Chapter Ninety-Four: The Donkey Cart

When the sixth son came out of the inn, he found that Xiaocao was still waiting there, so he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Thank you for todayβ€”you still have something?" ”

Xiaocao took out a string of copper plates from his purse, handed it to him, and said, "Sixth brother, this is the money left over from buying ingredients, and ......I will return it to you."

This table only uses half a catty of pork belly, a catty of hind leg meat, and five duck egg yolks, and the fish is caught by himself, and the dried tofu and cabbage are all worthless. In total, it's only two or three hundred Wen to support the sky.

The sixth brother didn't reach out to take the money she handed over, but only glanced at her hand lightly and said, "No need!" You can't get these dishes for thirty or fifty taels of silver in Zhenfanglou, but I still earn them! Thank you for retaining a big client for me! ”

Xiaocao happily put the money back, patted her bulging purse, and said with a smile: "Thank you, I'm glad to help you!" It's not too early, sixth brother, you go get busy! ”

After making a few dishes, there will be more than one or two items, and it would be good if such a business was more than a few times a month! Thinking about the five taels of silver rewarded by the sixth brother's big customer, Xiaocao's heart was even more happy. Now, not only is my brother's bundle enough, but he can also make two sets of clothes for his family and sew a few quilts!

"Cao'er, what is the good thing that makes you happy like this?" Yu Hai pushed the wheelbarrow, looked at his daughter sitting on it, and snickered a few times from time to time, very surprised. In the past six months, the youngest daughter has been too sensible and mature, and sometimes he feels that there is an adult's soul living in that thin and small body.

Xiaocao looked left and right, took out the hot silver from his arms, shook it in front of his father, and said, "Look! What is this......"

"Silver? It's such a big piece, it's five taels, right? Yu Hai showed a surprised expression on his face and asked, "Cao'er, where did you come from?" ”

"The sixth brother's customer rewarded him, he said that the food made by his daughter is better than the taste of the Beijing restaurant!" Xiaocao looked proud, and her little tail almost rose to the sky.

Yu Hai saw the rare childish side of his little daughter, and said with a smile: "Of course, our grass is the most powerful!" I thought you were possessed by the God of Food! ”

"Hey, hey! It doesn't matter if it's possessed by the god of food or blessed by the god of wealth, as long as you can make money! In two days, Qian Wen should come back, right? Ming'er Wharf Market is a fair, let's buy some cloth and cotton, and make two new clothes for Xiaoshi first......" Xiaocao's mouth didn't pull or pull, and Yu Hai saw her excitement, so he responded to it.

With Yu Hai, the more than 20 miles of road don't seem so long. When he was resting halfway, Xiaocao rolled up his father's trousers, skillfully pinched his legs, and felt sorry for his father's hard work, and said: "Dad, we also have seven or eight taels of silver now, why don't we slow down the clothes and quilts first, and buy an ox cart first?" ”

Yu Hai wiped the beads of sweat from his face, drank a sip of sweet cold boiled water, and felt tired all over his body, and was quickly driven away. The water he brought was the spirit stone water specially prepared for him by Xiaocao, and the effect was naturally not a problem.

After listening to his daughter's words, he smiled and said, "Seven or eight taels of silver is just enough to buy a cow, and to beat an ox cart, even if you bring your own wood, it will cost hundreds of dollars." Our family's little silver, it's almost ...... to buy a donkey cart."

"Donkeys can run faster than oxen, and it's not bad to pull carts! Dad, how much does a donkey cost? Otherwise, let's buy a donkey and ask the third uncle to help me get a donkey cart. In a few days, our vegetables should be able to be sold, isn't it much more convenient to have a donkey cart? ”

In the previous life, even in the countryside, donkeys were rarely seen, and I had the impression that when I was a child, my family had a donkey, and she was also carried by her father to drive the donkey cart into the city to catch the market!

Yu Hai listened to it and was also quite moved. Nearly two acres of vegetable land in the front yard and backyard are now lush, those vegetables that grow for only more than 20 days can be picked soon, if you don't have a car, go to the town to sell vegetables, all rely on the shoulders to carry people, it's really a thing!

"A donkey (male donkey) looks like about four or five taels of silver, and if you take a taxi, it is estimated that our grass will not be able to wear new clothes......" Looking at the cotton clothes on her daughter's body, Yu Hai's nose was a little sour. The weather is getting warmer, and the children don't have a single decent garment. What a failure he was a father!

"It's okay, the money is gone, and you can make it again! It's better to buy a donkey first, and in the future, whether you go to the dock to sell braised vegetables or go to the town, it will be much more convenient! Xiaocao smiled at the corner of her mouth, and her heart was extremely excited - soon, their family will become a car owner!

"Good! When you send the stones to the town to study, you will go to the cattle and horse market to have a look, and if there is a suitable one, you will choose one to come back! In the future, Xiaoshi will go to the town, and there will be a donkey cart to pick up and drop you off, and your mother can rest assured! Yu Hai made a decision, he didn't run away when he bought a donkey cart!

In the next two days, the Yu family was still busy. Xiaocao and Yu Hai went to the dock to peddle pickled vegetables, Xiaoshi took his eldest sister Xiaolian to fish in the pond behind the house, and Liu helped his son make clothes at home. She saw that the Qian Wen of the house next door was wearing a long shirt, so she also made an indigo blue one for the child.

At noon, Xiaocao came back for a lunch break for half an hour, got up and cleaned up the fish with her mother and Xiaolian, and made bad fish. In the afternoon, Xiaolian and Xiaoshi went to the dock to sell pickled vegetables.

It's funny to say, Xiaolian has been gone for four or five days, and those customers on the dock are stunned and don't recognize the change of person. According to Xiao Shi, when the sixth brother came to buy bad fish, he looked at Xiaolian and was stunned for a while, and left without saying anything.

Xiaocao and Xiaolian are identical twins, and Xiaocao was congenitally deficient, with stunted development, thin body, and pale skin. And Xiaolian has been doing all kinds of housework with her mother for a long time, although her body is thin, she looks solid, and her skin is slightly dark. Even if the two are not standing together, they can tell who is who at a glance.

It's different now, Xiaocao carries a small mending stone every day, and her body has long been nourished. In the past six months, she has almost seen her grow taller, and she is almost catching up with Xiaolian, who was originally half a head taller than her. And Xiaolian also uses spirit stone water because she washes her face every day, and the water she eats and drinks is all water that contains the aura of the Tiantian Stone, and her skin is nourished and pink.

Now at first glance, there is almost no difference between the two people. However, those who know each other can still see the difference between the two at a glance. Xiaocao's eyes are smarter, and Xiaolian's expression shows a delicate side from time to time......

Listening to Shi Shi's words, could it be that Liuzi, who had never met her a few times, could see the difference between her and Xiaolian at a glance? Xiaocao was a little confused.

Soon, she put this question behind her, and made nearly 300 yuan a day, so that the whole family was busy and fulfilling, and she was full of confidence in the future.

Soon it was time for Qian Wenxiu to come back. In this era, perhaps because of the relationship established by the time-travelers, all academies, even the Guozijian, also adopted the modern method of five days off and two days off. The students in Rongxuan Academy, unless they rent a house in the town, all others live on campus. I arrived at school on the morning of the first day, and left school at the end of the afternoon of the fifth day, so I could spend two days and three nights at home!

Yu Haite brought some braised vegetables to Qian's house, and asked for advice on what to bring to school and what to pay attention to.

Qian Wen heard that Xiao Shi was appointed by the dean of the academy, and while he was happy for him, he also had a little envy in his heart. The dean of Rongxuan Academy is a generation of famous Confucians, and almost all the students of the academy come for his name.

However, Dean Yuan rarely gave classes to the students of the preparatory class, and even in the improvement class, he was rarely seen. Only when he is about to take the spring exam will Yuan Daru provide targeted tutoring......

If you can get Yuan Daru's favor, then Jinshi and the first are definitely not a problem. Several champions and flower exploration from the academy have all been personally guided by the dean.

Xiao Shi was just six years old, but he was smart and studious, and often came to his house to learn to read and write with him, and he always spoke once or twice, and the little one could remember it. I didn't expect him to be so lucky to sell vegetables on the dock, and he could also be favored by the dean......

The early morning of spring is still cool. The willows on the side of the road have become tender branches. In the dead grass, you can occasionally find one or two points of green, which makes people feel a hint of spring.

On the days when Lao Zhangtou did not send firewood to the town, he would always drive the ox cart to wait at the intersection early in the morning, and bring the villagers from several nearby villages to the town, collecting a penny for each person and earning some expenses.

In normal times, it is already good to earn ten cents back and forth every day. Most of the villagers, who feel sorry for the penny, are working on their own two legs.

Today is the end of the rest of the day, and there are several children in several nearby villages who are studying in the town. Although it is not Rongxuan Academy, it is also something to be proud of. Those who can afford to study in the town are not short of a penny in front of the car, and when Lao Zhangtou does not deliver firewood, those parents who feel sorry for their children will spend a penny to let their children take the car to the city.

Lao Zhangtou looked at Yu Hai, father and son (daughter) who appeared with Qian Wen in surprise, and asked curiously: "The sea, go to the town to see your legs?" ”

Yu Hai had a smile at the corner of his eyebrows and eyes, and shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Zhang, my leg is already healed, and Cao'er and I are sending stones to the town to study!" ”

"Going to study in town? It's better to be bound in a year, isn't your family ......" Lao Zhangtou didn't continue, but just looked at him with a little sympathy.

Yu Hai's expression did not change, and he still smiled brightly: "The academy said that it can be delayed for two months." In a few days, my leg will be completely healed, and I will go up the mountain to hunt a few more times, and I will have the money to tie my belly? No matter how hard it is, you can't delay the child! ”

"You dare to go up the mountain! The last time you were carried back covered in blood, it scared the old folks! If you are poor, you should be poor, I don't know what is in the mountains, it is better to go less! Lao Zhangtou persuaded with concern.

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On the third day of exercise today, my whole body is extremely sore, and I gritted my teeth and persevered!!

Thank you Zhezhe for the red envelope that came to reward, I can't bear you!!

The pro-Nai Di bear is big, and I will knock it down!