Luohuazhishui

In the early morning, the mist shrouded the mountains, and the sky was slightly dark. Perhaps the sun was hidden behind the mountains and the silhouette could not be seen.The rooster of the Cheng family next door started crowing as usual.

"Oh oh oh-"

The sleeping girl heard the cock crowing, and opened her eyes reflexively.After getting out of bed and getting dressed, fold the mattress neatly.The girl came to the well in the north of the small courtyard with a wooden basin, put down the hanging wooden bucket, scooped out a small half bucket of well water and poured it into the basin, put the basin on the basin stand, and picked up the wooden cup beside the basin stand made of willow branches. Soak the finished toothbrush, dip it in salt to clean your teeth, scoop water to rinse your mouth, and wash your face.The remaining water is evenly poured into the vegetable field beside the small stone wall.

After daily cleaning, light up the stove, cut half of the rabbit that was hung on the hook yesterday, sprinkle with seasoning and mix well, and stir fry after the meat oil is preheated.The fragrance was overflowing, and it happened to meet the south wind, and the fragrance floated along the window of the small kitchen to the Cheng's courtyard next door.

"Mother! Mother! I want to eat meat! I haven't touched oil or water for a month! Every day I eat boiled vegetables and rough steamed buns! How can I be successful in the future if I only eat these!"

"Oh, Jin Bao! Mother really hurts in her eyes! It's all your fault for your cumbersome sister. If it weren't for her, our family would definitely be able to eat meat without having a mouth. How could we be like this, my poor son. "

Cheng Jinbao had heard this story since he was a child, and in his mind, he had long regarded his sister as a burden just like his parents.Today, he could smell the meat again but couldn't eat it. He wished his sister would get married and get some dowry money so that she could buy meat when she came back.

get married?Cheng Jinbao had an idea.To say that although this Cheng Luohua was not considered a beauty, she was pretty, gentle and fresh.Moreover, Wang Jiadong, the son of Wang Mazi's family at the head of the village, seemed to have some interest in Cheng Luohua.Every time he sees Cheng Luohua, he has to step forward to tease her.Claiming to marry back home as a wife.

Cheng Jinbao thought to himself: "Why don't you go to the village and ask Brother Dong, get rid of this burden earlier, and exchange some money to spend." '

After breakfast, Cheng Jinbao hurried out.

"Hey, Jinbao! Where are you going!" Cheng Jinbao's mother yelled from a distance, holding the door frame with her hand, but Qin Shulan, who didn't get a response, was so upset that she just saw Cheng Luohua coming out of the firewood room.

"What are you looking at! Hurry up and go to the fields with your father to collect wheat! A burden!"

Chen Zhishui, who was eating in the small kitchen, listened to a series of conversations between Cheng's family in the south courtyard.

Shaking her head slightly, she can't take care of this nosy business, there are too many such women in this era.When I met it, I just sighed.

The sun rose slowly between the two mountains.It's already June.Chen Zhishui went to the field to harvest wheat after breakfast.It took about 5 minutes to walk south from home to the field.

Most of the land in the village is not bought, but reclaimed by themselves.Except for the Wang family, all families have one mu of land.From east to west, there are Wang's family, Qin's family, Cheng's family, and Chen's family. Wang's family land is at the east end of the village, and Chen Zhishui's family land is at the west end. There is an unnamed river not far away.

When Chen Zhishui arrived in the field, several villagers nearby had already collected a bunch.At the end of the contract, these grains will be harvested for at least a week.You have to go to the city and hire a few laborers to collect them together, put them in the yard to dry for a week, and then move them to the warehouse for three months before they can be taken out to grind flour.

In fact, Chen Zhishui didn't have to be so busy. She has an invisible portable space, and she can take out or put things in at will just by consciousness.But there are not many things stored in it, they are all strange little objects collected in modern times.Some can't be taken out at will.

But the only advantage is that there are mountains and water in the space, which looks like a small world, where you can grow some fruits and vegetables. The existing food in the space is sweet potatoes and corn, and the only fruits are apples and pears.Think about it, it was all there in the first place.There are not many of them, just a few here and there.Chen Zhishui always threw weird things into it, and because she wouldn't be hungry, she never cared about their growth.

But now in this world, it seems that these unnecessary things suddenly become more important, and as far as she knows, no one in this world has grown high-yield grains such as corn and sweet potatoes.

But Chen Zhishui didn't want to show it directly to attract attention.Instead, I want to go step by step and plant some sweet potatoes on the mountain first.Wait for the sweet potatoes to grow for a year and a half before planting them in their own vegetable fields.

Don't worry about being discovered, because the only villages around Beishan are Mu's Village, and the Orion in Mu's Village is only the Chen family.The mountain road is steep and treacherous, and many villagers have fallen to their deaths.Usually no one will go up the mountain casually.

Now the main thing is to go to the city to hire a few laborers to harvest wheat.But no matter what, the family only has a consistent amount of money left, and it costs 50 copper coins a day to hire labor, and 7 copper coins for 350 days.

The usual money is only 1000 Wen, and there is not much left after the labor is hired.

In fact, it is not necessary to hire labor to pull the wheat. Like the Cheng family, there are more family members. After harvesting the wheat, they borrow a donkey cart and pull it back. But the family is alone, so how tired they are.

In the past, the original owner also hired people to do this. Every time the grain was harvested and put into the warehouse, plus the [-]% tax paid, the grain sold would not make much money, so they had to go hunting in the mountains.It has been maintained like this for three years year after year, and there is no loss if you don’t make any money. The family will always be so consistent.

Chen Zhishui didn't plan to accept it today.I want to see how other people are doing.By the way, go east to the city to see if the things in the space can be exchanged for some money.Hire a few more laborers and come back tomorrow to harvest the wheat.

As soon as he got to Cheng's place, he saw Cheng Damai pointing at his nose and scolding his daughter. Chen Zhishui couldn't understand what he was saying.Cheng Luohua could only see her head hanging down, her shoulders shrugged as if she was sobbing.And Cheng Jinbao was sitting on the ground beside him, tilting his head and shaking his legs while holding something in his mouth.

Chen Zhishui moved closer.I heard part of it clearly.It seems that the village ruffian Wang Jiadong wants to marry Cheng Luohua.The Wang family gave ten copper coins and two catties of pork as dowry gifts.Cheng Damai was very satisfied with these betrothal gifts.He happily ran over to inform Cheng Luohua, but never thought that Cheng Luohua didn't know good from bad.Say nothing and don't want to marry.

It's beyond her control.Cheng Damai also took the money and the meat.It is also a great thing to send out a burden.So he started to scold Cheng Luohua.It was the scene Chen Zhishui saw when he first arrived.

Cheng Damai scolded until his mouth was dry, and finally stopped.As soon as he looked up, he saw Chen Zhishui standing there. Out of his mind, he thought that Chen Zhishui was having an affair with Cheng Luohua, that's why Cheng Luohua was arguing not to marry.It must be that Wang Jiadong ran over to beg him to marry his daughter to him after hearing the letter of dowry from Wang Jiadong.

It's not fucking okay.The family has always been poor and poor and wants to marry his own daughter. Although he can eat a few bites of meat, he is still poor in the end.Selling his daughter to him is really not worth it.

The more Cheng Damai thought about it, the more he felt that he was at a disadvantage, pointing at Chen Zhishui and began to scold: "What are you looking at, little bastard?"

"Do you think my daughter can marry a poor man like you!"

"Father and mother's thing, hurry up and roll!"

"Don't try to marry my daughter!"

Chen Zhishui turned around and left angrily, thinking: "Bah, who cares?"

It was the first time for Chen Zhishui to be pointed at and scolded in such a big way, so it can be said that he was quite angry.But at the same time, she felt sorry for Cheng Luohua.

It is very unfortunate for such a gentle girl to marry a ruffian who is idle all day long.

Chen Zhishui walked out of the village for half an hour before seeing the city gate, and it was about ninety o'clock in the morning by looking at the sun.

The characters on the plaque above the city gate were the same as the traditional characters that Chen Zhishui knew.It says Nanning Yongji City.

Nanning should be the name of the country, and Yongji City is the name of the city.

Chen Zhishui waited in line for a few minutes before being let in after inspection.I asked a passerby to inquire about the largest pawn shop in the city.It is said that you will arrive at the end along the road all the way north.

It's not too far, maybe ten minutes away. "Yonghui Pawn" is this.

"Guest officer, do you want to pawn or redeem?"

The shopkeeper has a fat head with big ears and a simple and honest face. When he smiles, his eyes narrow into a crooked slit.

"pawn"

"Guest officer, do you want to live or die?"

"Damn it"

Chen Zhishui thought that those things were useless, so he did so.

"Can you show me something?"

Seeing that Chen Zhishui hesitated, the shopkeeper turned around and sent the clerk out.

"Degui, go to the backyard and make a pot of tea"

"Hey, that's good, shopkeeper."

Seeing this, Chen Zhishui thought to herself that she was indeed a businessman with good eyesight.She just didn't want the strange thing she took out to attract others' attention, so she hesitated.

"Treasurer please see"

Chen Zhishui took out the peony porcelain plate that was packed in a wooden box in her sleeve. This was the most unremarkable thing among her many collections and the closest to the culture of this era.

The fat shopkeeper took out the disk and studied it.

"Tsk tsk, the craftsmanship of this object is quite exquisite. Not to mention Yongji City, even Nanning does not have many such fine painters. I think it must have come from the hands of famous artists. Can you dare to ask, this Craftsman, who is it?"

Chen Zhishui's heart skipped a beat, and she cursed secretly.

"Hehe. This thing was made by a friend of my father. This person only fired five high-quality porcelain plates in his life. One was given to my father, and the other four are now missing. As for the name, I was too young at that time. I can't remember clearly Well, if it wasn't for the poor life, I wouldn't have pawned such a valuable thing. The shopkeeper, let's see, how much is this thing worth?"

The fat shopkeeper stroked his hair and said, "As far as I can see, the craftsmanship is exquisite, but it's not a complete set. It doesn't have much collection value, and it's worth it as a precious ornament. 70 taels of silver, what do you think the guest officer thinks?" ?”

The author has something to say:

Chen Zhishui: "Bah, it's not rare"

Cheng Luohua: Smile softly

Chen Zhishui: "..." She looked away.

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Converting 70 taels into RMB is almost [-] yuan. The price seems to be reasonable for luxury decorations.

The only thing I can't bear is Chen's family background. The usual money is almost 500RMB, which seems a bit miserable. 233 How can I live without a golden finger?