After several months of long winter, the footsteps of spring finally came to Panyun Village. The snow melts into gurgling water, which flows into streams and flows into the distance.

Xin Ping and Widow Lin sowed the seeds early and sowed the grain. Wait until the seedlings are ready to be transplanted. It was found that the seedlings had been dug up.

Ask the villagers you know well, and you know that this situation is also in every household. It should be that some families really have no food in winter, so they eat the grain that they keep at home for farming. Now come out and dig up other people's seedlings.

"It seems that things are more serious than we thought." Xin Ping originally thought that when the snow disaster passed, everything would be fine when the spring ploughing climate was normal.

I didn't expect that I can't sow seeds normally now. In other words, if the peasants cannot cultivate the land, they will have no income. In the long run, there may be a famine in the future, and if it is a little more severe, there will be unrest. Both Xin Ping and Widow Lin were worried.

Lin Ruyi and Jiao Niang didn't know anything here, Lin Ruyi was busy taking Xin An at home. Jiao Niang was tinkering with chili sauce, and the vegetable garden in the courtyard of the Xin family planted a lot of chili peppers.

On this day, the weather was good, and the girl picked all the green and red peppers, washed them all neatly, removed the pepper stems, and shook out some of the pepper seeds and put them on the sieve to wait for sowing.

Jiao Niang picked up two kitchen knives and chopped the green and red peppers and the prepared garlic and ginger into foam. In order to add flavor, Jiao Niang specially took the plum blossom wine she brewed in winter and put some in the chili sauce.

Jiao Niang dipped a little bit of chopsticks to let Lin Ruyi taste the taste, and Lin Ruyi praised after tasting it: "This is better than the taste made by my mother." Jiao Niang, you are so powerful, you can do anything. ”

"Wait until tomorrow and let my brother take it to town with me to see if I can sell it." Jiao Niang said with a smile.

Xin Ping and Widow Lin came back but told Jiao Niang that Xin Ping could not go to the town to deliver goods for the time being. Because of the theft of seedlings, Rizheng decided to prevent people from patrolling in the village in turn to protect the safety of seedlings.

Everyone who has land at home has to participate, and Xin Ping and Widow Lin have to participate in the patrol, so naturally they don't have time to go to the town. But going to the town to make deliveries, after all, is the main channel to make money, and it's a pity to throw it away easily. Jiao Niang decided to deliver the goods herself.

Xin Ping was originally resolutely opposed, but now no one knows what the situation in the town is. He was afraid that a beautiful little woman would be in danger. couldn't stand Jiao Niang's repeated assurances, and she went back to the village when she went to Tongfulou, and even proposed that women dressed as men would definitely not attract attention. The mother and daughter of the Lin family also helped to persuade, and Xin Ping finally nodded in agreement.

Early the next morning, Jiao Niang wore Xin Ping's clothes, tied the man's hair in a bun, and carried a small jar of plum blossom wine and chili sauce on her back and got into the carriage to Luoxi Town.

There are not many people who go to Luoxi Town, and Jiao Niang saw Second Uncle Tian and the beautiful little lady beside him at a glance, it should be Cui Niang. Jiao Niang said hello to Second Uncle Tian and Cui Niang, Second Uncle Tian intimately introduced Jiao Niang to Cui Niang, Cui Niang smiled and nodded at Jiao Niang. Not bad, out of the clutches of Zhang Mazi, Cui Niang's life seems to be getting better and better.

"Jiao Niang, why did you go to the town to buy by yourself, do you want us to accompany you?" The village has not yet fully reported that the Xin family is making vermicelli, so most people think that Xin Ping is going to the town to find work or buy things. Second Uncle Tian felt really uneasy when he saw Jiao Niang, a female girl, so he proposed to accompany Cui Niang to buy it.

Jiao Niang hurriedly waved her hand, she didn't want to be someone else's light bulb: "No, no, no, I'll go back to the village after I buy something!" Did Second Uncle Tian and Second Aunt also go to the town to buy things? ”

Second Uncle Tian smiled shyly: "Go make some new clothes for your second aunt, and buy some rouge gouache." Cuiniang heard Second Uncle Tian say this, and her smile became even sweeter.

Jiao Niang then remembered that Second Uncle Tian was all the golden kings in the village. There is no one who is old and young, and he can breed, and he usually doesn't like to spend. Second Uncle Tian has saved a lot of money over the years.

On the way into the town, spring is in full swing, the willow branches are beginning to sprout, and the green grass is growing on the roadside. Jiao Niang looked at the beautiful scenery along the way and couldn't help humming a song.

Soon arrived at Luoxi Town, Luoxi Town is still as prosperous as before, but there are more officers and soldiers guarding the intersection into the town. Jiao Niang, they were interrogated for a long time when they entered the town.

After entering the town, Jiao Niang and Uncle Tian separated from them, and Jiao Niang came to the back door of Tongfu Building with the basket on her back. Xiao Er was stunned for a moment when she saw Jiao Niang, Jiao Niang introduced herself as Xin Ping's younger brother Xin An, who came to deliver the goods, and people let her in.

Shopkeeper Tong tasted chili sauce and plum blossom wine, but he liked this plum blossom wine very much. Jiao Niang saw that the shopkeeper liked to sell it and hurriedly said: "This plum blossom is only available in winter, and this wine is naturally unique." Moreover, this wine can relieve fatigue and eliminate food. Shopkeeper Tong, you see ......"

Shopkeeper Tong giggled when he was told by Jiao Niang: "You can speak more than your brother." I want this little jar of wine, keep it for myself. How about giving you a tael? ”

Jiao Niang's chick nodded like a peck of rice: "The shopkeeper Tong is beautiful and kind, and the price given is very reasonable." Next time, I'll bring you peach blossom wine. This chili sauce? ”

"I took it. Thirty words! "Shopkeeper Tong is a chef in the kitchen, so there seems to be no need to buy it. But I just tasted it, and it tasted really good, so I bought it for 30 yuan.

Jiao Niang was already very satisfied, she accepted the money given by the shopkeeper and walked out of the back door happily.

Xiao Er touched his chin suspiciously: "Hey, why is this Xin Ping's younger brother so girly." ”

Shopkeeper Tong shook his head: "You still run away from the hall, and you are so blind." After saying that, I went back to the room with the plum wine I had just bought.

"What do you mean by shopkeeper?" Xiao Er was even more puzzled.

Jiao Niang carried the silver and walked to the town market. There are many fewer people selling vegetables in the market, and Jiao Niang inquired one by one and found that the prices of vegetables are also very expensive.

Jiao Niang is still ready to buy some sweet potatoes, although the price of sweet potatoes is expensive this year, but sweet potato vermicelli Tongfulou still has to be purchased. What's more, their local production is much cheaper than the one from Luonan.

Because she didn't know the situation in Daishan Village, Jiao Niang bought two baskets of sweet potatoes and a bag of soybeans from the market. Jiao Niang is ready to try her hand at brewing her own soy sauce.

Thinking of what Xin Ping told her last night, Jiao Niang pinched the gold bracelet in the secret bag. This bracelet is my mother's old thing, and Xin Ping divided my mother's jewelry into three parts. Xin Ping only took a gold bracelet as a thought.

Because he was engaged to Lin Ruyi, Xin Ping dragged Jiao Niang to blow up this bracelet so that he could give it to Lin Ruyi.

Jiao Niang walked around the town for a long time before she saw a larger jewelry store, so she walked in. As a result, the shopkeeper drove her out in disgust as soon as he saw Jiao Niang dressing up her clothes: "I said, this is not your village." It's not a place to wander around. ”