After inviting Boss Zhang to have a meal in the lobby, he went back to the room to take a hot shower and fell asleep.

On the way to Linzhou City, Lu Zhengan basically didn't close his eyes much, and now he has washed off the dust on his body, and he is a lot more relaxed. After pillowing the clothes with the money hidden under the pillow, I fell asleep.

This night, Lu Zhengan woke up when he slept until nearly an hour, and after washing up, Lu Zhengan changed his clean clothes and went out.

……

Although Linzhou City is not big, it is extraordinarily lively.

Walking on the street, Lu Zhengan listened to the various stalls on both sides of the street, and only felt dazzled. However, Lu Zhengan came out this time with a purpose. After visiting his street and not finding the dry goods shop he was looking for, he bought two steamed buns from a stall on the street to buy steamed buns and began to talk to the boss.

The boss who sold the steamed buns saw that Lu Zheng'an was dressed ordinarily and did not look like a particularly wealthy person, although he smiled and pointed him in the direction. But I couldn't help but persuade him: "The dry goods are not cheap now, and I don't have three or five taels of silver on my body, so I don't dare to go inside." ”

Lu Zhengan pretended not to hear the boss's words, took the steamed bun and thanked the boss, and then walked in the direction pointed by the boss while eating the steamed bun.

When you turn to Suzaku Street, there are significantly fewer pedestrians on the street, let alone street stalls. Lu Zhengan stood at the excuse and looked at it, but he didn't find one.

After walking twenty or thirty meters along the bluestone road, Lu Zhengan found that although there were few people on this street, the shops that could be opened were not ordinary. Obviously, they will come to this street to hang out, and their family background is not too bad.

Lu Zhengan thought as he walked, and saw a dry goods shop five or six meters away in front of him, so he hesitated for a moment and walked in.

The second child in the store was cleaning, and when he saw a customer entering the door, he immediately stopped what he was doing. However, after seeing Lu Zhengan's clothes, although the smile on his face did not change, there was no warmth in his eyes.

"What do you want to buy, this guest officer?"

The containers of Lu Zheng Amgen's dry goods store are all made of glass, and all kinds of dried fruits are contained in transparent glass cabinets, which look extremely high-grade against the background of the yellow lining at the bottom. It's just that the price of the outside of the container is too expensive, and one or two ordinary candied fruits cost two dollars of silver!

Lu Zheng'an's heart was turbulent, but he didn't show anything on his face. After calmly turning around the whole dry goods store, I had no thoughts in my mind for a while. Walking out of the dry goods store under the strange gaze of the shopkeeper, Lu Zhengan looked back at the signboard of the store and couldn't help but sigh.

After walking some distance further, Lu Zhengan found two more dry goods shops, and when he walked in, he found that the price difference was not too much. For a while, I had no interest in going further, and went straight back to the inn by the same road.

After returning to the inn, Lu Zhengan sat in the room and looked at the basket of dried peaches he brought, and his mind began to calculate quickly.

got up and walked to the window, looking at the bustling crowd downstairs, Lu Zhengan thought of what the owner of the bun stall said, hesitated for a moment and came to the street with a basket full of dried peaches.

Before coming to a stall selling apples, Lu Zhengan saw that there was an empty seat next to him. After asking the boss and making sure that there was no one nearby, he put the basket on the ground and opened the dried peaches in the basket in a cloth bag.

The boss who sold apples in the past wondered what Lu Zhengan would sell if he brought a back basket, until he saw the contents of Lu Zhengan's back basket and couldn't help but praise it.

"Ouch, what kind of dried fruit is this, it looks good."

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan took one from the back basket and handed it to the owner of the apple stall, "Dried peaches, made at home, and I can't eat them at home, so I will carry them out and change them to a copper plate to subsidize the family." If you don't mind, you can try it, and add some to it when you eat it with tea or make snacks, it tastes good. ”

The owner of the apple stall took a bite in his hand, nodded and commented: "This peach is just right, not too dry and chewy, and it is quite tenacious, sweet and sour and delicious." ”

Hearing what the boss said, Lu Zhengan smiled and didn't say anything more. Turning his head to the crowd of people coming and going, he began to sell again.

Dried fruit candied fruit is not cheap, and although there are many curious people, there are no people who really dare to ask the price. However, Lu Zhengan was not discouraged. After a while, a woman in muslin finally couldn't bear to step forward and asked, "Little brother, how much is your dried peaches?" ”

Seeing that a guest finally asked for the price, Lu Zhengan immediately greeted warmly: "These dried peaches are all made by home, make hard money." If the sister-in-law wants to give 95 wen a pound, the sister-in-law will try it first. If you think it's delicious, it's never too late to buy it. ”

Lu Zhengan was not stingy, and as he spoke, he picked out a dried peach with the thickness of an adult's finger from the back basket and handed it to the woman who asked for the price. After the other party took a bite, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Looking up at Lu Zhengan, he asked uncertainly: "Is it really ninety-five wen a catty, not one tael?" ”

Hearing the woman say this, Lu Zhengan immediately laughed. "Look at what my sister-in-law said, my dried peaches are not inlaid with gold edges, how can they be sold so expensive. It is determined that it is ninety-five wen a catty, not one or two. ”

With Lu Zhengan's words, the woman's smiling eyes crooked. Stuffed the remaining dried peaches in his hand into his mouth, pointed to the dried peaches in the back basket and said to Lu Zhengan: "Nacheng, help me weigh three catties." ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan immediately responded, turned his head and asked the boss who sold apples next to him to borrow a scale, weighed three catties of dried peaches, carefully packed them in a brown paper bag and handed them to the woman, and put the money in his pocket.

Since Lu Zheng'an walked around Suzaku Street, he found that at the price of the dry goods shops here, ordinary people really can't afford it. Those who can set up shops here must have an unusual net worth of shopkeepers. And like this kind of shop, people generally have fixed suppliers, Lu Zhengan just wants to send his dried peaches to others, and people may not be willing to take a look.

Rather than this, Lu Zhengan simply didn't work these shops, but it was better to set up a stall and sell them directly.

Xu was off to a good start, and the remaining 56 catties of peaches in the basket were sold in less than an hour. Lu Zhengan silently calculated the account in his heart, and when he saw that it was just a basket of dried peaches, he sold it for five taels or six yuan of silver, and his heart suddenly blossomed. While returning the scale to the boss, he bought two catties of apples as a thank you.

Now that the dried peaches he brought have been bought, there is no point for Lu Zhengan to stay in Linzhou City. In addition, he had not seen Song Huaishu and his precious daughter for several days, and Lu Zhengan couldn't stay any longer. Carrying an empty backpack, he bought some uncommon specialties in Hualong Town on the street, returned to the cart shop to say hello to Boss Zhang, who sold fruits, and waited at the city gate for the carriage to return to Hualong Town.

It's just that Hualong Town is a small area after all, and there are not many horse-drawn carriages that can go directly. Lu Zhengan waited from noon to near Shen, and seeing that there was no hope of waiting any longer, he had no choice but to get into a carriage to Jiang'an Town first.

After a night of bumps, when Lu Zhengan got out of the carriage, he felt that his legs were no longer his own. Standing on the side of the road for a while, Lu Zhengan rubbed his hungry stomach, and after eating a bowl of bean curd and two fried dough sticks on the side of the street, he hurriedly chartered a carriage and let the handlebar run to Hualong Town.

……

Since Lu Zheng'an went to Linzhou City, Song Huaishu's whole heart seemed to be held in the palm of his hand. When he was playing in the yard with Lu Xingyi in his arms, his eyes were always looking at the door carelessly. always felt that Lu Zhengan would be able to appear at the door in the next second.

Song Lanshi and Song Xiren looked at Song Huaishu like this, although they were pleased that the relationship between the two was good, but they were also worried that Song Huaishu had been so restless and his body would not be able to bear it.

Just when Song Huaishu slipped to the gate of the courtyard again with his daughter in his arms, Song Lanshi wanted to comfort him, but after seeing Lu Zheng'an standing at the door, he immediately patted Song Huaishu on the shoulder and said to Song Huaishu excitedly: "Zheng'an is back." ”

When Song Huaishu heard his mother's words, he thought that her old man was deceiving him and didn't pay attention to it, but when the corner of his eyes swept to Lu Zheng'an, who came to the door, he hugged Lu Xingyi and was stunned.

"Huaishu, mother, I'm back."

Hearing Lu Zhengan's familiar voice, Song Huaishu only felt that his nose was a little sour, and he looked at Lu Zhengan's eyes and unconsciously carried a little grievance.

Lu Zhengan has lived with Song Huaishu for so long, and her emotional changes can naturally be seen. At this time, looking at Song Huaishu's expression, my heart couldn't help but feel distressed. threw the basket on his shoulder on the ground, and despite Song Lan's still being in front of him, he stepped forward and hugged Song Huaishu and Lu Xingyi in his arms.

"I'm back, I've worked hard for you these past few days."

When he really heard Lu Zhengan's voice and was really held in his arms, Song Huaishu's heart finally relaxed. "With my mother and father here, and my daughter not making trouble, what do I have to work for. It's you, I guess you haven't rested outside these days, and your eyes are bloodshot. ”

"It's okay, it's just that I rushed back in a hurry and didn't sleep all night, so I'll just get some sleep later." As he spoke, Lu Zhengan let go of Song Huaishu and looked at Lu Xingyi, whose eyes were wide in his arms, and wanted to take it over and hug him for a while. However, he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, and his hands had not been washed, so he had no choice but to give up.

And Lu Xingyi's black bean-like eyes stared at Lu Zheng'an, pursed his small mouth and made a 'smack, smack' sound, as if he was greeting Lu Zhengan again.

"It's your daughter, look at her happily."

Song Lanshi stepped forward to take Lu Xingyi from Song Huaishu's arms, and said to Song Huaishu: "Zheng'an has been in the dust all the way, you quickly get a basin of water to wash him, and find another set of clothes for him to change." ”

Hearing this, Song Huaishu responded and ran to the kitchen. Seeing this, Lu Zhengan also hurriedly followed.

Song Huaishu looked at Lu Zheng'an, who was following behind him, and while fetching water from the water tank, he asked, "How did you go out this time?" Is it still going well? ”

"It was OK to visit a couple of dry goods shops and the prices were surprisingly high. I went to bring fifty or sixty catties of dried peaches this time, and sold them directly on the street, and a basket of dried peaches sold for more than five taels of silver. When it was sold, it always felt like the money was picked up for nothing. ”

Hearing Lu Zhengan's words, Song Huaishu couldn't help but be a little funny. "What kind of white pick-up, isn't it a cost for you to carry it to Linzhou?" After that, Song Huaishu twisted his eyebrows and thought for a while, and said: "However, fifty or sixty catties of dried peaches can be sold for more than five taels, so it will cost eighty or ninety wen a catty, right?" Is it so easy to sell ? ”

"The prices of dried fruit candied fruits over there are ridiculously high, and our dried peaches are eighty or ninety wen a catty, and there is no one to bargain for. On the way back, I thought about it, we can transport things to the surrounding cities and sell them, although it is a bit harder, but if it is compared to renting a shop, it will be more profitable. ”

Song Huaishu listened to Lu Zhengan's words and felt quite reasonable. It's just that if he really runs like this, I'm afraid that Lu Zheng'an's days at home will be less in the future. More importantly, if Lu Zhengan's dried peaches are sold so cheaply, will the local owners of dry goods shops think that Lu Zhengan is robbing his own business by doing this......

After Lu Zhengan finished speaking, he couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw Song Huaishu frowning and not speaking. Stretched out his hand and shook it in front of him, looked sideways at his face and asked, "What's wrong?" What do you want to be so engrossed? ”

Song Huaishu came back to his senses from his thoughts, looked at Lu Zhengan and said, "Your idea is good, but if you rob the business of other people's shops like this, will people be happy?" ”

Without waiting for Lu Zhengan to answer, he suddenly heard footsteps in the courtyard and remembered it. The two looked back and saw Song Xiren walking in with a rattan ball woven from colored silk threads. There was also a bell in the rattan ball, which made a sporadic sound with Song Xiren's movements.

"Father." Seeing Song Xiren coming back, Lu Zhengan hurriedly came out of the kitchen to greet Song Xiren.

Song Xiren, who originally wanted to hug Lu Xingyi, suddenly brightened his eyes after seeing Lu Zhengan, and asked with concern: "When will you get home?" Did it go well? ”

Hearing this, Lu Zhengan nodded and told Song Xiren everything he had seen and heard along the way. Speaking of the topic that Fang had just talked about with Song Huaishu, Lu Zhengan continued: "The customers who can open dried fruit shops on Suzaku Street are all wealthy people. There are not many ordinary people like these who can afford to enter the door. In addition, there are not many shops selling candied fruits in Linzhou City, so I thought that if we could transport our dried fruits to Linzhou City or other places, the business would definitely be bad. ”

Lu Zheng'an did have a point, but Song Huaishu was still worried that he would be secretly spoiled by other dry goods shops, so he raised his eyes and looked at Song Xiren and Lu Zhengan to express the worries in his heart.

After hearing Song Huaishu's words, Song Xiren also nodded: "Although Huaishu's worries are not unreasonable, fortunately, we don't often sell them anywhere, and we don't worry about them a few times a few times. During the New Year's holidays, those shops are too busy with their own business, and they can't get along with you. So, you can still rest assured. ”

Song Xiren is a veteran of trading, and hearing him say this Song Huaishu can be regarded as relieved. looked up at the bloodshot in Lu Zhengan's eyes, and hurriedly urged him to rest for a while.

However, after chatting with the two for a while, Lu Zhengan did not feel sleepy. took his daughter from Song Lan's arms, and gently shook the rattan ball that Song Xiren had just bought in his hand to tease her.

Knowing that he really missed his children in the past few days, Song Xiren and Song Lan did not bother their family of three. After withdrawing from the living room, the two went to a restaurant on the street to order a few meat dishes that Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu loved to eat.

Since Lu Zhengan left home, except for the meal he just had at the big car shop in Linzhou City, Lu Zhengan has never had a good meal. After the two elders of the Song family put the food on the table, Lu Zhengan silently took a breath and let go of the food.

Everyone looked at his appearance and knew that he must have not eaten well outside, and they couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

After a storm, Lu Zhengan finally put down the dishes and chopsticks with satisfaction, and saw that everyone was looking at him with a smile and a groan, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised. "I didn't have time to eat in the car last night, but I ate a bowl of bean curd and fried dough sticks this morning, and my stomach was really a little hungry."

"I know that you must be reluctant to eat outside, there is me and your father at home, there is no need to save a meal or two when we go out."

Listening to Song Lan's words, Lu Zhengan smiled and nodded. Thinking of the things he brought back from Linzhou City, he hurriedly got up and brought in the back basket that was resting at the door.

"This trip to Linzhou was in a hurry, so I bought some things on the street at random." As he spoke, Lu Zhengan took two boxes of gourd cakes and two sauced ducks from the back basket. "This gourd cake and sauce duck are their specialties, you two old people try it, if you think it's delicious, I'll buy some more when I go next time."

After Lu Zhengan finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Song Huaishu, who had been looking at him, took his hand under the table, and then moved his wrist to withdraw a hairpin hidden in his sleeve into his palm, and then put it in Song Huaishu's hand.

Song Huaishu was suddenly held by Lu Zhengan's hand, and he was still a little embarrassed. However, when he suddenly had something more in his hand, he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart. When I saw clearly that what I was holding was a white jade bamboo-shaped hairpin, I was immediately a little incredulous.

"You ......"

Seeing this, Lu Zhengan looked at his expression with a smile and asked, "Do you like it?" ”

After Song Huaishu nodded, Lu Zhengan took out two red head ropes with hairballs hanging from his arms, and said, "I don't know how long our daughter's hair can grow when the Chinese New Year comes, and whether this head rope can be used." ”

Song Huaishu looked at the two red head ropes, although he didn't think they were very good-looking, but Lu Zhengan's heart made him feel better than everything in the world!

Chapter 92

August 12 was the day when Song Huaishu and Lu Xingyi returned home from the full moon, and as the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Lu Zhengan went to the town to buy two carps and two big red roosters, and bought some dim sum mooncakes and sent them to the Song family's small courtyard.

The two elders of the Song family were no longer surprised by Lu Zhengan's generosity, seeing that he had taken so many things, they simply fried and stewed them, and after leaving the meal they had eaten that day, they directly packed it in a food box and asked Lu Zhengan and Song Huaishu to take it with them when they went back.

After the family had a lively meal, Lu Xingyi also woke up, and after vacating the 'warehouse', he began to pout and beg for food.

When she woke up, Song Lanshi had already warmed the goat's milk, and when she opened her mouth to cry, she immediately put on the bib for her.

Knowing that she was going to start eating, Lu Xingyi immediately closed her mouth, her eyes were fixed on the spoon that Song Lanshi handed to her mouth, and she was anxious to kick her hands and feet, and her mouth kept humming and screaming.

Song Xiren on the side looked at Lu Xingyi's appearance, his eyes were full of love, and after laughing, he said to everyone: "I feel that our girl doesn't look like a milk doll for more than a month, the old Wu family in the shop next door." His grandsons are four or five months old, and they don't feel as smart as our girls. I don't know how to cry when I pee and pull, eh, it doesn't look flattering at all. ”

Hearing Song Xiren's words, Song Lan, who was breastfeeding Lu Xingyi, couldn't help but glance at him.

"Yes, is there anything bad about your girl in your eyes? Two days ago, the girl used her fingernails to pick a red mark on her face, and the girl didn't cry herself, but you shed tears in distress. I've never seen you like this! In the future, you must not let our girl stay with you for too long, and the children will spoil you after a long time. ”

At the mention of this, Song Xiren suddenly felt that his face was a little unbearable, covered his mouth and coughed dryly, and retorted: "When did I shed tears, you arranged me in front of the children." ”

When Song Lanshi heard him say this, she looked at him with a smile and didn't tear him down, and after feeding Lu Xingyi, she wiped her little mouth with her bib, got up and went to the kitchen to wash dishes.

When Song Xiren saw that his wife had left, he hurriedly walked up to Song Huaishu and picked up the child, and said: "Grandpa hugs the girl, I should go back tonight, I won't see the girl for a few days." ”

Song Huaishu was also extremely helpless about his father's doting on his children, and after glancing at Lu Zhengan, he got up and went to the house to pack his things.

The father and daughter had a lot of things when they walked on the full moon, and even more when they returned home, in addition to some gadgets that the two elders of the Song family bought for Lu Xingyi, there was also an extra dairy sheep in the back of the car when they left.

Lu Zhengan stood at the door of the Song family's small courtyard, looked at the mule cart full of things, and said to Song Huaishu: "Let's go relatives, we are about to catch up with the move." If you and your daughter come to stay again, your father's and mother's house will be emptied. ”

Lu Zheng'an, Song Huaishu, did not react to this, but made Song Xiren and Song Lanshi on the side laugh. "It's just right to be emptied, and if we are empty, we two old guys will rely on your house!"

Hearing Song Lan's words, Lu Zheng'an immediately continued: "Then I will immediately go into the house and move all the things and things, Huai Shu and I can't wait for you and your father to go to my house to live." ”