In the early morning of the second day, Sister Youjin went to the city to sell their own sour plum soup. When Youyin went back to get the second round of sour plum soup, she took Su and a pair of twins out by the way, leaving Youbao to watch a few at home. sister.
This is the first time Su has entered the city after moving to Wuliqiao. Sitting on the ox cart and watching the scenery along the road, it is a bit of an illusion.
Uncle Niu was already very familiar with the Su family, so he directly dragged people to the place where Young Jin set up the stall, which also saved them from tossing with a few children. Seeing Su's coming, You Jin hurriedly greeted him, reached out to take the child in You Yin's arms, and then led Su to sit in a shady place by the side: "Mother, take a break, wait for us. Go to the hospital when it's sold out."
Su Shi nodded slightly: "It's okay, you guys are busy first, don't worry about me so much, go and greet the guests!" It turned out that another customer came to buy sour plum soup. Seeing the neat hands and feet of several children and their eloquent expressions, Su Shi couldn't help feeling that the eldest daughter was indeed better at raising children than her own mother, and the daughters were much more sensible and wiser than ordinary children of the same age under her education.
The Su family's sour plum soup is now well-known in Luohe Prefecture, and the price is not expensive, so ordinary people can afford it, and many of them have to pack a bowl to take away after drinking it by themselves, so the young gold sisters Rough bamboo bowls of the same size were made from bamboo slugs on the mountain. There was no need to pay extra for packaging, and more people bought them. The two buckets of sour plum soup were all sold out in less than half an hour.
The mobile stall rented by the Youjin sisters is outside the door of a grocery store. The owner of the grocery store is Li Ershun. He also asks for some sour plum soup from time to time. .
Seeing her come in with a bowl of sour plum soup, Li Ershun said with a smile, "Girl Su, you are too polite!" But he did not reject the sour plum soup in her hand.
"Manager Li, it's thanks to your care that we set up a stall at your door. It should be." You Jin put the sour plum soup on the counter, and then brought in the simple wooden table she set up and put it in the corner. Saying goodbye to him with a smile: "Manager Li, then we'll go first, see you tomorrow."
"Hey!" Li Ershun smiled and took a big bowl of sour plum soup and took a sip before sighing contentedly, this ghost day is really getting hotter.
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After selling the sour plum soup, he left the empty bucket with Uncle Niu. You Jin also agreed with Uncle Niu to pick up his family at Xishikou for a while. After seeing the doctor with Su, he would buy some food. You can't go back without a bullock cart.
In the medical hall, an old doctor with a gray beard pondered after taking Su Shi's pulse before saying: "The loss is serious, and the body is empty. Although he is not seriously ill now, if he does not recuperate earlier, he will have to wait a few years. If something big happens, it will also hinder the number of lives."
Su Shi was also shocked when she heard it. If she died, what would happen to her nine children? Young Jin, who was holding Kang'er by the side, frowned, and then said solemnly, "Doctor, what do you want to eat, you always say, as long as you can take care of my mother, you can spend as much as you want."
Seeing that the whole family was wearing coarse clothes that were washed white, the old doctor sighed. If the woman in front of her was born in a rich family, it would not be a serious disease, but the family in front of her was obviously a poor family in the village. Affordable? "A piece of medicine costs a penny, I'll prescribe a few for you first, go back to eat and see."
"It's so expensive!" Su shi himself exclaimed, although there is some money at home now, but this is too expensive
On the other hand, Young Jin shook his head slightly: "Doctor, please open enough for a month, we have money." After that, he took out a few pieces of silver from his arms and put them on the table.
The old doctor and Su Shi did not expect that Young Jin would take out so much money in one go. When the old doctor saw that she was rich, he nodded, wrote down a prescription and handed it to the medicine boy beside him: "One post a day. , to pick up a month's worth of medicine."
Then he turned his head and said to You Jin: "Your mother's body has been depleted for many years, so you need to take more nourishing medicines, wild ginseng and golden cicada flowers are all good, but the price of these two is more expensive. , especially the golden cicada flower, which is of great use to your mother's body, but there is no golden cicada flower in our medical center recently."
As soon as You Jin heard it, he asked, "Doctor, what does this golden cicada look like?" She can't go up the mountain to pick it up, right
The old doctor gave a rough description, and finally said: "The golden cicada flower grows in the bamboo forest. If you are interested, you can also go to the nearby bamboo mountain to look for it." The two discussed Su Shi's condition for a while. After reading it for the Su family, and then looking at the two premature twins, the Su family came out of the hospital with thirty packets of medicine.
After leaving the hospital, the sun was already high, and the mother and daughter hurried to the grain shop to buy five buckets of japonica rice and some coarse grains before they hurried home.
Su Shi also came out today. There was no cook at home for a while, so Young Jin led the crowd to a steamed bun stall in the West Market to buy more than a dozen buns for each person, one meat bun and one vegetable bun.
Young Yin, who followed Young Jin, saw the two dirty little beggars again, and pulled Sister Chang's sleeves to indicate, "Sister Chang..."
You Jin sighed: "Boss, I want two more meat buns." He handed the two meat buns in the big leaves to Young Yin, "Go!"
Young Yin happily took the buns, then walked quickly to the two little beggars, and shoved the buns directly into the big hands: "You guys eat!" Then quickly ran back to Young Jin and the others, followed by Going to the South City Gate, he quietly turned his head and waved goodbye to the two beggars who were still dazed.
The little beggar smelled the aroma of the warm meat buns in his brother's hands, and his saliva was drooling.
It wasn't until the Su family members disappeared that Da Qi'er came back to his senses and shared the hot meat bun with his younger brother. It was extremely unappetizing, but the two little beggars ate it very deliciously. One adult's fist-sized buns, they both finished eating them in a short while, and the little one was still smashing his mouth.
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It didn't cost a lot of money to see Su's doctor, and now the family has more than 600 taels of silver. Young Jin also knows that he should think about what to do next. Although 600 taels is not a small amount, he can There are seven younger sisters in the family who are growing up and want to get married, and the dowry alone can hollow out the family!
The depressions by the river have been constantly composting, and the sunflowers now planted on the wasteland have grown a lot taller. The previously planted peppercorns have grown three-inch-high seedlings, and the young gold is still close to the wasteland on the side of the mountain. Eight grape seedlings from the Western Regions bought from the merchants in the Western Regions were planted. Now walking by the river, you can see that the former barrenness has turned into a thriving area.
Looking at the green and flat land on the other side of the river, thinking of the importance of land in this era, I decided to buy more land. Even if I go out to plant people, it is better than holding money in my hands.
Youjin is a person with extremely efficient actions. After selling the sour plum soup the next morning, he went to find a man named Chen who was the one who bought the house for his family at that time. Chen Yaren still had some impressions of this little girl who bought the Wuliqiao murderous house. When she saw her, she was worried about whether to sell the house, but when she heard that she wanted to buy land, she was relieved: "Little girl this Remember how much land you bought?"
"How much is an acre of good farmland now?" You Jin took a sip of tea from the teacup in front of him, or asked the price before deciding how much land to buy.
Chen Yaren said with a smile: "Nowadays, high-quality fertile fields are sold for eight taels of silver per mu." Seeing that the young gold's eyes were getting bigger, Chen Yaren explained: "Little girl, that's right, the price is If you think the price of fertile land near Wuli Bridge is too high, then go further, and walk past Wuli Bridge for another six or seven miles, and there are seven taels of silver per mu."
This price is indeed a bit high. In Cuifeng Village, the first two days are only five taels of silver per mu, and the Wuli Bridge is so expensive! After thinking about it for a while, You Jin decided, "Uncle Chen, how about we go to the field first?" After comparing, she could make a decision.
You Jin stayed in Yue's house for eleven years, and naturally knew how to tell whether a piece of land was good or not. Outside the village called Houjiawan, seven miles south of Wuli Bridge, Chen Yaren said sixteen acres of good farmland. It is not far across the river.
You Jin looked at it seriously, turned around the place Chen Yaren said seriously, looked at the canal, and then started to look at the soil, but he was satisfied.
Chen Yaren didn't expect this little girl to see these things. She was a little underestimated in her heart, but now she doesn't dare to think about it anymore, facing the big sun, she said with a smile, "Miss Su, this place is really nice, it's rare. There are 16 acres of fertile fields, and irrigation is also very convenient. There is an official road on the side, except that it is not good to be far away from Luohe Prefecture. Two silver per acre, isn't it?"
Youjin nodded, but he didn't say that he wanted to buy it immediately, he just said, "Uncle Chen, let's go back and see what's at Wuli Bridge."
Chen Yaren also understood that, after all, buying land was not a trivial matter, so he nodded, and the two got on the mule cart and headed back to Wuliqiao. The fertile land here in Wuliqiao is only eight mu, just behind the residential houses on the east side of the river. It is a little distance from Wuliqiao River, and irrigation is not as convenient as Houjiawan.
After watching Wuliqiao, You Jin had already made a decision in his heart. It was only a few months after his family moved to Wuliqiao. It would be too dazzling to buy so many fertile fields. Trouble, in comparison, Houjiawan has won.
You Jin and Chen Yaren walked one after another on the edge of the river base to Su's house: "Uncle Chen, can the land in Houjiawan be cheaper?"
"If you want sixteen acres, how about sixty-two or seven dollars per acre?" Chen Yaren thought for a while, and then offered a fairly favorable price: "Miss Su, the place is really good, and It is flat and easy to irrigate, and it is rare to be continuous.”
Young Jin pushed open the courtyard door, and the four dogs that were sitting or lying in the courtyard immediately woke up, and when they saw that they were their own masters, they all came over with their tails wagging. You Jin smiled and waved his hand, motioning them to get out of the way, and then invited Chen Yaren to come in: "It takes Uncle Chen and our family to settle down in Luohe Prefecture. Let's come in today to rest and have a drink."
Chen Yaren is not the first time to come back to this house, but every time he came back, he felt ghostly, but when he came back today, he only felt that the yard was full of fireworks, and that desolate ghost house had become a warm and neat place. farm yard. Chen Yaren sat on the small stool that Youjin had brought over, and after drinking a mouthful of the Su family's secret sour plum soup, he sighed comfortably: "It seems that you live here pretty well, and you must be good enough with the Qin family girl. It's a good person."
You Jin smiled and didn't say anything, and pulled the topic back to the ground in Houjiawan: "Uncle Chen, this sixty-seven dollars per mu is really expensive, sixty-five dollars, if the owner is willing, then I bought them all."
Sixty-two or five dollars is not something Chen Yaren can decide. He thought about it and said, "Yes, then I will go to Houjiawan tomorrow. If the host agrees, I will bring you a letter. Come."
After the two finished talking, Chen Yaren had enough rest, so he said goodbye to You Jin with a smile, and agreed that he would come back tomorrow afternoon.