The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 7
"One penny and one catty." Han Qianluo said, and did not set the price too high. After all, it is something that can be picked all over the mountains and plains. So little, only half a catty of later generations.

"Weigh two catties for me." The young woman said bluntly.

Han Qianluo was very happy. After so long, he finally opened his business. He quickly weighed two catties of toon vegetables and handed them to the young woman, saying, "This must be boiled in boiling water." Han Qianluo, and then left.With the first person to eat crabs, the people behind also bought Han Qianluo's leftover toon buds one after another.

However, the toon sprouts were sold out, but the bracken was not sold at all.At this time, the woman selling wild vegetables next to her said, "Little girl, can I have a taste?"

"No problem." Han Qianluo replied with a smile.

The woman tasted a little and said, "I didn't expect it to be quite delicious. Are these Chinese toon sprouts?"

"Well, it's Chinese toon buds." Han Qianluo admitted straightforwardly, even if he didn't say anything, those people would be able to tell. Han Qianluo reckoned that next time he came by himself, he would definitely see this toon buds for sale.

"I'll get some to try when I go back," the woman said.

The wild vegetables of the woman next to her were gradually sold out, but Han Qianluo's bracken was never cared for, and most of them just glanced at it and then left.

"Xiaoluo." Han Shuier came over with a basket on his back. The cloth in the basket was gone, but there were some other things that Han Qianluo didn't recognize, probably some things for weaving.

Han Shuier looked at the wild vegetables in Han Qianluo's basket and said, "I didn't expect to sell so many of them. I thought no one would buy them."

"Sister, you look down on me too much." Han Qianluo said, and suddenly found that Mei saw Han Sanwei, and asked, "Sister, where is Sanwei?"

"Together with my brother." Han Shuier said, "I'm going to buy some more things, and I'll come here to find you after I'm done shopping." After finishing speaking, he left.

After a while, Han Qianluo's bracken was only sold for a catty, and then he didn't buy it.At this time, there were not as many people in the market as when Han Qianluo first came, and many people had already started to go back.

Looking at the remaining bracken, Han Qianluo squatted on the ground, thinking whether to make dried bracken or eat it today.Before Han Qianluo could think about it, he saw a person standing in front of him, and then heard a very magnetic male voice: "Girl, how do you sell this?"

Han Qianluo stood up. The man's face was pale, a very sickly white, but his facial features were very delicate, which can be described as beautiful. He was wearing a blue gown, and he was very thin, as if he could be blown away by a gust of wind. look.Looking at the man in front of him, Han Qianluo suddenly felt that his heart was beating too fast.

Seeing that Han Qianluo didn't speak, the sickly handsome man asked again, "Girl, how do you sell this?" His tone was very gentle.Only then did Han Qianluo come to his senses, and felt very embarrassed in his heart. It was so embarrassing for him to be stunned. He quickly replied: "One penny, one catty."

"Weigh it, I want it all," the man said.

Originally, in this situation, Han Qianluo should immediately weigh the bracken, and then collect the money and go home, but Han Qianluo said in a strange way: "You can't keep this for too long, otherwise it will be bad for your health. You can't eat it tomorrow." have eaten."

What Han Qianluo meant was that if you can’t finish eating today, don’t buy them all back. Although the total is only a dozen yuan, and the man’s clothes are not very expensive, but they are not ordinary linen clothes. To him, a dozen pennies is probably not much different from a penny, and Han Qianluo regretted his talk too much.

The man suddenly smiled, although it was a very faint smile, but this smile was as warm as the sun on the other side that could melt ice and snow, and he said very gently: "I didn't expect that the girl is a person who will consider others, but you Don't worry, I have a lot of people in my family, and I can finish these."

Now that others have said so, Han Qianluo stopped talking and quickly weighed it. Han Qianluo put the weight on the last star flower. Stop moving.

"Exactly fifteen catties, a total of fifteen Wen." After Han Qianluo finished speaking, he couldn't help asking: "Other people dare not buy this, so why would you buy it?"

"This thing can cure food hiccups, gas hiccups, and intestinal wind-heat poisoning. It is naturally edible." The man said, and handed fifteen coins to Han Qianluo.

Han Qianluo counted all the copper coins, then carefully put them into the money bag, and then habitually said: "This dish should be boiled in boiling water before eating, it will taste better."

"Thank you for your reminder, girl." The man left after finishing speaking.

Han Qianluo looked at the thin back of the man, looking forward to the next encounter in his heart. Soon, the man's back was covered by the crowd, and he didn't know where he went.

Han Qianluo withdrew his gaze, put the plate and cloth into the basket, and waited there for Han Shui'er's arrival.At this time, more than half of the people in the market had dispersed, leaving only a few people.Han Qianluo also wanted to go shopping for a while, but what if Han Shui'er couldn't find him after a while.

Just when Han Qianluo was hesitating, Han Shuier had already arrived with a basket on his back.Han Qianluo showed the empty basket to Han Shuier excitedly, and said happily, "Sister, look, all are sold out."

"It's actually sold out." Han Shui'er said in surprise, "Xiao Luo, do you want to buy something?"

Han Qianluo thought about it, and decided to buy some seasonings. She is a person who likes to eat, so she really can't stand every meal of boiled vegetables.Han Qianluo saw a lot of things in Han Shuier's back basket, which probably weighed a lot, so he said, "I'm going to do some shopping, sister, go back first."

"Okay then, I'll go back first, be careful." Han Shui'er warned and went back.

Han Qianluo carried his basket and began to stroll around the market.At this time, not only are there fewer people buying things, but even fewer hawkers selling things. Some hawkers who sell well sell out and go back.

Han Qianluo planned to buy some seasonings, so he found a peddler who sold groceries.The peddler was very enthusiastic, and hurriedly greeted him: "Girl, what do you want to buy, we have everything here, you can pick whatever you want."

Han Qianluo took a look. Relatively speaking, the things here are really complete, most of the things are there.Han Qianluo originally wanted to buy soy sauce and vinegar, but he didn't see it, so he asked, "Do you have soy sauce and vinegar here?"

"There is vinegar, but there is no soy sauce, but there is sauce, which is wolfberry sauce from Sichuan. It is delicious. Would you like to buy some?"

Han Qianluo wasn't interested in goji sauce at all, he just asked, "Where can I buy soy sauce?"

"I don't know about that. I've never heard of this thing." The peddler said.

Han Qianluo was a little surprised. Could it be that there is no soy sauce now? I hadn't seen it at home before, and thought it was because the Han family was too poor, so they had no money to buy it. Unexpectedly, there was no soy sauce at this time.

"What about the vinegar, can I have a look?" Han Qianluo said, since she didn't even have soy sauce, she was really a little worried about whether the current vinegar is the kind of vinegar she often eats in future generations.

The peddler didn't think Han Qianluo's request was too much. He went into the house, opened a large earthenware pot with a heavy weight similar to the lid of the earthenware pot, scooped out a little vinegar with a bamboo tube, and handed it to Han Qianluo. Luo said: "Girl, please taste it, the vinegar here is good vinegar, it is definitely sour."

Han Qianluo dipped his fingers in a little vinegar and tasted it. It had a sour taste, but it wasn't sour enough. In short, it wasn't good enough.Han Qianluo was not very satisfied. Such vinegar still needs money to buy, so he might as well do it himself, although it will take a little time.

"Girl, do you want to buy it?" the peddler asked, as if he was very confident in his own vinegar, and continued to sell it endlessly: "Our vinegar here is all high-quality vinegar, and everyone in Dahu in the capital uses our vinegar." This vinegar."

Han Qianluo didn't believe a word of the hawker's words. This kind of vinegar is still used by rich people, and ordinary people like them are not very satisfied with it. How could rich people use it.

Han Qianluo shook his head and said that he would not buy it, and the peddler hurriedly sold other things: "We have other things here, see what else you need, we also have spices for cooking meat, take a look." He pointed to several wooden square boxes on the counter.

Han Qianluo walked over to have a look, and found that they were indeed spices for cooking meat, some of which she knew the names of, and some of which she didn't.The only names she knows are star anise, cumin, tangerine peel, pepper, and clove.There are also some Han Qianluo who didn't know their names, but used them often in the past.

"How do you sell these?" Han Qianluo asked.

"The price is the same, ten cents a catty." The peddler replied with a smile.

Han Qianluo imagined how much a catty could be, and then thought about the taste of boiled meat in plain water. Although he felt a little heartbroken, he decided to go back and said to the peddler, "I'll buy some." I took a little, really a little, because I was afraid that the weight would be too heavy.

The peddler weighed the weight, and it was a catty and a half, fifteen cents. Han Qianluo took out the unheated copper coins to pay the peddler with some heartache, and then planned to leave. He wanted to buy too much, but the money was gone. Too little, or go home quickly.

Just as Han Qianluo turned around, he suddenly remembered that sugar was needed to make soy sauce. Although he didn't have much money left, he still had to buy it, otherwise he couldn't make soy sauce.

"Is there any sugar?" Han Qianluo asked.

(End of this chapter)