Chapter 37 Going to the county seat
Author: Shen Hu
Chapter 37 Going to the county seat
The man selling pork kept looking at the basket held by Chen Xiuyun. Finally, he couldn't hold it back and asked the price.
"How to sell it?"
The pork seller saw that Chen Xiuyun was wrapped so tightly and could not tell his age. He took a quick look and stared at the cakes in the basket.
Chen Xiuyun said: "No votes, only 15 cents."
The pork seller smacked his lips. It was a bit expensive, but a piece of fat cake looked quite big. A pound of pork he sold himself was ten times as much as the fat cake. He could still afford it, but he still had to negotiate the price.
"It's a bit expensive. The fruits in the supply and marketing cooperative are only a dime per pound more expensive than yours. The ones you have are not worth a pound."
Chen Xiuyun said: "What I use are all precious things."
The pork seller saw that she wouldn't give in, so he had to take an egg cake with red date meat first.
The man who sold the pork ate it as soon as he got it, saving Chen Xiuyun the oil paper. She didn't have much oil paper, so of course she saved as much as she could.
The man sat back at his stall to eat. The more he ate, the more reluctant he was to eat it. Only when he took it into his hand did he realize how light the cake was. It was so soft that when he pressed it, it flattened to nothing. Although the portion was small, it was so delicious and fragrant. .
After eating, the man smacked his mouth. Thinking of the black and red cakes in Chen Xiuyun's basket, he simply got up and bought two kinds of cakes.
After a while, Chen Xiuyun sold three yuan and went out. Others who came to the black market to buy things saw the man eating and buying more, so they also came and surrounded Chen Xiuyun.
Some people asked if it was too expensive, and Chen Xiuyun said that they use good stuff.
All in all, she only brought over eight pieces of pastries, and they were all sold out within a short time. Chen Xiuyun was in a good mood after getting one piece and two pieces. She thought she could sell out three times the amount next time. Two in one trip. There were only a few pieces of steamed cake in the basket for many hours. The steamed cake was not as heavy as the basket, which was really not worth it.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and more and more people are coming to the black market. Chen Xiuyun doesn't want to give up this period of time. Thinking of this, she was suddenly stunned, and then a smile appeared in her eyes. Yesterday, she said that her little girl was messing around, but now she has tasted the benefits. I have to continue doing it myself.
When Chen Xiuyun walked home, she went outside the village, took off her turban and wrapped it around her neck. She simply dug up wild vegetables on the roadside. When she entered the village and met people in the village, she said she had gone to dig wild vegetables. No one suspected her and she arrived home smoothly.
Jiang Xinyu and Jiang Yuzhu had already eaten and left food for Chen Xiuyun. The livestock at home had also been fed. The two sisters were reading and doing questions.
After Chen Xiuyun came back, Jiang Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief. If someone was caught speculating these days, it would be a big crime. She was afraid that something would happen to Chen Xiuyun, so wouldn't it be her who had harmed her?
Being able to come back so early seems like nothing special happened.
Chen Xiuyun ate and drank enough, and spoke quickly and made another bowl of noodles with the old noodles. It seemed that the amount was more than double that of yesterday.
The red dates need to be soaked in a basin for several hours before they are ready for steaming. In the morning, preparation work is done.
After finishing the preparations, Chen Xiuyun also read a book with the two sisters. For a while, the courtyard was quite quiet.
When it was mid-afternoon, mother and daughter finished their meal, read a book for a while, and then started working.
This time I made six pots, and it took nearly two hours to steam each pot for fifteen minutes after the water boiled.
After steaming, Chen Xiuyun let the sisters eat one each, and she planned to sell the rest tomorrow.
The sisters refused to eat anything they asked her to eat, insisting on saving it and selling it for money.
The cakes were generally not heavy, but they couldn't fit into a basket, so Jiang Xinyu took the opportunity to mention that she wanted to go too.
Chen Xiuyun was originally unwilling, but her daughter acted like a coquettish girl, so she finally agreed.
However, Chen Xiuyun's plan was different from Jiang Xinyu's.
Chen Xiuyun agreed to let her little girl go because she wanted her to hold the basket and wait for her to get the goods after she sold one basket. She would not let Jiang Xinyu go to the black market. After all, it was risky.
Jiang Xinyu got up at about four o'clock the next day, and the chickens in the team didn't even crow. They didn't have watches either, so they relied on Chen Xiuyun's intuition to get up.
Today, she also put on a military coat and wrapped her head and face with cloth. Jiang Xinyu walked out in a sweat, just like the walk to school. She thought she had walked for several hours, but in fact it was only more than three hours.
By the time we arrived at the county seat, it was already dawn.
Chen Xiuyun arranged for her to wait for her at the corner of the state-owned hotel. Jiang Xinyu couldn't resist, so she had to sit on the roadside with the basket in her arms.
Jiang Xinyu thought she could see what the black market looked like today, but she didn't have permission to go in with her.
Jiang Xinyu hugged the basket, put her head on it, and closed her eyes listlessly. Fortunately, she wore thick clothes today and even wore two pairs of socks, so it wasn't cold to sit here.
"Comrade, what are you selling here?" A small voice sounded in her ear.
Jiang Xinyu opened her eyes and saw a middle-aged man with a short head and a slightly bulging belly. He was well-dressed and the material of his clothes was really good. This man did not speak with an accent from Yu Province and spoke standard Mandarin.
Jiang Xinyu said warily in her heart: "I'm not selling things, I'm here to serve people like this. If you want to buy things, go to the food stations and supply and marketing cooperatives. Behind me is a state-owned hotel that also sells food."
The gay man chuckled: "I can smell it, it smells like jujube."
Jiang Xinyu: "..."! The nose is really sharp!
She rolled her eyes and said, "I sent this jujube cake to my aunt in the county. I made it at home, not for sale, but I can't find where her home is now."
The man looked around and saw that no one was there, so he said, "Open the basket and let me take a look."
Jiang Xinyu opened a corner and then opened a corner of the oil paper. The fragrance became stronger.
The man's eyes froze, and he lowered his voice and said, "Let's make a price."
Jiang Xinyu felt that this uncle was really weird. He couldn't be here to fish and enforce the law. She shook her head and said, "I made this at home to give to my relatives. If you want to buy pastries, go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
The man really didn't expect that Jiang Xinyu would continue to be stubborn. If he had tickets to buy cakes from the supply and marketing cooperative and the food station, why would he risk going to the roadside to ask her? If he hadn't been in the local area for only two days and couldn't touch the black market, he would
I won't try my luck here anymore.
"Little girl, hurry up and agree on a price. We won't get to know each other after the money is settled."
This sentence touched Jiang Xinyu, so she said happily: "One yuan and fifteen cents, I have nine yuan, the eggs and red dates are four and five yuan respectively."
The rest was in Chen Xiuyun's place and was sold on the black market.
The man said cheerfully: "I want them all." He quickly pointed out a piece of thirty-five cents to Jiang Xinyu.
Jiang Xinyu wrapped the pastry, and when she was thinking that it was difficult for this person to handle it, the uncle took out a folded cloth bag from the pocket on his waist.
After the transaction, Jiang Xinyu hurriedly carried the basket and moved her position.
Chapter completed!