Chapter 11: Got a Yokai?
After selling the kapok for a while, Brother An, who collected the rent, came.
"Girl, are you coming?"
"Yes! Brother An, this time I want to rent the booth all the time, I don't know how to charge? Kapok asked, after renting, you don't have to worry about coming late without stalls, but the village will always know about the stalls for a long time, but it is better to know later than early, this is generally a place where the rich flow, and the poor can't afford to come here to spend, so they shouldn't be discovered.
"This location is good, 500 wen a month, more cost-effective than day by day" An Sheng introduced very sincerely, and did not say much about making extra money, which made Kapok very optimistic about his personality.
"Okay, I'll rent it for a month" Kapok took out the silver money prepared in advance, counted out five hundred wen and handed it to An Sheng.
"I don't know the girl's name?" An Sheng took the money and asked, feeling that he was so abrupt, so he explained, "That's the case, you have to sign to rent a stall, and then give you the voucher for renting a stall after signing, so that you won't be mistaken or be randomly guarded by others."
"Oh, that's it! My name is Kapok, the wood of wood, the cotton of cotton" Kapok said generously, because she was not a real ancient woman, so she was not shy at all, which made Ansheng have a lot of interest in her, and it was the first time he met such a woman with such a temperament.
"That's okay, Mu girl, I'll handle it for you first, and I'll bring it to you in a while" An Sheng was afraid of delaying the kapok business, so he offered to help run errands.
"Hmmm! Then it's troublesome Brother An," Kapok thanked with a smile.
After An Sheng finished speaking, he hurriedly returned to the yamen, and when he came back, it was already a while.
"Miss Mu, you're not in a hurry, are you?" Ann gasped for breath.
"No, I'm not in a hurry to sell fruits here anyway, I just don't have to wait for a day" Kapok smiled and took the voucher, which was actually a piece of rice paper, on which the location of the stall and the current user of the stall were written.
"What kind of fruit are you?" Ansheng asked, pointing to the yellow pears in the basket.
"This is a pear, a lot of juice, very sweet" Kapok introduced to An Sheng, I didn't expect that the people in this place have never even seen pears, but even if they have seen it, no one dares to pick it up and eat it, only a few people know that they can eat it, and then take a step back and say, even if they can eat it, there are not many people who plant it, this year, the food and clothing of the Zhuang family are just right, how can they plant these fruit trees that waste energy, and there is only one flowering and fruiting a year, and the small saplings will grow for a long time.
"How is this sold? I'll buy some and give it to my family to taste" An Sheng said that he wanted to taste it for his family, but in fact, he wanted to take care of the business because he hadn't sold kapok for so long, but he didn't see it, thinking he wanted to taste it fresh.
"This pear and apple are priced at 500 wen a catty, but you helped me, I will charge you 450 wen."
"No, it's not easy for you to sell fruits, it's good at the original price, give me a catty" An Sheng is very considerate of Kapok, although his family is not rich and expensive, but this little money is still there, plus the wearing of Kapok, it is not easy to see the life of the family.
"Alright then!" Kapok did not postpone it, so he borrowed the wooden scale of the old man next to him and weighed a pound of pears for An Sheng.
An Sheng left after buying pears, Kapok took the money in his hand, thinking about buying a wooden scale when he went back, otherwise he would be embarrassed to borrow other people's things.
"Grandpa, give, eat a pear! Very sweet" kapok gave the old man a pear in return.
"Girl, you want to sell it for money, I don't want it" The old man said that he would not accept anything, Kapok had no way, so he had to take it back, thinking about buying a bowl of noodles for the old man when he left, she saw him set up a stall yesterday and didn't eat all morning, looking strange and pitiful, which reminded Kapok of her grandfather who was very good to her in modern times, but died when she was ten years old.
Kapok's fruit business is not so easy to do, her fruit sells at a high price, ordinary people can't afford to eat, even if they can afford to eat, they are reluctant to spend so much money, so the business is not good, a morning has passed, and only two businesses have been made, not much is sold, one person bought a pound of apples, one person bought two catties of pears, counted up to sell two taels of silver in the morning, Kapok feels that it is almost sold, although there are a lot of apples and a few big pears in the basket, but two taels of silver is a lot of receipt.
Yesterday, the little guy said that he was coming, but he didn't see anyone, Kapok waited for a while, and was about to leave, only to see the little guy not far away hurriedly running over.
"If you don't come again, I'm ready to go back, but fortunately you came in time"
"I'm sorry, girl," the little girl looked at Kapok apologetically.
"It's okay, wait a minute, I'll borrow the weigh" Kapok put down the basket and borrowed the weigh, the apple has three catties, a total of one or two and five hundred Wen, the little guy handed over the money, and saw that the other basket contained a different fruit, so he asked, "What kind of fruit is that?" ”
Kapok told him about it, so the little guy decided to buy it back to please the old lady. There was only one pound of pears, and the little servant gave him money, so he put all the fruits in a cloth bag and carried them away.
In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon, Kapok first went to buy a scale, and then went to buy a bowl of Yangchun noodles to send to the old man, and the old man was moved to tears, and then went to the restaurant to order a few plates of meat dishes, and after he was full, he packed a few more copies for the little fox.
On the road, Kapok calculated the silver money she earned today, a total of four taels of silver, removing the purchase scale of 20 Wen, the booth fee of 500 Wen, the noodles for the old man 5 Wen plus the restaurant cost 200 Wen, she still has 3 taels and 275 Wen and the total amount she earned yesterday is 5 taels and 355 Wen, it is really difficult to make money, and the money is fast! It's only 200 wen for a meal, and when you have something to cook, you can save a lot.
Seeing that there was no one on the road, Kapok put the meat and vegetables he bought into the space for the little fox to eat, carrying only two empty baskets and the wooden scale he bought.
When Kapok arrived home, it was already getting dark, and the fatigue of the day hit, but he still couldn't sleep, and he had to insist on the cultivation of his inner strength, and waited until it was late at night, and Kapok began to fall asleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Kapok still lived according to the rules as usual, went to the town to sell fruits, brought a roast duck to the little fox, and ate a few big meat buns by herself, but today she did not sell for long, but was taken directly to his master's house by the little girl, and the fruit was sent directly to her home in the future, so she did not delay for a long time, and she did not rush back, so she walked slowly on the country road.
It's just that Kapok doesn't know, the Mu family is not peaceful at this time, Wang Cuihua went to a Taoist temple in a neighboring village early yesterday morning, and invited a Taoist priest who cheated money under the guise of catching demons, but Wang Cuihua didn't know that he was cheating money, the ancients' thinking was very feudal and superstitious, and even Wang Cuihua was willing to spend money to hire someone to catch demons, but there are indeed many strange things in this world that can't be explained.
The people in the village heard that the Kapok of the Mu family was possessed by monsters, and invited Taoist priests to catch demons, and they all ran over to see the excitement, surrounding the Mu family, Zhang Yan also heard about it, and was anxious to look for Kapok everywhere, and happened to meet at the entrance of the village.
"Kapok, something is wrong, your stepmother framed you for being possessed by a monster, and invited a Taoist priest to arrest you, there are many people around your house, don't go back yet, go to my house to hide!" Zhang Yan looked worried, and ran in the direction of Zhang's house while pulling Kapok, but Kapok was by no means a person who was afraid of things, and going to Zhang's house would only bring them trouble, and it would be bad to misunderstand that Zhang's family was also a monster.
"Sister Zhang Yan, I will only cause trouble when I go to your house, and the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, don't worry! I'll go to meet my stepmother" Kapok looked at Zhang Yan with a firm face, making Zhang Yan feel an indescribable convincing, and unconsciously the Kapok in her eyes changed, and she was no longer cowardly, timid, and inferior.
"Okay, then I'll call my brother to come with you, so they don't do it"
"Hmm!"
Kapok followed Zhang Yan to Zhang's house and called Zhang Ming to go back to Mu's house, and soon, Kapok arrived at the door of his house, but the people in the village surrounded Mu's house, and she and the Zhang family brothers and sisters squeezed in.
As soon as Kapok entered, Wang Cuihua shouted, "Quick, Dao Chief, just her, she is the one who was possessed by a monster" Wang Cuihua hid behind a person in a Taoist uniform.
The Taoist priest immediately recited an unknown spell in his mouth, and the peachwood sword in his hand also danced wildly.
"Wang Cuihua, why do you say that I am a monster, and what point do you prove that I am possessed by a monster?" Kapok scolded angrily, since she has come to this point, there is no need for her to respectfully call her mother in front of others, it is not better to tear her face directly.
PS. I've been so busy lately, I've written a lot of books, but I don't have much time to type.