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The three brothers and sisters took three trips to bring the firewood they picked up that day back home.

The first two trips were unloaded and piled up in the yard.They were not put into the woodshed.The weather was fine during this time and there was no sign of rain.They are all sold in the city, and they have to be moved out of the woodshed.

The last trip did not unload, only the cattle were unloaded.

Firewood, large and small, is stacked three or four feet high on the board.They also packed several sacks of loose hair in sacks, and pressed them tightly. A sack weighed seventy or eighty catties.

Although this pine hair is not resistant to burning, it is necessary for every household to start a fire.The thick firewood can't burn all at once.

After unloading the cattle, Qiao Mingjin used hemp rope to reinforce the front, back, left, and right sides of the firewood on the car board so that it would not shake and fall all the way.Because I didn't know the price of pine wool, I only put two sacks of pine wool in the car.

"Sister, how much can this car sell for?" Ming Qi and Ming Heng asked, having never sold firewood before.

"It can be sold for about ten yuan for a load. It can also be sold for fifteen yuan for a load of rough wood. It should not be a problem to sell this car for fifty yuan."

The twins immediately cheered up.

"He earns more than Dad! Sister, shall we go collect firewood and sell it every day?"

Qiao Mingjin laughed and said, "It's too much to go every day. If you don't feel tired now, you will be too tired to walk when you get up tomorrow morning. Besides, we have to take it to the city to sell it. We will sell it for a day." One day, just to rest."

The two siblings kept shouting that they were not tired, and Xiao Wan'er also shook her head beside her and said in a childish voice that she was not tired.

Qiao Mingjin laughed.

She lifted the bamboo pole for a day and cut the firewood for a day, but she could no longer lift her arms.

The four of them cooked rice with sweet potatoes, reheated yesterday's chicken, and fried another dish, and they had a simple dinner.

Afterwards, Qiao Mingjin boiled water for a few people to take a bath, and she put hot towels on her two arms, and massaged them from time to time, otherwise she would not be able to drive the car tomorrow...

At the beginning of Yin Shi the next day, before dawn, Qiao Mingjin woke up.

Both arms were really aching.He lifted it up a little bit, feeling very sore and swollen, Qiao Mingjin shook it back and forth, left and right, and got up to cook after getting better.

I still cooked a pot of sweet potato porridge, and baked some cakes to take on the road.

After finishing it, my daughter and siblings haven't gotten up yet.

Qiao Mingjin thought for a while, then went to the opposite door and called Ming Heng, and let Ming Qi and Wan'er stay at home.

Unexpectedly, the movement of the siblings still awakened Ming Qi and Wan'er, both of them looked aggrieved, tearful like abandoned children.

Qiao Mingjin's heart softened.

As a result, in Xiahe Village at dawn, without even hearing the crowing of roosters, an ox cart pulled a cart full of firewood out of the village.

Although Miss Xiu's carriage had fences on all sides, it was only piled up with firewood, so the fences were hidden underneath, and even the wooden boards outside could not sit on it.

The firewood is too high to sit on.

Qiao Mingjin simply asked Ming Qi and Xiao Wan'er to spread a thick felt cloth and sit on the back of the ox.She and Mingheng sat on the small spot on the front bracket of the cart.

It's just that the firewood is hurting my back, and it's really uncomfortable to sit for a long time.

Qiao Mingjin and Mingheng came down for a walk from time to time. The three children didn't get enough sleep early in the morning, and they were staring in a daze.

Qiao Mingjin felt sorry for Ming Heng, so she let him sit on the bull's back as well.

She herself was afraid that the three children would fall asleep on the road and would fall off, so she stopped riding in the ox cart, and kept walking along the back of the ox, watching the three of them from time to time, protecting the other, and holding the three of them to sit upright from time to time. up.

Wan'er sat between the two of them, and soon fell asleep on Ming Qi's back.

Ming Qi, who was sitting in front, also had his head straight down, and Ming Heng was also very sleepy, but he still stretched his arms forward to hug the two of them in a sensible way, talking to Qiao Mingjin who was walking beside him from time to time to distract himself.

Qiao Mingjin saw the three of them staggering on the back of the cow, and she had to scramble to protect them from time to time to prevent the three of them from falling off, while she followed the cow with big strides, and sometimes trotted a few steps to keep up.

My heart is a little sour.

I don't know if it's because I feel sorry for the three children, or something else...

The few people walked slowly, and they didn't reach Qingchuan County until the end of the afternoon and the beginning of the afternoon.

This Qingchuan County is a relatively large county, and the county government is also located here. There is no such thing as Songshan Ji, which has a large set and a small set, and there are sets every day.

Besides, what she sells is firewood, and she didn't rush to talk about it like the one who sells vegetables.

Of course, there may be more firewood sellers earlier, and more people come to choose.It's just that every household needs this firewood every day, and she is not afraid that it will not be sold, it's just a few pennies less.

The city gate of Qingchuan County is quite big, and in the morning, there will be two yamen servants at the gate, one on the left and one on the right, to collect the tax money for businessmen.Qiao Mingjin might have arrived too late, but the yamen servant is gone now.It saved her two copper coins.

Now the three children are also energetic, looking around curiously on the back of the bull.

Ming Heng often went to Songshanji, but it was the first time to Qingchuan County.Not to mention Qi and Xiao Wan'er.

Seeing someone staring at them, Ming Heng and Ming Qi slipped down from the back of the bull at the gate of the city. Both of them were grown up and felt embarrassed.Little Wan'er was still sitting alone on the back of the ox, looking around with her two big eyes.

It was also Qiao Mingjin's first time doing firewood business, so she was a little uncertain.After entering the gate of the city, I looked around.

She originally wanted to find a restaurant, a food shop, or a blacksmith shop, or a long-term home supply, so she wouldn't have to go to the market every time and wait for someone to pick it up.It's just that she hasn't figured out the way yet.

There was an old man walking towards the gate of the city with an empty basket. He glanced at Qiao Mingjin. She was a delicate little lady with three children and no one in charge...

Then he kindly stepped forward and said, "Is this the first time my young lady has entered the city to do business? Your car of firewood is good. Go to the market on North Street in front of you. They are all vegetables picked by the farmers. Chickens are sold here." Well, there are people selling firewood every day. It’s just that the gathering is about to end, so you’re late.”

Qiao Mingjin thanked him and said, "The home is far away, and the child is young, so he walked slowly."

After thanking the old man again and again, he walked towards North Street.

Sure enough, there were only farmers in twos and threes on North Street.Most of them are left over after selling more than half of them.

Qiao Mingjin looked around, and sure enough, he didn't see any firewood sellers.

ps: Thank you "Xin Ni" for the reward.Thank you so much.