fisherwoman

The backyard of the government office.

"That's right, this pot is like this!" In the gazebo, Lin Xueman looked at the pot carefully, with a satisfied smile on her face, Yu Ji remembered that Master Yu was a good craftsman and a good person, and he handled every corner and corner very carefully. Polish this pot like a handicraft.

"Since there is nothing wrong, I will let them start working with confidence." Shunzi breathed a sigh of relief, then slowly looked at the scenery in the yard, and praised, "Yuzhou City is different from ours. It's so grand, it's as big as two county government offices!"

"Well, this backyard is quite spacious. Not many people walk around, but it looks empty." Lin Xueman looked at the two people in the dusty world, and said excitedly, "Let's go for a walk! Let's have a meal by the way, and try this place in Yuzhou." The special flavor of the side."

"Sister-in-law, why don't you see my third brother?" Xiao Yun got up, walked to the door, looked around the front yard, but he couldn't see him, and asked again, "He won't eat with us?"

"He doesn't have time to eat with us, he's busy these days!" Lin Xueman smiled, "Although I live here, I only see him in the morning and evening, and I don't see him all day long."

"Miss Xiao, you go! I won't go, I still have a lot of things to do over there! I'll go first!" Shunzi said, hugging the pot, and walked out, hurriedly.

"Shunzi, wait a minute, even if you are in a hurry to go back, then you have to eat before leaving!" Lin Xueman hurriedly yelled, it has been more than an hour of driving, and you have to drink some water to leave?

"No, I'll go back after dinner. I'll have to delay for more than half an hour, so I'll go back first." Shunzi shook his head and turned around, "By the way, Mrs. Xiao, don't forget about the charcoal!"

"Naturally, I'm going out to see charcoal today!" Seeing that he was about to leave again, Lin Xueman smiled lightly, "Shunzi, don't be in a hurry right now. You don't need to be in such a hurry." Looking at it this way, Shunzi was even more Like a boss!

"That's impossible, you can't delay the good things." He looked at Xiao Yun, and said, "Miss Xiao, I'm going back. You stay with Miss Xiao!" He waved his hands at the two of them, hastily out of the backyard.

"This man really has a quick temper, he just leaves!" Xiao Yun shook his head dumbfoundingly, "He is really a boss!"

"Well. These days, it's really difficult for Shunzi!" Lin Xueman laughed. "Big sister, since you're here, don't rush to leave. Let's go out with me to look at the charcoal. Let's go back together!" As he spoke, he asked the girl who had been standing by the side: "Ali, show us the way. We Go check out the charcoal!"

"Yes." Ah Li replied in a low voice, and she cautiously raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yun.The two looked at each other, smiled at each other, and suddenly became less restrained.

The carriage passed through the bustling downtown and headed out of the city.

Yuzhou City is worthy of being a state city. Most of the common people on the street are dressed in gorgeous clothes, with high spirits, and their faces show the superiority of a rich place, without any trace of sorrow.

A wide variety of shops are built along the street, some are exquisite and elegant, some are simple and elegant. Looking around, they are all bustling!

From time to time, there is music playing, slowly flowing in the noisy crowd, sometimes submerged in the sound of bargaining, and sometimes rushing to the eyes in an instant, making people overwhelmed.

The bustling and hustle and bustle of Yuzhou City rushed towards him like this.

Xiao Yun lifted the curtain of the car and looked at it quietly for a while, until his arm was a little sore, he put it down, and smiled: "This Yuzhou City is really prosperous, if you open a shop here, the business will definitely be booming. so much!"

"Well, where there are people, there are business opportunities, but if there are many people, there will naturally be many shops. If the business is booming, it depends on each company's ability!" Lin Xueman leaned on the soft couch and replied softly.

"Ma'am, miss, it's just ahead!" A Li opened the curtain of the car and shouted, "Stop."

In the front is a charcoal market, and there are people coming and going inside. The big families here use charcoal for cooking. In a prosperous place, rich people abound!No surprise!

In contrast, there are very few charcoal sellers in Longtan Town. Even the rich families mostly burn firewood. Of course, it’s not that they can’t afford it, but they don’t have this habit!

"A Li, I want to discuss something with you. Don't call me Miss, just call me Xiao Yun. Listen, I'm not used to it." Xiao Yun jumped out of the carriage, helped Lin Xueman out of the car, and said to A Li, "We are all about the same age. , you can call me elder sister, but don’t call me miss, because I’m not miss.” These words are confusing!

"A Li, this is not a government office. We don't have so many rules. We should just address each other as sisters!" Lin Xueman got out of the carriage, straightened her clothes, looked at A Li, and said calmly.

She also felt the same way. Whenever she heard someone calling her madam, she felt uncomfortable. For some reason, she always thought of that bone spirit, Mrs. Bone!

However, in the government office, others can only call her Madam.

"A Li dare not!" A Li lowered her eyes and hurriedly responded.

"There's nothing to be afraid of. Anyway, don't call me Miss." Xiao Yun looked at her seriously, "Because I don't want to listen!"

"Sister Xiao." Ah Li was helpless.

"That's right! Let's go to see the charcoal." Xiao Yun smiled, holding Lin Xueman in one arm and Ali in the other, and walked into the charcoal market excitedly.

The charcoal selling market is similar to the fish market in Longtan Town. It is neatly planned. Most of the charcoal sellers have dark faces, with sweat towels of invisible color on their shoulders, leaning in front of their carriages, guarding their homes. The charcoal that has been burned is calling for buyers.

Shouts one after another, a noise!

"Excellent pine charcoal, everyone, come and see it!"

"Willow charcoal, it takes longer to burn, and the price is fair, don't miss it when you pass by!"

"Girls, take a look at my charcoal! The best charcoal is only [-] Wen!" Someone greeted him, a young man with a dark face.

"Three hundred Wen?" Lin Xueman's heart trembled, she looked at A Li suspiciously, "Three hundred Wen a catty?" No way!so expensive?

"Ma'am, most of the charcoal here is calculated on the basis of the load, which is three hundred Wen per load." Ali explained softly beside her.

"How much is that one load?" Lin Xueman asked.She couldn't figure out the conversion relationship.

"One hundred catties!" A Li looked at her with some doubts, didn't even know this?

That's about it!Lin Xueman quickly calculated the price in her mind, it's okay!

"Boss, what kind of wood is your charcoal?" Lin Xueman stepped forward and asked, the charcoal used for barbecue can't be the same as the usual fire, she wanted fruit charcoal!

"The best pine wood!" The young man was tall and thin, and his clothes could not be seen in any color, and he smiled.Show white teeth, like Africans!

"Is there any fruit charcoal!" Lin Xueman asked, fruit charcoal is the best for hot pot, barbecue and so on!

"You want fruit charcoal! I don't have it here, so what. You keep going, the last one is Old Man Lu's. His family has been selling fruit charcoal, and most of them are apple wood." The young man moved forward enthusiastically. Pointing, "Hey, that's the one driving the ox cart!"

In the noisy crowd.An old man was leaning against the bullock cart not far away.Waiting for the buyer, but he didn't shout, just stood there quietly!

"Thank you!" Lin Xueman's eyes lit up. In her mind, apple wood is the best charcoal. It is the best for barbecue and hot pot!

Ask all the way.Sure enough, the price is the same, but the shape of the charcoal is roughly divided into two types.There are strips, there are lumps, strips are neatly stacked on the carriage, and lumps are packed in sacks, which look like coals!

It seems that the charcoal market here has matured because the price is relatively stable!

"Old man, how do you sell these fruit charcoals?" Xiao Yun stepped forward and asked, she held a piece in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully, then put it on her nose and smelled it, as if she wanted to smell whether it was sweet or not. taste.

"280 Wen!" Seeing her smelling the charcoal, old man Lu smiled, "Don't worry, girl, these charcoals are genuine fruit trees, if you don't believe me, you can follow me to my house to have a look.

"It's not that I don't believe it, I'm just curious." Xiao Yun smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly put the piece of charcoal back to its original place.

"280 Wen?" Lin Xueman was overjoyed, why is it cheaper than those pine logs?

She always thought that these fruit trees were more expensive!

"What? You think it's expensive?" Old man Lu laughed, "My lady, I'm good apple wood and pear wood. Although the burning time is shorter than those of pine wood, the rice they make is different! Don't believe me, You go back and try it, the taste is here, besides, the burning time is short, and the price has been compensated, right?"

"Old man, if we want more and we supply you all year round, is the price still negotiable?" Lin Xueman asked.

"That's natural." He replied very readily. "When to get the goods and when to negotiate the price, these are the rules!"

"Of course I understand." Lin Xueman looked carefully at the fruit charcoal in his car, thought for a while, and said, "I want all the charcoal in your car. Tell me a price." , listen!"

"Third sister-in-law, buy it now?" Xiao Yun asked puzzled, "But, we don't need it now!"

"Since you're here, you can't go back empty-handed. Besides, you can just buy the charcoal and put it away, and it won't break. When it's time to use it, just use it directly, so you don't need to go out to buy charcoal again!" Lin Xueman said in a low voice.

"Okay, refreshing enough!" Old man Lu pondered for a moment, then raised his head again, and stretched out a finger mysteriously.

"What?" Lin Xueman and Xiao Yun looked at each other.What's the meaning?

Ali also looked at him suspiciously.

"270 Wen!" He said as if he had made up his mind.

My God, if you dare to give me ten cents cheaper?

The three of them laughed at the same time!

"What? You don't think it's too cheap?" Seeing the three women laughing at the same time, Old Man Lu scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Don't laugh, so, when you come next time, I will give you another discount." How about ten fen, down to two hundred renminbi?"

"Old Man, why don't you just drop it to two hundred Wen? Why are you making such trouble?" Lin Xueman said with a smile, it was really interesting.

"No, I'll give you the bottom price right away. What if you don't come here in the future? Besides, the price is already very low. If you don't believe me, if you ask around, who can give you this price?" Old man Lu Seeing that Lin Xueman seemed to be still hesitating, she stepped forward and said in a low voice, "To tell you the truth, many of the fruit trees I use are from military fields, and there is no tax, so I can sell them at this price!"

"Army field?" Lin Xueman's heart moved, she vaguely remembered what Xiao Chengyu said about the defenders encroaching on common people's land and making it an army field. Could it be that this is something in the army field?

"Well, it's the land planted by the defenders." Old Man Lu whispered.

"Deal!" She couldn't help but looked at the charcoal, and said calmly, "I don't know what is military or not, anyway, as long as the price is right, we will come to buy the goods, we don't care about anything else!"

"That's that, that's none of our business, let's just do business." After selling all the charcoal in the car, Old Man Lu was naturally very happy, "My lady, will I send you to your house right now?"

"No, we have a car, just load it into our car later!" Lin Xueman looked at A Li and said, "A Li, we two will walk back in a while, you and A Fu are responsible for loading these goods on the carriage, first Pull it back!" With that said, Lin Xueman took out the money and paid the bill. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)