan, we haven't offended him, but can't you see it?" He is a man who loves money and likes to take advantage of small advantages. If we don't give it to him, I guess next time we come to deliver something, I'm afraid it won't sell well. ”

You can't lose such a big income because you are reluctant to give up this money, right?

Gao Shan also knows this truth, but he still feels very distressed when he takes out so much money in one go.

Looking at Gao Shan like this, his daughter-in-law also knows that he has to let him think about it slowly, he understands it in the end, so there is no need to say it all the time.

"Let's go get medicine for my mother."

"Okay."

It cost a hundred dollars to get the medicine, and it was only five days' worth of medicine. Looking at the remaining three strings of money in her hand, Gao Shan's daughter-in-law thought about it, and handed a string of money to Gao Shan: "After I go back, I still hide these money in the old place." ”

This is the case every time, in addition to the money for medicine, half of it will be saved, and the remaining half will be subsidized for the family.

But how can you just get a bunch of money this time?

Facing Gao Shan's disapproving eyes, Gao Shan's daughter-in-law explained: "The family's income is too small, although you can earn some money by hunting in the mountains, but this depends on luck, and you can't make money all year round." So I thought I'd buy two piglets, and some chickens, and go back and raise them. Let the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, and the younger sister dig the grass when they are okay and give it to the chickens and pigs to eat. When the Chinese New Year comes, we will sell one and a half, and the remaining half is enough for us to eat pork for half a year, and we can add some income to the family, right? ”

The main reason is that they don't have good land at home, only the three acres of wasteland that have been cleared up, and now they don't dare to grow food, for fear of putting all the seed money into it.

It's just a matter of growing some vegetables or something.

"Okay, it's still your thoughtfulness." Gao Shan nodded, he naturally would not object to this kind of thing.

The husband and wife went to the market, and they only bought two little pigs and spent one hundred and forty yuan! I spent forty dollars to buy eighteen chicks.

The pigs were placed in the back basket, and the chicks spent an extra penny to buy a bamboo basket with the chicken sellers.

"There are only nineteen wen left, go buy some half a catty of millet and some miscellaneous noodles, there is no food at home."

Millet is for the mother-in-law, who is not in good health and has to eat some millet to nourish her.

Half a pound of millet cost ten yuan, and a pound of mixed noodles cost eight yuan, which is still a price that is easy to talk about.

It was the shopkeeper who saw that they were pitiful and agreed.

"Give a handful of sugar melons to a penny left, and let a few sisters share a penny when you go back."

Every time I come to the market, Gao Shan's daughter-in-law will grit her teeth left and right and squeeze out a few pennies, if there are three or five pennies, I will buy some good sugar cubes, if there is no money like only one penny now, I will buy a handful of sugar melons, and go back to one person and divide the food.

How much, it's all a heart, so that the sisters are sweet.

Gao Shan suddenly grabbed his daughter-in-law's hand, his eyes were very guilty and distressed: "It's really hard for you." ”

"It's okay, we're husband and wife, don't you ......"

"Ah Liang!"

Xi Liangjun shouted, standing there in disbelief, looking at the old-fashioned dressed man in front of him, with a sallow face, and a basket on his arm, in which there was a group of chicks.

This scene subverted his imagination.