Chapter 105: To Sell or Not to Sell
In a small tent, if you want to be sheltered on all sides, you can only accommodate a few people at most.
Xu Tianxin ran to the side of the stream, soaked a white dry cloth and handkerchief, and used the wild thorn rose pig pancreatic soap he made to make some foam to wipe his face and neck.
He soaked another piece of dark gray cloth that he had brought with him.
There is no extra cloth at home to use to wipe the face and feet, this is an old gray cloth torn from the quilt cover after the crossing, Xu Tianxin has been using it to wipe his feet.
It is convenient to use hot water at home, Xu Tianxin will also wash this old cloth with grass and wood gray water, and then use boiling water to wipe the washed fart with it.
At this time, after Xu Tianxin washed his face and rinsed his mouth, he squatted by the stream and continued to scrub the old cloth for his feet, wanting to wash the old cloth and hide in the tent to wipe it underneath.
Mrs. Xu knew at a glance what her granddaughter was busy with.
It's ten times more arduous to get out here than it was a week on a hard-seated green train a few decades ago.
The train is at least fast, which is good, eating and sleeping in the open, and the round trip will be delayed for a month only on the road.
The wind is howling, it's okay now, wait until winter, the north wind blows the snowflakes and try again, no one wants to go out, afraid of dying on the road, no wonder the restocking merchants sell things expensive.
And in order to hurry, the granddaughter has not wiped it for a few days.
Not to mention that the little girl who loves cleanliness can't stand it, even she, an old woman, can't wait to hide in a no-man's place and wash it well, otherwise it will smell like she sits there.
Especially just now, she accidentally scraped a lot with a corncob, and when she got up, she was so sick that she walked two steps with a limp.
The original body already had hemorrhoids, and the sourness was lifted, and he grinned for a while. I was afraid that my granddaughter would be worried, so I said that I was numb. I really want to wash it with hot water and apply some cooling medicine to get a good night's sleep.
Mrs. Xu told her granddaughter not to use a cold veil, there was hot water in the clay pot.
In the past, hot water was not enough for everyone to drink, so it was necessary to fill the water bladder and bamboo tube with you to remove the food and drink.
Tonight, Xu Youcang walked far away to pick up a lot of firewood, others had already finished eating and rested, Xu Youcang was eating baked potatoes on the side, and he was so anxious that he choked and rolled his eyes.
This white eye may also be disgusted with the niece and the old lady.
In the middle of the night, the old lady and niece did not dislike being tired, took it, and brushed and washed.
Xu Tianxin not only washed his own handkerchief and foot cloth cleanly, but also washed his grandmother's sweat towel fragrantly.
Grandma only has this towel, before the crossing, the original grandmother not only used it to wipe her face and feet, but also used it to take a bath and wipe her body, even the same is true for her aunt.
Since their grandparents came, Xu Tianxin has been sharing a facekerchief with his grandmother.
The original cloth towel was used to wipe grandma's body and feet.
It would be good to wait until I got to Fucheng, and my grandmother said that I would prepare all the cloth when I went out to Dachengchi to buy cheap cloth this time.
Mrs. Xu picked up the mud pot and poured it on her granddaughter's two handkerchiefs with slightly hot water, and Xu Tianxin went into the tent to wipe it briefly.
Just wiping, she felt quite comfortable, a little heartless grinning on the straw mat, and wrapped the oilcloth as a quilt on the left side of her body, opened her arms and shouted: "Milk, come in, the mat has been wiped." When you sleep, you also press the oilcloth on your side, and I will hold your arm again, and we will sleep without the wind. ”
Mrs. Xu hid in the tent and wiped it in the dark, and felt very comfortable, so she was full of exhaustion when she lay down. Before falling asleep, I thought that if it weren't for the live broadcast that couldn't be interrupted, and she was asked to shout the password every day, she really couldn't take her granddaughter out, she was too guilty.
Mrs. Xu didn't know that her third son hadn't slept tonight.
According to the shift arrangement, tonight is not a cang's vigil, but the grandson of the fourth uncle's family.
She thought that after eating potatoes and drinking some water, she would go back to sleep in the big tent.
Before she fell asleep, there was already a snoring sound from the big tent.
Xu Youcang listened carefully to the old lady and niece, and then stood up to patrol.
First, they went around the two tents and sprinkled some snake medicine, and then fed some forage to the mules and oxen that had not stopped, and then ran to the creek and boiled the water in a mud pot, filling the water bladders and bamboo tubes that everyone had brought with them.
Before Xu Youcang went out, the second brother specially instructed him to let him have a snack and his mother and niece return safely.
The younger brother said that he had a little work in his eyes, and he had to rush to get everything no matter what he was busy, so as not to tire his mother and niece.
But this trip was very strange, and his mother and niece didn't let him help carry the basket.
If you want to say that you are afraid that he will be embarrassed to sell Uncle Guan's set, don't take him to sell the goods, and don't let him see it, he knew about it before he went out, and it has nothing to do with those two baskets. Besides, the two baskets are gone, and I heard that they were given to the lady who was full of tables.
But my niece's little white basket was put in when she slept, what was in it?
Xu Youcang thought it was the clothes and supplies that his daughter's family brought out, but he inadvertently picked it up but it was quite heavy like a noodle bag, why didn't he let him help with his niece's small body.
Anyway, it doesn't matter what it is, it is not to prevent him, Xu Youcang thinks that he still has this confidence.
And in the dead of night, it is difficult to use his brain to analyze it when he can't sleep, and his mother and niece don't want him to know for the time being, so he doesn't ask or inquire, and he doesn't even mention it to anyone when he goes home.
But when he entered the city, his mother and niece had no shadow, and he wanted to cover up.
If someone asks what is in the basket like before, and asks him privately, he will help hide it.
After all, when he was in a hurry before, the old Wanjia boy asked him privately, I don't know how many treasures you thought your mother had brought, why did you bring a lid to any basket and tie it tightly.
Xu Youcang didn't know, what he wondered about was salt, and Mrs. Xu went out to bring out the salt this time.
She and her granddaughter were bold and careful, buried the salt bag with millet up and down, left and right, and brought out fifteen catties of refined salt. Under normal circumstances, men will be searched, and the goods in the car will be checked, and the fifteen catties of refined salt will be carried by her in a basket when she crosses the city gate, and she does not dare to put it in Lao Liu's house when she enters the county, so Xu Tianxin carries it in a small basket.
It's not easy for the grandparents and grandchildren, and it's like carrying a time bomb every day.
Mrs. Xu climbed out of the tent at dawn and got up at night, only to know that her third son had not slept all night, and he drove back the night duty, and he showed everyone the wolf.
Mrs. Xu heard a loud snoring sound in the big tent, and forced Xu Laosan to press to the edge of the tent to let him squint for a while.
Xu Tianxin rubbed his eyes when he heard the sound of talking, and woke up, opened the tent and whispered, "Milk, can we steal some food?" ”
"Yes, it's a rare opportunity." Mrs. Xu knew that in fact, her granddaughter was afraid that her third uncle would be hungry.
Mrs. Xu went to the stream to fetch water and secretly cooked two bowls of "Yuhuan noodles" for her son and granddaughter.
Don't sell it, eat some, the servants sit in a small tent, there are three pots to eat, and the grandparents use a bowl to unscrew the chili sauce.
Xu Youcang didn't dare to snort when he ate.
Just so cautiously, everyone continued to hurry after dawn, and some children said that they seemed to dream of eating hot soup noodles.
And when Mrs. Xu and the others were about to arrive at the inn opened by Mr. Liu, the county restaurant tossed for several days and failed to make jade ring noodles.
Seeing the waste of a few baskets of fish and a lot of sweet potato flour, the owner of the county restaurant said angrily: "I will eat these for breakfast and lunch in the kitchen and running hall in the next few days to save some food." ”
It's almost a snort, and it's nothing.
It's just a small fish noodle, and it can't be made.
The two chefs' faces turned red, and they used a rolling pin to crush the fish, grind it, or chop it like a dumpling filling.
Later, I tried more than a dozen times after only knocking, knocking big and broken, knocking small or fish, and finally knocking two sticks of incense time sticky, but it broke when I lifted it, and I couldn't lift it at all, let alone want to make noodles. I suspect that the jade ring is not knocked out.
The two chefs remembered the sweet potato flour they tasted again, and then put the sweet potato flour in the way of rolling and grinding and chopping, which was dozens or hundreds of trials. Not to mention other difficulties, I only tried how much sweet potato flour to sprinkle but failed several times.
Increase the amount of flour, and it becomes flour soup directly under the pot, without adding a large amount, or the same sentence, it can't be kneaded into dough, and it is broken if you add less. Anyone with a quick temper and a chronic temper can't do this job.
Shopkeeper Wu looked at the owner and thought to himself that there was something he didn't know whether to say or not.
If you can make it after tasting it, then there is no secret recipe in the world. The pair of grandparents and grandchildren were not confident to sell it so expensive. If you dare to ask for a price, it means that there is only one of them.
Speaking of the secret recipe, the proprietor looked at the shopkeeper Wu: "You sent someone to go these days and asked them if they sell the secret recipe." ”
"Owner, what is the reserve price?"
"Within a hundred taels."