North and South groceries

Tian Chonghu returned to the village when it was completely dark outside, took someone else's ox cart into the entrance of the village, and then got off to Luo Sanlang's house.

"Why is it so late?" Luo Yong heard the knock on the door, opened the courtyard door to let him in, and then reached out to take the pannier on his back, and it wobbled in his hand, which was quite heavy.

"That car moves slowly." Tian Chonghu followed Luo Yong into the yard with two cloth bags in his hands.

"There will be a lot of wool harvested in the future, you can send someone to bring some back first." Luo Yong told him.

"That means paying the fare again." Tian Chonghu curled his lips, thinking that there was no need to do that at all. Anyway, he was returning by car, so he didn't ask him to carry it all the way back.

These days, he goes to the city alone to collect wool. Before, there were other children in the village who were bored and willing to go with him. These days, there are very few of them.

Those who make tofu in the village have been very busy recently. Those who don’t make tofu, some carry tofu and fermented bean curd to sell, and some vacate their houses for others. When the adults are busy, the children have to help, and they don’t need help. The children are basically too young, and Tian Chonghu doesn't need them.

The evening before yesterday, when he came to hand over the wool, Luo Yong told her that there was an ox cart going to the county seat in the morning of the next day, and the man was staying at Yao's house, and he had already made an arrangement with someone to let him go there early. , don't be too late.

Then early yesterday morning, Tian Chonghu went to Yao's house to wait for the ox cart to ride, which was not in vain. When the man came to Luo Yong to buy fermented bean curd, Luo Yong gave him some more as fare.

In the past two days, Tian Chonghu collected a lot of wool by himself in the city. Then this afternoon, when he saw someone driving an ox cart to Xipo Village to buy tofu, he ran to discuss with him and asked someone to bring him over. Let him ask Luo Sanlang for the fare.

At this time, people are still more friendly and friendly. Anyway, they come here with empty cars, and it’s okay to bring more people. When the time comes, go to Luo Sanlang’s house to buy fermented bean curd. If you mention this, the other party will thank you and give some more fermented bean curd. Just be happy.

"Oh, by the way, Qin Wuniang asked me to bring her some bean paste tomorrow." After putting away the wool, Tian Chonghu said again.

"Understood, you can rest tomorrow, I will go to the city myself." After all, he is a doll in his teens, and Luo Yong is afraid that he will be exhausted.

"Oh." Tian Chonghu wiped his nose, wondering where he needs to rest, and he has nothing to do at home. All the children in the village now have to help the family, and no one plays with him. As for his sister Tian Xiang Son, that follower is his responsibility, not a playmate.

After much deliberation, I'd better come to the yard here to help tomorrow. I heard that lunch is still in charge at noon, and I've been able to eat well these days.It's good to come over and do some work, lest the people in the village say that Luo Sanlang took care of him because he was a child, and that his family took advantage of others.

"Do you have something to eat when you go back at this time?" Luo Yong asked again.

"..." Tian Chonghu looked up at him, grinned, and said nothing.In fact, if I really want to go back on an empty stomach, there is still something to eat, and now his status at home is a little different. When I go back and shout that I am hungry, her mother has to get him something to eat, but I just made it with Luo Sanlang The food is definitely incomparable.

Seeing him like this, Luo Yong had no choice but to cook for him. He was just a little doll in his teens who ran outside for two days for you. It was getting dark before returning to the village. It was so cold, he Can you have the nerve to ask people to go back hungry?

At this time, there were no ingredients at home, so Luo Yong beat two eggs, mixed some batter, and fried two egg pancakes for him. The lard was gone, so just put some sesame oil on it, and the only thing left in the clay pot A few garlic leaves were also torn off, and some miso was applied on it, and it smelled very fragrant.

After Tian Chonghu finished eating the omelette with hot water, Luo Yong sent him to the gate of the courtyard: "Do you want me to take you back?"

"Okay, you can go back." Tian Chonghu waved his hand, and with his small body, he still wanted to see himself off.

"Then don't run on the road, the road should be frozen by now." Luo Yong instructed.

"Oh." Tian Chonghu responded perfunctorily, and disappeared into the night in a few moments.

Tian Chonghu only felt that Luo Sanlang was a bit long-winded, but he didn't know what it was like to watch such an older child walking around at night as a young man in the 21st century.

And Tian Chonghu obviously didn't take this matter seriously, this is a generation gap that has spanned a full fourteen centuries.

When Tian Chonghu returned home, his parents had already fallen asleep.

It’s getting dark right now, so if you want to light an oil lamp, you must spend a lot of oil. People here basically use sesame oil to light their lamps at night, and the vegetable oil they eat is usually sesame oil, which is the kind of hemp used for weaving. The hemp seeds that are produced, and the oil that is fried.

"Brother, did you bring me something to eat?" As soon as Tian Xianger heard the noise, she got up and asked him for something to eat.

"No." Tian Chonghu said unhappily.Just know how to eat.

"Liar, I can already smell it." Tian Xiang'er tried her best to move closer to her brother.

"I've finished eating." Tian Chonghu pulled her off him three times.

"Why don't you leave some for me..." Tian Xiang'er was disappointed.

"I'm hungry too, so I ate it all." Tian Chonghu sniffed, and his tone softened a bit.

"..." Tian Xiang'er stopped talking, brother said that he was also hungry, so there was nothing he could do.

"Did you not eat today?" After a while, Tian Chonghu asked her again.

"Eat." Tian Xiang'er hummed.

"What did you eat?" Tian Chonghu asked again.

"I ate pancakes and rice porridge," Tian Xiang'er said.

"Then are you still hungry?" Tian Chonghu asked.

"Hungry." Tian Xiang'er.

The two brothers and sisters were silent for a while, then Tian Chonghu said to his sister: "You go to Luo Sanlang's house with me tomorrow."

"..." Tian Xiang'er stopped talking.

"I'll take you there, you help Si Niang and the others, you know how to pick wool, right? I'll look at it at lunchtime, if you don't have your share, I'll share half of it with you." Tian Chonghu made the arrangement like this.

"Oh." Tian Xiang'er nodded in response.

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At Luo's house, Luo Yong was packing up the things he would bring to the city the next day.

Since he is going to the city, he must collect some wool by the way. Tian Tian Chonghu has already done enough publicity in the city these days, and the people in the surrounding villages may have to take the wool to sell after they get the news. If they don’t collect the wool tomorrow, Some people are afraid that the trip will be in vain.

He took some fermented bean curd, miso, and a small jar of soy sauce, and then took the simple steelyard that he had just made. Unexpectedly, after making this thing, Tian Chonghu didn't need it, so he had to use it himself first.

In addition, I took some wool and wool, and I had to bring more money. It must cost a lot of money to dye these wool and wool.

After thinking about it for the past two days, he didn't feel that his dyeing technology had the possibility of surpassing contemporary professionals.The so-called manual dyeing of grass and trees originally means that later generations learned from the ancient times, separated from modern industry, and dyed with ancient methods.

That being the case, he is now in the seventh century, so why bother to look far away, why not simply spend some money and ask people from the Tang Dynasty to dye for help. He has to collect dyes by himself to find out the technology.

It's just that the price cannot be lowered.

I used to watch TV and movies, and when it came to the Tang Dynasty, it was full of flowers, flowers, willows and greens. It was said that people in Tang Dynasty liked rich and colorful colors.Only when he actually came here did he realize that those who are rich and gaudy are rich people. In their countryside, most of the people wear white homemade cloth woven by themselves. For someone like him who can have a blue robe, it is considered a comparison. decent too.

There are some people in Lishi County who wear colored clothes, but the most common colors are indigo and ochre, because the dyes of these colors are relatively easy to obtain.Even if there are a few bright colors occasionally, it is by no means the eye-catching gaudy that he has seen in some types of film and television works before, but a full-bodied and rich tone.

Such clothes are absolutely valuable. Even in the 21st century, where material conditions are extremely affluent, if you want to collect so many natural dyes, such as flower petals, to dye a full set of clothes with rich and rich colors, you must That's a lot of money, let alone in the seventh century.

Early the next morning, Luo Yong packed his things and went into the city, without waiting for a ride, he just walked.

Usually, at such a time, most of the ox carts from their village to Lishi County are loaded with goods, and there are not always ox carts passing by, so it is not easy to stand on the side of the road without making an appointment with someone in advance Silly wait.

Besides, his current physique is much better than before, and the things he is carrying are not too heavy, so let's walk first, and if he encounters someone's ox cart on the road, he can sit when he can.

Luo Yong's luck was also good. He had just left for less than an hour when he met a carriage that went to his village to buy tofu. After walking more than half the distance, the speed is also much faster.

After the incident of Panhuokang last time, almost everyone in Lishi County now knows Luo Sanlang.

When he arrived in Lishi County, Luo Yong first went to Qinji Soup and Cake Shop.The soup cakes mentioned at this time are actually noodles.Qinji Soup and Cake Shop, not too big or too small, the price is reasonable and the taste is good, the business has always been very good.

When Tian Chonghu was collecting wool in the city, he was here to solve the food problem. He would record how much he ate, and Luo Yong would come to pay him the bill when the time came.

The owner of this soup cake shop had a total of five daughters, but no sons. The first four daughters were all married, and the children were all grown up.

At present, Qin Wuniang is in charge of the business in the store. This Qin Wuniang is now 25 or [-] years old. She is not yet married. She has good craftsmanship. She is quite bold in doing business, and her ability to swear is one of the best in Lishi County. .

"Hey, come? How much does this jar of sauce cost?" When Luo Yong passed by, Qin Wuniang was sitting in the living room peeling garlic.

"One liter of soy sauce costs five renminbi. This jar can hold more than five liters, so it counts as 25 renminbi." Luo Yong said and took out another small jar of soy sauce he brought: "This soy sauce costs only three renminbi per liter. , I’ll give you a try first, no money will be charged.”

"Then thank you, Saburo." Qin Wuniang happily put away the miso and soy sauce, and said, "Remember it first, and we will calculate at the end of the month."

"Okay." Luo Yong had no objection.

After leaving the Qinji Soup and Cake Shop, I went to Xueji Cloth Workshop, which is the only place in Lishi County that can handle cloth dyeing business. What Luo used to dye this time was not cloth, but wool and wool. Xue Weng said that it doesn't matter, he can also dye wool.

As for the color, Luo Yong was worried that the light color would look dirty and old, so he chose dark colors. There were not many wools, so he only chose four colors, black, bay red, ochre, and indigo, and he chose more wool. Some colors, if you want to make a wool felt carpet with bright colors, you can try to match it with more colors. At the beginning, he can try to make a few smaller cushions.

Xue Weng looked through the wool and wool that Luo Yong had brought over, and after calculating in his mind, he said, "If that's the case, you can give me six hundred Wen."

Luo Yong paused: "How about I give three hundred Wen as a deposit first?"

Xue Weng smiled and said: "It's nothing, then give half first."

Luo Yong quickly thanked: "So, thank you Xue Weng."

"You can pick it up in ten days."

"it is good."

Although Luo Yong has earned some money recently, he still spends a lot of money. The jackets worn by his brothers and sisters, the eggs in his daily life, and the meat he buys from time to time all cost money and food.

It was so easy to save a little, just to dye these wools, and it almost bottomed out at once... If I talk to Erniang and the others after I go back, I don’t know how distressed she will be, or else I’d better not say it Come on, so they don't get too stressed.

Worried in his heart, he walked towards the city gate.

Recently, Tian Chonghu always collects wool in an alley near the city gate. Everyone knows that if there is wool to sell, it will be sent there. Lishi County does not have much space anyway, and no one bothers it.So Luo Yong is going there now.

"Young gentleman, I heard that there is a Xipo village in Lishi County, which produces a kind of food called fermented bean curd, do you know?"

As soon as Luo Yong walked to the gate of the city, he was stopped by an out-of-town driver who was driving a carriage to ask for directions. When he looked up, he saw that the guy was thick-backed, dressed in a short brown collar and had an unshaven beard.

"I know." Luo Yong nodded, then raised his finger in another direction: "Go out of the city and go there, more than 40 miles away."

At this time, the door of the carriage was opened, and a healthy young man wearing a long robe and a square scarf came out from inside. He asked Luo Yong, "Do you know Luo Sanlang from Xipo Village?"

Luo Yong nodded and said, "I am Na Luo Sanlang."

Hearing what he said, the strong man driving the car burst out laughing loudly: "Hahaha! What a coincidence! So you are Na Luo's coffin board!"

Luo Yong: "..."