Ayu ran around with Uncle Qin's family all afternoon, selling fish and digging dung, and they were blessed by the God of Wealth today. Not only did the fish sell well, but even the work was rewarded with silver. The uncle was overjoyed, and hurriedly took Ayu to buy food. Because of his illness, the rice tank had long been emptied, and now all the food he ate was borrowed from the family next door, so he finally had the money to sell food.

At this time, ten liters are equal to one bucket, ten buckets are equal to one stone, and one stone is equivalent to 120 catties today. In this way, one liter is equal to two catties. Now the price of brown rice is seven coins. How can you not be happy when you get about fifteen catties of rice?

Of course, Ayu also has to sigh in his heart that life is not easy at this time. Speaking of it, if it is modern, it is the cheapest rice, which is more than two yuan. If you calculate it this way, you can only earn 30 yuan in one afternoon. It is actually such a rare thing. It's a good day, and the creases on Uncle Qin's happy face have unfolded, which shows how poor he was in the past.

Ayu followed Uncle Qin's family to the entrance of the rice store. Seeing that the uncle did not dare to enter casually, but just avoided it, he was afraid that others would dislike him and let him go to buy grain. His heart was sour. It was so difficult, how did I bring up Ayu in the past, and I don't know how much suffering and grievance I have suffered.

Ayu didn't say anything more, went in obediently, bought ten liters of brown rice, and then went to the next door and bought half a catty of coarse salt, which was the only thing they could buy. It's not cheap. As for other things in oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, they are even more luxuries. They can only watch them, not get them.

After returning home, the uncle of the Qin family took Ayu to the houses next door to repay one liter of east and two handfuls of west, and nearly half of them were dispersed in total. The uncle breathed a sigh of relief, with a relaxed expression on his face.For a poor family, even a bowl of rice is a big deal. Uncle Qin's family has long felt that the burden is heavy if they owe so much.Now I'm finally debt free.

Ayu looked at the uncle who was silently repairing the lame table and chairs, and turned around to pick up the fish left at noon. Anyway, tonight, they can have a meal of slightly dry porridge, plus steamed catfish , a small plate of pickles, come to think of it, today is a rare hearty meal, as for the eel?Ayu felt that the stewed soup would be good tomorrow, and drinking it after the uncle took the medicine would surely remove the smell of the medicine.

Jiangnan is close to summer, and the night is very cool. Ayu looked at the moonlight faintly leaking through the thatched grass, and began to think in his mind, how to get along with Wei Xiaobao when he sees Wei Xiaobao tomorrow. He is also a person who has experienced a lot, but this The little ghost is quite special, so he can't be too deliberate, otherwise, with this kid's cleverness, he doesn't know what he will find out in the future!

Well, just catching bird eggs and letting him help sell them should be a good excuse. Wei Xiaobao has no other benefits, and it is okay to be loyal. As long as it does not hinder his own interests, it is relatively easy to talk about. Ayu felt that being friends with Wei Xiaobao was actually a good thing.

Early the next morning, Ayu was waiting for Wei Xiaobao, but it was a pity that he couldn't wait, the uncle of the Qin family had already run around the city and earned three pennies, and Ayu got up all the bamboo baskets. He got a crucian carp the size of a palm, and was about to do it a second time, but Wei Xiaobao still didn't come.

Ayu was very puzzled, what did you say?Could it be that Wei Xiaobao didn't take what he said to heart this time?Nope!He personally agreed yesterday, why didn't he come?

Just thinking about this, and not wanting to go far away, Ayu saw a child walking towards him in a hurry, looking carefully, isn't it Wei Xiaobao?Ayu rushed to meet her.

"Why are you so late? I thought you weren't coming. The birds are flying away."

Ayu said these slightly complaining words, but her eyes were carefully staring at Wei Xiaobao, wanting to see his expression, but she saw that there was still gum in his eyes, and his face looked like he had just woken up from a dream.

"Your grandfather, my mother actually forgot to call me in the morning, and she couldn't wake up herself. Tell me, how could I not be late! It's all because those old perverts were too late yesterday, tossing around in the yard No way, but having said that, in my yard, there are really no people who wake up early, and this is a good time to sleep, why did you set it so early, can't you let those birds wait?"

What are you talking about?Can birds still hear you?But when he said this, Ayu remembered that it was not an ordinary house, it was a brothel, and it was doing business at night, and most of the people in it were night owls, and the morning was really the time for people to sleep, but she had neglected this point.

"I don't want to call you so early! With this skill, I can get more wild vegetables by the river, but whoever makes it easy for people to find it late, and the harvest will be less! People looking for bird eggs around here are not good. At least, if we don’t come earlier, after noon, the place I’m looking for will be found first, but it will be difficult to find, and the obvious and convenient ones will be found by people.”

The truth is half-truth, there are quite a few people looking for bird eggs around here, but they are not where Ayu is going, they are all looking for them near the reeds, unlike Ayu, who has been watching these days The flight traces of the nearby waterfowl, and then the new foothold of the waterfowl found near the small mud pool. There is too much wet mud, slippery feet, and the place is far away. Almost no one will go there. Naturally, there are no competitors. of.He has wanted to eat custard for a long time!

When Wei Xiaobao heard that someone was still robbing him, his eyes immediately widened.

"This thing is very strange? Why don't I know?"

He grew up in a brothel all year round. Although his status was low and his life was not very good, he did not lack food and was never hungry. Naturally, he did not know how to survive for a child from a poor family. Ayu looked at him and said loudly. , hurriedly pulled his sleeve.

"Stop yelling. I found a good place with great difficulty. If you yell, if people really hear you and follow you, what shall we do?"

When he said this, Xiao Bao nodded hurriedly, covered his mouth, and then followed A Yu, carrying a small bamboo basket that A Yu gave him, and walked quickly to the west.

There are no mountains in Yangzhou, but there are still many forests. Ayu stayed here for a long time. In order to catch fish and find some food, he almost traveled all the places nearby. He knew that Yangzhou had many rich people and salt merchants. There are many people, but there are also many poor people. In the vicinity of this city, people who can find places to eat have already developed people, so in order to find more ways out, he specifically looks for those places that others don’t go to. He also walked away from time to time. This time, the newly discovered habitat of waterfowl was obtained from his observation of waterfowl for several days. He walked westward from Ayu’s house in a place where he passed through a small forest. After going through a dilapidated old house, turning a few more turns and exiting the wild forest, you will find a small quagmire surrounded by trees and a bamboo forest. This quagmire is well hidden, and if ordinary people don’t go Nearly, it is estimated that it will not be found.

When Ayu arrived with Xiaobao, there were already many birds resting here. As soon as they approached, there were waterfowls on guard singing loudly. At that moment, almost all the waterfowls flew into the sky immediately, which was extraordinarily spectacular .Wei Xiaobao also exclaimed when he saw such a scene:

"There are so many birds, why do we need eggs? Can't we just catch the birds and eat them?"

Ayu wanted to roll her eyes, how does this waterfowl eat?Well, maybe it can be eaten, but many of them are state-level protected animals. He has mental obstacles, so it's okay!This little ancestor!

"Waterfowl seems to have never been eaten by people. At most, they have heard that people eat wild ducks, but there are none here! Forget it, let's find bird eggs. Anyway, these bird eggs must be edible."

When Wei Xiaobao heard it, it was true. He had never heard of eating waterfowl. It was better to eat eggs. In the yard, he could only eat leftover egg custard. That's the business.

Seeing that there were almost no birds in the quagmire, the two children simply stopped talking and got busy with each other. No one shared that picking up eggs was quick, but it was only a stick of incense, and there were more than ten eggs in Ayu's bamboo basket. The eggs are of different sizes and colors, obviously not of the same species.

When the search was almost finished, Ayu took Xiaobao back the same way, and by the way, he covered up the traces of the two walking, and told Xiaobao that this was to protect the place where the bird eggs could be found, so that no one would know , Waiting for them to come again in a few days, maybe they can get better.

Hearing these words, Xiaobao nodded suddenly, and found that this Ayu was really a smart person, who knew the benefits of eating alone just like him.

When they returned to Ayu's house, it was almost noon. Ayu started cooking, boiled medicine, stewed soup, cracked two wild bird eggs, prepared steamed custard, and invited Xiaobao to eat at their home.

This is Wei Xiaobao's first time being treated to a meal. He was so excited, he felt that he had status and was qualified to be a guest. He immediately thought that being a guest was to give a gift, and he didn't seem to give a gift. Bird eggs were used as gifts, which made Ayu laugh.

"Come on, we are all poor children, what gift to give! If you think we can be friends, then you can do me a favor and try to sell my share of bird eggs for me, which is also helping me I'm very busy, you know what our family does, people dislike our smell and don't let us get close, even buying and selling things is not very convenient."

Ayu confessed that what she wanted to ask for help made Wei Xiaobao feel that he was very useful, so he immediately patted his chest with great loyalty,

"What are you talking about, good friend, show loyalty, I'll do it, if you have anything to do in the future, let me come forward, don't worry, with my little treasure's reputation, I will never let you suffer Yes, I can make him sell two pennies for a penny."

Although I know that there are suspicions of bragging in these words, but with Wei Xiaobao's words, Ayu felt that his preliminary friendship strategy was considered a success, and he was very satisfied. While cooking there, he chatted with Xiaobao, saying It was too lively. When the uncle of the Qin family came home, he saw not only a sumptuous meal, but also a small guest. What was even more strange was that this little guest actually went to the roof as a guest. Two and a half older children He's patching the roof!

"Come down soon, what if you fall!"

The uncle of the Qin family felt his heart was about to jump out, the only heir of their old Qin family!Climbing so high, don't let anything go wrong!And that little treasure!It must have been instigated by this fart child, I knew it wasn't an Ansheng child, how long has it been here!Just make your own children go to the house to add tiles!so amazing!

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