Chapter 17: The Pheasant Delivered
When they got home, they put their things away, and the brother and sister went back to the stove room with bamboo baskets.
"This ...... Will it work? I'm still a little worried. Gu Huai'an looked at the whole basket of raspberries and frowned slightly.
"Try it, if it can't be sold this time, then we won't sell this next time." Gu Changning didn't have any worries.
There are many towns and villages in the vicinity, and each town has a market, some once a month, and some once every few months.
Gu Changning's original plan was to go to Xingshui Town, where there will be a market tomorrow, to sell raspberries, if the response is good, she will sell the rest in other towns that have a market to catch up, so it is estimated that there will be dozens of yuan, although it is not much, but it can be regarded as a sum of money.
"Did you tell your mother that we're going to town tomorrow?" Gu Huai'an suddenly remembered this, and hurriedly turned around and asked his sister.
Gu Changning was stunned for a moment, blinked and said, "You are the elder brother, of course you have to talk about this kind of thing." ”
Gu Huai'an's face darkened, and he knew that it was not so simple.
He still has to go to the school tomorrow, and if there is no accident, he can't ask Mr. for leave, not to mention that he has been invited for a month before, and he has only been back in the school for a few days, how can he ask again.
But he was a little worried about letting his sister alone, after all, Gu Changning's appearance had begun to grow gradually, and no one could say whether he would be targeted by some ruffians and hooligans, even if he was not a ruffian, he would not be able to be looked down upon by some ghosts.
In this world, good-looking girls are always a little more dangerous.
Gu Changning is also a person who has lived for a lifetime, seeing his brother's entangled expression, his eyes rolled, and he said unceremoniously: "Don't worry, I will travel in men's clothes tomorrow, and when the time comes, just smear a few more ashes on my face, so that no one will find out that I am a girl." ”
When Gu Huai'an heard this, his mind suddenly lit up, and he felt that he was too stupid to get around such a simple thing: "Ning Ning is still smart, I have thought of this." ”
Gu Changning glanced at his brother speechlessly, shook his head, continued to pick up raspberries, picked out the ones that were not good or bad, and prepared to leave the good ones to sell tomorrow.
Gu Huai'an dared to let Gu Changning sell raspberries alone, because tomorrow's market happened to be in the town where he was studying, Xingshui Town, and when the time came, he watched Gu Changning set up a stall and then go to the school, and it was completely too late.
Otherwise, he didn't dare to nod his sister's idea and let her go to another town to sell raspberries by herself.
"Oh yes, brother, don't forget to take the prescription prescribed by Dr. Li." Gu Changning suddenly remembered this stubble and hurriedly reminded.
"Don't worry, I can't forget it." Gu Huai'an began to prepare to make a fire to cook, and responded when he heard this.
Gu Changning got a reply, and continued to pick the raspberries in the basket with peace of mind, but there was a bit of contemplation in his eyes.
Since she was reborn, she has carefully recalled the pregnancy of her mother in her previous life.
I remember that when A-Niang started to take the medicine prescribed by Dr. Li, her condition was indeed much better, but her body was still a little weak, and she kept taking this medicine, but I don't know why, when A-Niang was seven or eight months pregnant, she had a miscarriage for no reason.
The mother-in-law and aunts in the village all said that this was very normal, and there were many women in the village who had an accidental miscarriage, like her aunt, who was frightened in the early stage, and it was even more difficult to say that she was not raised well in the later stage, but Gu Changning always had a feeling that it was not an accident.
But this is her own feeling, plus there is no evidence, she never told anyone about this conjecture in her previous life, because she knew that there was no problem with the medicine prescribed by Dr. Li, and it was in vain to say it.
Medicine is a very common tocolytic medicine, which is sold in the town's pharmacy, and the exact same dosage cannot be wrong.
It's just that she already knows the ending of A-Niang in the previous life, and she can't be completely at ease with this Dr. Li, so she wants her brother to ask clearly when he goes to the pharmacy to grab medicine, so as not to miss anything.
What did A-Niang abort for?
Just when Gu Changning frowned and pondered about this matter, there was a sudden knock on the door of the front yard, and at the same time, Uncle He's familiar voice came: "Changning, Huai'an, are you there?" ”
"Uncle He?" Gu Changning and Gu Huai'an glanced at each other, and then Gu Changning put down the movements on his hands, wiped his hands clean, and said, "Brother, I'll open the door." ”
Gu Huai'an let out a "hmm", watched his sister leave the stove room, and continued to light a fire in the stove.
"Uncle He, what's the matter?" Gu Changning opened the door and asked the people outside the door.
"Changning, that's the case, I just found out that a lot of prey fell into the trap I arranged, and we couldn't finish eating, and there was nothing to change at home, thinking about the current situation of your family, I took a pheasant to make up for you." Uncle He smiled and said, the folds on his face were stretched, "It's just that don't let my family know about this, otherwise you will definitely make trouble with me when you go back." ”
It is also very common to barter in the farmhouse, who has something that is not needed, you can take it to another house to exchange for the items that you lack, Uncle He, as a hunter, often takes the birds and animals he hunts in the village to exchange some rice and noodles or something.
There are only two people in their family, and they can't eat much, plus Uncle He is generous, compared to going directly to the township to buy it, the exchange is much cheaper, naturally there are those who are willing to change, and they can take this opportunity to fight for tooth sacrifices.
Of course, it is to change some small animals, if you hunt a larger animal, no one in the village is willing to change it, then Uncle He will take it to the town restaurant to sell, in exchange for some silver taels back.
It's just that there aren't many opportunities like this, and in Gu Changning's memory, Uncle He has hunted deer a few times.
Although the number of times is not much, every time you hunt a deer, it is enough to spread it throughout the village, and Uncle He is a very good hunter in the minds of the villagers.
The He family and the Gu family actually don't have much contact, Gu Changning didn't expect him to send pheasants to himself, he was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly refused: "Uncle He, no need, this pheasant was hunted by you with hard work, you should keep it for yourself, there are two old hens in my backyard, if you really want to eat, you should also kill the two old hens in my family first." ”
"Hey, don't be polite to your uncle!" Seeing her refuse, Uncle He pretended to be angry and said, "Your father took care of me a lot when he was alive, and even his deep traps were dug by me, and now that he is gone, shouldn't Uncle take care of you more!" ”
Gu Changning was silent for a moment, nodded quickly, and said without refusing: "Then Uncle He, wait, I'll go and get the money from A-Niang." ”
The implication is that he is ready to spend money on this pheasant.
"What kind of silver! Today, this pheasant is given to you by your uncle, and you have to hold it if you want it, and you have to hold it if you don't want it. When Uncle He heard her say this, he immediately stuffed the pheasant to her without saying anything, dropped a word and hurried away.
"Eh, Uncle He!" Gu Changning was just about to refuse, but when she saw his back leaving in a hurry, as if there was a ghost chasing behind her, she could only reluctantly accept it when she saw this.
In the future, I have to find a chance to repay this love.