Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 17 Who Takes Advantage
Ban Xia lowered her head, staring at the dirt ground.

As if to stare at an answer, should I run now or not?
Before I made up my mind, I saw someone coming out of the yard, "It's cooked, what?"

The voice was still hoarse, and every word seemed to be squeezed out.

Could it be that even this easy-to-find way to make money can't be kept?Sir, it's too dark.But Ban Xia only dared to slander, and said pitifully, "Uncle, this is something we found on the mountain. It looks like it can be eaten, but I vomited and dizzy as soon as I ate it, and I almost died. In this way, I thought I could sell some money outside to live on, oh, my grandparents are old, and my younger brothers and sisters are still young..."

No matter how pitiful, Ban Xia only asks this "bandit" to let him go.

Di Yan's eyes suddenly darkened, he had eaten this food, and he had vomited it like this, but it was not the time to worry about it, not to mention the last time he really saw this girl and a boy, and they used mud She was so wanton and happy when she smashed her own horse. If you look closely at her eyes, you can see it.

"Soak water?" The hoarse voice sounded again.

"Sell, how?"

Even this has to be inquired about! !Well, he is still a poor bandit, he can't afford to provoke him, so Ban Xia had no choice but to continue, "This business is really difficult to do, it is very difficult to dig, and then you have to wash it, cut it into slices and cook it, it's so far away Carrying it to the town to sell, you can get sixteen copper coins in a day, and only children do this."

The implication is very obvious, your lord has a lot of money, so naturally you have ways to make money, you don't need such a hair's worth of money.

"In the pot...this?" After a while, the "bandit" asked again.

Even if Ban Xia didn't want to admit it, she could only nod her head.

Seeing his obvious disbelief, his deep eyes were empty, and his face was even more fierce when he looked at him like this. If he had a long mouth and yelled for help, could he escape the catastrophe?Ban Xia wants to cry.

"You, do it." Pointing to the cassava, then pointing to the pot.

Ban Xia strokes the forehead, is this using herself as free labor?
Whoever made himself feel guilty and succumbed to his power did not dare to say more, and took the cassava aside, "It looks ugly like a wooden stick when you dig it out, but it tastes good when you make it." .”

After speaking, he randomly broke a branch, and started to scrape off the brown skin on the outside. He didn't care if his hands were covered with mud, he just wanted a quick solution.

For so many days, I was so stunned that I couldn't even eat a bite.

Unexpectedly, this burly figure squatted down beside him, imitating Pinellia, and breaking a piece of firewood. After all, due to his strength, he quickly scraped off the outer layer of skin and threw it aside. a small pile.

Is it possible that this bandit still knows these things?She was even more surprised when this person put the scraped cassava into a wooden bucket and washed it with water, and looked at Pinellia inquiringly.

"Well, just cut it into oblique slices like this." Ban Xia said with some uncertainty.

I hope I didn't comprehend the wrong meaning, such a person who cherishes words like gold.

With the knife in his hand, he quickly cut into pieces like that and put them in the wooden barrel. The white and tender ones are gratifying. At this point, seeing the calm face of this man, he hasn't been vicious since he entered the door. Ban Xia's heart is at peace. Jing settled down.

"In this way, it can be put into the pot to cook, but it can't be eaten when it's cooked. It needs to be soaked for a few days, and the water needs to be changed every day, so that... um, the bad things in it can be removed." Ban Xia explained As he said that, he had the intention of leaving.

She is hungry!
Thinking of this, she just said that, but it surprised the man, this time she didn't even say a word, and pointed directly at the things in the pot.

Ban Xia hurriedly stuffed a few pieces into her mouth, then carefully put the rest into the bowl with a spatula, then poured the raw cassava that had been cut just now, "Add some water, and I'll start the fire."

Naturally, he ordered like this, and after he finished speaking, he felt that something was wrong.

But I also saw that this person didn't have much objection, and poured water into it with a wooden bucket.

During the process of waiting for the water to boil, both of them were silent, Ban Xia grabbed a piece of cassava from the bowl from time to time and chewed it carefully, secretly thinking that this thing is quite full, thinking that this person ate such a pot just now , I don’t know how many days I have been hungry?
The smoke from the stove filled the air, and the two of them sat there fixedly. The beams of the stove were already dark, and on the very flat mud floor, Pinellia sat on a small bundle of straw, separated by a On the opposite side of the stove is the body that cannot be ignored, and the old monk is in meditation without knowing what he is thinking.

A strange feeling suddenly rose in Ban Xia's heart, as if it should have been like this, the person he met for the first time seemed to become a lot more approachable in the atmosphere of fireworks and food.

Her body gradually began to gain strength due to the fullness of food.

"Look, that's how it's boiled, just put it in clear water and soak it." Banxia sighed, "When you do this business in the future, you should also pay attention, don't be in a hurry, it will taste better if you don't soak it Poisoned."

This is the best of benevolence. Even if he really borrowed the place, he paid it off. Anyway, Banxia has made up his mind. There are so many cassava on this mountain. Even if he teaches him, he can still do this business and make a lot of money. No, little money can still be earned back.

However, the fact was once again beyond Ban Xia's expectations.

The man opened his mouth vigorously, "I don't sell, I buy."

"Buy? You need to do so much by yourself? You need to be taught?!" Ban Xia had the urge to roll her eyes.

Helpless, the situation was stronger than others, so she could only bow her head silently.

Suddenly something flickered, and on the palm as big as a cattail fan lay a piece of silver quietly.

That's right, silver!That's a lot of money!
Seeing this, Ban Xia didn't know how much it was, and thought to herself that at least it was more than two taels, could it be for herself.

Seeing that Pinellia didn't pick it up, he stuffed it straight over, "Five taels... I bought it."

Xing Xingyan blinked and blinked, brother, you said it earlier!My sister's legs were so frightened that her legs went limp, and when Ban Xia got excited, she talked a lot, "Uncle, you are so polite, the folks in the village are still like this... Come on, if you eat properly, next time you want to eat, just ask!"

Ban Xia came out of the gate in a chaotic manner, and left with a loud laugh.

Di Yan in the room, his eyes were shining brightly. He didn't know how many such things there are on the mountain. He almost got poisoned after eating them before. Can let the countless cassava into the mouth.

So worth it!
Afterwards, when Ban Xia and Yuan Guang went to dig cassava on the mountain again, they found that there were pits everywhere, and she realized that they wanted to dig three feet into the ground. This is a later story. (Struggling on the rookie list, begging for recommendations and favorites.)
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