Li Hongmei took the leaf in her hand and raised her head mysteriously, "I'll tell you in a few days." Let's go, let's go to the market tomorrow. ”

"Ah, you're going to the market? This ......" Zhao Erya hesitated.

After all, this new sister-in-law was bought, so she was allowed to go to the market, and if she ran away halfway, their family's money would be spent in vain.

Li Hongmei saw her like this, and after thinking about it for a while, she understood her concerns.

She sneered, "Do you think that if I go to the market, I will run away, and when the time comes, your money will be spent in vain?" ”

was seen through her thoughts, Zhao Erya's family was still a little embarrassed, and at the moment, her face was a little unsinkable.

Li Hongmei waved her hand indifferently and looked into the distance, "Do you think that if I want to run away from this place, I really can't run away?" It's up to you to be a second and a ...... The old lady who doesn't have good eyes, and a child who hasn't grown up? If I really want to run, will you really stop me? ”

Her series of rhetorical questions made Zhao Erya's face darken. But I also understood that what she said was indeed true.

However, I still feel a little uneasy about agreeing to take her to the market like this.

Another point is that it is far to go to the market, and if you want to go to the market on the same day, you have to leave in the middle of the night. After all, mountain roads are difficult to walk. It takes two hours just to walk. And on the way, what if something happens to a beast or something?

You know, because of the remoteness here, many people go out in groups. Moreover, there must be a strong man with him.

"Alas, looking at you like this, you're still very entangled. Well, I'll tell you the bottom too. This thing, we people there call it tea. If it is made well, it can be divided into various grades, and then sold, many rich families will use it to make tea to awaken their minds, or to calm their eyes and minds. Even if we don't have money, we can use it to make a drink.

However, I've only heard about it and seen it when I'm at home. Knowing that this is a pretty good thing. But specifically, whether you sell it here, whether anyone will spend money to buy it, I don't know. So what I urgently need now is to understand your market. If there are no such people, I will try to find a way to find a merchant who can buy this kind of thing. Now, you know why I have to go to the market, right? ”

With her explanation, Zhao Erya's eyes flashed slightly. But he didn't agree to it immediately. Instead, after a long while, he asked with some uncertainty, "Do you really think this thing can be exchanged for a lot of money?" ”

Li Hongmei shrugged, "As I said, you must understand the market. ”

The little girl seems to be a decisive person, and after thinking about it for a while, she calmed down. "Sister-in-law, you go back first, I'll go and see if the people in the village will go to the market tomorrow." If so, we'll go together tomorrow. ”

She clenched her fists and breathed heavily.

Li Hongmei smiled faintly, "I don't think you will regret your decision today." ”

Zhao Dashan went up the mountain, and it still took several days to return. During this time, she didn't have to face that honest man.

When it was about to get dark, Zhao Erya came back, and when she saw Li Hongmei who took the initiative to cook, she was obviously a little surprised. "Sister-in-law, I'll do it."

Li Hongmei is still struggling to light a fire. It's a little hard to make a fire here, but she can still cook.

In modern times, when I have nothing to do, I will make a few dishes to treat my stomach. At this time, in this ancient period, she couldn't let the old lady with bad eyes cook, so she took the initiative to undertake these jobs.

It's a pity that it was really difficult to make a fire in ancient times. After tossing for a long time, his hand was almost swollen when he rubbed the flint, but the fire still didn't start.

Fortunately, Zhao Erya returned. As if she had seen a savior, Li Hongmei threw the fire to Zhao Erya unceremoniously, "Come on." You come, I'll take care of the cooking and stir-frying. This fire-making job is really terrible. ”

Seeing her frightened look, Zhao Erya burst out loud. During the day, the new sister-in-law was still calm. But a fire-making job actually tossed her like this. Looking at the dirt on her face, somehow, Zhao Erya felt that her heart was warm.

To put it mildly, the Zhao family doesn't have anything to eat. However, slightly better than many people, this family has animal oil.

Stir-fry vegetables or something, even if it is fried some wild vegetables, there is also animal oil.

Moreover, this season, it seems that there is not too much shortage of plants in the mountains, so Li Hongmei simply fried a large bowl of wild vegetable leaves with the ingredients of the Zhao family. Burn some wild rhizomes with a little more rabbit meat. This kind of rhizome is eaten in the mouth, the taste is a bit like a foot plate, I don't know if I have eaten enough of the salty and tasteless dishes made by Zhao Erya, that night, eating these dishes that are just right, Li Hongmei feels that this is the enjoyment of eating.

"Well, tonight's dishes are really delicious, this general wild vegetable has a little bit of something, and it tastes spicy, but it's quite fragrant." Zhao Xiaosan'er ate with a mouth full of oil, and said vaguely in his mouth, but the chopsticks did not move.

Although Liu's eyes were not good, he also had a smile on his face. She felt more and more that this new daughter-in-law seemed to be ...... from the previous one It's not the same.

"Girl, you eat." Just when Li Hongmei was immersed in hard eating, a piece of rabbit meat was delivered to the bowl.

Looking at the woman in front of her who had bad eyes but was full of smiles, Li Hongmei's heart warmed slightly.

In her previous life, she had a father but no mother, but in this life, she has a mother but no father...... Although this mother is someone else's mother, the kindness she exerted still makes Li Hongmei feel very comfortable.

"You are thin, eat more and make up for your bones." Liu laughed and groped for food.

"Mother, you eat more." Naturally, Li Hongmei's mother called out. Since coming to this house, she has ...... I haven't taken the initiative to call my mother yet.

Zhao Erya and Zhao Xiaosan'er heard this sound, and the sisters and brothers laughed quietly.

My sister-in-law called my mother.

Does this mean that there will really be a sister-in-law in the future?

When the meal was almost finished, Zhao Erya simply announced that she would go to the market tomorrow. And he also said that he wanted to go to the city to inquire about the news.

To Li Hongmei's surprise, the Liu family actually believed in her unconditionally, and there was no objection at all. It was Zhao Xiaosan'er who glanced at her worriedly, and in the end, she buried her head in eating.

That night, Li Hongmei found that Zhao Erya was packing up some simple things.

Those things are nothing more than animal skins and stuff.

"These are the things that our family used to exchange for salt, and with this, we can exchange it for the salt we have eaten recently." Seeing Li Hongmei looking curiously, Zhao Erya also explained.

"How much salt can you exchange for this skin?" Li Hongmei curiously picked up a white mink fur with a good skin color and asked.

"This one...... I don't know the specifics, but the skins at home are all sold by the eldest brother. When my father was alive, I went to the market with me......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Erya hung her head gloomily......

Obviously, these words aroused Erya's longing for family. For a while, Li Hongmei was embarrassed.

"That, I'll go to the back and pick some tea leaves to knead them out, and I'll set them aside."

It's just a little bit, but it's still excellently made.

The leaves of the pressed leaves are stir-fried by hand in the pot, and every time she stir-fries, Li Hongmei will silently remember these numbers. Until, the tea leaves can be squeezed out of the astringent water, and then the kneading begins.

One picking, two kneading, three drying.

Because there was a fire in the stove room, Li Hongmei put the kneaded tea leaves on a stone slab next to the stove. Put some burning charcoal fire below, separated by a large board, and get up early tomorrow morning, the tea will not be roasted and spoiled, let alone guarded. I also learned this set of techniques when I was in my hometown. I didn't think it would be useful again.

During the whole process, Zhao Erya stared curiously, and only felt that this new sister-in-law was very good-looking.

The next day, Li Hongmei was still in bed, and she was called straight by Erya.

"Sister-in-law, we have to rush to the east of the village in advance under the willow tree and wait for Brother Niu and them. When we were hungry, we went to the market to change our food. ”

As she spoke, Erya handed over a piece of black bun, just by taking a bite, Li Hongmei bared her teeth, this is hard...... It feels like a stone.

I didn't plan to gnaw on it again, so the two of them carried the animal skin on their backs, wrapped the tea leaves in leaves, and went to the market together.

Under the willow tree at the east end of the village, the two of them also gathered at this time.

After Zhao Erya took the two of them there, the two of them muttered softly, "It's the Zhao family, alas, it's really unlucky." ”

The two looked like mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, muttered, and took a step back in disgust.

After a while, several other people who were going to the market arrived one after another. The first one was a man with five big and three thick, and in the light of the torch, Li Hongmei saw that the man glanced at Erya, so she smiled and stepped forward, "Sister Erya, let's go." After speaking, he smiled, that mouth grinned, it really felt like a bloody mouth. In addition, he is not tall, and his face is full of pimples when he smiles...... It feels like a big toad. Such a man is extremely ugly in the countryside.

Er Ya'er frowned, "Brother Niu, let's go." ”

"Okay, sister Erya, you follow me, I will protect you for a while, in case there is a beast or something, it can't hurt you."

Da Niu said that he was about to come and pull Erya's hand, but Erya grabbed Li Hongmei's arm and went forward, "Sister-in-law, let's hurry up, it's too late for those who receive the goods to disperse." ”

was left out in the cold, and Da Niu snorted angrily, "A stinky girl from outside, and a ...... of dragging"

"Big cow, I think you can't eat it and feel uncomfortable at this time......, right?"

Behind him, a group of people followed and coaxed, and along the way, this group of people talked about Er Ya and Da Niu, and several women even told Er Ya publicly.

"I said the second girl of the Zhao family, it's not that we said you, Da Niu is a good person, he is strong, and he can also hurt you in his heart, just your temper, your appearance, it is your blessing to be hit by Da Niu."

Li Hongmei frowned when she heard this, how could these people say this openly in front of the second girl? Even if it's informal, it's not so much. Look at Erya and Da Niu again, to be honest, Erya looks like this, with big eyes and a small waist, in modern times, she is a mixed-race beauty.