GBP Chapter 251 Going to town
Chapter 251 Going to town
She put down the straw basket, which was filled with leaves and was a bit heavy, so she walked slowly back carrying it.
Shen Rongshan called her: "I will go back with you, you sit on it."
Turning to look at Lan Qiuhua: "Aunt Lan, I'll take you back."
"Okay." She put the straw basket on the donkey cart. "I picked up a lot of leaves today. My elbows are sore from carrying the basket."
Although the leaves are light, they are still heavy when they are pressed tightly together.
Wang Erfeng also sat on it: "I have a pile of them at home, enough to keep for a whole winter."
Ji Wenhe listened to the two of them chatting without saying anything.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, Shen Rongshan tied the donkey to a pillar and went home with her.
He carried a straw basket and said, "Yuanshan and Wenshan are at home, let them go. Don't do the heavy work."
"This isn't a hard job. I see there are so many leaves over there. It would be a shame if we didn't bring them back for the fire. When can we expect to be back in the evening?"
"I don't know. There are a lot of people ahead of Aunt Zhou and the others. I think we'll have to wait for an hour."
Ji Wenhe asked curiously, "Do grain merchants collect grain at night?"
"Some will be harvested, some will not. This year, all granaries are short of grain, so they should be harvested overnight."
"Okay, wait for me, I'll go get the money."
Shen Rongshan nodded and piled the grass up.
She went back to the house and counted out fifty coins, put them in her purse, and came to him: "Fifty coins, go to the stall to eat shredded pork noodles, and buy some buns or cakes. When you are full, I will leave the rice in the pot for you, come back and eat more."
He has a big appetite and a bowl of noodles is not enough to fill him up.
"It's too much. Just give me twenty cents." He used all the money to buy bread and fill his stomach.
"I've got them all." Ji Wenhe handed them to him, "Go quickly, the sooner you go the sooner you'll be back."
"Okay." Shen Rongshan put the lotus in his arms, walked to the stairs, and looked back at her.
"Go ahead." She waved her hand, "Go slowly on the road."
At this time, the two twins came down from the mountain, holding branches in their arms.
Shen Wenshan looked at the back of the man down the mountain and asked, "Sister-in-law, is Big Brother still going to town?"
"Yes, Aunt Zhou and the others haven't come back yet. It will probably be very late. Please keep an eye out at night."
He nodded: "Then let's go back and cook. What are we having for dinner?"
Ji Wenhe thought for a moment and said, "Scrambled eggs with sour beans, Chinese cabbage soup, and stir-fry some cabbage."
There were only cabbages left in the field.
"By the way, we can harvest the cabbages in a couple of days. Aunt Lan said that cabbages don't taste good after the frost." The taste will become especially sweet.
"Tomorrow we will store the cabbages in the cellar at home," said Shen Yuanshan.
The pumpkins have been stored in the cellar, as well as the dried winter melons and beans.
After dinner, the two brothers carried buckets and basins and put on clean clothes to go to the river to take a bath.
I met Shen Anguo and Shen Liang on the way.
"Wenshan, Rongshan hasn't come back yet?" Shen Liang asked.
"No, I don't know when I'll be back."
"I looked very late, and there were too many people in town." The grain merchant's door was crowded with people, and it was impossible to squeeze in.
"Brother Liang, are you going to town tomorrow?"
"Go, and join Anguo, and plan to ride in your donkey cart."
Shen Yuanshan smiled and said, "Okay, it saves you from running over there. Big brother and sister-in-law get up early, so Big Brother Liang should get up earlier."
"Okay." Shen Liang turned to look at the people around him, "Call me when you leave."
Shen Anguo nodded: "Okay."
Early the next morning.
Ji Wenhe yawned and sat up, looking at the person getting dressed beside the bed: "Brother Shen, when did you come back last night?"
"It's almost the end of the twilight hour."
"When you come back, are there still many people in the town?"
"Yes, on the way back I saw many people carrying baskets to the town."
There are many villages around the town. If there are donkey carts in your village or the neighboring village, it’s fine. If not, you have to carry your own food to the town.
Shen Rongshan put on his clothes, opened the door, and light shone into the room.
Ji Wenhe followed him out and heard him say, "There are meat buns in the pot. Have one for you and one for them."
Last night I went to a stall and had a bowl of clear soup noodles and bought three meat buns.
"By the way, Wen He, I put the purse under the pillow."
"understood."
This month has been very busy, and we have more than 300 kilograms of noodles left unsold.
"Brother Shen, are you going to buy less this time, or the same as before? There are more than 300 kilograms left at home."
Shen Rongshan added water to the pot, covered it, and walked to the back of the stove and sat down: "Just like before, our family now has a donkey cart, so we can go to villages farther away."
"Okay, I'll listen to you." After washing up, Ji Wenhe went back to the house to get the money.
"By the way, Wen He, we need to buy two more kilograms of salt."
"I see."
She took the pottery jar out from under the bed, took out a dozen copper coins, and rounded it off to one tael. The purchase would cost about three taels.
Four ounces is about enough.
I came to the kitchen and said, "We are almost out of vinegar. I need to buy half a pound of vinegar, half a pound of fine salt, meat, cotton shoes, and two pounds of ribs."
"Brother Shen, is there anything else you need to buy for your family?"
"No more. Do you want to take the eggs to sell?" Shen Rongshan asked.
"Sell them. Take them all. You sell them and I'll buy the meat and shoes."
"I'll go buy the vinegar and salt. When you're done buying the shoes, meet me at Zhou's Rice Shop."
"Okay." Ji Wenhe calculated the price, and after counting it, he handed the purse to him.
After breakfast, I arrived at Lan Qiuhua's house and they were already waiting at the door.
"Sorry to keep you waiting."
"Don't worry, we just finished eating." Shen Erniu said with a smile.
Shen Rongshan came over with a donkey cart: "Get on board."
Shen Suya ran over happily: "Let's go to the street."
He turned around and patted the seat next to him: “Sister-in-law, sit next to me.”
"Okay." She walked over and sat down. "Aunt Lan, what are you going to buy in town? I want to buy cotton shoes."
Lan Qiuhua replied: "An Guo went to sell eggs. The oil at home is running out, so I cut three taels of fat pork to make oil."
When harvesting rice, I cut five taels of fat pork. I didn't refine it into oil, but fried and ate it all.
Ji Wenhe turned his head and glanced at Shen Anguo. He said before that he was looking for a marriage partner at home, and he didn't know whether he would go to the town to work. He would ask later.
I brought five people with me on the road, giving each of them one penny.
When they arrived in the town, they separated, leaving Shen Erniu and Shen Liang together.
"Aunt Lan, isn't An Guo going with you?"
Shen Suya took over the conversation: "Brother will stay at home to look for a marriage partner. Tomorrow, Lin Yue Niang will bring people here to look at a few girls. Once they decide on one, they will come to the town to work."
Lan Qiuhua agreed: "Lin Yueniang said that she could meet three girls for him in one day. They are in the village next to Zhaojia Village, heading north."
"Should we look at the first one first? If we like each other, we don't need to look at the next two. Or should we look at all three girls at the same time?"
In my previous life, I have seen many men looking at one girl, but it is rare to see a man looking at several girls at the same time.
"No, my Anguo is just one of them. Lin Yueniang brought several young men with her. Let the girls look at each other first. If they see who is good, they can meet each other from a distance."