MTL - The Sweet Little Fulang-Chapter 26

Money can make people motivated, and the rush of people at the market doesn't seem so scary compared to the joy of making money. After the first payment was made, Lu Gu's shouting voice no longer trembled, at least he dared to talk when the woman and husband passed by.

"Auntie, look at the wolfberry, it's alright."

Shen Xuanqing was selling prey next to him. When he was busy, he dared to speak out. He felt relieved and joyful, and the smile on his face became more obvious. Lu Gu is timid but not too cowardly. He knows how to do what he should do. will get better.

The gray-haired elderly woman was carrying a basket, and she really leaned forward to look at it. She asked, "How much?"

Lu Gu said quickly, "Sanwen."

"It's more expensive, it's cheaper." Some people have the habit of saying that they are expensive at the beginning, and then they will lower the price. This is the case with old women. No matter what you buy, you have to negotiate the price. Big head.

Although Shen Xuanqing told him that Sanwen was the market price, and the wolfberry he picked was big and good, it was already cheap, but Lu Gu had never done a small business before, so he was a little unsure without help, so he turned to look at Shen Xuanqing. .

"Auntie, it's not expensive. It's cheap enough to sell for three or four cents smaller than ours." Seeing him timidly looking over, Shen Xuanqing felt like he was scratched, and he spoke without even thinking about it.

Lu Gu was extremely grateful, because with such a "reassuring pill" standing beside him, he also learned a sentence: "Auntie, it's not expensive."

The old woman often buys things, so she naturally knows the market price, and after picking it up for a while, she sees that the price can't be lowered, so she asks her to weigh six cents.

Lu Gu hurriedly picked up the nickname, he recognized it, and Wei Lanxiang taught him again after borrowing it last night.

Another six copper coins were in hand. When Lu Gu put the money into the cloth bag, he heard the clattering sound of the coins colliding. Even if the money was going to be given to Shen Xuanqing, it made people happy just listening to it, and he even smiled.

After this time, when someone pressed the price when buying wolfberry, Lu Gu did as Shen Xuanqing said, no need for help.

Compared with Shen Xuanqing's income, his side is all small money. When no one is there, he just watches Shen Xuanqing sell prey, and also does a favor.

Today is a good day, the sun is getting bigger and people are getting hot. Because there are quite a lot of wild animals in a cart, there are still a few that are not sold out.

Shen Xuanqing felt hot, saw that the water in the bamboo tube had been drunk, and he was hungry after half the morning, so he let Lu Gu watch, and went to buy food nearby.

The busiest and noisiest time of the morning fair has passed, and there are not many people shopping at the market, and many hawkers who have finished the morning fair have also left.

Seeing that no one came to ask, Lu Gu sat on the bench and rested. He had been standing almost for more than an hour, and only now did he have time to sit.

He searched through the small crowd, and soon found Shen Xuanqing. After all, such a tall man is quite rare.

Not long after, Shen Xuanqing came back with two bowls of noodles, and said casually, "This Yangchun noodle is good, I've eaten it twice."

Lu Gu took a bowl. He had heard that this noodle was ten cents a bowl. Lu Wen often ate it when he went to school in the town. After returning to Anjia Village, he sometimes talked to Du Hehua about wanting to eat Yangchun noodles, and Du Hehua said Ten pennies, where can I buy it for him?

The two sat on stools and put their bowls on the trolley as a table.

The noodles are thin and white, sprinkled with green chopped green onions, and the clear soup is decorated with soy sauce and oil flowers, which is bright yellow. The soup is light but fragrant. One bowl of the soup can be eaten in the stomach. It is satisfied and comfortable, and it is worth ten cents.

And when Shen Xuanqing returned the bowl, he also made a bamboo tube of green plum stuffing. This wine has a very light brewing taste and tastes sweet and sour. It is often drunk by women and Shuang'er.

Lu Gu thought that he brought the bamboo tube to beg someone for water, but he didn't think that as soon as the lid of the bamboo tube was opened, he smelled that sweet and sour taste.

"Drink it." As soon as Shen Xuanqing finished speaking, someone came over to ask how to sell pheasants.

Lu Gu held the bamboo tube and tasted it carefully. The entrance was first sour and then sweet, with a slight taste of wine. This kind of taste was wonderful to him. After two sips, he felt that it was delicious, and his eyes seemed to be brighter. .

When Shen Xuanqing sold two pheasants, he turned his head and saw his happy expression, and was also happy in his heart.

The sun was getting higher and higher, and people couldn't keep their eyes open.

There were only two white-necked pheasants and the black-hoofed sheep with four hooves **** on the trolley. Shen Xuanqing took another look at the wolfberry in the bamboo basket, and went down halfway down, but there was not much left of the wild bath beads. Many, three solid bundles of mugwort leaves have also been sold.

"Let's go to the medical center and see if they accept the wolfberry or not, and then go to the pork store to sell the sheep and then go back." He said, and cleaned up the trolley. The bench was placed on it, and Lu Gu was not needed for the bamboo basket. Carry it, put it in the car and push it away.

After leaving the market, they handed over the wooden sign, and the two walked towards the east of the town. They arrived at the medical center first. The people in the medical center looked at the quality of the wolfberry fruit, tasted it, and charged it at the market price of three cents and one tael. Well, at the end of the day, when the two of them were able to leave, the man also said that if there is any more goods like this, just come over, and they will accept it as much as possible.

This undoubtedly surprised Lu Gu. Few people went there in the deep mountains and forests. He only picked those wild wolfberry by himself, and he never thought that he was lucky.

Because it was dry goods, and he picked and dried by himself, there were many wolfberries in the mountains, but not everywhere. The rest in the bamboo basket weighed ten pounds and sold for four hundred and eighty cents.

Too much copper money is not easy to take, so Shen Xuanqing asked the man to weigh five coins and pieces of silver and return them to the medical clinic for 20 yuan. The five pieces of silver and silver went into Lu Gu's hands.

Not to mention the copper plates in the cloth bag, Lu Gu clutched the silver pieces tightly, his feet were a little erratic, and he stared blankly at Shen Xuanqing after leaving the hospital.

"What are you doing, don't pretend." Shen Xuanqing said with a smile.

Lu Gu just woke up like a dream, and put the broken silver into his sleeves. In this way, even the inner pockets of his sleeves seemed to become precious and heavy.

The pork shop was on another street. Shen Xuanqing and the butcher surnamed Zhao knew each other. The two finally negotiated, and the butcher Zhao gave Shen Xuanqing five taels of silver, the slaughtered sheepskin and a hind leg Shen Xuanqing took away.

Compared with pork and chicken, mutton that is nourishing and can be stewed with medicinal herbs is more expensive. When pork is expensive, it costs 20 cents a pound, and mutton is cheap at 80 cents. Even sheep are not as fat and big as pigs, and they produce meat. Naturally, there are not many pigs. This black-hoofed sheep is a small sheep. Five taels of silver is fair, and Butcher Zhao himself has made a profit.

The two of them had always had a good friendship, so after all together, they burned a large pot of water, sharpened their knives, and slaughtered them in the courtyard.

Shen Xuanqing is a hunter and knows how to peel skins. It is not difficult for him to slaughter pigs and sheep, and since he wants sheep skins, he holds the knife.

Lu Gu was sitting in front of the shop with Mrs. Ji, the daughter-in-law of butcher Zhao. Mrs. Ji was holding their one-year-old fat boy. He had a round head and a chubby head. He liked to laugh and talk. some saliva.

Ji's body is slightly fat, and she has a joking temper. The child won't let her sit, so she has to stand up and walk around. She gossips with Lu Gu, mostly about their little tigers, and also complains about the difficulty of taking care of children. toil.

Lu Gu listened to her, and answered in a low voice from time to time, his eyes fell on Xiao Huzi's fat face, Xiao Huzi giggled at him, and he couldn't help laughing.

When Ji Shi saw the wild bath beads in the bamboo basket on the ground next to the chair, he asked, "Did you buy these wild bath beads for use, or did you sell them?"

When working in the butcher shop, it is inevitable that you will get greasy and greasy hands, so you need to wash your hands frequently. Although Butcher Zhao’s family is rich and can afford the fragrant bath beans in the fat powder shop, if you wash your hands with these, you will feel like a waste. Things, I often buy some wild bath beads back.

When she learned that it was for sale, she wanted to buy it. It was bigger than the ones she bought earlier. If she wanted one, she could rub it in her hands many times.

When Lu Gu saw that there were only a dozen or so wild bath beads left, he had just heard Shen Xuanqing talking to Butcher Zhao, and said, "Sister-in-law, you can take it, you don't need to give me any money."

"Hey, why do you say that, it's not easy for you to pick it up." Ji Shi smiled and pushed back.

Lu Gu said again: "There are only a few left, it's nothing."

These ten or so are sold for three or four cents. He has sold a lot of copper coins today, not to mention Ji, even if he goes back and meets someone in the village who asks him, he will also give it. This thing is picked in the mountains and does not cost much. Capital, it is okay to give a few.

"If so, then I'll accept your kindness. If I'm in town in the future, I can come and sit down." Ji Shi's slightly chubby face smiled even more, and added tea to Lu Gu.

The two joked and chatted for a while, and then made fun of the little tiger. After a while, because someone came to buy meat, Lu Gu hugged the child for Ji's. Pointing at Ji Shi who was cutting meat, his mouth whimpered, as if he was talking to him.

Five or six years ago, Du Hehua gave birth to Lu Wu, and Lu Gu was about twelve years old at the time. Du Hehua asked him to hold Lu Wu every time he had meals. He either walked around outside the door or fed Lu Wu rice soup to save her. He can't eat well by himself, so he is no stranger to holding children.

But for Shen Xuanqing, he hadn't seen it before, his eyes paused slightly, and his expression seemed to be strange.

Butcher Zhao came in from the courtyard with him to help Ji Shi weigh jins of meat. After the busy work, Ji held the children from Lu Gu's hands, and Shen Xuanqing said goodbye to them. When he left, he wanted to buy a piece of pork, so he could pay back the half of the meat he borrowed from the villagers yesterday, so he could eat some at home. , but the butcher Zhao did not collect the money.

After going out, Shen Xuanqing pushed the empty scooter a lot more easily. On it, there was a diabolo basket and lambskin leg of lamb. The leg of lamb was wrapped in lambskin, and it was not exposed. When he got home, he stewed it with nourishing medicinal herbs.

It was noon and the sun was very bright, but fortunately it was autumn, and it was not so hot. Lu Gu was thinking about the money he sold today, maybe Shen Xuanqing could give him ten cents after he went back and paid the money.

But even if he didn't give it, he had nothing to complain about. He ate well and slept well at Shen's house. Today Shen Xuanqing gave him green plum brew to drink, so that was enough.

The two of them walked out of the town, and there were some people at the entrance of an alley in front of them. At first glance, they were joining in the fun, and they could vaguely hear crying and a few curses inside. When it is near, I will piece together the rough things from the gossip of those people.

It turned out that there was a maid in the alley that Zhang's family wanted to sell and bought. She said that her hands and feet were not clean, and her teeth were in the courtyard. Before the man finished speaking, he was refuted in a low voice, saying what is it, yes The maid had an affair with the Zhang family's eldest son, whose daughter-in-law had died, and wanted to be his wife, so Mr. Zhang would sell her.

It's impossible to know how things happened, and Lu Gu was a little surprised. It turned out that after buying people, they could sell them again. He has been staying in Anjia Village. He has never been to the town a few times. He has only heard of people in the countryside selling their sons and daughters. As for what happened after the sale, he doesn't know.

Looking at Shen Xuanqing again, there was a bit of fear in his eyes.