Chapter 109: Cypress Seeds
He Chun'er and several people were very enthusiastic about Uncle He, Qibao hugged his thighs, and the previous fear had long since disappeared: "Uncle, I miss you so much!" ”
That coquettish appearance makes people laugh.
Uncle He took a leave of absence and took He Laosan's family to the place where he lived, in a dilapidated house in a narrow alley, the yard could only be described as the size of a palm, a main house plus a small kitchen and a thatched toilet.
Because he is a bachelor, the yard is so messy that people almost have nowhere to put their feet.
Uncle He is an informal person, and waved his hand: "It's a bit messy, you guys are casual, casual!" ”
He Laosan frowned: "How much do you get for the rent of this yard?" ”
"Eighty wen a month."
And Uncle He's monthly salary is only one hundred and fifty yuan, which has just risen this month. And the young man in the shop in Wuxian Town only has a few dozen yuan a month, which is not enough for food and clothing.
He Laosan began to persuade for the first time: "Baby, if you don't win, you can go home, you have a house and land at home, and you can live on anyway." ”
Uncle He was silent and shook his head: "Besides, I am now learning the craft from the master's family, and I have only learned half of it......"
He is actually a person with a plan, although making a coffin is a bit scary in the eyes of ordinary people, but it is also a craft, and relying on craftsmanship to have a bowl of rice to eat at any time.
But He Laosan is still a little worried, Uncle He is not a long-term person, he also worked in a restaurant before, wanted to learn cooking skills and opened a restaurant, but he was not interested in two months, and then followed the cementers to build a house, and after a period of time, he changed to others.
Although he is in his twenties, he is still not qualified.
After looking at a few children, He Laosan called Uncle He to the door, talked to him carefully, and promised that when he went home, they would immediately let the house go out to live in the cave, and then let the Chen family help him pay attention to marrying a good daughter-in-law.
But no matter what he does, Uncle He just won't let go.
Speaking dryly, He Laosan finally gave up, patted Uncle He's shoulder, and said sullenly: "If you have any difficulties, just tell your family, there are many people who are easy to do." My family ......" He is an honest man and will not talk about those verbal lies, so his tone is also very sincere: "A few babies in the early days are capable, and the scorpions can be regarded as having a little family background, and the money you can always prepare for you when you go back to marry your daughter-in-law!" ”
He Zao has been eavesdropping with his ears pricked up, and he was very helpless when he heard this.
People who are too honest can't be guarded against, no, as soon as they relaxed, they promised the dowry.
However, she sighed, Uncle He is not bad, and he can be regarded as helping relatives.
Uncle He was much more backbone than he imagined, and he waved his hand busily, his face was very serious: "Third brother, I have been running for all these years, and I have saved two pieces of silver in my hand, and the rest house for my daughter-in-law is enough." ”
He Laosan looked at him with distrust.
Uncle He is hearty and generous, but there is an obvious shortcoming, that is, he loves to drink and eat meat.
As long as there are conditions, it must be eaten and drunk well, and it can be said that all the money he earned made his stomach happy.
Uncle He understood his expression, thought about it, and made a decision, went into the house for a while, and when he came out, he handed He Laosan a small bag of broken silver: "Third brother, you can save these twelve taels of silver for me, let me hold it myself, maybe it will be spent one day." ”
He Laosan did not refuse.
Twelve taels of silver, take out six taels to marry a daughter-in-law, and then take out two or three taels to repair the house, and Uncle He's life events can be decided.
The baby has still grown in the past few years, and He Laosan felt much more comfortable, and patted Uncle He's shoulder harder, and his dark face was loosened.
Uncle He asked for leave today, so he took them around the county seat.
He Laosan specially asked the location of the restaurant, and he wanted to ask the price of brooms and cooking first, and Uncle He knew that it was for Mrs. He, the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a sneer.
His relationship with Mrs. He was even worse than he imagined.
Walking to the mouth of the alley, there happened to be a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl coming out of the opposite house, very beautiful, dressed like a girl from a well-off family in the city, when she saw Uncle He, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled slightly, and her beautiful eyes were bent into crescents.
Uncle He also winked at her and smiled.
The others didn't pay attention, only He Zao frowned.
Aunt He and Mrs. He both thought too high, although Guyang City is the county seat, but the county seat is small, and they are all farmers when they go out of the city, and the people who can use sorghum to cook and broom, even if there are only two or three, it is enough to meet the needs of the small county.
The price given by the restaurant is not high, a handful of cooking is only three pennies, and a total of ten will be charged. A broom is a little more expensive, only seven cents, and two are enough.
He Laosan left the restaurant with a sad face.
He Zao focused on the specifications and passenger flow of this restaurant, which is one of the best in the county, and she asked the guy with a smile: "Do you have any Songhua eggs here?" ”
It's a pity that when he saw that they were dressed in country clothes and came in to sell something, the guy's face was very impatient, and he drove the group out like a chicken: "Go and go, don't make trouble if you don't eat!" ”
He Chun'er and Sibao were very unhappy.
He Zao chose two more high-end restaurants and asked, sure enough, no one had heard of Songhua eggs, and she asked the price of scrambled duck eggs, which was very cheap.
Duck eggs are not as tender as eggs, and there are few people who love to eat them.
They went to the grocery store again and asked about the price of raw duck eggs, which were a penny more expensive in the county than in the town.
I went to the pharmacy again and asked the price of scorpions and honeysuckle, although it was a little more expensive than the one in the town, but in the end it was convenient to transport, and they quickly became psychologically balanced.
He Zao made a discovery by accident.
Cypress seeds were drying in front of a pharmacy, and He Zao suddenly thought of the clumps of cypress forests on the back mountain and the so many cypress seeds that they bent over.
Cypress seeds are traditional Chinese medicine, how did she forget this.
I just stepped forward and asked the price, but I was sweaty.
Wet cypress seeds cost only three cents a catty, and dried cypress seeds cost thirty cents a catty, which is much cheaper than honeysuckle.
But thinking about it, cypress seeds are easier to find and easy to pick than honeysuckle, and it seems that it is also a way to make money.
He had already talked with the pharmacy owner in a hurry, although she was dressed rustically and small, her little face was very bright, and she stood there crisply and was not afraid of life at all: "Uncle Shopkeeper, we have many miles of mountains over there, the cypress trees are thick and strong, and the cypress seeds are also heavy, do you want it?" ”
The shopkeeper of the pharmacy had a good impression of her, and smiled: "Zhong, as long as you transport it, we will accept it." ”
Half of the summer has passed, and it will not be long before the cypress seeds will explode and cannot be harvested, so the larger the better.
He Zao pretended to be curious and asked, "Uncle, do you have branches all over the country like Chuntang?" ”
The name of this pharmacy is "Lingzhi Hall", and it is open opposite to Hechun Hall.
The shopkeeper's face was a little ugly.