Traveling through the famine years, the best old woman, I was gnawed into the richest man by my children and grandchildren Chapter Twenty-Five Hold your ass up, I will know what shit you want
Chapter Twenty-Five Hold your ass up, I will know what shit you want
Li Si, who had not said anything for a long time, said to Li Er seriously: "Second brother, I was not sensible before. Please forgive me one last time! If I do it again in the future, I will get out of this house myself!"
Li Er said nothing and nodded.
At the right time, the sky also brightened.
Lin Tao patted her thigh and stood up: "Let's go to town first today."
Selling wild eggs is one thing, but Lin Tao mainly wanted to see if there was anything he could do. If that didn't work, he could just see if there were any handy weapons, and he could sneak them back into the mountains to hunt!
Anyway, she couldn't accept it anymore and had to eat that unseemly pig food every time!
Over there, Mrs. Xu had already strung the wild eggs. She padded the basket with dry grass and packed the wild eggs carefully.
Lin Tao returned to the house and gave the piece of cloth to Mrs. Xu.
"Don't be idle at home with Mrs. Zhu. Let's make clothes for Linglan and Li Qian first. It's not good for little girls to always show their arms and legs. Others will laugh when they see them."
Everyone in the yard was stunned like stone sculptures. That was cloth! The old lady was willing to take it out?
Lin Tao felt that there was no need to explain, so she walked ahead with her hands behind her back. Li Er picked up the basket on his back and called Li Si, then followed him out of the door.
Mrs. Xu held the two little ones, held on to the door frame, and watched them go away.
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Counting the time, they will go to the town at this time and walk for a whole day. When the town gate opens tomorrow, they will almost be there.
It would take another hour or two to sell the eggs and buy millet to go home, and then it would take a whole day's walking to get home.
After leaving the village entrance, the rugged mountain road winds around the mountain.
Lin Tao walked briskly, and Li Er suddenly felt that his body seemed different from before.
My knees are obviously sore, but I don't feel tired when I walk.
Li Er thought, maybe it was because he had been able to eat enough in the past few days.
There is also Li Si who feels the same way.
He had walked this road many times, but this time he didn't even feel tired after walking so far.
When he was gasping for air, Li Si suddenly realized that the distance he walked before seemed to be similar to the distance the old lady asked the two brothers to stretch their shins at night.
He suddenly realized that the old lady's trick on the two brothers had such a miraculous effect!
I can't help but cast a scrutinizing gaze.
He even mentioned the arrest of the two brothers in the morning.
"Mom, I want to ask my son, how did you know that my second brother and I were hiding on the mountainside this morning?"
Lin Tao imitated the original owner and snorted coldly: "You two came out of me by beating my stomach! If you raise your butt, I will know what kind of shit you are going to do!"
These two idiots are too young to fight with her!
When they hid, Lin Tao guessed correctly that they didn't want to go to the town because it was too far away.
I just ran five kilometers with weights last night. Even though the distance was the same as before, it was my first long-distance run with weights and I was not as tired as my first training session!
Therefore, it was determined that the two people with trembling legs would not go too far. In addition, they wanted to wait for her to leave before going home.
She guessed correctly that the fourth child would definitely choose a place that was not too far away and where he could clearly see the gate of his courtyard.
In front of the Li family courtyard, there is a small hill that meets these conditions.
Is it difficult to catch them?!
Along the way, Lin Tao arranged only one break. When she stopped, she gnawed on the chicken drumsticks she brought.
Lin Tao thought that her two cheap sons would make a fuss about taking a break.
Unexpectedly, the two of them were out of breath after walking all the way. They just supported each other and continued to move forward, as they did during training, without even moaning to stop.
In fact, Li Si was thinking hard all the way, how did the old lady catch him so accurately.
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When it got dark, we finally left the mountain road and climbed onto the official road.
The official road is spacious and gentle, without the obstruction of mountains and trees, and the road ahead is very clear under the moonlight.
However, since he entered the official career, his two sons have moved much slower.
It seems that the five-kilometer training session can be lengthened in the future.
After walking all night, Lin Tao finally saw the open city gate of Qingyuan Town.
Behind him, Li Si almost relied on Li Er to help him walk.
"Don't you come to town often? Why can't you walk?"
Li Si lowered his head and muttered: "In the past, when you went to the official road, you could spend a copper plate to ride an ox cart."
After entering the city, Lin Tao looked for the market in the memory of the original owner. The market here was called Fangshi.
There is an unwritten rule in Qingyuan Town that stalls are not allowed on the streets. Those who do small business can only go to the market.
The government opened up a large area and built walls for people to set up stalls and trade.
However, you need to pay three cents per stall to set up a stall, and sharing stalls is not allowed.
The definition of a stall is to sell one kind of thing! If you have two things to sell, you have to pay six cents!
In my memory, this is called the Nadi Offering.
However, at this moment, Lin Tao deeply understood the saying: A penny cannot defeat a hero!
She is penniless!
Don't think they arrived early, there are already many people opening stalls in the market.
Lin Tao walked around with a basket on her back, and finally stood in front of a fish stall.
The old man was neatly scraping off the fish scales.
"Sister, are you buying fish? Which one do you like? I'll catch it for you." The old woman with her sleeves rolled up greeted her enthusiastically.
The two of them looked like a couple at first sight, and their appearance as husband and wife could not have looked like this even in thirty years.
Lin Tao pointed to the fish in the old man's hand and said, "Sister, your fish is so fresh!"
"That's right! If the fish is not good, there are so many compradors in town, how can they buy fish from me? Well, these will be killed and sent to others later. How about one?"
"I'm not afraid of big sister's jokes. I can't afford fish. However, I would like to buy the fish scales that your family doesn't want."
The old man who had lowered his head to kill fish looked up curiously.
Li Er looked confused.
Li Si pulled the corner of Lin Tao's clothes and said, "Mom! Are you not sick? You don't want to give that thing away for free, so you still spend money to buy it?"
Slapping Li Si's hand away, Lin Tao smiled and said to the old woman: "Sister, can I buy your fish scales for a day with two copper coins?"
"Okay! What's wrong with this? After selling fish all my life, it's not unusual to buy fish intestines and belly. This is the first time I've seen someone buying fish scales! I'll keep it for you. You can come and get it in the evening."
After the price was agreed upon, Lin Tao took out a bunch of five wild eggs from the basket on his back.
Li Si was so anxious that he grabbed her hand and said, "Mom! Please wake up!" Five wild eggs, sold as domestic eggs, are worth five cents.
Spending five cents to buy fish scales that no one wanted, he thought the old lady was possessed.
"My lord is talking, you have no right to interrupt!" Lin Tao yelled, and Li Si's face turned red from holding back.
A twenty-year-old... kid?!
"Sister, to tell you the truth, my family is so poor that I don't have a penny. I think it's okay to borrow three cents from you with these eggs as collateral. I can sell them in a while and I can pay you back right away.
Buy the fish scales you don’t want.”
Home-raised eggs cost a penny each, and a bunch of five-penny eggs as guarantee were her only mortgages now.
The old woman was stunned, took out three copper coins from her arms, and stuffed them into them.
"Ahem! How can you not encounter some difficulties when you go out? The big girl looks so blind, she must be from afar! Just tell me, I will lend you three cents. You can't eat fish scales, look at your age
, you are still dragging your two sons out, so don’t spend that wasted money.”
"Save some. It's time to go to the hospital. It's time to take medicine. The two children look like the eldest is no longer young. If you delay any longer, your life will be ruined."
Lin Tao frowned upon hearing this, and looked at Li Er and Li Si's equally weird expressions from time to time. Did she misunderstand something? This chapter has been completed!