"Yuan Hao, remember, you must not tell anyone else about this. Only we, my sister and my brother, can know about it. Do you understand?" Yuan Qiu solemnly warned.
Yuan Hao nodded: "Sister, I remember."
The siblings hurriedly went to the river at the east end of the village to carry water, and they did not stop until the water tank was full. As a result, after a while, the full tank of clear water turned into sewage.
It took a full tank of water to wash away the dirt on the two siblings.
Just as he was thinking about carrying another tank of water, Uncle Zhang shouted outside.
Yuan Qiu could only give up the idea of carrying water, and he and Yuan Hao carried Bi Sanxi on their backs and went out. They saw Uncle Zhang pulling an ox cart with several large baskets on it, including a large basket of fresh fish and several others. Baskets of dried fish, ready to be sold at the town market.
Yuan Qiu glanced at the basket of fresh fish and frowned: "Uncle Zhang, why don't you put the fish in a wooden barrel?"
Uncle Zhang didn't know why and asked in a stunned voice: "Why do you need to use wooden barrels to pack fish? Doesn't the fish have to be packed in fish baskets?"
Yuan Qiu shook his head: "Uncle Zhang, these fish of yours are kept in a broken tank at home. They have never been out of the water, so they are naturally alive. But now that they are out of the water, won't they die? Think about it, this fish is dead, Can you still sell it at a good price? In the past, you just carried it on your back to the market. Now that we use bullock carts, why not use a wooden barrel to hold the fish and store water? Then the fish can still be alive. For sale?"
When Uncle Zhang heard this, he realized there was nothing he didn't understand. He patted his head and said with a smile: "It's really like this. I'm really confused. Thanks to Yuan Qiu for reminding me. Come on, I'll go get the fish in a barrel right now."
Uncle Zhang immediately drove the oxcart home, quickly put the fish in the basket into a wooden barrel, and filled it with water. He grinned happily when he saw that the fish he was about to kill came back to life.
He has sold fish countless times, so he naturally knows that the prices of live fish and dead fish are two different things. Today, thanks to Yuan Qiu's words, he woke him up.
The bullock cart is just a few wooden boards put together and two wooden wheels are added. It is not big. It can seat people and pull some goods. After putting the barrels and two backpacks on it, it is almost full. Fortunately, both siblings were very thin, so they could still sit down even if they were squeezed.
Uncle Zhang was a rough man. He saw that the faces of the two siblings seemed to have changed, but he didn't pay much attention to them. For poor children from the countryside, their appearance is not important. What is important is that they have strength and can work.
The ox cart pulled the three people into the city. Xiaoyuan Town was dozens of miles away from Xipo Village. Fortunately, they got up early and set off early, so they did not miss the morning market.
Uncle Zhang pulled the bullock cart straight to the vegetable market in the town, unloaded a bucket of live fish, and put two baskets of dried fish on it. Only then did he realize that the baskets on the backs of the two siblings were not filled with vegetables, but with vegetables. It was a kind of green grass that I had never seen before, and he wondered: "What are you carrying two baskets of grass on your back? Why don't you bring vegetables?"
Yuan Qiu smiled mysteriously and said to Uncle Zhang, "Uncle, these are the vegetables we want to sell."
Uncle Zhang has never seen this kind of vegetable in his whole life. It looks like grass, but since Yuan Qiu said it was a vegetable, it must be a vegetable.
"Uncle, have you ever heard of medicated diet?" Yuan Qiu asked.
Uncle Zhang nodded: "I heard that the shopkeeper of Jufulou often buys vegetables here. I once heard him say that it seems that Jufulou has medicated food, and the rich people in the town like to eat it very much, saying that it is good for them. Good health."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Qiu knew that his visit today would not be in vain. He asked for the way to Jufulou, and agreed with Uncle Zhang on a time to return. Then he pulled Yuanhao away from the market and went straight to Jufulou.