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Chapter 17 What a terrible word

Ye Xinyan yelled at the sellers in the West Market. As long as there was anyone asking for a price, she would try her best to persuade and lower the price, and eventually she would sell one or two items.

Fortunately, their things are legitimate, not dilapidated and unusable, and the prices are indeed pitifully low. Usually, Ye Xinyan says a few words, and people buy them.At the end, Ye Xinyan would also ask, if you want furniture or something, you can lead someone to look at it, the price is very cheap.

In four or five days, Nanny Jin prepared dry food and clothes at home, Qi Younian repaired a wheelbarrow, and Ye Xinyan used these few days to sell out the daily necessities and furniture of the two families.

The people in the courtyard were extremely surprised by Ye Xinyan's actions. This little daughter-in-law was really capable, and she was able to sell all the old things in the house.Later, people in front of and behind the house heard the news and came to see things, ask prices, and bought a lot of things they liked.

Qi You's stuff in the house, including furniture, pots and pans, even clothes, bedding, plus the things Ye Xinyan bought when he moved in, was a lot of odds and ends, and only sold a total of more than 500 coins.

But with just over 500 wen, they can sell tens of catties of mixed noodles, which is enough for the three of them to feed for more than ten days.

Everything is ready, and it is almost the end of the first month.

In order not to say goodbye to the neighbors and cause melancholy, this morning, before dawn, simple items were bundled on the wheelbarrow, and the three of them were fully dressed, picked them up and left the yard before everyone got up.

Qi Younian pushed the wheelbarrow out of the alley for a long way before stopping again. Taking advantage of the morning light that had just emerged, he looked back at the dilapidated and mottled streets and alleys for a long time before saying in a muffled voice, "Let's go."

Ye Xinyan didn't ask any more questions, but followed Qi Younian's steps, stopped and looked back, listened to the old man's greeting, and then walked forward.

Yes, unlike the two of them, Grandpa Qi has lived here for more than ten years, so he still has deep feelings for this place.

They rushed out of the east gate at the first wave of opening of the city gate, and headed all the way towards Yuyuan County.

This trip was different from Ye Xinyan and Nanny Jin's two women's trips. They were always accompanied by grandpa Qi Younian, which saved a lot of trouble on the road.Furthermore, Qi Younian has also been abroad for many years, traveled to many places, and has more experience on the road.

The three of them were decent old and young women and children. They not only relied on walking, but also pushed a cart along the way, so they couldn't walk very far in a day.

Qi Younian planned the journey. According to their walking speed, they would have to walk for two months.From Ye Xinyan's point of view, Mr. Qi is not forgiving after all, so he can't be in a hurry when traveling, so the estimate for these two months may still be considered low.

Pushing a unicycle also requires skill, and this work is mainly done by Grandpa Qi.In order to reduce the burden on Grandpa Qi, Ye Xinyan studied it seriously for a few days, and gradually she was able to take over and push for a while, so that Grandpa could breathe a sigh of relief.

At the beginning, the three of them worked hard all day and could not walk twenty miles.After a period of adaptation, after seven or eight days, the three of them gradually got used to the daily trekking itinerary.Even so, at the end of a day, you can only walk more than 30 miles.Although the walk was very slow, Ye Xinyan tried her best to persuade Qi Younian to arrange a good time to rest and not use the rest time to change the route.

Qi Younian was getting old, and he was still the main laborer pushing the cart, and Nanny Jin was not young, Ye Xinyan was really afraid that they would fall ill due to the exhaustion of the journey.As far as their little money is concerned, there is not much left to stay at the top of the hotel along the way, even if it is arranged tightly, if it is used to see a doctor, I am afraid it will be used up soon.

The weather is gradually warming up. Whenever she rests on the road, Ye Xinyan will dig some wild vegetables on the grass beside the road to enrich the dry food on the road.

Now there are dandelions just emerging in the wilderness, with an egg, boiled into wild vegetable soup, together with steamed buns, it can supplement more trace elements and dietary fiber, which is also considered a healthy diet.

Nanny Jin and Grandpa Qi didn't understand what Ye Xinyan did. It was said that she dug wild vegetables to save money on food.But I always eat eggs uninterruptedly, so why?
In the mind of the two of them, wild vegetables are something that can only be used to cheat the stomach if they can't eat, and they should not be eaten seriously.Eggs are different, they are not something poor people can afford.

But the division of labor when they set off, the meals on the way were arranged by Ye Xinyan. Although the taste of the meals arranged by Ye Xinyan was not very good, it is an indisputable fact that they are all in good health, and the food expenses are not too much.

The two were puzzled, Qi Younian is a gentleman, but he just had a change in his mind, so he stopped thinking about it.Nanny Jin was not the case, she had doubts in her heart, so she naturally asked.

Ye Xinyan smiled and replied, "Wild vegetables are not as tasty as the vegetables you eat every day, but their efficacy is unambiguous. Just like dandelions, they are not only edible, but also have medicinal value."

Ye Xinyan has her own way of thinking.

Eating some wild vegetables can not only save money, but also be good for the body, which is much better than eating mixed noodles and steamed buns.As for the eggs, they only cost two renminbi each, and if you beat one a day in wild vegetable soup, it would only cost [-] renminbi a month, much cheaper than taking medicine.

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In this way, after more than 20 days, the three of them walked less than one-third of the distance.

Although Ye Xinyan kept comforting Qi Younian and Nanny Jin on the surface, she was also a little worried about the journey in her heart.What year and month will it take to get there?In other words, they are not learning from the scriptures after all, and they don't have such a strong belief support.

What's more, if they go on like this, will they be as exhausted as beggars when they reach Yudong?At that time, how embarrassing was Grandpa Qi in front of the folks?Ragged, sallow and emaciated returning home...they must be greeted with sympathy, pity and disdain, right?
It didn't matter to her, but at Grandpa Qi's age, he had to accept such stares when he returned to his hometown after leaving home for many years, which really made her feel uncomfortable.

In the past few days, the three of them have spent nearly eight taels of silver to stay in the hotel.Going on like this, when they returned to Grandpa Qi's hometown, they didn't even have the money to pretend.This is the case without accidents on the road.

At noon that day, the three of them were sitting on the side of the road, holding bowls, drinking wild vegetable soup, and eating miscellaneous noodles.Ye Xinyan was worried about the next journey.

On the trolley they traveled this time, they carried a pot and a simple stand, which could be set up at any time to pick up firewood to make soup and mush.Wotou and zamian pancakes are made when staying in a shop, or when staying at a fellow villager's house.

Ye Xinyan was chewing on the dry and hard pancakes, while thinking about her grandfather's return to his hometown.How about discussing it with grandpa, first settling down in a more prosperous town on the road, doing business for a year or so, earning some money, and then going back?

Or, instead of staying in hotels on the road, now that the weather is getting warmer, you can choose to sleep in a ruined temple.In this way, when we arrive in the east of Henan, we can use the saved money to change some clothes, buy some gifts, hire a carriage to go back, and temporarily show off for grandpa?
It's just that, if you don't stay in the shop, grandpa and mother Jin don't know if they can bear it?

It's almost the end of February now, there are not many pedestrians on the road, but there are also many, but there are almost no people as depressed as them.

There are also some people who are sharp on the road, but they bring serious cooked food.Anyone who travels long distances also has strong feet, or leads a donkey, or sits in an ox cart.

The three of them were the only ones pushing the wheelbarrow for the long distance.They are still cooking on a fire by the side of the road, and the wild vegetables dug up by the side of the road are cooked in the pot, how can it be a miserable word?
It was already miserable, but I still met onlookers.This world is too... Well, of course, the onlookers also depend on who the onlookers are.

(End of this chapter)