Not long after Mr. Su came back, Su's father and Su Zizhong also came back, and they both had small gains.

Everyone put the same things together, and the peas weighed exactly one hundred kilograms together, and the red beans weighed a little less, just over twenty kilograms, but it was enough.

Put the vegetables directly into the sacks, put the eggs in the basket, and fill them with sawdust so that they won't break.

After everything was ready, everyone went back to the house to sleep.

It was already Haishi (21:00-23:00) when Su Ziling was lying on the bed. The room was pitch dark, but the moon outside was exceptionally bright. The clear nightlight enveloped the village quietly.

Her ears were filled with the sound of insects, but she didn't feel the noise. As soon as she lay down on the bed, her brain automatically shut down.

Su Ziling fell asleep when she lay down, but Li Peilan and his wife couldn't fall asleep.

It was not the middle of winter in the house. Mother Su sighed, and Father Su patted her on the back, "Don't think about it, go to bed quickly. I have to make some food for the child early tomorrow morning. I don't think she will be able to get up." Come here, it’s been a tiring day and more than two hours of walking.”

Mother Su said "Yeah" and turned over, but she couldn't fall asleep. "It's dark, it's a mountain road, the temperature is low, and the road is not easy to walk. Why don't we let her go after dawn? It's just a morning." , there’s nothing to delay.”

Su's father also sighed, "This girl has a big idea. She probably won't listen to what we say. She might not have been so anxious before buying a shop. Now that she has bought a shop, she doesn't have much money left. She I feel very panicked.”

"Go to bed quickly. There are so many things that neither she nor Xiaojiu can take. We will send her out of the mountain. It will probably be dawn when we get to Sangshuping. We can just rent an ox cart then. It won't be a big problem."

After listening to Su's father's words, she relaxed a little and responded vaguely, but she still couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

She was probably remembering that Su Ziling would have to get up before dawn to go to the county, so she didn't sleep well. She just fell into a daze when she suddenly woke up. She got up and took a look, but it wasn't time yet. , went back to sleep.

Repeatedly, she got up when the rooster crowed for the first time at the beginning of Mao Shi (5:00).

Listening to the rustling sounds in the room, Su's father rubbed his eyes and opened them with difficulty, "Are you up?"

"Yeah," Su's mother responded, "Get up and cook some food for her. We have to be on the road before dawn. I'll probably be busy again when we get to the county. I don't know when I'll be able to eat."

Su's father also turned over and got out of bed. He yawned while getting dressed, "Let me help you light the fire, and by the way, see if she has got all her things."

"That's okay, just be gentle."

The couple got up lightly. After Su's mother was washing, Su's father went into the room and lit the fire pit. The dark kitchen was immediately illuminated by the firelight.

Time was too tight and she didn't have time to make anything too complicated, so Su's mother simply followed Su Ziling's example and cooked a pot of lacquered preserved egg and green vegetable porridge.

Before dawn, everyone was woken up one after another by the aroma of lacquered preserved egg and green vegetable porridge.

When Su Ziling got up, Su's father and the others had already packed everything. Afraid of not having enough firewood to burn, Mr. Su bundled two more bundles, planning to let the oxen carry them later.

"Mom, you guys got up so early!" She yawned. She didn't sleep enough, and her eyes were still a little swollen at this time.

"It's still dark and it's cooler in the mountains. I thought I'd cook some porridge for you to keep you warm. If you don't eat it now, I'm afraid you won't have time to eat when you go to the county."

Su A took out a ladle of hot water and washed her face, "The water in the morning has started to get cold now. I'll give you some hot water."

Mr. Su tied the two sacks of peas tightly, "How many of these peas did you bring with you? Are you going to cook them or eat them?"

"It's used to make thin soybean flour and soybean milk. Bring forty or fifty kilograms first. You can bring it to me in two days when you are free. I remember that we also have a small stone mill at home? We will take it with you later. This one is needed. It's polished with a stone grinder." Su Ziling replied while washing.

"It's a small stone mill. I'll look for it. It hasn't been used for many years. It's probably all dust."

This stone mill was also made by the old man. There were many people in the family, and the stone mill was too small, so grinding things was a bit time-consuming. Later, the old man made a larger one, so that one was useless and was left in the corner to collect dust.

"Second brother, come and help me." Mr. Su opened the thing and revealed the stone mill underneath. It weighed only about eighty kilograms and was just right for grinding peas.

Move the stone mill to the well, wash it with corn kernels and set it aside to dry.

Time was too tight, so Su Ziling just took a few bites, picked up the eggs and was about to go out.

Qingjiu picked two sacks of green vegetables, Su's father picked the stone mill, Mr. Su picked the peas and red beans, and the rest of the miscellaneous things were handed over to his third uncle, while his third aunt helped with the cows.

Originally, Su Zizhong said he would come with him, but he had to go to Lumen Mountain to set up a stall, and he was afraid that he would be late, so he didn't let him come to deliver it.

When they arrived at Mulberry Ping, the sky began to turn pale. Su Ziling went to call Old Man Li, who was still asleep.

"Who is it?"

"Old man Li, it's me. I want to go to the county. Please give me some."

"understood."

The voice in the room was very soft. After a while, a soft light lit up in the room. Aunt Li came out and opened the door for her, "Come in quickly. Why are you so early? It's not even bright yet. You haven't even slept yet." Go to sleep."

"I'm sorry, aunt, I disturbed you." Su Ziling smiled apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay. We usually wake up, but we're just lazy and don't want to get up."

While he was talking, Old Man Li's bullock cart had already been harnessed.

After a brief exchange of greetings, they loaded the things on the oxcart, and Su's father and the others went home.

When we arrived at the county, it was already bright, and there were people walking in twos and threes on the deserted streets, while there were already a few people sitting sparsely in Su Ji Restaurant.

Without Su Ziling, the aunt and others would go much slower, and many people were urging them to load things quickly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The shopkeeper has gone home and we don't have enough manpower. I'll give you a cup of papaya glutinous rice balls as an apology."

Li Zelan brought each of them a cup of papaya tea with small glutinous rice balls in it. This was different from the free papaya tea, which did not have small glutinous rice balls.

With food, those people finally became quieter.

Li Zelan stood in the lobby, running to the door from time to time to see if Su Ziling was here.

On the deserted street, a bullock cart drove slowly. Li Zelan breathed a sigh of relief and ran out to pick up the person.

"Cousin, you are finally back, we can't handle it!"

He helped Su Ziling get off the bullock cart and watched her start moving things again after she got off.

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