The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

"Shopkeeper, are we buying peaches here? They're from our own trees and they're so sweet."

The shopkeeper behind the counter raised his head and saw a skinny little girl coming in with a big basket on her back, neither humble nor arrogant.

There were villagers who came here to sell mountain products before, but most of them looked timid.

Seeing that the shopkeeper didn't chase her away directly, Lu Qingqing quickly put down the backpack.

She took a washed peach from the top, stood on tiptoe, and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Try it! I've washed these peaches. They're clean and delicious."

The shopkeeper looked at the little girl in front of him. Although her clothes were a little torn, they were washed cleanly.

Her fingernails were trimmed short, and there was no mud between her nails. She looked like a clean girl.

Then he took the red peach from Lu Qingqing's hand, took a bite, and found it juicy and sweet, then asked:

"Little girl, how much do you plan to sell these peaches for?"

"Boss, you are a kind-hearted person. You are willing to give me a way to make money. You can pay whatever you want for the peaches."

Before Lu Qingqing came, she met a man selling peaches at a stall. He sold them for six cents per pound, but they didn't look as good as the ones she had.

As long as the price is not less than six cents, Lu Qingqing plans to sell it to the shopkeeper.

This inn mainly does business with passing merchants. Apart from the inn, there are not many other places in the town that would accept the peaches from her.

As for selling them individually, the price is even lower and it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so she doesn't have the time to wait.

As long as the shopkeeper can give a similar price, any mountain products he has can be sold here in the future.

Shopkeeper Li looked at the little girl in front of him and saw her big, bright black eyes. She was a smart girl.

"I'll give you eight cents per pound of peaches. I'll take all the peaches in the basket. If you think it's okay, I'll ask the kitchen to weigh them for you later."

Lu Qingqing was very satisfied when she heard that she could get eight coins per pound. She said happily:

"Thank you, uncle shopkeeper. I wish you a prosperous business and abundant wealth."

When the shopkeeper heard this, he was also happy, as he hoped to have a good omen when doing business.

It was obvious that this girl was smart, so he was willing to help, so he asked Lu Qingqing to take the backpack to the kitchen to weigh it.

The kitchen boy picked out the peaches and helped to weigh them. They weighed 45 jin, and the shopkeeper paid him 360 wen.

There were four or five that were in slightly worse shape, so Lu Qingqing gave them to the shopkeeper, as a way of establishing a good relationship and making it easier for her to sell mountain products later.

Her only way to make money now was from the mountain behind the hotel, so she asked the innkeeper about the mountain products that the inn often bought.

Wild animals are the most popular here and are more expensive.

The second is mushrooms. The price of ordinary mushrooms is slightly higher than that of vegetables. Fruits with good appearance are also collected here.

After leaving the inn, Lu Qingqing decided to make a final push and go to Mr. Yang's house in the north to try again.

When he was almost at Yang's house, he used a backpack to take out about 30 kilograms of peaches from the space.

This time I went to the back door of Yang's house. After knocking, a servant opened the door.

After explaining his purpose, he gave the servant two peaches and asked him to help ask.

After waiting for about a quarter of an hour, the housekeeper came over.

Lu Qingqing hurriedly handed it to him for a taste. While eating the sweet and sour peach, he looked at the basket and saw that all the peaches inside were plump.

Considering the recent hot weather, my wife has no appetite.

Since the peach might be liked by the lady, she decided to accept it.

The price was higher than that of the inn, 9 wen per jin, and it weighed a little more than 30 jin, so the total price was 270 wen.

Lu Qingqing thanked him and left, heading straight for the grain shop.

In the grain shop, the price of wheat was 600 wen per dan. In ancient times, one dan was about 120 jin. I asked the store owner specifically for wheat seeds that could be planted, and bought some for 300 wen.

Corn was also found in the seed area. The store owner said that this was foreign wheat shipped from the capital and was a new crop.

The price of corn was 50 wen per catty, and Lu Qingqing spent another wen to buy four catties of corn seeds.

The wheat and corn seeds purchased in this way can be used to plant about four acres of land. Depending on the position of the sun, it can last for a while longer.

After leaving the grain store, find an opportunity to put all the purchased grain seeds in the space.

Then I went to the stall again and found that green vegetables were the cheapest, a bunch for only one or two cents.

Lu Qingqing wanted to find out if there were any sweet potatoes and potatoes, as these two things have high starch content and high yield.

The planting period of other grains is generally about half a year, and sweet potatoes and potatoes can usually be harvested in three to four months.

Unfortunately, I looked around all the stalls and couldn't find it. I asked at the grain store before, but the owner had never heard of anything like it, so I had to give up.

When she arrived at the exit of the town, Lu Qingqing went straight to the bun shop. A meat bun cost two cents, a vegetarian bun cost one cent, and two steamed buns cost one cent.

I bought a total of 50 meat buns, 10 vegetarian buns, and 36 steamed buns, spending 128 wen.

I have 2 cents left now.

After paying, Lu Qingqing couldn't wait to take a big bite of the bun. Feeling the aroma of the meat bun in her mouth, she almost cried.

God knows how she managed to eat all that astringent and bitter vegetable porridge during the past few days.

After wolfing down a bun, I felt much better in my stomach.

Afraid that he would get diarrhea from eating too much meat after not eating any oil or water for a long time, he took out a hot and soft steamed bun and started eating it.

The aroma of the steamed buns mixed with saliva gave me a sweet taste on the tip of my tongue.

After eating, he touched his stomach which was finally filled with food with satisfaction.

Lu Qingqing started to rush home, and on the way she was thinking that if she encountered an ox cart again, she would definitely take the cart back this time.

After all, she is now a person with a huge sum of money, so she is willing to spend money to reduce the pain to her feet.

Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to take a ride along the way.

As soon as I got home, I started cooking in a hurry, just enough to prepare lunch before Mrs. Lu Li came home.

After serving the food to the children, she asked Dazhuang to feed Sanya, and Lu Qingqing took the food directly back to the house and collapsed on the kang.

The rapid march this morning really exhausted her.

The blisters on my feet were rubbed off and broke again. The burning pain in my feet diluted the joy of earning money to buy grain seeds.

He carefully climbed up, closed the door, entered the space, and washed the wound on his foot with well water.

The pain was relieved a lot after pouring cold well water on it.

I put the lunch porridge in the space and lay on the bed to relax for a while.

Although I ate a full meal before coming back, I don’t know if this body is too lacking in nutrition.

When I think of the hot buns and steamed buns in the space, I want to eat them again.

Looking at the thin arms, this body needs to be nourished.

Lu Qingqing thought to herself that perhaps the only benefit of being here was that she didn't have to eat anything in order to maintain her figure like she did in modern times.

Thinking of this, I was afraid that the buns would smell too strong, so I hid in the space and ate half of it.

My stomach was full, I collapsed on the kang and touched my belly. It felt so good to be full.

After resting for a while, Lu Qingqing went to cut grass for the pigs again.

The pig grass that I put out before going out in the morning should have been eaten up, and I could hear the sound of pigs calling in the pen from inside the house.

Lu Qingqing sighed and went out with the backpack on her back.

When Lu Qingqing finished all the work and returned to the house in the evening, she was so tired that she didn't want to get up.

But when I thought about the seeds I just bought today and how I had to use the farm tools at home to plant them, I gritted my teeth and reminded myself not to sleep.

After waiting for a while until Mr. and Mrs. Lu snored, he looked at Da Zhuang who was sleeping like a piglet, not moved at all.

Lu Qingqing quietly got up to get the farm tools.

The plow at home cannot be used by one person, and someone needs to pull it in front.

Lu Qingqing could only take the hoe, go to the toilet and quietly enter the space.