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Zheng Daliang actually has a little secret. Every time she goes up the mountain to collect firewood, she only chops a hundred catties back. What do she do the rest of the time?Of course, it is to practice martial arts with reference to various routines remembered in modern times!

Human rights are not respected in this day and age, and with the experience of previous lives, Zheng Daliang is really not at ease without a skill.However, she knew that her grandfather had a grudge, and she would never approve of her learning these things, and it would be easy to reveal her identity, so she kept acting in private.

She and Zheng Sanzhu's longing eyes met for a moment, and she made up her mind to ask: "Do you really want to learn? Can you guarantee that you will absolutely listen to the master's words?"

If you ask this question, there is a door!Zheng Sanzhu was not an idiot, so he hurriedly nodded vigorously.

"...I can teach you, but I have to test whether you can endure hardship first. And you must strictly keep the secret, and you must not let anyone know that you have learned from a teacher! If you are accidentally discovered, you must never confess me! If you can do it, I will teach you great skills. No, I won't say a word to you from now on!" Zheng Daliang's expression was very stern.

Zheng Sanzhu intuitively felt that today's conversation is very important, he hesitated and asked: "Is it okay to have a stone horse?" That is his best little brother.

Zheng Daliang thought for a while and said: "Tomorrow I'm going to the city... You take the time to ask Shima if he wants to learn skills? You don't have much to say. If he nods, you take him out to pick wild vegetables the next morning, and I will wait for you at the foot of the mountain !"

Zheng Sanzhu hurriedly responded.

In the evening, Shiqiao tanned the hare skin and came to Zheng Daliang with the leftovers and pheasant feathers.In order to save lamp oil, Daliang and Shiqiao took advantage of the moonlight and worked overtime under the guidance of Zheng Erniang to make tomorrow's additional product - shuttlecock.

Shuttlecock is simple to make. A hole is punched in the middle of a circular wooden board of moderate size and thickness, and then wrapped with leather material. Chicken feathers are inserted into the hole and tied with thread to complete.

The pheasant feather itself has some color, and it looks good when paired with Er Niang.Since it’s going to be sold to the children of ordinary people in the city, it doesn’t need to look better, as long as it’s sturdy and easy to use.

The three of them were all ingenious, and within a few days they tied up twenty shuttlecocks, leaving three for the little friends at home, and Zheng Erniang put the rest, together with the handkerchiefs and purses embroidered in the past few days, into the back of the beam in the bag.

Early in the morning of the second day, Zheng Daliang picked out fifty catties of dry good firewood from the shed and went into the city.

Despite years of war, Zhongjing is still the economic center of the entire continent, and Cangzhou County, located in the south of the Yangtze River, is also the economic center of Zhongjing. Various handicraft industries such as tea making, weaving, and shipbuilding are developed in the county.In particular, the tea industry is absolutely second to none in the whole continent, and so far no other place can match it.Seventy percent of tea is produced in Cangzhou County, which is a luxury item that is necessary for the middle class and the upper class and is regarded as a status symbol by other kings and nobles.

Cangzhou Mansion is the capital and heart of Cangzhou County.As the Canglan River passed through the mansion, the city used to have the largest inland port on the mainland.It is said that at its peak, not only the goods from the north and the south in China, but also caviar from Donglai, medicinal herbs from Nanmiao, fine wine from the West Pole, and fur from Beirong...Commodities from all over the world gathered here, and the sun rose and the moon set and ships entered and left the port continuously. spectacular.

It is a pity that after a hundred years of war, Cangzhou Mansion is no longer what it used to be. It has been dilapidated and it is hard to see the former prosperity.

However, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Compared with other cities in Zhongjing, Cangzhou is still good, and the residents are relatively rich.For Zheng Daliang, a peddler, it was extremely lucky to be able to float with the water to Cangzhou Mansion.

Shijia Village is sixty miles away from Cangzhou City, and it takes Zheng Daliang an hour to get there. When she got to the bottom of the city, the city gate was opened, and she went straight to Daji in the west of the city.

There used to be three markets in Cangzhou City, but now only the big market in the west of the city is still open, and the scale has shrunk a lot.Zheng Daliang found an open space on the market that would not block the shops and traffic, put down the firewood, opened the rucksack and put it in front of him, cleared his throat and began to yell: "Hey~ I'm selling firewood, I'm selling firewood, it's the right length, it's dry and easy to burn Good firewood! Not worth the money! There are also strong and light shuttlecocks! Beautiful and practical handkerchief purses! They are all sold at a low price! Guaranteed to be worth the money! Don’t miss it when you pass by!”

A few firewood sellers followed the sound one after another, and after saying hello, they sat next to Zheng Daliang.They are all ordinary farmers, not very good at talking, let alone selling their products.In the past, I just squatted in the corner and passively waited for someone to ask. Often the price was very low, or even not sold.

Zheng Daliang is young and good-looking, lively and articulate.Since she took over from her grandfather to sell firewood in the city, not only did she sell quickly, but also the firewood sellers around her also benefited.Later, the firewood sellers like to gather around her to get rich, even if her firewood is always sold faster and more expensive than theirs, they are also happy.Zheng Daliang has confidence in her products, and they are all hard-earned people, so she does not hesitate to help them.

No, there will be regular customers coming soon.In the distance, the aunt with a basket hurried over to Zheng Daliang. It was Aunt Xu, the proprietress of Xuji Noodle Shop, who was considered a wealthy family in the city.

Zheng Daliang hurriedly stood up to greet him, and greeted him with a friendly smile: "Good morning, aunt~ I haven't seen you for a few days, and you have changed from eighteen to sixteen! I should call you sister!"

A few men around showed terrified expressions, but Aunt Xu, who was praised, liked it very much. She waved the veil at Zheng Daliang, her eyes were already small on her fat face, and she couldn't even see it when she smiled happily: "It's not big or small~ you're the one with the sweetest mouth! I guess you should come today, you rushed over, but this time I got caught! How many catties of firewood did you bring today?"

"No more, no less, fifty catties, all dried in the shade after I cleaned it up, it's heavy and easy to use, how much do you want, aunt?" Zheng Daliang seized the opportunity to sell.

"Hi! Our family can take whatever you want~ I want fifty catties! I'll take a look at your handkerchiefs again. My sister-in-law and the third sister next door see that I use yours, but ask me to buy them for them Hey... I have never seen your shuttlecock before, how can you sell it?"

"Auntie, you have great vision. The raw material for this shuttlecock is the hare and pheasant that my brother-in-law-to-be hunted in the mountains. It is tanned at home and is absolutely clean. The shuttlecock was sewn by me and my sister last night. Can you still trust my sister's craftsmanship? Absolutely great! You don’t need to pay too much, fifteen yuan a piece, it’s very suitable for children to play and exercise for the elderly!”

It is true that there are no good handkerchiefs in embroidery villages in the market, but those handkerchiefs cost hundreds of coins, and some even sell for a tael of silver. They are not items for ordinary people.

Zheng Erniang embroiders handkerchiefs with good materials that ordinary people can afford as much as possible. In addition, she is exquisite in embroidery and delicate in embroidery techniques. She can only embroider three or four pieces in two days, which is many times better than ordinary people who buy casually or embroider by herself. Good looking and durable.

Normally, she was reluctant to use it herself, so she let Zheng Daliang sell it to subsidize her family.Under Daliang's hard-working propaganda, "the Zheng family has a good embroiderer, and the embroidery is all high-quality goods" has become an inherent concept of ordinary people who come to Daji to purchase.Zheng Erniang is naturally famous and has become the spokesperson of quality assurance.

Aunt Xu hesitated: "Is fifteen coins a bit expensive?"

"Fifteen cents is really not expensive! If you want to buy it at a grocery store, you have to sell it for twenty cents a piece, right? It's just that it looks a little brighter than mine. It doesn't matter if it's good or not, it often breaks down after a long time, let alone I don’t know where the fur material came from. I made it at home, and it’s made of real materials. It’s comfortable to use. There are only a dozen or so, and I don’t expect more, why don’t you think about it?”

Aunt Xu thinks so too, the things used by children are most afraid of breaking often, besides, the things of the Zheng family boy are always good, and they sell really fast...

After she figured it out, she pointed to the handkerchief and shuttlecock she was looking for and said, "Okay, wrap these up for me. The firewood is the same as before, send it to the shop for me."

"Okay!" Zheng Daliang responded readily, and quickly pulled out a piece of clean rough paper to wrap up what Aunt Xu wanted: "One piece of handkerchief is twenty yuan, two pieces are forty. One piece of shuttlecock is fifteen yuan, five pieces Ten catties of firewood is 160 wen, a total of 210 five wen.”

After she finished speaking, she rolled her eyes, leaned forward mysteriously, and whispered to Aunt Xu: "I can't make decisions about handkerchiefs and shuttlecocks, but firewood is fine. Ten catties is one penny cheaper for you, and fifty catties is five pennies. You Just give me 210 essays. This is you, and I won’t give it to others, so don’t talk about it.”

Aunt Xu was amused by her: "Believe your nonsense, five cents is still cheap?! Come on, save some money, here it is! Take it."

Zheng Daliang didn't answer any more, took the copper coins obediently, and said politely: "Chenghui, I promise to send the firewood to the store before the opening at noon. Thank you, aunt! Welcome to visit next time!"

After all work, Zheng Daliang sent Aunt Xu away, and took back the money bag under the envious eyes of the firewood sellers. Today's task is half completed.