peasant young lady

Chapter 22
Cheng Xia saw that Lin Xiu had been waiting at the entrance of the village without urging him. After a while, he saw a young farmer driving an ox cart. There were already three women sitting on the cart behind the ox cart. Lin Xiu shy After saying hello, he saw the bullock cart stop, and Lin Xiu pulled Cheng Xia to sit on it together.

Since it was still dark, Cheng Xia got in the car only to find that her sister-in-law was there, and there was another exchange of pleasantries. Just as she was about to sit still and squint for a while, she heard an annoying voice, "Let's Have you gotten into the car, you have a thick skin."

Cheng Xia knew it was Cheng Qiu as soon as he heard it, and he didn't know where he had provoked this young lady, and he kept looking for her.Cheng Xia turned sideways and changed her position to squint. It was still dark early in the morning, and Cheng Xia didn't want to quarrel with her.

But she turned a deaf ear to it, and her sister-in-law Dahua became anxious, "I said Cheng Qiu, are you always looking for trouble for my little sister? This car belongs to Lizheng's family. You haven't started yet, so take it as yours." Ah, who the hell is thick-skinned?"

Cheng Xia was taken aback, Cheng Qiu was going to marry Li Zheng's family?
"That's right, you see that the driver's ambition hasn't said anything yet, Cheng Qiu, don't make trouble." A sister-in-law who was on good terms with Dahua also echoed.

In other words, the driver was Cheng Xia's sweetheart, that is, Li Zheng's grandson, and it happened that Cheng Qiu also fell in love with Tian Dazhi, so he snatched him away.I don't know what kind of tricks Cheng Qiu used. Tian Dazhi, who was originally in love with the former Cheng Xia, suddenly agreed to marry Cheng Qiu, which made the former Cheng Xia heartbroken.

As for her mother, Mrs. Zhang, she felt that this matter was too embarrassing, and her eldest sister, Cheng Shang, needed money. With just a few words, Mrs. Zhang made the decision to betroth Cheng Xia to the two families.The original Cheng Xia was heartbroken, and her mother's behavior made her completely heartbroken, so she left.

I don't know where that Cheng Xia went with his notebook, two photos, and two packs of snacks, and how he was doing.

Before Cheng Xia fell asleep in a daze, he was still thinking about the original Cheng Xia in his mind.

However, it took half an hour to reach the county. At this time, it was just dawn, and the speed was still very fast.

According to Lin Xiu, Qingxian Village is a marginal village in Chong'an County, so it is closer to the county than to the town.This is even more convenient. There is a market once every five days. If you want to buy something, you can take the bullock cart of Lizheng's house, and you don't need to pay copper coins. Lizheng is serving the people.

Grandpa Lizheng is really suitable to be an official.

Cheng Xia followed Dahua and Lin Xiu to the direction of the market, and felt that there was a gaze chasing her behind her. Cheng Xia unconsciously looked back, and saw the affectionate Tian Dazhi looking in her direction. His eyes were full of reluctance.

hell!Cheng Xia shook the goosebumps on her body, since she was still reluctant, what should she have done.If he hadn't abandoned that Cheng Xia, these things would not have happened later.

Cheng Xia's thoughts were immediately diluted by the lively market. In her previous life, she often went to the market in Beijing with her classmates, and she liked this kind of place full of life.

Although the current Ming Dynasty lacks a lot of things, there is no shortage of people. The Ming Dynasty had a large population, and it exploded in the Qing Dynasty. Now it seems that one or two can be seen just from the market.

The purpose of Cheng Xia's visit to the market today is to sell fish to buy brown sugar and white sugar, and to go to the pharmacy with Lin Xiu to find out. This second point is the most important.

After all, what she wants to do is crystal candied fruit and amber candied fruit, and the popular point is winter melon candied fruit.According to legend, the production method began in the late Ming Dynasty, but it was made by Tang Jiarong, a famous teacher of Yuxi Fengxiangzhai Pastry Shop in the Republic of China, and it became famous at home and abroad. Anyway, people in the Ming Dynasty have never seen or eaten this thing. .

Although this candied winter melon is delicious, not everyone can eat it. After all, winter melon is cold in nature, and it is best not to eat it for people with weak spleen and stomach, weak kidneys, chronic diseases and slippery diarrhea, and yang deficiency and cold limbs.

The method of making candied winter melon is very simple, there is only one key step, and the production time is also very fast. She bought brown sugar and white sugar today, and she can sell it at the next market.However, Cheng Xia didn't dare to sell it by herself. If someone in poor health ate it and her condition got worse, she couldn't bear the responsibility, so she had to use the power of the pharmacy, so she had to follow Lin Xiu and Dahua went to the pharmacy to find out.

Lin Xiu and Dahua each carried a basket of herbs and wild vegetables, and only Cheng Xia wanted to sell the fish. The three of them agreed to sell the fish first, and then go to the pharmacy without wasting time.

The market is very big, and the stalls on both sides are already full of people. The three of Cheng Xia walked for a while, but there was still no space. Cheng Xia raised his eyes and saw a restaurant in front of him, with the words Tianyou Restaurant written on it , it looks like a large scale, but it's still early in the morning, and it's not time to open the door, only a few guys come in and out to buy ingredients.

Cheng Xia thought for a while, and took Lin Xiu and Dahua directly into the restaurant. The waiter at the restaurant saw that there were three girls, and quickly stopped him, "Sorry, three distinguished guests, our restaurant only accepts guests at noon. It's still early."

Cheng Xia directly passed the small bucket forward, and said with a three-pointed smile, "Second brother, I have two fat carp here, I wonder if your restaurant accepts them?"

The little second brother took a look at the bucket with the lid open, and it was really fat, so he smiled and quickly invited the manager over, and the manager saw it, and bought it directly.

After all, it was fresh, and it was not a big deal. It was just two carps. Weighed them, and they weighed 220 catties. The manager gave Cheng Xia [-] Wen, and then turned around and went back to other tasks.

Cheng Xia stared blankly at the money in hand, this was the first money she earned in ancient times, and it felt like a dream to get it like this.

Lin Xiu had never seen so much money before. If he knew that a fish was so valuable, he shouldn't have eaten that bighead carp yesterday.

After selling the silver, Cheng Xia followed Lin Xiu and Dahua directly to Shangji Pharmacy.Cheng Xia looked at the imposing calligraphy on the plaque, thinking that the boss is also a cultural person.

After entering the store, Lin Xiu and Dahua went to weigh the medicinal herbs with the waiter. Cheng Xia observed the medicine store carefully. The store was very large and there were many patients. Busy with seeing a doctor and prescribing prescriptions, I was very methodical.It can be seen that this pharmacy should be regarded as a well-known pharmacy.

There are three old doctors in the pharmacy, and each old doctor is full of people sitting in front of them. The old doctor is busy taking the pulse, and when he encounters a crying child, he will take a piece from the candied fruit box next to him to satisfy the child's hunger, and then the old doctor will wait for the child. After calming down, continue to prescribe medicine.

Cheng Xia noticed this, saw a clerk passing her by, and quickly greeted with a smile, "Please ask, are the candied fruits next to the old doctor made by your pharmacy?"

The clerk had a job at hand, but was stopped suddenly, but he still had a good attitude, and explained a few simple sentences, "How can our pharmacy do this? We buy them from outside. Our pharmacy has a good reputation, and many people come to see the doctor because of its reputation." , there are more children, and the preserved fruit and candied fruit alone have to go out more than ten catties every day."

so much!Cheng Xia had a clue in his mind, and hurriedly asked, "How much is the candied fruit we bought outside?"

The guy really scratched his head and thought about it seriously, "I'm not in charge of buying candied fruit, but it's about [-] yuan. The shopkeeper doesn't want to buy cheap ones, so he just picks out good ones, and the price will naturally be expensive." Some. But it’s all for the children to eat, so it’s okay to eat something good.”

Cheng Xia thanked the buddy, but it was not good to continue asking, so he hurried to go.

The owner of this Shangji pharmacy should be a good person, otherwise he would not care about the children crying, and even bought such expensive candied fruit for the children to eat.

After all, twenty cents a catty is worth the price of carp, which is really not cheap.

Just as Cheng Xia was about to sit down, he saw two people next to him discussing something anxiously, the anxiety in his eyes was obvious.

Seeing that Lin Xiu and Dahua hadn't been weighed yet, Cheng Xia quietly paid attention to what the people next to them were saying.

"Have you heard that the shopkeeper of Shangji originally wanted to open a restaurant, but he didn't open it. Hey, how can someone who is in the pharmacy business be familiar with how to open a restaurant." One of the middle-aged men said.

"Hey, that's not what you said," another thin man said, "Since the owner of this merchant came to Chong'an and opened this merchant's pharmacy, we ordinary people have had a lot of money. It is best to take medicines for patients." Yes, if the family has no money, credit is allowed. If you can’t get it out, you don’t want it. They say that they can see a doctor for their children, and they can also have candied fruit. Where can I find such a good person. But the pharmacy has always been so unprofitable, how to maintain it? Boss Shang just wanted to open a restaurant to make some money so he can treat us better. But the restaurant has just opened for a few days, and the business has been bleak. Just now I heard the waiter sigh, saying that the restaurant might not be able to continue. what."

"Hey, if this restaurant can't continue to open, this pharmacy will have to close sooner or later. Then where can we find such a good doctor to see a doctor and get such a good medicine?"

"Who says it's not? The shopkeeper is worried, and we are also worried. I really hope that this restaurant can be opened so that the shopkeeper can make some money."

Over there, Dahua and Lin Xiu had already taken money to greet Cheng Xia, Cheng Xia took a deep look at the eye medicine shop and walked out.

Cheng Xia had seen the Shangji Pharmacy, and made up his mind to make crystal preserves and amber preserves, so he went directly to the largest grocery store in Chong’an County. It is a bit more expensive, at twelve cents a catty. After all, brown sugar is less sourced than white sugar, and has higher medicinal value, so it is normal to be more expensive.

Cheng Xia only remembers that when the price of sugar soared during the Chongzhen period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, white sugar cost 32 renminbi a catty, but now that it was in the Hua period, Fang felt that the price was too normal.

Cheng Xia had a total of 220 Wen, and she decided to use all of it to buy sugar.It happened to be ten catties of brown sugar and ten catties of white sugar. Seeing how generous she was, the shopkeeper hurried to talk. Lin Xiu was a little anxious when he saw that Cheng Xia was going to use all the money to buy sugar, and couldn't help but carefully pulled her sleeve aside. "Sister-in-law, if you spend so much money on candy, sister-in-law will be angry, and mother will also be unhappy."

"Whatever she does, I make money and spend it myself, and I don't owe her anything." Cheng Xia would not be like Lin Xiu, who would go back to the Chen family after earning some money, or put it into Yang Lihua's pocket.

(End of this chapter)