Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

After discussing some future developments with Xu Jian, Shen Chenai went to Luo's butcher shop contentedly after work. Recently, Shen Chenai and Luo Ding both went to work together and then went home together. Both of them are very satisfied with the way they get along.

Before reaching the gate of Luo's butcher's shop, Shen Chenai saw the people inside carrying things in and out.

After walking in and taking a look, Shen Chenai discovered that what the workers put into the shop was actually cartloads of radishes and cabbages. This made Shen Chenai very confused. Could it be that Luo's butcher shop is also planning to operate multiple businesses and start buying and selling vegetables?

The shopkeeper of this store is Shuanzi who retired with Luo Ding. He was standing outside the gate directing the workers to carry the vegetables on the donkey cart. When he saw Shen Chenxi coming from the opposite side, Shuanzi said to him: " Brother Chen is here, the boss is paying the farmer who sells vegetables in the shop. There are too many things to do today. We are so busy that we have not checked the accounts until now. You may have to wait for a while gone."

Shen Chenai stretched out her head to look into the shop when she heard the words, and sure enough, she saw Luo Ding who was busy planning on the cabinet.Beside him, there were several people dressed as farmers, presumably those were vegetable farmers waiting to pay their bills.

Seeing Shen Chenai looking into the shop, Shuan Zi hurriedly said, "The sun is about to set, so it's not okay to stand outside all the time, or Brother Chen, you go inside the shop and wait for the owner."

When the two of them were talking at the door, Luo Ding, who had been buried in the cabinet to settle the accounts, suddenly raised his head and took a look outside the door. His glance coincided with Shen Chenai who was sticking his head inside. The two of them were unexpected They were all taken aback for a moment, and then Luo Ding reacted quickly. After shouting at the accountant at the counter a few times, he asked the few vegetable farmers around him to go to the accountant to pay the bill.

After settling a business, Luo Ding walked out of the shop quickly, came to Shen Chenai's side, and said softly to him: "The account in the shop has not been settled today, can you go inside and wait for me? "

Shen Chenai heard the words and thought about it, but agreed. After all, there are so many people waiting to get off work, and it would be too annoying to delay it any longer.

Shen Chenai, who entered the shop, sat on a chair with hot tea and drank silently, quietly watching Luo Ding reconcile accounts with Shuan Zi and Mr. Accountant. Luo Ding now runs two butcher shops in Fengcheng , the accounts must be checked every day, and only after the confirmation is correct can the shopkeeper's accountant Mr. Can go home from work.

The store in the west of the city has already checked. If this one doesn't have that pile of vegetables, it should have been checked by now.

After all, it was just one day's accounts, not too many, but after [-] minutes, the accounts were checked, and the last few people who stayed closed the shop door, greeted each other, and walked in the direction of their homes went.

Following Luo Ding and the others, there were also two middle-aged vegetable vendors pushing a wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow was full of cabbages and radishes. Only then did Shen Chenxi remember the vegetables that were brought into the butcher shop in carts just now. , So he asked, "Are you planning to expand your business scope?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding replied very strangely: "No, how could you have such an idea?"

"Then why did you buy so many white cabbage and radish?" Shen Chenai continued to ask.

Hearing this, Luo Ding chuckled and replied: "Winter is coming soon, and there will be no other vegetables on the market except bean sprouts. Our shop also provides meals for the workers. If we don't buy them now If some are stored, there will be no food to eat in winter."

Shen Chenai was very surprised when he heard the words, he pointed to the cabbage and radish cart and asked: "Then these are also prepared for the workers?"

Hearing this, Luo Ding shook his head and said, "I bought this for our family. I pushed it back and put it in the cellar. There will be no problem in storing it until the summer. I have sent someone to the pig shed during the day. It is enough for them to eat this winter." gone."

Hearing Luo Ding's reply, Shen Chenai, who had a basic level of life skills, realized that Luo Ding was preparing vegetables for the winter. Shouldn't this be a skill only for uncles and aunts?How come Luo Ding has mastered it?

Without confusing Shen Chenai for too long, Luo Ding quickly piled pumpkins, sweet potatoes, potatoes and green onions into the vegetable cellar at home within two or three days.

Regarding the phenomenon of some species that should not appear now, Shen Chenai has changed from being curious at first to not being surprised. Even things like corn can be planted all over the mountain. Anything else, isn't that a very normal thing.

On this day, Shen Chenai rested and did not go to work in the bookstore. Before going out, Luo Ding said to the lazy Shen Chenai: "Old Yuan's family is going to pick persimmons today. If you are bored at home, follow Aunt Chen and wait for Laurel and Xiao Shan went to their old Yuan's house to see the excitement, and brought back two boxes of persimmons for our family to eat slowly."

Shen Chenai had just finished his artistic creation at this time, and was about to go out for a walk. Naturally, he wished for a place to go there, so after sending Luo Ding away, he immediately began to help Aunt Chen change the clothes of the two children , Then he hugged Xiaoshan himself, Aunt Chen took Yuegui, and after locking the gate, the four of them walked to the old Yuan's house that Luo Ding said.

Mrs. Chen didn't take them to Yuan's house, but took them directly to the persimmon garden. Old Yuan's family has been in the fruit business for generations. In addition to the persimmon garden, their family also has a large pear orchard.

Entering the persimmon garden, there are workers picking persimmons everywhere. At this time, all the leaves on the persimmon trees have already fallen off, leaving only heavy orange-red persimmons hanging on the branches.

The workers who came to pick the persimmons were nimble, and the wicker baskets placed under the tree would be filled to the brim in a few minutes. Some people saw Mrs. Chen coming with a white-faced scholar and two children, and said to themselves The child knew that he was not here to help.

Most of the people in the persimmon garden were busy with their work, and those who knew Mrs. Chen just nodded and said hello. As for Shen Chenai, I'm sorry that no one here knows him yet.

Mrs. Chen obviously came here often, and brought Shen Chenai and the two children to the innermost part of the persimmon garden without hesitation. , came here to weigh.

Next to the big scale, there was a middle-aged man in his 40s standing all the time, holding a brush and an account book and kept keeping accounts for the weighed persimmons. When he saw Mrs. Chen bringing someone over, he asked very puzzled. : "Why is my sister-in-law here free today?"

Pointing at Shen Chenai beside her, Mrs. Chen replied, "I know that your family is going to pick persimmons today. My boss wants to come over today and want to pick two baskets and bring them home for the children to eat."

Hearing the words, the middle-aged man looked at Shen Chenai, then at Xiaoshan and Yuegui who were being hugged and led, smiled and said to them: "Why do you need to come over here and ask someone to come over and say something?" , I’ll let someone choose the best one and send it to you.”

Hearing the words, Shen Chenai shook Xiao Shan who was in Dian's arms and replied: "The weather is fine today, I want to take them out for a walk, as well as to join in the fun."

The middle-aged man understands what he said, and he dares to bring the children here to play by buying persimmons, but that's fine, I'm busy here, and I don't have time to entertain guests, so I'll find them a tree and let them Let them play by themselves.

So the middle-aged man casually picked up two large willow baskets that were empty, handed them to Shen Chenai and the others, pointed to a persimmon tree that was not picked by anyone, and said to them, "The persimmons over there are pretty good. Pick, pick the ones you choose and put them in the frame, and then bring them to me and weigh them.”

Hearing this, Shen Chenai bent down and carried the two empty baskets to the bottom of the persimmon tree, but he didn't know what to do with the persimmon tree.

Just at this moment, Mrs. Chen came over, and while taking the hill in Shen Chenai's arms away, she said to him: "Pick a big one, and pick the hard persimmons by feeling them. This kind of persimmons can hold. If you go back, you will Eat, then pick a few more soft ones, just don’t overdo it, too much will spoil if you can’t eat it.”

Speaking of which, Mrs. Chen brought Xiao Shan to the side of the wicker basket and continued: "Madam, I have old arms and legs, so I won't pick them together with Brother Chen. I'm here but you look at the basket."

Shen Chenai heard the black lines all over her head, and said to herself that the persimmon garden is full of persimmons, who else would steal them, if you seem lazy, just say so.

Because of Mrs. Chen's withdrawal, there were only two people left under the persimmon tree, Shen Chenai and Yuegui. Yuegui was young, so she naturally began to fight against Shen Chenai, and transported the persimmons he picked into the basket.

This year's persimmons are really fruitful. After Shen Chenai picked two full baskets, at least half of the fruits on the persimmon tree have not been picked. Feeling a little tired, Shen Chenai looked at her face covered with sweat Yuegui, looking at Mrs. Chen who was sitting there leisurely, and Xiaoshan who was bubbling in her arms all the time, felt that it was time to go home.

Seeing that the customer had finished picking out the persimmons, someone quickly carried the two baskets of persimmons to weigh them. After weighing them in two, Shen Chenyi quickly checked out and paid, and then said to the middle-aged owner of the persimmon garden: "These two baskets Persimmons, boss, please find someone to help deliver them to your home, we live in the Luo family in the west of the city."

The middle-aged boss nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and while giving Shen Chenai some money, he continued to sell him: "In a few days, we will have freshly dried persimmon cakes here, which are best used as snacks for children." Yes, little brother, if you want to buy it, just let me know, and I'll send someone to deliver it to you."

Shen Chenai smiled when she heard the words, and said to herself that the boss really knows how to do business. When they were about to go to the persimmon garden, Shen Chenai discovered a very strange phenomenon.

Due to the large number of workers who came to pick persimmons, some persimmon trees outside the persimmon garden have been picked, but those persimmon trees that have been picked by people will more or less leave some persimmons on the trees. And no one will pick them in the past.

It is normal to say that the ones that are too tall are not picked, but some persimmons hang very low, such as Shen Chenyi, who can reach them by lifting their feet, but it is such an easy thing, but no one does it.

Shen Chenai looked at those persimmons and thought about them carefully. In a trance, she remembered that someone once mentioned that when the orchard was picking fruit, it would always deliberately leave the fruit hanging on the tree and not pick it. The birds left some food, so that when the next spring begins, the remaining birds will help the fruit farmers to deworm the trees.

Now it seems that this is really the case, so this can be regarded as another kind of ecological investment. Sure enough, no matter in that era, human wisdom is endless.