Chapter 4: Brother and Sister
Liu Heng soon left the alley of the Zhou family.
It's just that before leaving, when he walked under the archway of the Zhou family again, he couldn't help but look back suddenly, looked at the Zhou family's mansion again, and then turned his gaze to the sky above the mansion of another family a little far away from the Zhou house.
From a very young age, he knew that he could see things that no one else could see.
For example, the cyan mist that hung over the Zhou family, and the larger mass above the other family, which almost covered the entire house.
Years of careful temptation have made Liu Heng know that the green qi does not obstruct the sun, does not shade the rain and dew, for the vast majority of people in this vast world, they are almost non-existent.
And, indeed, no one seems to be able to see them.
Except for yourself.
It's just those green gases, but Liu Heng clearly knows that the world he lives in is not a pure world.
Of course, Liu Heng knew that he was not qualified to worry about others.
He now prefers to worry about some firewood, rice, oil, and salt.
Turning his head to leave the alley of Zhou's house, he returned the same way, and in the middle he turned into the market.
Weigh two catties of salt.
Beat a pound of vegetable oil.
I bought three catties of millet, ten catties of brown rice, ten catties of multigrain noodles, and even bought two catties of white noodles.
Sanya is greedy, and recently she has been yelling about wanting to eat white flour soup cakes.
Although Xiao Liu Zhang didn't speak, he also smiled.
Isn't it just two catties of noodles, give them to them!
After a final hesitation, he turned into the cloth shop and pulled two feet of water blue cloth.
The guy in the store looked him up and down and asked, "What can you do with two feet of cloth?"
Liu Heng answered honestly and honestly, saying: "My sister said that she would make us a few pairs of new shoes, and I thought about two feet of cloth as the upper, which was enough." ”
The guy became more and more surprised, "If you really want to make shoes, the leftover cloth cutting clothes you bought before can be made to make do with them, and they can also be used as shoe uppers, why bother to pull two feet of cloth back?"
This question made Liu Heng blush a little, and he said, "I haven't pulled the cloth for two years." ”
The guy listened and looked at him blankly, measuring the cloth, and while the shopkeeper was not paying attention, the scissors were biased to the side of the cloth roll to have a slap, and then he tore it, even if it was to give an extra pair of uppers.
Liu Heng was a little embarrassed.
He is not used to taking advantage of others, and in front of the shopkeeper, he can't even thank him.
Quickly calculating the account in his mind, he said embarrassedly, "I...... Pull me another two zhang of dark blue, the kind of thick cloth in autumn and winter, not too much, just one zhang two. ”
The shopkeeper over there was a little strange when he heard this, and he glanced over here.
Liu Heng thought in his heart, although it seems to be the height of summer, but autumn is coming after all, his brothers and sisters went to Mr. Huang to listen to his lectures, and they didn't give anything, and now they have saved a few dollars, so it's better to tear a piece of cloth for him now, and let Sanya make clothes for the old man, and then he will be a bundle.
He felt that it was better than giving those few pounds of meat.
This time, the guy who measured the cloth didn't give much, but he was a solid one-foot two.
After settling the account and leaving the shop, Liu Heng looked up at the sun, and felt that it was not too early, so he hurried back.
Seeing that there was a candy blower at the gate of the market, he regretted it a little, in fact, he should have bought some sugar, but it was too expensive, and he felt that it didn't matter if he ate it or not, so he was always reluctant to buy it.
After a moment's hesitation, he leaned over and bought two candy men.
When he returned to his fish stall, Chen Le still knew that he would help pick up the jars and cloth blankets first, but Sanya jumped up happily and took the candy man first.
She is one, Chen Le is one.
Liu Heng looked at them with a smirk.
But they didn't rush to put it in their mouths, they just looked at Liu Heng.
Sanya asked, "Brother, did you buy two?"
Liu Heng smiled, "Mine has been eaten." Xiaosi didn't run errands, didn't have his share, and let him eat soup cakes at night. "Actually, the main reason is that it's too hot, and if the sugar man takes it back, he's afraid of melting.
Neither of them believed it.
This is Liu Heng's old routine, and no one believes it anymore.
Chen Le handed him over first and said, "Brother, give you this, I ate a little too much in the morning, and I'm still a little tired at this point, so I don't want to eat it." ”
Liu Heng laughed, but his mouth was not polite, "Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and eat yours!
Sanya smiled and licked.
"Is it sweet?" asked Liu Heng.
Sanya nodded, and her buns swayed, and her big eyes were as clear and moist as the surface of the lake.
"Sweet," she said. ”
Liu Heng smiled, "Then eat! Don't delay selling!"
With that, he went back to squatting down.
At this time, there is no business, Sanya licked the sugar man, and also squatted down, chattering with Liu Heng about what happened just now: she wanted to give that guy three copper coins, but the second brother said that today's fish is estimated to be unsold, it is better to give him a fish, he can stew a soup when he goes back, it is a meal of meat, which is worth more than three copper coins, and we will not take it back and the fish will be broken, and finally she felt that it made sense, so she agreed.
But she still secretly gave the man two more copper coins.
He said that the second brother wanted to murder her because of this, saying that she would not live.
When she said her, Liu Heng just listened with a smile and didn't interject, at best, he nodded at the end and said, "Okay." ”
Sanya has always talked a lot, and people who eat candy can't stop it.
She chatted with Chen Le, Chen Le always argued with her and argued with her, so she didn't like to talk to Chen Le, Liu Heng didn't talk much, and Liu Zhang, the fourth child in the family, also talked little, and they were all her best targets.
It was almost noon, and the market gradually became less lively.
Seeing that no one came to buy fish, the three brothers and sisters cleaned up, and they were reluctant to buy some food in the lower market, so they went out of the lower market under the sun and rushed directly to their homes.
While hurrying, Chen Le and Sanya raised the bar.
Actually, it won't be anything, anyway, they always talk and can lift the bar.
Of course, a spout is a spout, but it is limited to a spout.
The four of them have been together for many years now, and they have never blushed.
Everyone has come from a hard life, and we all know how rare it is to have someone who knows cold and hot and can be trusted to keep warm.
Although they are not brothers and sisters, they have actually been better than brothers and sisters over the years.
So, they quarreled with them, but Liu Heng never answered.
Just carrying the back basket on his back, feeling the weight, recalling that when he put it in the clay pot just now, the remaining dozen or so fish had already faintly smelled of fish, and he couldn't help but feel a little helpless.
There are yokai in Onozawa, and no one dares to go into the water to catch fish, but there are many other ponds and rivers around, so there is no shortage of fish, and every time you go to the market to sell fish, you will always see several fish stalls. However, the local people do not like to eat fish very much in summer, but in winter, they prefer to set up a big fire to stew fish and eat it.
As a result, every summer, the fish brought over for sale often cannot be sold.
It's hot, and the fish spoil quickly.
This is one of the things that makes him most helpless.
............
The three brothers and sisters are all used to being poor.
Carry hunger, can endure hardship, and can also hurry.
But even so, along the way, each person ate a coarse grain cake that they brought with them to barely satisfy their hunger, and when they arrived home after more than 30 miles, the three of them were already so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.
Before they arrived at the door, just hearing their talking and walking, the big yellow dog in the family had already jumped up and rushed out of the door excitedly to pick them up.
Immediately after, Liu Zhang, the fourth child who heard the movement of rhubarb, also ran out.
The brothers and sisters put down the clay pot, put down the blankets, and didn't have time to wash their faces and rest, Liu Heng first assigned work to everyone: the three brothers were responsible for a few families, sending the remaining fish out, and Sanya was responsible for washing hands and cooking, and making soup cakes!
Of course, leave a few and roast them later, one for each person and two for rhubarb!
Smoke soon rose from the small courtyard.
Rhubarb ran around beside Liu Heng, his tongue bare, very excited.
It was only half an hour's work, Sanya cooked the soup cakes, everyone picked up the bowl and was about to eat, the rhubarb was a mouthful, but someone suddenly spoke outside the yard.
"Excuse me...... Does Liu Heng's family live here?"