Chapter Twenty-Nine: Buying Firewood
In the end, Sakura paid for two pairs of head flowers made of colored silk and three pairs of delicate carved wooden combs, the kind that can be used as decorations in the hair, which is very popular now.
There was also a copper-tipped dry tobacco and a bunch of small toys made of wood.
Like a colorful dove car, a tangram, a Kong Ming lock, and two colored paper paste pony heads, it cost her a total of 180 yuan.
Jiang Saburo couldn't help but be speechless when he saw that the little girl was so good at picking things and could spend money like this.
The gadgets she bought look inconspicuous, but they are all delicate and beautiful, and they are also very practical.
After two words of persuasion, when he saw that his daughter did not listen, he went with her.
After all, the money is her own, as long as the little girl is willing, she can buy someone to go back.
Father and daughter bought while shopping.
Jiang Saburo buys New Year's goods door charms, and Yingbao buys sugar gourds.
Jiang Saburo chooses bowls and chopsticks, and Sakura Bao buys candy people.
In the end, the big back basket really couldn't be put down, and his hands were full, so Jiang Saburo could only carry his daughter back on his back.
Suddenly, the condescending Sakura Bao saw a young man in rags, with a load of firewood in front of him, and there seemed to be a few golden shrunken fungus ears on the black firewood, which was particularly eye-catching.
"Daddy! Father! Come on! ”
Sakura patted her father on the shoulder, pointed to the side of the road and said, "Go over there." ”
Jiang Saburo thought that his daughter had seen something delicious again, so he reminded: "Bao'er, we bought too many snacks, and it's hard to take them." ”
"No snacks, Daddy put me down, I'm going to see that." She pointed with her little hand and pointed to the side of the road.
"Uh......" Jiang Saburo turned his head to look over, and couldn't help but be stunned.
There was no food or toys in that direction, only a ragged boy who looked thirteen or fourteen years old, and a load of firewood in front of him.
Does the girl really want to buy someone?
Ahh What do you think, how could his daughter want to buy a black-skinned boy.
But the girl struggled to come down, there was no way, Jiang Saburo had to go to the side of the road to put down the back basket, sit on the stone to rest by the way, and wait for the two nephews.
Fortunately, this place is already on the periphery of the market, there are no stalls, and the flow of people is scarce, so I am not afraid that the little girl will be stepped on.
Yingbao was carried out of the basket by his father, ran to the load of firewood with a smoke, looked up and asked the young man in rags: "Do you sell firewood?" ”
The boy saw that it was a small doll with a small tiger head hat and came to ask, thinking that she was curious, so he nodded.
"How much?" Sakura asked.
Teenager: "Sanwen." ”
Sakura smiled and asked, "How much does it cost you to send me home?" ”
The boy frowned and asked, "Where is your home?" ”
"Dongchen Village." Sakura replied.
"Dongchen Village." The young man thought for a moment and said, "Send it to Dongchen Village...... Wuwen. ”
"Alright, you can come with me later." Ying Bao put the five coins in the palm of the young man's hand, "This is the money to buy firewood, give it to you first." ”
The boy nodded, clenched the copper coin in his hand, pursed his lips, and a small pear vortex appeared on one cheek, obviously happy.
Sakura Po swept the pear vortex that flashed on the young man's cheeks, and couldn't help but be stunned, and looked at him carefully.
The eyebrows are delicate, the face is thin, the expression is cold, but it is a little dark, it is estimated that it is because of the perennial work in the fields.
After watching it for a long time, that bit of déjà vu is gone. Sakura turned around and ran to see Chai He.
Jiang Saburo was already stunned by his daughter's operation.
Why should the little girl buy a load of firewood?
The firewood at home doesn't need money at all, okay, there are many mountains in the back, as long as you go there and walk around, you can take a burden back.
But what can I do if my daughter has already bought it, let her go.
Jiang Saburo didn't know where his daughter was buying firewood, she was buying the golden fungus on the dry firewood.
Ying Bao squatted in front of Chai He, his little hand had already picked off two small golden ears the size of his fingers, sniffed them under his nose, pretended to put them in his pocket, and actually quietly put them into the cave.
Hehe, Snow Ear didn't see it, but found a golden fungus that is more precious than Snow Ear.
She was going to put the firewood with golden ears into the cave and water it to see if they could grow more.
Sakura Bao stared at the bundle of firewood, stretched out her hand to pull it, wanted to see if there were any golden ears in it, and heard her father call her:
"Bao'er, come here, your cousin is here, let's go home."
Jiang Saburo finally saw the two nephews appear, and immediately beckoned his daughter into the back basket.
"Hey." Sakura Bao agreed, not forgetting his firewood, and motioned to the ragged boy: "Let's go home, you hurry up." ”
"Hmm." The young man didn't say a word, and his short body picked up Chai He.
Chuanhe Town is about five or six miles away from Dongchen Village, and it is not easy to pick up a load of firewood and walk so far.
When he finally arrived at the place, the boy was already tired, his face was flushed, and his whole body was sweating.
While he was untying the rope, Sakura asked, "Where did you get firewood?" ”
The young man looked over vigilantly, and when he saw that the little doll looked ignorant and curious, he paused and said, "It's in Shita Mountain." ”
"Where's Stone Tower Mountain?" Sakura continued to ask.
The boy was silent for a moment, "On the west side of the North Mountain." ”
"Oh." Sakura Po licked the candy man in his hand, thought about it, and took out two water chestnuts from his pocket and stuffed them to him: "Here you go." ”
She saw that the young man was barefoot and wearing straw sandals, his trouser legs were tattered, and they were a lot shorter, revealing his frozen purple feet and neck, and she couldn't help but think of a person she had met in her previous life, but that person had never been so down.
I don't know why I suddenly remembered him.
I remember that the man's name was Chu Yan, and he was a school official in the Governor's Mansion.
Every time he met, he was dressed in a brocade robe, with an embroidered spring knife hanging from his waist, and a pair of eyes looked at people like a sharp blade out of the sheath, cold without a trace of emotion.
She also saw Chu Yan take out the embroidered spring knife and cut off a person's arm with one sword, and her face didn't move, just like chopping melons and vegetables.
But he is such a ruthless person, but he is willing to be used by himself and take a big risk to help him escape from the Governor's Mansion.
Today's young man's eyes, the pear vortex on his cheeks, are a little like him, especially Fang Cai's vigilant glance.
The young man hesitated, took the water chestnut, and said in a low voice, "Thank you." ”
Sakura Bao watched the young man carry the flat pole away, licking the candy man at once, his face expressionless.
"Sakura, what are you doing standing there?" Jiang Saburo came out of the stove room and saw that his daughter had been standing at the door of the courtyard, and asked curiously.
Sakura came back to her senses and said with a smile, "I'll find a place to pile firewood." ”
The young man picked the firewood into the yard and put it next to the deer shed, and she wanted to spread out the firewood to check one by one, and there were a few dry firewood with golden ears on it.
Jiang Saburo shook his head, didn't care about the little girl, and went back to sort out the things he brought back.
Most of the back baskets are gadgets bought by Sakura, and the New Year's goods he bought are pitiful.
A piece of pork, a few bowls, a pair of chopsticks, a packet of coarse salt, two pieces of tofu, a few door marks, and nothing else.
Jiang Sanlang sighed, sorted things and put them away, scooped out another pot of wheat, and prepared to go to the eldest brother to grind flour and make dumplings tomorrow on the Chinese New Year's Eve.
After grinding the flour, he will go to scoop some rice and eat it during the festival.
Besides, Sakura Bao squatted next to the pyre and checked one by one, and found four firewood with golden ears.
She was so happy that she ran to her father with firewood and asked, "Dad!" Father! What kind of tree is this? ”
Only the golden fungus that grows on non-poisonous trees can be eaten, and she asks what kind of firewood it is.
Jiang Saburo took it and looked at it carefully, and said truthfully: "It's a mulberry tree." ”
"Hehehe, I know." Sakura grabbed the stick and ran away.
Jiang Saburo was speechless, shook his head, and went out with a pot of wheat.