"Shopkeeper, this young lady has wild yams that were just dug out yesterday. Young lady, these belong to our shopkeeper. As long as your wild yams are of qualified quality, we will take them all."

The waiter introduced Lin Qingxue as the shopkeeper, and then saw Lin Qingxue untie the rope on the sack, revealing the wild yams inside, which were still covered with soil.

"Not bad. The wild yam you brought here is of good quality. The unprocessed ones are cheaper, 60 wen per jin, while the processed ones are 120 wen per jin. Waiter, please weigh them. I have something to do in the backyard."

The shopkeeper casually took out a few wild yams from the sack, weighed them in his hand, smelled them, and then looked at Lin Qingxue and the others and said.

Maybe the shopkeeper was really busy, and he ran back to the backyard without waiting for Lin Qingxue to reply.

"Okay, let the waiter weigh it for us, and we'll sell them all," Lin Qingxue said with a smile. There were only less than 100 kilograms left at home to eat, and the rest were carried over. These were all to be sold.

"Eldest brother, third brother, you two go over and give the second brother a hand." Uncle Lin saw that the second brother was alone and was worried that he couldn't do it, so he asked Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran to go over to help, and he stayed outside to accompany Lin Qingxue.

With the help of Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran, the second brother quickly weighed all the wild yams. He walked into the counter and said, "You brought 610 catties of wild yams, 60 wen per catty, a total of 40 liang and 8 qian."

After the waiter finished speaking, he took out four silver ingots weighing ten taels each and placed them on the counter. Then he counted out eight hundred coins and handed them over.

"Thank you, little brother. If we dig up more wild yams, I wonder if you will buy them?" Lin Qingxue thought that there might still be wild yams on the mountain, so she wanted to dig some more and sell them for silver.

"The batch of wild yams we are collecting from you today is only enough for half a month. If you dig some, just send them to us directly. We will buy them as long as our clinic is open," said the waiter, and took out the account book to record the amount.

"Okay," Lin Qingxue put away the silver and left the clinic with Uncle Lin and his group.

After leaving the clinic, Lin Qingxue and the other three went to the market where cattle, horses and donkeys were sold. She didn't understand anything about it, so she just stood by and watched Uncle Lin pick and choose.

The four of them walked around the entire market, and Uncle Lin finally found two donkeys that satisfied him. He bought two donkeys for five taels of silver each, and also included a 90% new cart.

Uncle Lin asked the boss who sold donkeys for advice, and taught Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran not only how to drive a donkey cart, but also how to load and unload the cart.

After buying the donkey, the group went to the grocery store. They also had to buy oilcloth, water bags, tinder, etc.

"Boss, bring me four tinderboxes, six pieces of oilcloth, and ten water bags."

In the grocery store, Uncle Lin took Lin Qingxue and Lin Qingran in and went straight to the counter. When he came back, he had already thought about what he wanted to buy.

"As I thought, the oilcloth is eight hundred coins a piece, the tinderbox is one hundred coins a piece, and the water bag is one hundred and twenty coins a piece," the shopkeeper calculated the bill while taking things out for Uncle Lin.

Lin Qingxue, who was standing next to him, directly took out a silver ingot and handed it over. After receiving the change from the shopkeeper, Lin Qingxue watched Uncle Lin and Lin Qingran carry the things to the car.

"Eldest brother, third brother, you guys stay here and watch the donkey cart. Qingxue and I will go buy some meat to take home. We haven't eaten meat at home for a long time," Uncle Lin said with a smile as he put the things on the donkey cart.

"Okay, Dad, you take care of my elder sister. Buy some more meat and make it into bacon so we can have a snack on the way," Lin Qingming said and winked at Lin Qingxue, asking her to buy more meat. There are many people in the family and not enough meat will be enough to eat.

Lin Qingxue nodded slightly to indicate that she understood, and then followed Uncle Lin to buy meat.

"Young lady, which piece of meat do you want to buy?" Lin Qingxue stood in front of the pork seller's stall and looked at it for a long time. Due to the severe drought, meat was not easy to sell, and there were few people in front of the stall.

"How much is the pork belly?" Lin Qingxue looked up at the pork seller and said with a smile.

"Pork belly is 28 cents per pound, lean meat is 20 cents per pound, bones are 6 cents per pound, and pig offal is 50 cents per pack. How much do you want?" While the butcher was greeting others, he took the time to reply to Lin Qingxue.

"Cut ten pounds of this pork belly for me, and I also want this pig offal, and two pork ribs," Lin Qingxue bought a lot of meat despite the pressure from Uncle Lin.

"Okay," the butcher glanced at Lin Qingxue. He didn't expect that this girl's father loved his daughter so much that he actually agreed to buy so much meat to take home.

Soon, the butcher cut the meat. Lin Qingxue paid the money, and Uncle Lin took the meat and carried it.

Seeing that Lin Qingxue bought a lot, the butcher generously gave her two pork ribs. She was a rare big customer among the individual customers.

After buying the meat, the two did not buy anything else, but carried the meat back to reunite with Lin Qingming and Lin Qingran.

Seeing the meat in Uncle Lin's hand, the two brothers were very happy. Even if they had no meat to eat tonight and could only eat pig offal, that was fine. As long as they bought pork, they could always eat it.

After reuniting, the group did not stay in the county town, but drove the ox cart directly back home.

When he returned home, the entire Lin family was waiting there, and everyone wanted to know whether the wild yam had been sold.

Seeing Lin Qingxue and the others driving back two donkey carts, Mrs. Lin and Old Man Lin were very happy, and they touched the donkeys excitedly.

Lin Xiaoshan and several other children were also walking around the donkey cart, and the smiles on the family's faces could hardly be concealed.

"Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and third sister-in-law, this is your personal savings. We sold the wild yams we dug yesterday for forty taels and eight cents, which is more than enough to buy a donkey cart. We didn't use any of your money, so I'm returning it to you now."

After everyone's excitement died down, Lin Qingxue took out a silver bag from her bosom and returned the private money that Li Yanniang and the other two had taken out.

No matter what, the entire Lin family is very grateful to the three of them for their kindness.

Regardless of whether the money is used or not, Mrs. Lin and other people in the Lin family will return it to her.

"Yes! Yan Niang, Furong, Li Niang, just accept it! In this emergency, you can give us your own money. Our entire Lin family is very grateful to you."

Mrs. Lin was moved and took the hands of her three granddaughters-in-law, saying with gratitude.

"Okay, if the money is not enough, come to us again," Li Yanniang did not hesitate to take her silver and put it away. Seeing this, Wang Furong and Liu Jiali also took back the silver they had taken out.

"This time I spent ten taels on the donkey cart, and nearly ten taels on the oilcloth, tinder, and water bag. I also bought some meat."

Lin Qingxue said that apart from the silver that Mrs. Lin took out privately, the rest were placed on the kang table in the main room, which amounted to more than twenty taels of silver.

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