Deep in the bamboo forest is my home

Shen Meme took her younger brother Yang Li to pick and choose at the counter.Yang Li was boringly drawing circles on the wooden board in front of the counter.Seeing He Xiaohua in Yang Yan'er's arms, she happily broke away from Shen Momo's hand, and ran over to hug Xiaohua to play with.

Yang Yan'er and Shen Memo greeted each other, He Xiaohua was handed over to Yang Li to take care of them, and the two whispered about the style and fabric.Yang Yan'er took a fancy to a piece of sky blue cotton cloth, it was soft and comfortable, and it was most suitable for winter clothes.Yang Yan'er gestured a few times on her body, intending to buy it back to make a new dress for Boss He. In the past two years, Boss He has not added any new clothes to patronize her two little ones.

Shen Meme spoke next to him, "The material and color are good, and it's the best for winter clothes."

"Well, I just don't know if he likes it or not." As she spoke, Yang Yan'er covered her mouth and secretly looked to both sides. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she was relieved.

Shen Meme laughed, "So it was made for Boss He. The color is so good, it looks so young when you wear it."

Speaking of this, Yang Yan'er was worried again. When she first got married, Yang Yan'er wanted to buy a piece of brighter-colored material for Boss He to make clothes. Give me."

At that time, Yang Yan'er was so angry that she dropped the clothes and ignored Boss He for several days.

Yang Yan'er thought about it, sighed, and decided to give up, and choose another dark blue one, the material is still soft.Then came the winter clothes for the two little ones.Yang Yan'er did the math, she still had to buy cotton to make a quilt and quilt cover.Calculated, the silver on hand is not enough.

Shen Meme over there has already chosen, waiting at the side, seeing Yang Yan'er frowning, "There are too many tricks to choose."

"Oh, I think so. The two youngest in the family, the newly made clothes this year are all short, and they will have to make new ones next year. There is also a quilt."

Shen did the math, "It's a bit of a waste of money. Xiaozhu and Xiaohu grow up fast, making new clothes every year, and the family must not be able to bear it. Change Boss He's clothes, give Xiaozhu, Xiaozhu's clothes change Wear it for Xiaohu, just wear it, and after two years, the small pillars will grow and grow, and you can get new clothes."

Yang Yan'er thought it was reasonable, but everyone in the world didn't want to give the best to her son, but she was powerless.

After picking and choosing, Yang Yan'er finally ordered a piece of dark green fine cloth as the quilt cover.After paying the money and waiting for the shop assistant to wrap the cloth, Yang Yaner suddenly saw the shop assistant take off a sunflower basket outside the street, as if about to throw it into the back street, a strip of fine cloth was faintly visible in the gap beside the sunflower basket.Yang Yan'er's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly called her buddy to stop.

"Are these going to be thrown out?"

"Here," the owner of the cloth shop hurriedly explained to Yang Yan'er for unknown reasons, "These are leftover fabrics from cutting." The cloth shop cut out the corresponding size of cloth according to the customer's request and sold it, so a roll of cloth There is always some scrap left over. "These scraps are not even enough to make a small gown."

Yang Yan'er blinked, "It's fine. If you don't want these, give them to me, and I'll throw them away for you."

The boss and the guy looked at each other in blank dismay. I had never seen anyone buy leftovers.Seeing Yang Yan'er waiting, the boss thought about throwing it away anyway, so why not send it out.

"This one, I'll give you all the leftovers inside, but leave the sunflower basket to me."

"Okay, okay." Yang Yan'er quickly agreed, put down the sunflower basket on her back, and quickly threw all the fabrics into it.Then put the two pieces of good material that I just bought back in the middle, and add a cover on top, the cover has a belt, and is tied around the body.

Shen Meme called Yang Li over, Yang Yan'er picked up He Xiaohua, went out of the store happily, and went to the door to see that Boss He was leading Xiaohu, and Xiaozhu was waiting at the door.Xiaohu, in the hands of Xiaozhu, each person has a sugar figure.

"Buy some more cotton and we can go back."

Boss He nodded sullenly, and asked Xiaozhu to hold Xiaohu and not get lost.Shen Momo had other things to buy, so she led Yang Li away first.

The family went back to the market again, and this time went to the other side of the market. According to Yang Yan'er's experience, valuable things like cotton are concentrated in the east end, which is close to the wealthy households, and the ones in the west end are all meat and fish. , these wet and dirty ones.

After buying enough cotton for a quilt, Yang Yan'er thought about it and bought more cotton for a small cotton coat.In this way, all kinds of things have been eliminated, and today I just got half of the silver, and I have more than 500 coppers in my hand.

Look at the sky, the sun is in the west, and the gathering time is still early, Yang Yaner wants to find a place to eat a bowl of noodle soup, so everyone can take a rest.Boss He said that he seemed to see a fellow villager and chased him to say hello.Yang Yan'er, who fell behind, looked stunned. People in the same village saw each other on the way back, so there was no need to run up to say hello.Seeing that I was holding the small one and dragging the two big ones, I couldn't catch up, so I had to search for a stall that I usually go to. Boss He turned around and found it easily.

On the way out of the market, He Xiaohua, who was being hugged in her arms, suddenly struggled to get off the ground. Yang Yan'er couldn't help but greeted Xiaohua's buttocks, "Sit down obediently. Ah, I'm tired of hugging."

He Xiaohua didn't cry, she kept her mouth flat, twisted her head, and insisted on going to the ground.He Xiaohu beside him tugged at the corner of Yang Yan'er's clothes, "What, Xiao Hua'er is looking at the chick."

Yang Yan'er listened and looked at Xiao Hua, her small eyes were fixed on the chicken stall in front of her.

Freed, He Xiaohua immediately swung her two short legs and staggered towards the chicken coop, grabbing a young rooster with a comb in one hand and a chicken in the other.The little head turned around and looked at Yang Yan'er without blinking.

The chicken dealer laughed, "Hey, your little brother is smart, he knows how to buy chickens at a young age."

Yang Yan'er rubbed her chest, it was enough to buy two chicks, and there were three hens in the house, two of them were old and laying fewer eggs than usual, so if I bought a few chicks back, they would be able to lay eggs by the beginning of summer.Firstly, the eggs at home will not break, and secondly, even if the chickens cannot be kept alive, they can still be used as a meat dish.

Yang Yan'er asked the price, six coppers for a chicken.Yang Yan'er bought five chicks at one go and asked the chicken dealer to give her a small cage.

Here, He Xiaohua saw that Yang Yaner bought a hen, but ignored the little rooster in her hand, so she refused, and pulled Yang Yaner's clothes with one hand, and the wing of the little cock with the other, and said vaguely, "Momo, Yes, yes."

"Hey, my little brother likes it, so I bought a little rooster. Chickens lay eggs, and eggs lay chickens." Chicken dealer Le Keke persuaded, his hands kept moving, and the prototype of a small cage had appeared.

Yang Yan'er stomped her feet, "This chick is easy to feed! It's really that simple, every household buys roosters and buys eggs." Yang Yan'er dismissed the chicken dealer, and wanted to pull He Xiaohua over, "Xiaohua is good, why don't you buy chickens for you to play with?" , Xiaohua doesn’t want that, that’s not easy to raise.”

The chicken dealer was so ashamed, he didn't talk to him immediately, and his hands moved a little faster.

He Xiaohua refused to let go, and said, "Chicken, Eggy." I don't know if it was in a hurry, or what, but Xiaohua, who couldn't pronounce clearly, said several words correctly in a row.

Yang Yan'er frowned. Yang Yan'er naturally knew the reason why a rooster and a hen lay eggs together, but a hen had to nest after laying eggs and had to take care of the chicks. For a long time, she couldn't lay eggs every day. There is no help in the days when an egg is exchanged for money, and the hen broods, not every egg can hatch a chick, and not every chick can grow up.The chickens sold in the market are all raised to half-sized, and it is easier to raise them when they are bought home than when they were just born. Even so, half of the chicks may die young.Calculated in this way, it is probably not as easy as buying hens and laying eggs for money.

"Ah, let's buy it back." He Xiaozhu, who had been silent all this time, tugged at the corner of Yang Yan'er's clothes, "Little Hua'er is crying."

Seeing her youngest son's eyes were red and there were faint tears, Yang Yan'er sighed.

"Ama, buy it, let's buy it, Xiaohu helps Xiaohua look at the little chicken." Xiaohu didn't understand why Ahma insisted on not buying the little rooster, but seeing He Xiaohua's red eyes, he also begged for mercy.As for taking care of the chicks, even if you don't buy the chicks, the task of feeding the chickens and cleaning up the chicken manure is still on you.

Yang Yan'er nodded, this little Hua'er has always been obedient, unlike other children who kept crying and making noises, she was usually at ease.It's rare for a little flower to like someone, who throws a small temper at herself, and she agrees with it.

The chicken dealer swiftly stuffed the rooster into the coop and asked Yang Yan'er for an extra six coppers.Yang Yan'er thought it was too expensive, so she insisted on asking the chicken dealer for a cheaper price. After some haggling, she finally settled on eight copper coins for two roosters.