Sitting on the ox cart, Wan Shi smiled from ear to ear, looking at the three-back basket of peach gum and a wooden bucket of river clams on the ox cart, she protected it with both hands, lowered her voice and bit her ears with Old Man Shen, mainly to avoid her second son, not wanting him to hear what she was going to say.

"Old man, the peach gum in these three baskets is estimated to be sold for a few hundred taels of silver, and when we get the silver, how about we buy a house for the third child in the town?" Although our third child is not rich, but the third brother-in-law has a score that he is the child's grandmother, I have long been unaccustomed to him, old thing, it is not the fate of our third child to be an official. ”

Old man Shen nodded when he heard this, if he could really sell it for a few hundred taels of silver, he would naturally have to buy a house for his third son, plus the peach gum left in the house, he felt that the life of the old Shen family in the future would be over.

He gave his wife a look, "After selling this peach gum, let's buy more land, and seeing that the pillar is about to marry a daughter-in-law, we have to build two new houses." ”

Wan's eyes lit up and he nodded hurriedly.

Shen Tusheng actually didn't have the heart to listen to what his father and mother said, he didn't fall asleep because he relied on his willpower, he didn't sleep all night, and he was so tired during the day, he naturally couldn't stand it, what did the two elders say at this time, even if he deliberately raised his voice to build a house for his son, he couldn't hear it, he just wanted to sleep.

The ox cart quickly drove to the main road, and soon met many people in the village, all waving to take a ride, Wan Shi naturally refused, "This can't be done, where is there a place to sit on this ox cart?" You'd better walk slowly. ”

Some villagers curiously stretched their necks to look at the peach gum in the back basket, but Wan Shi was afraid of being seen, so he had already covered it with something, but some villagers quietly took away the river clam covered with a wooden barrel, and saw that it was a stream shell that no one wanted, and immediately laughed.

"Wan Pozi, what are you doing, why are you still pulling these stream shells that no one wants to the town? Could it be that you want to pull it to sell? ”

"And what's that three-back basket? Are you going to sell things or are you going to the town to see your third child? ”

Regarding the curiosity of the villagers, Wan Shi looked arrogant, "You don't care about this, Tusheng, hurry up and speed up, we're a little late." ”

Shen Tusheng dozed off, and when he was called, he hurriedly threw a whip to the cow to let it go forward.

The ox cart walked slowly, but after all, it was faster than walking on two legs, Shen Tusheng directly pulled the two elders and the goods on the cart to the front of the Manfu Building in the town, "Daddy, it's here, I'm going to work upstairs in Yunlai, if you have something, go to the opposite side to find me." ”

Shen Tusheng actually just wanted to find a place to sleep first, and at this time, Yunlailou didn't need to go to work so fast.

Old man Shen can also drive an ox cart, and Wan has his own careful thoughts, and he doesn't want his son to know how much silver they have sold, so he naturally wants him to leave quickly.

But Shen Tusheng is also a person with brains, thinking that his father and mother are estimated to be driven away in a while, those peach gum and river clams are not things that ordinary people will want, otherwise how can it be that no one wants them all over the mountains, and no one will catch the clams in the river.

At this time, the front door of Manfu Building had not yet opened, and the old man Shen saw the small cart pulling vegetables to the back door, so he also drove the ox cart to follow, and when he went to the back kitchen, he saw that the cars were all queuing up to receive money.

Old man Shen and Wan Shi unloaded the car, and the two of them lined up excitedly, seeing that the people in front of them directly received the money, Wan Shi whispered disdainfully, "Old man, look, the person who handed over the vegetables received some broken silver, and when the two of us weigh these three back baskets, it will be a few hundred taels of silver." ”

Old man Shen was also very happy, but he still couldn't help but be a little worried in his heart, and he always felt that things might not go well, "Old woman, you say, do we really want this peach gum?" ”

Wan Shi was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily, "You dead old man is talking nonsense again, aren't you?" Xiaoshuang's dead girl said that these peach gums are as good as the bird's nest, bird's nest, I haven't seen it yet, it has to be something that can only be eaten by nobles in the capital, since this peach gum is so good, this Manfulou business is so good, how can no one want it? ”

Old man Shen listened and put his heart into it, nodded and said, "You are right, Xiaoshuang said it, it will definitely be done, she has come back from the capital and has seen the world." ”

While talking, the butcher who handed over the pork in front of the two of them weighed half of the pig and handed it to the shopkeeper, took the silver and pushed up the cart with one hand and swaggered away with the butcher's knife in one hand, Wan was startled by the butcher's knife, "It's really a death, such a butcher's knife is put in the basket, and it is taken out to scare people." ”

"What did you say?" The butcher was as powerful as a cow, and his voice was as loud as a bell, so frightened that Wan's neck shrank, and hurriedly said that there was nothing to nothing, and the shopkeeper was urging impatiently, and the old couple hurriedly dragged the peach gum in the three-back basket forward.

Wan Shi nodded and looked at the shopkeeper of Manfulou, "Shopkeeper." ”

The shopkeeper of Man Fulou was tired for a while, and he was already a little impatient at this time, when he suddenly saw two old things appear in front of him, and immediately frowned, "I don't seem to have seen you?" Are you delivering for your son? ”

Wan Shi was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "Shopkeeper, this is the first time we have come to do business with you Manfulou. ”

When the shopkeeper heard that it was the first time he came, he hurriedly waved his hand impatiently, "Let's go, Manfulu is not casually doing business with some cats and dogs, don't get in the way of our work." ”

Old man Shen and Wan Shi were stunned, and the former hurriedly stepped forward to open the lid covering the back basket, "Shopkeeper, we are here to hand over a good thing today, comparable to the good thing of the bird's nest, you can take a look first." ”

Nests? The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, looking at these two old things like poor ghosts, where did they get their bird's nest? But seeing that the two of them were honest, it didn't seem like they were lying, so they also looked down as if they were gracious, but they saw a yellow-brown translucent body on their backs, which looked like stones, but they were not stones.

The shopkeeper frowned and asked curiously, "What is this?" ”

Wan Shi hurriedly answered, "Snow gum, also known as peach gum, is a baby, comparable to the treasure of bird's nest." ”

"What's that? Haven't heard of it? The shopkeeper threw it away, with a lack of interest on his face, thinking that these two old things were crazy about silver, and they wanted to be confused, he didn't say much, and looked at the barrel on the side, "What is this?" Also baby? ”

Wan's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again, "Shopkeeper, this is a good thing, it tastes good, you see, this is still my son went to the stream early in the morning to fish." ”

Caught in the stream? The shopkeeper stretched his neck to look at it, and suddenly felt that he was insulted.

He also grew up in the countryside, so he naturally knew about this river clam, and he didn't get mad immediately, thinking that it was boring to receive the goods, so he teased these two old things who dared to joke with him.

"Well, it's indeed a baby, but I don't know how you sell these treasures?"

Old man Shen and Wan Shi glanced at each other, Wan Shi hurriedly spoke, "Shopkeeper, our family has been messing with these peach gum and river clams these days, we are honest people, and the harvest is not expensive, this peach gum is ten taels and one catty, this river clam was originally sold for five cents a catty, and the shopkeeper is also a good person, so I will charge you three cents a catty?" ”

After speaking, Wan Shi reached out to drag the peach gum back basket, "Shopkeeper, you hurry up and let people go on the scales, see how heavy the peach gum is in these three back baskets, and this river clam, but they are still alive, take them to the guests to fry and eat, very fresh." ”

With a bang, as soon as Wan's words fell, the wooden bucket containing the river clams in front of him also fell to the ground, the water flowed out, and the bucket full of river clams also fell to the ground.

Old man Shen and Wan Shi were stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously squatted down to pick it up, but the shopkeeper directly stretched out his foot and kicked over the peach gum in the three back baskets, and the peach gum was scattered all over the ground, and the old couple was dumbfounded, squatting on the ground, looking at each other.

The shopkeeper waved his hand, called the guy behind him, and pointed to the two people squatting on the ground with a disdainful expression.

"Hurry up and throw these two old things away to me, the things that are eye-catching, I really want to be crazy about silver, I want to sell these broken things for ten taels of silver a catty, and the stream shell that the poor people in this stream don't eat, and the lion opened his mouth to ask for five cents a catty."

The people who came to hand over the vegetables and meat also came to watch, and they all pointed at the old couple.

"Isn't this falling on the ground the clams that can be seen everywhere in the stream below our mountain? Why are there still people who sell this Manfu Building? ”

"This is really crazy to think about silver, and he actually ran all over Fulou to spread wild. I heard them say that the things in the basket cost ten taels of silver a catty, and pork is not so expensive, can those things be more expensive than meat? ”

Wan originally wanted to say something, but it was already set up by the guys in Man Fulou and thrown aside, making her wail in pain, and those peach gums also fell all over the ground, so distressed that Wan felt like she was going to suffocate, "Ah, my peach gum, don't step on my peach gum." ”

Old man Shen was also dumbfounded, he suddenly figured out what his granddaughter Shen Shuang's words meant, these things can be seen everywhere, and Yun Lailou knows that its value will be acquired, and the rest of the places are impossible to want, even if they say that these things are good, people will not believe them, he made a big mistake.

Old man Shen was thrown aside, motionless, while Wan Shi was wailing to snatch back the peach gum and river clams that had been trampled underfoot, and the shopkeeper who was so annoyed that he couldn't do it kicked his heart twice, "The old immortal thing, I still want to take advantage of Manfulu, hurry up and get out of me, if you don't roll, I will let you two old things who have been abducted and deceived directly send them to the yamen." ”

Old man Shen came back to his senses and saw his old wife lying on the ground crying, so he hurriedly went over to help the person up, and asked very worriedly, "Old woman, are you okay?" ”

Wan Shi cried with tears on his face, but at this time, he was afraid of being beaten again, so he didn't dare to make a sound, just cried in a low voice, "Old man, I'm uncomfortable, what can we do with our peach gum, our river clams." ”

Old man Shen saw that the peach gum in the three back baskets was poured on the ground, these were the things that their family had picked up after a few days of hard work, naturally they couldn't be ruined like this, he let Wan Shi rest, he squatted on the ground and took those peach gums back into the back basket with his hands, although there was a lot of dirt mixed with it, but most of them had been picked up.

But a large part of the river clams that Shen Musheng worked so hard to catch had been trampled into the soil, and in the end only a small half bucket remained, and the old man Shen still picked it up, and finally took the crying Wan's family, drove the old cow, and left the back door of Manfu Building with a three-back basket of peach gum that had been much less.