Rebirth Era's Petite Wife

Chapter 43 043 Shopping

The stall owner was completely moved by Ma Hongqi's words. He glanced at the listless rabbit on the ground, gritted his teeth and nodded, "Okay, five yuan is five yuan!"

He has placed this rabbit in the back street for two days. If he doesn’t change it today, it will be worthless when the rabbit dies. The young man is right, this guy in Sanlibao can afford five yuan And there are not many people who are willing to buy rabbits.

Shen Jiao happily took out five one-dollar bills from her pocket. She held them very carefully and pulled them out one by one, so that no one could see the other money in her bag. When you are out of the house, you must never reveal your money. .

The stall owner could tell from Shen Jiao's appearance that she was from the city. A country girl doesn't have such a style, and she can't carry so much money with her.

The stall owner grinned and asked courteously, "Would you like rice? My rice is delicious. I can eat three big bowls of rice without vegetables."

Shen Jiao glanced into his basket, the quality of the rice was not particularly good, it was slightly yellow, it was obvious that only the tops of the rice had been husked, and the husks had not been cleaned, but there are very few rice farmers in the northwest here, who can It is extremely rare to have such rice.

"Why change rice?" Shen Jiao asked.

The stall owner saw that there was a door, and said excitedly, "Twenty-five cents a catty, how about it?"

Ma Xinghua roared angrily, "Why don't you go grab it? The food station is full of dime a catty, but you have more than doubled it. Jiaojiao, don't buy from him, let's buy from other people."

The stall owner smiled triumphantly: "In the entire back street, I am the only one who can exchange rice, and you can't find a single rice in other places even if you search for it."

Ma Xinghua's face was flushed red by his anger, and she wanted to refute a few words, but she couldn't think of any words.

Shen Jiao said slowly: "Uncle, even if you search the entire Sanlibao Town, you can't find a single person to buy your rice!"

The stall owner was choked by her, blinked, and couldn't hold back a word. Ma Xinghua was really relieved to see it, and said to the stall owner, "How is it? It's [-] cents and [-] catties. We'll exchange all the rice."

Just now, when she saw Shen Jiao's willingness to pay the money, she knew that the Shen family's grandfather and grandson were not short of money. Thinking about it, they were rich before. Ma Da's family is definitely not too weak, so Ma Xinghua bought all the rice for Shen Jiao.

The stall owner shook his head like a rattling drum: "No, no, I have worked hard to grow this rice, and only half an acre of land has harvested more than 100 catties of rice. If I grow sorghum, the yield will be more than that! Erjiao One catty, no less!"

After some haggling between Ma Xinghua and the stall owner, the half basket of [-] catties of rice was finally sold at [-] cents per catty, a total of [-] yuan and [-] cents. When paying the money, Shen Jiao asked deliberately: "Uncle, fifteen catties, are you still here?" ?"

She just heard from the stall owner that he harvested more than 100 catties of rice. Even if it is pounded into rice, it must be a hundred catties. This man must have rice at home.

The stall owner grinned and said: "Of course, I will bring eggs next time. If I'm lucky, I can catch a pheasant. Remember to come here, little girl!"

"En!" Shen Jiao responded.

Ma Hongqi helped her carry the rice, and the stall owner was in a good mood after earning the money, so he didn't want the basket, and gave Shen Jiao all the basket and rice.

Although Shen Jiao wanted to buy more things, but the money she spent just now was enough, she could only buy ten eggs, twenty catties of cornmeal, ten catties of white flour, and twenty catties of sorghum noodles, and eat rice every day It's definitely not going to work, you have to get some coarse grains to eat with it.

Seeing the surprised expressions of Ma Xinghua and his brother, Shen Jiao deliberately sighed and said, "The things here are really expensive. I have almost spent all of grandpa's money. I will have to exchange things next time."

Ma Xinghua comforted her and said, "Just relax, you will be able to spend your wages in half a month, and life will get better."

Shen Jiao smiled at her, feeling a little uncomfortable, she didn't want to deceive her friends, but for safety's sake, try to be careful!

What she didn't know was that she still overestimated the purchasing power of the rural people at this time. In her opinion, it was a very low-key business, but in the eyes of Ma Xinghua and the locals, it was very rich. You know, the people here Usually no one is willing to buy white noodles to eat, and no one will spend five yuan to buy a rabbit that can't boil oil!
At noon they went back to the purchasing station together. Ma Xixi had finished the work and bought some condiments such as salt and soy sauce. He presumably brought them for the farm workers. He looked a little impatient and shouted at them: " Why did it take so long to buy? The sun is westward!"

Shen Jiao hurriedly took out white buns from the basket, handed them over and said, "Uncle Xixi eats buns, Sister Xinghua and the others are late because they accompanied me to go shopping, don't blame them."

Ma Xixi looked at several baskets, surprise flashed in his eyes, and he glanced at Shen Jiao, this little girl is quite rich, she bought so many things!
Thinking of this, he accepted the steamed stuffed bun unceremoniously, but instead of eating it, he put the steamed stuffed bun into the basket. Ma Xinghua snorted coldly, "Brother, do you want to bring the steamed stuffed bun to Xiaocao again? Seeing you thinking about our orchid? Orchid is still your own sister, Xiaocao has nothing to do with you!"

Embarrassed, Ma Xixi glared at Ma Xinghua angrily, took out the bun from the basket, broke it in half, handed half to Xiao Lanhua, and put away the other half.

Ma Xinghua winked at Ma Hongqi triumphantly, and said crisply, "Brother, why did you take back half of the bun? If Xiaocao's mother asks where the other half is, what do you say, brother? You said it was our orchid that was eaten." ? Xiaocao’s mother can’t get angry with you and won’t let you go to her house for dinner for three months!”

Shen Jiao couldn't help but ask Ma Hongqi in a low voice: "Brother Hongqi, who is Xiaocao? Uncle Xixi's daughter?"

Ma Xinghua spat, and said disdainfully: "Hey, our Ma family doesn't have this kind of barren grass, who knows which bastard's wild species it is!"

"That's enough, girl, keep your mouth open, Xiaocao didn't invite you to provoke you!" Ma Xixi scolded with a sullen face.

Unexpectedly, this sentence set Ma Xinghua on fire, the little girl's eyes turned red all of a sudden, she straightened her body and screamed at Ma Xixi: "Why didn't you provoke me? Just provoke me, the old fox is born Little vixen, suck your blood and eat your flesh every day, big brother, you are a half-head (fool), and these two vixens spend all the money you earn!

Now Shen Jiao understands that she understands that this Ma Xixi has a lover, she should be a widow with a daughter named Xiaocao, Ma Xinghua hates these two girls very much, so she seized the opportunity to hurt Ma Xixi.

Ma Xinghua cried after cursing and cursing, sobbing and said: "Brother, you are obsessed with ghosts. You never scolded me before. Ever since you were hooked by a vixen, you scolded me all the time. I'll go back and tell grandpa to teach you! "

Ma Xixi was confused by his cousin, so he softened his tone and said, "If you say a few words, you will lose the golden beans. Don't cry, you are a big girl who is about to get married. You don't have to be ashamed if you cry like this!"

"Just cry! Don't worry about it!"

Ma Xinghua wiped her tears with her sleeves, her eyes were red, she probably also felt embarrassed, she lowered her head and said nothing!
Seeing his cousin like this, Ma Xixi felt uncomfortable, so he picked up half a bun and ate it in three mouthfuls, and shouted at Ma Xinghua, "You're happy now, aren't you?"

Ma Xinghua couldn't help laughing, but soon got serious again, with an awe-inspiring and inviolable appearance, which amused Shen Jiao.

　Thank you for the vulgar and happy sachet, thank you for the peace charm of lemon and grapefruit jelly, and thank you for all the friends who support me!
　　Note: The history of rice planting in the Yellow River Basin is very long, dating back at least 5000 years ago. A large number of historical research and archaeological excavations have confirmed that although rice originated in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, it gradually spread from west to north. After the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River Basin Rice cultivation gradually declined.

　　In the Han Dynasty, rice was planted in Jiuquan, Hexi. During the Cao Wei Dynasty, Xu Miao "widely opened paddy fields" in Liangzhou (now Wuwei, Gansu). In the Tang Dynasty, rice was also grown in Lanzhou.From the Ming and Qing Dynasties to the Republic of China, Yuzhong Yuanchuan River Valley was the main rice producing area in Lanzhou, and the place name of Lanzhou city is still called Daoyuanzi.

　　However, due to climate change, rice cultivation in Northwest China has gradually declined. However, there is still a small amount of rice cultivation, accounting for 0.5% of the country's rice field production. Therefore, it is not a fiction that Lao Yang wrote that the local people grow rice.

　　
　
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