Dinon

Crucian carp is seven cents a catty, carp is five cents a catty, black fish is a penny a catty, perch is eight cents a catty, and the prices of the rest of the fish are five cents to eight cents; It is a fish that must be alive. For fish that are killed by a fork, the price is usually lowered.

Thinking of this, Yuan Shuyi felt depressed for a while.Her patience is not very good, and she can't do the same job as fishing, which is an old monk's meditation, so she thinks of using a fork as the next best thing, but who knows that the person who catches the fish is also picky Yes, it even said that the price of dead fish is half less than that of live fish, because it is not fresh.

It's not new, she went to catch it before dawn, and rushed to deliver it before the market opened!

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, Yuan Shuyi squeezed the cowhide soft whip in her hand, she wished she could beat that person to death!

Just thinking about committing murder and breaking the law, even if she has a special status, she can't be exempted from the responsibility, and it will injure Tuobachen instead, so the idea of ​​this is over.

Yuan Shuyi lay on the only recliner in Tuobachen's house that would not make a "creaking" sound when sitting down, and sighed faintly.

What is "a penny is hard for a good man", what is "a clever woman can't cook without rice", what is "who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard", what is "the wine and meat of Zhumen stinks, and the road is frozen to death", Yuan Shu Yi covered her eyes with her hands, she really didn't want to talk about these things.

High-quality white rice costs three pennies a dou, medium green japonica rice costs twenty cents a dou, even aged rice costs five cents a dou.Yuan Shuyi squinted her eyes and recalled that she and Tuo Bachen used the money they saved from selling fish to buy rice when the market opened in the town on the fifth day of the lunar new year. Walking, she seemed to see the white rice there for her to enjoy, she thought with joy that they could get rid of the daily life of wild vegetables and white water, but in the end they only had enough money to buy two buckets of green japonica rice .

That's not enough. Later, Tuo Bachen thought about buying sacrifices for her mother and her father. Regardless of Yuan Shuyi's resentful eyes that could poke a hole in her, he just bought a bucket of green japonica rice, and left All the money I paid went to the coffin shop who sold paper money for joss sticks.

Yuan Shuyi felt resentful.

She knows that the sacrifices to her ancestors must not be neglected, and she will also send Tailao to her ancestors every year on the big day It's all "too prison"), but she's just putting on airs, and the money isn't hers anyway.It's just that he didn't expect to see such a silly girl like Tuo Bachen in this remote place, and he was almost starved to death, so he didn't care about it.

Yuan Shuyi sighed, she felt that Tuoba Chen was even better than the group of people in her clan.

It was getting late at this time, Yuan Shuyi moved the only reclining chair in Tuobachen's family that could still sit in the courtyard, watching the sunset, the sky dyed the sky with endless colors, enjoying the cool breeze, and the night is quiet and comfortable soft.

Of course, this has to ignore the buzzing people in the courtyard and the mosquitoes that bite a red spot on your smooth skin from time to time and the unbearable hot weather.

The reclining chair was shaking, shaking, shaking, and inadvertently, the tiredness of the day was released. Yuan Shuyi stretched comfortably. She felt that the most satisfying thing about Tuoba Chen's family was the reclining chair. .

"It's time to eat." Tuo Bachen walked up to Yuan Shuyi, seeing that her outstanding appearance was even more dazzling under the sunlight, he called softly.

"Hmph..." Yuan Shuyi turned over comfortably on the recliner, buried herself in the padded recliner, and said in a low voice, "I'm not hungry, you can eat."

She wasn't hungry, she didn't want to eat the boiled wild vegetables that didn't even have salt.Seeing her awkward appearance, Tuoba Chen wanted to laugh. She remembered the changing expression on this sister's face when she ate it for the first time. Although she swallowed it in the end, her complexion was really not very good.

"If you don't eat, you will be hungry." Tuo Bachen advised her kindly.

"My mouth stinks, I don't want to eat." Yuan Shuyi raised his head from the recliner, opened his mouth, and breathed at Tuoba Chen, unwilling to let go, "I haven't rinsed my mouth for a long time, and I can't feel the food." If it smells bad, it’s useless to eat it, so I won’t eat it.”

What flavor can boiled wild vegetables have?This person, even if he wants to escape, doesn't have such a thing.Just washing up...Tuo Bachen was helpless, and she hadn't rinsed her mouth with green salt for a long time.It's just a matter of gargling with water more every day, after all, they even have to save a little on rice now.

"The peddler who carried the burden hasn't come over these few days. How about I exchange rice with him for salt when he comes?" Tuo Bachen continued to coax the person who couldn't play around on the couch like a child.

Hearing that there is salt to eat, Yuan Shuyi's eyes lit up in an instant, but she was not happy when she heard that she would have to wait for a few days, "Why don't we buy it from the government?" A hole made by moths, "It is illegal to sell private salt." That's what she said, but she knew in her heart that the more she lived in such a remote area, the more popular private salt was, and the government repeatedly banned it. The salt sold by the salt dealers who carry salt from village to lane is much cheaper.

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away." Tuo Bachen didn't say anything else, she knew the way to survive in this village since she was a child, she just wanted to live well.

"The sky is high and the emperor is far away, the sky is high and the emperor is far away..." Yuan Shuyi murmured and repeated Tuo Bachen's words, her eyes lit up suddenly, and she suggested, "Let's also sell illegal salt!" The businessmen in the village will become rich in less than two years. According to this calculation, they can also become rich immediately, and this village is so far away from the capital, so her step-uncle will not trouble her.

Tuo Bachen ignored her words and just urged her, "Hurry up and eat, I made some porridge today."

What's the use of that, it's porridge, but it's actually just a little bit of rice, okay?If you want to be full, don’t you still have to eat boiled wild vegetables? !Yuan Shuyi reluctantly got off the reclining chair, followed Tuobachen to the main hall, watched her run to the east room as usual to worship her mother's tablet, and then the two of them sat on the somewhat unstable bamboo stool Eating against a wooden table with a broken corner.

Pulling a few grains of rice in the ceramic bowl, Yuan Shuyi propped his face with one hand, and eagerly said to Tuoba Chen, "Tomorrow we will look for materials for making salt, and then start selling salt, okay? Your legs No, let’s not go too far, it’s enough to sell in this village, and then use the money from selling salt to buy sacrifices for your parents, and then buy some things that will be used in the rainy season. By the way, it is now It’s the eighth day of the lunar new year, didn’t you say it’s going to rain in another month, let’s make the salt before then sell it, don’t go fishing tomorrow, and come with me to find alkaline soil, okay?”

"Yeah." Tuo Bachen didn't pay attention to what she said, maybe because she has been short of food and clothing for many years, she has an unparalleled devotion to food, and she has always flattered the principle of "no words when eating, no words when sleeping" Well, speaking of it, Tuo Bachen's upbringing is really good, even better than that of Yuan Shuyi, who received special training since childhood.At this time, all her attention was on the food in the bowl, and she didn't pay attention to what Yuan Shuyi said, but she vaguely heard her say "don't go fishing tomorrow", thinking that she was tired, thinking of her these few days After all the hard work, my heart was warm and soft, so I answered her "Yes" without hesitation.

After getting a satisfactory answer, Yuan Shuyi began to eat the food in the bowl with a smile on her face. She didn't dislike even the tasteless boiled wild vegetables. Just thinking about tomorrow made her happy, thinking that her mother would force her After learning so many messy things, it's not as useful as what she learned out of interest.

After eating, Tuo Bachen put away the two ceramic bowls and a pottery plate with missing corners, and took them into the kitchen to wash. Yuan Shuyi dipped a loofah ladle in water to wipe the table, and then put The tables and stools were tidied up, and the floor was swept clean with a bamboo broom.

After she finished her busy work, Tuobachen also washed her things. She brought out the water that had been boiled long ago, and the two of them took turns taking a bath. Tuobachen took out the cattail fan from the cabinet, and each lay on the bed. Straw mats on a wooden bed.The wind from the cattail fan blew on the person's body bit by bit, it was cool and refreshing, and Yuan Shuyi didn't feel the heat any more, so she fell asleep holding Tuo Bachen's arm, and soon Tuo Bachen also fell asleep because of the drowsiness that struck him. Dreamland.It's just that Tuobachen was afraid that Yuan Shuyi would wake up in the middle of the night and cry hot again, so she didn't dare to sleep too hard, and she was still alert when she fell asleep, and the hand that slapped the cattail fan continued non-stop.

Another night passed like this.

The small village where Tuoba Chen lives is called Shitou Village. The village is surrounded by cliffs and steep mountains in all directions. The origin of this village is mysterious.He said that he didn't know which day a big rock suddenly fell from the sky and made a big hole in the land that was originally flat. Later, the big rock gradually disappeared, and the hole that was thrown gradually turned into a valley. The terrain, the ancestors of the people in the village, I don’t know which generation they are. When they saw this place suitable for living, they dragged their families to move here. The descendants lived and multiplied here, and gradually the village has the present more than 100 families.

Because it is blocked by the mountain, the connection between the village and the outside world depends on a plank road that was built at an unknown time, through which it goes to the outside world.Dao Yuan Shuyi and Tuoba Chen also passed by when they went to the market. Although it is not long, it is very steep. Walking on it is like stepping on clouds, especially when looking down from the top, you can see the bottomless the abyss.Even if she wasn't afraid of death, she would walk on it tremblingly. Looking at the lame Tuobachen and the "big brother" who commutes to and from the town every day to do coolies, Yuan Shuyi admits that she is really weak.

Even if the villagers have already practiced the ability to walk on the plank road, they are not afraid of [-] or just in case, so unless they have to, the villagers are still reluctant to go to the market, and the things sold in the market are expensive.

So mutual exchange has become a good way to solve everyone's necessary life needs.

"Aunt Zhang, I heard that your man wants to eat chicken. Coincidentally, my grandson also wants to eat duck. How about we change it?"

"Hey, Aunt Liu, wait a minute, I'll catch you."

Such conversations are endless in Shitou Village every day. Even Tuo Bachen once exchanged fish for rice with others, but she prefers to buy it in the town instead of exchanging it in the village.

Daily food can be interchanged, so what about things like oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar?

Therefore, the importance of the salesman is reflected here.