Chapter 33: Strange People and Strange Things

"Sixty-five in total, little brother, can you take a look? The woman said kindly.

Xiao Qinghan nodded, where is this money still used, the woman is looking for money in front of herself, looking at the woman's appearance, there will be nothing dirty.

The woman looked at Xiao Qinghan and nodded, handed the copper coin in her hand over, and looked at a large pile of things on the ground, so she beckoned her man, "Quickly put the fish in the big vat in the yard, and then put the things in the basket and pick them up." "

Xiao Qinghan didn't shirk this time, after all, he couldn't take these things, and he still had some things to buy, so he readily agreed.

"Sister, are there any grocery stores or meat sellers around here? "

Now it is difficult for the woman, where is there a grocery store in the vicinity? However, there are people selling things in the innermost part of the village, so I'm afraid this boy won't like it.

Madame was entangled for a while, and then said to Xiao Qinghan, "There are things for sale in the innermost part of the village, I'll take my son to have a look." "

Then he turned to her man and said, "You hurry into the house to change your clothes, and go with your things, otherwise it will be difficult to save it." "

The man listened to his daughter-in-law's words, and neatly picked up his two loads of fish, and then went into the yard, poured the two loads of fish into the large vat in the center of the yard, and then went into the gift.

The woman saw that she and Xiao Qinghan were the only ones left, and hurriedly moved to the middle of the courtyard, so as not to be gossiped.

The family that Xiao Qinghan went to just now, the peasant woman is a long-tongued woman from ten miles and eight towns, and she likes to arrange right and wrong the most, and the woman has suffered once, of course, she should pay attention to it.

Xiao Qinghan looked at the woman and didn't speak, but kept looking at the house he had been to just now, but he was a little curious, "Eldest sister, what's the origin of this family in front of you?" Why do I think that peasant woman is very snarky? "

The woman listened to Xiao Qinghan's words, looked at it again, and then lowered her voice and said, "Little brother has been to that house?" I'm afraid I'm being cheated by his family, right? "

When the woman said this, she quickly covered her mouth and refused to speak.

Xiao Qinghan looked at the woman and said half of it, and didn't say the rest, it was really uncomfortable, but it was not good to pester the woman and ask.

After a while, the woman's man came out dressed in clean clothes, and apparently washed his face.

The woman looked at her man, and suddenly laughed blindly, and muttered, "You fool, do you know how to wash your face and see the hot water in the pot?" "

The woman's man nodded, and then he quickly loaded the eggs, chickens, and fish from the ground into his burden, and carried them to his shoulders.

Then the woman ran into the house, found a board and put it on the vat, and went into the house to get something, and then hurried out.

Xiao Qinghan wondered very much, why did this big vat need to be covered.

But when the woman locked the door, Xiao Qinghan understood.

I heard the woman say loudly, "I went to Lao Chen's house to buy something, but I don't know if there is such a shameless person, if you come to steal something, don't eat it to death." "

After speaking, the woman glanced at the next door, and the woman's man wanted the woman to stop talking, but in the end he just sighed and did not stop him.

The women in the village are not going to settle for an inch, and when they go out, they will hang their big feet and stride towards the mouth of the village.

The village is not very big, and it didn't take long to arrive, and Xiao Qinghan saw that this old Chen family was still the only one in the village who had a lantern hanging at the door.

But the lantern was already dilapidated, and the flames in it were small, though they would be extinguished by the wind.

The woman stood at the door and shouted loudly inside, "Uncle Chen, open the door, I'll come and buy something." "

After a while, the door creaked open, and an old voice answered, "Here we are." "

Then there was the heavy, slow footsteps.

The woman was afraid that Xiao Qinghan would be in a hurry, so she turned her head to Xiao Qinghan and said, "Little brother, don't worry, Uncle Chen is old, and his legs and feet are not good." "

Xiao Qinghan smiled and nodded, not angry because of this, slowly the footsteps got closer and closer, and the door was opened with a squeak.

What Xiao Qinghan saw was an old man of the same age as Granny Wang, standing in front of him, looking skinny, and his eyes were cloudy, if he hadn't spoken just now, Xiao Qinghan would have doubted whether this was a dried corpse.

The person called Uncle Chen looked Xiao Qinghan up and down, and then said, "The little brother is noble, I'm afraid it's not from here, the old man has a few words for you, you must be careful in the future, the girl next to you is your nobleman." "

Xiao Qinghan was shocked, his face almost changed, but then he forced himself to calm down, the old man in front of him obviously didn't mean to harm himself, otherwise how could he say it so vaguely, in the eyes of outsiders, how could he never have thought that he would be the fifth prince of the Nanyang Dynasty.

"Old man Xie Jiyan. "

Xiao Qinghan wanted to give a salute to the old man, but was stopped by the old man.

Seeing that the old man said helplessly, "Don't come over to hurt me, you salute me, and no one in your family will trouble me when I turn around?" I want to live two more years. "

When Xiao Qinghan heard the old man say this, he didn't insist.

The woman looked at the old man with a surprised expression, "Uncle Chen, didn't you wash your hands a long time ago and didn't tell fortunes, why did you count people again?" "

Uncle Chen smiled, his voice seemed to be the sound between the old door and the door, "The old man is happy, but he just said it casually, and he couldn't say it accurately, where is it to tell people's fortunes?" "

Then he turned around and looked at the three people who were still standing at the door and urged, "Why don't you come out quickly?" Why are you waiting for me to invite you? "

Only then did the woman realize that she came here to buy something with Xiao Qinghan, and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Qinghan in.

Xiao Qinghan followed and walked in, and found that although the old man was not big, there were a lot of things, and some things that could be stored for a long time were also properly purchased.

Uncle Chen pointed to the jar on the ground and said, "There are salted duck eggs or something here, and some green vegetables, what do you want to eat, I will let her go to the back and pluck it for you, oil and salt or something, private people don't dare to sell it, if you want it, I will give you my family, you just give some money." "

When Xiao Qinghan heard this, he realized that the old man's hardship, this salt is the weight of the country, and the old man is like this, if he is accused, I am afraid that he will also cause trouble.

The old man looked at the worry in Xiao Qinghan's eyes, then smiled and said, "Neighbors, it's still no problem to borrow ideas and things back and forth, if you don't have time, you can't owe it and not pay it back, so I'll give you some money and give them a little." "

Xiao Qinghan listened to Uncle Chen's words, although he was still a little uneasy, but from Uncle Chen's iron mouth, Xiao Qinghan estimated that since Uncle Chen did this, he would definitely rely on it, and he didn't have to worry about it.

Uncle Chen took out more than a dozen salted eggs from a jar, asked the woman to pick some vegetables, and finally gave Xiao Qinghan a few thick bread cakes and a piece of pickles.

Then Xiao Qinghan looked at Uncle Chen's house again and found that there was nothing to buy, after all, if you want pork or something, it's not a New Year's holiday, and only the butcher's family can buy it.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Qinghan asked, "Uncle Chen, do you have meat?" "

Uncle Chen looked at Xiao Qinghan with a puzzled expression, he had already seen a few chickens in the basket just now, so he didn't give Xiao Qinghan any more meat, and now seeing Xiao Qinghan open his mouth, he can't say that there is none.

Xiao Qinghan saw that Uncle Chen opened a door, and then it was full of dried things, like whole chickens, and air-dried meat, and there were some things hanging in a corner that I couldn't tell what they were.

"How much does the little brother want to buy? Uncle Chen asked faintly, feeling a little painful in his heart, he was afraid that half of his inventory for so many years would be gone.

Xiao Qinghan thought that he and Fu Yunyan would leave, and it was estimated that Granny Wang would not come to buy it herself, so she planned to buy more and prepare it for Granny Wang, and if she had time in the future, she could come again.

Seeing that his old man was lonely, even Xiao Qing was cold and hard-hearted, and he was moved.

Xiao Qinghan casually pointed to five or six pork legs, a few pieces of thick meat, and a few chickens, and then pointed to the corner of the wall and asked, "Uncle Chen, what is this?" "

Uncle Chen didn't expect Xiao Qinghan to notice that mess, but that mess of things can't be sold by himself, "Little brother, it's better to be less curious, that's my guy business, little brother, don't be curious." "

Seeing that the old man was reluctant to say, Xiao Qinghan didn't want to embarrass him, watching the old man take off the things he wanted, and then put them all into the two burdens of the woman and the man, and then the old man looked at Xiao Qinghan and said, "This is a total of sixty-five Wen, little brother has no opinion."

The woman looked at it and only wondered, when did Uncle Chen's things become so cheap?

Xiao Qinghan was taken aback, but his face still didn't show it, he just calmly handed the sixty-five yuan that the woman had just found him to the old man, and then said respectfully, "Thank you, Uncle Chen, I have something for Uncle Chen here, I don't know if Uncle Chen wants it?" "

Xiao Qinghan's words could be heard by the woman and his man, but the woman was a discerning person, and it was estimated that Xiao Qinghan's identity should not be bad, so it was better not to offend people.

Uncle Chen said again in the voice of his broken wooden door rubbing, "Little brother dares to give, of course I dare to ask for it." "

Xiao Qinghan looked at the old man's appearance, and estimated that the old man had seen through who he was, but Xiao Qinghan didn't believe it very much, the old man really had the ability to know astronomy and geography, and he should have seen it from somewhere in his body.

Xiao Qinghan took out a small stone from his arms, it didn't look special, if you want to say that there is, it's just a lot stranger than a normal stone, this stone has no sharp places, but it's not very smooth.

Uncle Chen took the stone, rubbed it on his hand, and then asked Xiao Qinghan to come over, and then said, "Be nice to that girl, after all...... "

Uncle Chen didn't say the next words, he just laughed out loud, but in Xiao Qinghan's ears, it was turbulent, and Uncle Chen's smile was full of ridicule.