No pain no gain

After resting for about half a month, Da Zhuang felt that his legs were no longer weak, so he dug out all the money at home and prepared to go to the market.In the past few days, Da Zhuang has thought about it carefully. In fact, doing farm work in the fields is not unbearable. It will cause physical problems. The main reason is that in the ten days after harvesting the grain, he rushed to dry the grain before it rained When I take it home every day, I can only rely on this small body to carry dozens of kilograms home. After several days of hard physical labor, even young and strong adults can't bear it, let alone the current situation. The body itself is not very healthy!Da Zhuang hesitated again and again, and made up his mind to buy a donkey and ask a carpenter to make a small wooden cart. It would be easier to collect grain, and he would not have to use the ox cart or rely on his legs every time he went to the market. I just don't know if these two taels of silver are enough...

Da Zhuang picked up all kinds of dried vegetables and pickled sauerkraut that he had dried in the sun and packed them in neat categories. He picked up all the fish kept in a broken water tank with a wooden bucket, and planned to pick seven or eight good ones and put them in various kinds. Send dried vegetables and pickled vegetables to Zhao Ziyang. I have done business with Zhao Ziyang seven or eight times this year, and I became familiar with them after coming and going. Zhao Ziyang also invited Da Zhuang to his place as a guest. After sending it to the store, the clerk will pay the bill, and then talk to Zhao Ziyang if you have time, and if you don't have time, that's all.

The fish was fished by Da Zhuang himself in a basket made in the river. In the past few months, the fields were busy, and there was no time to get those fish, except for the fish that were difficult to feed or that were almost dead after catching them. A few little guys added food, and the rest of the fish were kept in a broken water tank. Under Da Zhuang's instructions, Er Zhuang changed the water in the broken water tank every other day, and dozens of fish have been kept until now .The family was busy, and when going to the market, they would start rushing back as soon as they handed over the small basket to the clerk, and they didn't have time to find Zhao Ziyang. Da Zhuang thought about it, and decided to pay a visit this time anyway.

"Brother, why don't I go to the market this time with Big Brother A, you'd better rest at home!" Er Zhuang glanced worriedly at the two big baskets that Da Zhuang packed up.

Da Zhuang wiped the slender man slightly protruding from his forehead, hehe, he sweated after just moving like this. It seems that this body is still very weak. I guess the biggest benefit of this illness is that Er Zhuang finally started A little more responsible, no longer quite a child.

"It's okay, let's go by car, we don't need to be tired, this time the big brother has something important to do!" Da Zhuang shook his arms, moved a little, and said to Er Zhuang with a smile.

These days, the unfinished farm work at home is mainly the leftover cotton, which is done by Er Zhuang and the idiot. The housework is taken over by the big girl, and Da Zhuang suddenly becomes free and becomes a special caretaker. The idler of the baby, Da Zhuang has nothing to do in his free time. He picked up the military boxing, Tai Chi, aerobics, etc. he learned in high school, university military training, and physical education in his previous life. I want to use this to make my body stronger.

"Da Zhuang..." The idiot put down his work, walked up to Da Zhuang and said hesitantly.

"What's the matter?" Da Zhuang asked calmly.

It has been more than nine months with the idiot, except for the first two months due to the serious situation, Da Zhuang took a little thought, nothing more than a little more patience, after that, the idiot gradually improved, and he Became the best assistant, and in the past year, it is estimated that because of the nutrition to keep up, he jumped up, no wonder everywhere there is a saying of a stupid big man, and he has a lot of strength, so, Da Zhuang thought again and again, Although Landlord Wu's house didn't show anything except after Mrs. Wu brought something over during the Chinese New Year, Da Zhuang still tried his best to educate the fool.

"I, I want to take my money jar!" the fool whispered.

Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment: "Don't you know where I put it for you? Why are you still asking me! You want to use the money to get it yourself."

The fool smiled happily, entered Da Zhuang's room, and took out a dark gray jar from the bedside, which contained many copper plates.

After the weather started to warm up, Da Zhuang packed up another room and went to sleep with the twins, mainly because he was afraid that Da Niuer and Er Zhuang would sleep to death at night and could not take good care of the twins. The house originally had three rooms and a main room. The kitchen and toilets were built separately. One room was used as a storeroom with various sundries piled up in it. The kang in one room was broken, so Da Zhuang just arrived in winter At that time, several children had to huddle in one room, but now that it was warmer, Da Zhuang repaired the other room a little, and divided them into two rooms for sleeping.

Every time after buying a basket, Da Zhuang will pay the fool at two-thirds of the price based on the number of baskets he made up. Da Zhuang asked the idiot to put it away, but the idiot found a jar with a hole in it somewhere and put the money in it, then gave it to Da Zhuang, and asked Da Zhuang to put it away for him, Da Zhuang was afraid of the jar The cut on the mouth scratched the idiot's hand, and I wrapped it in a cloth, and helped the idiot find a suitable cover...

The fool followed Da Zhuang to the market more times, and he also began to understand that money is an important thing. When he saved a hundred or so copper coins, he took a thin thread and strung them together. , carefully put them in the jar, and this is the first time I have to take out the money jar.

Because he brought a lot of things, Da Zhuang didn't bring a few small ones, and only asked Er Zhuang and Fool to help carry the things on their backs.

Because the eldest girl was worried about Da Zhuang's body and feared that her two younger sisters would increase the burden on Da Zhuang, she coaxed the two little girls early, and Da Zhuang promised to bring back delicious food before she escaped smoothly.

Zhao Ziyang lives in a small courtyard, besides the two masters, one civil and one military, brought from home earlier, there are also two servants hired in the small town, one is the aunt who is in charge of sweeping and cleaning laundry and other sundries, One is a cook who is responsible for cooking, shopping and other things in the kitchen. Zhao Ziyang has opened several shops in the town. In addition to studying on weekdays, he goes to the shop every few months to check and check the books. Da Zhuang seems to be living such a life quite comfortably, but once Da Zhuang inadvertently expressed this idea, he noticed a bit of bitterness on the corner of Zhao Ziyang's mouth, although he didn't know what was going on, but Never mention that again.

"We made these at home, you can try them out." Da Zhuang took out several small packages from the basket and opened them one by one.

Zhao Ziyang asked happily one by one, and then raised his voice to call the cook over, saying that he would use those things for cooking at night.

"We caught these fish ourselves!" Da Zhuang said with a smile as he raised the small basket in his hand.

"It's not bad there!" Zhao Ziyang said with a smile.

Da Zhuang smiled and didn't answer, and then said a few other gossips to Zhao Ziyang, thinking about Er Zhuang and the fool's stall in the market, he said goodbye to Zhao Ziyang.

"Haha, let me go and have a look with you, I haven't gone out for a long time!" Zhao Ziyang said excitedly after hearing Da Zhuang's words.

"Okay, as long as you don't feel annoying when the time comes!" Da Zhuang thought it was not a big deal, so he readily agreed.

"Eldest young master, your homework for today..." The gentleman who had been waiting by the side couldn't help but said.

"Is there anything to do, anyway..." Zhao Ziyang said angrily, and the voice behind him disappeared.

Da Zhuang didn't expect that Zhao Ziyang, who looked happy just now, would suddenly change his face. He was a little surprised, and looked at Zhao Ziyang, only to find that Zhao Ziyang's eye circles were slightly red, and his mouth was tightly pursed. The performance of crying...

"Let's go!" Zhao Ziyang flicked his sleeves, and took the lead in striding out.

Da Zhuang thought again and again, but he still didn't want to touch other people's sad things, so he quickly packed his things and followed Zhao Ziyang out.

After Da Zhuang and Zhao Ziyang came out of the courtyard, a burly middle-aged man walked in from the door, and said in a deep voice: "Young Master feels wronged, let him go out to vent, you just like talking too much!"

"Why am I talking too much? Learning is not for the master and wife. The young master made an exception today, and there will definitely be a second or third time in the future... If this continues..." The thin middle-aged man Mr. said with some excitement.

"Tsk tsk, you are not talking too much, let me tell you, how much do you want to say!" The burly man tsk tsk and said, if you look carefully, you will find a playful light in his eyes.

"You, you warrior, I'm too lazy to reason with a brat..." The skinny scribe, like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, immediately frowned, pointing at the burly man, almost speechless.

"Okay, okay, I'm a lot older, and I'm still more like a kid. I'm excited at every turn. Let's take a day off today. The young master is going to relax. Let's take a rest..." The burly man saw this , stepped forward quickly, gently embraced the middle-aged scribe, and said in a slow tone.

"Oh, I'm just..." The deep voice flowed slowly by my ears, and the middle-aged scribe suddenly calmed down again, and sighed helplessly.

"Come on, let's go out for a stroll too. You, just do your own thing well. No one in the big family can tell. The master and wife think this is good for the young master, but what about the young master?" ..."

The middle-aged scribe seemed to be convinced, and let the burly man hug him and walked out.

Here, Da Zhuang and Zhao Ziyang have arrived at the place where Er Zhuang and the others set up a stall. On the stall were about twenty ordinary small baskets that were not finished in the shop, dozens of fish in a half-sized wooden box, and a small basket. The basket of eggs, Er Zhuang and the idiot stayed there honestly, only answering when someone came to ask questions, the business was a bit deserted.

Da Zhuang looked at the three people, including the idiot, who were all depressed, and clapped his hands: "Yo Xi, everyone pay attention, Er Zhuang, you are in charge of the eggs, Ah Da, you are in charge of the basket, Zhao Ziyang, you are in charge of the fish, I I’m in charge of collecting money, and everyone is shouting to see who sells the fastest..."

All three looked up at Da Zhuang in bewilderment.

Da Zhuang took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, closed his eyes and shouted, "Everyone, take a look. The fresh eggs produced by the family, the lively fish, and the baskets that are guaranteed to be strong and durable, everyone, take a look..."

There are also quite a few stall owners in the market who yell, but they are all people from the town who depend on setting up stalls in this market to make a living. Generally, villagers don’t have that kind of thought when selling things, so although Da Zhuang yelled A voice is nothing in this market.

"Understood, everyone shout, hurry up!" Da Zhuang sat down with some embarrassment and raised his voice.

The three continued to look at Da Zhuang, and they all found that Da Zhuang's face was slightly red.

"Okay, what to look at, in short, just shout!"

The three looked at each other and smiled, each lowering their heads.

After a while, the trio of children's voices rang out, and Da Zhuang was embarrassed for a long time before he felt that the fever on his face had subsided, and he began to collect money swiftly.

Zhao Ziyang closed his eyes and yelled for a long time, feeling a lot more relieved, squinting at Da Zhuang who was helping a middle-aged aunt to pick fish, Zhao Ziyang knew about those fish, they were all caught by Da Zhuang himself Yes, the big ones cost five cents, and the small ones cost two cents. After a little yelling like this, they sold pretty quickly. Da Zhuang patiently exchanged several fish for the aunt to see, until the aunt was satisfied. I spent five cents to pick two slightly larger fish, Da Zhuang didn't show any signs of annoyance, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and carefully put away the money...

After the things were almost sold out, it was still early, so Da Zhuang quickly packed them up.

"We're going to buy a donkey later, Zhao Ziyang, how about you?" Da Zhuang asked with a smile as he looked at Zhao Ziyang who was obviously in a better mood.

Back then, Da Zhuang spent a lot of time thinking about how to address Zhao Ziyang. He had tried all of these, such as the little owner, the little shopkeeper, the little brother, and Zhao Ziyang’s own little brother Zhao. , according to the habit of the previous life, has been called by the first name and last name.

"Phew, it's nothing to worry about anyway, I'll take a look with you!" Zhao Ziyang said with a smile after heaving a sigh of relief.

Those who sell cattle and sheep, because they are live animals, smell bad and noisy, and they are concentrated in a corner of Beishi.

A cow doesn’t dare to think about it. A cow here costs about seven to ten taels of silver. If an ordinary, relatively well-to-do farmer’s life goes well, it will take several years to save up for a cow. Moreover, once The cow eats too much, and secondly, it is a bit bulky for Da Zhuang and the others.

"Boss, what's the price of this donkey?" Da Zhuang carefully picked out a young female donkey and asked.

The boss didn't take it seriously when he saw that Da Zhuang was a child, and replied casually, "Six taels of silver!"

The corner of Da Zhuang's mouth twitched slightly, and he turned his gaze to a few thin and listless little donkeys aside.

"Do you want a donkey to travel or what?" Zhao Ziyang asked after a pause.

"No, it's mainly used for pulling things, not for riding." Da Zhuang replied.

"Well, here, that one is not bad. Although it is a little thinner, it is only caused by diarrhea. When you go back to feed the donkey, pay attention to it. The skeleton is not bad. After raising it, it will be a stable and capable donkey." Zhao Ziyang whispered in Da Zhuang's ear.

"How do you know?" Da Zhuang asked in a low voice.

"I read a little about how to judge horses and cows in a miscellaneous journal." Zhao Ziyang replied with a smile.

"Well, are you pretty good? I'll trust you once!" Da Zhuang patted Zhao Ziyang on the shoulder and said.

Zhao Ziyang tilted his head, obviously enjoying Da Zhuang's words just now.

"Well, boss, where's this side?" Da Zhuang shouted at the boss.

The boss is worrying about those sick animals these days. It is impossible to just throw them away. They can’t sell them, and they are afraid that some of the sick animals will be infected with the disease... Now, I see a few children picking and choosing, and they like it. A sick person can't help but become active in his mind.

"Haha, the little guest officers have good eyesight. Don't look at this small and thin stove. It was bred with two good donkeys..."

"Okay, let's make a price!" Zhao Ziyang impatiently interrupted the boss's nonsense.

"Cough, buy it now, four taels of silver!"

Da Zhuang was stunned for a moment, this is too outrageous, a half-sized sick donkey costs four taels of silver!

"It seems that the boss doesn't really want to do business!" Zhao Ziyang said with a sneer.

The boss looked Zhao Ziyang up and down, put away his contempt, and said cautiously: "What price does this little guest officer want to offer?"

Zhao Ziyang raised a finger and shook it: "One tael of silver, so you can keep your capital." This time it was the boss' turn to be stunned. The total cost of such a donkey from mating to raising until now is almost one tael. Two silver, of course, does not include the energy and time I spent on it.

"This, this, you are too ruthless, how could it be just a tael of silver!" The boss exclaimed.

Zhao Ziyang hummed, but didn't answer.

"Add a little more, a tael of silver is really not enough!" The boss compromised wisely, and focused on bargaining with Zhao Ziyang, ignoring the real buyer.

Da Zhuang was an eye-opener. I didn’t expect that Zhao Ziyang, who is usually a serious little adult, also has such a side. Like the aunt in the vegetable market, he cares about from two to single digits in the text, and finally weeps at the boss With a look on his face, the transaction was made with one tael of silver and 380 eight Wen.

"Okay, Da Zhuang pays!" Zhao Ziyang clapped his hands and said to Da Zhuang relaxedly.

Da Zhuang let out an "ah", came back to his senses, quickly took out his money bag, counted the change carefully, and took out a tael of silver from his inner pocket.

After tying the donkey with a rope, Da Zhuang happily touched and touched the donkey that was barely standing still, and the fool and Er Zhuang beside him were also full of joy.

"Haha, Zhao Ziyang, I didn't expect you to have this kind of talent, but thank you very much for today." Da Zhuang said happily.

"Hmph..." Zhao Ziyang smiled triumphantly, "You forgot what I do!"

"Ah, yes, you are a powerful businessman yourself!" Da Zhuang said with a big smile.

"It's almost time, I'm going back, and you guys should go back to the village quickly, before it gets dark and the road is not safe." Zhao Ziyang and Da Zhuang laughed together for a while and said.

"Well, then I'll play with you next time I go to the market!"

Zhao Ziyang waved his hand and left Beishi quickly.

"Okay, Er Zhuang, Ah Da, we're going back too!"

"Ah."

"Okay, brother, I'm back, I'm so happy today..."

Da Zhuang watched Er Zhuang excitedly circle around the donkey with a smile.