Although there are a lot of medicinal materials, the people in the medicinal herb shop are all familiar with it, and it is not the first time to do such a business. Three * bags of medicinal herbs, but they were counted in half an hour.

"A total of three hundred and ninety-six wen, I'll round it up for you, four hundred wen." The shopkeeper made an abacus, said with a smile, and took out four hundred dollars from the cash cabinet.

Each hundred wen is connected with a thick hemp rope, and as soon as the shopkeeper takes it out, it is four strings.

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Second Uncle Niu hurriedly took the four pieces of money. He was very serious, and counted all the four strings of money carefully.

But this is not too serious, after all, 400 wen is not a small amount. One tael of silver is only 1,200 yuan, and in the memory of the original owner, twenty yuan can buy a whole pig, and ordinary people's homes are only one to two silver a year. Second Uncle Niu can earn 400 wen at a time, which is already extremely capable.

Sheng Qingqing looked a little hot, she only had a few pennies on her now, which was given by the village chief's grandfather, and after careful calculation, it was just enough to buy a few catties of rice noodles. If you are frugal, it is just enough for the three sisters and brothers to eat for six or seven days.

There was no mistake in counting the coins, and Second Uncle Niu carefully hid them close to him.

After leaving the medicinal herb shop, Second Uncle Niu asked Sheng Qingqing and said, "Miss Qing, do you have anything you want to buy?" If you don't have enough money, the second uncle will help you buy it. ”

"No, no, I'm just curious, after all, the market is so lively, it's the first time I've seen it." Sheng Qingqing hurriedly refused. She didn't want to owe someone money rashly.

The money is easy to repay, but this favor is not easy to repay.

Second Uncle Niu smiled innocently and was about to say something......

"Dad, you've finished selling medicinal herbs, so can we go to the butcher's shop?! I haven't eaten meat in a long time! Niu Yu suddenly appeared.

Sheng Qingqing looked behind him, Sheng Zhizhi was standing there with her mouth curled, but she still knew how to take care of her younger brother. Sheng Siming looked obedient and let her lead, looking over here at this time.

"Okay, eat meat, what meat do you want?" Second Uncle Niu asked with a smile.

"Pork!" Niu Yu said with great interest: "Before coming out this time, my mother said that she would make me braised pork to eat!" ”

"Okay!" Second Uncle Niu agreed.

And here Sheng Qingqing is also asking about her younger siblings.

"Do you want to eat meat?"

Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming's eyes were bright, just when Sheng Qingqing thought that they would be eager to ask to buy meat. Seeing that the two children hesitated for a moment, they shook their heads in unison.

"Our family has no money, so let's stop buying meat." Sheng Zhizhi took the lead.

Sheng Siming also nodded lightly.

These two children are really well-behaved and distressing.

Sheng Qingqing couldn't help but reach out and touch the two little heads, and said seriously: "Don't worry, my sister will definitely let you eat meat." The braised pork belly is the most fragrant, do you want to eat it? ”

"Yes!" The two children suddenly said in unison.

They didn't doubt the authenticity of Sheng Qingqing's words at all, as if the eldest sister said so, it would definitely come true.

And in fact......

This matter is really not a difficult thing for Sheng Qingqing.

The group went to the butcher shop in an ox cart, and the second uncle Niu took the lead to buy meat.

"Brother Xiaoyu, you help watch them, I'll go over there and take a look, and I'll be back soon." Sheng Qingqing said with a smile.

Niu Yu was a little puzzled, but seeing that the direction she was pointing was not far, he grinned and said, "Okay, but you have to come back quickly, don't go far." ”

Sheng Qingqing nodded immediately.

In fact, she didn't go far, she just wanted a remote place, and she found it when she walked over just now.

A dead end, to the deepest part, there is only a wall, and there is a big tree in front of it, that is, people come and go on the street, and if you don't pay attention, you can't see the situation in the depths of this alley.

Sheng Qingqing ran all the way to the innermost, making sure that no one would see her figure, so she closed her eyes.

Almost instantly, Sheng Qingqing could feel that she had changed places, with a warm breeze gently blowing across her face, accompanied by a fresh plant scent, making people feel like they were in the suburbs.

It's completely different from the smell of corruption in the dead end just now.

Sheng Qingqing slowly opened her eyes, and sure enough, there was a large familiar field in front of her, and the nearest red pepper was bright and mouthwatering. However, she was not in the mood to admire it now, and ran quickly towards the white building not far away.

The kitchen was still in that spotless environment, Sheng Qingqing opened the cabinet where the spices were stored familiarly, poured a small handful of powder from one of the grids on the handkerchief, and wrapped it carefully.

Then I closed my eyes and my mind moved, and when I opened my eyes again, I saw the scene of the alley again.

Sheng Qingqing touched the handkerchief wrapped in her hand, made sure that the things inside were still there, and looked outside again, making sure that no one noticed the vision in the alley, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

……

Niu Yu was telling stories to Sheng Zhizhi and Sheng Siming, paying attention to the situation on the opposite street while talking, and when he didn't pay attention just now, he found that he couldn't see Sheng Qingqing. And after a long time, he didn't see Sheng Qingqing, and he was a little anxious.

Just when Niu Yu was thinking about whether to look for it, he saw his sister Aqing coming out of an alley. However, before he could say hello, he saw Sheng Qingqing hurriedly entering the house......

Spice shop?

Niu Yu was a little dumbfounded.

The spice shop is not a place for ordinary people to enter. In the early years, Niu Yu was ignorant, and he also wanted to buy some spices to play, after all, those powders looked really expensive, which made people feel excited when they looked at them. However, as soon as he spoke, he was severely taught a lesson by Aunt Niu.

The finely ground powder, a handful of it, is worth a lot of silver. For example, a pound of pork only costs a few pennies, while those powders cost dozens of taels per catty...... Gold.

Niu Yu really couldn't guess what he, Aqing's sister, was going to do in such a place, in case something went wrong and accidentally spilled those powders, I was afraid that if the three of them were packaged and sold, it would not be enough to pay it back.

Here, Niu Yu anxiously wanted to take Second Uncle Niu to the spice shop to find someone.

Over there, Sheng Qingqing had already successfully talked to the shopkeeper of the spice shop.

The spice shop is more than half the size of the previous herb shop, and there are countless bottles and jars and small compartments on the counter, each of which is filled with different colors and spices. It's just that these spices are very few, only a handful in each grid, and I am afraid that with a touch of the finger, half of them can be missing.