Chapter 4 Lin County
The next day, Xu Jiaoxing got up before dawn in order to go to the county town.
After washing his face, Aman was ready to help her carry the basket. It was obvious that he was afraid that he would leave him.
Xu Jiaoxing had no choice but to take the basket in his hand, hold him with one hand, and quickly walked out.
The eight or nine miles of road was not short, but because she was not familiar with the road, Xu Jiaoxing walked straight for nearly an hour before she reached the city gate. At this time, the sky had turned white. From a distance, she saw two big characters engraved on the city gate, similar to traditional Chinese. After she recognized it for a while, she understood that the two words were "Linxian".
Xu Jiaoxing asked the direction of the vegetable market all the way.
I didn't know if I didn't ask, but I was really shocked when I asked. The market in Lin County is divided into two cities: East and West. East City mainly sells food, clothing and supplies, while West City is a thing that the rich like, such as flowers, plants, and treasures and jade in the West City.
Xu Jiaoxing and his son had no meals, and now they had no intention of strolling around. She went straight into Dongcheng City and put down her backpack at a large number of vendors selling vegetables, fruits and vegetables.
It was the season of spring rain. There were many people selling mushrooms on the market. Xu Jiaoxing took a quick look and found that there were no ones selling thatched mushrooms. She couldn't help but think of Aman's words, and her heart was a little thrilling.
Could it be that people in Linxian don’t eat this?
If she really couldn't sell such a big basket, then...
Forget it, as the saying goes, March pine mushrooms are the most tender and April chickens, and September pine mushrooms are the old chickens. The thatch mushrooms in this season are the most tender. If they can’t be sold, she will treat them as nourishing her and Aman.
Even though she was mentally prepared, she had to wait for a long time but had no business. She was also anxious. She looked at the vendors around her and boasted, and it was so lively. She was about to give it a try and shine her loud voice. Unexpectedly, a pair of hands dyed with red kohlrabi reached into her backpack."
“How did you sell it?”
The person who came was about twenty-five or six years old, wearing a water-red, half-old and not new one. He was fat and not ugly. What was ugly was her face that looked even redder than a monkey's butt because she was covered with gouache!
Xu Jiaoxing took a breath of air conditioning, and she felt so oozing no matter how she looked!
Perhaps Xu Jiaoxing's face full of acne pleased the other party, but she proudly reached out her hand and smoothed her hair, and a hint of comfort flashed in her eyes.
Xu Jiaoxing was stunned for a moment. After coming back to her senses, she quickly smiled at her: "Forty cents per pound, how much does my sister want?"
"What, forty-month! Why don't you grab it?" The elegant and gentle woman suddenly put her waist on her waist, and her bloody mouth dyed with big red rouge opened and closed: "Do you dare to shout prices? I'm afraid you don't know me, Tian Furong, I'm a well-known figure in the Bai Mansion. Be careful that you can't stay in this Dongcheng?"
"Beauty sister, how many are you suitable to give?" At this time, a soft and glutinous childish voice sounded, and it was Aman who was talking.
"What did you call me just now?" Tian Furong was stunned.
"Beauty sister?" Aman shouted tentatively, and the woman's face suddenly softened: "Forget it, it's not easy for you. I'll take care of you for a while, the price is cut in half."
Xu Jiaoxing didn't expect that Tian Furong was still a person who liked to listen to good things. She secretly gave Aman a thumbs up and calculated the profit of a basket of mushrooms. Her eyes lit up and she smiled dryly: "It's better to just 25 ounces per pound, Sister Furong, it's not easy for me to get this thatched mushroom."
Tian Furong was still immersed in Aman's sweet and soft voice, and was about to nod. Suddenly, she remembered the sharp heads in it, and hurriedly said, "I almost fooled me by you, the ugly girl. I bought all of you. Twenty copper coins per pound. Do you want to sell them?"
Xu Jiaoxing was afraid that she would leave, so she nodded quickly: "Twenty words are twenty words!"
After all, this is something that is cost-free. If you miss this buyer, you don’t know whether to sell it or not. What’s more, twenty cents are already a good price.
Xu Jiaoxing also wanted to borrow a large scale for the people around her, so Tian Furong took her to the fish shop directly. The guy in the shop was obviously very familiar with Tian Furong. Not only did he help her weigh her warmly, but he also helped her put the mushrooms in a ** cloth bag.
"There are 24 kilograms in total." Tian Furong said, counting 480 cents to Xu Jiaoxing.
Xu Jiaoxing counted another silver coins, which was indeed four hundred and eighty cents. Then he put the silver coins in his pocket and was attracted by the carp in the pot.
She asked about the price, and it was only 5 cents per pound. She hurriedly paid for the money and asked the guy to catch the biggest one by himself.
There were few carp bones and good meat quality. She happened to use it to replenish Aman's body. A total of five pounds and three ounces per pound of carp was 5 pounds and three ounces, and the young man only charged twenty-five cents.
After leaving the fish shop, Xu Jiaoxing took Aman to buy oil and salt, five kilograms of brown rice and two kilograms of flour, and bought a pair of new shoes for himself and Aman, and then took Aman to have breakfast.
The streets were bustling in the early morning, with the hawking of vendors everywhere. Finally, Xu Jiaoxing stopped in front of a steaming bun shop.
"Girl, how many buns can I buy?" The owner of the bun shop said, and had already opened the cage and was about to pick up buns for her.
"Get four meat buns." Xu Jiaoxing smelled the scent of meat that was coming to her face and couldn't help but sniff. She was busy with things first. She didn't feel hungry yet. Now she smelled the smell and felt that her chest was already hungry and was pressed against her back.
"Mom, we can't eat that much." Aman pulled Xu Jiaoxing's elbow and said carefully.
Xu Jiaoxing knew that the little guy felt sorry for money, so she couldn't help but shake her head at him and said, "Aman is the time to grow up, so she has to eat more meat."
"Girl, you really love your son. You have four copper coins for your meat buns." The owner of the bun shop smiled and said, Xu Jiao Xing smiled and handed out four copper coins. Then he divided two meat buns for Aman, and the mother and son slowly walked out of the city.
The bun has thin skin and lots of fillings. The soup that fills the mouth with you bite is very delicious.
Xu Jiaoxing took Aman out of the city and walked along the way he came. He heard Aman's muffled voice coming from behind: "Mom, you are so nice to Aman."
Before Xu Jiaoxing could come back to her senses, someone suddenly hugged her feet: "Aman will definitely be nice to her mother in the future."
Xu Jiaoxing was a little funny, but her heart was warm. When her mother walked and stopped and returned to the village, she arrived in front of the melon shed, Gu Qiushi got stuck.
"Xu Jiaoxing, you are so brave, and you are going to block my third brother again? Your skin is itchy again, aren't you afraid that my mother will peel you and hang you on a tree and beat you?"
Chapter completed!