8 Improving lives
Grandpa Luo kept touching his arms, for fear of accidentally losing it, and he was still a little apprehensive in his happiness, so he wanted to hurry up and go home after buying the tools.
The two went straight to the blacksmith shop and bought some tools and carving knives for carpentry shavings, all of which were ready-made, and the custom-made ones were a bit expensive, and they would not be able to get them for a while, so they still had to make do with them first.
I can't afford to buy a wooden saw for the time being, and I have to borrow it from Luo Dashan's family when I go back.
In this era, the control of iron tools was very strict, and the blacksmith also asked their home addresses in detail before giving them the things. Just these gadgets cost nearly 200 dollars.
Grandpa Luo was a little distressed, but he was a little relieved when he thought that he could use it to earn more money.
"Grandpa, we have money, let's buy something to eat and go back."
Luo Xiaoqiao opened his mouth and said. My brother and sister are so thin, and my grandparents also need to make up for their health, and the family will no longer be poor, so they should also buy something.
"Okay, you have the final say, we have money, you can spend it however you want."
Today's money is earned by his granddaughter, although Grandpa Luo feels sorry for money, but he also knows that without a good body, there will be no more money, and besides, no amount of money can buy happiness.
The market is almost gone, but there are still a few people who are closing their stalls, waiting to see if they can sell the rest of the goods.
"Today, we didn't care about catching up with the market, and when we were on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, we brought your grandma and Xiaoni and them together, we haven't been to the county to catch a market for many years, look at how lively it is, it's more than the people in the village."
Grandpa Luo saw her looking around, and finally couldn't help laughing, no matter how old his granddaughter is, she is only a twelve-year-old girl.
Luo Xiaoqiao was very satisfied, listened to his grandfather's words, and nodded, "Then grandpa, let's go quickly, don't scatter, you can't buy anything, and the things in the shops next to you are expensive." ”
"Pork, pork, the best pork, just killed today, the last bit, until it lasts."
walked to the meat stall, because Luo Xiaoqiao took a look, the pork seller shouted hard. "Girl, let's have a piece, the last bit is cheaper."
"Fresh big bones, have a piece of you." The butcher on the opposite side saw them approaching and followed with a louder voice.
"How do you sell meat?" Luo Xiaoqiao approached and asked, pointing to a piece of fat pork belly.
"Twenty-five pounds, little girl, old man, you can take a good look, they are all the freshest, this pork belly pig, raised a lot of fat, buy it back and fry a lot of oil, you will not lose money."
Seeing Luo Xiaoqiao ask, the butcher ignored her patched clothes, and suddenly became happy and introduced it hard.
"Give me a pound of pork belly, how can I sell the big bones?"
"Fifteen wen a catty, you see I have a piece of lean meat left, you can buy it one piece, I originally sold twenty wen a catty, and I will also give you a bargain, just fifteen wen, what do you think?"
Luo Xiaoqiao pulled it, it was indeed quite fresh,
"Okay, I want it, by the way, how do you sell these things?" Luo Xiaoqiao noticed the pork liver and pig blood under the cutting board.
The butcher saw that she basically helped finish it, and said righteously: "This thing is worthless, you want me to give it to you." ", thought the butcher, he would go back and throw it away anyway.
Luo Xiaoqiao is really good, with a big white pig intestine, pig heart, pig lungs and pig liver.
"This is seventy-five texts, take it." Luo Xiaoqiao asked Grandpa to hand over the copper plate, but he didn't look at Grandpa Luo's face that began to wrinkle again.
"Girl, I'll come next time." The butcher was happily ready to close the stall.
"Okay." Luo Xiaoqiao nodded, she is familiar with people, and she will come again after getting so many good things for Bai.
Grandpa Luo was a little panicked when he saw her buying meat, and he definitely wanted to buy more pasta. Meat, but not the New Year's holiday, is too wasteful to eat.
"Grandpa, let's go buy some food."
Luo Xiaoqiao was embarrassed to put the meat into the basket behind her grandfather, no way, she really couldn't carry it, grandpa had been walking all morning, he must be tired, they would have to walk back later, the family may be in a hurry, hurry up and finish buying it.
"Let's go, buy some." Grandpa Luo didn't talk much, and replied briefly, the two chatted while walking, Luo Xiaoqiao was very good at teasing people, and after a while, he made Grandpa Luo laugh.
How good is this, Luo Xiaoqiao thought, she wants to make the Luo family smile every day.
"Here, there's one." Luo Xiaoqiao saw all kinds of grain placed in front of the store, and the word grain shop was on the door, so he followed his grandfather in
"Guest officer, what do you need?" Xiao Er was quite enthusiastic, and he didn't look down on them, after all, no matter how poor a person is, he has to buy food.
"How much do these black noodles cost?" Luo Xiaoqiao asked very sensibly, and he didn't ask the price of white noodles at all.
Grandpa Luo wanted her to save a little and buy some soybeans, but looking at Luo Xiaoqiao's smiling face, he couldn't say anything to stop it suddenly.
"How much does millet cost?" Luo Xiaoqiao is still looking at millet greedily, so missful of the soft and glutinous touch of millet porridge.
"Black flour is four cents, millet is four cents." Xiao Er almost opened his mouth to the price.
"Okay, ten catties of black flour and five catties of millet." Luo Xiaoqiao waved her hand and said happily, it's really cheap, in the era of no inflation, all she eats is high-quality and inexpensive green food, not bad, she completely forgot that she was still hungry in the morning.
"I'll put it on for you." Xiao Er was afraid that the old man Luo who was silent next to him would regret it, so he hurriedly said.
"Sixty wen, here you go." Luo Xiaoqiao handed over the copper plate.
Xiao Er counted carefully, "That's right, girl, come back next time." ”
Luo Xiaoqiao had the heart to buy some spices to improve the food, but when he saw that his grandfather had begun to be ragged, he sighed, let's wait for next time.
"Well, grandpa, isn't that a pharmacy?" , Luo Xiaoqiao is depressed and has no big material, how can he go back to deal with the matter of the pig going into the water, and someone will send a pillow when he is sleepy.
"Grandpa, you wait here, I'll go buy some materials."
"What to buy at the pharmacy?"
"The book I read says that some herbs can be used for cooking, like fennel and spices, so I'll try it."
After a while, fifty wen was spent again. They haven't covered up the 600 big money they are talking about, and only 15 wen are left.
Finally able to go back, there is nothing important for the two of them on the road, it is better to walk and rest, Luo Xiaoqiao really can't walk, and he sweats after walking a few steps.
Grandpa Luo's physical strength was okay, but after coming down in the morning, he only ate one steamed bun, and kept walking to look at the store, when he suddenly relaxed and felt that the basket on his back was very heavy.
The two of them walked and stopped, and when the sun was about to set, they returned to the village.