said that he was going to the town the next day, and even Qingshan borrowed an ox cart from the village the night before, and when he borrowed the ox cart, he happened to meet Aunt Lu, and I heard that she was also going to the town, so I made an appointment with Aunt Lu and went to the town together.

The reason why I borrowed an ox cart was mainly to buy more grain and come back, seeing that the weather was cold, maybe in another two or three months, it would be frozen, and there were pigs and chickens at home, if I didn't save more food, I might not be sad in winter.

Early the next morning, Lian Qingshan and Cui'er prepared the things they were going to bring to the town, five wolf skins, ten catties of new tea, this is what they want to sell this time, and there are more things to buy, grain, cotton, cloth, and oil and salt seasonings at home, a lot of them.

"Cui'er, are you up?" Even Qingshan and Cui'er had packed up, and when they were about to lead the children to eat, Aunt Lu arrived.

"Auntie, come in, we're about to eat, have you eaten? Hurry up and get a bite to eat! Cui'er heard Aunt Lu's voice, hurriedly walked out to open the door, watched Aunt Lu enter the house with a dewy body, and said to her with a smile.

"After eating, how can you go to the town without eating, you eat, don't worry about me!" Aunt Lu greeted with a smile and asked Cui'er and them to eat.

"Auntie has caught up, let's take another bite!" Cui'er scooped another bowl of porridge out of the pot, and took a flower roll and stuffed it into Aunt Lu's hand, "Auntie, don't dislike my craftsmanship." ”

"How can it!" Aunt Lu looked at Cui'er and was really enthusiastic, and the flower rolls in her hand were mixed with bud rice noodles and white noodles, which smelled fragrant, so she didn't excuse herself much, and ate with her family.

After breakfast, the group sat on the ox cart and walked to the town, the sky was gray and not sunny, and the cool morning breeze blew on the body, although it was not cold. But it can never be said to be warm. Cui'er and Aunt Lu were close to each other, holding the child in their arms and riding to the town in an ox cart, chatting as they walked.

"To say, it's good to have a cow at home. I can usually pull a car in the town, if there are many mountains at home, I can also help cultivate the land, and I can ......also pull a stone mill or something," Aunt Lu looked at the big scalper who pulled the car, and she liked it very much.

"It's really much more comfortable to take a car than walking to town on your own, it's fast and convenient, and you can pull a lot of things." Cui'er nodded in agreement, and an idea suddenly popped up in her heart, if she bought a cow or a horse at home, she would come back. Wouldn't you be able to have a car?

Cui'er glanced back at Lian Qingshan, seeing that he was staring at the cow pulling the cart and also looked thoughtful, knowing that Lian Qingshan also had the idea of buying cattle, so she calculated in her heart how much silver it would cost to drive this cart pulled by cattle and oxen.

"Auntie. How much does a cow get this year? ”

"If a cow has good teeth, it will cost seven or eight taels of silver, and if it is a calf, it will also cost five taels of silver. This is still in our mountains, and there are not many people who can afford to buy cattle, so this is cheap. It is said that it is more expensive to sell it outside the mountain. Aunt Lu thought about it carefully before replying, "If you want to buy cattle, it's best to buy it back with the matching ox cart and helper, so it is estimated that you will have to have two taels of silver." ”

"Seven or eight taels of silver for the ox, plus two taels of silver for ......the cart," Cui'er groaned. Although it cost 30 taels of silver to build a house and another 10 taels of silver to buy household belongings, there is still a lot of income from selling tea at home, and now the family's silver deposit is only 40 taels, which is not much. But on second thought. If you can sell the wolf skin and tea on the car again, there will definitely be a lot of income, and you will be a little moved.

The family's money is enough to buy such a cow and a cart, so that the family can have their own ox cart, and it is more convenient to bring things when walking on this mountain road.

"By the way, Cui'er, do you want to buy some soybeans when you go back to town? Our family planted less soybeans last year, and we're going to go to the town to buy some more and come back to the miso for soybeans, if you do, let's go together. Aunt Lu suddenly remembered her main purpose today.

"Lower miso?" Cui'er was a little stunned when she heard this, although she had lived in the countryside and seen the sauce cubes and sauce jars, she had never ordered the sauce herself, and no one had taught her.

Cui'er said to Aunt Lu with a little weakness, "Auntie, what do you need to prepare for this sauce?" ”

Aunt Lu looked at Cui'er's weak heart, she knew that she wouldn't make a big sauce, looking at Cui'er's tender and fresh little daughter-in-law, she thought of the flower branch that her family was about to marry, and Aunt Lu, who originally liked Cui'er, had more pity for Cui'er in her heart.

"This sauce is to cook the soybeans and mash them to make a large sauce cube, which will be put in the whole autumn and winter, and then take advantage of the beginning of spring to put the big sauce cube into the sauce jar...... Hey, I can't understand it for a while, if you want to make a sauce, I'll bring the flower branches to your house when you go back, and we'll do it together when the time comes. Aunt Lu couldn't explain clearly for a long time, so she waved her hand and said to Cui'er.

"Okay, then I'll study hard with my aunt, so that we don't have to eat your sauce all the time, and eat up your sauce jar." Cui'er said with a grin when she heard this, making Aunt Lu laugh too. The big girl snuggled next to Cui'er and giggled, but the little tiger slept soundly in Cui'er's arms.

When he arrived in the town, Lian Qingshan parked the ox cart at the door of the Qian family's grocery store, saw Lezi greeted him politely, handed him the reins, and explained a few words to Cui'er, so he carried a large bundle of wolf skins and walked in the direction of the leather store.

And Aunt Lu couldn't wait to rush into the grocery store, check the fresh fabric and colors, the Litou Village where the flower branch is going to marry is a well-known rich village, don't look at the Du family, the mountain is not dewy, and the dowry was given a golden hairpin, which made Aunt Lu feel that the dowry she had prepared was thin, and she was full of energy to add something to the flower branch. (Pingnan Literature Network)

Cui'er led the big girl and Xiaohu, brought the tea canister into the grocery store, saw that Aunt Lu was busy buying materials, so she didn't say hello to her, and with the fun into the backyard of the grocery store, the money shopkeeper went out of the mountain to deliver the goods, only the Qian family lady was there, she didn't say a word and took the tea that Cui'er took, and neatly reconciled with Cui'er.

The silver goods were sold for ten catties of new tea, and she got twenty taels of silver, and took the balance of the six catties of tea sent by the previous buyer, and Cui'er got a total of thirty taels of silver. Pinching the thirty taels of silver, Cui'er's heart was much more bottom, and she put the silver into her arms, and Cui'er pulled the children to Aunt Lu again.

Aunt Lu looked at the fresh materials in front of her, and was dazzled, these materials were just now when Cui'er came in, Lezi specially asked the guy who sold the materials to take them out, all of them were fresh new goods, and ordinary people didn't sell them.

"Auntie, why are you buying materials again? Isn't the dowry of the flower branch ready? Cui'er looked at the brightly colored material in Aunt Lu's hand, the quality was very good, plus the few pieces she had already picked at hand, it looked like a dowry for her daughter.

"I was ready at the beginning, but the Du family has a heart, and I can't pick the door with your aunt, right?" Aunt Lu smiled in her eyes, and stretched out her hand to rub the material in front of her, "When the Du family was hired, they gave a red gold hairpin, and I calculated that compared with this dowry, the previous dowry was thinner, and I didn't want Huazhi to be looked down upon, so I bought more rulers and gave her a dowry." ”

"Has the good day of Huazhi been set? When the time comes, I'll be my sister-in-law, and I'll have to put makeup on her. Cui'er stretched out her hand and touched the thick cotton cloth, thinking that it was about to be autumn, but she should prepare the new clothes of the head of the family, so she simply accompanied Aunt Lu to pick up the materials.

"It's set, a good day for August 22." Aunt Lu thought that her daughter would get married in more than a month, and suddenly became sad, stretched out her hand to wipe her face, and looked at the materials of the Qian family's grocery store carefully. secretly cheered himself up in his heart, and he must not let his daughter be looked down upon by her in-laws.

While comparing the materials, the two discussed what clothes should be made, who should be suitable for wearing, and picked a full half an hour before they stopped, and when it was time to settle the bill, Aunt Lu picked six pieces of materials for making clothes alone, and there were a lot of quilt quilts and cotton and the like.

And Cui'er also picked five pieces of clothing, as well as four sets of cloth cotton for covering, in the clothing, there is a bright peach, which is the best material in the shop, and the material of the four clothes cost Cui'er nearly a tael of silver, Cui'er is ready to divide this material into two, one of which is given to the flower branch for makeup.

When Lian Qingshan finished selling his skins and returned to the Qian family's grocery store, he saw the cotton and cloth piled up like a hill on the car, and couldn't help but smile slightly bitterly, women, women, the desire to shop is so strong.

After buying the fabric, and bought some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar commonly used at home, a few people went around the grain shop again, and bought a lot of grain, as well as soybeans for the sauce, when passing by the meat stall, Xiaohu clamored to eat stew, and Cui'er bought a large piece of meat and a lot of pork bones.

On the way back, Cui'er was very shocked when she settled the account of today's expenses. The fabrics, cotton, household scraps and grains bought at home, all kinds of money were spent four or five dollars of silver, which was still the expenses after the money shopkeeper gave the low price.

But looking back at the cart full of cotton and fabric, Cui'er was relieved again, and when she went home, she made four sets of bedding well, so that the people at home could have a warm winter, which was more important than anything else.

Aunt Lu held the fabric in her arms, thinking about the girl who was going out in a few days, and couldn't help but reddened her eyes, if Huazhi got married, then the Du family boy could treat his own Huazhi like Qingshan treated Cui'er, and he would be relieved.

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