The Xia family is so poor, it is estimated that there are few opportunities to bring the children into the city, even if there are tea eggs and braised eggs in the city, it is impossible to spend that spare money to buy them for the children.

"Second brother, how many miles are we from the city?" Qingbao thought that if it was not far away, she would go to the city to actually investigate.

Probably who took him to the city before, this Erzhu really knows: "More than ten miles." It's a long walk to get there. ”

I have to walk more than ten miles, and my feet hurt when I think about it.

However, in order to understand the market, Qingbao felt that she needed to make a trip.

How to get to the city, that's still a question.

Let Xia Shouping take her, this is not possible at all. First, Xia Shouping has to take care of his sick wife, and second, if he has nothing serious, Xia Shouping will definitely not take her there.

Qingbao thought about it for a while and hit Erzhu with his idea.

Erzhu is already twelve years old, a half-grown child, and should be able to take her to the city.

After breakfast the next day, Qingbao said to Xia Shouping that she missed her grandmother and asked Erzhu to accompany her to her grandmother's house to have a look.

This is just an excuse, because the Huang family lives in the city, so it is convenient to say.

Xia Shouping didn't want Qingbao to go, but her daughter had been recuperating at home for so long, so it was good to go out for a walk.

He wanted to take the children there, but when he looked at his wife lying on the kang, he had to tell him to pay attention to safety on the Erzhu Road, take his sister to the side of the road, and never be hit by a car, and then watched the two children walk on the road to the city.

Qingbao is not afraid of vehicles, she is afraid of being trafficked.

However, when chatting with Erzhu on the road, she learned that there are very few traffickers in this society, and she has never heard of anyone who has lost their children in a few nearby villages.

If you think about it, you also know that in this society, a couple has three or four children, and there are seven or eight children, and the traffickers are abducting children and selling them to whom. If there are really traffickers, people must also pick good-looking children, and people can't look down on children like them.

And the people who walk on this road are from the north and south villages, and any child can basically recognize the same, even if it is really dangerous, he can help.

After knowing that there were no human traffickers, Qingbao was relieved.

Along the way, there are two pillars and two pillars, and they go along the dirt road into the city.

As soon as spring begins, the willows spit out buds, the goose is full of yellow shoots, the breeze is light, the fields are decorated with green, and the spring is full of vitality.

These words sound very beautiful, but when Qingbao walks in this spring, she doesn't feel beautiful at all.

The dirt road was too difficult to walk, and the road was dusty, and after walking for a while, the shoes were covered with a layer of soil. And the road is too long, to walk step by step, it is definitely a huge test for a six-year-old child.

After walking for more than an hour, Qingbao felt that his legs were sore, and he was tired and didn't want to go.

Erzhu felt sorry for his sister, so he had to carry Qingbao on his back, but in the end, he was not big, and he couldn't carry it after walking far. The brother and sister had to find a place to sit and rest.

Qing Bao was thinking about whether he could take a ride or something, but after walking all the way, he didn't encounter a few ox carts and carriages, and most of them walked forward like them.

Walk for a while, rest for a while, walk for a while, rest for a while.

The brother and sister were so tired that they were out of breath, and Qingbao's feet were blistered, so they finally arrived in the city at noon.

Not to mention, this city is really not small.

The tall and majestic city wall, I don't know how many miles long, anyway, Qingbao didn't see the head.

There is a tall gatehouse at the gate of the city, on which are inscribed two majestic characters: Luoyang.

Just as Qingbao was looking through the names of Luoyang in her mind, whether there was such a place name as Luoyang in history, the excited Erzhu had already dragged her into the city.

Although the gate of the city was also guarded by soldiers, there was no revenue from the city fee.

The city is very tidy, and the streets are all loess hard roads, which are very smooth. The houses on both sides are lined up one after another, and there are no short and small ones like Qingbao's house. In the city, there are many shops, and the traffic is busy, and it is very lively.

This made Qingbao a little surprised, she really didn't expect that Liuya's family was not a poor country, but so close to a big city.

Although Erzhu's eyes kept staring at the bustling place, his hand kept holding his sister's hand tightly and never let go at all.

Although Qingbao is also interested in this ancient and original city, she came with a mission, so her eyes stayed on the restaurant snack shops and the food stalls on the street.

What is sold in the restaurant, it is not something that can be seen casually, Qingbao stood at the door of a restaurant that is not too big and looked around, and a young man immediately shouted: "If you want to eat, get out of the way, don't get in the way of doing business, the leftovers are all poured in the back alley, and those who want to grab food go there."

Qingbao looked at the dirty cotton clothes on his body, and didn't go in, but stood at the door and asked, "Big brother, do you sell tea eggs and braised eggs here?" ”

The young man glanced at Qingbao and said impatiently: "We don't sell that kind of rough food here, you go to the stall to find it." ”

"Thank you, big brother." Although the young man's tone was not good, he finally answered her question, and Qingbao thanked her politely.

"Liuya, what are you looking for? If you go to your grandmother's house, you don't go that way, but you go south to your grandmother's house. Erzhu saw that his sister was sticking out her head as if she was looking for something, so she couldn't help asking.

"I'm looking for braised eggs, tea leaves, and eggs, I don't know where to sell them."

"Just ask?" Erzhu pulled Qingbao to a stall selling rouge gouache and asked the stall owner, "Uncle, where can there be braised eggs, tea leaves, and eggs here?" ”

The stall owner was also refreshed: "What is a tea egg?" There are boiled eggs for sale, go north, there is a stall selling steamed buns at the mouth of Lao Zhao Hutong, and there are boiled eggs. ”

"Uncle, thank you." Erzhu thanked him, and then pulled Qingbao to the north.

After asking two more people, he found the stall that sold braised eggs, Lin Qi looked at it, and the braised eggs on the stall were not shelled, but peeled, and the color was slightly yellow, which seemed to be no different from the braised eggs in later generations.

Erzhu saw that Qingbao always looked at the braised egg, and somehow found a penny, and said to the stall owner: "Auntie, how do you sell this braised egg?" ”

"One article at a time."

"Get me one."

After buying the braised eggs, Erzhu handed it to Qingbao: "Liuya, you eat." ”

Qingbao took it and took a bite, this is a five-spiced braised egg, and the pepper flavor is very strong. It is not as delicious as the braised eggs of later generations of hillbillies, and it also lacks the tea flavor than tea-flavored eggs.

After only taking one bite, Qingbao handed the braised egg to Erzhu: "Second brother, you can eat it." ”

Erzhu was also humble: "Liuya, you eat, the second brother is not hungry." ”

Qingbao smiled: "Second brother, you eat, when you go home, I will cook you a more delicious braised egg." ”

After tasting the braised eggs, Qingbao pulled Erzhu and asked the way to the vegetable market, here, Qingbao learned about the price of spices such as peppercorns, the price of sugar, the price of tea, and the price of eggs.

Eggs are not expensive, three pennies a catty, and a catty can be weighed seven or eight.

Qingbao calculated, if a braised egg tea egg costs a penny, a pound of eggs can earn eight yuan, and then go to the money for seasonings, it should be no problem to earn four or five yuan.

Although the profit is very small, it is better than sitting on a mountain and eating nothing.

Let's make a little money slowly, and then find a way to do something else when you save more money later.

The two of them walked all morning, and they earned a little more than half a day, and they were already hungry with their chests and backs.

Erzhu pulled Qingbao and said, "Liuya, let's go to my grandmother's house for some dinner." ”

Qingbao was also hungry, and he inquired about the price anyway, so he agreed to Erzhu's idea.

After walking around the city for a long time, Erzhu took her to a stop in front of a large blue tiled house.

This house, like other houses in the city, is made of green bricks and tiles, ancient and forested, with no superfluous decoration in front of the door, and no extra flowers and trees on the side of the courtyard wall.

Erzhu stepped forward and knocked on the door, shouting loudly: "Grandma, come and open the door, we see you coming." ”

After knocking for a long time, I heard a woman reply, "Here it is." ”

The door opened, and a woman about the same age as Huang Liuniang squeezed her head out of the crack in the door: "Erzhu Liuya, why are you here?" ”

Erzhu said: "Second aunt, let's come to see grandma." ”

Qingbao also recognized that the woman with a chubby round face in front of her was Liuya's second aunt Wu.

Wu looked left and right, but didn't see Huang Liuniang and Xia Shouping, and couldn't help but be surprised: "It's just you two?" Where's your father and your mother? ”

Erzhu straightened his chest and said, "My father and my mother didn't come, I've grown up, and I can bring Liuya here." ”

Wu poked Erzhu's chest with his fingers, and said with an exaggerated smile: "Mao hasn't grown yet, so I dare to say that I have grown up." ”

Seeing that what she said was a little improper, Qingbao hurriedly interrupted her and said, "Uncle, is my grandmother at home?" ”

Wu Shi let them in, and said with a smile: "Here, sit on the kang." ”

Erzhu pulled Qing Bao's path and ran to the main landlord's house.

Grandma's house is a two-in, two-out house, which is indeed much stronger than the Xia family's short and narrow house, no wonder the Huang family looks down on the Xia family, the gap between the two families is indeed quite big. It's just that I don't know why Huang Liuniang married the poor Xia family in the countryside.

Erzhu and Qingbao lifted the curtain and entered the house, only to see an old lady with silver hair sitting on the kang, the eyebrows and eyes are seven or eight points similar to Huang Liuniang, although they are older than Huang Liuniang, they are richer than Huang Liuniang, and they are more temperamental than Huang Liuniang.

The old lady sat cross-legged on the kang upright, her hair was not messy, her clothes were neat and new, and her face was full of love, and she knew at a glance that she was a well-bred person.

"Grandma-" Erzhu and Qingbao greeted the old lady when they entered the house.

"It's Erzhu and Liuya. Be good, hurry up on the kang, warm on the kang. When the old lady saw her niece and niece, it was a heartfelt smile.

Grandma is so kind, we like it so much, grandma is good, hee hee I'm here, does grandma miss me。。。。。