Beloved Concubine

Chapter 9
The two chattered in the street, attracting the attention of passers-by.

Not far away, a young man in a coarse cloth blouse and carrying a bamboo cage looked at the two of them with big black eyes, "flirting and cursing".

He looked at the sky and touched the bamboo cage that slanted across.Inside is a snake, although it is not poisonous, it looks scary.He wanted to take a car to the county seat several times before, but when people asked him what he was carrying on his back, he would not be allowed to take the car.

Here, Chen Xiao softened his attitude and said:
"You don't owe me anything, you don't have to."

Fang Yu shook his wrist: "Now I owe a lot!"

Then he smiled and said, "You can't leave until this bracelet is used up."

Chen Xiao stretched out his hand: "How about I change it for you."

"Change what?"

"Change to a clean one."

"No." Fang Yu protected his wrist, and said in a shameless tone:
"I want this."

Chen Xiao is not a person who cares too much, but she doesn't like to always take advantage of others and let others suffer.If Fang Yu keeps refusing to let her pay, she'd better leave early.

As the saying goes, cannibals have soft mouths but short hands.Look at Chun Hong, who became Fang Yu's errand in just two days.

Chen Xiao has lived for 30 years at least, and has seen many people of all kinds in society.At this time, Fang Yu had already shown compromise, so she gave up too, and the two reconciled.

"You'd better put away the string." Chen Xiao said.

He was dressed as a farmer and wore a gold bracelet, which was very unsuitable.

"No, I'll just wear it."

Fang Yu looked smug, as if he had received a token of love.

While the two were talking, Sister Pu's nephew came over with Chunhong.

"Brother Fang, the owner of the car wants to pay more." Chunhong felt that the owner of the car was ridiculously expensive.

"How much more?" Fang Yu asked.

Sister Pu’s nephew said: “Usually we go to the county town by car, one person is [-] Wen, and a car is six people. It is reasonable to say that the chartered car costs [-] Wen. But the owner of the car said that it is getting late now, and he has to stay in the county town for one night, so ...he wants a thousand coins."

"Give it to him." Fang Yu almost didn't think about it.

Chunhong said: "Why don't we stay in the town for one night and leave early tomorrow morning?"

In this way, they can pay one hundred Wen per person for the car.

Fang Yu said: "Don't stop, let's go."

Even tomorrow, he will still charter a car to leave.What's more, there are no good inns or restaurants in this town.

He took out a piece of broken silver to Chunhong: "Call the carriage, let's go."

"Okay." Chunhong took Suiyin and went to call a car.

Soon, the carriage came.

They were getting into the car when a boy carrying a bamboo cage came over.

"Are you going to the county seat?" the boy asked.

"What's the matter with you?" Chunhong asked.

"Well... I'm going to the county too, but there's no car now. Can I take your car? I'll pay for it."

The boy hurriedly added, looking a little shy.

When Chunhong heard that he would pay for the car, she looked at Brother Fang.

Fang Yu glanced at the bamboo cage and asked, "What's inside?"

The boy was a little nervous all of a sudden, he pressed the cover, hesitantly said: "Yes, it's a snake."

"Snake!" Chunhong called out all of a sudden, her voice becoming higher.

"These snakes are not poisonous." The boy hurriedly added.

Fang Yu looked at Chen Xiao, saw her calm face, and said, "You decide."

Chen Xiao looked at the boy, thirteen or fourteen years old, dressed as a poor man, and said:

"Get in the car, don't want your money."

"Thank you, thank you, you are really good people!" The young man was grateful.

Chunhong didn't want him to get in the car because she was afraid of snakes.But Brother Fang and Sister Chen both allowed him to get in the car, so she couldn't say much.So as soon as she got in the car, Chunhong sat in the innermost place, away from the boy and his bamboo cage.

The carriage drove out of the town and came to the official road.The coachman raised his whip and accelerated forward.

The current carriage is still made of wooden wheels, and when it goes too fast, it becomes extremely bumpy.

Chen Xiao grabbed the wooden edge on the carriage and tried to keep his body balanced.Sitting next to her, Fang Yu wanted to help her up, but it was hard to do so.

Chunhong tried her best to press the two back baskets, for fear of breaking the eggs in the back baskets.

She had never been in a carriage before, and she used to walk to the county town.A mountain person like her, let alone walking fifty or sixty miles, even hundreds of miles, still walks on two legs.

The boy also pressed the lid of his bamboo cage, for fear that the snake would crawl out.

"Are you going to take these snakes to the county town to sell?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Yes." The boy couldn't press the lid while sitting, so he squatted down.

"How much can these snakes sell for?"

"About two taels of silver."

"So many!" Chen Xiao was a little surprised: "How many are there?"

"Five."

Five snakes can be sold for two taels of silver!Chunhong sounds a little envious, but she dare not do such things as catching snakes and selling them.I was terrified to see a snake.

The young man said: "These snakes are sold to restaurants. If they sell them, the price will be several times higher." He is also envious of the extra money earned by restaurants.

The South Vietnamese have the habit of eating snakes, and snake meat is a delicacy to them.

Chen Xiao was a little moved, he hadn't eaten snake meat for a long time.

Although there is a white boa in her space, she doesn't object to eating snakes.Even when I saw the white boa for the first time, I thought of it: I caught it and cooked it.

Chen Xiao asked Fang Yu: "Do you know how to eat snake meat?"

"Yes." Fang Yu took the opportunity to hold Chen Xiao's wrist.Because the carriage was bumpy, Chen Xiao didn't care about him supporting her.

"Can you kill snakes?" Chen Xiao asked Fang Yu.

"will not."

Chen Xiao was a little distressed, and she didn't know how to kill snakes.It's not that she doesn't know how to kill snakes at all, it's just that when killing snakes, the snake blood, snake gallbladder, and snake skin must be kept intact. She has seen others do it before, but she has never done it herself.Although some things can be seen by the eyes, in practice, it may not be the case.

"You want to buy my snake?" The boy saw the other party's intention.

"Yes, can you kill snakes?" Chen Xiao asked.

"Of course it will."

"Then we will go to the county seat and find an inn to stay in. You sell us the snake and kill it for us."

"Okay. How many do you plan to buy?"

Chen Xiao turned to look at Fang Yu with a questioning look.

In her opinion, she bought them all and kept them in the space if she couldn't finish them. When she wanted to eat, she would grab one and slaughter one.But in this way, Fang Yu will probably ask "Where did the snake go?" How should she answer.

Fang Yu said: "Buy two."

The young man said: "Okay! I sell snakes by weight, but if you give me a ride and don't ask for my fare, I won't weigh them. I will sell them to you for [-] Wen per snake."

The snakes in his bamboo cage vary from big to small, and the big ones are about two catties. Although he will suffer a little loss, it is only one or two hundred Wen, which is just enough to cover the cost of the car.

Chen Xiaodao: "How much is it for weighing and selling?"

The young man waved his hand: "There's no need to weigh it. The two biggest ones may add up to four or five catties. These two are for you."

Chunhong sat at the other end of the carriage, stretched out her head and asked, "Just tell me, how much is a catty?"

The boy glanced at her: "This is a water snake, it's cheaper, more than 200 yuan a catty."

"More than 200? How much?"

The boy didn't bother to talk to her.He hated being startled when he heard he had a snake.

The bamboo cage is well covered, and it will not climb out.

These people are timid themselves and blame others!
(End of this chapter)