suspected wife

The siblings still set off early in the morning.Today is the first trip to send firewood to Yuji, so it can't be too late.

In the Yu Ji blacksmith shop in the back street, the siblings found the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper was about 50 years old, tall and strong, wearing a bunt, a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet, and his eyes were burning.

He looked like a man who had gone through thousands of sails, and his aura looked like he had come out of a bloody storm.

Did you also serve as a soldier?

A few years ago, the imperial court conscripted soldiers to compete with Uighurs or southern Xinjiang when they had nothing to do. It is not surprising that they were conscripted.

Qiao Mingjin looked at the man, and the man looked at her too.

After a while, the man didn't say much, and went straight to look at the firewood on the bullock cart.Also pressed on the two sacks.

Qiao Mingjin followed and said, "These two bags are loose hair. They were originally sent to another house to catch fire. If you don't need them here, I will take them back."

After hearing this, the man said, "It's quite solid. How much do you pay for a car?"

Qiao Mingjin said: "A bag of pine hair is five Wen, and a car of firewood is 55 Wen. You use thick firewood here, and mine may be thinner. You can give me fifty Wen per car." In the future, I will pick up some bigger and thicker ones and bring them over."

The man nodded and looked at her again, maybe he felt that it would be inappropriate to ask a little lady to ask her to chop some rough wood and send it over, so he said, "Don't force it. The firewood is really different, I don’t burn fine firewood here.”

Qiao Mingjin nodded after hearing this, and said that she would send some rough ones in the future.

The man then said, "My surname is Yu. When I'm not around in the future, I will order the people below to give you money, and you will send a cart the next day. If there is a day that cannot be delivered normally, you need to inform us in advance. I am here every day. Can't do without firewood."

Qiao Mingjin nodded and said, "Master Yu, don't worry. My family also uses this job to dress and eat. If there is something that cannot be delivered, I will tell you in advance."

After speaking, he took the sixty Wen from the man, and waited for the guys to empty out the firewood, then the siblings led the cattle out of Yuji's house.

Let Mingheng send the ox cart, while she carried two baskets of eggs and a small bundle of bamboo rakes to the market.She couldn't carry more than thirty bamboo rakes, and the remaining bundles were waiting for Ming Heng to carry them.

Many people along the road were looking at her, causing her to panic and blush.Hey, it's still thin-skinned.

As soon as I put down the two baskets at the market, people I knew well surrounded me.

"Little lady, did you pick the eggs?"

"Yes. Today is more than yesterday."

"Oh, you can also make bamboo rakes?"

Qiao Mingjin smiled and nodded.

A fellow stallholder picked up her bamboo rake and looked at it: "Oh, my little lady's bamboo rake is even engraved with characters! What kind of characters are these? The red ones are very festive, and there are flowers here. This is novelty. "

Qiao Mingjin pointed to the words on the bamboo rake and said it one by one.

"It's a good intention. How much are you going to sell, little lady? I happen to be short of one at home."

Qiao Mingjin didn't want this business, so he came to the door.

Suppressing surprise, he said, "It's also the first time I'm selling. You all often set up stalls, do you know the price of this bamboo rake?"

An aunt said: "This ordinary bamboo rake costs eight or ten renminbi. If it is Songshan Ji, you can buy it for five renminbi. But you have to pay for selling things here, and there is a fee for entering the city. So everything is more expensive than the Songshan collection. Little lady, you have engraved characters and flowers on a bamboo rake, and you can sell eleven or twelve characters."

Qiao Mingjin thought for a while, and Shi Wen had already reached the price in her heart.Then he said to the middle-aged man who was interested: "If the uncle wants it, give him ten coins. Don't make a fortune with it."

That uncle was a straightforward man, he quickly took out ten cents, and cheerfully picked out a handful engraved with "Five Grains"...

By the time Mingheng came over with the rest of the bamboo rake, Qiao Mingjin had already sold more than half of the eggs and half of the bamboo rake.

When Mingheng arrived, Qiao Mingjin also heaved a sigh of relief.She has to answer other people's inquiries, deal with other people's bargaining, order eggs, collect money, and sell bamboo rakes, which is really a bit hectic.

With the cooperation of the siblings and Ming Heng's shrewdness, soon half of the eggs were sold, and there were only a few strings left in the basket.

The eggs tied with straw are still fresh, and people who come to buy them don't care about the extra pennies or two pennies.This makes her eggs sell faster than others.

But there are seven or eight bamboo rakes left.The little ones were all sold out.

It seems that the children in the family do a lot of the work of raking wool and drying grains.Parents are also willing to buy a bamboo rake made according to the height of the child to make the child happy.

The siblings were lighting the remaining eggs and bamboo rakes, and a shadow was cast over their heads.

"Ms. Jin?"

Qiao Mingjin looked up.

Ho, why is he here?

He was dressed in the clothes of a policeman and wore a pair of soap boots on his feet.Why isn't there a big knife or sword on his waist?

Qiao Mingjin looked at him for a while, didn't know what to say, and asked after a long time, "Why are you here?"

Yue Zhongyao looked suspicious, thinking that he had misjudged the person, and he was still in astonishment, so he only replied: "I, I have patrolled so far."

Too.They are fast catchers.It's just that instead of catching thieves, he started urban management.

"Jin Niang, why did you come to the city? Are you selling eggs? Where did they come from? Where did this bamboo rake come from?"

Qiao Mingjin didn't want to answer after hearing this.

Mingheng glanced at her sister, and could only say: "The villagers entrusted us to sell the eggs, and my sister made the bamboo rake herself."

Yue Zhongyao was still a little confused.

Pick up a bamboo rake on the ground, Jinniang made it herself?He glanced at Qiao Mingjin again, but Qiao Mingjin only cared about offering eggs and didn't look at him.

A few yamen servants who followed Yue Zhongyao asked curiously: "Yue Zuo, this is..."

Just as Yue Zhongyao was about to open his mouth, Qiao Mingjin quickly said, "We are from the same village."

Yue Zhongyao's face was gloomy, and he nodded silently to deal with the inquiries of several colleagues.

One of the yamen officials said, "You are a fellow of Yue Chu. If anyone troubles you in the future, they will report Yue Chu's name. No one dares to trouble you. This street is covered by us."

The eyes of the people at the stall next to him lit up, and they all gathered around to buy Qiao Mingjin's remaining few bamboo rakes.The remaining bunches of eggs were also scraped away by the people who came to buy them.

Qiao Mingjin was taken aback for a while.

These people have a flattering expression towards Yue Zhongyao and the others, and they don't know whether it is flattery or fear.

Qiao Mingjin's astonishment returned to astonishment, and she was quite happy when the things she brought were sold out.

After packing up the baskets and poles, I have to pick them up and leave.

"Jinniang..." Yue Zhongyao wanted to hold her back, but there were still many people here, so he just called out to her awkwardly.

"Is there something wrong with Yue Chu? My daughter is still at home, and I have to hurry back."

Yue Zhongyao wanted to take her burden, but Qiao Mingjin avoided him.

Yue Zhongyao gave some instructions to the three yamen servants who followed him, and the three left.

"Jin Niang, it's almost noon, I'll take you and Ming Heng to dinner."

"No. Lu Yuan, I'm still in a hurry to go back. There is also work at home. I brought dry food."

Yue Zhongyao found that he was at a loss for words as soon as he met Qiao Mingjin.She glanced at Ming Heng blankly, and found that Ming Heng didn't look at him directly.I had no choice but to follow behind the siblings in an embarrassing manner.

On the road, I met a seller of cakes and candies, and wanted to stop Qiao Mingjin, but Qiao Mingjin didn't stop.

Yue Zhongyao was in a hurry to ask someone to weigh in, kept turning his head and staring at the figures of the two sisters, and kept urging the stall owner.

How dare the stall owner be unhappy when he sees the policeman in the county government buying things from him?I didn't even dare to accept the money.Yue Zhongyao didn't look at it, and didn't have time to elaborate. He grabbed a handful of copper coins and threw them on the stall, picked up pastries and snacks, and went after the two sisters.

Give Ming Heng a few packets of snacks and candies: "Take it and eat it on the way. You wait for brother-in-law, brother-in-law will buy some tea and wine for you to take back."

Ming Heng glanced at his sister and said: "We don't live in Yunjia Village, Ming Qi and I live with sister Wan'er in Xiahe Village."

Yue Zhongyao was stunned: "You and Ming Qi live in Xiahe Village?"

"Well. My grandma asked us to help my sister."

Yue Zhongyao nodded after listening, and said again: "Then Wan'er is your fourth sister taking it?"

"Ah."

Yue Zhongyao looked at the figure of Qiao Mingjin who was walking in front again, and asked in a low voice, "Then where did you and your sister get the eggs for sale? They came from Xiahe Village early in the morning?"

"No. My sister borrowed Auntie Xiu's ox cart. These days we are chopping firewood to sell. The eggs are harvested from the villagers and help sell them. We can earn about a penny for two eggs."

Yue Zhongyao froze in place after hearing this.

She went up the mountain to chop firewood and sell it?

How could she chop those sticks?

It's not yet noon, when did she leave the door?

Yue Zhongyao only felt a dull pain in his heart...

He followed silently until he reached the place where the ox cart was kept.

Seeing that the two sisters got into the ox cart and were about to drive back, they strode forward, took Qiao Mingjin's hand, took out a purse from his bosom and handed it over: "Jin Niang, you take the money. Don't work so hard, I will support your mother and daughter, how can you cut the thick wood? In the future..."

Qiao Mingjin didn't wait for him to finish, and pushed the purse back: "It's okay, if you can't chop the big ones, you can chop the small ones. I can support Wan'er, so you don't need to worry."

As soon as the bullwhip was raised, the bull started to trot.

Yue Zhongyao grabbed his purse and just stood there in a daze until he could no longer see him...

Thanks to "Xin Ni" and "Haiyan 123" for their rewards, and thanks to "Wu Sishiro" for the pk ticket.