North and South groceries

When Luo Yong borrowed corn seeds to go out this time, he naturally did not forget his disciples. Although many of his disciples are now running cement workshops outside the village, their families all live here. side.

After Luo Yong's 20 or so disciples moved to Xipo Village to live in, there were more than [-] more families on the other side of the sheep house, which seemed to be the size of a small village.

And because they are doing business here, some merchants and peddlers come here to buy goods every day, and there are many cement porters who come and go from the cement road in front of their shop, so even if you are in the countryside, you can’t buy goods here. I don't feel deserted and lonely at all.

"Shopkeeper, give me five liters of soy sauce." On the afternoon of this day, the sun was shining brightly outside, and another customer of today was welcomed in a small shop on the Xipo Village side of the sheepfold.

"Hey, here we come." Looking at the store was a slightly plump proprietress. She was sitting cross-legged on the kang, poking a wool felt cushion with a sign. The work in the house came down from the kang, and greeted the young peddler with a smile: "What, the five liters were all sold out in the past two days. My soy sauce is not bad, right?"

"Where are you going? I heard that what you are selling now is still the soy sauce made by Luo Sanlang in the past. I'm afraid it will take some time to know whether your sauce making skills are good." The peddler took off his bamboo hat. Fan yourself.

"It's not like you can sell it just by bringing it over, we have to take care of it ourselves." The proprietress laughed.The Luo family is familiar with stirring and drying the sauce every day, and they don’t think there is any difficulty. When they first took over the job, they were always at a loss. Well, one failure can destroy the whole tank.

A liter of soy sauce costs two cents, the peddler bought five liters, and the proprietress gave him an extra half a liter as an extra.

The peddler paid the money, and took up the burden to buy fermented bean curd at the next store. In the area of ​​Luojia Yangshe, basically every store only sells one item. Every time they come back to buy goods, they often have to go to several stores. shop, the trouble is a little troublesome, but refreshing.

After the guests left, the woman sat back on the kang and continued poking her wool felt cushion.

This woman is Yang Silang's wife, Mrs. Liu. She was the one who improved the tool for poking wool felt. Now their family has moved to Xipo Village. Yang Silang is good at making wool felt and spends it in his backyard every day. When making wool felt, his wife is responsible for poking wool felt and looking after the store. The money she earns from selling soy sauce is enough to live on.

"Someone came to buy soy sauce just now?" Yang Silang also came out from the backyard at this time.

"No, I bought five liters." Now the soy sauce they sell is still made by Luo Yong in the past, so most of the money from selling soy sauce has to be sent to Luo Yong. Five liters of soy sauce is ten cents, Luo Yong They get nine coins and they get one coin. They do two or three transactions a day, and it's not a problem for a few people in the family to eat and drink.

"I'll go to the village to get some cashmere," Yang Silang said.

"You go, when you come back later, go to Xu's guest house and bring all the children back." Liu muttered: "Let them go to learn arithmetic, and they don't even know they are back, and they have to wait every day. People went over and shouted, and when they all come back today, I will definitely say something.”

Yang Silang waved his hand, and went out of the shop. His mother-in-law and aunt are getting older, and they really like to talk more and more in the past two years.

"Don't forget to pull out two mustard greens later, we'll have Hoto tonight." Mrs. Liu yelled again from behind.

"I know." Yang Silang responded with a raised voice.

Walking on the concrete road in front of his house, both sides are full of shops opened by brothers and sisters of the same school. Many people are not at home at this time, and the shops are watched by the elderly, children and wives at home. They have to go to the ground by themselves. Either they are working in the workshops in front of them. Recently, many people have gone to other villages to burn cement. It is estimated that they will be busy until winter.

Yang Silang is good at making wool felt cushions, and he himself wanted to develop in this field, so he didn't go out to do other jobs, and he didn't have any serious fields at home. He just opened a vegetable field and planted some beans.

He is now making wool felt cushions in his backyard every day, and tidying up the vegetable fields in the morning and dusk. The children in the family can also help the family. The first thing he does every morning is to stir up those sauce jars. After a while, his wife was mostly watching the shop, and brought wool felt cushions along the way, so that the family's life was peaceful and happy.

Of course, it would be even better if his mother-in-law doesn't make him do housework all day long.

Like just now, it’s not a big deal to ask him to call the baby back home, and pull a mustard or two to go back. Yang Silang mainly doesn’t like the work of washing vegetables and dishes...

"Yang Si, how about going to Master's place?" Someone from the nearby shop greeted him.

"Exactly." Yang Silang responded with a smile.

There is some competition between them, brothers of the same school, because many families have opened the same shop recently, but the relationship is generally good, and the harmony has not been hurt by this business matter.

After all, even if you can't do business, you can still do other things. If you follow their master, you will never worry about your way out.

Yang Silang walks slowly along this cement road to the Luo's yard. He has spent the whole day nestling in his backyard making wool felt cushions, and he really should come out for a walk occasionally.

On the other side of Luo's courtyard, there is a room specially used to store wool of various colors. There are plenty of wool colors in it. Yang Silang has to go there every few days, even if he doesn't lack anything for a while. Wool of any color, he would be happy to go there and have a look.

These disciples who are good at making woolen felt cushions, in fact, all of them really want a room like that in their hearts, but it's a pity that it can't be accumulated in a short time, there is not enough funds, and even thinking about it. Don't even think about it.

Recently, some people outside have said that Luo Sanlang is in debt, but they don't look at the savings he has on hand. Just the Du planting saplings all over the hillside, they don't know how much they are worth.

Those in the county who lent money to Luo before, no one has said anything for a long time. Yang Silang and his disciples are thinking, those people are probably still thinking about Eucommia gum, and they don’t know what their master has in mind. what charter.

"Huh, huh, huh..." Before Yang Silang stepped into the courtyard of the Luo family, he heard the sound of running water.

"Master." He called out.

"Oh, come get the wool, go yourself." Luo Yong was standing in front of the laundry pool in the yard of his house at this time, facing the gushing sheepskin water pipe, rinsing a large basin of cabbage leaves. The thing is called cabbage in this era, and it looks a bit different, but it tastes the same.

"Why do you start washing vegetables at this time?" Yang Silang asked him.

"Wash the vegetables earlier, and it's time to make dinner later." Luo Sanlang said.

"..." Yang Silang thought to himself that he was unwilling to be ordered by his mother-in-law to do these jobs, but his master voluntarily did these jobs. Sure enough, this is the gap between master and disciple?

"What's for dinner tonight?" Yang Silang asked again.

"Hoto." Luo Yong said without raising his head.

"..." Yang Silang thought what a coincidence, my family also eats Hoto tonight.In order to save trouble, her mother-in-law has been cooking Hoto for dinner for several days in a row.

Luo Yong has been having a hard time recently. Ever since Si Niang and Goro and the others started engraving and printing, they have been busy working in the shop there all day long. The originally agreed division of housework has not been carried out. They cook, wash dishes, wash clothes, and sweep the yard. Feeding the animals, all these jobs now fell to Luo Yong alone, but luckily the two Liulang and Qiniang were not off the hook, so they helped him feed the chickens anyway.

"Brother, don't eat Hoto for dinner." Qiniang's little girl ran over at this moment and expressed an objection.

"Oh, what do you want to eat then?" Luo Yong asked her.

"Corn cakes!" the girl said without thinking.

"Corn cakes..." Luo Yong looked down at her, and then asked, "Why is your clothes dirty, but you fell down?"

"Well, I fell." The little girl nodded her head seriously. She just wanted to drive an old hen out of the yard that was wandering around the yard after laying eggs, but she slipped and fell. When she fell, it didn't hurt much, and she got up by herself.

"Then be careful next time, don't fall down again." Luo Yong squatted down and patted her pants. The weather is still hot at the moment, and Liu Lang and Qin Niang are both dressed in simple cross-collar short brown , Change it on the same day and wash it on the same day. Qiniang is still young now, so she can just wear a pair of trousers, and it's fine to wear trousers and skirts.

"Oh." The little girl Qiniang received her elder brother's love and care, her heart was beautiful, and her face was also full of smiles.

"Okay, let's go play." Luo Yong patted the dust off her knees, and still sent her to play by herself.

"Hehehe..." The little girl Pianzi giggled and ran out.

——As for tonight's meal, of course it has to be Houtou.

Yang Silang watched from the side, and he admired his master very much in his heart. Look at this method of coaxing children, making him, the father of several children, feel ashamed. ...

"Brother, I want to eat cornbread tonight, not Hoto." The little girl giggled and ran out a few steps, when she suddenly remembered an important thing.

Yang Silang: "..."

Luo Yong: Yes, it’s okay if you don’t succeed in fooling around, victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs.