daily struggle in ancient times

The two children didn't know the news of the Huo family's move. After knocking outside the Huo family's old house for a long time, they were led to the new house by the villagers.

Aunt Huo hadn't seen her two grandsons for a long time, and she was still thinking about it. She couldn't help but turn red when she saw them, and looked at Wei Yun with a little anxiety, the imploring meaning in her eyes was almost thickened into substance.

Wei Yun knew in her heart that she wanted him to say something nice to the two children in front of Huo Cheng.

The two children were dirty and thinner than when they left. Aunt Huo felt distressed and hurriedly found food for them.

Aunt Gu happened to be at Huo's house, and she couldn't help curling her lips when she saw her like this: "Your mother-in-law is really not a wink, no matter how much Huo Jiang and his wife get along, they still love the child. The child is always a child. It's normal for them to look the same every day and lose a little weight. Compared with Brother Tong'er, they are so different. But these two children don't know anything, and they are innocent after all."

Wei Yun smiled, but did not answer.

Aunt Gu also knew that it was difficult for him to say anything, so she lowered her voice and said, "Their parents are bastards, but the child is always innocent. You have also broken off your relationship now, just treat it as a village child, and just give it a meal. When will Dacheng come back?"

Wei Yun nodded with a smile, "I know, he has been out for a while, and he will be back soon."

This matter is not up to him. Huo Cheng was the one who was hurt and stabbed. This matter always depends on his thoughts, and no one else is important.

Only then did Aunt Gu feel relieved, and put away the work in hand, "Okay, then I'll go back first, and you should be careful, children are skinny, and you should be careful not to be bumped into."

Seeing that Wei Yun agreed, she took her things and left.

Huo Cheng came back very quickly. When they entered the house, the two children hadn't finished eating a bowl of cakes. Seeing the two children were there, they subconsciously went to look for the little husband.

Seeing Wei Yun sitting on the stool sewing clothes, he felt relieved.

These two children are not worry-free, spoiled by Huo Jiang and his wife, Huo Cheng is really afraid that Wei Yun will be bumped into.

As soon as Aunt Huo saw him coming back, she hurried up to greet him, and carefully discussed with him: "These two children ran back by themselves, and those two who killed thousands of knives did not know where they went. They are really hungry. Yes, Mother won't let them stay longer, just have a meal."

Huo Cheng lowered his eyes, and said without emotion: "One meal is fine, if you have more, I can't afford so many mouths now."

Aunt Huo agreed, and hurriedly went to work on lunch.

Huo Cheng unloaded the burden from his shoulders. It rained yesterday, and all the fungus on the mountain came out. He went up to the mountain to pick it early in the morning. He wanted my husband to try it for a different taste. I'm afraid it would be boring to eat mutton soup all the time. Tired of eating.

Over there, he stuffed his younger brother with one hand and stuffed himself with the other. The dog stared at him, wondering what he was thinking.When the cakes in the bowl were finished, the child ran over, pretending to be calm, and said: "I, I just came back to have a meal with Brother Ran. My father and the others don't know where they have been recently. After eating we just go."

He hasn't had a very good time during this time. This child is the only kid in the family. He used to be the most favored among the children. Everything in the family is close to him.When I first moved out of the village, although the environment had changed, I didn't suffer much, and my life was even more nourishing than before.

His mother used to hold the silver in her hand, but she kept the money. She was afraid that Aunt Huo and Brother Tong would be cheap, so she always secretly made a small cooking stove for the two children. It doesn't seem like after moving out, there is no need to sneak around. His mother is really generous. a period of time.

But this kind of life didn't last too long. As his father came back later and later, his mother lost the intention of cooking for them, and ran after his father's ass every day. It's hungry and full.

Children don't know shame, and Huo Jiang and his wife really didn't teach them what to do. Sometimes the two children would stare at other people's houses when they were very hungry, and they would steal when they were hungry.

After being held down a few times and hit a few more times, he gradually realized what was good and bad. His previous domineering and unreasonable temper was much better. It's all better.

The two of them were really hungry today, and he used to get some whatever to fill their stomachs, but the rice and noodles at home had run out, and his mother was too busy fighting with his father to buy them.

The two children who have known each other in the city for the past few days have bored them to death. It is unrealistic to expect to fill their stomachs from them, and the rest who do not know each other will not help them.

Goudan is also a courageous person. After thinking about it, he thought of Aunt Huo. He led Ran and his two brothers squatting at the gate of the city, and he had the cheek to rub the villagers' cars back.

He knew that Huo Cheng didn't want to see their family. Although Aunt Huo loved them dearly, the third uncle was undoubtedly the head of the family.

Huo Cheng didn't know what happened, but the child was more pleasing than last time he saw it. They were just two little dolls, they couldn't eat much, and they could still gain a good reputation, so he agreed in a low voice.

Brother Tong didn't pay any attention to this cousin who bullied him, but his attitude towards Brother Ran was not bad. After all, they were both the ones who were ignored at home. The difference was only in the degree of strength.

He was always wary of Goudan, and stayed by Wei Yun's side all day, for fear that Goudan would be mischievous and do something bad.

Uncle treats him so well, he is still pregnant with his younger brother, and younger brother Wei is not around, so he must take good care of Uncle.

But it didn't take long for Brother Tong to feel that Goudan had been transferred.

People who used to not help their brooms when they fell down at home would now clean up the table?Still sweeping the floor?Will you still take care of Brother Ran?

Although the table was not cleaned cleanly, the floor was not swept clean, and Brother Ran took care of it so-so, but he did the right thing, which is simply shocking.

Huo Cheng watched coldly, and after a while after dinner, when Goudan led his younger brother and said he was going home, he didn't say anything.

The Tong family happened to come to pick up the meat today, and Huo Chengcheng asked the other party to bring it back to the city for the two of them.

Although Aunt Huo was heartbroken, she also knew that Huo Cheng had done the right thing. This relative who had lost his relationship was no different from other families in the village. One meal was fine, and no one wanted to have more.

She still couldn't let it go, so she stuffed the two children with a dozen copper coins, which was the wages Huo Cheng paid her for her help making bacon and pastries every day.

The rest of the Huo family didn't know who these two children were, but they knew what they could ask and what they couldn't, so the arrival of these two children didn't cause any waves in the Huo family.

The weather is hot recently and it's getting dark lately. The Huo family stayed in the yard to enjoy the cool as usual after dinner.

Fengcheng's watermelon is famously delicious, and Gou Lao Liu is quite good at it, so Huo Cheng asked the shopkeeper Tong to buy some seeds and plant them.

There are basically no watermelons that can be grown locally, and most of them are imported from other places. The price is quite high, but this thing is indeed a good thing to quench your thirst in summer.

Huo's family planted this in several pieces of sand. From the beginning, the family took turns guarding the field. After all, it was about to mature now. Huo Chengcheng asked Gou Lao Liu to pick the best ripe one, and let the big guy Try something new first.

The flesh of the melon is red and the rind is clean. Although the area next to the rind is not yet red, Wei Yun couldn't help drooling because of the unique fragrance of watermelon.

Seeing this, Huo Cheng took out a small bowl from the stove, raised his hand and scooped out the sweetest piece of melon heart, put it in and handed it to Wei Yun.

Wei Yun was a little embarrassed, "How can this be, everyone wants to eat."

Gou Lao Liu chuckled, "Brother-in-law, you can eat it. There are so many in the field, and you can eat it anytime. It's just a melon heart. What's the point?"

Gou Fulang on the side also smiled and said: "That's the reason, I dare not say anything else, the old six kinds of melons are still very good, and they are all top-notch in our ten miles and eight towns. This year's weather is good, this watermelon is definitely good. It's sweet, try it!"

Wei Yun smiled embarrassedly, and then slowly started eating with the bowl in hand.

What Gou Fulang said is right, watermelon is very sweet, this kind of sweetness is different from other sweetness, it will not be boring at all.

Especially the melon has been soaked in the cold well water, and after taking a sip of it, the coolness completely penetrates the bottom of my heart, and the faint heat disappears without a trace in an instant, which is very comfortable.

Huo Cheng narrowed his eyes when he saw him eating, he obviously liked it very much, and was very happy in his heart.

The melon was not big, and one person couldn't share much. Seeing that he liked it, Huo Cheng dug the red part of the melon for Wei Yun and ate the part next to the rind.

Wei Yun was reluctant at first, but Huo Cheng insisted that with so many people present, it was not easy to argue with him, so he had to give up.

Afterwards, he ate so many melons, but he always felt that they were not as sweet as the first time.

When the watermelons were slightly more ripe, Huo Chengcheng went to shopkeeper Feng with two melons.

Shopkeeper Feng's surprised eyes almost popped out, "I said, brother, can you grow these things?"

"Can't it be planted?" Huo Cheng asked.

"Okay! Great! How can it be bad!"

In summer, this is a magic weapon for relieving the heat. No matter if you are a wealthy family or a commoner, everyone likes this thing very much.

But there are no local ones, and the food is transported by caravans from other places. Not to mention that they are not fresh. In order to make the melons last longer, many melons are picked when they are not particularly ripe. How can the taste be so fresh and ripe? The just right good.

Shopkeeper Feng rubbed his hands, as if he saw a lot of ingots flying towards him: "How do you plan to sell this melon?"

"Profit is three to seven." This is very different from medicinal materials and sugar, which ordinary people can't afford. Watermelons can be bought every few days even with the surname of an ordinary boss. They don't need the thread in the hands of shopkeeper Feng to sell them. go.

The reason why Huo Cheng shared [-]% of the opponent's profit was just to pull the opponent's flag and avoid trouble.

Shopkeeper Tong had expected this to happen a long time ago, so he nodded and asked, "What about the price?"

Huo Cheng: "It's the same as the price of those caravans. Our quality is better than theirs, and we can always sell them."

Shopkeeper Feng sucked his teeth, squinted his eyes and calculated: "Then it will definitely sell. Let me tell you, our products are better than theirs, and should be more expensive than what they sell."

Huo Cheng thought for a while and analyzed: "If the price is too high, the big guys would rather buy the ones shipped from other places. After all, there are still a few rich people. And the price is too high. What if we plant more in the future? I think this city The wealthy households here are not as good as everyone who can eat."

Shopkeeper Feng nodded in agreement, pondered for a while, and discussed with Huo Cheng: "Then why don't we divide the watermelons into different grades like the medicines in this cabinet, and choose those that are big, round and good-looking to sell to others?" Those who have money, how about selling the rest to others? Anyway, most of the melons brought over from other places are not good-looking, and everyone is half-baked, so there is nothing wrong with it.”

Huo Cheng thought about it for a while, thought it was not bad, and agreed.

In the summer of this year, the people of Ping County discovered that there was a watermelon stand in front of Huichun Hall in the city. The watermelons sold were sweet, juicy, and very fresh, but there were not many sold every day, and some people could not buy them. .

Watermelon has a lot of water, weighs well but doesn’t take up the stomach, and if there are many people and not short of money, they can consume two or three watermelons a day. However, these people buy the best-looking and most expensive ones carefully selected by Huo Cheng and the others. More than twice as expensive as ordinary watermelons.

But this group of people still think this is a manifestation of their status, and they don't care about these dozens of texts at all. As long as the watermelon in the field is ripe, there is no one that cannot be sold.And those who don't look very good don't worry about selling, the Huo family makes a lot of money.

Huo's family had sandy land. Later, Huo Cheng bought a few more acres when he planned to grow watermelons. The ten or so acres of the lowest-grade fields earned more money than the top-grade fields.

Watermelons cost eight cents a catty, and good ones can sell for eighteen cents a catty. If they are well served, the output is quite impressive.

It's not halfway through the summer, and the Huo family earned more than 400 taels of silver from selling watermelons alone. After deducting the cost, they made a net profit of 400 taels, not to mention the one or two thousand catties left in the field.

Although the taste of the late crop melons is not as good as before, and the price will be slightly lower, but as far as the current 400 taels is concerned, the Huo family's finances, which have been somewhat tight, have finally been filled again.

With money, Wei Yun thought about buying a small shop in the town.

The pastry business has always been stable. Like bacon, although it is not a huge profit, it is a steady business.

Wei Yun has long thought of buying a small shop, but the money is not easy to get. Now it is perfect. Even if the shop is not used by the family in the future, it is best to rent it out or sell it. He has observed it. The shops in the city are getting more expensive every year.

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