North and South groceries

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month in the eighth year of Zhenguan, the weather was still very cold. At noon on this day, the wind stopped a little, so Luo Yong set up a ladder and climbed to the roof to clear the snow.

Most of the houses at this time had thatched roofs. The snow had accumulated thickly. If the snow was not swept in time, it would be very exciting if the roof collapsed at night.

This job of sweeping snow is more dangerous. On the Luo family side, Luo Yong is doing the sweeping by himself, so don't let them come up to them. Occasionally, Lin Wulang will come to help him sweep it.

The old couple of the Lin family have gotten better recently, and they didn't stop Lin Wulang from running to the Luo family.

Two days ago when Lin Wulang was going out, Mother Lin asked him where he was going, and Wulang said he would come to Luo's house to help sweep the roof, so Mother Lin told him to be careful, and told him to bring some vegetables, saying It's because the Luo family doesn't have a cellar, so they can't eat any vegetables at this time.

Scanning and scanning, I suddenly heard a child shouting at the entrance of the village: "Boss Wang and the others are back!"

Not long after, Luo Yong really saw a group of bearded and dusty men coming in from the entrance of the village, and saw that their carts were full of goods, Luo Yong knew that it must be his dates, so he quickly got off the ladder.

"Is this trip going well?" When the group of them reached the small slope in front of Luo's house, Luo Yong also greeted them. On the other side, Wang Dang's wife was also running this way.

The location of their yard is higher than that of Luo's house, and they have to go through the dirt road in front of Luo's house to get in and out.

"Hahaha! This time we really had good luck. The batch of goods just entered the city, and they were distributed by several merchants without any setbacks." Wang Dang's big face was reddened by the cold wind. , At this time, the smile was all over the face, and the speech was also particularly loud.

"Is the family okay?" Wang Dang's wife also came over at this time.

"Don't worry, everything is fine. I have visited both sides and left some money and food for them," Wang Dang said.

"That's good, that's good." Wang's daughter-in-law also expressed relief.

Although they came out by themselves, the old people are still there. They are so far away, and it takes several days to come and go. To put it bluntly, even if an old man in the family passes away, they will not get news for a while. , Now it is the time of Chinese New Year, how can we not miss it.

"Is this cart full of dates?" Luo Yong asked.

"Exactly." Wang Dang still had an uncontrollable joy on his face. This time, they really earned a lot, much more than being porters.

"We've come here, why not go in and measure it now?" Luo Yong asked with a smile.

"Okay! Let's measure it now!" Now that they have measured the date, they will be able to settle their accounts when they go back later.

"I'll go back and make some food for you first." Wang was also very happy as his daughter-in-law.

"Let's go." Wang Dang agreed.

A group of people entered the courtyard, Luo Yong took rice buckets out, and measured all the red dates one by one.

"It's three dendrobium and seven and a half dou in total, right?" Luo checked the amount and confirmed with everyone that these red dates are 37 and a half dou in total, and ten dou is one dendrobium, so it is three dendrobium and seven and a half dou.

"That's right, that's right, it's fine for the small half-double, and it's enough to count as three hu and seven dou." When Luo used the dates just now, these people were all watching. They have to wipe it over with their hands to wipe off the excess, and refuse to take advantage of them in the slightest.

"I heard that the price of wheat in the city is 72 Wen a bushel recently, and a bucket of dates is the same price as a bucket of wheat. So, you are cheaper than me, even if it is seven Wen a bucket, is it suitable?" Luo Yong asked again.

"It's suitable, but I and the others took advantage of Sanlang." If their jujubes were taken to Lishi County by themselves, they might not be sold for seven renminbi a bucket, and they had to be picked and picked by others. Those who are willing to give copper coins and give you some corn and miscellaneous grains, they have to keep the grains for themselves to eat, but it is difficult to exchange them for money. If they take them to the grain shop, they will have to be lowered.

"Sanqi 21, Sanhu jujube is 210 qian, Qiqi 49, and the other seven dou is 49 qian, which adds up to 250 qian, and the remaining half dou is counted as a penny to add to me. The total is 260 yuan." Luo Yong calculated the price of the dates in detail for everyone to hear.

"How can this be done? Count it as 250 Wen." It was Yang Dalang who reacted quickly, and when the other men were still confused by these numbers, he quickly said it.

"Yes, 250 yuan is enough." Wang Dang also realized at this time, and said quickly.

His arithmetic is not very good, but when they collected these dates, they spent a total of less than [-] yuan. He knew this very well. The brothers also ate some on the way. Some of them are reserved for his wife and children.

The six of them traveled back for less than four days. With these dates alone, each of them could earn more than two Wen a day, which was enough.

After all, the jujubes are still small, and they are light in the car, so it is not difficult to transport them all the way. The goods transported from Lishi County to Dinghu County are the big ones, and they really made a fortune this time.

Because Wang Dang and others insisted, the last batch of dates was counted as 250 Wen, which was cheaper than what Luo used to buy in the county. There is a profit, and generally speaking, both parties are very satisfied.

The last time Luo Yong paid Wang Dang and others on credit, but it was not so much. At this time, Wang Dang took out a bag of copper coins from a cloth bag in the car, and gave the rest of the money to Luo Yong on the spot.

After paying the purchase price, the brothers pushed the cart back to their yard. As soon as they thought of the so many coins left in the cloth bag, they all cheered up.

Ignoring the dust and dirt all over my body, I will divide the money as soon as I get back to the yard, without counting, just send it to you and me, round by round, until the last few are not enough for them Each person distributed one, and they gave the dolls to Boss Wang and asked them to buy snacks. It seems that Wang Dang is the boss, after all, it is a bit of a benefit.

"Hurry up, hurry up and wash it, the kangs in every house have been burned for you, and the kettles are full of water."

Wang Dang's daughter-in-law was pouring hot water into the barrel at this time. Needless to say, the hot water was naturally prepared for Wang Dang, and their family was currently living in this house.

"Hey, thank you sister-in-law." Everyone knew that his husband and wife were about to talk, so they left the house happily, and each found a room to take a bath.

"You came back just in time, Sanlang should be killing pigs tomorrow."

"It just so happens that we can also earn some meat to eat."

"After washing and eating, let's rest early."

"Hey."

"Let me see how much money you have divided."

"You count it."

"What did my mother say?"

"Just say that you don't need to worry about your family, just tell us to take care of ourselves."

"When my health is better, I will also run with you, and I can go back to have a look from time to time."

"Forget it in winter, let's talk about it in spring next year."

As Wang Dang's daughter-in-law was talking, she separated the copper coins on the table into piles of five and five, and piled them together again in twos. More than 40 articles were written!

"The batch of goods was sold over there earlier, and those brothers and I each shared [-] Wen, and took them home." Wang Dang said to her again at this time.

"Really!" After such a good deal, wouldn't it be possible to earn more than six fen a day?

It's no wonder that Wang Dang and the others thought about shipping and selling their own goods two years ago. Shipping goods by themselves is really much more profitable than being a porter for others.

But last time, he didn't go to the right place and caused harm to others. This time, he only travels between Lishi County and Dinghu County, so it should be safe.

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The next day was New Year's Eve, Wang Dang and others didn't take over the work, they just killed a pig for Luo Sanlang, got some offal, bought some more with their own money, and bought a lot of mutton with a family in the village , After working hard for so many days, it is time to make up for it.

In Luo's house, Dongpo pork was boiled on the kangs in several houses. They wanted to cook the pig before the year before, so they didn't have to do this work in the first few days of the new year.

They don't have much fancy for Chinese New Year here, just every household has to light firecrackers, cook some delicious food, and after New Year's Day, they have to rest for a few days.

It was said that they wanted to keep the year old, how could the children keep it, and when their stomachs were full, before eight or nine o'clock, their heads started to sleep little by little, so Luo Yong told them to go to bed.

He himself lit an oil lamp, warmed a pot of turbid wine, took out a book from the space, and sat on the kang to read it slowly. What he used to think was boring, but now he read it with great interest, because of this His spiritual life is really barren.

At Zishi, the sound of burning firecrackers came from the village one after another, and Luo Yong also ran to the yard to burn bamboo branches.

The iron bamboo is very hard, I dare not burn the big bamboo joints, for fear of blowing up my house, I only dare to pick the thinner bamboo branches and put them on the fire one by one to burn.

First the fire was lit, and then the green smoke rose again.

"Bang! Bang, bang!" The sound of burning carnations was not at all like the sound of firecrackers in later generations. The bang, bang, sounded like Luo Yong had lit dynamite in his own yard.

"Bang bang bang! Bang bang!" The sound of firecrackers in the village stopped, but the courtyard of Luo's house was still ringing.

"Brother, why is it still ringing?" Goro was woken up, wrapped in a rabbit fur coat, rubbing his eyes, and came out of his and Liulang's room.

"Brother put more bamboo, you go to bed first, it will be fine soon." Luo Yong comforted.

Goro listened to his words, and soon went into the house to sleep again.

Luo Yong looked at his back as he entered the house, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful that he would be able to buy him some food for the Chinese New Year.If it were in the 21st century, it would not be the computer game consoles that you can play casually, you can buy delicious and fun ones, and you can take them to the aquarium playground...

Thinking of this playground, Luo Yong remembered something again. After setting off the firecrackers and returning to his room, he took out a pen and paper to draw on the kang table.

If this thing is made, it will surely contribute to this fellowship.

The author has something to say:

Guess what Luo Sanlang thought of again?

New Year's Day: The first day of the first lunar month was also called New Year's Day, New Year's Day, and Sui Ri at that time.

Kaiyuan Tongbao: In the fourth year of Wude, the currency promoted by Li Yuan at that time, one coin weighs one coin.

Then I thought about it again, using time alone as a title is a bit boring, as suggested by a boob in the comment area, time and events should be alternated~