Chapter 024(1/2)
Going to the market Ling Wensheng wanted to ask Yangyang how you knew so much, but when he remembered what Yangyang meant just now, he quickly shut up and did not dare to say more.
"Haha... little girl, you remember it clearly!" The old man stroked his beard and laughed. The young man named Du Zhong beside him also looked at Ling Tianyang with a gentle face.
"Okay, okay, I will buy your gallnuts, Eucommia ulmoides, and calculate the money!" The old man took Ling Tianyang's hand, "Little girl, if there are other medicinal materials in the future, you can sell them to me. The money can be compared with other medicinal materials.
The house is a little higher.”
"Will the quintessence still cost fifty cents per catty in the future?" Ling Tianyang is very concerned about this issue now. The old man just said that if she answers the question, she will sell it to him for fifty cents per catty. What if tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, he
Shouldn't it be settled at such a price?
"...Hahaha...little girl, you are so interesting. Well, from now on it will be fifty cents a pound!" The old man laughed cheerfully again, which made many people in the inner hall look at him.
I am very curious as to what makes Master so happy.
When paying the bill, Ling Wensheng held the money in his hand, trembling, staring at the thing in his hand, for fear that this was a dream of his, and he would usually wake up from this dream if he was not careful.
After chatting casually with the old man, Ling Tianyang looked around for Ling Wensheng, "Dad, what are you doing?" Ling Tianyang noticed that Ling Wensheng was staring at the purse in his hand for a long time. He couldn't help it anymore, so he came over and asked.
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"Ah? Oh, no, it's nothing, Yangyang, let's find a place to live quickly!" Ling Wensheng quickly tightened the money bag in his arms, looked around nervously, and found that the old man and Ling Tianyang were looking at him with a smile.
Zhang Gangyi's dark face rarely turned red.
"Dad, you're still in the drug store now. It's okay. Grandpa, let's go first!" He picked up the empty backpack and left the drug store with Ling Wensheng.
"Master, I think this little girl is very good. Why don't you accept her as a closed disciple?" After Ling Tianyang and the others left the medicine shop, they said to the old man with a smile.
"It's not urgent. Let's take a look. Besides, I think that girl is more interested in making money than medical skills. Brat, what are you looking at? Why don't you go clean it up and wait for me to come?" The old man said fiercely.
He gave Eucommia ulmoides a slap in the face with roasted chestnuts, making her jump up and down. It was not as gentle as when Ling Tianyang and the others came just now.
"Dad, seeing how nervous you are, how much money do we get?" Ling Tianyang couldn't help but ask.
"Yangyang, I have never seen so much money in all these years. It's 812 yuan in total. I just sold firewood for only 54 yuan. This is too..."
Ling Wensheng was very excited and chatted with Ling Tianyang along the way. They talked a lot. They just said that this was so profitable. They would go to the pine forest to pick gallnuts tomorrow, but they were worried that the pine forest was not safe. This issue has been tangled up until the inn.
The inn they stayed in was called the Xilaifu Inn, which was specially designed for poor people like them. As soon as they entered the inn, they saw Aunt Fei and Aunt Chen from the same village. They were all polite, and then rested after eating.
"Yangyang, what you said today were also what the doctor told you?" After eating, Ling Wensheng couldn't help but ask. He wanted to ask when he was in the medicine shop, but was stopped by Ling Tianyang's eyes.
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Ling Tianyang knew that he couldn't escape. The lie had been told anyway, so the unknown doctor would continue to take charge. "Well, even though I was still young at that time, I still remember it."
In fact, the truth of this matter is that there was a gallnut in Ling Tianyang's hometown in her previous life. At that time, she was still young, and she went up the mountain with several brothers to pick wild chestnuts. She saw this thing on the mountain, and her mother told her after she came back. Later, her grandfather personally
I got some gallnuts to cure my illness, and then I remembered it.
Early the next morning, Ling Tianyang took Ling Wensheng to the market. Although there were not as many people as yesterday, the market was still quite lively. There were all kinds of hawking sounds, mixed with the cries of children, the roars of women, and the voices of the elderly.
The sound of coughing turned out to be a beautiful melody, which made Ling Tianyang feel intoxicated.
"Dad, my mother said when we came out, we need to buy some vegetables to plant back home, and the rice is about to be harvested. Our family still needs a sickle. I don't think the clothes of the third and fourth children can be worn, so why don't we pull some cloth back and let my mother help
Let’s make a coat for each of them.”
"Yangyang, just wear what your dick has worn on their clothes, why waste any more?" Ling Wensheng pulled Ling Tianyang tightly, for fear that she would be squeezed away.
"Dad, even if the third child and the fourth child don't need it, you can ask your mother for it. You haven't bought new clothes for many years!" Ling Tianyang felt very sorry for this family. The third child and the fourth child almost never had any.
They bought new clothes, but the clothes they kept wearing were ones that she or the second child couldn't wear. Wang changed them and they continued to wear them.
"Okay, you have the final say today!" Ling Tianyang's words made Ling Wensheng feel distressed. Over the years, the younger ones have been so well-behaved. Knowing that their family is poor, they have never asked them for anything, even candied haws.
Almost none of them have been eaten.
After arriving at the cloth store, Ling Tianyang picked out a few pieces of cotton, two navy blue ones, one pink with florals, and one white. The navy blue one was used for dad and the others to change into clothes, and the pink one was used for dad and the others to change into clothes.
One piece belonged to her and her mother, and the remaining piece was intended to be used for making shoes, undergarments, etc. The four pieces of cloth cost a total of 260 cash. When she left, Ling Tianyang sold them for another 5 cash.
After buying two bags of unwanted rags and scraps, they still had six hundred and one penny left.
After leaving the cloth shop, Ling Wensheng sighed deeply. The money was spent too fast, like running water. Ling Tianyang comforted him and said: "Dad, what are you afraid of? Next time we will get some gallnuts to sell! By the way, dad,
Where can I buy seeds? We also need to buy sickles, dad, you have to remember!"
"Okay, daddy, let's take you there!"
Ling Wensheng took Ling Tianyang to a grocery store and bought some cabbage seeds, carrots, radishes, mustard seeds, chrysanthemums, spinach, etc., spending a total of fifty-two Wen. Not far from the grocery store, Ling Wensheng went to buy some
On the street, Ling Tianyang bought three bunches of candied haws and a few sesame candies.
Before leaving, Ling Tianyang urged Ling Wensheng to buy some cornmeal. There was nothing to eat at home. Rice was too expensive and he couldn't afford it. Ling Wensheng put the cornmeal he bought on the oxcart, and Ling Tianyang asked: "Dad, what are you doing?"
Do you know where I can buy music?"
This song is not that song. The song they have here is the koji used for fermenting wine. It is impossible to make a fortune relying on gallnuts. Let’s not talk about whether there are so many gallnuts for you to pick. Even if there is that thing, it is seasonal.
After this season, where can I find gallnuts? Besides, the pine forest is too dangerous.
"Music? Yangyang, what do you want that for?" Ling Wensheng looked at Ling Tianyang doubtfully. Does Yangyang want to make wine?
"Dad, don't worry about what I do, can you buy some for me?" Ling Tianyang was afraid that Ling Wensheng wouldn't buy it for her, so he resorted to the trick of pretending to be pitiful without even thinking about it.
Ling Wensheng felt embarrassed to be looked at by his daughter like this, especially those watery eyes, which made him unable to bear to refuse. Forget it, anyway, if Yangyang and the others didn't have the money, let's buy some for her.
"Yangyang, dad went shopping. Look at our things." Ling Wensheng told her daughter and walked towards the street. Ling Tianyang was secretly happy. In her previous life, her family was selling wine. If their family can make wine now,
Getting rich will no longer be a dream.
The bullock cart was slowly driving back. Ling Wensheng's firewood was sold, so he put the empty cart on the bullock cart and walked to Bashuo Nest.
It was almost dark when the oxcart arrived at Bajiaowo. A large group of children were waiting at the entrance of the village, looking forward to it. This was almost everyone's most anticipated thing.
From a distance, Ling Tianyang saw the third child and the fourth child at the entrance of the village staring closely at a road leading to the outside of the village. This road was also their way back.
"Come back, come back!" A child jumped from the front and ran among the children. When the other children heard it, they ran towards the road.
"Sister, Dad, you are back!" The third child pulled the little little fourth boy over and shouted from a distance. Ling Wensheng felt a pain in his heart. If there was no gallnut this time and only his own fifty-four cents, the child would come so far away.
Pick yourself up, if you don’t have anything to give them, it will hurt your children’s hearts!
Ling Tianyang didn't notice the change in Ling Wensheng's expression. At this time, she was focused on looking at Xiaosi who was staggering in front of her, for fear that he would fall if he was not careful. "Young man, please slow down, Xiaosi, don't run away.
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Before the car stopped, Ling Tianyang rushed down, hugged Xiaosi's small body, and reached out to wipe away the sweat on his forehead, "Why are you running? Sister can't run!" After Ling Wensheng got off,
Picking up the third child, the four members of the family went home.
"Mom, we're back!" As soon as they entered the yard, Ling Tianyang shouted at the top of his voice.
"You kid, you came back as soon as you came back. You were so scared that your mother dropped the spatula from her hand." Mrs. Wang wiped her hands on her apron and scolded.
Ling Wensheng saw that Mrs. Wang was cooking and quickly stopped her, "Mom, don't be busy cooking yet. This is the cornmeal we bought today. You can use it to cook."
"Yeah! It's really cornmeal. Dad, do you have the firewood to buy this cornmeal? It looks like a lot!" Wang hurriedly took it and took a look.
"Of course I didn't buy these with firewood money. I got a total of fifty-four cents for firewood, which was only enough to buy a sickle and vegetable seeds. I bought these with the money from selling gallnuts. Damn it, go and cook it quickly. I'm hungry."
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"Oh, okay, just wait for a while!" Wang quickly put a bag of cornmeal into the kitchen.
The third child and the fourth child looked longingly at Ling Tianyang taking out the things he bought from the basket bit by bit. The younger brother asked pitifully: "Sister, do you have anything for us?"
Ling Tianyang smiled, bent down and pinched Xiaosi's cheek, "Yes, don't worry, you all have it! Come on, Xiaosi, this is your candied haws, and the third child, this is yours. Hey, where is the second child?"
"Second brother is putting firewood behind, I'll call him!" The third child happily took the candied haws of apples and carefully protected them, fearing that they would fall to the ground and run behind.
After putting away the remaining pieces of sesame candy, Ling Tianyang went to the kitchen to help her mother cook. She was also hungry and ate nothing except a few steamed buns that her father bought when she left in the morning.
"Mom, you cook, I'll cook!" Ling Tianyang was already in the kitchen, so he washed his hands consciously and walked to the stove. The stove they used now was originally used to cook pig food, but their family has been buying
If we can't afford piglets, we use them for cooking. It's very convenient to have one stove for cooking rice and another for cooking.
"It's enough for me to cook alone. You should go and take a rest. You must be very tired after two days of traveling!" Wang quickly pushed Ling Tianyang outside.
"Mom, look what you said, I went there by car, and I also took a car when I came back. I was tired everywhere. The two of us can cook faster. Dad must be hungry!" Ling Tianyang broke away from Wang's hand and walked into the kitchen to get it.
He picked up a wooden basin and a dustpan and headed to the river.
Today's meal included cornmeal, so the potatoes that were originally used as staple food have successfully taken a backseat and become a vegetable. In addition to the potatoes, there are two old cucumbers, a few shriveled eggplants, and the cowpeas are also old.
Third, he was asked to pick two green peppers in the vegetable garden, and Ling Tianyang was busy washing vegetables.
After cutting all the vegetables, Wang just put the cornmeal into a wooden barrel to steam. The thing they use to cook rice here is a wooden barrel, with bamboo placed in it to turn into something like a big bowl. Put it in and it's like a big bowl.
You can steam rice. The rice and cornmeal steamed in this wooden barrel are both delicious. Unlike modern rice cookers, the rice cooked in it has no aroma.
There was not much oil at home, but when Mrs. Wang heard Ling Tianyang say that they had sold a lot of money today, she felt happy and moved a can of good oil from the top of the cupboard. It was not lard, but vegetable oil, but it was better than a little oil and water.
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There was oil, so Ling Tianyang decided to cook some farm dishes. First, stir-fried shredded potatoes, stir-fried cowpeas with green peppers, and old cucumbers to make soup. The eggplants were too old and not suitable for frying. Boil them in boiling water to make them vegetarian.
Put a little oil in it, wait until it is fried, put some chili peppers in it, fry it for a while, then pour in the shredded potato, stir-fry a few times, add salt, pick it up after about five or six minutes. The shredded potato is easy to fry,
It will be cooked quickly and it won’t take much time.
Next is fried cowpeas, then boiled eggplants, and finally blanched cucumbers.
To be continued...