The uncle who sold meat took the chicken in Su Jinyao's hand, smiled when he saw it, nodded and said, "Little girl, you have a good business brain, and your heart and eyes are not bad, and you don't have those little calculations." Okay, in the future, the uncle's stall will sell meat, and you will be given the best and cheapest. ”

After speaking, he picked up a bunch of pigs and used a bag of lotus leaves in the water, and said: "Little girl, this pig doesn't look very good in the water, but after washing it and stir-frying it with chili peppers, it's just right to give your father wine." He is really blessed to raise such a good girl as you. ”

Su Jinyao knew that this was the kindness of the uncle who sold meat, and she did not refuse. took the pig and said, "Thank you, uncle." Thanks to your auspicious words, in the future, when my family has money, I will eat meat every day, and I will come to you every day to buy it. ”

"Hey, okay. Unexpectedly, there is one more good customer. The meat seller smiled and went to call for other business.

Su Jinyao put away the pig bones, meat and pig water, and hurriedly pulled the cart and walked back. When I arrived at the back door of Ping'an Restaurant, I saw that the guy from before was looking at the door, and as soon as he saw Su Jinyao, he beckoned: "Little girl, you can be regarded as back." The new owner asked me to do something else, but I still have a lot of things for you, so you can take whatever you want. ”

Su Jinyao hurriedly thanked her, and walked over to see that there were a few copper kettles and three wine jars. In addition, there are a few things that are used on the stove, such as a frying spoon and a spatula. Although they are all old, they are not broken, and it can be seen that what they bought at the beginning was a good thing, and it is a good thing that can be used.

"Little girl, you can pick it up here. Go back and take away the curtains you asked for, I'll have to do something. With that, the fellow hurried away. It can be seen that he is indeed waiting for Su Jinyao to come back.

Su Jinyao thanked her again, and the guy turned around and waved his hand at her, looking quite kind.

Su Jinyao packed up all these things, still wrapped them in a tablecloth, and then put the curtains and door curtains that had been placed in the corners of the wall on the car. Looking at the small backyard again, Su Jinyao picked up the broom and hurriedly cleaned it again, and then pulled her small cart away.

Walking back, Su Jinyao can go as fast as she can. As long as you make sure that the wine jar of the small cart does not fall, you should hurry up.

Finally came back in time, Su Jinyao saw the carriage she was in when she came. However, Uncle Wang, who was driving the car, was still squatting on the side and smoking dry cigarettes, and there was no one in the carriage. And that Da Chen had a stinky face, and his cage of chickens was also placed under the carriage.

"Uncle Wang, I'm back. Is this still waiting for someone? "Su Jinyao is very strange that she came here with a carload of people, why is it that only she and that Da Chen have come back until now?

Uncle Wang stood up, knocked on the dry tobacco stick, and said, "Little girl, you are back, I will wait for you." Everyone else said they wouldn't go back by car. ”

"Oh." Su Jinyao remembered that she was the one who gave the round-trip fare before, and the others only gave five cents to get off.

Su Jinyao got into the car, but Da Chen still stood under the car with a stinky face, looked at Su Jinyao's chicken coop with only one chicken left, and asked, "Little girl, have you sold all the chickens?" ”

"yes, yes." Su Jinyao smiled, smiling very happily. In fact, now that she sees Da Chen's stinky face, her mood is inexplicably better. Although this is not kind, but Shu Tan is Shu Tan, and she has no need to hide it.

Da Chen looked at Uncle Wang who was driving the car again, and said, "Uncle Wang, you see that the car back is still empty, can't you let me get in the car?" Do you want me to drag a chicken coop back? ”

Uncle Wang shook his head and said, "No, no, no." My carriage is for pulling people, not for goods. I don't dislike anyone in the township who has something to bring to the town, but you are a cage of chickens, what can you do if you in the car. It makes my car stink, why should I let people sit? It affected my business, and it was my family's ration. ”

"What then? Will she be able to get in the car? She had a chicken with her, and a cart of things. Da Chen pointed to Su Jinyao's small cart and chicken coop and said. Seeing that this little girl could get into the car, he was very unwilling.

"My chicken coop is on the cart, and the is also on my cart. And I'm just a chicken. Su Jinyao didn't wait for Uncle Wang to speak, so she pushed Da Chen back with a word.

But Su Jinyao turned to Uncle Wang and said, "Uncle Wang, I do occupy a place with these things, so it's better to do this, I'll give you three more copper plates, which can be regarded as a place for these things." ”

"Okay." As soon as Uncle Wang heard Su Jinyao's words, he immediately agreed. After all, he is going back with this car empty, and pulling a person is to go, and it is cost-effective to pull more things for three pennies.

When Da Chen heard this, he hurriedly said, "Uncle Wang, I'll also give you three cents, let me get in the car." ”

"No, no, you chickens and." Uncle Wang waved the whip, a little anxious. But after thinking about it, he said, "Otherwise, you can see that this little girl has sold all the chickens, and it won't take long for you to go to the market and sell the chickens." If there's only a few chickens left, I'll get you in the car. These 20 or so chickens are too many, they stink. ”

"Then I'll sell chickens, can you wait for me for a while?" Da Chen hurriedly asked.

"Then ask this little girl." Uncle Wang originally thought that he could count one person as one person, so he said that he would let Da Chen sell the chicken and come back. But now that I think about it, I don't have to wait, of course, I can only go back and ask Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao looked at Da Chen's chicken, then at Uncle Wang, and said, "Okay, it's okay for me to go back anyway." But I can only wait for half an hour, and if it is too late, I will go home and walk in the dark on the mountain road. ”

"Okay, okay, I'll go now." Da Chen was happy when he heard it.

Originally, when he came back just now, Uncle Wang didn't let his chickens get on the car, and his heart was already annoyed, after all, it was too far to go back, and it would cost a lot of money to charter a car alone. If I knew this, it would have been better to give the chickens to the little girl at the beginning, at least these chickens would not be able to get on the car at that time, and it would not be ****.

Now that there is finally a turnaround, Da Chen is happily ready to sell chickens. And seeing that Su Jinyao sold all those chickens so quickly, he naturally felt that there must be a lot of people buying chickens today, otherwise how could this little girl sell all the chickens.

But Da Chen is not stupid after all, of course he knows that Su Jinyao's selling chickens is definitely not as simple as just standing and shouting. So he walked a few steps with the chicken coop and came back, and asked Su Jinyao, "Little girl, you just said that you will use your mushrooms and chickens to sell?" ”

"yes." Su Jinyao nodded very "sincerely" and said, "Chicken stewed mushrooms are delicious, so naturally there are more people who buy chicken." ”

Listening to Su Jinyao's words, Da Chen immediately put on an expression of "I knew it, it turned out to be this reason". Then he said to Su Jinyao: "Then I see that you still have a basket of mushrooms left, can I help you sell them?" ”

Su Jinyao smiled and asked, "Brother Chen, are you helping me sell mushrooms, or do you want to borrow my mushrooms to sell your chickens?" ”

"Hehe" Da Chen laughed twice and said, "It's all right, it's all right." ”

Su Jinyao restrained her smile, raised her face and said, "Brother Chen, I promised to wait for you here is already a favor, and you still plan to use my mushrooms to sell your chickens?" To be honest, I don't know you, what can I do if you kidnap the mushrooms. Our family is poor, and this basket of mushrooms is no worse than your chicken to me, and it is also precious. No, no, no. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao say this, Da Chen knew that it was what he had just done that made this little girl hold a grudge. But looking at his cage of chickens, he feels that he may not be able to sell well without some gimmicks. But if he goes to the market to buy other people's mushrooms now, he won't have time to say it, and he may not be cheaper than the mushrooms sold by this little girl.

Thinking of this, Da Chen simply said: "It's better like this, how much mushroom do you have left, I bought yours." However, you can sell the mushrooms to me. ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she thought about it for a while before saying, "Okay, I'll sell it to you cheaper." I have at least five or six catties of mushrooms in this basket, but I don't weigh them in detail, so I'll count you according to five catties. A pound of mushrooms is six yuan, so you can give me thirty yuan. ”

"It's not much cheaper." Da Chen Ting Su Jinyao's price couldn't help but shake his head: "I haven't sold this chicken yet, so I have to spend money to buy mushrooms first, and it's too much of a loss." It's cheaper, or I won't buy it. ”

"Okay, then I won't sell it, you can go to someone else's house to buy mushrooms, or just sell chickens." Su Jinyao didn't argue, and had already started to put things on the carriage.

Seeing that Su Jinyao really didn't plan to sell it, Da Chen began to hesitate again. Look at the basket of mushrooms, it's really more than five or six catties. In fact, the price of 30 wen is really not expensive.

Thinking of this, Da Chen gritted his teeth, counted out thirty yuan from his pocket, handed it to Su Jinyao and said, "Okay, little girl, this is thirty yuan, sell me your mushrooms." ”

Su Jinyao took the money, looked at Da Chen again, and said, "Your money bag is still mine." ”

"This ...... I'll turn back to you, I didn't have a money bag with me. After Da Chen finished speaking, he lifted the chicken coop in one hand and the basket of mushrooms in the other, turned around and left.

After walking a few steps, he didn't forget to turn around and say to Uncle Wang, who was driving the car: "From now on, wait for me for half an hour." I came back in half an hour. ”

Seeing that Da Chen was gone, Uncle Wang, who was driving the car, came over, sat on the wheel and asked Su Jinyao: "Little girl, listening to you talking to Da Chen, it seems that you are celebrating the festival again?" ”

"No, I don't. I didn't know him either. Su Jinyao shook her head, and then smiled: "It's just a cage of chickens." At first he didn't believe me, now I don't believe him. ”

Su Jinyao felt that it was okay to stay, anyway, she had to wait for Da Chen to come back, so she simply told her that she was going to help Da Chen sell chickens, but Da Chen didn't believe her, and in the end, Su Jinyao still gave Da Chen all the money in her pocket, and only then did she buy him a cage of chickens and tell Uncle Wang.

After listening to Su Jinyao, Uncle Wang shook his head and said, "He's a famous iron rooster in the village." is afraid of his wife, so he naturally doesn't dare to make decisions about anything, always as if others will trick him. But ah, little girl, you really have a heart, so dare to really buy his chickens to sell? If you can't sell it, and I won't let you get in the car when you come back, what can you do? ”

When Su Jinyao heard this, she was just thinking about selling chickens to make money, and she really didn't think of this section. But now that the chickens have been sold and the money has been made, it is time for Da Chen to have a headache.

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "No, there will always be a way." Besides, I know that Uncle Wang is a good person and won't really deny me to get in the car. ”

Hearing Su Jinyao's sweet mouth, Uncle Wang also smiled and didn't say anything.

It's a bit too idle to sit and wait here, Su Jinyao took a few sips of water and looked left and right, and saw a ready-to-wear shop not far ahead.

Su Jinyao thought for a while and said, "Uncle Wang, now I'm waiting anyway, I'll go to that ready-to-wear shop and buy new clothes for my brother." My stuff is in your car, and I won't be late. If Da Chen comes back early, you call me here, and I will come out, and I promise not to delay your return. ”

"Okay, let's go, let's go. Things are safe, and I promise not to move them. Uncle Wang waved his hand, so that Su Jinyao could go with confidence.

Su Jinyao jumped out of the car and walked to the ready-to-wear store with her baggage on her back.

The shop was not large, and a woman in her thirties was standing cutting a piece of material. Seeing Su Jinyao enter the door, she greeted warmly: "Little girl, do you want to buy fabrics or ready-to-wear clothes?" My Wu Guihua's craftsmanship in making clothes is first-class, and my family's materials are all purchased from the city. ”

Su Jinyao smiled and said, "Then I'll take a casual look first." So he walked around the store.

Wu Guihua put down the big scissors in her hand, walked to Su Jinyao's side, looked her up and down, and said, "Little girl, your clothes are really good, but the clothes are a little old." You can buy fabrics and clothes at my house, don't worry, I promise that you can do as well as this dress on you. ”

Hearing Wu Guihua say this, Su Jinyao looked down at the clothes on her body. This is the same one that Sophie wore for her before, saying that their mother made one for each of her and Sophie. It's just that the stupid girl Yao Er didn't know how to cherish it at that time, and it was already worn out. Sophie gave her clothes to herself.

Especially now that she heard Wu Guihua praise the workmanship of this dress, Su Jinyao couldn't help but feel a little more respect and longing for the mother she had never met, and at the same time, she didn't seem to be as angry as she was yesterday for Su Fei'er.

Alas, after all, it's still a family, and Sophie is still good to herself.

Thinking of this, Su Jinyao pointed to a pink dress embroidered with a lotus flower and asked, "Sister Osmanthus, how can I buy this dress?" ”

Wu Guihua hurriedly said: "Oh, little girl, your vision is really good." I just came in from the city, and I heard that this color is popular in the capital. I made this garment with my own hands, but I didn't pick it out for workmanship. The key is that the lotus flowers on the placket of this garment were embroidered by a master by me. I dare to say that in the entire Ning'an Town, there is no second such beautiful clothes. ”

As she spoke, Wu Guihua took the dress off the shelf, brought it to Su Jinyao and said, "Little girl, do you want to try it?" I guess it's a little big, and I can change it for you right away. Don't worry, I can't tell that my clothes have been altered by my skillful hands. If you're dressed appropriately, we're negotiable. ”

Su Jinyao heard Wu Guihua say this, and knew that the price of this dress would not be cheap. She smiled and said, "Sister Osmanthus, I bought this dress for my sister, she is thirteen years old, a little taller than me." I don't know if she's dressed appropriately or not, so I'll ask the price first, and then I can bring her to your store to try it on before buying. ”

"Oh, for your sister. That's a lot of sisterhood. Wu Guihua put the clothes back, and then said: "This fabric is already expensive, and it costs seven cents of silver a foot." I used eleven feet of cloth to make this dress, plus handwork and embroidery, and the cost alone cost one or two taels of silver. So why do you have to sell this ready-to-wear garment for one or two or three dollars? I only made a penny, but I was already at a loss. After all, a trip to and from the city to buy goods still costs the fare. ”

Su Jinyao listened to Wu Guihua's calculations, knowing that she couldn't afford this dress today. I worked hard for a long time, but it was enough money to buy the materials for this dress.

However, Su Jinyao didn't feel so annoyed. At least today is a good start, and she is full of confidence that the whole family will be able to wear such good clothes in the future.

Seeing that Su Jinyao didn't speak, Wu Guihua also knew that this little girl definitely couldn't afford this dress. But after all, she is also in business, especially the person who runs such a small shop, and she will not easily meet the big customers, because the rich big customers have gone to the city to buy clothes and fabrics.

So although she knew that Su Jinyao couldn't afford it, she didn't show people a cold face, but said more enthusiastically: "Little girl, in fact, if you buy ready-to-wear clothes, the clothes on the other side of the shelf are also very good." Although the material is not so good, I cut it myself, and I don't have to pick the workmanship. Otherwise, you can also buy materials and make them yourself, and if you have a skillful mother or sister, it is not a problem to make clothes. It's really not good, the neighbor's eldest sister and aunt can help with it, you can just give some handicraft money. ”

Hearing Wu Guihua say this, Su Jinyao's eyes lit up. Isn't that the truth, not all poor families have the money to buy ready-to-wear clothes. Most of them buy fabrics and make them themselves, or simply change the clothes of adults to small ones for children to wear, and finally change too shabby clothes into cloth pockets, chair cushions or something. No matter how bad it is, it can be used as a rag.

Thinking of this, Su Jinyao said, "Okay, I'll just take a look at the fabric." Go home and ask my sister if she can do it, and if she can't, ask the neighbor who can help with it. ”

"Isn't that the reason?" Wu Guihua said, leading Su Jinyao to the side of the fabric, and said: "The row of fabrics on the left is medium, and the colors are good-looking, but the materials are not as good as the best, not so silky, but it must be the best dye and the best weaver can weave the cloth." In the middle, this is an ordinary homespun cloth, which is generally woven at home by a country weaver, and it does not pay attention to any color, but it is durable and the most affordable. On the far right is the good fabric I brought in from the city, all of which are skillfully hand-woven by first-class weavers, not dyed fabrics, but patterns woven with colored silk threads. ”