Quick Wear: Men Farming and Women Weaving

Both sides of the wheelbarrow were reinforced, and two large baskets of cabbage were placed on each side. There were four baskets of cabbage in total, weighing a total of four hundred pounds.

I got up very early at four or five in the morning of the next day to pack my things, ate a simple pancake, wrapped the pancakes for lunch in oil paper and put them in the backpack, and filled a whole water bag with cold boiled water.

Along the way, I met many men who got up early to work in the county. I met some familiar villagers and greeted each other. I saw him and asked a few questions. I learned that he was selling cabbage in the county town. I told him to sell it in the west of the city, where most common people lived. The east of the city was where the nobles lived and they could not set up stalls. There were more merchants or shops in the north and south.

After thanking the uncle for telling him about the situation in the city, he pushed the wheelbarrow forward slowly. The dirt road was dusty, so he covered the cabbage with a coarse cloth and walked for nearly two hours to the county town. There were many people hawking ducks and vegetables at the market in the west of the city. He found the person in charge of the officials here and paid the stall fee. He was arranged to a corner, parked the wheelbarrow in the position, and lifted the cloth to reveal the cabbage.

“Chinese cabbage, fresh Chinese cabbage”

I imitated the auntie next to me and shouted, and people came over one after another to ask how to buy.

The price of a cabbage is 3 cents per head, and a cabbage weighs at least 4 to 5 kilograms.

In the morning, people who were buying vegetables started picking a few and earned at least 20 cents.

There were many restaurants and hotels around, and some wealthy families came to buy vegetables. The maids or housekeepers in the inner house were picking the vegetables carefully.

His position was not good, as he was in a corner, so he could not wait for those people to come and pick the cabbages.

"Mammy, look at the cabbages over there. They must be the freshest, as they were picked not long ago." A gentle and beautiful maid supported a serious middle-aged woman as they walked in the market.

The two people walked towards He Erniu.

"Open this cabbage for me and take a look inside." Nanny Wen said to him with a stern face.

He Erniu whispered yes, picked up a cabbage and tore it open with his hands for the other party to see.

"This is quite new." Nanny Wen nodded.

"Young man, I want all your cabbages. Take them and follow me." Just tell him directly without asking the price. Think about it all.

He thought it would be nice to sell everything right away without wasting time here.

Pushing the cart behind them.

I heard the maid talking to the nanny. Her voice was nice. I glanced at the girl and saw that she was quite pretty.

After passing several streets in the east direction of the city, we stopped at the back door of an official in the Xu Mansion.

The person who passed by the back door opened it, and the servant arrogantly signaled him to push the cabbage to the backyard of the kitchen. Seeing Miss Xiangru, he immediately bowed his head and bowed to greet her attentively.

Nanny Wen first went back to the inner courtyard to let her make arrangements and then report back to the old lady.

Xiangru turned her head and looked at He Erniu with disdain. He looked handsome and tall. She didn't know why her eyes met his. She felt hot and shyly shouted at him.

"All the cabbages are unloaded here. Follow me to the housekeeper to get the money."

He turned around and regained his composure, told the servant to pack up the cabbages, and then motioned He Erniu to follow.

Seeing that the cooks were busy in the kitchen, and there were still some steamed buns left on the stove, he took the initiative to take five or six for him to eat.

He Erniu took the steamed bun but did not eat it. Instead, he put it in the basket and followed her.

In a yard next to the kitchen backyard, a fat man in silk clothes was leaning on a chair, squinting his eyes and drinking tea.

"Butler Liu, we need to settle the bill for the vegetables purchased by Nanny Wen." Xiangru spoke directly to Butler Liu in a serious tone.

"Give him five taels of silver." Xiangru asked for five taels of silver first, not according to the original price. Those baskets of cabbage were not worth five taels at all. Xiangru thought he was very handsome, and she didn't know what she was thinking, so she asked him for some silver.

Butler Liu glanced at her with a lustful smile, and without asking what vegetables she bought, he directly took out ten taels of silver ingot from his pocket and threw it to him.

"Miss Xiangru, next time you want to buy something, just tell me and I'll send it to you."

"There are people coming and going in the market over there, and they are all unruly people. What if they get hurt?" Butler Liu said in a very greasy tone.

Xiangru was so angry when she heard what was said. This housekeeper Liu was exactly like the male owner. They grew up together. They were both greedy and lustful, and played with many young maids. If she hadn't been serving the old woman, she would have been killed.

Now she was getting older, and the men in the mansion began to notice her. Fortunately, Nanny Wen stood in front of her, and the old lady was waiting in front of her so she didn't dare to touch her casually. She still had two years to redeem herself and leave the mansion. She had to find a suitable person to marry in these two years. If she couldn't find a suitable reason, she couldn't redeem herself.

There was no time wasted with the butler. He left immediately after getting the silver.

"Thank you for your help, young lady." He Erniu put the silver into his arms. It was the first time he received so much silver.

"No need to thank me, this is what you deserve."

The two chatted for a while on the road, and soon He Erniu pushed the car directly out of the back door of the mansion.

As Xiangru walked towards the inner courtyard, she asked He Erniu about the situation. She was probably a little tempted. He had already separated from his parents and had no burden. He was not married, but he was good-looking and had a tall body. Even if his family was a little poor, with her own savings over the years, she could still live a good life.

He Erniu didn't delay and went straight to his destination. He rushed to buy refined salt, and went to the grain store to buy 30 kilograms of flour, ready to go home to make dumplings. Finally, he bought some pork and chose pork belly, which was cheaper than fat.

At noon, I had a bowl of plain noodles at a noodle shop. The big soup bowl was full of noodles and the portion was quite large.

Pushing a wheelbarrow, walking slowly on the country dirt road.

It was already afternoon when he got home, and his father heard that he had gone out to sell cabbage in the morning. He estimated that his son was already home at the time, and he immediately came over to ask what was going on.

Tell Dad that I had 50 cabbages. They were sold at a price of three each, and finally all of them were taken away by a housekeeper. I sold them for 150 coins.

When Old Man He heard this, he also felt that the price was too low. Although it was a bit cheap, there was no shortage of vegetables during this period, so it was good to be able to sell it.

"Keep the 150 coins safe and don't touch them. When you have saved more money, you can marry a wife and live a good life."

Old Man He told him not to spend money recklessly. Seeing that he had nothing to do, he turned around and went back.

Before leaving, He Erniu took out a pound of flour and gave it to the old man.