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"Sister, don't worry, we will move out of the village in the future, and there will be no more gossip."

The aunt heard what the third brother said, as if every time she said that she would marry a good man in the future, she didn't believe it at all, but this time the words were too exaggerated, she couldn't help retorting: "Where can I go if I move out of the village? We don't have any other relatives, so we will die here anyway."

Hearing that the one on the left died and the one on the right died, Bai Xin couldn't help worrying and said, "I really want to leave here. There is nothing to miss in the village, and we have no fields. Besides, I heard that the capital city There is gold everywhere, I want to see it.”

The aunt saw that his expression seemed to be joking, and her heart rose to her throat, forgetting the pain in her body, "Do you really want to leave?"

Bai Xin wanted to leave immediately, he nodded with a serious expression.

The aunt swallowed unconsciously, and stammered, "Then...then we..."

"Of course our whole family is together!" Bai Xin simply told her the idea, "I originally planned to save money for another year, but turpentine is getting harder to sell now. After all, not all prescriptions need it, nor is it Xiang must have it, and if you delay it for another year, you may not be able to make much money, so I thought that I would go to the capital to take a look as soon as possible, or sell something else, and maybe I could make some money."

The aunt is excited about the capital city, but at the same time she is instinctively afraid. The capital city is unknown to her, so dark that she can't even imagine it. She shook her head and asked uncertainly: "Then the capital city is so easy to make money. ?”

"I heard from Young Master Cheng that if he goes to the oil shop alone to pick some oil, and then sells it in the streets, the money he earns is enough for him to rent a small house, plus daily food."

"Can he sell so much oil a day?" The aunt suddenly widened her eyes.

"You think we are in the countryside? You can't bear to use oil for cooking. In the capital, you can even use good oil for lighting the lamps."

"Didn't you use pangpi seed oil to light the lamps in the capital?"

In the countryside, only a little richer families light oil lamps at night, and they only light the cheapest pumice seed oil. Poor families can't afford oil, so how can they be willing to light lamps?

"Of course not. People in the capital think that pumice oil is smelly, so they all use good oil."

The aunt listened with gusto, and had an infinite longing for the capital, but then, she seemed to think of something, shook her head, the light that had just lit up in her eyes dimmed, and said in a muffled voice, "Mother won't agree. "

Bai Xin couldn't help sighing, it was really difficult to convince his mother, but he still said: "No matter what, I have to talk to my mother."

The aunt nodded, "It would be great if I could really go to the capital. At worst, we'll sell oil as well."

After Bai Xin brought up this topic, his heart felt like grass had grown, and he became impetuous, unable to wait for a moment. Within two days, he told his mother.

Sure enough, as he expected, after listening to my mother, she jumped up from the chair as if she had heard some Arabian Nights, and she was tongue-tied, "How did you come up with this idea? Go to the capital? I'm not familiar with the place. You'll starve to death in two days."

Bai Xin moved her affectionately and reasoned with her, and said how the capital is easy to make money, and it's not like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den as imagined, but the mother just didn't believe it, and her head shook like a rattle.

"Here we can at least make money by selling pine resin. How do you make money in the capital?"

Bai Xin wanted to say that he could make incense and make money, but he hadn't done anything before, and it was not convincing to say it.

"Besides, where do we live? We have to rent a house to live in. This is another expense. With that money, it is better to buy a few acres of Susukida and cultivate the land. The annual production is enough for our whole family to eat. gone."

In fact, her worry is not unreasonable, but Cao is only satisfied with not dying of hunger, but Bai Xin has a businessman's nature in his heart, pursuing wealth and honor, and really doesn't want to be trapped in this small village for a lifetime, even just imagined, he Feeling unbearable, Bai Xin's attitude became hardened, "Mother, I will definitely go to the capital, and I will leave when the weather gets warmer. If you are worried, I will buy some fields for you. I will go alone." .”

Bai Sanlang is Cao's darling, listening to what he said, it's like cutting Cao's heart with a knife, she screamed sharply, "How can mother let you go to the capital alone?"

"Mother, forgive the child for being unfilial."

Mrs. Cao hugged Bai Xin and cried, talking nonsense, "Sanlang, what's wrong with you? Did you get thrown by something? Why did you just say go to the capital? Don't scare your mother!"

Bai Xin was so hugged that he couldn't breathe, and sighed helplessly in his mother's arms.

In the next few days, Mrs. Cao tried every means to persuade Bai Xin to give up the idea of ​​going to the capital, so the whole family knew it. The aunt had expectations in her heart and wanted to go with Bai Xin. Wu Niang was too young, so she was not afraid of a newborn calf Hu, there is nothing to worry about, Bai Xin hooked up with him in a few words, and also clamored to go, but Da Lang, Man Niang and Cao Shi stood on the same side, worried that if they went to the capital, they would not be able to make a living and survive.

It's just that Da Lang is bolder than Cao Shi, and he feels that Bai Xin is capable, so he is not firm on this matter, and he never persuaded him together.

Cao's face was sad all day long, but no matter what she said or how she said it, Bai Xin was unmoved, and she was so worried that she couldn't help but burn.

Seeing the weather getting warmer and warmer, Bai Xin started to put away his things intentionally or unintentionally. Seeing this, Mrs. Cao was really scared, knowing that he was determined to go to the capital, lest he would leave quietly one day and never come back again. Not coming, gritted his teeth, had to compromise, reluctantly said: "Okay, okay, mother agrees, let's go to the capital, you can't sneak away by yourself."

Bai Xin finally breathed a sigh of relief. After hearing this, the aunt smiled and brows eased. She couldn't help but look forward to the future in her heart. Her whole body was refreshed, and she was no longer as lifeless as before. It doesn't sound like it's true, but neither of them has any ideas, they all listen to Bai Xin's ideas, and they do what others tell them to do.

Now that the whole family had decided to go to the capital together, they began to prepare, not only packing their bags, but also preparing a lot of rations.

Every day before dawn, Dalang, Bai Xin, Da Niang and Wu Niang set off up the mountain together. The former was strong enough to chop trees and gather firewood. Bai Xin and the others were responsible for picking wild vegetables, mainly a kind of purple bracken. It is the season when the wild vegetables are at their tenderest. They are as thick as a child's fist. The leaves are very delicious to cook and eat. You can often meet other people's families who also come to pick wild vegetables. A few people have to go for a walk in the mountains.

In the past, the aunt used to stay out of the gate, but she would climb the mountain abruptly, and her body was a bit overwhelmed, but she never cried out that she was tired. Instead, her face was filled with a happy smile, as bright as the sun.

After the bracken is picked, the leaves are pinched off and put in a jar to pickle into pickles. The roots are like goji berries. After being exposed to the hot sun, they are mashed and washed with water to get the black glutinous noodles that the Bai family eats most. The glutinous rice noodles are very resistant to hunger, and you will be full after a few mouthfuls, but it is hard to chew like a stone when it is cold.

In just a few days, the Bai family saved up two bags of glutinous noodles and several jars of pickled vegetables. The speed even surprised Bai Xin. These pickles alone are enough for their family to eat for several months. , there are many kinds, including bracken, shepherd's purse, bitter vegetable, and alfalfa. Bai Xin feels that he has picked all the edible ones on the mountain.

"Mom, it's almost enough."

Mrs. Cao shook her head, wishing she could give birth to a few more hands, "I heard that the prices in the capital are extremely expensive, the same noodles, a liter is more than ten cents higher than ours, we can save some by preparing more ourselves."

Bai Xin knew what she said was right, so he didn't stop her. While they were washing the Wunuo noodles, he continued to refine turpentine and saved a lot. Now the town can't sell it at a price, so he plans to take it to the capital. try.

Until the packed luggage was like a hill, Bai Xin had no choice but to stop, "Mom, no matter how much we have, we really can't take it, and we can't move it."

Mrs. Cao looked at it, and it was indeed the case. In addition to clothes and quilts, pots and pans, he also brought various food and daily necessities, stuffed those that could be boxed, and stuffed those that could not be boxed into the back basket, and packed a few more bags. , and more, they didn't have any more, but Cao was still flustered, as if she was being hung up high, with nowhere to go, she looked at these things, and she couldn't help feeling a wave of fear, and she was about to shrink back when she was about to , "Sanlang, why don't we go, you see how good we are in the village, guarding the mountains, just picking wild vegetables is enough for our old family to eat. After going to the capital, we don't have these. Everything costs money." money."

"Mom, you're still talking about this now?"

Cao couldn't help but patted her chest, "I always feel that this heart is up and down."

When the Bai family cleaned up, they didn't make any noise. No one in the village knew that they were going to the capital. They didn't hear about it until the day before they left. Everyone was shocked. They all said that his family was crazy, and he dared to go to the capital without any relatives or acquaintances. There is also that picky person who has bad intentions and has no virtue in his mouth, saying that the Cao family is going to remarry with his children.

After getting the news, Grandma Bai couldn't help yelling, while the second and third bedrooms cursed them to die outside, they couldn't help being sour.

No matter how you say it, it is a good day to go out on the [-]th day. Bai Xin's family hired a donkey cart early and took out their luggage.

With tears streaming down her face, Mrs. Cao said goodbye to a few people who had sincerely sent her off, and got into the car with the help of her aunt.

The little donkey barked twice, the coachman raised his whip, and the car creaked and started to move. The Bai family huddled in the car, clutching the luggage at hand. No one spoke for a while, and they all saw each other's faces. Confused about the unknown.

Bai Xin wanted to comfort him, but Gouzi giggled first, breaking the rigidity in the car.

The simple donkey cart carried a group of people onto the official road and headed for the capital.

The author has something to say: Everyone says that I write slowly, so I will speed up and finish Cao's work in one chapter!

Finally entered Beijing, a new life is here!

Oh, and, in this chapter, Cao has a sentence "Did you get thrown by something?" She means, Saburo, are you possessed by something unclean? This, I'm afraid some people don't understand , Explain, that is more colloquial.