Hard work

Chapter 16 The first sale [Second update]

Lan Hua'er wanted to go to the back mountain earlier.Whether it's digging squirrel holes or something else, it's better than sitting anxiously at home watching the food dwindle little by little.

But every time she thinks about Yang Langzhong's explanation before, saying that she is weak, and if she freezes again, she may not be able to recover from the illness, and it will be really troublesome at that time.

Only then did she have the patience to sit at home every day, talking with Goudan.

She wasn't idle when she was talking.

In addition to daily cleaning and lighting a fire for cooking, she also searched for some suitable stone flakes from the village head and village and took them home, polished each other's edges and corners, and prepared them to be used as knives.

Although Uncle Fu Gui and Aunt Lin were chatting, she couldn't just keep borrowing things like this.

You should have your own way.

After the knife was sharpened, she began to weave baskets and slivers.

There is a large group of yellow willows at the head of the village.Now is the season when willow leaves fall.She went to chop some wicker with the help of Brother Tiesheng and came back, and then studied with Uncle Fugui for half a day.

This job is not so easy to learn.

And the wicker, though not sharp, was too hard for her.Every time she made it up for a long time, several blood-red marks appeared on her hands.If you are not careful, you may also cut blood.

Orchid doesn't mind at all.

In the middle of winter, even though the cut in the hand was painful, the blood didn't flow much, and it solidified immediately.She shook her hand, and could go on working again.

She wants to weave a bigger willow basket.When the body recovers, go to the back mountain to try your luck and see if you can catch two pheasants.

When she was digging a squirrel hole on the back mountain last time, she saw traces of pheasant activity in the snow, paw prints and so on, all left on the snow.She has been thinking about it desperately, wanting to try her luck.

A pheasant is not the same as a squirrel. It is really fat and fat. If one is caught, she and Goudan will probably be able to eat it for a week.Moreover, the tail feathers of pheasants should also be one of the commodities that can be sold.

Lanhua'er doesn't want to think how beautiful the thing she made is, she just hopes to make a usable one, and it will be very good.

At that time, I will borrow a rope and grab a handful of food——Lan Hua'er feels distressed and flustered at the thought of sending out food.But how do you say that, I can't bear the child not being able to catch the wolf.

Sometimes in the house, and sometimes in the yard.

After all, being bored in the room all the time is really uncomfortable.

That day Orchid Huaer was sitting in the small yard struggling to push the shapeless willow basket in her hands, when she heard the tinkling bells coming from the road outside.

Lan Hua'er looked over there curiously, even Goudan looked over there with his neck raised.

To say that this village is too peaceful.

The meeting at the beginning of the year was okay, every household had guests who came to pay New Year's greetings, and there were a little firecrackers, and it was generally quite lively.But after the Lantern Festival passed, all the guests from other villages left, and Lan Huaer felt that the village was very deserted.

Sometimes when the couple at the head of the village quarreled a few words, people in the village could talk for two or three days.

It's just so lacking in entertainment.

I don't know what happened this time?
Orchid watched expectantly.

The sound of the bell is very clear and distant.After ringing for a long time, Lan Hua'er heard the faint cries approaching gradually.

She will be happy when the voice is really close to her.

It's a shopkeeper.

She is no stranger to shopkeepers.When she was young, there were shopkeepers like this walking around the streets at home, selling some odds and ends.Sometimes not only sell things, but also collect some weird things.

The shopkeeper walked slowly past the door, and Lan Huaer hurriedly greeted him.

"Alang, do you accept the goods?"

The shopkeeper who carried the burden was a round-faced man, who looked only eighteen or nineteen years old, and always seemed to be amiable.

Lan Hua'er greeted him, so he put down his burden, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and took a look at Lan Hua'er.

"Of course it's the delivery. Little lady, what's so rare?"

He didn't underestimate Lan Hua at all just because she was small.

Lan Huaer secretly felt a little happy.

"Leather...Do you want to take the leather?"

The shopkeeper nodded in surprise.

"I'll take it. Miss, will you show me the skin?"

Lan Hua'er also nodded, suppressing the excitement in her heart, turned around and went back to the house to take out all the squirrel skins.

When she went out and handed the squirrel skin to the shopkeeper, she was no longer nervous.

How much this leather can sell is actually out of her hands.

She does know the price.

When Langzhong Yang was around, she took the opportunity to ask.It just so happened that Langzhong Yang knew that a piece of squirrel skin could sell for about [-] renminbi, depending on the season.She wasn't sure how much the peddler would charge, but as long as it wasn't too low, she was ready to throw the leather away—who made her rush to spend the money.

The shopkeeper looked at the leather in his hand, and the smile on his face deepened, and a dimple was printed on his cheek:
"It's not easy to hunt these squirrel skins in the winter. They are sold out very quickly. The little lady's family is a hunter, right? That should understand the price. The skins in the town cost 53 yuan a piece, and I don't skimp too much. , looking at the coolie I walked in, how about forty cents a piece?"

Lan Hua'er lowered her head and thought about it, and felt that the price was appropriate, higher than she had imagined.

She was not a person who was willing to bargain in the first place, and felt that it was a bit strange for her to make a fuss for money at her current status and age, so she silently accepted the price.

Thirteen pieces of squirrel skins were sold for a total of 520 Wen, which was almost equal to half a year's wages spent working outside.

Lan Huaer suppressed her heartbeat and looked around.

Fortunately, no one went out during this time.

The shopkeeper strings all the money into strings, and a string of one hundred coins is a string.He handed Lan Hua'er five skewers, and counted another twenty wen.

Lan Hua'er watched silently, counted silently, and felt that it was right, so she asked Goudan to take the four hundred dollars back to the house.

The remaining 120 yuan——Lan Huaer smiled brightly:
"I want to see the goods."

The shopkeeper was naturally very happy.

It was too eye-catching outside, so Lan Huaer welcomed the shopkeeper into the yard—after thinking about it carefully, she felt a little scared.There is still the four hundred Wen I just earned at home, how could I be so careless.Perhaps it was the joy of earning money for the first time that made her dizzy.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened.

Lan Huaer bought a clay pot to hide her private money.I also bought some daily necessities such as needlework and salt.Bought a knife, bought a flint, a few rags and so on.She even became ruthless and bought a small piece of sticky candy for Goudan, who had been watching eagerly.

It took her 93 pennies to pay for such odds and ends.

Later, it was Lan Hua'er who kept looking at the shopkeeper with bright eyes, and got the discount of two cents.

"Integers are unlucky. 91 points, no less."

Lan Hua'er pouted, already satisfied with the result.

(End of this chapter)