The rural life of a peasant girl

Chapter 5 Going to the Market
"Understood, mother, you don't have to worry, I will definitely take good care of my sister." Su Dong patted his chest and promised.

"Mother, my eldest brother and I went!" Su Ling raised her hands and walked out the door.When they arrived in the yard, each of them carried a basket on their backs, Su Dong chanted fungus, and Su Ling chanted shiitake mushrooms.

The two came to the head of the village talking and laughing, and waited for Grandpa Niu's ox cart under the big banyan tree at the head of the village.People in the village who went to the market also smiled and greeted them.

"Ling'er, I heard that you fell your head the other day, are you feeling better now! My aunt originally wanted to visit you, but I'm too busy these days, so I don't have time." A 30-something The woman, wearing a blue shirt, looked at Su Ling tenderly.

"Ling'er doesn't remember! This is Aunt Hua. When you were in the old house, you often visited her house!" Su Dong said to Aunt Hua gently: "Auntie, I'm sorry, Ling'er fell down. Mind, I don’t remember much of the past.”

"Poor child, thanks to God's blessing, I will go to Aunt Hua's house more often in the future, maybe I can remember it." Aunt Hua clasped her hands together and said to the sky.

"Oh, who is this! You don't know how to greet people when you see them!" A woman in a peach red cloth jacket, with her hair combed meticulously and with a silver hairpin in her bun said meanly.It was Su Ling's fifth aunt, who went to her house to make noise when she was unconscious, and said she was dead, Su Ling hated her very much!At first glance, it is that kind of acrimonious look, which is disgusting.Of Su's father's five brothers, only he was separated, and the rest still live with Su's grandfather and Su's grandmother. Although Su's father has been separated, there are still a few days every month that he has to go back to the old house to help of.The few days when Su Ling was in a coma happened to be the day when Su's mother returned to the old house to help, so Su Ling's fifth aunt would curse.

In fact, the people in Huaxi Village didn't quite understand why only Su Ling's family was separated.Su Ling secretly rejoiced for this!Fortunately, they were separated, otherwise there would be a lot of people in the old house, it would be noisy, and there would definitely be struggles where there are people.

"Brother, look, why did I hear a crow calling early in the morning!" Su Ling said.

The people around looked at Fifth Aunt Su Feng and covered their mouths with a sneer.

"Really, I thought who didn't brush their teeth! The words smelt so bad, so it was a crow!" I couldn't tell that Su Ling's eldest brother was still a venomous master.

There were already people around laughing loudly.

"You little bastard, what are you talking about!" As he spoke, he pushed Su Dong.

"Who are you talking about, little bastard?" Su Ling scolded.

"Little bastard is talking about you!" Feng replied quickly.

The people around were hugging their stomachs, bending over and laughing. When Feng Shi realized that he had said something wrong, he gave Su Ling a glare, raised his hand, and was about to slap Su Ling. Su Ling pushed, Feng fell to the ground.The bullock cart over there has already arrived, Su Ling took Su Dong's hand, and quickly squeezed into the bullock cart, when the cart was full, Grandpa Niu drove the bullock cart away, leaving only Feng Shi still there loudly Scolding, the more scolding, the more ugly it sounds.

About an hour later, Su Ling and the others came to Qingshi Town. There was a big stone gate with the words Qingshi Town engraved on it. The characters of this era were similar to the ancient Xiaozhuan, so Su Ling could recognize some of them.

Grandpa Niu’s ox cart stopped at the door, everyone got out of the car and paid the money, each person was required to give a copper coin to ride Grandpa Niu’s car, “Go and buy whatever you want! Come back soon after you’ve bought it.” , I'll wait for you here." Grandpa Niu said loudly.

Everyone dispersed, buying what they should buy, and selling what they should sell.

"Ling'er, where should we sell our fungus and shiitake mushrooms!" Su Dong said worriedly, presumably because he was afraid that they would not be sold!

"Brother, do you know where the biggest restaurant in town is?"

"The biggest restaurant in the town is Tianyue Restaurant. It's on the East Street! Ling'er, it's a place for rich people. People like us like it?"

"Brother, let's go and have a look first, try it before we talk." Su Ling was full of confidence.

The two came to East Street, and at first glance, it was indeed a place where rich people lived. Compared with the chaos of West Street, this place seemed orderly.When he arrived at Tianyue Restaurant, Su Dong stood hesitantly in front of the restaurant door, refusing to take a step.

"Ling'er, forget it, let's go to West Street to sell it! They won't let us in here." Su Dong said anxiously.

"What are you afraid of? Look at me."

Su Dong looked at his younger sister. Ever since the fall, she had changed completely. She had become more courageous and determined. Sometimes he wondered if this was his cowardly and cowardly younger sister.I have to tell the truth about Su Dong, the current Su Ling has already changed his soul, just when he was thinking, Su Ling dragged Su Dong's hand and walked into the restaurant.

Xiao Er, who was coming towards him, looked at Su Ling brothers and sisters wearing coarse cloth shirts, and frowned, but thinking about what the little master said, people should not be judged by appearances, so he still greeted him with a smile: "How about you two eating?"

"I'm here to find your shopkeeper." Su Ling replied.

"Wait a minute, the shopkeeper is checking today's ingredients in the backyard! I'll call him for you." He said and left.

"Look, shopkeeper, it's the brother and sister who are looking for you."

"What is the purpose of the two little friends looking for Qian!" asked the shopkeeper Qian.

"Treasurer Qian, hello, it's like this. We picked some fresh food on the mountain, and I want to see if you will accept it. You have never eaten it for safekeeping." Su Ling replied.

"Oh, Mr. Qian has opened a restaurant for so long. Although he doesn't say he eats all kinds of food in the world, he has eaten most of them. Show me where your ingredients are."

Su Ling put the pannier on the table, and lifted the cloth covering it, revealing a bunch of small mushrooms.

"This is a mushroom. Someone sold it before, but I dare not accept it because it has killed people. Although it is delicious, I can't do anything against the conscience to endanger the people!" Shopkeeper Qian waved his hand.

"Don't worry, shopkeeper Qian. There are poisonous and non-toxic mushrooms. I have lived in the country for a long time, and I have picked a lot. I can tell which are poisonous and which are not. Our family has been eating them for a long time without any problems. And I I promise that we will taste the ones that are sent to you before, and only send them if there is no problem. If Shopkeeper Qian buys these ingredients from me, I can teach you a few more dishes, which are guaranteed to be unique." Su Ling said gracefully .

Su Dong looked at his girl, and suddenly realized that he didn't understand her at all. Just like now, she was so nervous that she was still calm and talking about business like an adult.

"Well, you make it first, and I will try to make a decision." Shopkeeper Qian seems to have made up his mind. In fact, in recent years, the business of Tianyuelou has become worse and worse, and restaurants have opened up one after another. , the competition is high, and whether there are new dishes, Tianyue Restaurant can maintain its existence because the young master doesn't want his hard work to be wasted in vain.

(End of this chapter)