Aunt Chen nodded after thinking about it, patted her head and said with a wry smile, "I didn't fall asleep last night, I'm afraid that they will be hungry or frozen, but what should I do?" ”

Pu Cao pushed Fat Dun'er and motioned for him to go over and sit with his grandmother. Fat Dun'er is also a well-behaved person, as soon as he sat in his grandmother's arms, he began to be coquettish, and at the end he pulled half a piece of steamed bun and must feed his grandmother.

The little grandson is so filial, how can he not be happy when he is a grandmother. Aunt Chen gradually returned to a smile on her face, and Pu Cao said, "Auntie, it's useless for you to sit at home and worry, you have to relax, you should eat, sleep and sleep." Perhaps, the second brother and sister-in-law did a very good job this time, and they will come back after a while. Then your old man is not worried about suffering in vain! ”

Aunt Chen laughed and said, "Okay, borrow your auspicious words." If you don't want anything else, just hope that they will come back safely. ”

I don't know if God heard the old lady's prayer, or if Pu Cao really has the talent to be straightforward, as soon as the old lady's voice fell, she heard someone in the courtyard shouting, "Mother, we are back!" ”

The old lady and Pucao glanced at each other in surprise, and they both hurriedly got off the ground and ran out with their shoes on.

In the yard, the donkey cart pulled the plow to a halt, Chen Da and Chen Er both jumped off the plow with a cold air, each sideburn eyebrows, and even the eyelashes were hung with white frost, but their eyes were full of smiles, showing that this trip was very smooth.

As soon as she saw the old lady open the door and come out, Chen's second sister-in-law was the first to run to her mother-in-law and shouted, "Mother, we have made money, our family is going to get rich!" ”

"Be quiet, you fool, you want everyone in the village to hear it." The old lady was rarely shrewd, scolding her daughter-in-law in her mouth, but her subordinates helped her rub her purple face, which was extremely close and happy.

Chen Da Chen Er was busy carrying the large pile of various colored furs on the cart into the empty compartment room, and then unloaded the donkey cart to follow the house.

Pu Cao wanted to avoid going home with an excuse that she was busy at home, although she helped figure out this deal, but it was the Chen family who contributed to the money, and it was not good for outsiders to know about the money she made at this time, so she naturally wanted to avoid it.

But none of the Chen family treated her as an outsider, Mrs. Chen pulled her hand, and said a little angrily, "What are you polite, I thought about you when I came up with my idea, and I drove you away when it was time to count the money." Our Chen family is not a family with no conscience! ”

Chen's second sister-in-law also said, "Sister Pucao, I still want to talk to you about selling things, the methods you told me are too easy to use." ”

Pu Cao couldn't refuse, so he had to re-enter the house and sit down. Soon, Sister-in-law Chen and Uncle Chen were also called back by Fat Dun'er and Fu'er, and everyone sat around drinking hot water, waiting for the three people who went out to talk about what had happened in the past two days.

Chen Da and Chen Er are both clumsy people, and Chen's second sister-in-law drank a big bowl of warm water and took over the conversation.

It turned out that they had carried the goods out of the village, and they went straight to a small village called Majiaao, seventy miles away.

There was a man named Ma Laosan, who sent grain to the government to pay the field tax in the autumn, and his family's ox cart was next to Chen Laoer. The two of them lined up and waited for the boring to sit in one place and gossip, but they didn't expect that the more they talked, the more they fell in love, and when they went home separately, they also asked each other to walk around more when they had free time in the future.

So this time, when he mentioned going to a distant village, Chen Lao Er was the first to think of this new strong friend.

Along the way, the donkey pulled the plough and tried to pick a flat place to walk, but because of the heavy snow, it would fall into the snow pit from time to time. Chen Da Chen Er carried the shovel and kept opening the road, so he barely walked faster. By the time the three of them finally arrived at Majiaao after all the hard work, it was already dark.

Ma Laosan heard someone shouting outside the courtyard, and was very puzzled, and when he recognized Chen Laoer, who had a purple face, he immediately opened the courtyard door enthusiastically and led them in, and then urged the honest and silent daughter-in-law to quickly rectify the hot meals and hot dishes.

The three members of the Chen family were also shivering from the cold, and they had no extra strength to be polite. They covered their kang heads for a long time, and drank hot porridge to their stomachs, and then finally relieved.

Chen Lao Er heard Ma Lao San's question, so he went out with his eldest brother and moved the boxes and wicker baskets on the donkey cart into the house. Ma Laosan guessed their business as soon as he saw those bits and pieces, clapped his hands happily and laughed, and said straight that they had really come to the right place.

It turned out that the road was closed by heavy snow in Majiaao two months ago, and every household lacked the east and the west. In the past few days, I have been thinking about finding a few young students to rush into the city, and I don't want the three of the Chen family to actually deliver them to the door, this is simply a yawn and a pillow, which is too timely.

Ma Laosan was also a quick temper, told them to warm up, and then put on his leather jacket and went to the village to shout. Soon, a large number of old men, old ladies, uncles and aunts, big girls, little daughters-in-law, and children with snot all poured into the door of the Ma family's house.

It's cold in winter, everyone is bored at home, and suddenly I hear someone selling something, it's like beating chicken blood, and the head is sharpened and you have to squeeze in to join in the fun.

The spacious big room of the Ma family became buzzing for a while, and the three members of the Chen family were naturally like monkeys in the circus, and the people with new eyes were eager to open it inside and out to see it clean.

Chen Da Chen Er's face was so embarrassed that his face turned red, but Chen's second sister-in-law walked to the box generously, reached out and touched a bag of sesame candy and a bag of peanuts. When I see a child, I give out candy, and when I see a big girl, a little daughter-in-law and an old lady, I stuff a handful of peanuts, and everyone laughs.

After a few more gossip, everyone became more acquainted. Chen's second sister-in-law opened the box and put all kinds of needles and threads, cloth heads, rouge gouache, combs, etc. on the lid of the box, and in the box were coarse salt, lamp oil, dry tobacco leaves, soy sauce, icing, etc., but everything needed to live a life was everything.

The women came forward in surprise, this one picked up the embroidery thread to see, the other opened the rouge and sniffed, chattering with each other, while thinking about what to add to the house.

The men were just watching the excitement before, but when Chen's second sister-in-law opened the upside-down wicker baskets again, revealing the black-brown wine jar inside, they couldn't sit still. stepped forward and slapped it twice and shook it, and shouted one after another, "What is the price of this bud grain wine?" ”

Chen's second sister-in-law smiled and said, "This is bought from the old Wu family's old store with the most positive taste of liquor in the city, and it is strong and spicy." On weekdays, the old store of the Wu family sells one hundred wen and one altar, and we only add ten wen of hard money and sell one hundred and ten wen and one altar. ”

The men hesitated slightly when they heard this price, after all, if more than 100 yuan was used to buy oil, salt and other things, it would be enough for a family snack for three months. If they all buy the contents of their favorite cups, it is really a bit selfish and extravagant.

The group of women who were busy picking and choosing next to them also stopped their men loudly, "Daddy, don't buy wine, it's better to add more vegetable oil to the family, and fry the ancestors for the New Year." Also, our father's tobacco leaves are gone. ”

Chen's second sister-in-law listened to these words, but she didn't persuade much, just smiled and patted the mud seal of a wine jar, and poured a large pottery bowl full of bud valley wine.

The smell of alcohol slowly spread through the room, and the men's throats couldn't help but move more and more. When the wine bowl passed in everyone's hand, they couldn't stop when they took a sip of the sweet and spicy bud valley wine and put it into their stomachs. Everyone muttered in their hearts, making excuses for themselves, it is better to buy a jar and go back, in case someone from the house is a guest, there will be a hospitality.

At this time, Chen's second sister-in-law finally saw the opportunity and threw out a killer idea, "Brothers and uncles, if there is no cash at home, you can exchange furs." This jar of good wine only needs twenty rabbit skins, and everyone is a good hunter, and every day they get up early and lay a few sets in the forest, and then they will have a good wine to drink. ”

"Ah, you don't need cash, you can change the skin?"

Sure enough, when he heard this, all the people in the house rejoiced even more.

Majiaao is located at the foot of a high mountain, and the men of every family are good hunters. After the winter leisure, I have to go to the mountains together in three or two days, and I don't go far, just to pass the time.

Naturally, they don't come back empty-handed every time, and there is something more or less to gain. In this way, every household slowly accumulated a large amount of fur.

The heavy snow closed the road and could not be transported into the city to be sold, and if it was sold in the spring, those black-hearted merchants would have to cut half the price. If you can exchange it for some household things, it is really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

There is no need to use the money saved by the family, and the men also have confidence, waving their big hands, and smiling boldly, "I have fur at home, and I will bring me two jars of bud wine." ”

Of course, others were not to be outdone, and they all spoke out and scrambled.

The women's subordinates also sped up their movements, holding the few things they liked in their hands, and the two little daughters-in-law almost quarreled because they were fighting for a box of rouge.

The old people felt that the three members of the Chen family saw the joke, so they took the women back to pick up the furs and send them over.

Soon, the empty chest was filled with all kinds of furs. Chen's second sister-in-law is a well-spoken person, and the fur brought by that person is particularly good, and it stands to reason that she should have returned dozens or even hundreds of dollars, but she persuaded her to change to other goods, waiting for the next time to bring them over together.

After the satisfied families all said goodbye and went back, the Ma family was quiet. Chen Er gave most of the Kaifeng'er bud grain wine to Ma Laosan, and Chen Er's sister-in-law also picked up the remaining half a bag of sesame candy and a box of privately left embroidery thread for Ma San's sister-in-law, and their family was very happy.

When they got up this morning, the three of them returned the same way with a few new cakes pasted by Ma San's sister-in-law. With the experience of going there, the circuit naturally avoided a lot of trouble, and it was just in time to get home.

After listening to it from beginning to end, everyone nodded and sighed that they had met a good person. After all, it is very rare for Ma Laosan to help like this just by seeing him when he went into the city to deliver food.

Uncle Chen instructed Chen Lao Er and said, "Next time I go to someone's house, remember to bring more thanks." ”

"Got it, Dad."