Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 24

As more people buy oil, more and more devil ginger is given away. There is no need to worry about devil ginger, a full bucket is enough to give away, but the lotus leaves of this pack of devil ginger are not enough, Zhang Yun Busily tearing the lotus leaves in half, it only took a while. Although most of the buyers let the buyers find their own things to pack, there are still many people who did not bring lotus leaves or bowls and jars, so they had to bring them with Zhang’s family. lotus leaf bag away.

Zhang Yun thought that there was nothing to pack, so he called the charter to ask him to look for lotus leaves in the market. At this moment, Chang Man, who had been helping silently by the side, picked up the lotus leaves from his basket at home. He pulled out a stack of dried lotus leaves and handed them to Zhang Yun.

It was needed for this meeting, Zhang Yun didn't show any tact, and took it after saying thank you. After getting this stack of lotus leaves, Zhang's family tore them in half together, and finally got a strike.

The pavements in the market slowly left and closed, and the Zhang family finally took a rest. Only then did they have time to look at the oil barrels. They saw that almost half of the two barrels of oil had gone. Today’s harvest is really rich. And the ghost ginger has almost bottomed out. It seems that I have to peel and slice it again when I go home. I am too busy.

The whole family was full of energy and didn't feel tired, so they just packed things quickly and wanted to go back to get Guizi Jiang as soon as possible.Everyone worked together to dismantle the stove, put the stones back into the baskets, bundle back the unused firewood and thatch, put together the pots and pans, put two barrels of tea oil in one, and packed up everything that needed to be cleaned up. After that, I was ready to carry the burden and go to the ferry.

When they finished packing and were about to leave, they found that the Chang family and his son were still waiting for the business. Looking at it again, the tofu they picked was hardly touched, and some other farm products they picked were sold at seven or seven times. Eight.

"Uncle Chang, it's getting late. If we don't leave, the boat at the ferry might be gone." Zhang Yun looked at the sky, the sun had already set to the west, and there would be no boat at the ferry at night.

Chang Tiemu looked at Zhang Yun, then turned his head to look at the gradually dispersed crowd in the market, thinking that if he stayed any longer, there might not be much business, so he simply nodded and said, "Okay, I will Clean it up, let's go to the ferry together." While talking, he took the wooden basin and turned the tofu back, Chang Man followed him to clean up, they didn't have much stuff, just a couple of times and it was enough, they picked up the burden and walked with Zhang's family.

When a group of people were about to leave the market with their loads, Chang Tiemu suddenly saw two sets of tofu loads placed beside the road, and they were packing up and preparing to leave. He recognized it from a distance as his elder brother Chang Tieli. .

"Brother, do you want to go back? Let's go together." Chang Tiemu quickly walked over, resting his burden to help clean up, and Chang Man also followed.

"It's Tiemu, Manzi, are you here to sell tofu too?" Chang Tieli looked up and saw that it was his brother and nephew. He didn't stop in his hands, and asked a question while tidying up.

"That's right, the field is empty now, so I'll make some tofu and sell it, hoping to get some money for the New Year." Chang Tiemu said.

The brothers from the Chang family and Chang Man added the extra staff to clean up the mess in a short while. Chang Man helped the uncle pick up a tofu load, and the three of them picked up the load, and quickly followed Zhang's family.

When the group of people arrived at the ferry, before the ferry came, they took off all their burdens and started talking to each other. At the end of the day, although the two families were not very warm, they were able to talk a little bit.

While chatting, Chang Tiemu asked his elder brother: "Brother, how is the tofu selling today? I hardly moved, and I never did this in previous years."

"I also sell very little. You don't sell it very often. Of course you don't know. There is a new tofu shop in the town. It is the time-honored Lin Kee Tofu shop here. It is a century-old shop with a good reputation. , This club just opened and the price is low, people go there to buy, how can we compare with big workshops, what can we do with the craftsmanship passed down from father." Chang Tieli frowned when he mentioned this, Sighing and sighing, the business is bleak and I don't know what to do.

Zhang's family members were listening, and they also sighed. The old man Chang had been selling tofu for so many years, but he ended up like this when he left. I really can’t sell it, at worst, I can eat it by myself, or make moldy tofu, but brother, do you make a lot of tofu?”

"Business is just right in the twelfth lunar month every year. I made a lot of them. I didn't know it would be like this. It would be hard to make moldy tofu. If this is the case, how can our family get money for the New Year this year?" Chang Tieli sighed again. Well, Chang Tiemu really wants to help, but his family is not rich, so he can get a little money, but he can't help if there is too much.

The two brothers of the Chang family were talking, when the ferry came, everyone stopped talking and boarded the boat with their loads. After everyone sat down, the boatman poled off the shore.

Along the way, everyone inevitably talked about the tofu business again, but after talking for a long time, there was nothing to do, so they could only sigh and comfort.

Zhang Yun, who was sitting quietly at the side, had an idea in her heart, but she didn't dare to make up her own mind, thinking that she had to ask her parents and discuss it with everyone, so she didn't open her mouth, she just held it in her stomach, ready to I'll ask when I get home. If my father, mother, and grandfather think it's good, I'll have time to find the Chang family. Anyway, we all live in the same village and it's not far away.

Everyone didn't know what was going on in Zhang Yun's mind. After chatting for a long time without making up his mind, they stopped talking and talked about other things.

"Brother Youqing, your family still has this ancestral secret oil. If you have this good stuff, why don't you sell it early? You can save a catty for me, and I will send you the money tomorrow. "Chang Tiemu watched so many people buy it, and Zhang Yun also picked some for him to try. He tasted it really delicious, and he had long thought about going back to Zhang's house to buy some oil for the New Year.

The Zhang family members who said this were unnatural. Zhang Youqing never lied. Zhang Liangen and Zhou Shi were also honest people. Yes, although the business has improved all of a sudden, but when I mention it, I feel weird in my heart.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Zhang Yun knew they couldn't answer, so he could only smile and say, "Uncle Chang, it's not a precious thing, it's just ordinary oil, not rare." Soon, but it was not time to reveal it, so Zhang Yun could only pass by vaguely.

Chang Tiemu immediately laughed and said that they were modest, but he didn't ask further, but told him to save some so that he could buy it.

After Zhang Yun agreed, the words were revealed, and when talking about other things, Zhang Yun secretly breathed out, shrank to the side, and did not intend to speak again, just looked at the scenery on the shore, the setting sun had already turned towards the sky Slowly sinking, the scenery under the setting sun is different from the daytime, and the jungle and rock walls are dyed with a layer of light, which is really beautiful.

Indulging in the sunset scenery for a while, Zhang Yun only looked away when Bailidu was faintly visible, turned his head and met Chang Man's gaze, looking at her intently, and he didn't know how long he looked at her.

Zhang Yun turned his face away awkwardly, and Chang Man looked away quite naturally, without showing any embarrassment, but Zhang Yun still felt that he was peeking over him, and felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, the boat docked quickly, and everyone Quan picked up the burden and went ashore, Zhang Yun deliberately slowed down a bit, and only followed after Chang Man landed on the shore, and leaned against Mrs Zhou as soon as he landed, thinking that he would never look this way casually again, so, She felt relieved.

After driving a few miles from Bailidu to Tuntian Village, it was already dark when we entered the fenced yard of our house, and the full moon was hanging in the sky.

The family rested their burdens in a hurry, and Mrs. Zhou didn't care to clean up anything, so she quickly took out the pot from the basket, and took the unburned firewood into the kitchen, and quickly lit the stove for dinner. , was busy with his hands, and still kept shouting: "Yun'er, hurry up and mix some crushed leaves and feed it to the chicken. The chicken has been hungry all day."

As soon as Zhang Yun heard this, he ran into the kitchen, picked a few leaves from the vegetable bowl, chopped them up, mixed them with wheat bran, and took them to the chicken coop. When he put the feed over, all the chickens in the chicken coop grabbed it. Stretching out his head to peck, he seemed really hungry.Zhang Yun took a few glances, and then took some of the feed that he specially separated out and took it to the main room. There was a wooden basin in the corner over there. The ten breeding eggs brought from his grandmother's house last time, the chicks had just hatched a few days ago. , put them all in the wooden basin here, they must be hungry too.

When Zhang Yun was feeding the chickens, the rest of the family was not free. They all sat down in the main room with benches and began to peel the ghost ginger. It will be ready for use tomorrow, so hurry up, at least for this night. Cut half a bucket of ghost ginger out to be able to serve.

After the chicken was fed, Zhang Yun also sat down to help. This meeting would take every second without any delay. The whole family worked hard, and no one complained that they were tired. Even the youngest Zhang Xing also came to help , the family put all their energies on this business, and there was a moment of silence in the main room.

After a while, Mrs. Zhou came out of the kitchen and shouted in the courtyard: "It's delicious, let's rest."

Hearing the shouts, everyone stopped and went to the kitchen to scoop up water to wash their hands and wash away the mud from their hands.Thinking of saving some time, Mrs. Zhou tried to make the simplest ones, so she burned corn paste, grabbed some pickled cowpeas, cut some pickled melons, didn't cook any hot dishes, and just ate them like that.

After Zhang's family sat down around the table, Zhang Yun took advantage of this time to speak out the idea he had just thought of, "Father, mother, grandpa, just now on the boat, I heard Uncle Chang and the others say that tofu can't be sold. An idea that sells and maybe makes some more money for our family."

(End of this chapter)