When the pears are green

The Mid-Autumn Festival gathering in Heihe Town is held on August 12, 13 and 14.

Song Li calculated the date and decided to soak the beans today so that they would be ready by the time the gathering started. Thinking of this, Song Li couldn't help but start to miss Jiang Qingzhou who was on his way. Was he hot? Thirsty? Tired?

Song Li soaked two kilograms of soybeans and three kilograms of mung beans. Since she had never sold bean sprouts before, she didn't dare to soak too many beans.

After Song Changhe and Zhang came back, Song Li told them about Jiang Qingzhou's visit to their house and handed them the mooncakes left by Jiang Qingzhou.

After listening to Song Li's story, Song Changhe became even more satisfied with Jiang Qingzhou.

On August 12, the Mid-Autumn Festival gathering officially began.

Originally, Song Changhe wanted to go with Song Li and Song Yue, but Zhang was feeling a little unwell, so he stayed at home to accompany Zhang.

Song Li carried a backpack filled with mung bean sprouts and held a wooden basin and a scale in her hands; Song Yue carried a backpack filled with soybean sprouts; and Song Xing carried a basket filled with handkerchiefs and other small items. The three siblings walked towards the village entrance together.

When Song Li and her brother arrived at the entrance of the village, there were already many people waiting for the ox cart. Song Yue couldn't help but ask Song Li: "Sister, there are so many people, can we get a seat?"

Song Li saw Song Tianshi, Xing'er and Lianlian in the crowd. She comforted Song Yue and said, "Yueyue, it should be OK. Second Madam is over there, let's go say hello."

After Song Li finished speaking, she led Song Yue and Song Xing to greet Song Tian and the others. Song Li hadn't seen Xing'er for a long time and felt that she had lost a lot of weight.

Xing Er wanted to talk to Song Li, but at this moment, an oxcart stopped and Wu Minghui shouted from the cart, "Our oxcart is leaving now, four cents per person."

When the people waiting for the bus heard this, they all murmured in a low voice: The head of the village really wants to make money in any way he can. He must be crazy about money! Old man Wang wants two cents, but he wants four cents. Only a fool would take the bus.

Wu Minghui ignored the voice she heard and continued to shout from the car: "There are so many of you, Uncle Wang's car can't handle all the people. If you can't get a seat, you'll have to walk."

Song Li looked at the growing crowd, she was not sure whether she could get on the ox cart of Old Man Wang. So Song Li, who was called a fool by everyone, took out twelve coins and handed them to Wu Minghui. Wu Minghui counted them and happily let Song Li and her brother get on the cart.

Wu Minghui shouted for a while, but seeing that still no one came, he asked Wu Mingde, who had remained silent, to drive the ox cart away.

Xing'er looked at Wu Mingde going away, and the reluctance in her eyes could not be dispelled for a long time. When Song Tian saw this, she sighed, then patted Xing'er on the shoulder, and Xing'er finally reacted.

After the ox cart drove away, Wu Minghui returned the twelve cents to Song Li.

Wu Minghui looked at the puzzled expressions of Song Li and her brother, and said to them with a smile: "My third brother and I are going to town too. We saw you carrying baskets and backpacks, so we thought you must be going to the market. My third brother and I wanted to give you a ride. But my third brother said there were too many people waiting for the bus, and he was afraid of gossip, so he came up with this idea."

After hearing this, Song Li said to Wu Mingde: "Thank you so much, Mr. Wu."

Wu Mingde just smiled at Song Li and the others without saying anything.

Song Li felt that she couldn't ride the Wu family's ox cart for nothing. She thought about it for a while, and then discussed with Song Yue: "Yueyue, we can't ride the Wu family's cart for nothing. If we give them bean sprouts, there is no place to put them. Why not give Minghui a handkerchief!"

After hearing this, Song Yue nodded and took the basket from Song Xing. Song Yue smiled and said to Wu Minghui, "Minghui, I made some handkerchiefs, purses and the like myself. If you like any of them, I'll give you a few."

Wu Minghui wanted to decline, but when she saw the beautiful handkerchief, she couldn't help but say, "Thank you so much, Sister Song Yue."

After hearing this, Song Yue happily put the basket in front of Wu Minghui and let her choose by herself.

Wu Minghui picked up a handkerchief, then took out a purse and gestured to Wu Mingde, then nodded with satisfaction. Then she smiled and said to Song Yue, "Sister Song Yue, I want these two, the handkerchief, and the purse is for my third brother."

After hearing this, Wu Mingde looked at Song Yue, who always disliked him, and said loudly: "I don't want it. I have a wallet."

Wu Minghui stuffed the purse into Wu Mingde's arms, then smiled and said to Song Yue: "My third brother is embarrassed, please don't be offended, Sister Song Yue. His purse is almost torn, and the copper coins will fall out."

After Wu Minghui finished speaking, he took out a copper coin from his purse and began to demonstrate to Song Li and the others how the copper coin fell out of the purse, which made Song Li and the others laugh.

By the time Song Li and her friends arrived at Heihe Town, there were already quite a few vendors setting up stalls.

Jiang Qingye stood under the willow tree, anxiously waiting for Song Li and the others. Whenever a bullock cart stopped nearby, Jiang Qingye would stretch his neck to take a look.

Jiang Qingye finally saw the Song Li siblings. He hurried over and pointed to a stall not far away and said, "Sister Xiaoli, Sister Xiaoyue, Xiaoxing, my brother is waiting there. Let's go!"

After Song Li thanked Wu Mingde and Wu Minghui again, she led Song Yue and Song Xing and followed Jiang Qingye to the stall where Jiang Qingzhou was.

Jiang Qingzhou hurried over after seeing Song Li and her brother. He took off the backpacks on Song Li and Song Yue's backs and carried them over with both hands.

Jiang Qingzhou came early, and he helped Song Li take a seat. Song Li first spread a clean rag on the ground, and then put the backpack on top. She also put some bean sprouts and mung bean sprouts in the wooden basin, and then placed it in front of the backpack.

Just as Song Li had packed up everything, a familiar voice came: "Brother Dahu, Sister Xiaoli, it's really you, I thought I was seeing things."

Song Li looked up and saw that it was Ruyi. Ruyi smiled and greeted Song Yue, Song Xing and Jiang Qingye.

Song Li asked Ruyi: "Ruyi, did you come here by yourself?"

Ruyi pointed at Zhang Jixiang who was not far away and said to Song Li with a smile: "Sister Xiaoli, my brother and I came here together."

Jiang Qingzhou glanced at Zhang Jixiang and said to Ruyi, "Stay with Brother Jixiang and don't get lost."

Ruyi was more familiar with Jiang Qingzhou. She made a face at Jiang Qingzhou and made Song Li laugh.

Song Li laughed for a while, then asked Ruyi: "Ruyi, what are you doing here?"

Ruyi pointed to the basket in her hand and said, "Sister Xiaoli, I'm here to sell handkerchiefs and sachets."

After hearing this, Song Yue also raised her basket and said to Ruyi happily, "Ruyi, me too."

Ruyi looked around and saw that most of the stalls were selling vegetables or meat. She smiled and said to Song Yue, "Xiaoyue, it's not easy to sell here. I usually sell to grocery stores. Do you want to try with me?"

Song Yue glanced at Song Li, and Song Li nodded at her. Song Yue almost jumped out of joy.

At this time, Zhang Jixiang also came over. After greeting Song Li, Jiang Qingzhou and others, he led Song Yue and Ruyi to the grocery store.

Because it was a big market, there were a lot of people today. When Song Li came before, there was only one yamen runner on patrol, but today there were three.

Song Li handed a penny to the yamen runner, who said to her, "Little girl, there are many people here today, please keep an eye on your child and don't lose him."

After hearing this, Song Li hurriedly thanked the bailiff.

Song Li had just started selling a few pounds of bean sprouts when she heard a commotion in the crowd. People around her stopped what they were doing and craned their necks to watch the people running around in the street.

Song Li saw Zhang Jixiang chasing someone running past her, and Jiang Qingzhou also jumped out of the stall and ran quickly to chase the figure.

After a while, Ruyi and Songyue also ran over from behind, panting. She hurriedly asked, "Ruyi, Yueyue, what happened to you?"

Ruyi cried and said to Song Li, "Sister Xiaoli, that man stole my purse."

After hearing this, Song Li hugged her and said, "It's okay, Ruyi, your brother and Qingzhou will get it back for you. You two can wait here for a while."

Jiang Qingye also came over to comfort Ruyi: "Sister Ruyi, don't worry, my brother runs very fast, he will definitely find it back for you."

After hearing this, Song Xing also interrupted: "Sister Ruyi, Brother Dahu is very powerful."

Ruyi slowly stopped crying after listening to Song Li and the others. She kept looking at the crowd in front of her, hoping that the thief could be caught by her brothers.