I fought back after reselling my engagement

She turned around and took out an apron from the wall. It was made of blue flowered cloth commonly used by country people. She put it on herself and took a broom to sweep the broken porcelain pieces on the ground into a dustpan.

Su Mo saw a piece of fish with meat leaking out, and bent down to pick it up. Zhen Su raised his eyes and warned: "The pieces are sharp, be careful with your hands."

Suddenly, Su Mo gasped, his finger was cut, and bright red blood gushed out. Countless solutions to this situation flashed through Zhen Su's mind: one, suck it out with your mouth, which would restore "Su Zhen's" memory, but this was the most unhygienic; two, find some cloth to wrap it up...

She took some clean water, pulled Su Mo to the basin, and rinsed the wound with water. After rinsing, she sprinkled salt to disinfect it. Wrapping the wound too tightly in summer would be detrimental to its recovery.

Zhen Su took a piece of unburned wood from the stove and used it to burn the wound until the bleeding stopped. Su Mo looked at her quietly. At that moment, he felt that she was a stunning beauty. It turned out that a woman who cared for others would be more attractive. "Who did you learn how to treat wounds like this?"

"Rinse with clean water, salt can disinfect, and fire can stop bleeding. It's summer now, so this is the best way to deal with it. It's best not to bandage your wound."

Su Mo smiled and said, "You speak like a young doctor who knows medicine."

"I'll just treat you as a little doctor. Don't touch water these days." The wound stopped bleeding. She put the fire stick back into the stove, took out the loofah, and washed the dishes skillfully. She poured hot water to wash the dishes a second time, a third time...

Su Mo stood beside her, watching her quietly, feeling that every move she made was beautiful. It was said that girls should learn needlework, sewing and cooking, and she knew all of these. He had never seen her learn sewing, but her cooking skills were top-notch. He had become addicted to the meals she cooked these days. Now he stood beside her like a wooden stick, watching her work.

Zhen Su put the braised fish and twice-cooked pork left over from lunch into two large bowls, placed the large bowls in the basket, and then dropped the basket into the well.

Zhen Su looked at him puzzledly, "In the summer, ordinary people put leftover food on the well to freeze for fear of spoiling it, and then pull it up at night. Then it won't become sour, smelly or rotten, and once heated up it will be as fresh as the food at noon."

Su Mo had seen Bing Pai melons, but he had never seen Bing Pai’s leftovers. “Have you ever lived in an ordinary family?”

I lived there for eight years in my previous life, and I know how ordinary people live. They are reluctant to throw away any leftovers, especially meat, rice, and flour. They are reluctant to waste them. The leftovers of other foods can be fed to pigs and chickens, which can lay eggs and pigs can grow meat.

Zhen Su remained silent, which Su Mo took as his agreement.

Could it be that this princess grew up in a country family?

Su Mo said, "I'll wash the dishes tonight. I've learned how to do it from watching you do it."

Zhen Su smiled and said, "You don't have to learn this."

"You can do it, why can't I?"

He looked at her hands, which used to be as delicate as a baby's skin, but had become increasingly rough in recent days because of taking care of him and his seventh uncle who were sick. She didn't look like someone who grew up in the countryside. There would never be a lady as beautiful as her in the countryside, nor would there be such a pair of dexterous hands.

Although they don't care about each other, they share the hardships of life and death; although they don't have a close relationship, they have a tacit understanding of holding hands. When their eyes meet, his tenderness and affection cannot be hidden. A man who is moved always has a softness that makes people fascinated. He has her in his eyes, so he is soft; she has him in her heart, so she is moved.

At this moment, I don’t want time to flow, it just stops and turns into eternity, even if it is the gaze of two dazed men and women.

Outside the courtyard gate, someone called out, "Melons, big, sweet melons, juicy and delicious, can be cut into pieces and sold, 80 cents per pound, selling melons—"

Su Mo said, "I'm going to buy some melons!"

He almost fled, and rushed out of the courtyard. He saw a bullock cart outside. On the cart sat a woman and several large baskets full of melons. The woman said, "Scholar, do you want to buy some melons? These are grown by me and I just picked them this morning."

"Thank you, sister-in-law, for picking a melon for me."

"Okay, our melons are juicy and sweet. I guarantee you'll want to eat them again tomorrow."

"Will you come tomorrow?"

"Yesterday we went to East Street, today it's South Street, tomorrow we'll go to West Street and North Street."

"Pick me two melons."

Uncle Su Qi walked out of the courtyard, took a melon, and patted it with his hands. This melon was the largest among them. "Pick this one. We can buy a lot. Can you give me a discount?"

"One pound of melons, seven grains, can't be any less. If it's less, we won't make any money. Our family relies on growing melons to make a living." The eldest sister-in-law was mysterious. When she spoke to Shao, she looked around, afraid that others would know. "If anyone asks, don't mention that we gave your family a discount. We buy melons in town every summer. We are all familiar with each other. If it gets out, people will talk about it."

Zhen Suyi left the house and heard the melon seller's sister-in-law say this, "Sister-in-law also gave seven coins a pound to others. I heard that for the big buyers, you made an exception and gave six coins a pound."

The melon seller didn't know that this was a test from her, and thought that the other party already knew it. She hesitated and said, "You bought a lot, so I will give you the lowest price, six grains per pound, no less."

They weighed the melons immediately and paid copper coins. Uncle Su Qi took a very large melon, and Su Mo took two melons weighing three or four pounds. They washed the big melon, cut it in half and sliced ​​it.

The three of them sat in the main room, enjoying the melon. The so-called melon was the watermelon in Su Zhen's memory. In ancient times, one catty of it cost six coins, which was equivalent to three or four yuan per catty in later generations. One tael of silver was about four hundred yuan in later generations. Zhen Su didn't like melon very much. Her favorite fruits were oranges and pears. She couldn't eat any more after eating two pieces.

Su Mo asked, "How do you know that their lowest price is six coins per pound?"

"If you come to buy from them, they will give you a discount if you buy in large quantities. The rich families buy a lot at a time, so they get the lowest price. They also have to give some to the maids in charge, which can be a few or dozens. If you calculate it this way, it's good to get five grains per pound. The maids will continue to buy from him because they are so good. There were also people selling melons yesterday, and they were a pair of brothers. It shows that there are more than one family growing and selling melons. The business that you look down on may be appreciated by other families."

You may think that you are making too little money, but you can still make money even if the price is low because others are buying in large quantities.

Uncle Su Qi asked, "Miss Shu, are you talking about small profits but quick turnover?"

Zhen Su smiled slightly, "The canal has been plagued by bandits for more than a hundred years since the previous dynasty. If we can eliminate the bandits this time, it will be a great benefit to the people of the canal and the world."

The canal was in turmoil, goods were difficult to transport, and prices were too high. Silk in the south of the Yangtze River cost two taels of silver per piece, but in the capital it cost twelve taels of silver per piece. The price was even higher in the north or in Yueyang Prefecture in Hunan Province.

After the establishment of the Great Qi Dynasty, Qi Taizu, Qi Gaozu and the current Emperor Dezhi also had to clear out the bandits along the canal when they first ascended the throne. When soldiers came, the bandits became civilians, and when the soldiers left, the civilians became bandits again. They lingered at the large and small docks all over the canal. Most of the canal docks in the world are controlled by local tycoons. They either call themselves famous families or local gentry, but in fact they are all local tyrants.