A red horse tethered not far from Xiaohui was not interested in the fine beans in his trough at this moment. It stretched its neck and tried hard to eat the poor forage in front of the little donkey. However, the reins restricted its range of activities, and the feeling of wanting to eat but not being able to eat made the grumpy animal couldn't help kicking its head and neighing endlessly.
Its owner had just come out of the pickle shop, and when he heard the annoyed neighing of his beloved horse, he came striding forward. Seeing this, the handsome young man cursed funnyly: "Hongyun, you are so cheap! You don't eat good beans, but go to covet other people's hay? Competing with a little donkey for food, you are really promising!!"
The bay red horse seemed to understand what its master said, and blew a few more times as if arguing, and struggled to hold its reins. The young man let go of the rein, and the little red horse immediately rushed towards the little donkey, aggressively squeezed Xiao Hui away with its body, licked up the little donkey's remaining bites of fodder, and then ruthlessly slammed at Xiao Hui With a neigh, it seemed to be blaming Xiao Hui for not leaving more for it!
Xiao Hui has a more gentle temperament, and doesn't make trouble when food is robbed, but just looks at the bay red horse steadily with big gentle eyes. The bay red horse seemed to be embarrassed by the sight, and stopped making trouble. He turned around and pointed his butt at it, chewing a few times in his mouth, as if he was relishing the delicious forage.
"You bastard, you really are a bitch! If you like fodder, just go home and ask the groom to prepare some for you!" The young man lightly stroked Xiaohui's glossy fur, then patted it again, "I've wronged you! Old man, I will compensate the owner of this donkey with my bag of beans later!"
The old man who was in charge of taking care of the livestock and horses also narrowed his eyes with a smile, and agreed again and again.
The young man led his beloved horse, which he was reluctant to part with, out of the market, and galloped all the way towards the capital!
The concubine mother is worried about Yuanhang's younger brother recently, his appetite is not very good, and he has changed a few cooks but nothing has improved. Mrs. Wu, whose husband works in Tanggu, said that there are several pickles in the Tanggu Town vegetable market that are quite refreshing. The concubine mother tasted the refreshing and crispy radish sent by Mrs. Wu, and she ate an extra bowl of porridge than before.
After all, Mrs. Wu did not bring much pickles back to the capital, only enough for the mother and concubine to eat for two days. After eating the pickles, the mother and concubine returned to the state of not eating anything right. Being filial, he couldn't bear to watch his mother and concubine lose weight. Taking advantage of this time of rest, he hurried all the way to Tanggu, and finally bought the delicious radish that the concubine mother loved!
In order not to run in vain this trip, he even packed a copy of all the various pickles in the shop! If his bad friends knew that for a few crude pickles, his dignified prince Jing went back and forth between the capital city and Tanggu town in one day, he would definitely laugh his head off. However, for the sake of mother and concubine, it doesn't matter if they smile!
Today, we are catching up with the big gathering every five days. Those who do small business, sell vegetables, and go to the market...all gather in the vegetable market. As soon as Yu Xiaocao put the juicy and green vegetables on the table, several people gathered around them.
"Hey! There are green vegetables for sale at this time! Look at this little cabbage, it is so tender that you can squeeze out water, it makes people appetite!! Big brother, how do you sell this little cabbage?" The person who asked the price was A fufutaitai aunt, wearing a fine cotton jacket, with a silver hairpin stuck in her head, seems to be in good condition at home.
On the way here, the father and I have already negotiated the price of the vegetables. Yu Hai smiled and said: "Pakchoi is twenty yuan a catty, spinach is fifteen yuan a catty, lettuce is eighteen yuan, and lettuce is twenty-five yuan. Sister, take a look, what do you need?"
"Hey! Your vegetables are not cheap, they are almost as expensive as pork! Most people really can't afford them!!" The aunt's chubby face was wrinkled, as if she was very dissatisfied with the price!
With a smile on her face, Yu Xiaocao said sweetly: "Ma'am, as the saying goes, things are rare! You also know that this winter has been plagued by heavy snow, and there have been two snowfalls since spring! What kind of vegetables won't freeze to death? It’s really not easy for us to grow this kind of food!”
The people looking at the freshness around them were curious about how the fresh and juicy vegetables survived the spring and snow, but they also knew that this was the way to eat, and only fools would talk about it, so they stopped asking. However, most of the people who came to the market were people from the surrounding villages, and there were not many who could afford vegetables that cost as much as meat.
Although the fat aunt really felt that the food was expensive, she still had the financial resources to eat it once or twice. In addition, the daughter-in-law at home is pregnant, and she vomits whatever she eats, so she wants to eat some green vegetables. She also knew that there were no vegetables in the ground at this time, so where did the green leafy vegetables come from
She was also thinking of giving it a try, to see if she could touch it. If you can't touch it, buy some garlic and grow some garlic sprouts on the kang, which can be regarded as a green leaf. I didn't expect her to come across it, and there were almost all the vegetables in spring.
Although the price is a bit expensive, for the sake of her unborn grandson, she gritted her teeth - buy it!
In the envious eyes of the surroundings, the fat lady smiled arrogantly, pointed at the cabbage, spinach and lettuce with her fat hands, as if she was afraid that others would not hear her, she raised her voice and said: "Little girl, Give me half a catty each of this, this, and this! If you eat well, the aunt will come to buy it tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Yu Xiaocao swiftly weighed out the vegetables that the fat aunt needed, giving each item a high value, "Auntie, no more, no less, a total of thirty coins!"
"Thirty cents! That's enough to buy a catty of pork!! In previous years, I would have bought such a small amount of vegetables for the price of a catty and a half of pork. Who would be willing to eat it!"
"Yes, yes! I wanted to buy some fresh ones for my family, but they are so expensive! Forget it, just bear with it! Wait a month or so, and the vegetables should be ready!"
"They sell it to rich people! With those thirty renminbi, it is enough to buy about ten catties of coarse grains! This winter is very cold, and the grain prices are skyrocketing. It's good if you don't starve to death. How can you have the spare money to eat this rich food?"
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More onlookers, less buyers. Half an hour passed, except for the fat lady, Yu Hai and his daughter never met another guest.
"Cao'er, have we set the price a bit high? It's almost noon, if we can't sell it anymore, the vegetables will be wilted, and if we want to sell them at a good price, we won't be able to!" Yu Hai worried. Look at the vegetables in the basket.
These vegetables have condensed so much effort of the little girl, watering and weeding every day, never using the hands of others. In early spring, the temperature is low. In order to prevent freezing, we have to cover the vegetable fields with grass thatch at night, and when the sun comes out in the morning, we have to uncover it again. Every day, one of these two steps is missing.
In front of and behind the house, wherever there is open space, vegetables are planted, adding up to at least four or five acres. Cao'er and the children never cried out that they were tired, and they were so sensible that it made people feel distressed.
Especially the youngest daughter, who is only as tall as his waist, but who cares more about her than his father. well! The main purpose of my family is to strive for strength, so as not to let a nine-year-old girl provoke the burden of the family prematurely.
Yu Xiaocao didn't know that her father's thoughts had turned such a big circle in an instant, but she still said confidently: "Father, don't worry! There is no shortage of rich people in Tanggu Town!! Our vegetables are rich now. There is nowhere to buy it!"
She glanced at the crowd, saw a middle-aged man who looked like a butler, and greeted loudly: "Uncle, do you want fresh vegetables? We are the only ones in the market!"
The butler with the goatee was the butler of Yao Mansion, the second richest family in the town after the Zhou family. Mrs. Yao's 60th birthday is two days away, and it's time to catch up with the greenery. Meat dishes are easy to handle, but vegetables are tricky.
Because of the snow disaster this winter, Mrs. Yao didn't plan to make a big deal, but only entertained a few close friends and relatives, who were either rich or expensive. When entertaining distinguished guests, you can't put carrots and cabbage on the table, right
The housekeeper, who was so worried about the dishes of the birthday banquet that his hair turned gray, faced the date of the birthday banquet getting closer and closer, not only mobilized the servants under him, but also went to battle himself. I've been to this vegetable market for more than half, and I still don't have a clue. The housekeeper scratched his head anxiously!
As the saying goes: there is no unparalleled road, but at this moment, the willows are dark and the flowers are bright, a voice like the sounds of nature rang in my ears.
The housekeeper followed the prestige and saw baskets of emerald green vegetables, so fresh that it was eye-catching. The housekeeper burst into tears—he was saved!
He rushed to Yu Hai's father and daughter's stall without asking the price, pointed to all the bamboo baskets, and said eagerly: "I will pay for all of these..."
"Isn't this Miss Yu!" A familiar voice interrupted Butler Yao.
Yu Xiaocao looked around, and it turned out that he was the apprentice of Chef Wang of Zhenxiu Restaurant, and the job in charge of purchasing was a lot of money!
"Miss Yu, it's been a long time since I saw you go to the restaurant to deliver your prey. My master has been thinking about you for a long time!" Qian Xiaoduo looked surprised when he saw the baskets of green vegetables.
Their owner is such a rich family, it is not easy to have a few green leafy vegetables on the dinner table this season, they are grown in a greenhouse built at a lot of money. How could the Yu family grow fresh vegetables during this season
"There's something wrong at home... Maybe we won't be able to send prey to your restaurant in the future. However, Uncle Zhao and Brother Han are both good hunters, and there will be no shortage of game in your restaurant."
In the past month or so, one incident at home followed another. First, her father was injured, then the family was separated, the house was repaired, she went to the pier to sell stewed vegetables, and her brother had an accident... After all, she did not go to the Zhenxiu Restaurant for quite a while.
"Miss Yu, you are selling vegetables!!" Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite, Qian Xiaoduo didn't ask any more questions, looked at the baskets of vegetables, and said, "You said you are really, you have such a Rare greens, why don’t you send them to Zhenxiu Restaurant? How many vegetables like this do we keep in the restaurant, what kind of stalls are there! Go, go! Go to the Dula store... "
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Today's second is a bit late. Who will throw a red envelope again to break the 250 curse