Don't panic when fleeing the famine, the peasant girl is busy farming

Chapter 22

Three taels of salt, two catties of oil, two plates, and four bowls.

One pot, one kitchen knife, one hatchet, two sickles, one hoe...

Jiang Erya wanted to buy something else, but Jiang Erniu stopped her.

"You don't need to buy chopsticks. After I return to the village, I'll chop some bamboo and chop it up."

"You don't need to buy spatulas. Bamboo can not only sharpen chopsticks, but also bamboo spatulas, pot brushes, bamboo cups, toothpicks..."

"Don't buy a water ladle either. If you are not used to water ladles made of bamboo joints, I'll go to Aunt Zhao's house and ask for an old gourd. Split the old gourd in half, and there will be two water ladles."

"Don't buy buckets and ropes. When I need them, I will borrow them from other people's houses. When I run out, I will pick up a load of water and send them back. Others will lend them to me..."

Jiang Erniu stopped again and again, and what he said was a good way to save money. Jiang Erya thought about it and said, "The water tank and the bedding for sleeping must be bought, right?"

Jiang Erniu nodded, "Buy, buy!

However, there is no need to worry about futons in advance.

It's still hot now, just take a piece of clothing to cover your stomach at night. When the weather gets colder and we have saved enough money, it won't be too late to buy.

We only have such a small amount of money now, and we have to spend it wisely..."

Coming out of the grocery store, Jiang Erniu asked uncomfortably, "You said you can do something about the food, what can you do?"

Jiang Erya didn't answer, just said: "You will know when the time comes. I will definitely not starve you, just remember this."

While talking, the father and daughter came to the uncle who sold the tank, and Jiang Erya asked, "Master, how do you sell this water tank?"

The uncle who sold the vat said: "Twenty Wen."

Jiang Erya has bought so many things, so she probably knows that a penny here is about equal to a modern dollar.

If in modern times, 20 yuan can buy such a large household water tank, Jiang Erya will definitely call it cheap.

But now...

She pinched the money bag that was rapidly deflated, and asked, "Can it be cheaper? How about fifteen cash?"

The uncle shook his head: "No, no, fifteen is too little!"

"Then I'll add another pen, sixteen, okay?"

The uncle didn't agree to anything, "This is a small business, and I couldn't make much money at first, the little girl bargained too hard..."

After some bargaining, Jiang Erya agreed to buy the water tank at the price of [-] Wen, but she asked the uncle to give her two more small jars containing pickles.

The uncle lost his temper after being tortured by her, so he had to stuff two small jars into her hand.

Jiang Erya paid the money, and the vat seller asked, "Where do you live? If it's far away, give me another five Wen. I'll ask my son to drive the ox cart to deliver the vat to you in the village."

If the distance is not far, most people will choose to walk back slowly with the tank on their backs in order to save the freight.

Jiang Erniu said: "We are from Xinglin Village."

Whether Xinglin Village is near or not, it takes half an hour to walk back to Xinglin Village from here.

But it is obviously impossible for ordinary people to carry such a heavy tank all the way back to Xinglin Village.

Jiang Erya, with a physical value of 5, wanted to try it, but Jiang Erniu refused, saying that he would recite it, and he was afraid that she would smash the tank if she was not careful.

Jiang Erya wanted to bargain again: "I bought the vat at eighteen yuan, and it costs five yuan to ship it back. Will the shipping cost be more expensive?"

The uncle blew his beard and stared: "Five cents is still expensive?

You father and daughter bought so many things, can you walk back to Xinglin Village with all of them on your back?

As long as it costs five Wen, not only can this heavy water tank be transported back, but the things you bought can also be carried back on the bullock cart.

You little girl is so skinny, you can't take up much space, and after putting away your things, you can squeeze into the bullock cart to rest your feet.

What a deal! "

Jiang Erya thought about it according to the uncle's words, yes, it's only five yuan, and it's really a good deal to deliver both goods and people.

Seeing that Jiang Erya nodded and agreed to the uncle, Jiang Erniu had no choice but to count out five Wen.

The uncle received the money and shouted, and his son came driving the bullock cart...

On the way back to the village, Jiang Erya, who was sitting in the bullock cart, muttered to Jiang Erniu: "I always feel like I missed something important."

Jiang Erniu clutched his half-empty purse, and said, "Buy it all, buy it all, buy it all!"

After agreeing not to buy unnecessary things, Erya went back to the grocery store and bought two toothbrushes.

Toothbrushes, which are freshly produced, are extremely expensive. They cost twenty yuan each, which is more expensive than a water tank. My heart aches for him.

What does it matter whether you brush your teeth or not?There are not many people in Xinglin Village who know how to brush their teeth.

Seeing Jiang Erya frowning tightly, Jiang Erniu softened his voice again, and said, "If something is really missing, we'll just add it later. The remaining money really can't be wasted."

Jiang Erniu never thought that Jiang Erya could solve the food problem.He had to keep the money, and if Jiang Erya couldn't get any grain, he would have to spend money to buy it at the grain shop.

Jiang Erya let out a "hmm" and said, "If you don't spend it, don't spend it. Anyway, she also knows how to get to the county seat. When the grain in her manor is harvested, she will sell the grain for money, and then use the money to buy what she needs." those things.

She needs seasoning for cooking.Cooking with only oil and salt will definitely not taste good.

New clothing is also needed.

Including the suit she was wearing, she only had two sets of clothes in total. They were made from Lin Xiuxiu's worn-out old clothes, with patches piled on top of them, making her clothes so tight that if she accidentally tore them, there would be a big hole right away.

Her dad's clothes weren't much better either.It is estimated that it is also the old clothes that Old Jiangtou and the others have worn for several years.

As for what else is needed, Jiang Erya really couldn't think of it for a while.

Let's live like this first, what is missing, you will naturally know when you use it.Write it down later and buy it with spices and clothing.

At that time, she won't take her father to the street together, lest he always stop her, saying that this is unnecessary, that is unnecessary...

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The uncle's son drove the ox cart and followed the road pointed by Jiang Erniu to the entrance of the ancestral hall in Xinglin Village.After unloading the water tank and things, he drove away with the empty ox cart.

Jiang Erya took out the keys of the two side rooms that Li was giving her, opened the door, ventilated the room first, and then cleaned it roughly.

Jiang Erniu tilted the water tank, turned it little by little, and moved into one of the rooms.

Then, Jiang Erniu went to Aunt Zhao's house to borrow a bucket of water, and went to fetch water from the drinking well at the entrance of the village.

Without bothering the second master, Jiang Erya also went to Aunt Zhao's house and asked to borrow food.

Borrowing ten catties and paying back twelve catties after six days is a good thing that most people will definitely agree to.

But Mrs. Zhao didn't agree after hearing this.

"That won't work, if you borrow ten catties, why should you pay back twelve catties?
It's enough to pay back ten catties!

It doesn't matter if you can't get it after six days, it's the same if you get the grain in autumn. "

After finishing speaking, Aunt Zhao went to weigh food for Jiang Erya.

Jiang Erya was very moved, and took the opportunity of begging for water to pour a lot of spiritual spring water into the water tank of Aunt Zhao's house.

(End of this chapter)