Little wealth

After another ten days of busy work, brothers Zhao He and Zhao Hu finished the last batch of stools and tables.They went to say hello to Third Master Wang one day in advance, saying that they would hire his ox cart to go to town.

Early the next morning, when the sky outside was slightly bright, Third Master Wang came outside their house with an ox cart.

Hearing the knock on the door, Zhao Hu went to open the door, told Third Master Wang to wait a while, and shouted to the people in the courtyard: "Brother, the third master is here."

"Well, come." The person inside responded, carrying things outside.

"Master, wait a minute, I'll help my brother move things out." Turning around and telling Third Master Wang, Zhao Hu went to help his brother move things.

Seeing that it was still early, Mr. Wang was not in a hurry, he took the cow to the side of the road to graze, and waited slowly.

After moving the things out of the house, knowing that a bullock cart could not hold so much, Zhao He pulled out two carts from the wooden house, and Mr. Wang, who had nothing to do, even gave them a hand to help them carry the things. Load onto the cart.

Josh was in the kitchen packing water and dry food for them to drink on the road. Seeing that Mr. Wang was helping them, he took two steamed buns and a bowl of water, and stuffed them into the old man's hand, "More I’m sorry to trouble you, Third Master, to help us carry things. Third Master, just rest and let the two of them carry it. Sit down and eat a steamed bun and drink some water.”

"If you can't, you can take it back quickly." Third Master Wang hurriedly refused, waving his hands and refusing to take it.Whose food is not expensive, even if it is helping others to do some work, how can you eat other people's food.

"You're welcome, it's too hard for you to come here so early in the morning, you can take it, take it out and eat it if you are hungry on the road." Josh stuffed the things over, not giving the other party a chance to reject him at all. Just get busy with other things.

Zhao Hu, who came out with the things, saw Mr. Wang standing there, knew that his brother had just brought food for Mr. Wang, and said, "Yes, Mr. Wang, you can sit here and eat, there are still a few pieces left in it." We're done moving."

"Hey, okay, thank you." Wang Sanye responded, drank the water, put the bowl on the stool, ate one of the two steamed buns, the soft and warm steamed buns, and he took the remaining one Reluctant to eat, stuffed into his arms.

The two walked back and forth several times before they moved all the things in the house and divided them into three wooden carts to load so much goods.

The ten small wooden carts were assembled with ten wooden frames. Zhao He put all ten small wooden carts on his car. Be careful on the road, so you don't have to worry about bumps and damage.

After moving the things, they also stopped to eat something. Otherwise, they would have to walk such a long distance and pull so many things when they got up early in the morning. If they didn't eat something, they might not have the strength to pull the car.

There were a lot of things today, and there was no room for them to sit on the cart, but because he was going out with the child, Josh simply found a big basket and carried the child who was still half asleep, Put it in the back basket together with the small quilt.

Just like this tossing, the sleeping little piglet woke up for a while when he took it out, and then closed its eyes and fell asleep after he put it in the back basket.

It's just that he probably slept a little uncomfortable, and he hummed twice, but he didn't wake up.

"Is everything put away?" Josh asked the people over there in a low voice.

"Well, everything is fine." Seeing the child sleeping in the basket, Zhao He asked, "How about putting the child in the car?"

"It's okay, it's fine for me and Eminem to take turns carrying him." Josh glanced at the overcrowded cart and felt that it was not safe to put the child on it.Zhao He took a look at the cart and felt that there were a lot of things today, so he agreed with Fu Lang's words.

Seeing the things made of wood on the three carts, they looked a little strange, but they couldn't tell what they were. Mr. Wang remembered what he heard from people in the village recently that the Zhao family had made a fortune. I kind of understand that the Zhao family boy took the job outside, and all the things he made were sold to others. No wonder he had money to buy land in the village to build a house.

Of course, he listened to other people's gossip about these words, so he didn't have any thoughts in his heart.

Even if someone else made money, it was earned through hard work, and it wasn't like lying on the bed in the house all day and getting gold from the sky.

Compared with those people in the village who always like to talk about people's families, talk about their parents, and talk about their short stories, Mr. Wang is more willing to take the cattle out to earn a few more car money.When he went out in the morning, he hadn't eaten anything yet. Now that he had a steamed bun and a bowl of water in his stomach, there was something in his stomach, and he felt warm all over.

Seeing that everyone had come out of the door, Mr. Wang took the old cow by the hand and asked, "Are we leaving?"

"Well, let's go, everything is installed." Zhao He went forward to pull up a cart, Zhao Hu followed his brother, pulled up another cart, and asked him if Eun would like to ride come up.Zhao Amu waved her hand and said, "Pull your cars, I'll just walk."

Seeing that her daughter-in-law was about to carry the basket, Zhao Amu asked, "Is that okay, how about I carry it?"

"It's okay, I'll do it, I'll get tired later and I'll let you carry him." Josh carefully picked up the basket, and the baby son who fell asleep in it accidentally bumped into it. It was himself who felt distressed.

"Hey, okay, tell me if you're tired." Zhao Amu helped from behind, and went to help close the door and lock the door, so as not to let outsiders enter when they were not at home. in their yard.

The people in front pulled the cart and walked ahead, and they followed behind.

There were so many things loaded on the ox cart, and Mr. Wang was reluctant to sit on it, holding the old ox in one hand, and walking slowly beside the old ox.

The big yellow dog at home followed them and went out with them.

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After leaving the village, the sky outside gradually became brighter, and the things on the cart were covered with straw. Even if someone saw them pulling things on the road, they would not know what was on the cart.

I met people from the same village on the road, and someone came up to inquire about what was in their car, but Josh didn't say a word, and just listened to their mother's three or two words, and he fooled him away.

Because they were pulling a lot of things and there were too many people, they didn't walk very fast along the way.

After going back and forth on this road a few times, Josh didn't feel tired so easily when he went out for a few steps. It's just that he still carried a backpack on his back today, and he was paying attention to the movement in the backpack along the way.

Zhao Amu followed behind his daughter-in-law, and lifted the quilt on the back basket from time to time to look at the grandson inside. Seeing that the grandson was still sleeping, he put the quilt back again, fearing that the grandson inside would be suffocated. , leaving a little gap above.

When I stopped to rest on the way, I heard the sound of a child humming from the back basket.

"Did you wake up, baby? Do you know where we are?" As soon as he lifted the quilt covering it, Josh saw the child who had woken up inside, hugged the child, and kissed the child. Little face.

It may be that the child's face is pressed against the back basket, and there are a few lines printed on the small face, which makes him feel a little laughable and a little pitiful.

"Em~" The child who just woke up was a little clingy, holding his arm with two small hands, calling him hummingly before opening his eyes.

"Hey, I'm here. Am I not here?" Seeing his son who had just woken up and was a little dazed, Josh sat down on the small stool, held the child in his arms, and asked, "What did we do last night?" I said I went out to the town today, do you remember?"

But looking at his son's small appearance, he obviously forgot everything after sleeping.

"When we go to the town to sell things, exchange money, and take you to the wonton stall last time to eat small wontons, okay?" Fortunately, the water in the bamboo tube was still warm, so Josh opened the bamboo tube and used the above The lid holds water for the child to drink.

Sure enough, as soon as they heard that there was something delicious, their son woke up, nestled in his arms and drank water, hummed, and his eyes became a little refreshed.

"Then why don't you eat something to fill your belly? We'll have to walk for a while before we get to the town. When we're done with our work, I'll take you to eat wontons." Josh took out a steamed bun, tore it open and fed it to the child , and then turned to ask other people, "Would you like some water and a steamed bun?" This morning he specially made a little more steamed buns, just for them to eat when they are hungry on the road.

"Brother, I want to eat." After taking so many things and walking all the way, Zhao Hu felt that the little food he ate before going out was gone, so he ran to his brother's place to get water and steamed buns, and gave two to each other. His elder brother took two more to Mr. Wang.

"I can't help it, I still have one in my arms." Third Master Wang hurriedly waved his hand and refused. He had already received two earlier, so how could he ask for other people's things.

"Third Master, just take it and eat it. We brought a lot, enough to eat." Zhao Hu stuffed the steamed buns to Third Master Wang, took a bite of the steamed buns, showed his white teeth, and went to eat the steamed buns beside his brother up.

Third Master Wang looked at the two extra steamed buns in his hand, only ate one, and put the remaining one in his arms, thinking of taking it home for his grandson to eat.

Looking at the Zhao family's husband holding the child in his arms, and thinking of their grandson who lost their parents, Third Master Wang couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart. He was afraid that one day the two elders would be gone and the grandson would be alone without anyone to take care of him. They will not feel at ease when they go underground.

If the son hadn't died back then, and the daughter-in-law hadn't left with others, the grandson would still have his father and mother by his side, which would be better than living with the two old guys.Thinking of those things back then, the old man felt a little sad.

"Let's go." The child refused to eat until one steamed bun was finished. Josh ate the remaining half of the steamed bun, gave the child a little water, and said to the others.

After everyone had had enough rest, they got up, and the cart pullers, the cows leading the cows, and a group of people continued on the road.

When they arrived in the town, it was a little later than the previous few visits, and the sun in the east was out.When entering the town, the soldiers guarding the city checked the contents of their vehicles and let them pass without any problems.

When he arrived in the town, Zhao He turned his head and said to Fu Lang, "Why don't you wait for us here, we will send the goods to the trading company, and we will come to you."

"It's all here anyway, let's go there with you." Josh was afraid that this man was not good at arithmetic and couldn't calculate money, and the amount he would deliver in a while would be a bit high, and he would be cheated.Thinking about it, I still don't feel at ease, and want to follow a piece of the past to have a look.

Since Fu Lang wanted to follow, Zhao He didn't say anything, and let Fu Lang follow them.

This day was not a market day, but there were not many people in the town at this time. They pulled the wooden cart through the crowd and headed towards the pier.

There is a street of shops at the wharf, many of which are shipping and purchasing firms, and many of them have business contacts and cooperation with passing merchant ships and merchants.The last time that Master Zhou left them the address of a shop on this street before he left, they took the goods and searched for them, and found this shop.

After they reported their surnames and the name of that master Zhou, the shopkeeper came out to receive them.

"This is the letter that Mr. Zhou left for us, saying that he found this place to deliver the goods to you, Shopkeeper Zhang, and see if you're right, Shopkeeper Zhang."

"That's right, that's right, it's our place."

Josh took out the slip that Master Zhou had left for them last time, checked it with the slip in Zhang's hand, and after confirming that there was no problem, he put the three cars on board in front of Shopkeeper Zhang. cargo unloaded.

After the two parties confirmed that there was no problem with the quantity, they got the remaining final payment from the shopkeeper Zhang.

After counting the amount of silver in his hand, there was no problem, Josh smiled and thanked shopkeeper Zhang: "Thank you shopkeeper Zhang."

"You're welcome, you're welcome, this is what we should do. We will follow Master Zhou's order to ship these goods tomorrow morning, and someone will pick them up when they are delivered to the capital." Shopkeeper Zhang asked his staff to take all the goods Moved to the warehouse inside, and sent the man surnamed Zhao and his husband away.

Zhao Amu and Zhao Hu waited outside the door with their children.

Seeing the eldest son and daughter-in-law coming out, Aunt Zhao hurriedly went up and asked, "How is it? Is everything all right?"

"Well, it's done." Josh said with a smile on his face.

"Third Master, this is the fare for you." Zhao He went to pay the fare to Third Master Wang, and he paid ten cents more than what they agreed. "This trip will trouble the third master."

"You...that's too much." Third Master Wang is an honest man, and he will pay back the thirty coins that he agreed on this trip.

Hearing this, Josh hurriedly said: "You can take it, third master. We have a lot of things for this trip, and we should give you what we should give you. We may not go back until later. If you go outside later, if you pick someone up Those of the village, go back earlier."

"Hey, okay." So the third master Wang had no choice but to accept the money, and he was very moved. This trip made forty Wen, which was much more than what he made in the past.The last time he took Zhao Dalang and the village head back to the town twice, Zhao Dalang also gave him a little more money, and Zhao Erlang even brought him such a big bowl of noodles... The Zhao family members are A family of kind people.

When he was leading the old scalper to leave, Mr. Wang turned around and said, "If you need an ox cart next time, just tell me."

"Hey, okay, third master, go slowly." Josh took the child in his arms, held the child's hand, and asked the child to say goodbye to grandpa.

Waving her little paws, the little baby shouted with a bright smile, "See~see~"

Third Lord Wang groaned, waved his hand, turned around and led the old cow, hunched over, and walked slowly step by step...