The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 11 Go to the big gathering

The chestnuts are all ripe, with their spiny shells open wide. Some chestnuts inside will fall out on their own if you tap them a little. Others, if you pick them up with a tree fork, you can easily get out the chestnuts inside. Chestnut.

The brother and sister nested at the bottom of the gentle slope behind the thorn bushes. Using the cover of the woods on the hillside, they worked for a long time before finally removing all the thorn shells.

My wrists were so sore that my fingers were pricked a few times by pomegranate shells. I grabbed a few chestnuts and bit them with my teeth. I pulled out the chestnut meat inside, put it into my mouth and chewed it. It was crunchy and raw, leaving a sweet aftertaste. Raw chestnuts taste better than cooked chestnuts that are pink and glutinous. Pomegranate likes to eat this kind of raw chestnuts.

She ate several pills before reluctantly stopping. She couldn't eat any more and had to sell them for money.

Li Rongzong watched her eat the whole time. Seeing her little expression, he couldn't help but grab a big handful and give it to her, "Take it and eat slowly!"

Pomegranate waved her hand, grabbed the mouth of the sack and asked him to put it back, "If you don't want to eat it, I won't eat it."

"If you like to eat, just take some. There are so many more!" Li Rongzhong said bluntly.

Pomegranate shook his head, put together a sack and picked up a handful of chestnuts from Li Rongzong's hand. He couldn't help but said: "This chestnut is so delicious. We worked so hard to pick it. It only costs two cents a pound. If we eat it again, we will have to sell it for two cents less." ”

"Is it cheap, just two cents, or is it the price that the boss and I got after a lot of talking. If the boss said it, he would only give one cent."

Pomegranate asked: "How much does a pound of chestnuts cost in the shop?"

She had never been to the city, and she had never been to Dafengji twice. She didn’t know how much a pound of raw chestnuts cost. However, Sister Caiyu from the patriarch’s family gave her a sugar-roasted chestnut to eat. She said, He said that a pack of sugar-roasted chestnuts cost ten cents.

The bag probably only weighed two taels, which wasn't much. She didn't know how many candied roasted chestnuts could be obtained from one pound of raw chestnuts, but after a rough calculation, the two cents per pound of raw chestnuts seemed a bit low. some.

Look at the selling price of raw chestnuts in the shop.

Li Rongzong shook his head, "I don't know."

Pomegranate listened, thought for a while, looked at Li Rongzong and said, "Third brother, in the afternoon you go to Dafengji to sell chestnuts, take me with you!"

"It's a ten-mile walk to Dafengji. I'll go back quickly. I'll come back as soon as I sell it. It'll take a lot of time to take you with me!" Li Rongzong subconsciously refused.

Pomegranate said: "It's only ten miles away. I will never hold you back, Third Brother. Have you forgotten? We go to my grandpa's house every New Year to pay New Year greetings. I don't walk slowly! Then it's still thirty miles back and forth."

When Li Rongzong heard this, he thought that it was true. The second sister often followed him up the mountain to collect firewood and went in and out. She had much better legs than the eldest sister.

Thinking again that the second sister had never been to the market, she relaxed and said, "Okay! You have to walk faster then, don't delay your return home. If your family knows about it, we'll have to Got beaten.”

Pomegranate nodded hurriedly, "I know! Third brother, let's get more firewood now and get enough for the afternoon!"

In this way, the brother and sister collected a lot of firewood, and were so tired that they were sweating profusely. When they went back to have breakfast and lunch, they told their family that they were out to collect firewood, and then left the house.

The village entrance is in the north of the village, but the back mountain is in the direction from the south to the north of the village. The two of them can't go out from the village entrance casually. Besides, they have to carry chestnuts on their backs. Therefore, when they reach the foot of the mountain, they go directly from the back of the village. Dirt road detour.

After a long detour, we emerged from the forest some distance from the village entrance and reached the main road outside.

At this point, few people in the village would go to Dafengji. Even so, the brother and sister kept their heads down and ran forward without even taking a breath.

Pomegranate immediately took on the attitude of running a marathon in her previous life. Tired? That can't be done! The third brother is still carrying more than ten kilograms of chestnuts on his back, and she can still walk with empty hands?
The brother and sister hurried on hard, and it took them nearly half an hour to reach Dafengji.

The strong wind gathers about thirty miles away from Luoshui City. The Qinghe River comes up from the south, winds into a big mountain, spins through a canyon, and then comes out. One side flows into the Luoshui River, and the other side flows from the east, leading to Daming Mansion.

There is a Dafeng Ferry here in Dafengji, with barges coming and going from east to east. Therefore, a market has gradually formed here, with restaurants, wine shops, groceries, grains and oils, and small stalls and vendors, all bustling with activity.

Pomegranate came to Dafengji two years ago, on the way back from visiting her grandpa’s house for New Year greetings. At that time, she heard that there were lively performances at Dafengji. She and her younger brother Zhang Geer kept inciting their parents. He went around and showed them the sideshow before returning home.

At that time, the market was full of people and it was very lively. Pomegranate was just looking at the people and didn't even bother to look at others.

Now when we came to Dafengji again, Pomegranate's eyes naturally looked back and forth. When we entered Dafengji, we saw a long street with shops on both sides, including grain shops, cloth shops, restaurants, and an inn. .

There is only one street that runs through the entire market, and at the end is the pier. There are many small stalls and hawkers on the pier. At this point, several ships are docked, and the noise on the pier is far away at this end of the street. can hear.

Pomegranate reluctantly looked back at the pier. They were here to do business and couldn't waste time doing bad things. Otherwise, she really wanted to go to the pier to have a look.

"This is the grocery store."

Li Rongzong pointed to the shop in front of him and said, pulling Shiliu's mind back.

She raised her eyes, glanced at the grocery store, and then said: "Third brother, I'll go in and ask about the price. You wait outside first."

Li Rongzong nodded, carried the sack and retreated to a side alley where he squatted, watching Pomegranate enter the shop, his eyes constantly looking around for fear of running into someone he knew.

Those who didn't know better thought he was a thief staying there.

I don’t blame him. The main reason is that my eldest aunt was married in Dafeng Village. It’s only a mile away from Dafengji. Their family has a tea stall on the pier. This is the only street in Dafengji. It's hard to say if it's on.

Therefore, when he sold chestnuts last year and years ago, he would leave as soon as he sold them, not daring to stay at all.

When Pomegranate entered the shop, the boy at the grocery store saw that she was a little girl, and her clothes were also patched. The reception was not so enthusiastic, and he only said: "What do you want to buy?"

When Pomegranate saw the boy's indifference, he didn't take it seriously. "Do you have any chestnuts for sale? How much does it cost per pound?"

"Yes, chestnuts cost 13 cents per catty. How many catties do you want to buy?" The boy answered quickly, but he didn't think he could afford pomegranates. I guess half a catty would be good, but it was still a business deal.

The waiter was about to pack the chestnuts with oil paper, but Pomegranate nodded and said, "I'll ask the price first, and my mother will buy it later!" before turning around and leaving the shop.

The man curled his lips, put down the oil paper, sat down and took a nap again.

Pomegranate quickly left the shop, turned left to the entrance of the alley, grabbed Li Rongzong, and left. She walked out two or three shops before stopping.

"The grocery store sells chestnuts for thirteen cents a pound!"

When Li Rongzong heard this, his eyes widened, "He took my money for two cents and then sold it to me for thirteen cents?"

(End of this chapter)