Chapter 10: Half Summer
The little brother and sister who were talking about business didn't know that as soon as they left the blacksmith shop, two men came to the shop, one wearing a moon-white robe, a silk belt around his waist, and a jade pendant at his waist. The other is dressed in a strong suit, which gives people the feeling that in addition to being cold and cold, it is still cold and cold.
"Something for you?" The man in black stepped forward and asked coldly. Immediately, the blacksmith was scared into a cold sweat.
The man in white sighed, and the fan in his hand gently patted the man in black on the shoulder and said, "Yun Shuo, you scared people." Then he shook his head and went up to inquire about the news himself.
After asking, both of them had their eyes lit up, and they asked again: "Master, do you know how to use these things?" ”
The blacksmith master shook his head and said, "Hui Gongzi, the little one is a blacksmith and farms, and he really hasn't done it before." "Indeed, some craftsmen, their hands, are mainly crafted, farming or something, that is considered a layman.
Take the village head cow grandfather as an example, he can farm, and that is also the land that he planted with his parents for two years before he learned the craft. Later, after learning the craft, I never went to the field. No matter how busy he is at home, he is doing carpentry or something at home.
The man in white gave the blacksmith a piece of silver, and the two left one after another. The blacksmith breathed a sigh of relief, and cold sweat flowed from his forehead. It is enough to see such a demon god once, and he hopes not to meet it again next time.
"Uncle Zhan, I'll ask the market now for this half summer, and I dare to plant it if someone collects it." Jiang Yu'er looked at the man in front of her, and her heart was full of Chen Suan.
Shopkeeper Zhan was even more surprised, this little girl can pick up this half summer is already very remarkable, and she can still grow it. You must know that now these banxia, for medicinal purposes, are also collected on the mountain. Although some will grow in the dry land, it is also too scarce: "Little girl, can you still grow it in this half summer?" ”
Jiang Yu'er said with a serious face: "Although I can plant it, I don't have many seeds, and I have to go up the mountain to dig it back to plant it." The yield of this half-summer is not high, one catty, at most about three catties can be planted. But if Uncle Zhan buys it here, I will sell it tomorrow. ”
The shopkeeper Zhan was overjoyed when he heard this, and then made a decision. I was also secretly glad in my heart, glad that when the two brothers and sisters came to buy star anise, because they didn't have ragged clothes and looked good at the goods, they didn't push down the purchase price. After thinking about it, I was glad for a while, glad that I wasn't like others, and I looked down on people.
Thinking that this little girl of the Jiang family could handle so many medicinal materials so well, would she order something else, so she asked again: "Girl, do you have anything else in your hand?" ”
Jiang Yu'er's brother and sister were obviously stunned, and they didn't expect this Zhan shopkeeper to ask such a thing, so she thought about it and shook her head, she would have a lot of things, but she didn't have a physical object, and she couldn't do it. The so-called Qiao woman is difficult to cook without rice, she knows it.
Seeing her like this, Shopkeeper Zhan couldn't help but smile and said, "At your age, you can be so much, it's already very good." ”
The brother and sister sold star anise, and after asking some questions about Banxia, they went to the butcher shop to buy some pork, and went to the cloth village to buy three pieces of cloth, which the brother and sister used to make clothes. She thought about it, earn more this year, and send her brother and brother to school next year. I don't want to be able to take a fame or anything, just want to be able to read a few words, it's better than not being illiterate.
Looking at some cotton in the cloth shop, Jiang Yu'er thought that the bedding at home was no longer warm. This winter, if you don't have a decent quilt, how will you live? Although the villagers helped to repair the house, it was not impermeable. In winter, it's still too cold.
Just asked, and after calculating the silver money on her body, Jiang Yuer still held back, mainly because they didn't have so much silver money and couldn't afford to buy cotton. To make two quilts, it costs two taels of silver, where do they have so much money now?
Sell some star anise or something, and it will be enough for the three brothers and sisters to chew and improve their lives. Thinking of this, Jiang Yu'er couldn't help but feel irritable. Why do others cross over, and they also cross, people either encounter any powerful people, or have some golden fingers. Why didn't she? I have to rack my brains all day long for this bit of food.
When she got home, she shut herself up in a hut. It's not that I'm angry with others, I'm just angry with myself. She should be relieved to see that her younger brother has a little bloody face because of the improvement of food in the past month, but when she thinks of the coming of winter, she can't help but want to give herself a few slaps to see if she can slap her brain a little more flexibly.
Jiang Amao called her out after making dinner, and he was very anxious when he saw his sister's frustration. During this period of getting along, my sister is like a chicken blood every day, busy and busy, where is there what it looks like today? "Niuniu, are you uncomfortable somewhere?" He asked relationally, and after speaking, he put the back of his hand on his sister's head to test the temperature.
Jiang Yu'er raised her head and saw her brother's concerned eyes, and couldn't help but secretly curse herself. What kind of nerves do you have, and see what my brother and brother are anxious about? She raised the corners of her mouth and pulled out a smile bitterly: "Brother, I'm fine." Let's eat! After speaking, without waiting for his brother and brother to sit down, he sat down on the low stool next to him.
When I picked up the bowl and saw the white rice in it, I felt a lot better. You know, when she first came, her family couldn't even eat the simplest black rice, let alone eat white rice. Now I can eat one meal of meat at home from time to time, and I can eat three meals a day. For the people in the village, this is already a well-off life.
I sandwiched a piece of meat for my brother and brother, picked up a bowl myself, and ate it in a big gulp. She can't be decadent anymore, she has to think of a way, at least to get through this winter.
After eating, the sun was already setting. Jiang Yu'er took her younger brother by the hand and walked towards the dry land not far from home. She can't do anything else, so she'll plant the land or something. During this time, she also learned that in this era, there were no crops such as chili peppers and ginger that could keep out the cold. She thought, if there were seeds and could make them, wouldn't it be a good thing?
"Niu Niu, two dogs?" A crisp female voice came from behind her, and Jiang Yu'er turned her head to see that it was a small jujube in the village. She had a red face, a hoe in her hand, and her trousers and straw sandals were covered in mud. It can be seen that she has just returned from the ground.
"Jujube, are you out of work?" Jiang Yu'er smiled and asked.
"Sister Zao'er!" Jiang Ziming also asked sweetly.
Xiao Zao is a very cheerful girl, she laughed, and a little tiger tooth was exposed. It is said that girls with tiger teeth are not good-looking, but they were born in her, and there is no such feeling at all. Instead, it gives people a cute feeling: "Yes! The sun is going down, why don't you go back? ”