Chapter 52: To the Town
She unfolded the letter and read it again, not talking about personality feelings, this word is indeed beautifully written.
"Don't think about peace, now I am in the farmer's gate, I want to partner with others to collect and buy and sell, my brother is in the customs to explore the market, and choose to drive to Daxi Village, Shuangxilingxia, Sanchakou Town, outside the Guan, looking for the Lin family, looking for Yunsan."
The final payment was also written by Brother Yun.
Lin Yanniang read it several times, but she really couldn't see the problem between the lines or even the font, so she put the letter away.
There was no movement from the next door, and she turned off the lights and stopped.
Before dawn the next day, Lin Yanniang put on new clothes, carefully put away the letter and address, packed the bamboo water tube and a bag of nests in a basket, and prepared to set off with her father.
Overnight steaming on the wotou, simmering under the stove with a small fire, to the fire when the fire goes out also in the middle of the night, get up in the morning, and then add a fire to the stove, and after washing you can eat hot wotou.
Lin Ping'an held a torch in one hand and two nests in the other, and wrapped a long cloth bag around his waist, which contained more than 300 yuan in a long string.
Coarse grains can be bought in the village, and those that are not available in the village can also be bought in Xiaxi Village or other villages, and fine grains still have to be bought in the town, and you can't just eat coarse grains.
Buy some more salt.
Rapeseed oil can also be bought in the village, sauce, vinegar and salt, or go to the town to be cheaper, the grocery store is convenient, and the price is more expensive.
Today, they went to buy these daily necessities, and also took Lin Song's needlework and thread to the town to exchange some money and came back.
In order to save some car money, Lin Song rarely went to the town together, and Lin Ping'an went to the embroidery village to negotiate the price of embroidery.
On the contrary, Lin Yanniang doesn't embroider, so she doesn't have much patience for these, and she goes to the town to help carry food.
Now that Lin Can is getting older, he has the strength, but if he goes to one more person, he will need a few more dollars for the car, so he can only save up for another two years.
Lin Yanniang packed up, silently took the torch in her father's hand, and let her father free his hand to get the cane.
The father and daughter quietly went out with the starlight and torches.
Yun Jingning stood under the window and silently watched the father and daughter set off for the town, thinking about the speed from the town to the Guannai, and the time for an ordinary letter to be delayed in the town.
The fastest, it will be delivered the day after tomorrow, and someone will come to the village to look for him the day after tomorrow, right?
It would also be a good idea to be able to get the hunting and selling into the Kannai at that time.
Lin Yanniang followed her father all the way out of the village, passed through Xiaxi Village, Yuetian and several villages one after another, and when she came to the official road, it was already dark.
This is the farthest road, but it is easier to walk, Lin Ping'an is not suitable for crossing mountains and mountains on crutches, they directly abandoned the difficult mountain road from Xiaxi Ridge to the mountains and forests.
Walking all the way, Lin Yanniang thought that if there was a carriage, this road would be very convenient, and I heard that the hunting dealers also took this road.
That means that this road is safe and convenient, and if she can start a hunting business with Yun San in the future, this road is also the best choice.
But the matter has not yet been decided, and she does not dare to explain it to her father, for fear that her father will oppose it, and she is afraid that her father will be happy, but in the end she is disappointed because she cannot negotiate.
When they arrived at the donkey cart, there were already several women sitting on the cart, and they did not look very good when they saw them.
When Lin Yanniang saw the eyes and faces of those women, she couldn't help but sink her face.
"Uncle, let's go to town!"
Lin Yanniang first took out a few small sums to pay the fare, and did not use the money bag covered by the belt around her father's waist.
In order to calculate money and make it convenient for daily use, they sold copper coins that were directly used for hunting, and did not touch the broken silver, let alone have the opportunity to receive silver tickets.
Now the copper in the family is also a lot of money, and she didn't find someone to replace it with broken silver when she went out in a hurry, which was her miscalculation, and she was annoyed but helpless.
She first helped her father sit down next to the handlebar, and then she jumped on the donkey cart and sat behind her father, and put the back basket on her body and held it, without occupying the position on the donkey cart.
The handlebar looked at her, smiled with satisfaction, shouted, and continued on with his whip.
A few women at the back of the car muttered gossip, but Lin Yanniang didn't turn her head to look, but from time to time a voice entered her ears, making her frown slightly.
The women were guessing which village she and her father belonged to, and their words were full of disgust.
Her father's old clothes had two patches, and although she was wearing new clothes, the style was men's, and today she combed her hair in a bun, but there were small studs on her earlobes.
A little girl in men's clothes and a lame father in a patch suit, it is not difficult for the nearby village women to guess whose house it is, but they don't know each other, so no one asks directly.
A girl who doesn't dress up as a daughter in ten miles and eight villages, who else can there be besides her huntsmaid Lin Yanniang?
But she can't take the initiative to provoke, otherwise she will give people the opportunity to gossip about her, and it will only make her mother sad if it is transmitted back to the village.
Fortunately, no one got into the car on the road after that, and by the time the donkey cart arrived in town, the sun was already shining in the sky.
Lin Yanniang jumped out of the donkey cart with a sharp figure, carefully helped her father down, and asked how long the handlebar next trip would be, and then went into the town.
The women also went to the town together to sell some eggs and buy some oil and salt, and soon disappeared.
Lin Yanniang rarely went back and forth to the town, and was immediately attracted by the clamor of the stalls in the town, but she just looked casually and did not approach.
After all, the town is not a village, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, she does not harm people, but she will also guard against people.
Therefore, it is good to look at it, if you get closer, touch it, ask the price and don't buy it, it is difficult to guarantee that these vendors will not deceive her from the village and do not know it.
She is not afraid of fighting, but she is afraid that if she fights, she will cause trouble for her father.
Seeing her cautious appearance all the way, Lin Ping'an felt distressed for a while, and when he passed by the stall selling head flowers, he pulled her and said, "Yan Niang, come and see the silk flowers, you ......."
"Dad, I'll just buy a headband." Lin Yanniang couldn't bear to brush off her father's kindness, so she thought of a compromise solution.
Of course she likes good-looking silk flowers, but is she suitable for dressing up now?
To support a family, to walk in the mountains, to be a reliable companion to the other hunters, if she dresses herself up as a pretty little girl, her aura will be a little weaker.
Three years ago, everyone sympathized with her father and her family, so they would allow her to go up the mountain, and they didn't approve of her in their hearts.
If it weren't for her ability and ferocity, her neatness and not dragging her feet, and her archery skills winning everyone's trust, would she be everyone's partner in the team?
In the past three years, she has become accustomed to downplaying her gender and treating herself as a teenager.
Except for piercing her ears when she was ten years old, the pair of small silver earrings that her father bought for her like a grain of rice have been wearing for five years.
Lin Yanniang refused to buy silk flowers, and finally only helped her mother pick a pink camellia silk flower, which cost ten yuan.
And she wouldn't even ask for a headband.
Lin Ping'an insisted on buying her a pair of silk flowers for the little girl, but Lin Yanniang shook her head.
"Dad, I promise you, next time I come to town, I will definitely buy it, forget it this time." As for when the next time will be, she doesn't know.