This is Lan Xiaoqing's first time in Pingnan County.

The gate of the city, like the entrance to her town, formed a small bazaar, much larger than the one in the town.

Lan Xiaoqing also heard Hu Dong say that there are three city gates in Pingnan County, and the small market at each city gate can have such a scale.

This is the West Gate, and the East Gate is even more prosperous.

When Lan Xiaoqing heard this, she couldn't stop being happy.

There are a lot of people here, and the city wants to be prosperous, so business will definitely be better.

When the car was still some distance from the city gate, Hu Dong got down and led the donkey away.

Because there are more people entering the city, you need to queue.

Lan Xiaoqing's fart in the car hurt a little, so she also got out of the car, and Lan Erlang was still asleep in the car.

When it was finally time for them, Lan Xiaoqing saw Hu Dong take out four cents and give it to the guards at the city gate.

Lan Xiaoqing didn't speak at first, and only after entering the city gate did she ask Hu Dong: "Is this the entrance fee?" ”

"Yes, it is charged per capitation, one penny per person. Donkey carts also count. ”

"I said, I just saw that the people in front of me were taking out something for the guards. But this time I told you to break the bill again, the money bag is at my father's, and when he wakes up, I will ask him to take the money and return it to you. ”

"You don't have to be so polite Qingqing with me," Hu Dong looked back and saw that Lan Erlang was still sleeping, "just let Second Uncle Lan sleep for a while." ”

"Okay, I'll treat you to dinner in that moment. I'm so hungry that I've been eating lunch at this time. Lan Xiaoqing said, rubbing her stomach.

Hu Dong noticed her small movements and immediately proposed: "I know that there is a noodle restaurant not far from here, and the taste is not bad, mainly because it is close to here." Shall I take you there? ”

"Okay, okay, I haven't eaten noodles for a long time, and I have to change the taste today when I eat rice every day at home."

Hu Dong smiled: "Then you get in the car first, we will go over as soon as possible, we can't make you hungry and hurt." ”

"Okay." Lan Xiaoqing turned around and climbed into the car, and Hu Dong immediately stepped forward to help him.

It wasn't until the donkey cart started running again that Lan Erlang woke up with squinted eyes.

He raised his hand to block the sun's rays, and only after seeing Lan Xiaoqing's face did he slowly sit up: "Qingqing, where are we here?" ”

"We've arrived at the county seat, and now Brother Dongzi is taking us to dinner. Is it OK to eat noodles? ”

"Well, haven't you wanted to eat noodles for a long time, then let's go eat noodles today."

A few people soon arrived at the noodle shop.

Because this noodle restaurant is close to the city gate, the flow of people is quite large.

Lan Xiaoqing and the others were lucky, a table was empty just after they passed.

Hu Dong parked the donkey cart in line of sight, so that he could keep an eye on it at all times, and then sat down opposite Lan Xiaoqing.

Prices in the county are relatively high.

The same bowl of vegetarian noodles is sold in town for two pennies a bowl, and a small spoonful of pickles can be delivered.

But here, the price of vegetarian noodles has reached 4 cents a bowl, and pickles are not given. If you want to buy it, a penny and a small plate, only enough for one person to eat.

The price of meat noodles with toppings is about double that of the town.

Lan Xiaoqing has a good appetite today, and asked for a bowl of duck noodle soup, nine yuan, and just ten yuan for adding a plate of pickles.

Hu Dong asked for a bowl of the same as her, and Lan Erlang just woke up and didn't have an appetite for it, so he asked for a bowl of somen noodles and an egg.

When eating noodles, did Hu Dong look in the direction of the donkey cart, after all, it was full of eggs, and it would be a big loss if someone took the sheep and stole it.

Lan Xiaoqing saw it and pushed the plate of pickles in front of Hu Dong.

Hu Dong's attention was instantly attracted by Lan Xiaoqing.

Lan Xiaoqing took the opportunity to say, "I'm also watching, you can eat noodles with peace of mind." Do you eat capers, capers are delicious. ”

"It's okay," Hu Dong said, "my location is more convenient to watch, so you can eat more if it's delicious." ”

Lan Xiaoqing's heart was warm, and she took the initiative to pull the remaining half of the plate of capers into Hu Dong's bowl.

Hu Dong was a little surprised, but also very happy, the two glanced at each other and smiled.

Hu Dong eats a bit of a sven, but at the same time the speed is quite fast.

After he eats first, he has to get up.

Lan Xiaoqing saw that he hurriedly pushed Lan Erlang's arm.

Lan Erlang stood up first, raised his hand and pressed Hu Dong's shoulder to press him down.

"Last time, I helped us buy this donkey cart, and I said that I would invite you to dinner, but you went over and paid the money first. This can't be the case this time. ”

Hu Dong smiled, his eyes were shining, but his smile was a little silly: "This time is different, this time I took your car, I want to invite you to a meal, it just so happens that Qingqing likes the noodles here." ”

"Okay, I'll invite, Brother Dongzi. You still paid the entrance fee just now. ”

"Oh," Lan Erlang suddenly remembered when he mentioned the entrance fee to the city, "I still have to pay the fee to enter the city, I fell asleep at that time." Since the entrance fee is paid by Dongzi, then this meal can't be asked to spend money on you, you sit, chat with Qingqing for a while, and I'll go to settle the bill. ”

Lan Xiaoqing pulled Hu Dong's sleeve: "Sit." ”

Hu Dong sat down in response, lowered his eyes and looked at the sleeve that was pulled by Lan Xiaoqing just now, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curled slightly.

……

After lunch, Lan Xiaoqing said goodbye to Hu Dong.

Hu Dong is going to find Hu Nan.

Lan Erlang and Lan Xiaoqing are going to hand over the eggs.

Lan Erlang drove the donkey cart and took Lan Xiaoqing to the market.

They met up with Ma Liang there, and Ma Liang himself collected eggs, and at this moment his car was also loaded with a lot of frames.

After some negotiations, the two families followed the people who came to collect the eggs into the market and began to deliver them.

Lan Xiaoqing was wearing men's clothes because of her short hair, and no one could see that she was a girl except for herself, and they all treated him as a boy.

Although the price of eggs in the county is higher than in the town, the demand is also high.

But Lan Xiaoqing found that the business was a little harder than expected.

It turned out that it was not a single stall owner who bought the eggs, but several stall owners walking around the market, one in the east and one in the west.

This requires them to carry the eggs themselves to the stall owners' stalls.

Lan Xiaoqing didn't have much strength, Lan Erlang didn't get much better, and everyone thought that Lan Xiaoqing was a kid and didn't feel distressed when he used it, but Lan Xiaoqing was tired.

Moving things to move to the wrist is sore. In the end, Lan Xiaoqing summed up, except for the 'welfare dividends' given to Ge's, and then removed the travel expenses and labor costs, a pound of eggs can earn a penny at most.

said that it was to make a penny, or on the premise that Lan Xiaoqing counted himself as a cheap laborer.

To tell the truth, she has time to unload here, so why don't she make a few more catties of mung bean cake, isn't it more profitable than this?

But looking at the cheap dad who was tired but happy, Lan Xiaoqing still felt ......

Forget it, it's good if Dad is happy.

But next time: "Dad, next time I will charge the stall owner a few pennies less, let them move by themselves." ”

"Huh?" Lan Erlang didn't react at first, but looking at the sweat on his daughter's face, he instantly understood.

promised: "Qingqing, don't touch this job next time, just come by yourself." ”

"Dad, can you do it?"

"Well, dad can do it, don't you see that Ma Liang also moved by himself?"

“…… That's because he's young and strong. ”

Besides, he has to come to the county seat every day to deliver pig's trotters to Shopkeeper Qiu, and it is also by the way to send eggs, even if he only earns a penny a pound, it is also a profit for him.

But it's different with their Lan family, this is the county seat that they came to deliberately come to in order to earn this money.

Lan Xiaoqing leaned on the car and sighed: "Dad, have you rested?" After resting, we quickly found a way to sell the mung bean cake. ”

Lan Erlang wiped his sweat, a little unsure: "Shall we go sell mung bean cake first?" ”

"Yes," Lan Xiaoqing nodded, "Dad, do you have anything else?" ”

Lan Erlang pursed his lips and fell silent.

Lan Xiaoqing felt that something might be wrong.

So he leaned over and asked quietly, "What's the matter, Dad?" Do you still have a good friend waiting for you in the city? ”

Lan Erlang's eyes widened suddenly: "! Qingqing, what are you talking nonsense! There is nothing at all! Dad does want to show you someone, but it's never a good match. ”

Lan Xiaoqing: "......" is just talking casually, who does Cheap Dad really want to take her to meet?

It turns out that blind cats are so easy to run into dead rats.

"Oh yes, Qingqing, how many catties of mung bean cake did you bring today?"

"Twenty pounds, what's wrong?"

"It's okay to keep two catties later, one catty is fine." Lan Erlang asked Lan Xiaoqing, and waited for her answer after asking.

As soon as Lan Xiaoqing heard this, she understood the intention of the cheap father: "Give it away? ”

Lan Erlang nodded.

"To whom?"

"It's the guy I just said I'm going to take you to."

"I know," Lan Xiaoqing asked with a smile, "I mean who is that person?" ”

Lan Erlang suddenly frowned as if he had been asked, and he was still in a hurry: "This...... You'll know this then. ”

？？？ "Dad, I'm curious."

Lan Erlang's brows furrowed even tighter, and he was not as handsome as before.

"Qingqing, you let Dad think again. Think about how to talk to you. ”

"Good, good." Looking at the cheap father's sad face, Lan Xiaoqing couldn't bear to embarrass him, "Dad, think slowly, I'm not in a hurry."

Later, we will go directly to the shopkeeper Qiu, I have already said hello to Ma Liang in advance two days ago, I asked him to help me talk to the shopkeeper Qiu, and inquire to see if there is a familiar pastry shop. ”

With the introduction of Shopkeeper Qiu, things have become much simpler.

People in the city have a high spending power, and pastries can even be regarded as a necessity for some families, unlike in the town, where most people will only buy a little face to give gifts during the New Year's holidays.

Lan Xiaoqing didn't mention the price, the owner's wife who sold it to Song Meizi before was thirty-five pounds per catty, and it was also thirty-five pounds when sold to the current pastry shop.

According to Shopkeeper Qiu, the living standards of many families in the city are similar to those of Song Meizi's previous main family, so the price is still very reasonable.

After all, thirty-five is the wholesale price, and the pastry shop will increase the price appropriately if it is sold to individual customers.

But in terms of quantity, the jury is still inconclusive.

After all, this is the first time that the pastry shop has a new product, and I don't know if the market is good or not.

So Lan Xiaoqing only left ten catties in the pastry shop, and agreed to see the results after three days.

The remaining ten catties were divided into five catties for the shopkeeper Qiu, thanking him for helping the Lan family match.

Lan Xiaoqing originally planned to take all the remaining five catties to Mu Xian, but Lan Erlang asked for two catties just now, so he could only take three catties to the male god.

Out of the pastry shop, Lan Xiaoqing was in a very good mood.

Lan Erlang was also very happy: "Qingqing, sure enough, mung bean cake is the most profitable, much easier than collecting eggs." ”

As soon as Lan Xiaoqing heard what his cheap father said, he immediately cheered: "Otherwise, let's not accept the eggs." ”

"......" Lan Erlang was silent.

"Daddy?" Lan Xiaoqing shouted tentatively, but Lan Erlang still didn't speak.

Lan Xiaoqing didn't speak again.

After a long while, Lan Erlang spoke: "Qingqing, in fact, Dad knows that the work of collecting eggs is not as good as making pig's trotters, nor is it better than making mung bean cakes like you, but Dad still wants to continue." ”

"Okay."

Lan Xiaoqing still remembers Lan Erlang's ecstatic expression when he talked about transporting eggs to the county seat to sell them to make a difference.

Because this is the way he himself found to make money.

He is proud to be a father, and Lan Xiaoqing, who is his daughter, also supports him.

Lan Erlang saw that his daughter no longer objected, and a smile appeared on his face, and he even looked forward to it: "You don't have to worry about this matter in the future, you don't have to worry about it, the money you earn will be saved by your father, and you will be given a dowry in the future!" ”

"Dad, you also said that you would give me a dowry for the family's savings, how much dowry do you want to prepare for me?" Lan Xiaoqing is unforgiving on her lips, but she is very happy in her heart.

……

Although it was the first time to come to the county seat, due to the tight schedule, Lan Xiaoqing couldn't go shopping, so she had to set off immediately to find Mu Xian in the county school.

The environment of the county school is very good, located near the county office, close to the county seat of the ceremonial house, surrounded by residential areas, is a good location in the middle of the noise.

Lan Xiaoqing felt very magnificent at first sight when she saw the county school, but the scale must not be compared with modern universities.

After Lan Erlang saw the county school, his whole person was in good spirits, and he immediately fell into depression after his spirit.

Lan Xiaoqing can understand the psychology of the cheap father, after all, this was once the place he dreamed of entering, but more than ten years have passed, but he has not been able to win this opportunity.

Seeing this, Lan Xiaoqing immediately stepped forward to talk to the person guarding the door and explained his intention.

In her words, she revealed her willingness to go in and find acquaintances by herself, because she wanted to fulfill some of her cheap father's dream of studying in scientific examinations.

But unfortunately, the county school has the rules of the county school.

It is okay for the student's family to come to visit the family, but they need to wait at the concierge and are not allowed to enter.

Lan Xiaoqing is very sorry, but this is also something that cannot be helped.

Explaining that he had come to find Mu Xian, the porter began to flip through a booklet in his hand.

He turned directly to the last page, looked at it and said, "Are you looking for Mu Xiucai?" But he is not in the county school at the moment, and he only went out not long ago. ”

"Huh?" Lan Xiaoqing was stunned, this little male god is not good at studying in the county school, where did he go to waste?