Song Yuanhuanzhi

Chapter 11 Going to the Market
next day
tenth day of august
The morning sun is quiet and elegant, the morning light penetrates the window lattice, cicadas and birds sing, and sing softly.

Because I was able to go to the rally with my sister today, brother got up early excitedly.

In order to earn a few more pennies, he self-taught and used the tricks of rural people selling poultry.

Early in the morning, he picked a lot of leaves for the rabbits to eat. It is better to eat more than less. Although the vegetable leaves do not take much weight, it does not prevent him from selling the rabbits at a good price.

After feeding the rabbit, seeing that the sky was almost getting dark, he ran back to the room with a thump, and tried his best to wake up Sister.

Because of the rally, last night Song Huan specially asked Adi to wake him up, not too late.

At three o'clock, Song Huan was woken up by his younger brother.

Song Huan rubbed his still dazed head and woke up for a long time before getting up.

When his younger brother called Song Huan, Fu Yuanzhi also woke up, a quarter of an hour earlier than Song Huan.

Song Huan went to the side of the water tank to scoop up water with a ladle to wet the face veil, and applied it directly to the face, the coolness instantly dispelled the drowsiness.

Fu Yuanzhi didn't go to the assembly with Song Huan, so he was asked to stay at home and process yesterday's fir tree fungus and chestnuts, drying them in the sun, and peeling them.

For lunch, let him cook the remaining rice porridge for himself. If there is no accident today, he should be able to buy some rice back.

There was a wild boar and four rabbits in the back basket. The wild boar still had a faint breath when it came back. Song Huan poured him a bowl of water and ignored it. It was best if he survived, and there was nothing he could do if he couldn't.

The wild boar has great strength, and it might sneak away in the middle of the night when it regains its strength.

Song Huan carried the prey on his back and took his brother to the meeting slowly.

The meeting was held in Dongxi Village, which is next door to Darongshu Village, a hilltop away, and you will arrive at Dongxi Village after climbing over that hilltop.

Looking down from the mountain, you can see why the assembly was held in Dongxi Village.

Dongxi Village has a superior geographical location. Most of the land is flat, and the houses are scattered. One family is next to the other. The population is also large. According to the number of houses, it is about three times larger than that of Darongshu Village.

Entering Dongxi Village, there is a large flat land at the entrance of the village. This is specially set up by Lizheng for everyone to go to the market. Here, there are few transactions with money, and they are basically barter. For example, Zhang San wants to buy some lamp oil, Li Si said Three catties of rice had to be exchanged, but Zhang San only had beans, so he had to go to Wang Wu to exchange beans for rice before he could buy lamp oil.

Villages and villages, people and people mostly exchange their needs in this way. Except for cloth, needlework and books that must be bought with money, they must go to the town to spend, and everyone will not pay extra in private. The money is spent, and because this form has been used all year round, everyone will not bring money to the rally.

Song Huan didn't expect this to be the case when she came, and she couldn't help frowning.

The prey she hunted this time is really not bad, she doesn't want to just barter it out so easily, and the people here don't have a particularly large demand for meat, mainly because meat is expensive and they have demand but can't afford it. One is that there is no white rice used for trading here, only yellowed old rice, rice bran, and beans.

She observed for a while, and found that this gathering actually had everything it should have, but the quality of the products can only be held by people who meet this level of consumption.

There is also a stall here that sells pork, and there are not many sold. You can tell from the look of the butcher dozing off that his business is not good, and the meat he sells is not much, and it is hard to tell that it is the weight of a whole pig. , It is estimated that this meat is not from today.

That's why she didn't want to exchange the prey she had finally caught. Here, she would definitely not be able to exchange for her ideal thing.

No wonder Father Song always went to the town instead of the rally.

Song Huan recalled the distance to the town. In fact, for herself, the distance was acceptable. From Darongshu Village to the town, she only had to climb two hills, but she had already arrived at Dongxi Village. On the way up, you have to climb over three hills, and there is a big problem here, Brother!

She brought Adi, who was still young, and originally thought that she would bring him here not far away to increase his knowledge and see the outside world, but adding Adi would double the travel time.

Hehe, it can only be said that she overestimated the consumption level of this rally.

In the end, the idea of ​​not being reconciled far outweighed the idea of ​​staying, and she was determined. In this case, she would not only go to the town to sell the prey, but also let brother raise his price all at once!

At worst, she is more tired, nothing is insurmountable!
Brother didn't see enough, he was picked up by Song Huan, walked out of the village through the crowd and began to climb mountains and ridges to the town.

When brother heard that sister was going to take him to the town, he was so excited that he insisted on walking down by himself. He ran excitedly for a while, waited for sister to catch up, and then continued to run, but when he walked up the hill, he became lethargic visibly. .

Song Huan and Adi came out without eating anything. They thought they would sell their prey to get money to buy a big steamed stuffed bun. Who knew it was a scam, so Adi, who was excited for less than a quarter of an hour, became tired.

An hour later, the siblings were thirsty, hungry, and tired. Song Huan was very hungry, and she carried a heavy prey on her back. She had to carry her brother on her back at intervals. Occasionally, she would regret it Thoughts, but when she thought about it, it was too bad, and she felt that the exhaustion was worth it.

Things have value only in front of those who need them.

The prey is meat, and the people are undoubtedly eager for meat, but in their minds, it belongs to the rich to eat. They just changed to a piece of fat that was a little bigger than a fist during the Chinese New Year, and it has been a year. Give an old family snacks with fried oil, and on the night of the Chinese New Year, each person gets a small piece of oily residue, which is probably the best thing most people have eaten in their lives.

After about two hours, Song Huan finally arrived in the town with his younger brother.

There are well-proportioned shops, with flags flying above the door, with wine, food, iron and other words written on them, which are clear at a glance.

The town is indeed much better than a temporary rally. The roads are clean and spacious, and the people coming and going are clean and tidy even though they have patches on their clothes.

The shopkeeper and shopkeeper in the store are also in good spirits, and they will smile back when they notice Song Huan's sister and brother's gaze.

Brother swallowed, held sister's hand, and slowly moved away from the red string of candies, when he heard the person calling candied haws.

Song Huan inquired all the way, and finally stopped at the entrance of a restaurant called Taiping.

The waiter in the store was carefully wiping the dining table with a rag. When he saw Song Huan and his brother stopped at the door, he made a general judgment on the situation of the two of them. When I got to the door, I asked first, "Little girl, are you a top student or a hotel?"

Song Huan led his younger brother up the only two steps and asked, "Is your shopkeeper here?"

Xiaoer took a suspicious look. Could it be that these two are relatives of the shopkeeper? "You are……?"

Song Huan then said something unclear, "Second Brother, won't you know when your shopkeeper comes?"

Xiaoer didn't say anything, went to the backyard and called the shopkeeper, and the shopkeeper came out after a while, met the two, and after confirming that he didn't know each other, he frowned and said, "I'm not a place where you can be free and unrestrained, hurry up! "

Song Huan pushed the back basket that had already been put down, and moved the top grass away, so the rabbits and wild boars inside could be seen at a glance.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper didn't understand anything. He glanced at Song Huan and his brother, and then said, "Come in with me."

(End of this chapter)