Another World Baixin

The grief caused by natural disasters is getting away bit by bit anyway, not to mention other places, the villagers in the east and west are in a rush of farming.

After picking mushrooms, Qin Shuangping and Mei Qing were busy with their own affairs, so they didn't have time to go to the mountain again.Bai Xin still went to the fields with the adults: always pay attention to the seedlings after planting, replant the dead ones in time, and check whether the water in the field is dry; fertilize the sweet potato seedlings and weed, and plant potatoes and soybeans after fertilizing the field. The potatoes here are peanuts.The fertilization of the field in the second season was carried out by hand picking manure water, and the manure bucket was about the same height as Bai Xin, so he was lucky enough to watch from the sidelines instead of going into battle.The weather is abnormal in this season. If there is grain in the house, you must always pay attention to the weather when working in the field. Once the weather changes, you have to run as soon as you put away your things. Otherwise, it will rain as soon as it is said.Bai Xin once had an experience: he ran halfway desperately, but in the end, the clouds stopped, the rain stopped and the scorching sun was shining brightly, making people dumbfounded.His mountain products naturally suffer from the pain of being dried in the sun, soaked in the sun and then dried in the sun, especially the red mushroom, because it is the first time he has no experience, some of them are about to be dried and called rain, and they rot from the inside and grow out. Maggots have lost a lot.

In a blink of an eye, the [-]th big gathering.There is a small episode in the town for three days, and a big episode in half a month.Put on neat and beautiful clothes (it is the custom of the local people to dress up a little whether they go to the town or the county), Mrs. Fu wears Baohua, Mrs. Jiang wears Baoli Baoxi, adults carry burdens and children carry baskets , set off before dawn, and Bai Xin followed as usual.First go to the entrance of the village to gather, and Qin Shuangping, Mei Qing, and Mei Fanglin will go together.

There are quite a lot of villagers rushing to the big market. Although the road is far away, the road is not boring. Walking and resting, Fu Shijiang and his family have a pair of burdens, which are filled with eggs and duck eggs, pickled vegetables, and potatoes to press oil.After changing hands several times, Huan Yang arrived in town.

The town is ordinary, because there are many merchants who come to receive the goods, so the scale is not small. A city wall has been built, and there are two gates in the east and west, and there are no guards.

The Bai family entered through the west gate with the flow of people.The children who don't go out very much are very excited, even Bai Xin is no exception.The adults clutched the children's hands and headed straight for the market, occasionally looking back to see if anyone was left behind.

There are a total of four streets in the town, forming a "well" character, with East Market and West Market.At first, shops were opened in Dongshi and street stalls were set up in Xishi.Now there are also some shops in the West Market, and there are also people setting up stalls on both sides of the streets in the East Market.Entering the west city gate is the west market, Fu and Jiang went directly to the west market with their burdens, while the young man followed Mei Qing and Qin Shuangping to the shop in the east market.

Walking through the streets and alleys from west to east, there are all kinds of food, accessories and playthings.Baohua brought a three-color silk flower that Mrs. Zheng agreed to buy a few days ago, and now she has her eyes on a five-color silk flower, wishing she could buy it immediately.

Bai Xin glanced at the flower carefully, and found it to be normal.Unexpectedly, Baolibao, Ximeifanglin and even Qin Shuangping would more or less pay attention to it, expressing their love implicitly.

Walking forward, I saw the rouge stand stopped again, chatting about which rouge is delicious and fragrant.

Bai Xin, a bachelor in his previous life, was going shopping with someone for the first time in his two lives.I didn't feel it at first, and gradually began to feel bored and bored.I thought to myself, can a flower come out of shopping without any money on my body?What an amazing creature!

But seeing Mei Qing who was next to him always followed with a smile, without changing his expression, he couldn't help admiring him.

Mei Qing stroked Bai Xin's little head, "I'm used to it, it took me a long time to develop this patience."

Bai Xin: "Hehe."

Since the shopping team was penniless, this activity had to be suspended, and they went to the pharmacy where Qin Shuang usually went.The shopkeeper's surname is Xue, he is in his forties or fifties, he is old with Qin Shuangping's father, Qin Jian, and takes good care of him.Seeing Qin Shuang, he had a friendly face: "The eldest son of the Qin family is here."

Qin Shuangping smiled and replied, "Master Xue's business is booming today!"

"It's very busy with a lot of people." Shopkeeper Xue raised his head and said cheerfully, "Hey? These are brothers and sisters from your grandfather's family, right?"

"That's right, we all brought some herbal medicine, and I think you're willing to accept it." Qin Shuangping said with a slightly red face.

One point per person, seven people added up is not too small, but it just took some time to keep accounts, for Qin Shuangping's sake, shopkeeper Xue didn't care about such a trivial matter.He put down his work and led the children to the backyard to take out the medicinal materials.

It was previously negotiated that it will be sold together with red mushrooms in pharmacies.So shopkeeper Xue met these little guys in front of him and each took out a large portion of dried red mushrooms and other common medicinal materials.

"Hey, this harvest is not small!" Shopkeeper Xue was in a good mood, checked it, nodded and said: "It's a red mushroom."

Everyone is happy.There are many varieties of russula, and only genuine ones are valuable and have the best efficacy, while others are of little use.

The shopkeeper Xue said again: "The mushrooms you picked are of good quality. According to the current market purchase price of one or two mushrooms, I will pay 220 yuan. The rest will be based on Qin Dalang's usual price." Seeing that they have no objection (I was stunned by the price!), Shopkeeper Xue pressed the abacus and typed, and quickly wrote down several sets of data in the ledger.

Qin Shuangping asked in a restrained mood, "Master Xue, why has the price of red mushrooms more than doubled?"

"You don't know?" Shopkeeper Xue kept his subordinates, and then said: "The red mushrooms were picked by dozens or even hundreds of villagers in the vicinity. But in this earthquake, most of Meishan collapsed. A village was ravaged by wild beasts, too many villagers died, and there were few people who dared to go up the mountain, and so on, the shipments are so pitiful, and now there are a few merchants who have not received the goods and are in a hurry."

Several people looked at each other in dismay after hearing this, they didn't encounter wild beasts very often on the mountain, and even if they did, they only took a quick glance and went away.Who would have thought that it would be so easy for them compared to others!Good luck!Mei Qing, Qin Shuang, and Ping Baoli couldn't help but glance at Bai Xin, because he was the one who led her into the deep mountains.

Shopkeeper Xue sighed for a while, and asked the people with different expressions: "Speaking of which, you didn't pick such a good product yourself, did you? The elders in the family took it with you? Are there any more? If there are other products with similar quality , I'm still at this price."

Mei Fanglin glanced at Bai Xin and was about to speak, but Mei Qing stopped her.Qin Shuangping hurriedly replied: "The family is gone. All of them are here. The elders set up a stall in the West Market. Because I am close to you, they sent a few of us here. You also know that the mountain was not easy last time. If you go to I will come to you later.”

Shopkeeper Xue thought about it too, now it's not as good as it used to be.Pay everyone what is due.

In Weiguo, one thousand coins are exchanged for one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver are exchanged for one tael of gold.Several people have received at least three taels of silver, considering their current age and family status, this is a huge amount of money, which is quite unbelievable.

Bai Xin used two pieces of rags to store up his own three-two-six-dollar silver and a hundred-dollar purse respectively—the prototype of the rags was his ragged trousers. Take out the coins and prepare to buy things.Everyone asked Master Xue to exchange one hundred coins.

Mei Qing and the others also collected their money and left the pharmacy suppressing their heartbeats.Several people discussed this matter and immediately let the parents talk about it when they got home. Now go to Bai Xiaotang's grocery store to see Baohua's second brother Baobao.

The grocery store is not far from the pharmacy. There are two shops with a signboard "Bai's Store". One is mainly for drinks, and the other is for everything.Bai Xiaotang hired two assistants and acted as the shopkeeper himself. If he was too busy, he would call his family members for help.

A few people went to the grocery store, Bai Xiaotang went out on business, and the two guys were there.As a fellow townsman and able to read a few words, Bao Bao was entrusted with important tasks-temporary management of the store's affairs, and being able to dispatch another clerk, Sun Tian, ​​which gave him a special face when his younger siblings came over.

"Second brother!" Baohua saw at a glance that her elder brother was directing Sun Tian to pack the goods in a decent manner, and she was very envious.

Bao Bao nodded calmly and said, "Come on."

Bai Xin followed Baoli Baoxi and called "Second Cousin" and didn't go over to talk. He looked inside the store and found a few items he needed. After paying, he told Mei Qing that he would go to the clothing store diagonally opposite. buy clothes.

There were three or two customers in the clothing store, and Bai Xin asked Bai Xin to choose the black and thin shopkeeper.Considering the change in stature, he chose a set that was complete inside and out for changing and washing, but he bought some needlework fabrics, and he had to rely on himself for sewing and mending in the future.Bai Xin felt that he had already lightened up his weaving skills in handwork, so needlework should be no problem, right?

Regardless of this matter for now, Bai Xin checked out and returned.In Bai's store, the baskets of the other people basically had something extra in them. When Bai Xin entered, he was about to leave.Mei Qing smiled and stuffed him a small oiled paper packet.He was taken aback and asked, "What?"

Baohua first said: "The candied fruit given by my second brother is for each person, and your cousin specially reserved it for you!" The end of the sentence was still sour.

Mei Qing didn't take it seriously: "We brothers and sisters come out together, I should take care of you as an elder brother."

Bai Xin stared at the candied fruit in his hand at a loss.He is not good at dealing with interpersonal relationships. In his previous life, he rarely received purposeless kindness. Once he encountered it, his mind would stop turning.

Fortunately, Mei Qing didn't care about his reaction, and patted him on the shoulder to signal that it was time to leave.

After passing the stalls selling rouge and hair accessories, Baoli and others with bulging purses surrounded them with great interest and careful selection, feeling both excited and uneasy with a lot of money in their pockets.Qin Shuangping touched and touched it fondly, and finally bought a one-foot scarf for each of the two younger sisters in the family under the disgusted eyes of the stall owner.

The blue sky is cloudless, the sun is hot, and the breeze can't blow away the heat.There was a stall selling herbal tea and mung bean soup on the side of the road. There were three small tables and two tables with six customers. One of them, a man in his 30s wearing a gray silk scarf, said to the stall owner, "Honey, your mung bean soup tastes so good." Really good! Quench your thirst and hunger!"

The owner of the stall was an old woman in her sixties, and she was so happy that she squeezed out a flower from her face: "Young people know what to buy! There is no one who doesn't love the food made by Mrs. Tang!"

Bai Xin glanced at the few people who were busy shopping, and quickly walked over, blushing slightly, and said, "Honey, how much is a bowl of mung bean soup?"

The guests laughed when they saw him as a villain.

"Ouch! Baby, you should call me 'Grandma'! Haha!" The old woman was overjoyed, "Grandma won't charge you more for this mung bean soup, just one penny."

It turns out that in the state of Wei, people are very particular about addressing. The man in the square scarf stands up after his age, so he calls the old woman "wife"; if he is under thirty, he still calls her "grandma".Bai Xin looks like he is about seven years old now, so it's funny to call him that.Fortunately, he resisted the weird feeling brought by his previous life and said it out. He didn't expect others to think he was a villain pretending to be an adult!Make him blush with shame.

Bai Xin took the bowl, paid the money, thanked the old woman, and stood "gulu gulu" after swallowing the soup and mung beans, wiping his mouth to keep up with the others.

"Grandma, six bowls of mung bean soup!" Mei Qing barely sat at a small table with her younger siblings. After speaking, she met Bai Xin's stiff expression and said in surprise, "Ah Xin, have you finished eating??? Then wait a moment Just a moment!"

Bai Xin: "..."

The soup is served quickly, and the younger ones taste it first.Baohua scooped up a tablespoon and drank it, and immediately said pleasantly, "It's so refreshing and a little sweet!" Mei Fanglin sat beside her, listening to her saying, "Cousin is so nice," and so on, very proud.Bao Xi, who didn't talk much, smiled at Mei Qing with shining eyes.

Mung beans are a rare commodity for them, they grow less and harvest less, and are more expensive than white rice, so they are naturally grateful to Mei Qing who treats them.

Today Mei Qing's income is the most, plus that of her good brother Mei Fanglin, the two of them actually earned more than [-] taels of silver!Meilin was in a good mood, even though Bai Xin had already eaten, he still ordered a bowl for him.

Seeing that Bai Xin had no place to sit, the man in the square scarf seemed to be squatting in the corner, so he shouted, "Little baby, sit here with Uncle. Come on!" A thin-faced man sitting on his right side glanced at Bai Xin hesitantly, seeing that he was long It was very cute and did not speak.

Seeing that this 'uncle' didn't look like a human trafficker, Bai Xin hesitated for a moment before sitting down.Mei Qing and the others glanced curiously and didn't care.

A bowl of mung bean soup is so clear that you can count the mung beans underneath.Bai Xin just swallowed it whole and didn't know the taste, but now he tastes it slowly, it really tastes good.Add some honey to the cooked soup, and use fresh well water to drink it. A bowl costs two yuan, which is a real price.

The man in the square scarf refused to let Bai Xin be a 'quiet snack', and only heard him ask: "Which village are you from, little baby?"

Bai Xin frowned, "I'm nine years old."

Everyone who heard it was stunned.

The man smiled and said, "Okay, it's the little brother."

Bai Xin replied to him with satisfaction: "Dongxi Village."

The man's expression became warmer after hearing this: "What a coincidence, I just happened to be going there to visit relatives. My surname is Nie, you can call me Uncle Nie."

Bai Xin glanced at Mei Qing's table, and the few people at the next table were actually in the mood to eat the dry food brought by home, and his speed of drinking soup slowed down.

The man surnamed Nie went on to say, "Your village is quite close to Shoushan Mountain. Did you see anything special on the day of the earthquake? For example, a fire in the mountain, lightning flashes, etc.?"

Bai Xin's heart skipped a beat, and he became vigilant. After all, he had a great opportunity on Shoushan Mountain. Now he doesn't know if his blood has any special effects. It would be a bad thing to be discovered.Then he looked at the man pretending to be strange, and said, "Everyone is talking about wild beasts coming down and biting a lot of people. What could be more special than this? Anyway, I haven't seen it, and I haven't heard anyone say it too much."

"Heh~" Nie Fangjin, who couldn't ask anything, was not disappointed, "Little brother looks familiar, doesn't he? Which family are you from? Uncle and you Baochangbai You are old relatives."

This person has a majestic aura, an elegant demeanor, and a gentle face.The thin-faced man on the right side of him was not wearing conspicuous clothes, the material was good, he looked like a follower, and beside him there was a table of four quiet strong men who were obviously a group.Bai Xin glanced back and forth at them unobtrusively, reconfirming that he was not a kidnapper, but that he had a lot of background, so he replied: "Bai An'an is my grandfather", so he refused to say more.

Nie Fangjin didn't know who Bai An'an was, and he was able to name Bao Chang Bai Youcai because he had inquired about it.Thin face unexpectedly looked at Bai Xin seriously, frowned, suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, and he felt ridiculous, so he refused to look at it again, fearing that he would not be able to hold back his galloping brain.

Nie Fangjin then asked some more about the local people, but unfortunately, Bai Xin had only come here not long ago and was not old enough to know the big things, so he didn't say much.

The six people at that table didn't finish their meal. Mei Qing and Qin Shuangping each had their own missions and rushed to the West Market.

Bai Xin followed silently, Baohua looked back a few times, and couldn't help but ask, "What did that master say to you?"

Others were also very curious, so Bai Xin said, "When visiting relatives and friends, I asked a few questions about the earthquake."

Mei Fanglin said: "My father said that many people in Mei Village and Meitouling Village at the foot of Meishan were buried and could not be dug up. Fortunately, my father moved here early."

Baoxi hugged the elder sister's arm in fear, "What if we can't dig it out? What if someone is still alive?"

Qin Shuangping shook his head and said: "After the earthquake, it rained, and the mud and rocks rushed over, making the burial even tighter. I heard from Shopkeeper Xue that the imperial court sent soldiers to clean up that side, so that we can cross the border to buy in the future." state."

Baoli thought about it, "So, there will be more people passing through our town from south to north, and it must be more lively."

A few of them were young, and they all thought about how lively the town would be.

Pian Baohua was still asking: "Did he say where he is from and what he does?"

Bai Xin was taken aback for a moment, then remembered which 'he' was referring to, and said lightly, "No."

Baohua curled her lips, quite dissatisfied, she dragged Mei Fanglin to the front and said, "That master wears good clothes and has servants, he must be a nobleman..."

Bai Xin at the end of the line looked at Baoxi strangely. If he wasn't dazzled, Baoxi twitched the corner of her mouth contemptuously.

The closer it was to the West Market, the more noisy it was. Traffickers and pawns spread goods all over the floor. The stall owners and buyers were chatting and laughing or arguing endlessly, which made Bai Xin and the others very fresh.

The West Market occupies a large open space, with occasional low houses and various stalls lined up in long lines. The stalls of Fu's and Jiang's are placed together with those of the village's acquaintances.Several people looked for them, but they didn't see them.

Baoli walked over to a middle-aged Liangzi and asked, "Uncle Xu Jun, where are my Eun and Bom?"

The middle-aged good son Xu said with a smile: "Lizheng's family is hosting a wedding, and I will pack your oil and eggs. The two of them have delivered the goods, and they will be back soon!"

The sisters of the Bai family were very happy when they heard this, and the good son Bai, who was younger than Xu's, said sourly: "Your mother is lucky. It didn't take long to meet Lizheng's family to purchase. I knew it earlier." His family has a happy event today, so I brought oil here." Bai's sells seasonal vegetables, and her vegetable field was intact after the earthquake, and she made a lot of money selling vegetables during this period of rising vegetable prices.

Bai Weiqiang's husband, Bai Weiqiang, has an older brother, Bai Weixing, who worked outside the home and made a fortune. His family was relatively wealthy, and he was flattered by many people. Even the Bai family was looked up to.Then Bai's neighbor Qin said with a smile: "Your family always eats potato oil, and there is no shortage of money to use it. Why bother to pick it up and sell it. His family doesn't grow so many vegetables like you and can sell it. In the future If you don’t have enough oil at home, you can only buy lard, which is no better than eating your own oil all the time.”

Potato oil (that is, peanut oil) is produced here, and the hand-pressed oil yields less oil and tastes better than lard, so the price is much higher. In the cheapest harvest season, two catties of lard are exchanged for one catty of soybean oil.Qin's heart was sour but he didn't show it. He made Bai's happy, and asked him to deliver some food.

Mei Qing took Mei Fanglin and Qin Shuangping to buy what she needed, and the Bai sisters chatted with Xu.Bai Xin looked around, and saw that most of the stalls here were placed directly on the ground: there were straw mats or coarse cloth, and the goods were placed; there were baskets, baskets, and wooden barrels to hold them; the delicate ones were placed on low tables, or they were just like selling pork. Support a door panel.People patrol from time to time, and when they see newcomers, they go up to collect money, which is commonly known as "travel fee". When there are big gatherings, they charge two yuan for half an hour, three yuan for an hour, and slightly less for small gatherings.The patrol team consisted of three or two young people leading a group of half-sized men divided into several teams.

When Bai Xin was observing, a small group surrounded an old man to ask questions. The old man bowed his back and answered intermittently. I won't charge you any more."

The old man hurriedly thanked him.

Many stall owners smiled at the young people and said, "It's a great joy, and our 'travel expenses' will be waived as well."

The young man made an aggressive gesture, "Go, go! Our boss has a kind heart and takes pity on the weak. We won't accept you when you are too old to move."

Those who heard it all laughed.

The Xu family and the others here were talking about the marriage of the eldest son of the Lizheng family, Bai Xin followed suit, and Mei Qing and the others came back together with the Fu family and the Jiang family.

"Ah Mu!" The sisters of the Bai family went up to meet them, and saw that the bamboo baskets and baskets of both of them were empty, and it seemed that the sauerkraut pickled at home had also been packed by Li Zheng's family.

"Is it hot?" Jiang Shi said as he took off the baskets of Baoli Baoxi and put them in the basket.

Baoli replied: "It's not hot. Cousin Ah Qing treats everyone to mung bean soup."

While waiting impatiently, Baohua pulled Fu Shi and said, "Mum, let's go back quickly, I have something to tell you!"

Several children also expressed that they had urgent matters to discuss.Fu and Jiang told several villagers they knew well to leave first.