peasant girl wedding

Chapter 15

The aunt selling vegetables next to her moved her booth closer so she could talk to Tong Zhi'er.

"Girl, I didn't expect you to be so capable and amazing at such a young age." The aunt said and gave Tong Zhi'er a thumbs up.

Tong Zhi'er smiled, "Auntie, thanks to your help, I'll save some candied fruit and bring it with you when you close the stall later."

"Okay, the children in my aunt's house also like candied fruit, so I'll take some back to satisfy their hunger."

While the two were talking, Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhu'er came, followed by Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin.

Tong Zhaofu greeted him happily, Fang Cuiwei patted his youngest son's head, then looked at his second daughter, walked over and said, "Unexpectedly, most of the branches were sold in one morning?"

"Big sister, your girl is really capable." The aunt selling vegetables praised.

Fang Cuiwei was naturally very happy when someone praised her child, but she was very humble.

Tong Zhixin took out all the candied fruit he was carrying on his back, and Tong Duo and Tong Zhi'er helped him put them on the chopping board.

"Father, have you finished all the work in the field?" After finishing all this, Tong Zhi'er raised his head and said.

Tong Zhixin nodded, and said, "You guys are all hungry. Your mother and I are guarding the stall. Go and buy something by yourself."

After hearing this, Tong Zhaofu and Tong Zhu'er's eyes lit up.

Tong Zhi'er kept some copper coins for eating in her hand, and handed over the copper coins hidden in her pocket to Tong Zhixin for safekeeping. The market is crowded with people, and it's worst for a child to take so much money with her.

It was about lunch time, and the restaurants were very crowded. Tong Zhi'er and his siblings found several restaurants, and they were basically full of people.

Tong Zhi'er saw that Tong Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu were quite hungry, so he went to the bun shop and bought eight big, meaty buns, the first two of which were for each of the four siblings.

The steamed stuffed bun was very white, fat and very fragrant. Tong Zhi'er put it to his mouth and took a bite, couldn't help squinting his eyes.For so many days, she has been eating porridge and pickles. To be honest, she can hardly stand it anymore.Then look at Tongduo's child Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu next to them. The three of them also look very satisfied and happy. The buns in their hands are like the most perfect food in the world, which makes everyone satisfied.

"Second Sister, keep this for me." Tong Zhaofu handed the remaining bun to Tong Zhi'er.

Tong Zhi'er took it with a smile, "Ah Fu, are you full?"

Tong Zhaofu shook his head but nodded quickly, staring at the steamed stuffed bun eagerly, but said in his mouth, "I'm full."

After all, Tong Zhi'er's body is the soul of an adult, so he couldn't see that Ah Fu was reluctant to say so, and said: "Ah Fu, we sold candied fruit for a lot of money this morning, so you can eat it at ease."

"Then...there is also money to buy buns for father and mother?" Tong Zhaofu looked at the buns and asked hesitantly.

Only then did Tong Zhi'er understand his intention, and thought: Ah Fu is a filial child.Looking at Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhu'er, they only ate one bun and held the other bun in their hands.

These children...

Tong Zhi'er was overjoyed, put the buns into Tong Zhaofu's hands, and said with a smile, "Ah Fu, go ahead and eat. I'll buy my father's and mother's later. Big sister and third sister are too."

After saying that, Tongduo, Tongtong, Zhu'er and Tong Zhaofu boldly bit the rest of the steamed stuffed bun.

Several people finished eating the buns in a leisurely manner, and Tong Zhi'er bought six more buns, packed them, and went back to the candied fruit stand.She gave four of the buns to Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin, and the remaining two to the vegetable seller.

The aunt was very flattered, she waved her hands and said: "This is not possible, you can keep it for yourself."

"Auntie, you take it, you're welcome." Tong Zhi'er didn't allow her to refuse, and directly stuffed the bun into her palm.This aunt is a kind person, and she is very grateful.

Seeing this, Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin tried to persuade her, but the aunt couldn't delay, so she took the bun, but stuffed several cabbages, eggplants and radishes into Tong Duo'er's basket.

The business in the afternoon was not as good as in the morning, and there were not many people coming and going.Because the market in the village is quite far away, Tong Zhixin looked at the sky and was about to close the stall when a middle-aged man walked over.

"How do you sell this candied fruit?"

"Ten pennies and one tael."

The man frowned, "Ten cents a tael, it's a bit expensive."

Tong Zhixin was about to put up the price, but Tong Zhi'er stepped forward and said, "Uncle, these candied fruits are made by ourselves, they are very fresh, and they are also different from ordinary candied fruit, you will know after trying one." .”

As he said that, Tong Zhi'er picked up some candied fruit with chopsticks, wrapped them in a handkerchief, and handed them to the man.

The middle-aged man took it and looked at it. The candied fruit was wrapped in a white handkerchief, which looked even more crystal clear and attractive.Picking one and stuffing it into his mouth, the sweet but not greasy taste with a slightly sour taste made the man squint his eyes.

This taste is really good.

"Uncle, do you think this candied fruit is worth ten yuan or two?" Tong Zhi'er said with a smile.

Haha, the middle-aged man laughed twice, "The taste is really good, okay, let's pay ten cents a tael. Let me ask you, do you still have this candied fruit at home?"

Tong Zhier's eyes lit up, does this mean buying in bulk?Unexpectedly, I met a big customer.

"Naturally there is."

"how many?"

"About two hundred catties."

"Okay, tomorrow you can bring these two hundred catties to Zhuangji's candied fruit shop. Here is a deposit of one tael of silver." The middle-aged man said and took out the one tael of silver to give to Tong Zhixin. Tong Zhixin hesitated and did not agree. After receiving it, he looked down at Tong Zhi'er.

"I'm afraid I won't be able to get out two hundred catties of candied fruit tomorrow, can uncle give me two more days?" It's a bit rushed to get out two hundred catties of candied fruit tomorrow.

The middle-aged man frowned, pondered for a while, and said: "How about this, you don't need to knead the candied fruit into rows, just send them to my candied fruit shop, but the price will be half the price."

Kneading candied fruit into rows is a meticulous job, which takes a lot of effort, but this uncle wants to cut the price in half, so he cut it a bit hard.

"Uncle, see if you can add another five taels of silver, counting as 15 taels."

"Five taels? No, at most, you can add two taels."

That would be a total of 12 taels of silver.Tong Zhi'er looked at Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin, then nodded, and said, "Okay, just 12 taels."

Both parties were very satisfied with this, signed the document, and Tong Zhixin put a deposit on it, and the middle-aged man left three taels of silver, and left with two taels of candied fruit from the booth.

Holding three taels of silver in his hand, Tong Zhixin was a little dizzy. He didn't expect that Zhi'er girl's candied fruit could earn so much money. He hurriedly collected the silver and gave the rest of the candied fruit to the aunt who sold vegetables next to him. , the family cleaned up the booth and walked back with a basket on their backs.

Along the way, both Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin felt that they were in a dream, and their walking was a little unsteady.

"Zhi'er, I didn't expect that we earned so much money today." The eldest sister Tong Duo'er said happily.

Tong Zhaofu and Tong Zhu'er also came over and couldn't help looking at Tong Zhi'er, thinking that the second sister was really amazing when negotiating prices.

Tong Zhi'er was smiling, looked back at Fang Cuiwei and Tong Zhixin who were still in a daze, walked over, and said: "Father, mother, when we go back, make up those candied fruit, and send them over early tomorrow." .”

"Hey."

(End of this chapter)