Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 52 Selling Fish
Jinghan listened to the words of the old lady Tao, and felt strange. The old lady was quite happy when she came to deliver the thorn sprouts last time. Why is she still like this when she came to deliver the fish today?

How did Jinghan know that this old lady didn't know much about the Xu family's affairs before. Tao Qingnian brought back a lot of firewood from the Xu family, and he didn't tell his family about the Xu family's going up the mountain.Later, the old lady still heard someone mention that the Xu family owed a lot of money, and even sold the house, and now they went to the mountains to see the ginseng.The old lady thought about Zhixin's visit to Tao's house that day, and guessed that Zhixin might have come to borrow money from Qingnian, and she became even more annoyed now.

Since Huixin married into the Tao family, she didn't talk much, and the old lady didn't refuse what she asked her to do.But she shouldn't do it, and Huixin will never do more.The old lady looked at Huixin's dowry, and wanted to dig out some, but she couldn't explain it clearly, so she always had a little bit of Huixin in her words.However, Huixin was at home since she was a child, and she has never seen Mrs. Chen picking up her daughter-in-law's things, so she doesn't understand what her mother-in-law said.In this way, the old lady didn't get any advantage from Huixin, and she was even more unhappy.The old lady didn't know how much money Zhixin had borrowed, but she probably borrowed some, so she was irritated all day long.

After hearing the old lady's words, Zhiming's face was not very good-looking, "Auntie, of course we don't mean that, it's just that this elder brother always misses his sister. Okay, Auntie, we still have to go to the market. Let's go first. After the festival, we will come to pick Huixin back to live for a few days, my mother misses a girl, anyway, Huixin is pregnant now, it is time to take a good rest." After Zhiming finished speaking, he led Jinghan He and Wenhan Wencheng came out of Tao's house and drove the ox cart to the market.

"Third Uncle, you said you took my little aunt home to live, is that true?" Jinghan was happy to hear that, since my little aunt got married, she hasn't lived at home yet.

"It's true, looking at the old lady of the Tao family, she probably knows what our family is like now and looks down on us. Jinghan, Wenhan, Wencheng, we must earn some money quickly, and then buy a house and land. So as not to be looked down upon." Zhiming secretly made up his mind that he must live his life well and not let outsiders see the jokes.

"Hey, don't worry third uncle, our family is working hard, and we will definitely live well in two years." Jing Han said.Wen Han and Wen Cheng also agreed.

The uncles and nephews came to the market and began to sell fish.Since tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to making zongzi for this festival, we also need to make some delicious food.So when everyone sees such fresh fish, many people gather around, you get one, I get two, after a while, there are only three or four fish left in the bucket.

Seeing that the bucket was empty, Jinghan felt so happy.They changed the fish in large wooden barrels. There were more than 20 fish in total, and each fish weighed about three catties on average.Carp is thirteen yuan a catty, while fine scale fish is more expensive at eighteen yuan, and two Aohua flowers are also sold at eighteen yuan.Calculated in this way, it has been sold for about [-] yuan.After doing some calculations, Jinghan felt very happy in her heart, if she could do this often, it would be pretty good. "Brother, can we buy some more meat and go home today? I'm greedy for meat. These fish, crickets, etc., are not as good as meat." Zhiming went to the pharmacy to sell medicinal materials, and the three brothers and sisters were left One sells fish here.

Wen Han looked at his sister and smiled, "You are a greedy cat. All right, let's go buy meat in a while. It's the holidays, so we should eat something good. If there is no food at this time, we should buy meat buns Dumplings." In this season, they usually have leeks or something, but the Xu family went up the mountain for the first year of this year, and there were no leeks at all.

"I don't dare to think about dumplings, it would be nice to have some meat." Jinghan said with a smile.

Someone came here to buy fish again, "Brother, you can sell all four of your fish to me. Can it be cheaper?" A man in his forties asked.

Wen Han nodded after hearing this, "Uncle, if you buy all these four fish, you can give them ten cents a catty. We also want to sell them out quickly so we can go home."

"Okay, then weigh me. By the way, can you guarantee that you have this fish every day? I am from Baiweilou in the town. If you can have it every day, send it there. Although It’s a bit cheaper than buying it like this, but I’m sure.” The man asked.

After hearing this, Jing Han thought it was good. After all, there are not many times like this today, and it is not a holiday every day. "Okay, uncle, let's talk about it. From tomorrow, we will send fish to you. How much do you want every day?"

The man thought for a while, "Let's get ten fish a day first. If it sells well, we'll talk about it later. Our restaurant is the best in the town, and there used to be not enough fish for sale."

Wen Han has already weighed the fish, "There are four fish in total, twelve and a half catties, even if it is twelve catties, it will cost 120 Wen."

The man handed over the money to Jinghan and left with the fish. "Don't forget to send the fish." Before leaving, he reminded him.

All the fish were sold out, just as Zhiming came back from the medicine shop, "Yo, it's selling really fast. Okay, let's go back?" He also sold all the medicines.

"Third Uncle, wait a minute, we're going to do some shopping. Buy some meat or something, let's get something delicious tomorrow." Jinghan couldn't help but said happily, today the fish alone was sold for more than a tael of silver , and it is also decided that fish will be delivered every day in the future, which means that there will be income every day in the future, how good it is.Jinghan told Zhiming what happened just now, and Zhiming was very happy when he heard it.

So, everyone went to buy meat together, and when they came to the place where the meat was sold, they asked that the pork cost thirty yuan a catty, which shocked Jing Han. "Uncle, why is this meat so expensive again? Thirty Wen, isn't it too expensive?"

The butcher laughed, "Tomorrow is the festival, and there are many people buying meat. At this time, there are few pigs available for slaughter, so of course it will be more expensive."

Jinghan gritted her teeth and bought two catties of loin meat. This loin meat is just right for fat and lean, and it tastes good when stir-fried.Then I saw a set of pig's head and hooves on the chopping board, and asked, "Uncle, how do you sell these?"

The butcher saw that Jing Han asked about those who went into the water, and said, "You can just give me fifty cents for the whole pair, and most people don't want to clean up this thing."

Jinghan took a look, and there were quite a few of them in the whole set. Although these things can't compare with the taste of good meat, they are still good things.Her mother is quite good at washing these things, and the smell is also good.It's better to buy it again, and you can eat a few more meals when you go home. "Okay, uncle, you can give me all these."

The butcher found some hemp ropes, tied them together, and handed them to Wen Han and Zhiming.Wen Han took it and put it in the wooden barrel. It happened that there was no fish in the wooden barrel, and all the water had been poured out just now, so it was just right to put these.

Next, they went to buy some seasonings such as salt, pepper, and aniseed ingredients, as well as some grain.There is not much food in the family, and there is only about ten acres of land in total. With so many people in the family, how can there be enough food?Now, most of the money for selling fish was spent, and Jinghan began to sigh that it was not easy to earn money.

The uncles and nephews were driving the ox cart, pulling a lot of things, and walking back slowly.When they got back to the venue, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Xue looked at the things in the car and asked, "Zhiming, what are you doing after buying so many things? It's hard to earn money now, so save some money." Bar."

"Grandma, I'm the one who bought it. We live in the mountains. It's already hard enough. If we don't eat something good, how can we suffer? Look at my father and the others. Ah." Jing Han said hastily.Walking Chuaner is an idiom of Kansan, which means to go out at night and patrol the field of ginseng.The soil where the ginseng is planted, a long and large ridge is called a string, so when it comes out to patrol at night, it is called a walk.

Chen looked at Jinghan's little face, which was flushed, and there was a little sweat on her forehead, so she quickly took a handkerchief and wiped Jinghan's sweat. "As long as you have a lot of things to do, that's fine. Grandma also knows that this mountain is too bitter, but she just wants to save more money. Well, since we bought it back, we should eat and eat, and we can't exhaust everyone. Yes. Meilin, Yingzi, you two quickly wash the pig in the water, if you can’t eat it for a while, pick it up and eat it slowly. These are good things, why are they considered meat.” The old lady Letting Jinghan say this, she naturally felt sorry for her husband and son, and she didn't care about buying these things when she came back.Besides, these are all the credit of the children. These children are sensible, so we can't do too much to the children.

Jinghan told her grandma and mother about sending fish to the town every day in the future. Everyone was very happy to hear that, and Chen became a little worried, "Jinghan, you agreed, but you didn't even think about it. What if I don’t catch ten of them someday?” This fisherman dare not say that every day is like today.

"Mother, don't be afraid of this. I will go to the riverside to find a place and dig a small pit. One day we catch more, we will put them in the small pit to raise them, and if there are few days, we will fish them out of the small pit." Just come out and send it to the restaurant. When the eldest brother is free someday, the two of us will dig a place and make a small bubble." Zhiming had thought of this problem a long time ago.

When Mrs. Chen heard it, she felt that it was feasible, so she didn't say anything else.Just when Zhiming talked about going to Tao's house today, Mrs. Chen said that she would take Huixin back to stay for a while. "Just look at his old lady's appearance. Huixin may be angry there, so it's good to take it back for a few days. It's just that the food and accommodation on our mountain are a bit poor, and I don't know if we can let it go for the New Year. Forget it, when the time comes Besides, it’s better than being angry over there.”

"Grandma, it's okay. There are many good things on this mountain, my little aunt will like it." Naturally, Jinghan was eager for Huixin to come back.

(End of this chapter)