Rebirth of the little peasant girl

Chapter 24
After leisurely living at the gate, after sending Han Yi's family away, Tao Liu told the young waiter Xiao Zhao who was following him:
"Go and make a pot of West Lake Longjing tea for Mr. Wu and Mr. Sun, and then go and explain to Xiao Liu, the accountant, about the purchase of herbal tea tomorrow."

"Okay, boss, I'll go right away."

After Xiao Zhao listened to the order, he turned and left.

Tao Liu stood at the door of Youranju and watched for a while, until Han Yi's family disappeared completely, then turned and walked towards the small bamboo building just now.

……

Xiaozhulou, the place where Han Yan's family left just now.

"Old Wu, what do you think?"

Looking at the rose flowers blooming outside the building, Mr. Sun seemed to speak casually.

"She's an interesting little girl."

Old Wu's flat and serious voice came slowly.

"Yeah, I feel like an adult who has gone through many vicissitudes. If it weren't for my age, I would really think I was an adult!"

Elder Sun said jokingly.

If Hanyan was still here, she would be shocked when she heard what Sun Lao said. Isn't she just an adult who has gone through vicissitudes, but the god of fate is more partial and gave her a chance to do it again.

"It should be born smart, plus good luck, so it is more clever." Wu Lao looked at the herbal tea in his hand and said casually.

Although there are relatively few such people, it is not impossible. They have met them when they were young.

Leisurely living in the house, the atmosphere became a bit dull, but Han Yan's family at this time was very happy.

"Yan'er, I didn't expect to sell our family's wild flowers and weeds today." Cambrian sat on the back seat of the bicycle, his face flushed with excitement, looking at his father who was riding in the middle Han Yan on the front beam of the bicycle.

"Second brother, I've said it all. These are not wild flowers and weeds, but herbal tea." Han Yan sat on the bicycle, looking ahead, her voice somewhat helpless.

"Hey, I'm so happy, I made a mistake all of a sudden." Han Wu smiled embarrassedly.

He thought that today he just came to the county with his father, mother, elder brother, and Yan'er to have a look. The family came to play together, and he was quite happy when he set off, but he didn't expect that they went to such a beautiful place today. Such delicious snacks, and the herbal tea sold for so much money in the end, hehe, it's really great.

Sitting on the back of Liang Xin's bicycle, Han Wen looked at his brother and sister who were talking, and felt very happy. The younger sister, who was always weak and often sick, not only got better physically, but also grew up.It is no longer the younger sister who always lies in bed, going back and forth between home and the hospital, but this lively and healthy younger sister now.

"Father, do we need to buy some herbal tea, otherwise how can we get it tomorrow?" Han Yan pulled Han Yi's clothes.

"Yan'er is right. We should buy something for tea. Let's go to the trading street to have a look." Han Yi turned his head, looked at Liang Xin and said.

"Okay." Liang Xin rode his bicycle and followed Han Yi towards the trading street in the center of Han County.

It was already past one o'clock in the afternoon. Due to the hot weather, there were basically no pedestrians on the street. Han Yi's family soon arrived at the Trading Street in the center of Han County.

There were only twos and threes of customers on the trading street wandering in the shops on both sides of the street, looking a little deserted.In the shops on both sides of the street, the shopkeepers are also listless, and only when customers come to the door, they will get up and say hello lazily.

Han Yan knows that if the herbal tea is to be preserved well, it is best to store it in a sealed porcelain tea can, which can keep the quality of the dried flowers and plants stable; and if it is placed in a transparent glass or can, it is easy to observe whether it is damp and moldy, but It’s best to keep clear jars in a storage cabinet because the sun can shine through; different kinds of herbal teas are best kept separate as they absorb each other’s aromas.

Han Yan intends to send herbal tea to Youranju tomorrow, so she buys some cellophane bags and tells them how to store herbal tea after delivery; as for herbal tea at home, Han Yan wants to buy some ceramic tea pots, sealed Preservation is convenient for long-term storage of herbal tea.

Han Yan told her family about her thoughts, Han Yi thought for a while, and brought the children to a time-honored porcelain shop. There was only one old man with gray hair in the shop.

The old man was lying on a bamboo recliner, with his eyes closed, and he was slowly playing a big bamboo fan with his right hand, feeling very comfortable.

"Let's take your time and see what you buy."

Hearing the sound of footsteps coming from the door, the old man opened his eyes for a while, and after finishing speaking, he closed his eyes again.

"Wow, there are so many porcelains here!"

After Han Wu sighed, he took Han Yan and Han Wen to visit the shop together.

The shop is filled with all kinds of porcelain products, ranging from large water tanks as tall as a person to small bowls for children to eat and small teacups for drinking.

"Father, let's buy some porcelain crocks."

Han Yan, Han Wen, and Han Wu brothers and sisters stood in the middle of a row of crock pots of different sizes, stretching out their hands to caress them carefully.

Hearing what his daughter said, Han Yi walked over with his wife, looked at the porcelain pot in front of him, stretched out his hand to flick it, listened to the sound, and nodded.

"How big do you want to buy?"

Seeing her husband's satisfied expression, Liang Xin asked with a smile.

"It's about fifty catties."

Han Yan thought for a while and said.This year, the family picked and produced seven kinds of herbal teas, each of which weighed about 100 catties. Except for the ones purchased by Youranju, some of them should be sold at the Lotus Harvest Festival in a few days, and the rest will be placed in [-]. It should be almost the same in a porcelain jar that weighs [-] kilograms. As long as the measures are done well, it should be able to be stored for a year.

"it is good."

Several people walked towards the lounge chair at the door together.

"Old man, we want to buy a few fifty-jin porcelain jars, how can we sell them?"

Han Yi looked at the old man in front of him and asked.

Hearing the voice of questioning, the old man slowly opened his eyes, turned his head and glanced at the fifty-jin porcelain pots in the shop.

"15 yuan each."

"It's so expensive." Liang Xin said with some dissatisfaction.

"We want a few more, can it be cheaper?"

Han Yi looked at the old man in front of him and discussed.

The old man looked up at the people for a while and thought for a while.

"How many can you buy?"

Han Yi looked back at his daughter Han Yan, who quickly stretched out ten fingers.

"Ten."

"Two yuan cheaper, one 13 yuan."

"Ten yuan, we asked for so much at once."

Liang Xin countered the price.

"The minimum price is 12 yuan, and you can't sell it for less."

The old man said firmly.

"Okay, then 12 yuan."

Han Yi pulled Liang Xin who was about to bargain, and agreed.

"Is it delivered?"

Liang Xin asked with some reluctance.

"Where is home, is it far from here?"

"Not far away is Xiaohan Village in the southeast of the county seat, about [-] meters away from here."

"can."

"We didn't bring so much money today, this is 20 yuan, and the rest will be given when we get home, okay?"

Han Yi took out two ten-yuan bills from his pocket and handed them over.

"Okay." The old man took it over and looked at it, and put it in his pocket.

"Qiangzi, Qiangzi, get up quickly, there is life."

The old man got up and walked to the door inside the shop, and shouted into the courtyard.

"Got it, come here."

A young voice responded.

Not long after, a young man with a cropped cut wearing a gray and black short-sleeved T-shirt came out of the shop.

"Grandpa, what's the matter?"

The young man touched his troubled face and asked.

"These customers bought ten large porcelain jars weighing fifty catties. You go to your uncle's house and drive the tractor over to help them deliver them to their homes."

The old man pointed to Han Yi and the others standing at the door and said to his grandson.

"En." Qiangzi responded, turned and left the shop.

"You guys wait a moment, he will be back in about twenty minutes."

After the old man finished speaking, he walked to the deck chair, lay down, closed his eyes and shook the main fan.

After Han Yi and the others saw it, they decided to leave one person here to wait, and the rest went to buy cellophane for tomorrow.

Liang Xin and Han Wen stayed, and Han Yi led Han Wu and Han Yan to go together.

The shop selling cellophane was not far from the porcelain shop, and the three bought it back quickly.

After a while, there was a sound of "chu, chu, chu" in the distance, and Qiangzi came back with a tractor.

Together, Han Yi and Qiang Zi loaded ten fifty-jin porcelain jars onto the tractor, and Han Wen, Han Wu, and Han Yan also sat on them.

The old man told his grandson that after the things were delivered to the place, remember to charge another 100 yuan, and the group set off.

When the family set out in the morning, the sun had not yet risen, but when they came back, the sun was about to set, and there were children playing in twos and threes everywhere in the village.

The sound of "chu, chu, chu" tractors attracted people who love to watch the excitement. Han Yi and Liang Xin's family moved ten porcelain jars back home while several neighbors watched. After Qiangzi received the money, , drove the tractor and left.

"Awen Niang, what are you buying so many porcelain jars for?"

Sister-in-law Hong stood at the door of Han's house with a loud voice, asking next to Liang Xin.

"I use it for storing things at home. I went to the county town with my children today. I happened to find that it was cheap, so I bought a few more. Anyway, these porcelain jars are not bad, and they will be used sooner or later."

Liang Xin said with a smile when he saw the people waiting at his door to hear the news.

"You guys hurry home and take a shower. You've been playing all day, and your body is sweaty and sticky."

Liang Xin looked at Han Yan and the others standing at the door, and said with concern.

Sister-in-law Hong saw that Han Yi's family was indeed very tired. Although she really wanted to know what the family did in the county today, she was too embarrassed to ask again.

"My house is still cooking soup, and there is no one there. I have to go back and watch the fire. Let's talk about it another day."

Sister Hong turned and left, and the rest of the people also left.

Han Yan's family happily closed the door and went home. Today's harvest is great, and everyone is in a good mood.

……

In the south of Xiaohan Village, at Mr. Han's house, Han Lin and his wife Zhou are also in a good mood.

"Old man, it will be the Lotus Harvest Festival in a few days, and our daughter will be here soon."

Wearing a coarse white shirt, Mrs. Zhou said to Mr. Han while sitting on the kang, her tone was full of longing for her daughter.

"Yes, the big girl married far away, it's not easy to come back once."

Old Man Han was sitting at the door of the house, holding a lighted cigarette in his hand, and was smoking slowly one puff at a time.

"No, I miss me so much. When I come back this time, let every son pay some money to make up for my daughter."

"Let's just make some delicious food for our children, and let's forget about the sons."

It is not easy for the sons' families. Each family has several children, and they do not live well off with the little harvest in the field.The eldest son, the third son, and the fourth son can still earn money by virtue of their craftsmanship. It is really not easy for the second son's family, Mr. Han thought with emotion.

"That won't work. Each son will have to pay 50 yuan. Then I will go door to door asking for it, and see who dares not give it."

Zhou said arrogantly.In her opinion, the sons were raised by themselves, and they should listen to themselves no matter what.

Mr. Han took a puff of his cigarette and fell silent.In this family, he has always listened to his wife, Zhou Shi. Even if he knew that his second son's family could not afford money, he would not refute his wife Zhou's words.

So, a storm that Han Yan didn't know about was coming.

(End of this chapter)