Chapter 317: Haggard

Aunt Zhao and Shui Tao were responsible for boiling water, Wu Qian and Zhao Bo were responsible for removing the hair, and then removed the internal organs of the wild boar, and then divided the wild boar into two, half of which was cut into meat one by one, and Aunt Zhao then put the meat into the jar, which was enough to fill the four major jars, and the meat in the jar was made into cured meat, and the remaining half, Wu Qian resisted it to the carriage. After doing this, it was already afternoon, and everyone decided to go and sell these wild boar meat again tomorrow morning.

At dawn the next day, Zhao Bo and Wu Qian drove the carriage to the market, but there were so many wild boar, it was estimated that they could only sell half of it when they went to the nearest town, and this wild boar meat could not be left for too long, otherwise it would be bad. If it was pulled to Shayun City to sell, not to mention selling fast, it could be sold at a good price, so the two of them gave up the near and far and drove directly to Shayun City. It's just that Uncle Zhao's family in Shayun City is fifty miles away, and he drove a carriage and walked for three hours before he arrived in Shayun City.

Shayun City is the largest city in Yunzhou, with a population of 300,000, and it is located at the junction of the Mixed Yuan Dao and the Taiyi sphere of influence, so there are those who cultivate the Taiyi Road and those who cultivate the Mixed Yuan Dao in this Yunzhou.

The three most famous families in Shayun City, the Yin family, the Qiu family and the Yun family, the Yin family cultivates the Mixed Yuan Dao, and the Qiu family cultivates the Taiyi Dao, the Yun family does not require the people in the clan to fix which one to cultivate, it is all based on personal preference, but after the Yin family and the Yun family concluded a marriage more than 20 years ago, the Yun family also required all the cultivators in the clan to only cultivate the Mixed Yuan Dao. Therefore, in Shayun City, the influence of the Mixed Yuan Dao is far greater than that of Taiyi.

Wu Qian and Zhao Bo entered Shayun City, went straight to the vegetable market, put the wild boar meat out, and then called for sale, the wild boar meat is indeed attractive, just started to sell, a group of people surrounded them, cut two catties of meat, and went back to taste it. Wu Qian is responsible for cutting meat, Zhao Bo is responsible for weighing meat and collecting money, what makes Wu Qian cry and laugh is that Zhao Bo actually can't calculate the account! How much money should be charged can't be calculated at all, and Wu Qian has to help him calculate, Wu Qian thought to himself, didn't Uncle Zhao do a small business, why can't he even calculate the account, how did he earn money, and the money he earned can buy a few acres of thin fields and live up in his old age.

Wu Qian shook his head while selling meat, and in just one hour, he sold all the pork. After selling for forty taels of silver, Uncle Zhao was holding the bulging money bag, and his face was full of joy.

Wu Qian teased: "So much silver, Uncle Zhao, can you count it clearly?"

Zhao Bole said hehehe: "I can count more points, I just don't know how to settle accounts." ”

Wu Qian asked rhetorically, "Haven't you ever done a small business?

This question seemed to stop Uncle Zhao, and he was a little embarrassed, and finally scratched his head and said: "We are just a farmer, we do business with our conscience, I don't know if we make money or lose money, anyway, I will be happy to go home and have money in my pocket." ”

This sentence stunned Wu Qian, Uncle Zhao's simple words made Wu Qian's heart throb, maybe he has seen too many bad people, and when he suddenly sees a good person, he will feel that this world is so beautiful.

Uncle Zhao ignored Wu Qian, waved his hand, and said: "Let's go, let's buy clothes, you choose for the peach, and I will choose a set for my wife, he hasn't worn new clothes for several years." After speaking, he walked first, Wu Qian looked at the back of this old man, and reminded him of an old man he had seen before After speaking - Xu Jingyang, an old man standing at the top of the world, looks down on the strength of the world, but his back is so vicissitudes and loneliness, the old man in front of him, an ant-like existence, but his back makes people feel warm and trustworthy. Wu Qian was a little dazed, and began to think about what kind of back he would be when he was old, and what kind of back he wanted?

Seeing that there was no movement behind him, Zhao Bo turned around and shouted Wu Qian, only then did he pull Wu Qian back from his thoughts and follow quickly.

Zhao Bo took Wu Qian through a few streets, and then arrived at the center of Shayun City, although this Shayun City is not as prosperous as Dingnan City, but it is still very lively, all kinds of shops, merchants, and artists are also everything, and the pedestrians on the road are also bustling, a thriving scene. Uncle Zhao chose a tailor shop that looked more magnificent and walked in, and Wu Qian followed in. The shopkeeper of this tailor shop immediately greeted him enthusiastically, Zhao Bo looked at the luxurious and gorgeous clothes, and suddenly regretted a little, afraid that the clothes were too expensive, and a lot of silver was wasted on two sets of clothes, which was really not cost-effective, so Zhao Bo turned back to Wu Qian and said, "You can pick a set of clothes for Shui Tao." ”

Wu Qian asked with some curiosity, "Aren't you going to buy a set for Aunt Zhao too?"

Uncle Zhao smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Then how can the old woman wear these clothes, I'll go and pull a few feet of cloth for her in a while and let her make it herself." ”

Wu Qian probably guessed that Uncle Zhao didn't want to waste money, so he said: "Since Aunt Zhao can make clothes, then just pull a few feet of cloth for Shui Tao and let Aunt Zhao make a set for her." ”

Uncle Zhao waved his hand and said: "Then how can it be done, that old woman is clumsy, what clothes can she make, just make a dress for herself to keep warm, it must be ugly to die for the peach, besides, this money is also earned by you, our old couple is also stained with your light, what are you polite to us, hurry up and choose, mine will let Xiao Er give me six feet of gray plain cloth." ”

Wu Qian couldn't resist Uncle Zhao, so he had to choose the fabric by himself, so Uncle Zhao found a stool in the shop and sat down to rest. After a while, a middle-aged woman walked in from outside the store, with a bloated body unique to that age, her hair was just coiled up casually, looking a little messy, and a blue cloth skirt was also folded and wrinkled, what impressed Wu Qian the most was the haggard on this woman's face, as if she had exhausted all her energy.

Uncle Zhao glanced at this woman, thinking that he was also here to buy clothes, so he ignored her, but as soon as this woman entered the shop, he stared at Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao thought that this person knew him, and looked at the woman carefully, but after looking at it for a while, Uncle Zhao still couldn't remember who this person was, just when Uncle Zhao was puzzled, the woman gestured to Uncle Zhao, Uncle Zhao still didn't understand, and looked dazed.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, Zhao Bo's eyes opened wide, and he also stared at the woman, his body began to tremble, and then he stood up tremblingly, at this time, the woman signaled Zhao Bo not to speak, and then leaned his head outside, asking Zhao Bo to go out with her. Zhao Bo comprehended, so he turned back to Wu Qian and said, "Wu Qian, you choose here first, and I'll go out." ”

Wu Qian said hello, and reflexively glanced back, but saw that Zhao Bo was going out with a woman, so he glanced at the woman more, the woman seemed to be very reluctant for others to look at her, turned around and walked outside, and Zhao Bo also hurriedly staggered to follow. Seeing that Uncle Zhao's expression was a little strange, Wu Qian muttered in his heart: Could it be that Uncle Zhao is so old that he still has romantic debts outside? Wu Qian smiled bitterly, turned around and continued to choose clothes.

Wu Qian chose a set of floral skirts for Shui Tao, and chose a few feet of blue plain cloth for Aunt Zhao according to Uncle Zhao's meaning, so he sat down and waited for Uncle Zhao, but he couldn't see Uncle Zhao's figure, the silver was all on Uncle Zhao, Wu Qian couldn't pay the bill and went out to find it, so he had to continue to sit and wait in the store.

Wu Qian waited for half an hour before he saw Uncle Zhao come back, and when he came back, he still carried two bags of things in his hand, and he seemed to be very happy, and he was still singing a little song. The demeanor and the time when he left were completely like the two of them, which made Wu Qian even more surprised, could it be that Uncle Zhao really had romantic debts when he was doing business before?

Wu Qian stood up and asked, "Uncle Zhao, who was the person who went out with you just now?"

Uncle Zhao smiled and said, "It's just a friend I met when I was doing business before, I haven't seen her for many years, and when I met this time, I went out to chat with her for a while." ”

Wu Qian also smiled and said, "Are you so happy to chat with an old friend?"

Zhao Bo also seemed to notice that Wu Qian didn't believe what he said, so he raised a bag in his hand and said, "I'm happy because of this thing!"

"What is this?" Wu Qian asked.

"Ginseng!" Zhao Bo said with some smugness.

Wu Qian looked at the bag, bulging, and thought, how could Uncle Zhao have so many ginseng, a little suspicious, so he took the bag, opened it, and saw that there were more than ten red boxes inside, about a foot long, quite exquisite, Wu Qian opened a box, and it was indeed a ginseng plant, which looked like some years, but it was very well preserved.

"Uncle Zhao, where did you get so much ginseng?" Wu Qian asked.

"That friend gave it to me just now," Zhao Bo said, Wu Qian wanted to ask again, Zhao Bo pulled Wu Qian over, lowered his voice, and said a little mysteriously: "Then these ginseng give water peaches to replenish their bodies, what do you think?"

Wu Qian chuckled in his heart, thinking, Uncle Zhao could not also see that Shui Tao was pregnant? Wu Qian didn't know how to answer for a while, and then Uncle Zhao said again: "You and Shui Tao are not brother and sister, right?"

Wu Qian smiled awkwardly and said, "Like brother and sister!"

"Then why is Shui Tao pregnant?" Zhao Bo continued to ask.

"This... This is a long story, by the way, Uncle Zhao, what is in your other bag?" Wu Qian quickly changed the topic and asked.

Zhao Bo glanced at Wu Qian meaningfully, smiled, and seemed to say to Wu Qian, even if you don't say it, I know about you and Shui Tao. Wu Qian blushed a little when Uncle Zhao saw it, so Uncle Zhao laughed, and after laughing, he raised the two bags and said, "This is quinoa, which cures my stroke." ”