Jiang Sui secretly got on the bicycle and followed Xiang Baiwei.

It happened that there was a big gathering today, and Xiang Baiwei quickly got into a mule cart of a villager who was not familiar with each other in the next village.

Following Xiang Bai Wei all the way to the outside of the town, Jiang Sui looked at the mule cart that Bai Wei was sitting on and stopped, and hurriedly braked to stop, observing Xiang Bai Wei from a short distance.

After Xiang Bai Wei came down, she looked around, she came early, and there was no one in the vicinity.

There was only one cyclist in the distance, but the man looked like something was wrong with the bike, and was hunched over to deal with it.

Xiang Bai Wei put his mind at ease and continued to walk forward.

After a few steps, she suddenly stopped, turned her head to look back, and saw that the person seemed to be still tinkering with the car, so she turned around and continued to walk forward.

I don't know if it's her illusion, but I always feel that the figure who is tinkering with the car is particularly familiar.

The next moment the thought in Bai Wei's heart popped up, he shook his head.

I must be a little bit of a weak heart, that's why I think so.

It's not dawn yet, how can there be acquaintances?

Jiang Sui bent over and tinkered for a long time, slowly straightened up, bent his waist, moved to the other side of the car, and looked at Xiang Baiwei with a somewhat obscene posture.

At this point, he had already guessed what Xiang Baiwei wanted to do.

But there is one thing he is still curious about, that is, what is put in Bai Wei's back basket.

He knew very well what the things at home were, and the ones he put in Bai Wei's back basket should be exchanged for them.

But he couldn't guess what to ask Bai Wei for exchange.

Xiang Baiwei took out another black gown from the back basket, and then put a blue turban on her head, and a scarf to cover half of her face.

She dressed up in this outfit and walked around and around to a special street in the town.

If memory serves, the so-called free market is right down the street.

This town is not very big, there are only about 100 households, and the business that can be done is estimated to be limited.

The sky has gradually turned white, Xiang Baiwei stood at the entrance of the street, looking at the sparse people inside.

Most of those people were scattered, standing in one place.

There are also two or three people who make a pile, and those who make a pile will carry a bamboo basket on their arms.

It looks like it's supposed to be trading.

Xiang Bai Wei carried her back and walked forward step by step.

Every time you pass by, you will get a look of sight.

After walking back and forth twice, Xiang Bai Wei picked a man who was also walking back and forth, she leaned in front of the man and lowered her voice: "Boss, do you want fish?" ”

The man looked around vigilantly, stretched out his finger to the small corner next to him, and then walked over first.

Xiang Baiwei followed closely behind, untied the back basket on her body, and hugged it to her chest.

"What fish do you have? How big? ”

Xiang Bai Wei recalled the types of three fish she put in the morning: "Two crucian carp and one carp, each of which is four catties in size, and the price is five cents a catty." ”

The price outside is generally three cents a catty, and the quality is not as good as this at all, Xiang Bai Wei is confident that this man will accept his price.

The man hesitated for about half a minute: "Each one is four pounds in size?" Show me. ”

Xiang Bai Wei looked around the surroundings, lifted the cloth covering the futon, and turned the fish tied up with straw rope on it, so that the man could see it like this.

The man opened the cheeks of the fish and glanced at it, weighed the amount of fish in the back basket, and nodded very cheerfully: "Okay, I want it all." ”

The first time he did business, Xiang Baiwei deliberately wiped zero on the man in order to be auspicious, three fish, and collected a total of six yuan from the man.

The man took out three green bills and stuffed them into Bai Wei's hand, and then quickly put the three fish into the bamboo basket he was carrying on his arm.

When the opening was auspicious, Xiang Baiwei put six yuan in his bag, looked up at the sky, and saw that there was still enough time, so he turned around and ran to a hidden place, hidden, and took out three fish from the space.

When she came back, someone who had noticed her trading just now came over: "I seem to smell fish just now, is there anything else?" ”

Xiang Bai Wei was overjoyed, and said "um", "There are crucian carp grass carp, and carp, which one do you want?" ”

"I want crucian carp, my daughter-in-law is in confinement, and I need this fish, can the price be negotiable?"

Xiang Bai Wei lifted the cloth in the basket and let the man look at the fish inside: "It's very fresh, it was just fished out before dawn today, each one is four catties big, I charged him five cents a pound for that man just now, you, for the sake of your daughter-in-law's confinement, five yuan and three will be given to you." ”

The man was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out five yuan, and waited for Xiang Bai Wei to give him the fish before giving her the money.

The deal had just been completed, and when Xiang Baiwei was hesitating to get a few more fish to sell, the man who was sentry at the entrance of the alley in the distance ran into the alley with a gust of wind, imitating a dog barking as he ran.

These barks are the code of the free market.

Xiang Baiwei and the others heard the barking of the dog, packed up their things, and quickly left the alley from different directions.

After running not far, Xiang Bai Wei vaguely heard a few loud shouts, and then there was an argument.

Xiang Bai Wei was so frightened that her heart hung high, and she ran forward without looking back.

She ran all the way to the market area, where she saw several ladies who came to Xiangjia Village to catch the market.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Xiang Bai Wei found a toilet, went inside to change her clothes, and then came out to meet the aunts.

Before going out of the toilet, she deliberately put the clothes she had changed into, as well as the cloth that had been stained with the smell of fish when she had just put the fish.

It's not safe to put on your body, but it's safe to put it in space.

Near noon, Xiang Baiwei returned home with a basket of vegetables on her back.

In the yard, Jiang Sui was cutting sweet potatoes with a knife, and he was going to take advantage of the fact that the sun was still good now, and then dry some sweet potatoes.

Dried sweet potatoes are a very high status food in this era.

"Coming back? Is it lively? ”

Xiang Baiwei, who had earned eleven yuan in the morning, was faintly excited in her heart, and her eyebrows fluttered and she described to Jiang Sui what dishes she had bought.

Xiang Baiwei turned out all the radishes of various colors in the back basket, poured them on the ground, and then pointed to a piece of land in the corner: "I think it's a good location, I'll dig out a cellar with a hoe later, and put these radish cellars in it, enough for us to eat for a winter." (Cellars, burying turnips in the soil to ensure that they will not spoil in a winter.) ）

Jiang Sui looked at the dazzling pile of radishes, and forcibly suppressed the doubts in his heart: "Put it here first, and I'll dig out the cellar later, and then I'll get these dried sweet potatoes and then go to the radish cellar." ”

"Then I'll help you cut sweet potatoes."

Xiang Baiwei took off her coat and sat down.