Madam, go home and farm

Chapter 17 Market
At night, Mrs. Guan pushed the old man of the Hong family beside him, "Hey, your idea is good, but if the fish is not easy to handle, the lake in this mountain is very close to Wo Niu Mountain. People are gone."

Uncle Hong was shocked. Although Puhuang has the strength of a man, it is hard to say when he encounters that fierce wild animal on this mountain, "Thank you for reminding me, I forgot about it, but the fish tastes really special tonight." , do you think it really is from the lake on the mountain?" As he spoke, the uncle of the Hong family smacked his lower lips, with some aftertaste.

"The taste is indeed very good, otherwise, I will find out tomorrow, but how much is the price suitable?" Guan thought of the soup, which had no fishy smell at all, and there was an indescribable aroma in the fresh fragrance, Makes the tongue salivate.

"An ordinary fish that was about the same size in the episode cost three to four yuan a catty. Her fish is special, and it is feasible to sell those high-priced fish for fifteen or twenty yuan." It's not the kind of high price, it's very good to give this price.

"That's true." Guan Shi nodded, "Stop talking, and I don't need to sleep anymore." I always think of the freshness of the fish, it's really memorable!
Not to mention that Puhuang entered the mountain again that afternoon, and her targets were still rabbits and pheasants. She didn't want to move large animals for the time being. They were too big and too eye-catching. Wu would make trouble for no reason and cause too much trouble.

There are always a lot of people going to the big market, and this summer, people also get up earlier.Puhuang took a sack, stuffed the prey into it, carried it with his hands, and walked away briskly. This time he went to the town, he really had to buy a lot of daily necessities, such as tearing two feet of cloth, not enough underwear, Especially when menstruation comes, it is really painful.

There is a small restaurant in the town, which also accepts wild game. According to Hong Hao'an, this pheasant can be sold for twenty yuan, which is two to three yuan more expensive than the one raised by the family.It would take less than an hour to go to the town if the footsteps are fast. Of course, it is not as good as the donkey cart and mule cart.

It is said that Mrs. Guan waited for Mrs. Cui to drive over in a mule cart, and the folk customs were open, and the constraints on married women were much less, so it was not uncommon to drive a cart to do small business.After waiting for a long time under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, people arrived one after another, but they didn't see Puhuang, which made Guan feel strange.

"Sister-in-law Lizheng, who are you waiting for?" Old man Wang waited aside with his own donkey cart, pulling a handful of fodder to feed the donkey from time to time, seeing Cui and Guan parked in the mule cart as if they were waiting for someone, Can't help but ask curiously.

"Why, did Uncle Wang meet Hao'an's daughter-in-law?" Cui said with a smile, she is Lizheng's daughter-in-law, and everyone will show some face.

"Oh, you said Hao'an's daughter-in-law, I'm leaving early." When he heard that Puhuang was waiting, Old Man Wang's expression was a little awkward. or visions of people.

Although the thinking is not ignorant, it is not expulsive for those who put on ominous words, visions, etc., but they are still avoided at ordinary times.

Mrs. Cui glanced at Mrs. Guan, nodded slightly, picked up the whip, yelled, and the mule cart left the village entrance and went straight to the town.Mrs. Cui did not avoid other people when she asked the question just now. As soon as they left, the people who were waiting for Old Man Wang's donkey cart started discussing in low voices. It's kind of like, and it is said that Puhuang is lucky, and it has won Cui's favor or something.

But Puhuang couldn't hear these sour words, and even if she heard them, she didn't have the heart to pay attention to them.Because it is a big market, there are a lot of people going there. Bishui Town does not have a city wall like Bihu County, but judging by the density of houses, there should be about a few hundred households.Around the town are various irregular dirt roads, or ox carts or donkey carts. Horse carts are very rare, and more people are walking.

Puhuang thought he was early enough, but he didn't expect that there were people earlier. When he entered the town, several main streets were full of goods, and there were constant shouts.The street is not long, so Puhuang quickly found the small restaurant, of course, not from the front door, but from the back door.In the early morning, there was no business in the small restaurant. The shopkeeper came out after hearing that the shopkeeper was selling wild animals.

After a bit of bargaining, three chickens cost nineteen cents each, and rabbits are heavier, twenty-five cents.Holding a penny and a few coppers in his hand, Puhuang went to the grocery store he had just passed, and bought half a liter of lamp oil and a small rubbing wick, plus edible oil and salt, a few stoneware bowls and other sundries , I spent nearly half of the money I had not long after I got it.

Salt is not as expensive as I imagined, but it is not cheap either. It costs about ten cents a catty. There are many kinds of cooking oil, and I bought the cheapest one. Since I didn’t bring a container, buying a container is a small expense.

There is a carpenter in the town, she wants to see if there are any wheelchairs for sale in this world, and she wants to buy one for Hong Hao'an, a big man who always treats the house like he is, and he is not a lady.Pu Huang went to the store to have a look. There were a lot of sawdust, unprocessed and processed wood, placed in a mess. Two people, one old and one young, were sitting on chairs and planing wood, and the shavings were flying.

"Madam, do you want to order furniture?" The young man greeted politely.

"Do you make wheelchairs in this shop?"

"Wheelchairs? The store can't do it for the time being, Madam can go to the county to have a look." The old man frowned slightly when he heard this.

Seeing this, Puhuang didn't ask any more questions, and walked the other streets again, asked the price of the cloth, and finally bought two feet of fine cotton cloth, five feet of dark blue cotton and linen, because the width was less than one meter Well, this cotton and linen is only enough to make one piece. She is going to practice with the clothes Hong Haoan is wearing.

Putting everything into the sack, Puhuang had just left the cloth shop and was about to go back, but was stopped by Guan Shi.

"Daughter-in-law Hao'an, why are you walking so fast? We didn't catch up with you in the mule cart." Mrs. Cui asked heartily, without getting to the bottom of it, "Why, everything is bought?"

"Auntie, Aunt Cui, you also come to the market." Pu Huang smiled politely.

"Daughter-in-law Hao'an, don't go back in a hurry, stay with us later, it's getting hot these days, and it's hot to walk." Guan Shi looked at Pu Huang's clothes, then looked at her shoes, and couldn't help frowning, "Daughter-in-law Hao'an, I wrong you to accompany our two wives for a stroll. I was just about to buy some coarse cloth to put on the soles of my shoes."

Pu Huang had a feeling that Mrs. Guan wanted to give her something, so she agreed after thinking about it, not mainly for taking advantage, but because of their status in the village and their attitude towards her, which can affect many things.

Accompanying Mrs. Guan in, listening to her and Mrs. Cui talking about which print is good-looking and which cloth is not good for weaving, Pu Huang followed by, listening to Xiao Er's introduction and their chat, learning more or less To some, these are things that were barely touched and learned in previous lives.

The Guan family and the Cui family bought cloth on the basis of zhang. Because of their poor family background, after a while, they had several pieces of folded cloth in their hands.

"Daughter-in-law Hao'an, why don't you also buy some coarse cloth and go back to make a pair of shoes?" Cui said with a smile, taking out her purse to pay the bill.

"How about this, I have good starch here, you come to my house to do it, and learn to do some needlework with your sister-in-law." Guan Shi saw Puhuang's shoes and knew that her needlework was not good, otherwise she would not be exposed. Then a toe hole comes out, but the words are not clear.

"Then thank you, auntie. I heard that my sister-in-law is doing a good job of sewing. I was thinking of coming to ask for advice someday." Pu Huang thanked her with a smile, and didn't mention the money for the rough cloth. It's better to do it in private.

Accompanying Mrs. Guan and Mrs. Cui to buy all kinds of things, the three of them ended up with big and small bags. When they arrived at the place where the mule cart was parked, they gave a few pennies to the person watching the cart. The three of them got on the mule cart, facing the sun, Slowly drove towards the village.

Hooked the falling hair behind the ear, because Wu said before that she combed the girl's hair when she was married, and it was ugly to hook up with someone, Pu Huang specially imitated Yang's simple woman's oath, the most obvious The most important thing is that there can be no bangs, because women will wear their hair up after the hairpin, which is about the same as women's heads, so they are all distinguished from the bangs.

Mrs. Guan raised her hand to wipe the sweat from her forehead, took Puhuang's hand, and said with a smile: "Daughter-in-law Hao'an, the fish you sent yesterday tastes really good. Your grandma added half a bowl of rice for it. You Look, if you get the same one in the future, you send it, and a catty is calculated as fifteen renminbi, what do you think?"

Puhuang's eyes couldn't help but brighten up. This fish tastes really good, but fifteen cents a catty is indeed too high. Is this helping her in disguise?Her expression was calm, and she didn't show surprise at what Guan said, "It's good that grandma likes to eat it. I got that fish by accident in the mountain stream. If I get it again in the future, I will send it to you." Let’s not talk about the money or not, let’s just make up for my husband’s unfilial conduct over the years!”

She believed that Hong Hao'an would not accept the money, and saying that he caught it in the mountain stream also explained in disguise that the fish came with the current and did not come from time to time.Although there are many fish in the lake in the valley, there are only so many of them. After they are all fished out, there are not so many peaches to raise big and small.

"Hey, daughter-in-law Hao'an, your aunt is right, the fish tastes really good, even my grandson who doesn't like fish likes it too, if you get more next time, bring it over again, and the price will be the same. "Cui Shi has been paying attention to the conversation between the two. Hearing about the fish, he didn't hold back. "I have never eaten fish with this taste. It is fresh and not fishy."

"The mountain stream is not big, and there are not many fish. I will go and see it in a few days. If there are any more, I will catch them and give them to you." Pu Huang lowered his eyes slightly, and said with a smile.

"Oh, that's great. I'm looking forward to it. As I'm talking, my saliva is about to flow out. It's really weird. It's not a sour fruit like plums. How could it be like this?" Cui said with a hearty smile. , the laughter spread far and wide.

Puhuang has a big appetite, as long as it can be eaten, it’s fine, but it doesn’t have much research on taste, so I can’t empathize with it, “Auntie, Aunt Cui, is the price of fifteen coins too high?”

"It's not high, it's not high. This fish is comparable to the silver thread fish produced in Qinghe Village. If I give you this price, I'm afraid I'll lose you." Shi Cui waved his hand, pulled the rein, and let the mule The speed slowed down, and the next section of the road was more uneven.

"Hao'an daughter-in-law, you don't have to worry about us losing money, the fish is worth the price." Guan patted Puhuang's hand, and really felt that it was really right to buy people at the beginning. From the observation of the past month, people Diligent and polite, good for Hong Haoan, and if the two have a child, then this day will be perfect.

　Sorry for being late!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)