Eldest Sister, Why Haven’t You Married Yet

Chapter 50: Follow suit

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The loud crowing of a big rooster could be heard in the distance, and the faint mist mixed with the rising cooking smoke filled the village above the village, like a picture of a quiet spring morning in Tianjia.

Young Jin, who got up early, evenly sprinkled the wild vegetables that had been mixed with earthworms and chopped into the chicken pen evenly. The fourteen chickens that smelled the fragrance had already receded their newborn yellow hair, and all the chicks that had grown a circle hula la came out. , and clucked, happily pecking at the delicious earthworms and wild vegetables.

After feeding the chickens, he went back to the kitchen stove to add two more firewoods, and Su Shi, who got up a little later than her, also came to the kitchen: "I'm coming, not to take Youyin to the city, she also Didn't get up!"

Young Jin didn't fight her, nodded: "Well, I'll call her right now." Then he scooped a ladle of water from the wooden bucket and poured it into the wooden basin for washing hands and dishes to wash his hands, and tossed them at will. After that, I went to the west wing.

Before You Jin reached the door of the west wing, two little girls quietly opened the door: it turned out that it was You Zhu who was alert, and when she heard the voice of You Yin getting up, she also got up and put on clothes. But Young Treasure hasn't woken up yet, so the two of them sneaked out like thieves.

Seeing the eldest sister standing at the door of her room, Xiaozhu hurriedly puffed out her small chest: "Eldest sister, I'm going too!"

"Youzhu, my eldest sister and I are here to sell things, not to play." You Yin reluctantly persuaded her, "You help your mother take care of a few younger sisters at home, aren't you?"

However, Youzhu refused and insisted to follow. The sisters were at a stalemate for a while, so they turned their attention to Youjin for help.

You Jin thought for a while, and then said: "To enter the city, you have to pay a fee to enter the city, and then we are in a hurry to enter the city, and we also need a penny to ride an ox cart. I can take you there, but you have to earn two wen by yourself. money, how is it?"

After thinking about it, Youzhu nodded vigorously: "Yeah!" Seeing that the eldest sister also agreed, and Youyin couldn't say anything else, the three sisters put the fresh tea tree mushrooms picked up yesterday in three back baskets, and after washing Then he carried the bag and headed towards the city gate of Luohe Prefecture. Every time I go to the city to sell things, I can't make it in time for breakfast, so I have to wait until I come back from the market to eat late breakfast.

Sister Youjin had to go into the city every two days, and they always sat in the same bullock cart of the man who drove the car. The man already knew the dolls of the Su family. From the beginning, the big wooden barrel still needed Receiving a penny from her now only counts as a head of money, and she is still talking to a few people with a smile, which is considered to be acquainted.

"Little girl, you two carry things into the city to sell these three days, I'm afraid you can earn a lot of money, right?" The uncle slowly drove the car and asked with a smile.

Young Jin smiled, looked at the other passengers in the car and looked at him, and said with a smile: "Hey! How can I make money, I have a lot of family members, and my mother is not in good health, so we have to The three sisters get some vegetables every day to exchange for money, how much money can they earn?"

Seeing that although the clothes of the sisters were clean, they were all patched and patched, and when they saw that they had a pile of large leaves on top of their baskets, which were also standard for the farmers who sold vegetables, they looked away in disbelief. .

Seeing that everyone's eyes finally turned away, You Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but there was a bit of coldness in his eyes. This uncle didn't know if he was being outspoken or deliberately hating them! Looks like I'm going to have to switch to another car. Fortunately, Wuliqiao was not the only one who solicited customers in the direction of Luohezhou.

***

After paying the entrance fee, You Jin first took her two younger sisters to Yunweixuan in the East City to see if they wanted it, and then went to the West City.

As for Yunweixuan, with more than 70 mandarin fish bought from Su's family, they held a mandarin fish feast in Luohe, which was in turmoil. It's time for the Su family to be grateful! Hearing that the back chef said that the little girl from the Su family had brought freshly picked tea tree mushrooms, Erye Huang was naturally happy to wrap it up.

The villagers don't know that they can eat tea tree mushrooms. After all, there is news that eating mushrooms will eat dead people every year, so the villagers are more repulsive of mushrooms. But who is Huang Erye? That is a famous old eater in Luohe Prefecture. Naturally, he knows how delicious the tea tree mushrooms are after the spring rain. In addition, the tea tree mushrooms picked by the young golden sisters are of excellent quality. Naturally, he cannot miss it.

You Jin was a little stunned, with the money that the young man gave him in his arms. Is this sold out? The young silver and young beads behind her are also a little unbelievable. Xiaozhu looked at the empty basket of the elder sister: "eldest sister, where are we going now?" This fungus was gone after entering the city, so how could she still make money

You Jin just came back to his senses: "Let's go to the West Market to buy some rice grains and a few kilograms of lard suet." The oil tank at home has bottomed out, and there is not much food left. Anyway, it's still early, so I go. Add one or two.

This time, Youjin spent the money. Instead of buying sorghum and coarse grains, she bought much better-tasting brown rice. A bucket of brown rice cost her three dollars, plus five pounds of lard suet.

A bucket of brown rice is divided into two halves and placed in the back baskets of young gold and young silver, and the back basket of young pearls carries five catties of lard suet. It's almost half done.

The three sisters carried the same weight as when they came, and did not slow down their footsteps, and went back to Su's house in Wuliqiao.

The three people who came back so early shocked Su and the others. Seeing that the restaurant that came to the house to pull the fish had collected all the bacteria that day, Su thanked them in the direction of Luohe Prefecture. After reading it a few times, he said to You Jin earnestly: "Jin'er, the second master Huang has helped our family so much, but the nobles of our family, you have to thank them!"

Putting the newly bought brown rice into the warehouse, Youjin nodded: "Mother, I know." Although she and Yunweixuan had a fair deal, what Su Shi said was also reasonable. If it weren't for the noble Huang Erye, I'm afraid I can't sell the things I pick at this price.

After putting everything in place, he took out nine cents of money and gave them to Youyin and Youzhu and Youbao respectively: "These three cents are the labor income of the three of you, although it is a little less."

The three young silver sisters looked at each other in dismay, unable to guess what the elder sister meant, and did not dare to receive the silver.

Young Jin put the silver directly into the hands of the three of them: "All the labor we put in should be rewarded. Although we are a family, we can't do everything in vain, right? As long as it can bring benefits to our family, we can do it in the future. Receive the corresponding share." Seeing that the three were still hesitant, Young Jin put the silver directly into their hands: "But if you have money, you can't spend it indiscriminately, you should spend the money where it should be spent, you know?"

The three sisters are holding three copper plates tightly in their hands, as if they have grown a lot at this moment, and they can also make money for the family! Listening to the elder sister's words, they all nodded seriously: "I know."

In fact, there is no need for Youjin to explain, and the three younger sisters will not spend money indiscriminately. After all, they are all people who are used to living in poverty. It is strange that they don't hurry up and spend money if they have money!

Young Jin entered the kitchen and gave Su Clan a copper plate of 100 wen. The money that was distributed to everyone when they moved before was handed over to Young Gold when the Su family settled down at Wuli Bridge, and now the Su family doesn't have any money.

Looking at the string of copper coins tied with hemp rope handed over by her daughter, Su Shi was a little overwhelmed: "Jin'er, what are you?"

"There is always a place for money at home. One hundred dollars is not much, but anyway, my mother also has some money, right?" You Jin smiled faintly and said, "I can't take care of my family. My mother is the head of the family, so naturally Just have more money in your hand.”

Su Shi's wet hands wiped and rubbed on the apron in front of her, and her face was a little red. She came to Luohe Prefecture, and You Jin invited a doctor to see a doctor for herself. Since then, she has been taking medicine, just medicine. She has spent a lot of money, and she has not earned a penny for her family. How can she be so embarrassed to receive this money

Seeing her hesitant appearance, Youjin put the money into her hands: "Since it's for my mother, it's fine for my mother to keep it." Although Su Shi felt that she was holding back the family, she was still very important. of. Since her confinement, she has been busy with three meals a day at home, and the clothes that the family wears are always the first thing Su finds out, and then she has to make up for it even if she stays up late. It can be said that it is very good. Solved the worries of young gold.

Young Jin stood in the kitchen, picking the fresh and tender green vegetables just picked from the ground, while chatting with the Su family. The mother and daughter worked together, but they quickly made lunch. .

***

Half an hour after lunch was Su's lunch break.

After the lunch break, the sisters dressed neatly and went up the mountain with their baskets on their backs. Now that a day has passed, the road up the mountain has been done a lot, and some people in the village have begun to dig bamboo shoots up the mountain.

After the Su family, I followed the first women who went up the mountain to dig bamboo shoots to meet the sisters of Youjin, but they looked away a little embarrassedly. On the other hand, Youjin took her sister and nodded and said hello: "Hello, auntie, we are new people from Hexi, our surname is Su."

The women felt a little hot on their faces, nodded vaguely, and then sped up the mountain. Xiaozhu looked at the women and stomped her feet angrily, but didn't say anything.

In the vast bamboo forest, there are now seven or eight people digging bamboo shoots in the distance and near. When Youjin saw this situation, he took a few younger sisters to the bamboo forest farther away. Although she does not dig bamboo shoots now. , but the tea tree mushroom can still make some money, she doesn't want people to know it so quickly and then follow the trend, then she has to think of another way to make money.

Now is a good time to eat spring bamboo shoots. In addition, the mountains full of bamboo shoots are not dug for nothing. The villagers in Wuliqiao also met the Su family selling bamboo shoots on the street, and then passed them on one by one, and now there are also A dozen or so families have started digging up bamboo shoots and selling them on the street.

However, Luohe Prefecture is a big town. Although there are so many people who dig bamboo shoots to sell, there are also many people who buy bamboo shoots. Generally speaking, the supply is still in short supply. Therefore, the people who sell bamboo shoots do not have much influence on each other. The price of cabbage is also a little more than one or two cents more than cabbage, so everyone is happy to dig bamboo shoots.