"This is broken silver." It was the first time Liu Meibao had seen the ancient currency in circulation, and the few bean-like pieces in the palm of her hand were completely different from the silver bracelets and other silver jewelry she had worn, and she was dusty, "Is this really enough?" ”

"Surely enough, go home and weigh it.." Qingya carefully put the broken silver back and put it close to her, "Let's go back quickly." ”

Since she said enough, it should be no problem, Liu Meibao couldn't help laughing again.

"That is, we have nothing left on hand besides the rent," she said as she walked.

"There are still twenty more here.." Qingya hurriedly pointed to the close-fitting money bag and added.

"That's four hundred and twenty-two wen..."Liu Meibao said with a smile, originally thought that the money was not enough, but now there are so many more, four hundred wen...

"Qingya, I want to eat steamed buns...."She stopped and pointed to a tea house on the street in front of her.

An old woman lifts the lid of a steaming pot.

"Buns.. Erwen one..."The shout came with the aroma.

Qingya couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

"It's only two cents and one, let's buy ten..."Liu Meibao raised her feet and walked over there.

"Girl, why don't we buy a woad and go back and wrap it ourselves..."Qingya stretched out her hand to grab her, thought about it, and counted with her fingers, "A pound or so of woad is enough for our family to eat, and a catty of woad is at most three cents...."

"Where's the meat?" Liu Meibao licked her lips and asked.

"I still want to eat meat..."Qingya rubbed her hands and frowned in embarrassment, "Meat is a bit expensive....."

"Go to Washi and ask." Liu Meibao stomped her feet and decided, "If it's more expensive than buying ten buns alone, we won't buy them." ”

Qingya nodded, and the two came to the tile market, and after picking for a long time, they picked up a dish that was exactly one pound of vegetables.

"Woad is cabbage, I should be a rare species." Liu Meibao looked at the dishes in her hand and smiled.

Qingya carefully handed the three coins to the vegetable vendor who was already impatient and rolled her eyes, and took the woad and hugged it herself.

"If there were some more vermicelli..."Liu Meibao laughed at Mimi's suggestion, which was unceremoniously rejected by Qingya.

At this time, they had already stood in front of a butcher's shop, and asked that the average weight of a pound of meat was now 100 yuan.

"How much does the girl want? These are all pigs killed in the morning, and they are very fresh and ......" The guy with a gritty hand greeted him warmly, and slowly stretched out a finger as soon as he gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"Okay, a pound of meat," shouted the man.

"No, no, it's one or two.." Qingya hurriedly shouted.

"One or two?" The man's knife almost slashed his hand, and he asked with wide eyes.

"That's right, one or two..."Qingya's face was also a little sneering, but she still stiffened her neck and said, "What?" If you dislike less, you won't sell it? ”

How can you dislike people who do business, and don't do it if they buy less, buddy.

"Okay, one or two is one or two...", the guy stretched out his voice and lazily cut off a piece of meat.

"Let's wrap it in oiled paper." Qingya reminded.

"It's not enough paper money.." The guy muttered, tied it up as he said, and gave it to her.

Qingya happily took it, said to Liu Meibao to go, and walked away, walked for a while, and felt the sight beside her.

"Girl, what do you think of me like this?" She asked.

"One or two meats..."Liu Meibao's face was full of resentment, "You might as well just buy some lard...."

"Ah, yes." Qingya suddenly said, "You should buy lard!" Turning around, "Let's go back and change..."

"Enough is enough." Liu Meibao stomped his feet.

Qingya giggled, and Liu Meibao looked at her and laughed too.

"Let's go, go home quickly, or you won't be able to eat it when it's dark today..."She smiled and pushed Qingya down.

The two walked home in one breath, their clothes were wet with sweat, and as soon as they entered the door, they heard Song Sanniang and Zhou Liangyu arguing.

"If you dare to go, you should not have me as a mother!" Song Sanniang shouted loudly, crying in her voice.

Zhou Liangyu had already opened the door and had a face-to-face with Liu Meibao and Qingya.

"You're back." He asked, a little embarrassed.

"What's wrong?" Liu Meibao looked at him, and then at Song Sanniang standing in the courtyard, "Where are you going?" ”

Before Zhou Liangyu could answer, Song Sanniang in the courtyard snorted coldly.

"Where to go?" She said coldly, "Naturally, I will die for you..."

Liu Meibao was stunned when she said this.

"Mother," Zhou Liangyu turned around and shouted with a little annoyance.

"Why is it that the whole family is buried with others, and they can't even say a word, at least they can cry and mourn when they die, right?" Song Sanniang sneered, "I can't even cry anymore, I won't let you say a word?" ”

Zhou Liangyu's father died with a family group to assist Liu Zhixian, and the Zhou family was also convicted for this, for Song Sanniang, the family was ruined so far, and she was very resentful of the Liu family in her heart, Liu Meibao sighed softly when she heard this.

"Mother, I'm just going to the salt farm to boil salt, where will I die and live!" Zhou Liangyu said hurriedly, and looked at Liu Meibao worriedly.

"Boiling salt? Can someone who boils salt give you a tael of silver a month? Song Sanniang sneered, "Are you a fool or a fool when you are your mother?" One or two pieces of silver, that's the knife that sold your life to be a coolie to block the salt seller, the salt dog, the salt ding! ”

Illicit salt? Salt dealers? Liu Meibao immediately remembered the scene she saw at the city gate that day, and in her eyes, it was the underworld.

"Brother, why are you doing that?" She hurriedly grabbed Zhou Liangyu.

Song Sanniang sneered, and was about to laugh, but Liu Meibao had already sighed, and suddenly she was stunned.

"But for the rent?" She pursed her lips and smiled, and shook her head at Qingya, "No need, it's enough." ”

Zhou Liangyu and Song Sanniang were both stunned when they heard this, and watched Qingya take out the money bag and shake it at them.

"I also bought cabbage and meat, shall we steam the buns tonight?" Liu Meibao said with a smile.

Zhou Liangyu and Song Sanniang saw a cabbage in her hand, and Qingya stretched out her other hand and shook it to wrap it in oiled paper.

"Where did you get the money?" After Song Sanniang was surprised and stunned, her face suddenly turned blue, she raised her eyebrows and shouted, her knife-like gaze swept over Liu Meibao and landed on Qingya, "Little hoof, say it quickly!" ”

Qingya was frightened by her gaze and hurriedly knelt down.

"I don't dare to hide it from my uncle's wife, it was the girl who earned it by treating people." She prostrated and said.

"See a doctor?" Mrs. Song San sneered, "I really didn't know that your Liu family still had a doctor.....

Liu Meibao stretched out her hand to pull Qingya up, and said with a smile: "It's not a doctor, it's just that I happened to read a prescription in a book, and I was facing that person's illness....."

Liu Meibao explained in detail the child's moxibustion, the sale to Song Lang of the middle finger pressure anesthesia, and the pig blood prescription that was accidentally hit.

"Uncle and wife, there are Song Langzhong and Boss Lu who can testify." Qingya nodded and added.

Song Sanniang was particularly suspicious on her face, but her expression was slightly softened.