Ye Jianqiu

After Gu Shulin finished speaking, he drove the carriage and left in a hurry. Sure enough, after a while, Cao Wu and his group swaggered over again, and there was another flutter in the market.

Ye Jianqiu quickly pulled the wheelbarrow and hid in the deepest part of the poplar forest. There were already several dealers hiding in the forest, and they crowded together with Ye Jianqiu, tiptoeing and watching from a distance, watching Cao Wu and his group leave. Finally, they looked left and right from the woods, and walked out slowly very vigilantly.

Ye Jianqiu asked several dealers: "Brother, do you have any salt?"

"Which one is yours?" The dealers were very wary.

"Mr. Jingshi's, I bought salt once."

Because Situ Jin was a smuggler, he didn't dare to report Situ Jin's name. If the salt dealers knew that he was from Situ's mansion, it would be strange if they didn't beat him together!

The dealers took a good look at him, and he was relieved that he still had some impression of the thin boy in front of him.

The salt dealer took out a bag of salt from the haystack behind him and a small scale: "The old rule, three copper coins and one tael."

"I want fifty copper coins, and it's cheaper to ask for more. How about 18 taels?"

Those dealers were stupid: "Others buy it for a few coppers, why do you want to buy fifty coppers? How much is this?"

The dealer asked the accomplice next to him: "How does this count?"

"You figure it out yourself! Will Mr. Jing Shi's family cheat you?" The businessman was also stupid.

The salt dealers scratched their heads. The private salt they received was only half a stone each time, and then they came to this market to sell it piecemeal. Few customers bought dozens of copper coins at a time.However, large households and merchants who need salt in bulk have their own channels to buy salt, and some people will take the initiative to send salt to their door, and there is no need to come to the market to buy salt.Therefore, these two small salt dealers were caught off guard for a while.

A peddler counted with his fingers. After a long time, he blushed and said: "Little brother, people can buy up to nine copper coins. I can't count the fifty! I won't sell it!"

"Oh my boss, how come the more you buy, the less you sell?"

The ancient scales were 16 taels per catty, so Ye Jianqiu didn't charge too much.

"Why don't you sell it! Nine copper coins are three taels, don't you weigh more times?"

The peddler who sells salt is confident.

"Brother, if someone wants to buy a catty, what will you do?"

"A catty is 16 taels, and a catty is 48 renminbi." It seems that this businessman has counted well.

"Then how much is my fifty dollars?"

"Isn't it just two dollars more, less than one tael of salt?"

The salt dealer finally came back from his fascination, and he was relieved.

Ye Jianqiu said: "According to your usual calculation, I will buy you 16 taels of salt for 17 yuan, and I will round it up to 18 taels, and I want more, so in the end I will only give you one tael of salt, fifty kuai [-] Two salts, you don't lose money."

The peddler scratched his head and said, "What is rounding... Forget it, for Mr. Jingshi's sake, this is only one time, next time follow our rules."

These traders are still trustworthy to cultural people, and Mr. Jingshi really has a lot of face.

"well."

Ye Jianqiu laughed and began to weigh the salt, and when he finished buying the salt and settled the bill before leaving, he heard the salt dealer ask the people next to him: "Is the little brother right?"

"You do the math yourself! People from Mr. Jingshi's family can still make a mistake?"

"..."

Ye Jianqiu bought salt at the market, measured the oil, weighed a bag of flour, and bought a few pieces of leather.The leather here is much cheaper than cotton cloth, and the well-tanned, soft and large leather only costs more than a dozen copper coins.After buying the skins, he went to the place where the livestock was sold, and picked some chicks. There was a ready-made chicken shed in the vegetable garden. Although the area was small, it was not a problem to raise a dozen chicks.

When he was carrying a basket of chirping little yellow chickens and tied them to his BMX, he heard someone behind him greet him timidly: "Big and small..."

When Ye Jianqiu turned around, he saw Ye Dashan in a ragged leather jacket standing pitifully behind him with a few big rabbits in his arms, looking at him with bloodshot eyes. Behind Ye Dashan was Ye Shuan, who was holding his father's arm tightly. , He shrank his head behind his father, poking his head out from time to time to peek at Ye Jianqiu with his eyes.

Ye Jianqiu said: "Have you come to Qingyang to do business? Have you eaten in the morning?"

Seeing his relatives, Ye Dashan felt aggrieved, choked up and said, "No, I went up the mountain a few days ago and finally killed a few rabbits. Today I came to the town in the village's ox cart early in the morning, and I want to exchange some money. But before it opened, half of the rabbits were snatched away by Cao Wu... Finally, a buyer came, but the price was extremely cheap, one rabbit only gave ten dollars, and the rest of the rabbits were worthless. I didn't sell it, I... I ran on the sandy mountain for several days in the wind and sun, and the skin on my feet was scalded. How can I be willing to sell it so cheap... The rabbit can't be sold, and the car money to go back is worthless. It’s not enough, what should I do?”

An imposing man wanted to shed tears as he spoke, Ye Dashan raised his arm and wiped his red eyes vigorously, and said again: "If I go home empty-handed, your mother will be scolded, she will follow me for a good day It didn’t happen! I was going to sell the rabbit to buy her a new veil, but the veil on her head is rotten..."

Ye Jianqiu looked at the rabbit that was as big as a hunting dog in his hand and sighed. The saline-alkali sandy land is full of holes made by rabbits, and they are large in size and large in number. Many farmers hunt rabbits for sale, while others sell them in advance It was peeled, opened, and cleaned up to be sold in the market.Not only is the competition fierce, but the prices are so cheap that the few fur rabbits in Ye Dashan's hands must not be sold for a high price.

Ye Jianqiu had no choice but to say: "Give me the rabbit, I will take it today."

"Big and small, you now..."

"I'm a cook in Lord Situ's mansion, in charge of cooking."

After Ye Dashan happily accepted the dozens of copper coins handed over by Ye Jianqiu, he looked at the oil, salt, flour, etc. on his wheelbarrow, and couldn't help swallowing: "There's coarse salt... Is the stone salty?"

Ye Jianqiu opened the salt bag and gave half of it to Ye Dashan. Ye Dashan put it in his arms happily and said, "Your mother will not swear when you get home now."

Ye Shuan raised his head and said pitifully to Ye Dashan, "Father, I'm hungry!"

"Why are you hungry! I got up early and drank two big bowls of broth! If I insist on coming and suffering, I won't listen to you if I tell you to stay at home!"

Ye Shuan immediately grinned and wanted to cry.

Ye Jianqiu couldn't help but lead Ye Dashan and his son to the food place, and bought them two big bowls of hot porridge and a stack of fried pancakes. Ye Dashan and his son didn't sit at the small breakfast table, but Standing in front of the stall, Shuang Shuang watched eagerly as the stall owner scooped up two bowls of steaming yellow millet porridge from the cauldron.After receiving the hot soup from the stall owner, the two of them skillfully turned the big bowl around while blowing and sucking, and soon finished the two bowls of porridge.

After finishing the porridge, Ye Dashan wiped his mouth and sighed: "This rice porridge is really delicious, thick and fragrant! Your father has also recovered, he was so hungry that he couldn't stand up just now..."

Ye Shuan was tearing at the fried pancakes, his mouth was full of oil.

Ye Jianqiu hurriedly greeted the stall owner, and packed a bunch of fried steamed buns and stewed pork for them to take home for the old man.

With a big bag of food in his arms, Ye Dashan said gratefully: "Boss, I didn't expect you to come out right! You will starve to death sooner or later if you stay in the sand nest! Your mother is walking the right way!"

Hearing this, Ye Jianqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Seeing a smile on his face, Ye Dashan talked too much: "Boss, your sister Ye Daniu has gone out, married to the old Yin's family in the village! A while ago Tiancheng's dear!"

Ye Dashan was very happy, this girl Ye received a total of ten skin beasts as a bride price!Although the in-laws also had a lot of bad debts, the two families had already agreed before they got married, and the bride passed through the door, and the family would not be divided!Let the old Yin and his wife repay those foreign debts!

"Married to a village? So close?"

"Well, how can a girl marry far away? Of course, the closer the better! If the old wooden house in the village was not destroyed by the fire, she might have married to the neighbor next door! There is no choice but to marry now. Old Yintou's house in Shiwozi at the head of the village, your mother said that the eldest girl married can take care of our family, and the son-in-law can also help with some field work. Pension!"

Seeing that Ye Jianqiu was speechless, Ye Dashan said again: "Big and small, you have to go home often to have a look. This old man is getting old, so he needs to be coaxed! Your grandfather often talks about you."

"Well, I have to find time to go, the house is strictly controlled."

Seeing Ye Jianqiu nodding, Ye Dashan smiled with satisfaction.It seems that the size is good, and he is still in charge in the mansion. If he goes home, how can he be empty-handed?Even if he came back with some fried pancakes, it was not in vain to support him!

After Ye Dashan took Ye Shuan back happily with a bag of hot food, Ye Jianqiu was not at peace. The girl who had been sitting by the stove with her head bowed all the time got married just like that...

Ye Jianqiu didn't know where he would go in the future, he touched the money in his arms, and secretly planned that when he had earned enough money, he would redeem himself from the mansion, grow flowers and vegetables, and start a small business.

Ye Jianqiu pushed the cart and walked slowly on the way back. He didn't expect that at the end of the road, there would also be a fast horse speeding towards the mansion all the way.