Travel through the farm and live a leisurely life by farming

The old woman took the dried fruit and took out ten cents and handed it to Su He.

Su He waved at her again and again.

"Auntie, these two packets are my treat for you. If you need them next time, you can buy them from me. I will come to town on the next market day."

When the gatekeeper heard that Su He didn't want to charge money, she felt a little embarrassed and waved her hands repeatedly.

"No, no, no, how can this be done?"

She actually liked this little girl very much. She spoke neither humbly nor arrogantly, and judging by her clothes, she should be from a farming family nearby. Her family must not have a good life, otherwise she would not come out at such a young age to sell these homemade dried fruits to supplement the family income.

Just as she was thinking about it, the old woman seemed to remember something and waved to Su He.

Su He didn't understand what was going on, but she went forward obediently. The gatekeeper leaned over and whispered a few words to Su He, then turned around and closed the door.

Su Zhiyan was a little confused, because he didn't expect that Su He would think of coming to Yongqing Lane to sell his own dried fruits.

"Ah He, should we wait here or go first?"

Su He walked to the side of the door and waved at Su Zhiyan.

"Let's wait a moment."

The two did not have to wait too long. After about a quarter of an hour, they heard the back door that had just been closed creak and open again.

The gatekeeper was the first to come out, followed by a young girl who, judging by her clothes, should be a maid in this mansion.

Seeing Su He and Su Zhiyan waiting by the back door, he asked the gatekeeper, "Are you talking about these two people just now?"

The gatekeeper smiled and nodded to the maid, "Yes, Miss Shu'er, the dried fruits just now were brought here by this little girl to sell."

The girl named Shu'er nodded, looked at Su He, and asked, "How much more stuff did you bring?"

When Su He heard this, he quickly lifted the gauze on the backpack and said, "There is still half of the backpack left."

As soon as she finished speaking, the girl named Shu'er waved her hand.

"I want all of these. How much is the silver?"

When Su He heard this, she was immediately delighted. She originally thought that he would only want a few packs at most, but she didn't expect that he would want all of them.

Su He estimated the remaining fruit rolls in the basket, calculated the approximate number in his mind, and quickly quoted the price to the maid named Shu'er.

"I think there are still more than 30 bags here. I'll give you 150 coins. The rest will be given as a gift as it's your first time to take care of my business."

Shu'er looked at the little girl in front of her who looked no more than ten years old, but was very capable in doing business. The young man behind her was not sure whether he was her brother or an older relative, but he also looked well-mannered.

Shu'er had a good impression of Su He, so she readily took out the silver, counted it, and handed it to Su He.

Su He saw that the remaining fruit rolls were sold out so quickly and the family paid so readily. She couldn't help but feel happy. Now the family had a source of rice and flour.

Seeing this, the gatekeeper hurried into the house and took out a clean basket in a few minutes. Su Zhiyan, who was standing by, saw this and hurried to help pour all the fruit rolls in the basket into the gatekeeper's basket.

Selling these dried fruits today went unexpectedly smoothly. It was not until Su He gently tugged at his sleeve that Su Zhiyan came back to his senses.

"Let's go, uncle. Let's go eat something first, and then we need to buy some rice and flour. We also need to buy some more brown sugar."

Many of the dense-flowered Elaeagnus fruits in the mountains have matured, and she has to pick them all and make dried fruits before they fall.

"Hey, good."

The two walked to a noodle stall near the market, picked one that didn't look too expensive, ordered two bowls of vegetarian noodles, and sat down.

The meat version cost five cents a bowl, while the vegetarian version only cost two cents. Both of them were reluctant to eat meat, so they ordered two bowls of vegetarian noodles.

However, the soup base was made from large bones and was very fragrant. The two had been hungry for the whole morning, so they didn't care about anything else and just started eating.

In the end, the two of them drank up all the soup at the bottom of the bowl, and then they couldn't help burping.

Su He secretly thought about what he wanted to buy, and seeing that it was getting late, he called Su Zhiyan, and the two of them hurried to the meat stall.

I have been here for such a long time, and except for the rabbit meal I had a few days ago, Su He has never been so craving for meat as he is now.

By the time the two men arrived, the market was almost deserted and there were only a few meats left on the meat stalls.

Su He looked around at the meat stalls and finally his eyes fell on a somewhat chubby owner.

There were only two pieces of fat meat left on his stall, which looked to be about three or four pounds. There were several bones piled in one corner, and some scattered lean meat.

Although Su He wanted to eat meat, after calculating the income from selling fruit rolls today, he decided to buy some fatty meat to make some oil and some rice and flour. All these would cost a lot of money, so he decided to buy lean meat the next time he came to the town.

"Little girl, what do you want to order? We still have some lean meat and some fat."

The owner of the pork stall was a talkative man. When he saw Su He's clothes, he thought that he must be a farmer from the surrounding area. However, when he saw Su He standing in front of his stall, he still asked in a good-tempered manner.

"Uncle, how much are you selling this fat meat for?"

When the pork stall owner heard this, it was just as he thought.

Most of the people who buy lean meat are from cities. The fat meat is not tasty and is usually used to make oil.

Thinking that he was about to close the stall and there wasn't much fat meat left, he decided to sell it to the girl at a lower price.

"Fat meat is fifteen cents a pound."

Su He looked at the bones beside him and pointed at them.

"What about this bone?"

Bones, bones are not worth much, the meat on them has been removed, and you can only stew them into soup.

"How about this? I'll give you two cents for these bones, and you can take them all."

When Su He heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. That’s great.

Although there is not much meat on the bones, they are very fragrant when used to make soup. The Su family has been eating porridge and wild vegetables every day for a long time, without any meat, and they all look pale and thin. It would be good for them to stew some bone soup to nourish themselves.

"What about these?"

Su He saw a lot of pig offal piled up next to the stall. The boss hadn't processed them yet, and they looked smelly and piled together.

The owner of the pork stall probably didn't expect Su He to ask about the pig offal. These are rarely bought on weekdays. They are smelly and fishy, ​​and there is still a smell even after they are cooked.

Normally, if no one buys the offal at the closing time, they will be thrown away. I didn’t expect that this little girl actually wanted to buy these pig offal.

When Su Zhiyan heard Su He asking about the price of these pig offal, he couldn't help but frowned. He reached out to grab Su He and persuade her not to buy it.