In April, the acacia flowers bloom everywhere, the fresh acacia flowers are fragrant with a sweet taste, which is very popular with adults and children, and the children pick the locust flowers and put them directly in their mouths as snacks to eat.

On this day, Xiao Qi and Pear Blossom and Stinky Duck Eggs hooked a lot of acacia flowers together, because this thing was everywhere, and the two didn't think about selling it for money, so they directly packed it in a basket and took it to the town to give it away.

Xiao Qi sent a basket to her aunt Liu Yunniang, a basket to the eldest few people, and several families who often buy vegetables from them.

In the end, a basket was left and sent to Mrs. Li's house, Brother Yan was used to the company of the two, and when he saw Xiao Qi, he ran over with a grin and took Xiao Qi's hand and went to sit down at the stone table, and Pear Blossom went to the stove to teach Mrs. Li to cook as usual.

The Li family's family is still well-off, there is a lot of food in the stove, and the noodle jar is filled with fine white noodles.

Pear Blossom looked at Mrs. Li, who was wearing a tender green satin: "Madam, why don't I make you gluten soup?" ”

Mrs. Li was very happy to hear this: "Okay, my brother Yan has never drunk gluten soup, I heard that gluten soup takes a lot of effort to make, I will give you more money when you turn around." Saying that, Mrs. Li enthusiastically helped Pear Blossom start.

Lihua was washing gluten in the yard, Xiao Qi helped change the water several times, and Brother Yan was also playing on the side, he had a lot of fun, and his clothes were full of water.

Mrs. Li: "This kid likes to play in the water. As she spoke, Mrs. Li dragged Brother Yan into the house to change her clothes.

When the gluten soup was ready, Mrs. Li beckoned Xiao Qi and Pear Blossom to eat together.

The two of them were a little restrained, and Pear Blossom: "We still have something to do, so we won't eat here." ”

Mrs. Li lifted the lid of the pot and said to the two: "Such a big pot is enough for a few of us to eat, you are all polite, let's eat all these meals we have made, don't leave them, the old man of Fushengtang said that eating leftovers is not good for your health." ”

Brother Yan drank a big bowl of gluten soup, Mrs. Li was very happy to see it, carefully helped Brother Yan wipe her hands and feet, and then looked at Pear Blossom and Xiao Qi expectantly: "My Brother Yan likes to eat gluten soup very much, but this thing is too laborious to make, I really can't make it myself, next time you send food over and help me make it again, can you?" ”

Rika: "Of course, as long as Madame doesn't dislike us." ”

Xiao Qi and Lihua are naturally happy, helping to take the children to cook is not a big deal, Mrs. Li is kind and generous, and she gives a lot of money every time.

After the two came out of Mrs. Li's house, they went to visit the market, every five days is the day of the market in the town, there are more stalls selling things than usual, Xiaoqi and Lihua are girls, they like to go shopping, especially like to see those stalls selling silk flower bracelets.

The two walked for a while, and came to a small stall, Pear Blossom pointed to a few strings of grass bead bracelets and said to Xiao Qi: "Xiao Qi, you see, bracelets made of grass beads can also be sold, I just asked, two strings for a penny, didn't we pick a lot last autumn, let's go back and string some bracelets to sell in the town." ”

The grass beads are very beautiful, and most of the children in the village like to make bracelets or necklaces to wear on their bodies, but they never thought that they could sell them for money.

Before leaving the town, the big head took a broken back basket and put it in front of Pear Blossom: "These are the ones I picked up in the town a few days ago, and many of the things in them are still usable, you can take them back and pack them up." ”

Rika: "Why don't you keep it for yourself?" ”

Big head: "We eat and sleep in the open on weekdays, and we don't need these things, so you can take them back and use them." ”

Pear Blossom blushed and accepted, she was very good at tidying up, and when she got home, she washed a few broken clothes, and changed several clothes for the little mouse to wear.

Xiao Qi returned home and found the grass beads he picked last year, there were really a lot, and a small wooden box was full. Pear Blossom came to Xiaoqi's house empty-handed, with regret: "I turned the house upside down and didn't find the grass beads, it should have been played by the little mouse." ”

Xiao Qi took out the wooden box and opened it as if offering a treasure, and it was full of grass beads.

Rika: "It's great that you still have so many grass beads here." Rika reached for the grass beads, but was stabbed in the finger by the barbs on the box, and a bead of blood appeared on the white finger.

Xiao Qi: "Sister Lihua, does it hurt?" Is the injury serious? ”

Pear Blossom smiled slightly: "Where is this injury, let's hurry up and make a bracelet." ”

"This wooden box was made by my brother, he didn't learn carpentry for a long time, and it was a little rough."

Rika: "I really envy you, I really want to have such a brother." ”

Just do it, Xiao Qi except for practicing kung fu with the old man Hua in the morning, the rest of the time is with the pear blossom to string grass beads, the grass beads have to be cut out and then strung again, digging out the core is a laborious thing, the two of them have been busy for a few days, only to string dozens of strings.

Soon it was the day of the market, Xiao Qi and Lihua brought a string of grass beads and fresh wild vegetables that they had just dug up early to sit on the mule cart of the Hua family, and the two of them were thinking about two strings of money in the car, these grass beads could be sold for a lot of money, the more they thought about it, the happier they became, looking at the grass bead bracelet as if they were seeing a lot of money beckoning to them.

The two of them paid a penny to the uncle who sold the dough, and set up a stall in a corner of his stall, and the two stood there in a daze for a long time, and a string of grass beads was not sold.

The wild vegetables are selling well, only two handfuls remain, which have been sunburned.

The sun has set in the west, and most of the vegetable vendors have begun to close their stalls.

Xiao Qi proposed: "Sister Lihua, why don't we close the stall first and give these two handfuls of wild vegetables to Mrs. Li." ”

Pear Blossom nodded in agreement, and the two went to the East Lane with their things, knocking on the door of the Li family's courtyard: "Mrs. Li is fine." ”

Mrs. Li was wearing a pink tulle skirt with a smile on her face: "I made steamed locust flowers according to the method taught me by Pear Blossom today, and I just fed Brother Yan a big bowl, and there are still some leftovers in the pot, so you two can eat some too." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Li dismantled Brother Yan's bib and asked Brother Yan to sit at the stone table in the courtyard to play, and Brother Yan said to the two, "Sophora flowers...... Eat ......"

Mrs. Li took out a handkerchief to help Brother Yan wipe away her saliva, and said to Xiao Qi and the two with a smile: "Look at my Brother Yan, you are welcome, go and eat." ”

The two of them set up a stall in the market for a long time, and they were really hungry, so they went to the stove to serve the food by themselves.

After eating, the two sat at the stone table and teased Brother Yan.

Xiao Qi took out the wild vegetables from the basket and put them on the stone table: "There are two wild vegetables that have not been sold out today, and I want to give them to Mrs., Mrs. takes good care of us on weekdays." The wild vegetables dug early this morning were originally very fresh, but they were a little sunburned, and Mrs. should not dislike them. ”

Mrs. Li looked very happy: "Then thank you very much, my brother Yan likes to eat steamed buns, and the steamed buns of this kind of sun-dried vegetable buns are more fragrant than those of fresh vegetable buns." ”

Xiao Qi: "Next time, I'll bring some dried amaranth to my wife, which will be more delicious to make steamed buns." ”

Mrs. Li took two plates of snacks from the room and put them on the stone table: "Okay, then I'll be busy, you can help me take care of Brother Yan first." ”

Xiao Qi took out a few strings of grass beads from the basket and put them on the stone table for Brother Yan to play with, Lihua saw Brother Yan stuffing the grass beads into his mouth, and hurriedly took the grass beads from Brother Yan's mouth and put them on the wooden table, and told Brother Yan: "Brother Yan, this is a bracelet, you can't eat it." ”

Pear Blossom spoke softly and patiently, Brother Yan didn't cry when he was robbed of things, he pulled the grass beads on the table with his hand and nodded with a smile, obviously very fond of the new toy.

After a while, Mrs. Li came over after finishing the housework: "It's really troublesome for the two of you, every time you come over, you have to help me take Brother Yan." ”

Mrs. Li saw that Brother Yan was happily playing with grass beads, so she said: "Some people will string grass beads as curtains, I think Brother Yan likes grass beads very much, why don't you bring more grass beads to the town next time, help me string them into a door curtain, I have needlework at home, I can give you 30 wen a day?" ”

Lihua and Xiao Qi are very happy, the price of thirty wen a day is very high, and many heavy jobs in the town are only about ten wen a day, and many people are rushing to do it.

Rihua: "Madam, you give too much, ten yuan a day is enough." ”

Mrs. Li said with a smile: "It's troublesome to remove the core of the grass beads, thirty yuan a day is not much, if my father-in-law is at home, I will definitely have to add some more money to you." ”

Xiao Qi hurriedly said: "I can't add any more, the grass beads are worthless." ”

It's not early, the two waved goodbye to Brother Yan, Brother Yan also learned to wave their hands like them, Mrs. Li picked up Brother Yan's hand and kissed it, and praised: "Our Brother Yan is getting smarter and smarter." ”