Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 68 Fire
Li Kongzhu handed over the two children to her. "Help and watch!"

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the father and son who were still silent over there.

When Mrs. Zhang saw this, she immediately understood and took the two children over.Said: "Don't worry! The baby is here with me, and Gubao will take care of it!"

Li Kongzhu laughed in his heart, it should be a matter of course for his own children to take good care of them.However, he smiled quietly on his face, turned around and walked towards his home without answering the words.

Zhao Jinsheng over there was so frightened that he didn't answer Zheng after calling for many times.

I was so scared that I hurried to break her hand.

Mrs. Zheng refused to let it go, so Zhao Jinsheng tried his best to break it off.

As soon as it was opened, there was a sound of "哗啦!", and the dark red blood that covered the bag fell to the ground like that.

Zhao Jinsheng followed the direction of the blood stream, and when he saw it, he took a deep breath in fright.

I saw that Zheng's upper and lower lips were swollen, not to mention, what was even more exaggerated.Her upper lip was actually torn apart from the middle of the person like that.

Looking at the swollen red meat on both sides, Zhao Jinsheng felt disgusted.After just one glance, he turned his eyes away, his eyes filled with disgust and confusion at the same time.

How on earth did this come about?
Unexpectedly, Zhao Junyi's expression came into his mind, and he shuddered unconsciously.

Shaking his head, it shouldn't be him, the dead woman turned her back to him.When he came, the dead woman was already covering her mouth.

That's not him, who is it?

Zhao Jinsheng looked around carefully, and saw a few villagers in the distance looking at him, but no one came around.

He couldn't help but feel a little cold, just as he was still guessing, he found that the eldest son, who had been crying all the time, seemed to have lost his voice.

Looking around, I was shocked again.

I saw Zhao Tiedan, who was more than four years old, lying motionless at the side, so quiet, just like...

"Iron egg!" Zhao Jinsheng was so frightened that his heart stopped suddenly, he hurried over, squatted down and grabbed his son from the ground in his arms.

Just as the hands were trembling toward the nose, they suddenly heard a sound of "Ding Ding".Zhao Tiedan groaned and woke up again.

Seeing this, Zhao Jinsheng's heart, which was almost frightened, turned around slowly.Holding his son in his arms, he glanced at the woman over there who was still covering her mouth.

He drank coldly, "Why don't you get up quickly and wait for the blood to dry up to die?"

Zheng Shi, who was covering her mouth in pain and crying silently, heard the word death, immediately let go of her hand in fright, and shook her head tearfully at him in a blink of an eye.

When Zhao Jinsheng saw her swollen lips again, he couldn't help but frowned in disgust.

"Not in a hurry!"

Mrs. Zheng nodded, reached out to cover her mouth again, staggered up from the ground, and followed Zhao Jinsheng to her yard.

Li Kongzhu has been peeping through the crack of the door ever since he came back, seeing someone leave.

He turned his head to look at the man who had packed the firewood and returned to the house.

"I can't really cut off my tongue!" She saw the swollen mouth.But because of the distance, he didn't know that Zheng's upper lip was split in the middle by him.

Zhao Junyi was hot and sweaty from walking up the mountain, so he sat down and was pouring tea for himself.

Hearing her question, he only raised his eyebrows and said, "Just give me a lesson!" The scolding was really too harsh, and sometimes I couldn't bear it.

Seeing that his tongue was not really cut, Li Kongzhu heaved a sigh of relief.Seeing that it was getting late, I hurried to prepare lunch.

And here, after Zhao Jinsheng returned to the hospital, he told the second wife and his wife that Mrs. Zheng had been opened up and was going to be taken to see a doctor.

Mrs. Zhang and Zhao Yinsheng were shocked when they heard this.

After Zhao Jinsheng led the people away, Zhao Yinsheng turned around and asked his wife, "Who do you think did it?"

"How would I know?" Mrs. Zhang was also very puzzled, "Ask the boss, he didn't see it either, it just changed like this all of a sudden!"

"Could it be that he was really retribution?" Zhao Yinsheng felt a little unbelievable, and the next second he felt panic.

Mrs. Zhang didn't change much, she just asked Zhao Miao'er, who was having fun on the kang, in a blink of an eye, "Did your third aunt give you something delicious?"

"Hawthorn Cake!" Zhao Miaoer said absent-mindedly while playing with clay eggs.

"What kind of hawthorn cake, didn't I ask you to get some for mother? Why didn't you think about mother!" Mrs. Zhang continued to ask her little daughter patiently.

Zhao Miao'er tilted her head and thought for a while, then shook her head again and said, "Third Aunt won't let you take it out, but let you eat it there. It's white, it's red, it's delicious!"

In vain?Red land?Could it be a new trick?

Zhang frowned and began to think.

And here are two people, Li Kongzhu.After lunch, one of them meditated while the other began to cut the man's clothes and prepare new clothes.

When it is dark when the next ring is heard, the meal will be ready.Mai Ya'er and his wife drove over in an ox cart.

When Li Kongzhu went to open the gate, he saw Shanlihong posing as a car.

Because the door was too small to rush in, and they brought such a large cart into the village, they naturally attracted many villagers to watch.

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu had no choice but to ask everyone to help carry it into the courtyard, spread a thick straw curtain on the floor of the small kitchen, and pile it all up on the ground.

After carrying the mountain red, the people were still unwilling to leave.

Li Diaozhu had no choice but to carry the table out of the house, put it in the yard, put out the remaining hawthorn sticks in the house, and made hot tea, and brought out some bowls, asking them to take turns to taste and drink some!

The thoughtful villagers naturally don't care if there are stools or not, even if they just stand like this, they will squeeze the small courtyard to the brim.

Some men drank tea and ate hawthorn sticks, and urged their wives to ask.

The women also looked down, looked at Li Kongzhu and asked: "That Mr. Zhao's family, how much is it going to do, look at this bullock cart. Can you get busy?"

Li Kongzhu naturally understood the purpose of these people's question, he smiled and said: "Now I still know what the market is, my sister just left for Fucheng today, even if she wants to see the master, she will have to do it in the morning tomorrow. I don’t know if I can get the favor of the master of the prefecture city. All I can do is wait. I’m collecting these fruits today, it’s the Chinese New Year. I think every family will buy new year’s goods, and they will always sell so much. It’s a half-pound snack, so I want to take the opportunity to earn some meat money for the Chinese New Year.”

Some women pursed their mouths when they heard this, and wanted to open their mouths, but they heard her say: "However, the harvest of this fruit is indeed quite large, and tomorrow will be a small year. Everyone has to cook for lunch and so on." Better, I can't delay, how about this! I went to Aunt Wang in a while, and asked her to help me choose two hard-working aunts, who came to help me wash the fruit and remove the core. In one morning, It should be about the same!"

The last sentence, she murmured deliberately.

Hearing that she was looking for someone to wash and remove the pits from the fruit, someone began to ask her the price.

"Although the price is not high, there is still more than half a catty of meat!" Li Kongzhu said with a smile.

When everyone heard the price of more than half a catty of meat, they calculated it in their hearts.At least a dozen or so cash is worth it, and it’s quite a bargain if you can get more than a dozen cash for nothing just by working in one morning.

On weekdays, which woman in the village does not wash and cook all the year round, and she can get money for washing fruit for other people's house, which is not much better than doing it for nothing at home.

"Since you want to find someone, you should look here. It's not that my sister-in-law is boasting. It's rare to find someone as good as my sister-in-law in these ten miles and eight villages!" Some people have already started to boast.

Naturally, there are some people who can't be left behind, "Hey, you and the old family are the only ones who are diligent in these ten miles and eight villages? It's really ridiculous. If you are really so diligent, there won't be chicken feces on the stove cover. I don’t know how to wipe it yet!”

"Zhao Yaozi's family, what do you mean by that, you mean you are diligent? You are diligent, the clothes of your two sons are peeling, why haven't I seen you wash them!"

"you……"

Seeing that it was about to turn from revealing their shortcomings to fighting, Li Kongzhu hurriedly stopped them.

They shouted several times, "Sister-in-laws, listen to me!" Finally, they stopped their quarrel.

Li Kongzhu cleared his throat and said: "Let's do this job. I really don't need two people. I'm still in the initial stage of exploration. I went to find Aunt Wang after a while. I've only been here for a short time and I don't understand anything. Yes, I need to find an elder to teach me a little bit. Also, if Aunt Wang doesn’t pick you up, don’t worry about it. I’m here to say, if the gate of Fucheng is opened, if it really sells well , I will need a lot of fruit, and naturally I will need more people. I plan to do this for a long time, and I won’t say it’s just for a while.”

These words are already very clear, don't lose the big profit in the future for the small profit in front of you.

The old Wang and his family who first said that they were diligent heard this and muttered, "Then you can pick someone yourself, why do you want Mrs. Wang to pick someone!"

Li Kongzhu smiled without saying a word.Can she say that if she doesn't pick some people, she will attract the jealousy of some dissatisfied people?At that time, it will not be worth the loss if he comes to take revenge on her.

When looking for Mrs. Wang, Chen Baisheng has been suppressed since he was young. Even if he was unhappy because he didn't pick the center, no one would dare to offend Chen Baisheng's wife.Unless you don't want to hang around in this village anymore, you can only endure it.

Seeing that she had made such a decision, everyone thought that they would go to the Li Chang's house while it was still not too late, pretending to be familiar.

Seeing this, Li Diaozhu smiled happily and sent them out one by one.

After closing the courtyard door, Mai Ya'er, who had been waiting here with her man, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"If you're a little bit better, you'll be in a hurry! Only sister-in-law, you are kind!"

Li Kongzhu was smiling and asked Zhao Mengzi to help move the table in, wanting to keep him and his wife here for dinner.

Hearing what she said, she shook her head amusedly, "To do big things and go a long way, it's not okay to be greedy alone. Some people have to give some benefits in order to be able to settle down. Why bother to choke on yourself? Hatred?"

It is not acceptable to designate alone, and you will be isolated at that time.If you offend someone, even if someone retaliates, no one will stand on your side to vouch for you. That is the most worthwhile thing.

Mai Ya'er didn't quite understand, she always felt that she worked so hard by herself, not only did she draw the couple into a partnership, but now she let go, and let some people with malicious intentions in the village also come to earn wages, how much money would it cost.

"Actually, this car isn't too much. We can come here in a hurry. Those people will know that they have bad intentions at a glance. If Fang Zi leaks out at that time..."

Seeing the worry on her face, Li Kongzhu dragged her to the kitchen, ready to ask her to help serve the food and set the bowls, "It's just washing a fruit to remove the core, so there's nothing to vent about. Besides, after a while After dinner, I have to go to the Li Chang's house, I believe that with Aunt Wang's ability, she should be able to find two reliable people for me!"

"Hey!" Mai Ya'er helped carry the bowl, "You are so kind!"

Is it?Li Kongzhu smiled lightly.

She said that she wanted to restore her image.It made everyone stand on her side, and they would stop talking about her and watch her liveliness.

After dinner, Zhao Mengzi drove the ox cart to return it, and by the way, he also sent Li Kongzhu with a basket to the head of the village.

Li Diaozhu brought some meat and bone sticks and a handful of eggs. Of course, hawthorn sticks and the remaining pieces of crystal hawthorn cake are indispensable.

When I came to the Li Chang's house, I knocked on the door and went in. I met them before dinner.

As soon as Jiwa saw her, she slid off the kang without eating.

"Third aunt, did you give me something delicious again! I'm so greedy that my saliva is almost drooling!"

"You son of a bitch, how can you ask someone for something like that?" Wang smiled and stepped forward to pat his little head.

Li Kongzhu just stepped into the main room, and saw Chen Baisheng sitting cross-legged on the small kang built above.Seeing her coming, he stopped drinking and asked the old woman to bring a bowl of hot water.

Li Kongzhu sat down on the lower stool, opened the basket, took out a piece of leftover crystal cake, and handed it to Jiwa who had been watching her eagerly.

"I made the leftovers yesterday, and the good ones were taken away to Fucheng. Although it doesn't look good, it tastes the same!"

Jiwa couldn't wait to take it and took a bite, squinting her eyes and yelling, "It's so delicious!"

Chen Baisheng heard her say that she took the initiative to talk about Fucheng, so he asked, "Is it possible?"

"I don't know yet. Let's talk about it first!"

It just so happened that Mrs. Wang came up with a bowl of sugar water, and seeing her grandson eating that haw jelly as soon as she arrived, she couldn't help but blame and said, "Eat the meal first, and eat this easy to restrain later."

"Oh!" Jiwa was a little afraid of her.After hearing this, I really stopped eating.Holding it in his hand, he climbed up towards Xiao Kang.

Li Kongzhu took a sip of sugar water with a smile, and said: "I was thinking about coming to find my uncle and aunt after dinner, and it's almost past the meal time. I didn't think about it, and I ordered it again!"

Mrs. Wang passed the water and got on the kang cross-legged. Hearing what she said, she couldn't help complaining, "I don't know what's wrong. A lot of people came here a while ago. They all got close to me. On weekdays I have never seen anyone so enthusiastic!"

Li Kongzhu's eyes flickered, and he said with a bit of guilt on his face: "I'm afraid it's because of me!"

"Your business? What's the matter?" Mrs. Wang dipped a root into a steamed bun wrapped in pickles.Hearing that it was her business, she stopped eating, turned to look at her and asked.

Li Kongzhu smiled and took out twenty copper coins from his waist, and said that he would make hawthorn strips to sell New Year's goods.He also talked about how to find Zhao Mengzi to go to a distant place today, and when he came back after harvesting the hawthorns, the villagers helped carry them.

"Seeing that there are quite a lot of fruits, I thought about finding two sister-in-laws who are more diligent to help wash and remove the pits." Passed the money over, and seeing Wang push it, she pushed it back persistently.

"I've only been in the village for a short time, and I don't know everyone's character. If I agree to find two people casually, if Fangzi vents, I can't find a place to cry. So, I I want to ask Aunt Wang to help me find out. Anyway, you know the nature of the people in this village. Although these twenty essays are not many, it is my heart, and I can’t always trouble you!”

After hearing what she said, Mrs. Wang and Chen Baisheng didn't understand anything.This is for fear of offending people!
Sighing, "You, it's just so easy to talk." After a pause, he pretended to be ignorant and asked: "I heard that the couple from the previous one came to make a fuss again? Nothing happened, right? "

"No! Second Aunt is here, I'm afraid, but..."

"But what?"

Li Kongzhu frowned, and said with some hesitation: "Today, I was thinking about letting the two children come over for some snacks, because Tie Dan did something wrong with me before, and I wanted to punish him. Cheng Xiang..."

"Are you making trouble again?"

"Yeah!" Li Kongzhu roughly talked about what she asked Zhao Tiedan to help the day before yesterday, and also said about the noise today.

"I really didn't want to cause trouble, so I thought about going out and returning the child. Unexpectedly, the two of them were fighting vigorously. Mrs. Zheng didn't know what was going on, so she suddenly kept silent and covered her mouth in front of her." Kneeling on the ground. The mouth is still bleeding!"

"Is there such a thing?" Mrs. Wang was also startled, and Chen Baisheng frowned.

Li Kongzhu nodded, "Anyway, it's very weird, it was the same last time, when I followed my second aunt and cursed, I suddenly stopped talking..."

She didn't say anything else, but shivered intentionally.

Wang's heart also lifted, and she turned to look at her man.A trace of timidity flashed in his eyes, it couldn't be a ghost!
After all, Chen Baisheng, who could read a few words and was knowledgeable, saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he quickly cleared his cough.

"Don't guess about things that don't have a shadow!"

"Yes!" Mrs. Wang quickly regained her composure.Looking at the twenty coins on the table in a blink of an eye, he said with a smile: "Leave this to me! I'll go find them after dinner, and let them go to your side early in the morning, and I guarantee that there will be no mistakes." It's your business."

"Hey! Then I'll thank my aunt here first!"

When he came out of the Li Chang's house, there was a gust of north wind.

Li Kongzhu shuddered, and tightened the padded jacket on his body, taking advantage of the bright snow at night.Go in the direction of your home.

As soon as he left the path at the Li Chang's house, he turned around the corner of the adjacent courtyard, and saw a figure standing in front of him.

When he looked first, Li Kongzhu was taken aback, but after careful identification with his eyes, he found that it was Zhao Junyi's figure.

Walking quickly, he looked up at him through the snow light in the dark night and said, "Why are you here?"

"Let's go!" The man looked down at her for a moment, and walked forward without any explanation.

Li Kongzhu pursed his lips, but he couldn't help but trot and trot to follow him...

Early the next morning, as soon as Chen Shi arrived, Mrs. Wang led two women and knocked on the gate of the courtyard.

Li Kongzhu welcomed the three of them in.

Mrs. Wang introduced her, "This is Mrs. Yun from your elder brother Zhao Shanzi's family. You have to call me sister-in-law!"

Li Diaozhu smiled and called out to the woman in her early twenties wearing a rough green padded jacket, "Sister-in-law!"

"This is your second aunt Liu!"

"Second Aunt Liu!" Li Kongzhu nodded again and called out to the middle-aged woman who was nearly forty years old.

Both of them nodded.

Yunshi seemed a little cautious, but Liushi was more relaxed.

When she came up, she took her hand and patted it: "We all seem to be enlightened in your life. You are willing to let outsiders help. Explain, you are so soft-hearted!"

Li Kongzhu invited a few people into the room with a faint smile, "How can Second Aunt speak so well, she is really busy, go ahead and warm up. Wait a while for Ya'er and his wife to come, let's go again Official start!"

"Oh, there's no need to wait, you take us there now! How can there be any reason to sit and play after taking the money?" Mrs. Liu felt a little displeased when she asked her to come in and sit down. She was very embarrassed, and urged her to keep saying: "Let's go, let's go to work now."

"Yes! Auntie is right, let's start working!" Yun also felt that this was not good, so she urged her.

Li Kongzhu only smiled, and still invited them into the house.

It was Mrs. Wang who noticed it, and gave the two of them a wink and said, "This girl is such an easy-going person. Since she is waiting to start working together, you can just do as you please. She doesn't feel bad at all. What are you in a hurry for!"

"Yes!" Li Kongzhu replied with a smile, and let several people enter the room quickly.

Zhao Junyi came out to greet them and greeted the three of them!
Wang smiled and joked with him.The other two didn't know what to say, so they just nodded.

After Zhao Junyi let a few people into the house, he said to Li Kongzhu, "I'm going up the mountain first."

"Okay! Be careful!"

"Ok!"

Several people saw him turn around and go out.Mrs. Wang laughed and joked, "I'm still the one who loves my daughter-in-law."

"It looks a bit colder in the head of the house, but the people are nice." Li Kongzhu liked it, so naturally he didn't forget to give his man some money.

Seeing that she was neither blushing nor out of breath, Mrs. Wang laughed even louder, which eased the embarrassment of the other two when they entered the room.

A few people were chatting and laughing, and Mai Yaer from outside pushed the door in and called her sister-in-law.

Li Kongzhu then got up and said to several people: "Here we come, let's go!"

Several people got up, and when they got out of the house, they greeted Mai Ya'er again.

Although Mai Ya'er said he didn't want it in his heart, he was quite happy on the surface.

After leading a few people into the house, Mrs. Wang saw that there were a lot of fruits, so she rolled up her sleeves and said that she would also stay.

Li Kongzhu complied naturally, found a few empty pots, and ordered Zhao Mengzi to go home and fetch the picks.

The five women are divided according to work.One person cleans, and four people start to work after nuclear removal.

Meanwhile, when Zhao Mengzi went back to get the basket, the villagers gathered again.

He kept looking around the yard, and when he saw Zhao Mengzi coming with a few baskets, he couldn't help asking if anyone was invited, and who it was.

Zhao Mengzi answered one by one.

Some people couldn't help but purse their mouths when they heard that there was still Mrs. Wang.But I didn't dare to say too harsh words. In order to have a job in the future and still find them, I had to endure such a day and a half for the time being.

Even though they thought so in their hearts, some people still couldn't help but come and wander around from time to time.

Five women inside, and the cleaning section was quick.

After cleaning, they started to come over again to help remove the core.

The hawthorn fruit that came out of the bullock cart was almost finished in the morning.

Seeing that there was not much left, Li Kongzhu stopped his hands, "It's boss Xiangwu, sister-in-law, aunts, let's go back!"

"There's still some left! Don't worry, it's not too late for us to finish together before leaving."

"It's okay, it's been agreed for a long time! The rest, we don't need much time to play the ring." Li Kongzhu smiled and told them to stop, took out the purse he had prepared earlier from his waist, opened it, One person gave eighteen essays.

"Today is the new year. It should be said that every household is preparing for the new year. Don't delay!"

Looking at the eighteen Wen, Wang thought about the twenty Wen she paid last night.His eyes flickered, and he was pushed back, "I'm just helping out when I have nothing to do, not counting the invitation, just give her two!"

Li Diaozhu handed it over angrily, "How can there be such a thing? Auntie doesn't like it?"

"Oh, then you're going to kill me, it seems that if I don't want it, I can't do it!" After hearing her say this, Mrs. Wang has no reason to push her back.Besides, she was just trying to put on a show, now seeing her push it back, she naturally smiled and took it.

The other two accepted the eighteen cents she sent, and they both smiled embarrassedly, "It seems that they didn't do much work, but they got a little too much!"

"Not much! It's a bit inappropriate to invite you here in Xiaonian today." Li Kongzhu paused with a smile, and then said: "You two sister-in-laws and aunts should go home quickly, the boss of Xiangwu Yes, I'm afraid I have to work on the food at home!"

The two nodded after listening to her explanation, "Okay, then let's go first!"

"Good!"

When Li Diaozhu sent them off, he gave each of them a small pack of hawthorn sticks.Although several people turned down repeatedly, they still didn't push it, so they had no choice but to go out.

As soon as he walked out, many villagers who had been watching the door all morning came forward to greet him casually and ask questions.

When someone looked sharply at the paper bag they were holding, they directly asked what it was.

After learning that it was hawthorn strips, he asked how much he gave.

Listening at the side, Mrs. Wang straightened her clothes and said, "It's only half the pork money! It's only half the morning's work, and I won't be able to do it anymore!"

At first hearing it is really more than half a catty of pork money, and then looking at the hawthorn strips, combined, I am afraid that it is no less than twenty yuan.

Everyone heard it, not to mention how envious they were.But no matter how envious, people don't want so many people now.I just hope that if I have the opportunity in the future, I can hire another person to help me for a day or two.

After seeing off a few people, Li Kongzhu told Mai Ya'er and his wife to go back quickly.

"Come and cook again after ringing, I won't keep you guys for lunch at noon today, hurry home and spend time with your family!"

"Hey!" Mai Ya'er also knew that today was a special day, and every household in the village began to prepare.It would be better not to be absent at this time.

After seeing them off, Li Kongzhu went to the snowdrift at the corner of the courtyard, turned over a row of ribs, and took another piece of meat.

After burning the pot of meat and melting it with hot water, we are going to make brown rice dry rice first.

During the time when washing rice and putting it into the pot, Li Diaozhu thought that the Chinese New Year was only a few days away, and he hadn’t eaten a meal of white rice for so long, so he thought about buying a few catties after the New Year’s goods were sold out. .

While the pot was burning, Zhao Junyi had already come back, holding on to the firewood.

I didn't ask how he got into the courtyard, anyway, he has his own way.Li Kongzhu got up, washed his hands and dried them, the flesh almost melted when he touched it.

He asked Zhao Junyi who just came back to help cook the pot, "It's Chinese New Year, can you help me!"

The man only glanced at her, then nodded, "Got it!"

After he unloaded the firewood into the chicken coop, he went into the kitchen again to help start the fire.

Li Diaozhu fried sweet and sour pork ribs at noon this day, fried pork belly with shallots, and vinegared cabbage with egg soup.

After serving three dishes and one soup on the kang, Li Diaozhu filled a bowl full of crispy brown rice for the two of them.

There was no wine, so she poured two more bowls of tea, and when the meal was ready, she raised the tea bowl and said, "Happy New Year, master!"

The man who was about to pick up vegetables with his chopsticks was stunned for a moment, and when he turned to look at her, he saw that she was smiling at him with her eyebrows raised.

He pointed at the tea bowl in front of him with flicking eyes, obviously asking him to raise a clink.

Surprised, the man curled up his pale pink lips, reached out to pick up the bowl, and touched her as he wished.

"You should also tell me Happy New Year!" Li Diaozhu, who caught him touching the bowl, drank the bowl of tea when he saw him looking up.He muttered a little dissatisfied.

Seeing him turning his eyes again, she lowered her eyes and put her mouth on the side of the bowl to sip the water in the bowl.

The man's eyes flickered, and after a while, a very light sentence came out from his thin lips, "Happy New Year!"

Satisfied, Li Kongzhu leaned on the table covering his face with his hands.Seeing him laughing like a nympho, "Master, did I ever tell you that your voice is nice?"

Faint, low, with a man's unique feeling of light sand.Every word he uttered was like a soft wind caressing his ears, itching people's ears uncomfortably.

The man didn't speak, he just stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the dishes in a flat manner.

The woman looked at him for a while, and saw that he was ignoring him and eating his food calmly, so she let go of her hand covering her face in displeasure, and said, "It's boring!"

After the man listened, he inadvertently twitched the corner of his mouth, and a smile quickly slipped from his eyes...

As soon as the new year is over, it will officially enter the rhythm of the new year.

Li Kongzhu and the others spent half a day on Xiaonian's day, and then worked for a whole day and midnight before they made all the fruits in the cart.

On the early morning of the 25th, several people took the bullock cart again, pulled the goods they had made, and started to set off for the city.

On the evening of the 24th day when I was done, several people discussed and came up with a charter for selling the goods.

Li Diaozhu and Zhao Junyi took half a basket to sell in the county town, and the couple Mai Yaer sold it in Huancheng Town.

Regardless of whether it can be sold out or not, at the latest on the 26th, Tianxia will gather around the town, and then rest in the town for a night. 27 The two families buy new year's goods together and prepare for the new year.

When they left around the city, the ox cart was left to Zhao Mengzi and his wife. In order to hurry, Li Kongzhu and the others rented another donkey cart and drove to the county.

As soon as we arrived at the county seat, it was inevitable that Chen Shi had already passed.

Looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the street, there are more than double the number when they came some time ago.

Li Kongzhu took Zhao Junyi to the market as usual.

But as soon as he got there, he couldn't help frowning.

I saw a crowd of people coming and going in the market.The place where the stalls sell goods is even more densely packed, leaving no gaps.

Now is the time to stock up on New Year's goods.Whether it's buying or selling, everyone is working hard, thinking about taking advantage of these few days to have a good time.

They were so crowded that they blushed and couldn't find a place.In the end, it was the proprietress who sold the pimple soup, and when she took a moment to look this way, she saw them.

He immediately greeted them and let them pass.

It was easy to squeeze to the front of the stall, and the proprietress selling pimple soup was also very busy.

He invited the two of them to take a seat at her stall first, and after she finished serving the pimple soup to a few customers, she wiped her hands and came over to ask them.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, and I thought we wouldn't be here for sale. This is..." Seeing that there was a stranger next to her, the proprietress couldn't help being curious.

"I am the head of the family, and come with me to the county to sell. My brother and sister are selling in the town with her head. We just want to take advantage of this time of buying and selling New Year's goods, come here to sell more, and earn a few more New Year's money!"

"That's it!" The proprietress glanced at the disfigured Zhao Junyi.Seeing that the man was indifferent with his back on his back, but the daughter-in-law smiled very naturally, she didn't feel anything at all, so she guessed that the relationship between the couple was going well.

He smiled and opened his mouth again, "I'll tell you the truth, I'm going to close the stall after today, and I'm going to go home for the New Year. I'm thinking about buying something to go back, but I really can't remember. When I saw you , I feel that your hawthorn stick is unique. It’s just right, you will give me a one-hundred-pence while I am free!"

"Hey! That's great!" Li Kongzhu hurriedly asked Zhao Junyi to put down the pannier on his back, opened the big oiled paper bag wrapped inside, and asked, "Is it all right if I only need hawthorn sticks?"

"That's right, that thing counts, there are too many people in the family, there is no way!"

Li Kongzhu smiled and said: "This thing is the most expensive, you are really willing to do it, lady boss!"

The proprietress was praised by her, so she laughed for a while.

After she weighed the things and paid the money, she said again: "Look at the market, there is no space to occupy, or you can put it in front of my stall for the time being!"

"Then I thank the proprietress!" Li Kongzhu smiled and gave her another clip of hawthorn sticks, "Take it as my payment!"

The proprietress readily agreed, and said that the bosses of the stalls next door were talking about her, and they might want to buy it, so she went to help and greeted her.

Li Kongzhu thanked her again.

Because when she went to yell, she successfully attracted many people.

Li Diaozhu and the others came to sell it twice, so naturally without much introduction, people came one after another.

Now, on the occasion of the Chinese New Year, people who have lived frugally for a year are hoarding goods with all their energy these few days.

Therefore, although Li Diaozhu's hawthorn is expensive, even if he is reluctant to spend money, he will buy a catty and take it back.

The few hawthorns in the half-basket only weighed thirty or forty catties.Someone who has bought it before will naturally attract other people who have not bought it before to ask questions.

If you meet someone who is not short of money, you can buy several catties once you buy it.

Therefore, this half of the basket was sold out in less than two hours.

After tidying up the sold-out panniers, he said back to the man who was still asking: "It's almost Chinese New Year now, I'm afraid there will be no more this year. We will deliver goods to a shop in Huancheng Town after the next year, so I don't know if we will be free again If you want to eat at that time, why don’t you ask a family with relatives living in Huancheng Town, then you can go to Hui Lai Fu (Hui Niang’s shop) at the intersection of Northwest Street and buy it!”

"Are you really not coming?" Those who hadn't bought and tasted it felt a little reconciled after hearing what she said.If I had known that I would not have hesitated just now, I might still be able to buy some.

"I don't know. If you buy well in Huancheng Town, I'm afraid you won't be able to come here." After finishing speaking, she seemed to want to remember, and said in a low voice: "It should be able to sell well, listen to the boss. Said, all of them were sent to the homes of big families in Fucheng!"

When everyone heard that even the big family came to buy this thing, they became even more alarmed.Some people who are full of vanity, even think that the big family eats it, and let him buy it, and they can afford it, and immediately feel that their status has improved a lot.

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Li Kongzhu went to the owner of the bun shop to buy some vegetable and meat buns, and finally bid farewell to the bosses and wives who were familiar with the stalls.

Holding the thick purse in his hand, he went to the gate of the city and rented an ox cart. The two of them sat in the cart, ate buns, and walked slowly towards Huancheng Town.

When we arrived around the town, it was already dark.

Li Kongzhu and Zhao Junyi went to the small inn where they sold furs for the first time with Mai Yaer. When they were looking for the shopkeeper to ask for a room, they said Zhao Junyi's name and asked the shopkeeper if someone had sent them a message.

After the shopkeeper said no, Li Kongzhu knew that Maiyaer and the others must have sold out, so he went home.

What was discussed at the beginning was that if they were not sold out, the two families would each stay at the top of the place where it was sold.If one party is almost sold out, you can go to the nearest one.Those who are far away will stay in the county, or go back to the town to stay. After the 26th, those who are closer will come to the town again, and the two families will meet together to buy new year's goods.

After Li Kongzhu learned about it, he was very happy and asked for a nice inferior room, and paid [-] Wen for the room.Unexpectedly, at night, Xiao Er actually brought hot water over.

Soaking his feet in hot water, Li Kongzhu, who had suffered from the cold for a whole day, couldn't help but sigh with emotion, it really is the same everywhere, the prices in big cities are so much higher than those in small cities!
When going to bed at night, Li Kongzhu went back to the waiter in the shop and said that it was too cold to add an extra quilt, but he gave it to her without increasing the price.

Li Kongzhu, who went back to the house with the quilt in his arms, was a little dissatisfied with this, and felt that no matter what, the price should be increased.Because in this way, maybe she will be so heartbroken that she won't pay.

He glanced at the man who had washed up and was taking off his outer clothes.Li Kongzhu gritted his teeth and thought, why was she so mean to ask for an extra quilt just now?

The man who took off his outer clothes saw her standing in the shadow of the lamp with a troubled expression.With a very distressed look, he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong?"

Li Diaozhu coughed when he regained his senses, and said very cheekily, "It's nothing, I just feel that the quilt is so thin, it might be cold."

As he said, he walked over with the quilt in his arms and spread it on the small brick kang.In the end, he was still a little unwilling and said, "How about putting the two beds together?"

The man gave her a contemptuous look, turned around, and went to the hanging clothes.He took off his thick jacket and put it on, and said casually, "I'll give you two beds, I don't need them!"

"..."

Emma, ​​Li Kongzhu was a little crazy, he didn't even want a free gift.Is she too cheap?
(End of this chapter)