No pain no gain

When we got to the place where the pork was sold, there were only a few scattered pieces of meat left on the stall, Da Zhuang secretly thought that he made a mistake, it turned out that if he wanted to buy good pork here, he had to buy it as soon as possible.

Da Zhuang took a look at the several pieces of pork on the wooden board. There were two or three pieces of fat and thin pork belly, and there were a few pieces of lean meat with only a little fat. The pure fat was gone.

The boss's powerful wife saw the bottom of the meat, so she went home first, but now the boss who guards the stall is honest, because it is not good meat, people here generally think that the fatter the meat, the better, and it is the last leftover Not to mention the weight, they wrapped it up for Da Zhuang, and only received twenty copper coins. Da Zhuang shook it, and there were at least three catties of meat. He happily counted the copper coins and paid for it. Put more than a dozen big bones, pork liver, large intestine, etc. into the water, and the boss added three copper coins, and took them all away.

Seeing that Da Zhuang wanted these things, the boss turned around and took another pair of pigs from the basket behind him, and gave them to Da Zhuang, making Da Zhuang happy from ear to ear. , the smell is really unpleasant, but now Da Zhuang only has delicious food left in his mind...

When I went back, I went around to the market again, planning to bring back some food for the little ones at home.

Seeing someone buying soybeans, that person had a frowning face. Obviously, the business was not easy to do. Da Zhuang's heart lightened. There were no vegetables in winter. It was not a good time to buy some soybeans and go back to grow bean sprouts. He had already walked around the market a few times. Da Zhuang I learned that there is already tofu here. People call soybeans hard beans. Hard beans are not used for other purposes except tofu. There are no bean skins, dried tofu, bean sprouts, etc., and no one sells soy milk.

There is a tofu seller in Liushu Village, and it is also the only one in several nearby villages. The man in that family pushes tofu on a cart every day in several villages. Da Zhuang has seen it before, and there are only a few in several villages. They know how to grow hard beans, and they grow them in that kind of inferior field. After harvesting, they sell them all to the tofu family. Therefore, Da Zhuang had to sell soybeans in the town and carry them back.

"Boss, how do you sell these hard beans?" Da Zhuang asked while leading the big girl.

The boss replied listlessly: "Three copper coins and two catties." Obviously, he no longer had much hope for selling soybeans.

The price was already considered low. Da Zhuang counted fifteen copper plates and bought ten catties.

After the boss gave the scale enough, he grabbed another handful and wrapped it up for Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang thanked him and led Da Niu to continue shopping.

Sugar is a very precious thing here, so everything that needs to be made of sugar is generally more expensive, including the most common candied haws in later generations. Here, only relatively high-end pastry shops make a few loose ones and sell them as a kind of snack. There is no financial resources to sell candied haws.

Da Zhuang walked around, gritted his teeth, and went into a relatively small pastry shop, picked up the cheap ones, and bought half a catty, which cost twelve copper coins.

When paying, Da Zhuang felt a pain in his heart.

Along the way, Da Niu'er would look into Da Zhuang's pannier filled with pastries almost every once in a while, and her saliva was almost drooling.

"Big Brother, Big Brother, after you go back, Big Girl will help you weave small baskets. In exchange for money, you will also sell biscuits and pastries, okay?" Big Girl tugged on Da Zhuang's sleeve and said happily.

Da Zhuang nodded in relief, touched the big girl's head and said: "Well, the big girl is really smart. After we go back this time, we will weave more small baskets, and we can exchange for more money next time we go to the market."

The big girl laughed and nodded heavily.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Da Zhuang took Da Niuer to the agreed meeting place at the gate of the town.

When we arrived, there were already many people waiting there, and everyone was talking about their experiences in the market with great interest.

Da Zhuang found the owner of an ox cart, greeted him, and asked Da Niuer to sit on it and wait.

After a while, people from Liushu Village arrived one after another, and everyone rushed towards the village chatting and laughing along the way.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw many people who stayed in the village, waiting under the willow tree at the head of the village, including Er Zhuang and Er Niuer.

Seeing that Da Zhuang and Da Niuer had returned, the two cheered a little along with the crowd.

Da Zhuang glanced around, but he didn't see San Niuer and the twins. It seemed that Er Zhuang and Er Niuer left the three younger ones at home and ran away, their faces turned cold.

When they got closer, Er Zhuang and Er Niu'er realized something was wrong when they saw their elder brother's face, they stopped smiling and looked at Da Zhuang anxiously.

Da Zhuang asked in a deep voice, "Where are San Niuer, San Zhuang and Si Zhuang?"

Er Zhuang hurriedly replied: "The third younger sister and the younger brothers fell asleep, and the second younger sister and I came out!"

"Even if they are asleep, no one should watch them! What if they fall off the kang or want to pee?" Da Zhuang reprimanded as he walked towards the house quickly.

Er Zhuang followed behind and said in a low voice: "We only came out for a while..."

Da Zhuang glared at him, didn't speak any more, and pushed open the yard door. Fortunately, he didn't hear the crying sound. When he entered the room, he saw that the three little guys were sleeping soundly next to each other.

After tidying up the things he brought back, Da Zhuang saw Er Zhuang's uneasy look, and sighed in his heart, forget it, after all, he is only six years old, and it is already quite good to be able to do what Er Zhuang is like. the child.

"Er Zhuang, come here!" Da Zhuang waved while holding the bag of pastries.

Er Zhuang walked over with his head down.

"Okay, remember from now on, wait for the third younger sister and younger brothers to grow up before they can be left alone at home. If you don't go to the entrance of the village, the eldest brother will be back soon. Come on, take these pastries. Go and share the food with the eldest sister and the second sister!"

Er Zhuang's eyes lit up, he took the pastry, and promised: "Brother, I understand, I will never do this again!"

Da Zhuang looked at Er Zhuang holding the pastries in a hurry, shook his head helplessly, and explained: "One person is only allowed to eat two yuan, did you hear that, eating too many pastries at night will cause toothache..."

Er Zhuang untied the rope on the oil paper bag without raising his head, and responded with a sound.