When Yang Zhaodi heard this, he almost doubted his ears: "Xiucai lady, are you serious?" What do you want this sprout to do? As soon as you cook it, it crumbles! It's not enough to taste! If you really want this wild tea, it's better to wait for a month, wait for this leaf to grow older, and then pick it! ”

The people of their Yingzigou never pick the tip of this young bud, a pinch can flow out of the water, a fried carelessly can be pasted, the taste is light, are waiting for more than a month, the leaves are big, bring a bamboo basket to pick up for half a day.

I'm afraid that this talented lady doesn't understand, when the time comes, it will really be taken off, and it will be mushy as soon as it is fried, if you blame yourself, wouldn't it be wronged?

Mei Xiaotong nodded: "Sister Yang, please rest assured!" I want this shoot tip to be useful! Even if it's abolished, I will never blame you! As for the wages for helping, of course, I mean what I say! As he spoke, he took out a piece of broken silver and shook it in front of Brother Yang Zhao. Is that enough? ”

Brother Yang Zhao's eyes lit up, of course it was enough! Her man was busy working in the mountains for a day, and if he was unlucky and couldn't catch any prey, he would waste a day. Even if you are lucky, you can catch the prey and sell it outside the mountain, but the price will be lowered.

This piece of broken silver, to say the least, has a tael, how is it enough!

was about to go back to the cave to call someone, walked two steps, remembered that he couldn't leave Mei Xiaotong here, and hesitated.

Mei Xiaotong saw her embarrassment and waved her hand: "You go, I'll wait for you here!" Don't worry, I won't run around! ”

Yang Zhaodi still wanted to make money, and struggled for a while before admonishing: "Xiucai lady, you just sit on this big rock, don't walk around!" I'll be back in a moment! ”

Mei Xiaotong nodded.

Yang Zhaodi gritted his teeth, stomped his feet and ran quickly into the cave.

When Yang Zhaodi ran away, Mei Xiaotong patted his clothes, jumped off the stone, and chatted with Xiao Tiantian while picking the tips of the shoots.

She now has a physical fitness technique, which is called a quick eye, hands like a butterfly wearing flowers, wandering in the tea tree, about two quarters of an hour, picking about half a catty of bud tips.

This picking tea is not only a big test of physical strength, but the most important thing is that it is easy to get dirty hands, but after picking half a catty, Mei Xiaotong's fingers were dyed black, but she couldn't take care of it for a while.

The tea leaves are divided into three equal parts and placed into the three-speed roasted tea machine.

In just about five minutes, the tea leaves are stir-fried.

They were packed in kraft paper bags and placed in front of Mei Xiaotong.

There is no water at the moment, and I don't know how it tastes, but with the naked eye, the difference between these three teas can still be clearly seen.

The tea roasted by the ordinary roasting machine is basically complete in appearance and slightly darker in color.

The tea fried by the high-end roasted tea machine has a flat appearance and an emerald green color, which is similar to the Longjing that Mei Xiaotong drank before.

The tea fried by the top roasted tea machine is like a bird's tongue, very full and lovely, and the appearance is similar to the Mengding yellow buds that Mei Xiaotong drank before, and the color is yellow and green.

Just look at the shape, this top

The tea leaves fried by the high-grade roasted tea machine are more beautiful.

Mei Xiaotong wanted to study for a while, but she vaguely heard the sound of people talking.

Hurriedly put all the tea leaves in the storage box, and then climbed the stone, making an honest waiting.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Yang Zhaodi to run up panting, and saw Mei Xiaotong really stay where she was and didn't move.

Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief, God knows how worried she was, such a delicate little lady, left alone in the mountains, in case she was taken away by a wild beast, or bitten by a poisonous snake, what could she do?

All the way to the heart, back to the cave hurriedly convened people, and some people didn't believe it, saying that where in the world is there such a cheap thing, don't fool people, right? When the time comes, you can't get a penny, isn't it for nothing?

Some people also think that after all, she is a talented lady, how can she deceive people?

Not to mention that although Yang Zhaodi only married Yingzigou last year, she can get along for a few months, and she also knows that she is not a liar.

Therefore, he was suspicious, picked up the bamboo basket, followed behind Yang Zhaodi, and trotted all the way to the top of the mountain.

saw Mei Xiaotong sitting on the stone, and when she saw them coming, she jumped off the stone.

"Xiucai lady, what the Dashan family said is true? Pick a pound of sprouts for twenty big bucks? If there is a pungent daughter-in-law, she asks.

"Of course it's true!" Mei Xiaotong took out the broken silver and put it on the stone. "It's a tael of broken silver, put it here! But I'll just say first, I just want the tip of the most tender bud on the top of the tea tree, not the leaves below! Keep the tip of the bud intact and not tear it into pieces! I don't want to meet the requirements! ”

When the women saw the silver, they looked at the demonstration of the bud tips picked by Mei Xiaotong herself, and suddenly came to their senses, knew it in their hearts, and didn't say much, they scattered into the wild tea grove and picked up the tea leaves.

They shuttle through the shrubs in the mountains all the year round, and naturally there is a way to do it, and those thorns are commonplace for them, and they tighten their trouser legs and cuffs early.

Seven or eight women, as well as two or three and a half girls, all carrying baskets on their backs, scattered into the wild tea forest, like fish into the sea.

Only the voices of each other could be heard.

The women thought that their voices were too small for others to hear.

Unexpectedly, Mei Xiaotong's five senses were keen, and the words of those women reached her ears along the wind.

"I said sister-in-law, do you think that talented lady is real? Can you really give us money? Why am I not steadfast in my heart? Twenty bucks a pound! ”

"Whatever! Now that she is alone in our land, if she doesn't give money, are we still afraid that she won't be able to repay her debts? ”

"That's it, you're worried! Don't you see that piece of silver? I'm not worried about that talented lady paying her debts! I'm just wondering, what does this talented lady want to do with this leaf bud? ”

"Who knows? You must know that the people outside this mountain are all Guri

Wacky! I've heard that people in the city like this kind of weird thing! ”

"Okay, let's not say a word, hurry up and pick it! Seeing that the sun is about to go down, less than a pound is not twenty big dollars! ”

……

This last sentence reminded those women to shut up and concentrate on picking up the tea leaves.

When the sun slowly sank in the west, Mei Xiaotong jumped on the big stone and said to the wild tea forest: "It's not early, everyone come back!" ”

Someone in the tea forest shouted: "Let's pick it up again, don't delay it!" ”

Mei Xiaotong hurriedly said: "Everyone come back!" Come back early tomorrow morning, I'll take it tomorrow! It's dark and I can't see clearly, wouldn't it be a waste of effort to pick the wrong one? ”

After listening to Mei Xiaotong's explanation of the repayment, the women were reluctant to stop.

They all came out of the tea forest!

These women in the mountains are quick to do things, and everyone has a lot of them in their back baskets, more than one catty, and less than half a catty.

Mei Xiaotong clapped her hands: "I don't know who is called?" ”

Immediately, a woman stepped forward: "I have it in my family!" Go to my house and weigh it! ”

Everyone had no opinion, and they wanted to know how much they had picked, so they hurried to the cave.

Mei Xiaotong and Yang Zhaodi fell behind, Yang Zhaodi came to Mei Xiaotong's side and asked in a low voice: "Xiucai lady, will you accept this tomorrow?" ”

Mei Xiaotong nodded, reassuring Brother Yang Zhao: "Sister Yang, don't worry, this wild tea forest is so big, I have to at least pick all these shoots before leaving!" ”

Yang Zhaodi was stunned, but he immediately showed a hint of joy.

If you want to finish picking this wild tea forest, you have to work for at least three or four days.

She also heard her own man say that there are such tea trees elsewhere, and when the time comes, the time comes......

I couldn't help but feel hot in my heart, not to mention anything else, I could pick this tea tree bud for a few more days, and I could also make up for some household use.

She hadn't changed her wash for two months, so she thought she had a body.

Life in this mountain is hard, and I don't earn more money, what should I do when my child is born?

Therefore, looking at Mei Xiaotong's eyes, he became eager.

Back in the cave, the woman who had a family name ran back to her cave, took out the scale, and handed it to Mei Xiaotong.

Mei Xiaotong weighed it and said that since the Wang family started the mountain goods business, she has learned to read and adjust the scales.

As soon as she started this scale, Mei Xiaotong took a look at it and felt that it was wrong.

looked at the woman suspiciously: "This sister-in-law, where did you get this title from?" ”

The woman looked puzzled: "My man brought it back from outside the mountain, and when he sold mountain goods the year before last, he exchanged it for a fox skin!" It's precious! Xiucai lady, will you use it? Don't use it, don't use it indiscriminately, it's broken for our home! ”

Mei Xiaotong couldn't cry or laugh, and shook her hand and said, "This sister-in-law, there is something wrong with your claim." ”

"Questions? What's the problem? I said Xiucai lady, do you think it is a good lady

？ If you don't know how to look at it, let it be for me! Or do you want to go back? The woman's face immediately sank, and she rolled up her sleeves, and had the posture of fighting if she didn't agree with her.

Mei Xiaotong didn't speak, skillfully scooped up and weighed, and then fished out the woman's back basket, and weighed it first: "Five catties and two taels." ”

Then he turned around and asked Yang Zhaodi to vacate an empty bamboo basket, poured the tea into it, and weighed the back basket again, "Four catties and three taels." ”

This crisp posture immediately suppressed the group of women.

Mei Xiaotong finished weighing the woman's back basket, then adjusted the scale, weighed the back basket again, and said slowly: "Four catties and five taels." ”

"How so? What did you do to my family? The woman was shocked.

Mei Xiaotong said: "This sister-in-law, have you seen it?" If you sell something, use this scale, three catties of things, and weigh only two catties and eight taels. Before you sell something, you must have weighed it at home and had a number in your heart before you went to sell it, right? ”

The woman was dumbfounded, and the women around her also fryed.

They have more than a dozen families in Yingzigou, only this one is famous, and they borrow his family's name on weekdays, not only to listen to some gossip, but also to pay for their smiling faces, and then bring something with them.

But when I heard this meaning, everyone suffered a lot because of his family's name!

It's just anything else, the prey that the men have worked so hard to bring back, and the ones who sell their skins are counted.

But those who weigh meat will lose a lot of money.

And those mountain goods, after drying, one, two, two, two, that is also worth a lot of money?

Suddenly, someone chattered and asked: "Xiucai lady, what you said is true?" Is this really a problem? ”

Mei Xiaotong nodded: "You don't know, my family is also in the mountain goods business, whether there is a problem with this name, I will know as soon as I get started." ”

The women suddenly stopped doing it, and jumped to their feet one after another: "Those black-hearted guys actually got such a name for us!" Lack of great virtue! ”

"It's all a leopard's house, and I don't know how to take a look at it? This has caused us to suffer losses for several years! ”

……

That woman was the woman of the leopard family, and when she heard this, she immediately panicked: "What...... How so? ”

Mei Xiaotong took the opportunity to advertise her business: "The next time you sell mountain goods, go to my house." My family collects mountain goods, the price is fair, and I will never do anything on the scale! You will know if you go down the mountain and inquire, Wangjiashan goods, absolutely Tongsuo is not bullied! ”

A woman heard about it, and her eyes lit up: "You are the girl of the Wang family?" The one who can dye cloth? ”

Mei Xiaotong nodded.

"Hey, hey! It's really you! I heard my sister-in-law say, your fourth brother married the daughter of the Liu family in Xiachongzigou? The woman slapped her thigh.

Mei Xiaotong was stunned: "Yes?" ”

"That's really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family anymore!

My sister-in-law is the aunt of the Liu family's daughter! My sister-in-law can say that last year, because of your Wang family, the people in Chongzigou put on new clothes, but it was a fat year! said that your family is kind to business, and also said that you are a good person, helping my mother's people in Chongzigou buy cheap fabrics and deliver them to the door of the house, and do not charge money! ”

"We didn't know last year, and we were wondering if we would be able to accept the mountain goods at your house this year, so we should sell them to your house!"

The woman didn't care about Mei Xiaotong, a crackling bamboo basket was smashed out, Mei Xiaotong was a little confused, what kind of family is this aunt of her fourth sister-in-law, and her own family?

Still drawing a picture of interpersonal relationships in her heart, the woman finished speaking.

If you don't know, the woman also gave a special introduction to two sentences, and after a while, the women of Yingzigou all knew, this looks delicate and delicate in front of her, and she is a wonderful character.

After the woman finished praising the so-called Mei Xiaotong's great achievements, the eyes of all the women looking at Mei Xiaotong changed.

Where is this talented lady, this is the God of Wealth!

Immediately became enthusiastic, and handed the tea leaves they picked to Mei Xiaotong: "Xiucai lady, weigh me!" ”

"I'll weigh first!"

"I'm the one at the front, it's my fault!"

……

"Don't make a noise, everybody, soon! There are not many people! Mei Xiaotong was afraid that these people would fight, so she was busy persuading.

Brother Yang Zhaodi and the sister-in-law of Liu Xiaoqiao's aunt on the side also helped to stop them, and finally persuaded everyone.

Mei Xiaotong was quick with her hands and feet, and quickly weighed out the picking weight of each family.

And when they calculated how much money they were to give to each family, there were more than twenty big money, and some of them had more than a dozen big money, and everyone rejoiced.

It's just that Mei Xiaotong didn't have copper coins on her, only silver.

There is a woman who volunteered: "I have it at home, change it for you!" ”

"What do we have? What do you want to change? Suddenly, a man's voice came from the entrance of the cave.

The women turned their heads to look at the entrance of the cave, and more than a dozen men stood at the entrance of the cave one by one, more or less with some prey around them.

The man who spoke was the man in the lead, and at a glance he saw Mei Xiaotong who was surrounded by women, and looked over with sharp and vigilant eyes.

"Who is this?" The man asked.

"This is the niece's sister-in-law of the big tree family's sister-in-law! It's the girl from the Wang family! "The woman who said that she had copper coins at home introduced.

The leading man's face softened a little, "What are you doing around?" My own man came back, and he didn't help? ”

In the past, if these men came back, they would have been surrounded by their own women and children, and the family would go into the cave lively, rest for a while, and the women would naturally make food, and everyone would sit around drinking a little wine and watching the children run around.

And the woman will light a big fire in the middle of the cave and talk about picking up the prey.

After drinking, the woman's prey was also packed up, and she went back to her cave, and the mother-in-law and children were hot on the kang, and the hard work and fatigue of running around in the mountains and forests outside for several days could be put down.

But when I came back today, this person had been standing at the entrance of the cave for a long time, and no one paid attention to him.

A group of women, chatting happily around a little girl.

It stands to reason that the men have spoken, and the women should also come forward to help.

But today, the women really can't take care of it, and the prey won't run, so it's not practical to get this salary, okay?

The woman who said that she had copper money in the family that could be exchanged for it, and she couldn't take care of her man, so she hurriedly said: "Xiucai lady, wait a minute, I'll go back to the house and get the money!" ”

As he spoke, he ran back, leaving his man with a confused expression.

This mother-in-law, this is going to heaven?

After a while, the woman came out with an altar, and when the man in her family saw it, his face immediately darkened: "What are you doing with our money jar?" ”

The woman ignored the man in his family, put the jar on the stone table in front of Mei Xiaotong, then opened the jar and took out a string of copper coins from it.

Then handed it to Mei Xiaotong: "This is a lot of money, can it be exchanged?" As he spoke, he looked at the broken silver in Mei Xiaotong's hand.

Mei Xiaotong smiled: "Of course it's enough!" "This silver is about one tael and one penny, and the more is the exchange fee for the woman.

He happily gave the woman the money in his hand.

The woman took the silver, put it in her mouth and bit it, and when she saw the tooth marks, she was relieved and put it away happily.

The person next to him looked red-eyed: "This piece of silver is more than one or two, I said Xiaoshan daughter-in-law, you can take a big advantage!" ”

The daughter-in-law of the little mountain didn't hear it, and went back to her cave with the silver in her hand, and ran out happily after a while.

Mei Xiaotong did not hesitate, she remembered in her heart who weighed how much and how much she should be paid.

Reading the name, one by one let him come forward to receive the salary.

Listening to the names, the women stepped forward one by one to receive copper coins and put them in the palms of their hands, which were heavy.

Everyone had a smile on their faces.

When the men who came back from hunting saw it, they also showed surprise, this woman alone had at least ten big money!

(End of chapter)