In fact, it cannot be said that there is not enough time. In fact, there is still some time before the delivery time stipulated by the shopkeeper. If Kong Gaoming hadn't come here today, she would have had to lie in order not to be suspected, and she wouldn't have been in such a hurry.

Therefore, if a lie is not exposed, it needs a series of lies to make up for it.

Sheng Qingqing resigned herself to her fate and continued to grind the raw materials of spices.

After she had milled the spices, she had to go to town once in the next two days. Originally, there was no need to run around so much, but when the appointed time came, the shopkeeper would naturally send someone here to collect the goods.

You can't live if you do your own evil!

……

On the second day, Sheng Qingqing got up early in the morning.

Looking at the daylight on the horizon, she felt that the lazy time of the previous days had finally dissipated. Sure enough, it was a hard life, and it was comfortable for a day or two to pick it up.

The younger siblings of the monk who had not yet woken up in a whisper gave a few instructions, and then prepared a day's food for them. Taking advantage of the faint light of the day, Sheng Qingqing packed her bags and went out of the house.

The so-called bag is actually just a small package, almost the length of a child's forearm, the width is no more than the size of a palm, and it is carried on Sheng Qingqing's back, small and compact, and it looks inconspicuous at all.

There was nothing else in the bag, just a small box.

This box was brought by the shopkeeper Wan and the spices, it is very exquisite, although the spice powder is delicate, but it will not show the slightest in the box, and it is very proper. The spice powder that was ground yesterday has been put into a small box. Sheng Qingqing stuffed some more fabrics and put them together, one is to cover people's eyes and ears, and the other is to avoid bumps on the road, in case the box is turned upside down.

As long as the spice powder is leaked, even if it is only a little, it will cost a lot of compensation. Although Sheng Qingqing, who is pregnant with five hundred taels, is not afraid of compensation now, it does not mean that she likes to be the wrongdoer, because of such an avoidable mistake and inexplicably breaking the bank.

And her five hundred taels are still of great use!

Thinking like this, Sheng Qingqing walked briskly, and soon walked to the door of a family in the village.

The house of this family is very large, the wall alone is three or four meters high, and it is still built of adobe bricks. Most of the villagers' courtyard walls are made of bamboo and wood, and the earthen bricks that can be used can be ranked even in the entire Shengjia Village.

It can be seen that this is a relatively wealthy family.

Sheng Qingqing stretched out her hand and knocked the door.

She didn't have to wait long before she heard a voice coming from behind the door.

"Who! It's early in the morning! ”

A moment after the words fell, the door was opened from the inside. A woman looked from the inside out, and at this time the sky was completely bright, and the surroundings were not too dark, so she saw Sheng Qingqing standing at the door at a glance.

"Isn't this Qingqing! This early in the morning, why did Qingqing come? The woman's attitude was not very warm, but it was not cold either, and her voice was surprised.

Sheng Qingqing scratched her head, a little embarrassed, and said, "Auntie, I want to go to town today, and I want to bother my aunt to take me on a trip, this is the reward." ”

So saying, she took out two copper coins from the pocket on her cuff and stuffed them into the woman's hand.

The woman's eyes were even more surprised, and she didn't know whether she was surprised that Sheng Qingqing could take out the money so generously, or whether she was surprised that Sheng Qingqing suddenly wanted to go to the town.

But in the end, she didn't ask anything, but said, "Well, it just so happens that there is a train to the town today, and you are in a hurry." It's just that it's still early, and you need to wait a while. ”

Sheng Qingqing had already guessed this result, and she did come a little early. Although the villagers generally get up early, the sun has just come out at this point, and even those who have to work in the fields are still washing and eating breakfast.

"It's okay, I'll just wait a while." Sheng Qingqing said with a smile.

The woman was a little embarrassed when she saw her kind, "Qingqing, you come in and wait, it's very tiring to stand." ”

Sheng Qingqing didn't refuse, she could sit, of course she wouldn't masochize herself and stand outside. But she would not be cheeky enough to go into the back room, and only worked at the small table in the courtyard to rest.

While she was resting, she couldn't help but look at her surroundings.

This house is two in and two out. In addition to the main house and the transept house, directly opposite the main house is the south house, which is the inverted stove room. And just to the right of the inverted stove room, there was another room.

No, it's not a house.

Compared to other main houses, and even transepts. This room is very small, so to speak, simple. Even the roof is made of straw. From the outside, it looks a little out of place with other houses made of bricks and tiles.

But Sheng Qingqing was not surprised at all by the existence of this humble house. For she has come to visit this house today for the sake of the contents of this humble house.

Shengjia Village is a village with a single surname, and there are not many villagers, all of them add up, and there are only more than ten or twenty households. But although the number is not large, there are many smart people.

Like this family.

Shengjia Village is far away from the town, and if you want to go there, it will take you almost half a day if you only rely on your feet. However, there are very few ox carts in the village like Second Uncle Niu's house. Under such circumstances, it can be said that it is very troublesome for the villagers to go to the town.

At this time, the family stepped forward.

They had cattle at home, so they offered to take the villagers who needed them to the town, and even bring goods. It only takes a little money to go back and forth.

It's not expensive, if you are alone, you only need two copper plates to go back and forth. If there is any goods, look at the weight and quantity of the goods, and increase the amount of silver in an appropriate amount.

Those who need to go to town are people with important things to do, or people with money, and for them, two copper plates are nothing.

Relying on this business, the family turned their thatched house into a large mansion with two entrances and two exits, and now even bought a horse.

Of course, this steed can also be rented, but it is a bit expensive.

Sheng Qingqing went to the town today for only one thing, and there was no need to hurry, so she didn't go to rent a horse. And because of the past ten years, the image of their family's poverty has been deeply ingrained in the hearts of the villagers, and today they suddenly took out two pennies to go to the town, which is enough to attract people's attention.

…… Although it is true that she has made a windfall.

The spring morning was still relatively cool, and Sheng Qingqing was sitting on the cold stone bench, which was really not comfortable. Fortunately, the woman didn't make her wait too long.

After almost half a cup of tea, the woman hurried out of the back room.

"Qingqing, this is ready to go, you want to go back and forth, right?"

Sheng Qingqing nodded, "Yes, if you go in the morning, you can come back in the evening." ”

The woman seemed relieved.

"Nacheng, come with me!"

She took Sheng Qingqing to the humble house.

Before he got closer, almost a dozen paces away, he could smell a faint stench coming from the house.

It smells like a large animal, and it is very strong......

But the woman seemed to be completely used to it, she asked Sheng Qingqing to wait outside and entered the house alone.

Sheng Qingqing suppressed the urge to cover her nose, and made up her mind in her heart that she would definitely not raise the animals at home in the future, those white rabbits were already the limit. Otherwise, their family is so big, and this beast has to be raised, and I am afraid that the whole person will be drowned by the stench. What's more, there is no one to take care of the animals at home.

Although he has no habit of cleanliness, he can't do things like cleaning up manure for livestock.

Soon the woman came out of the house, and she pulled an old ox out of the house with a rein in her hand.

This house is specially made, there is no door, but the door is very wide, so that the old scalper can come out very smoothly.

The woman skillfully tied the frame to the old ox.

"Qingqing, there will be some goods later, and you will sit on the goods." The woman said as she worked.

Sheng Qingqing nodded unexpectedly.

She alone, it cost two copper plates. It was certainly impossible for the ox cart to take her alone. It was to be expected that there would be goods to go to town together.

The woman is the person who drove the ox cart today, she let Sheng Qingqing sit on the cart, drove the ox cart out of the house from the side door, and arrived at the door of a family in the village, and put all the goods handed over from the family to the ox cart.

As soon as the goods were loaded, the ox cart was full, and Sheng Qingqing was suddenly not as comfortable as before, so he could only be squeezed into the corner. Fortunately, today's truckload of goods are all old grain from last year, but there is no peculiar smell, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

Sheng Qingqing squatted on the ox cart without love, making fun of suffering.

It's not the ox cart of Second Uncle Niu's house, or it's hard. This is the difference between a private car and a bus.

But since last year, she has troubled Second Uncle Niu many times, and later rented the Niu family's ox cart to plow the land, these favors have accumulated more and more, and I really don't know how to repay them. And now that the spring is busy, he can't trouble Second Uncle Niu anymore because of this little thing.

What's more, she used to borrow the Niu family's car because she had just come to this world and was not familiar with the situation in the village, and she didn't have any extra money to rent a car. Now that the economic conditions are improving, how can I no longer take advantage of Second Uncle Niu's family.

So squeeze it......

Sheng Qingqing shrank in the pile of goods, letting the ox cart move forward slowly.

I don't know if it's because there are more goods in the car, or because the old scalper of this family is older. In the past, it took more than an hour to go to the town in the ox cart of the Niu family.

But today, it took Sheng Qingqing about two hours to see the city gate.

It was still a familiar city gate, and there were two soldiers standing guard at the gate, collecting tolls by the way.

Sheng Qingqing rented a car today, and of course she had to pay the toll herself.

Fortunately, the toll is not expensive, one penny per person.

After entering the town, Sheng Qingqing didn't let the ox cart deliver to the destination, but only took the intersection and got off the ox cart.