big sister headed home

Chapter 3

After leaving the village, 'walking on the main road', you can see people going to the market in twos and threes. There are also many people in the village, some on foot, some on donkeys, and some on ox carts.

Because it was still dark, from a distance, I could only see the outline clearly, but couldn't recognize who was who.Dou Hua didn't think about who she would be with either. They were all on the same road anyway, so she wasn't worried about any danger.

The village Dou Hua lives in is Doujia Village. Most of the people in the village have the surname Dou. Those who are far and near are all related.Doujia Village is nearly [-] miles away from the county seat, and it takes at least an hour to walk down, which is really physical labor.

Dou Hua came again for the first time 'It's the first time she walked for such a long time, her legs and feet are sore' She hasn't seen the city gate yet.

Dou Hua was very envious of the people in the bullock cart not far in front of her. Although the bullock cart is slow, it is still a car, and it is better than her own two legs.

Dou Hua is better, but Dou Qing is much more tired. Originally, he is small, and his steps are not as good as Dou Hua's, and he still has to trot hard to follow Dou Hua. It is conceivable how tired he is.

When Dou Hua turned her head, Dou Qing was trotting behind her, her face was flushed red, her head was covered with sweat, and she was out of breath. She stopped and waited for Dou Qing to come to her, "You child, you can't keep up if you can't speak , I see that you are tired and sweat so much, you will catch a cold when the wind blows later, come here to sit and rest for a while, and wipe off your sweat." Dou Hua pulled Dou Qing with one hand and came roadside.

"Not tired, big sister, I can keep up." Dou Qing wiped the sweat from her brow, smiled at Dou Hua, she was very happy, the big sister cared about him, she was not as cold as before.

"Why don't you feel tired? Sit down quickly. We'll leave after a short break. It won't be long before now." Pressing Dou Qing to sit down, Dou Hua sat down next to her. She is also very tired now.

The two rested for a while, then got up and continued on their way. At this time, the sun also climbed up from the side of the mountain, and the golden sunlight shone warmly on their bodies, driving away a lot of cold.

When Dou Hua brought Dou Qing to the market, there were already people coming and going in the market, which was very lively.Qingyang County is a small county town, with a total of three streets. The one near the city gate is East Street, which is where the market is located.There are shops on both sides of the street. During the Sanliujiu market, there are stalls on the street, with an aisle in the middle, and people who go to the market walk between the stalls in various shops to buy what they need.

Dou Hua and Dou Qing shuttled among the crowd, looking at the shops on both sides of the street, and they went to the fur shop, and the fur shop would buy their furs.

"Sister, do you think that is a fur shop?" Dou Qing's eyes were sharp, and he found an old fur shop, Liu Ji.

"Well, yes, let's go in and have a look." Dou Hua led Dou Qing into the fur shop.

On the counter, a shopkeeper in his 40s was making small calculations there.Hearing someone coming in, he raised his head when he knew the sound was coming, and greeted with a smile, "Guest officer, what do you need? We have the best leather, soft, hard, fox, wolf Yes, Tiger's, you can have whatever you want..." Shopkeeper Liu hadn't seen the person clearly, his upper lip touched his lower lip, and he patted a bunch of words, and when he saw the person clearly, he just said something. Seeing the person wearing coarse cloth with patches, looking poor, his face turned cold, "What are you doing?"

Look at the people below, see what people say, they are the best at doing business.Dou Hua saw that the shopkeeper was a dog and looked down upon others.He untied the burden on his back, threw it on the counter with a snap, and said loudly, "Sell the leather!"

Dou Hua's voice was quite loud, and this sentence reached Shopkeeper Liu's ears like thunder, and he was startled. Shopkeeper Liu took a step back, "Are you going to sell leather?"

"Yes, let's take a look." Dou Hua said, and started to untie the bundle, revealing the three leathers inside.

Shopkeeper Liu opened the cloth bag and saw that there were three roe deer skins inside, and the coat color was not bad.It can be seen that the skin was cut by an old hunter. The leather is very complete and well preserved. He nodded in his heart, "One piece of three hundred coins, a total of nine hundred coins."

"What? Three hundred coins?" Dou Hua asked in a loud voice. She knew that such leathers cost at least five hundred coins a piece, and Dou Sanshan was sold for six hundred coins. Playing tricks, trying to trick them.

"Yeah, three hundred dollars." Shopkeeper Liu said without blushing, and of course he would spend less if he could spend less.

"Crack!" Dou Hua stretched out her hand and patted the counter, "What are you talking about shopkeeper, don't fool us just because we are young, my fur is good and intact, at least five hundred dollars, you See if we are young and trying to lie to us, it is really a black-hearted business, everyone, come quietly, this store is not sincere." Dou Hua shouted loudly, there were many people going to the market at the door, and some ran away when they heard the noise here Come over and block the door to watch the excitement, pointing fingers and whispering to each other.

Shopkeeper Liu's brow was dripping with sweat. He didn't expect the girl in front of him to have such a loud voice, so noisy. He didn't want to quarrel with her in his own shop and get a reputation for dishonesty. If he smashed the signboard of his shop, it would be broken. .

"Well, girl, just as you said, five hundred coins, this is one or two five coins, you keep it." Shopkeeper Liu smiled apologetically, took out the silver and handed it to Dou Hua.

Dou Hua looked at him, but didn't take the money, "No, I sell this leather for [-] yuan, and I can't do without a penny."

"Okay." Shopkeeper Liu glared at Dou Hua, gritted his teeth and agreed to the price, and then took out another three hundred Wen and handed it to Dou Hua.

"That's right, shopkeeper, you must be honest when doing business, and your business will get better and better. Don't worry, I will come to you to sell it when I have leather in the future." Dou Hua nodded this time, satisfied He picked it up and pulled Dou Qing out without looking at the shopkeeper's darkened face, "Come on, second brother, let's go to the market."

Dou Hua led Dou Qing from the beginning to the end of the East Street, and bought ten catties of white noodles and twenty catties of coarse grain noodles at the grain store, which cost four hundred yuan. Coarse grain noodles are cheaper and cost ten cents a catty, and grain always accounts for the bulk of all expenses.

I bought some coarse salt, a can of soy sauce and a can of sour vinegar in the seasoning store. Everything linked to food is very expensive, especially the rarer the more expensive.

Dou Hua didn't buy anything else, she just walked and watched all the way, thinking about how to make money, but unfortunately she didn't think of any good way.

The two walked all the way to the livestock market in the market, where they all sold live animals, such as live chickens, live ducks, live geese, sheep, etc. When they reached the end, Dou Hua saw a cage filled with large and small rabbits. His eyes lit up, and he walked over quickly.

The rabbit seller was squatting behind the cage, boringly drawing circles on the ground with a stick.

"Brother, how do you sell this rabbit?"

Hearing the sound, Jiang Ermeng looked up, and after seeing the person in front of him clearly, he stood up abruptly. If you look closely, you can see his excited little eyes, and even his body trembling slightly.

The old monk didn't lie to me, saying that I will meet someone I like this year when the red luan star moves, and here I am, that's great, this girl is really good-looking, much better than those petite and weak girls, I like it, Jiang Ermeng is full of joy in his heart.

Dou Hua didn't expect that the rabbit seller would suddenly stand up, good guy, he is a head taller than herself, it must be 1.9 meters, and he looks black enough.This person can't be sick. Why do you look at your body shaking? It's about to get sick.Dou Qing was so frightened that she hid behind Dou Hua, peeping with half of her head exposed, thinking, this man looks really scary, even scarier than the elder sister.

"I, my name is Jiang Ermeng, sister, you want to buy a rabbit." Jiang Dameng rubbed his hands and said, looking at Dou Hua with a happy face.

"Well, how do you sell this rabbit?" Dou Hua ignored the other party's strong gaze, and she became more determined in her heart. This person must be mentally ill.

"Fifty Wen."

"One?"

"Oh, no, all of them." Jiang Er said with a fierce smile. The grinning boss didn't care at all that the seller next to him looked at him like a fool and sold a rabbit for fifty yuan for ten yuan each. .

"Then I'll take them all. Sell your rabbit cage to me too. I'll give you 55 yuan." Dou Hua was more sure that the other party's mind was out of order, but she was able to buy so many rabbits for so little money. very happy.

Jiang Ermeng didn't care, and sold the rabbit cage and the rabbit to Dou Hua, and only charged her fifty cents, so the rabbit cage was given away for nothing. Anyway, this cage was made by himself, so it doesn't take much trouble. Make another one when you want.

There were three big rabbits and three small rabbits in the cage, including the cage, it weighed more than ten kilograms, and it was quite heavy to carry. Dou Hua couldn't let Dou Qing carry it. He only asked him to carry the lightest condiments. She was carrying half a bag of noodles in one hand, and the rabbit cage in the other. Fortunately, she was strong enough to hold such a heavy thing with ease.

After buying something, Dou Hua planned to take Dou Qing back, she was not in the mood to wander around the market with such a heavy thing.

Jiang Ermeng watched Dou Hua's back, still grinning silly, saw the other person walking in the direction of the city gate, he trotted out from the street.

Walking to the entrance of the market, there was a seller of maltose, the size of a palm, for ten yuan a piece. Dou Hua looked at it, took out twenty yuan and bought two yuan, thinking of satisfying the greed of the little ones at home. I love sweets.

"Sister, what are you buying this for?" Dou Qing looked at the yellow orange maltose, a little greedy, couldn't help swallowing, and he couldn't be blamed for being greedy, he had never eaten this sweet food a few times since he was a child maltose.

"I bought it for you guys. Go back and share it with Tweety and the others." Dou Hua was not interested in sugar, so she handed the paper bag wrapped in maltose to Dou Qing.

Holding the maltose in his hand, Dou Qing was very happy, with a smile on his face, children are easily satisfied.

It was almost noon now, the sun was in the sky, and the sun warmed my body, which was much better than the coldness of the morning.

"Sister, why are you buying rabbits? Do you want stewed rabbits?" Dou Qing first thought of eating, and he was a little hungry now.

"Stewed rabbits are not good, I plan to raise them." Dou Hua said, she had raised rabbits when she was a child, and knew that rabbits had fast reproductive ability, high birth rate, and could be sold for money when they were raised. This is when she saw this rabbit. Just thought of it.

"Raise rabbits? We don't know how to raise them to death. The fourth uncle's family also raised rabbits and they all died. Can we keep them alive?" Dou Qing said.

"Try it and you'll know. Maybe it can be fed. Do you know that these rabbits eat grass. It's summer. Let's feed them with grass. If they are fed, they can have a litter of cubs in two or three months. When we grow up, we'll sell them in the market to supplement our household income." Dou Hua has confidence in raising rabbits, after all, she has raised them herself, and this is the first way she can think of to make money.

(End of this chapter)