peasant girl wedding

Chapter 55

"Excuse me, is anyone there?" Tong Zhi'er called softly in front of a house near the forest.

This house was borrowed by Dong Ping from nearby villagers for the convenience of collecting herbs in the forest. Last time we parted, he told Tong Zhi'er that he could come here to find him if he needed anything.

With a "squeak", the door opened, revealing the man's handsome face.

Dong Ping looked at Tong Zhi'er in surprise, "It's you."

"Doctor Dong..."

Tong Zhi'er said with a smile.

Seeing Tong Zhier following Tong Zhixin, Dong Ping immediately invited them into the house.

"Doctor Dong, don't be so troublesome," Tong Zhi'er stopped Dong Ping who was going to make tea outside, and Tong Zhi'er said bluntly, "I came here today to ask for your help."

Dong Ping nodded, "Miss Zhi'er, please tell me."

Tong Zhi'er looked at Tong Zhixin, and Tong Zhixin also came over and spread out the bundle wrapped in honey on the table.

"This is the honey that my father and I got. I wonder if I can put it in your place for one night?"

Dong Ping looked at the whole piece of bee without blinking his eyes, thinking that it should be Tong Zhi'er's father who could peel off the honey completely.

"Of course, but, with so much honey, are you going to sell it?"

Tong Zhier nodded.

Dong Ping was overjoyed, "I wonder if Miss Zhi'er can sell all these honeys to me?"

He wants it all?Tong Zhi'er was a little surprised, she didn't expect that she just wanted to temporarily store the honey at Dong Ping's place for one night, and in the end, she even managed to complete the business.

Dong Ping saw that Tong Zhi'er didn't make a sound, thought she was worried about the price, and said urgently: "Miss Zhi'er, don't worry, I will pay whatever price is sold in this honey county."

"Dr. Dong, you misunderstood, I didn't mean that."

Knowing that Tong Zhi'er was willing to sell honey to him, Dong Ping immediately went to the house and took out the scales. After weighing all 48 whole pieces of honey, he took out a 100 tael silver note and handed it to Tong Zhixin, saying: " The honey is 25 catties in total, I don’t know the price of the honey, I will send the rest of the money after I go to the county to inquire about it in a few days.”

Tong Zhixin looked at the bank note with a face value of 100 taels with some hesitation.

This is the first time he has taken over such a large ticket.

I know honey is valuable, but is this too much?

Seeing that Tong Zhixin was in a daze, Tong Zhi'er took the banknote from Dong Ping's hand, put it in Tong Zhixin's hand, looked up at Dong Ping and said, "Thank you, Doctor Dong, there is no rush for the money. I will come to pick it up myself later." That's it, don't bother Dr. Dong. If Dr. Dong doesn't dislike these unclumped honey, you can eat it." Tong Zhi'er pointed to the unclumped honey.

Dong Ping agreed with a smile.

After selling the bees and getting money, Tong Zhi'er and Tong Zhixin left Dong Ping's residence very quickly.

"Zhi'er, isn't this too much?" With 100 taels of silver bills in his arms, Tong Zhixin felt light all over, as if in a dream.

"Father, honey is precious, of course it's worth it. Don't worry, Dr. Dong is a good man, and I won't let him suffer."

"What are you talking about? I still can't believe Zhi'er." Tong Zhixin turned his face and gently tapped Tong Zhi'er's head, then took out the banknotes in his arms, held them in his hands and kept looking, "If your mother finds out, she will be so happy from ear to ear."

After watching for a while, Tong Zhixin carefully hid the banknote on his body, pressed it with his hands again and again, grinning all the way and sent Tong Zhi'er to the forest, and then parted from her, and walked to Fang's house. The first thing he had to do was to return the money he had borrowed from Fang Dalin.

"What's going on?" Tong Duo'er saw Tong Zhi'er coming back, and ran over to ask.

Tong Zhi'er smiled happily, "It's done, and the honey has been sold."

"It's sold!" Tong Duo'er repeated in surprise, and realized that her voice was a little louder. Tong Duo'er looked at Tong Cui'er who was tied on the other side. Went to Tong Zhi'er's ear and asked in a low voice, "All sold?"

Tong Zhi'er nodded, "I got 100 taels for the time being, and I'll get the rest of the silver when Dr. Dong goes to the county to inquire about the price."

100 two?

Tong Duo'er's eyes widened. She didn't expect that these honeys could be sold for 100 taels.For a farm family of three members, the annual harvest is only two taels of silver.Now they get 100 taels, isn't this a 50-year share for a family of three farmers.

God, this is too unreal!
Tong Duo'er fell into a deep shock, and suddenly became rich, which really made her speechless.

"Second Sister, why does Eldest Sister look so weird?" Tong Zhu'er pulled Tong Zhi'er's clothes and asked in puzzlement.

Because there was another Tong Cui'er, and Tong Zhu'er was younger, Tong Zhi'er discussed with Tong Duo'er not to tell her about it, and told her about it at night when I went back. .

Tong Zhi'er smiled and didn't answer, but at this moment, Tong Duo'er turned her head and waved to Tong Zhu'er, beckoning her to come over.

Tong Zhi'er didn't hear clearly what the two said, but seeing Tong Zhu'er's blushing face in excitement, she knew that Tong Duo'er must be talking about something that made Tong Zhu'er very happy.

Tong Zhi'er thought well, what Tong Duo'er said really excited Tong Zhu'er.

"Zhu'er, the Dragon Boat Festival will be in ten days' time. Eldest sister will make you dumplings stuffed with egg yolk and lotus seed paste."

Tong Zhu'er stared at the stars, "Sister, do we have money to buy eggs and lotus seed paste?"

Tong Duo'er touched her nose, grinned behind her ears, "Of course."

And it can be said that he is one of the richest people in the village.

Full of thoughts about the egg yolk rice dumpling and lotus paste rice dumpling for the Dragon Boat Festival, Tong Zhuer happily returned home with her sisters on her back.

Knowing Tong Zhi'er's strength, Tong Cui'er was very honest, she didn't say a word when she got home, and the old lady just shook her head when she asked, put down the basket and stood quietly aside.

Knowing that Tong Zhi'er obediently carried out her punishment, the old lady was in a good mood. In addition, in the afternoon, Tong Zhixin bought all the chicken, duck and fish for the two-day banquet, and the old lady ordered several people to feed the pigs. Let them go back and rest.

"mother……"

Tong Zhu'er, who walked to the courtyard gate, saw Fang Cuiwei washing clothes in the courtyard, and opened her mouth to speak.

After waiting for a while, Fang Cuiwei did not respond.

Several people walked to the side of the basin, Tong Duo'er and Tong Zhi'er looked at Fang Cuiwei's expression in a dream, Tong Zhu'er was frightened by her appearance, her little face turned pale with shock .

Tong Zhi'er pulled her aside, and whispered to her about selling honey today.

Fang Cuiwei has looked like this ever since she received the 98 taels and six hundred Wen from Tong Zhixin.

Yesterday, the husband was still worrying about borrowing money from her natal family, but in the blink of an eye, there is so much money in the family, which is really unbelievable.

On the other side, Tong Zhu'er also looked at Tong Zhi'er blankly.It wasn't until Tong Zhi'er pinched her face, felt the pain, and knew it was not fake, that Tong Zhu'er came back to her senses, grabbed Tong Zhi'er's hand, looked at her eagerly, and said, "Second sister, let's There is a lot of silver, we have a lot of silver!"

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Tong Zhixin's shopping list.

Five catties of meat: 150 Wen.

Five chickens and ducks, one hundred Wen each, a total of 1000 Wen (that is, 1 tael of silver)
Fish: 10 Wen a catty, I bought five fish, each weighing about 250 Jin, [-] Wen in total.

Total cost: 1 tael and 400 Wen

(End of this chapter)