Spring scenery in the fields

Lan Qiuhua put the noodles in a jar, covered it with a lid, and placed a basin on top to prevent mice and insects from getting in.

After waiting for a while, the person she was waiting for came.

"Qiuhua, what are you busy with?"

"Aunt Tao, Aunt Niu, Aunt Feng, Aunt Wu." Shen Suya came out and called them one by one, then turned back to the house.

She didn't like talking to the aunts and ladies in the village, who always asked her about her marriage, asking all sorts of questions which were very messy and annoying.

Lan Qiuhua came out with a smile: "Hey, what brings you here? Come on, come in and sit down."

"No, I'll just wander around the village and come back to your house."

Tao Chunmei, Wang Erfeng's mother-in-law, lost her husband many years ago.

"Qiuhua, I just saw Rongshan and his wife at your house. He went to the market to buy something. There were so many things. They looked very heavy."

Feng Xiayun, Zhou Xiaoyu's mother-in-law, is both diligent and efficient.

As soon as they came, they got straight to the point and Lan Qiuhua didn't beat around the bush.

"They are peddlers, selling black flour and salt. Black flour is three cents a pound, which is one cent cheaper than in town."

"My family was running out of black noodles, so I bought two kilograms from them. It was cheaper than in town, and I didn't have to travel so far."

"Oh, that's really cheap." Niu Guilan looked at the hillside, "They only sell salt and black flour, nothing else?"

Lan Qiuhua smiled and said, "We sell other things too. We're selling these two right now. You can buy them from them later. Even a penny is still money."

The four people nodded.

"I'm going to buy two kilograms from them. There's not much black flour left at home. I'm thinking of buying some at the market next time."

Wu Caifeng walked out the door with a smile, talking as she walked.

"What a coincidence! It saves me from having to go to the market. You guys chat while I go home and get the basin."

The other three went to the market last time and bought rice and flour, so their family has enough for the time being.

Niu Guilan inquired curiously: "Rongshan must know someone in town, otherwise how could he find the shop?"

If you don’t have any acquaintances, the shop owner will not sell goods to you at a low price.

Lan Qiuhua understood what she wanted to ask: "I don't know either. Some things are hard to ask. Anyway, I can buy cheap noodles from him, so I won't ask any more questions."

"Business people hate it most when others ask about their business. If they are not careful, they may think you are trying to steal their business. Besides, they will not tell the truth even if you ask them."

The three of them nodded in unison.

Tao Chunmei smiled and said, "If we run out of noodles at home, we'll go buy some from them. It's getting dark, and we have to go home to cook. You're busy, so we'll leave first."

"Hey, take your time, come and play another day."

After they left, Shen Suya came out of the house and said, "Aunt Niu knows about it. Soon, the whole village will know about it."

"That's perfect. Let her pass on the message."

No matter whose affairs in the village, as long as Niu Guilan knows about it, the whole village will know about it within half an hour.

Lan Qiuhua glanced at the sky and said, "Let's cook. Go wash the wild vegetables and I'll knead the dough."

Shen Suya said "Oh".

When the two of them returned home, the twins were making lace in the yard.

Speaking of which, she was the one who brought the nets back to fight with, but in the end she didn't fight with many, it was they who fought with them.

Ji Wenhe put the basket into the house. When he turned around, he saw him put the things down and took out a wooden hairpin from his arms.

"Wen He, I bought it at a stall for three cents. Look, there's a small hole here. Put the stuffed cat doll you made through it and hang it up."

It must look good when worn on your head.

He said this in his heart.

Men's behavior of this kind should be praised, and their enthusiasm should not be discouraged.

The wooden hairpin is very ordinary, without any carved patterns or designs on it.

"Thank you, Brother Shen. I like it very much. I will hang up the kitten doll tomorrow."

Seeing her happy expression, Shen Rongshan knew that the hairpin was worth buying, and a rare hint of shyness appeared on his face.

"As long as you like it."

Then he walked to the basket and squatted down: "I bought half a catty of pork belly and half a catty of lean meat, and twenty-one eggs.

I bought them from two families. The old man had seven eggs left, so I took them all. "

Ji Wenhe carefully took the basket from his hand: "It doesn't matter if there is one more or one less. I'll make wild vegetable and egg soup tomorrow morning."

This way the whole family can drink it.

Watching him take out the pork belly and lean meat, I swallowed unconsciously.

"Let's just roast it all. There won't be much left if we cut half of it. Wenshan and Yuanshan haven't eaten meat for a long time, and neither have we."

Shen Rongshan naturally listened to her and had no objection: "Okay, fry them separately."

She doesn't eat pork belly.

Ji Wenhe carefully placed the basket at the corner: "No need to separate them, just fry them together and let everyone eat together."

"By the way, Wenshan and his friends went to the mountains this morning to find a lot of black fungus. Let's stir-fry two dishes, dried bamboo shoots and black fungus. I'll add chili to both dishes."

"Yes, I like spicy food, but not too much."

Too much and he'll find it spicy.

She nodded: "Okay, I'll put less."

As the two were talking, Shen Yuanshan's voice rang out from outside the house: "Brother, sister-in-law, Aunt Wu is here, and she is holding a basin in her hand."

Ji Wenhe looked at him: "Are you here to buy noodles from us?"

Shen Rongshan was also unsure: "I'll go out and take a look. You put the eggs and meat in the inner room."

It's not that he is ashamed, but he is afraid that people will know that he eats well at home and think that he has a lot of money and come to him to borrow.

It would be bad not to lend the money. We are all from the same village and we have to help when we are in trouble.

Go ahead and lend it to them. Your family members are so skinny that if you have money, of course you should spend it on them and not show off your wealth to others.

It is said that a poor person living in a busy city is unknown to anyone, but a rich person living in a remote mountain area has distant relatives.

Ji Wenhe understood what he meant and put the things on the table in the inner room.

Wu Caifeng came to the door with a basin in her hand and said with a smile from a distance: "Rongshan, I heard from Qiuhua that from now on, if my family needs anything, I will come to your house to buy it. Please don't give me less weight."

"Don't worry, Aunt Wu, I'll send more, not less." Shen Rongshan welcomed her into the house, "Our house is small and a bit messy."

She took a look at it and said, "It's a little small, but it's all tidy. It's different when there's a wife at home."

"Aunt Wu." Ji Wenhe smiled. It was not she who cleaned up the things in the house, but the three brothers who did it.

There aren't many things, and it looks neat.

Shen Rongshan took out the scale: "Aunt Wu, how much do you want?"

"Two kilograms. I'll come back to buy more after I finish eating." I handed him the basin. "Do you go out to sell every day, or every few days?"

"Now that we have sold them, we will go to the town to buy more. There are many villages we have not been to, so we should go there and let them know."

"We'll set a date later, five or seven days, we can't say for sure, let's wait and see."

Wu Caifeng nodded: "You will have to work hard during this period of time, so that the people in the village will remember you. There are not many peddlers now, so this is a good time to make money."