Yipin Farmer

The village is small, and the villagers can't hide any troubles. Soon, the next day, the villagers knew that the Meng family had taken in a lonely old man, and some people came to watch the fun. Take a small bag of red sorghum, and some bring a small jar of pickled vegetables.

Old man Chu was so touched that tears came to his eyes, but he kept his head down, and he didn't talk much, let alone talk about his own background.Everyone thought he was shy and restrained, so they didn't blame him.

Aunt Li from Lizheng's house chatted for a while, then suddenly said, "Hey, your vegetables grow well, especially those near the pond."

There is a pond in the backyard of the Meng family. The water is underground running water. There are lotus roots, chicken heads, water chestnuts, etc. growing in the pond. There are many vegetables growing beside the pond, whether they are in the water or on the ground, they grow very vigorously, especially in the water. of.

Ting Shuang scratched her head and smiled: "Maybe I look at it every day, but I don't think it looks good."

Ting Ke went to work in the city again, and the Shi family felt sorry for him, fearing that he would be tired from running back and forth, so they let him live in the store, so that he could go home whenever he wanted to go home.That is, Tingzhi ran twenty miles every day, leaving early and returning to school at night, which was quite hard.

Ting Shuang decided to go to the city again, sell the vegetables grown at home in the city, and buy some meat for Ting Zhi to nourish her body.Only old man Chu was left to look after the house at home. Old man Chu was a little surprised to see that they left him to look after the house.

Early in the morning, before dawn, Ting Shuang picked up Ting Hui and went to the vegetable field to pick vegetables. The freshly picked vegetables were still dewy and looked very tender.Borrowing a shelf cart and a scale from Li Dazhu's family, the two brothers went to the city one by one pulling and the other pushing.

Ting Hui was panting from exhaustion, and said, "Let's just buy a horse, or a cow, which can pull a cart or pull a plow to plow the land."

Ting Shuang also felt tired, wiped off her sweat and said, "Our family doesn't have the money to buy cattle and cars, let's work hard."

Ting Hui added: "I don't know how much the third child earns a month?"

"Why are you asking this again?"

"You can ask his boss to advance one year's wages."

"It's too much for the third child to advance a year's wages within a few days of starting work." Although Ting Shuang said so, his heart was moved. Seeing that the Shijia couple are very nice, they might be able to advance their wages. If they can't advance for a year, pay in advance The salary for three months or the next month is also good, and you can buy important things.

When I pulled the car into the city and arrived at the market, I was dumbfounded.Now is the time when all kinds of fresh vegetables are on the market. There are many vegetables sellers. Most of them are sold in the streets and alleys in front of people’s doors. Those sold by carts are sold together in the city’s market that specializes in selling vegetables and meat. Many restaurants or rich families buy a lot of them, and they all buy them on the market, so you can shop around and choose calmly.

Buyers like to buy vegetables from vendors they know, and it is the first time for Ting Shuang to sell vegetables, and the types of vegetables they bring are not as rich as others, and there are no scarce dishes, and none of them has an advantage.And the good position has already been taken.

Ting Hui was very discouraged: "Our food doesn't look much better than others', and the variety is not complete. It's the first time we sell it. There are no regular customers, so we have to lower the price to sell it."

"That's not necessary." Ting Shuang disagreed. Although her own food is not better than other's, it is not worse than others. Besides, if the price is lowered, it will make people think that the product is not good.

Think about how the vegetables in the supermarket were sold in the previous life?

Ting Shuang had an idea, and told the second child: "There is a well at the entrance of the street, go fetch water and wash this radish."

"What?" Ting Hui opened his eyes round, "The vegetable seller still needs to wash the vegetables?"

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly."

Reluctantly, Ting Hui took the radish to the well, and fetched water to wash off the mud on it. There was a lot of mud on the radish, and in some places, the mud had to be dug out by hand.

When I went back to my stall to have a look, I found that Ting Shuang had arranged all the vegetables neatly. The cucumbers were neatly piled up one by one, with yellow flowers on them, and they were full of water.The scallions also knocked off the soil at the root, pinched off the rotten leaves at the tail, and put them neatly one by one.Green leafy vegetables, such as celery, spinach tubes, and other green leafy vegetables, should be piled up one by one with the heads facing outwards, and tied up with straw ropes. Yes, I sprinkled some water to make it look more green.The leeks were neatly tied together, and the washed radishes were put aside, all of them were full of energy.

Ting Hui became happy: "Brother, you are really capable, our stall is the most beautiful."

"It's not that I can do it, but I just pinch off the rotten leaves, knock off the mud, and wash it a little. It's convenient for customers to carry it, and it's also convenient for cooking and eating at home. As long as they can consider customers, of course they will take care of our business. "Ting Shuang thought of the butcher who sold the butcher, who served the customers thoughtfully and meticulously, and the customers came naturally without greeting.

"I know a big brother who sells meat. He serves customers more attentively. We will go to him to buy meat later, and you can meet him. Come and clean up the leeks."

The people who bought the vegetables came and wandered around, and saw that the vegetables on the Meng’s stall were neatly stacked, there were no yellow and rotten leaves, and the radishes that were troublesome to clean were also cleaned, looking very comfortable, and then asked the price, it was the same as other shops Also slightly lower.Since it is the same price, customers naturally prefer clean and tidy goods.

Ting Shuang weighed the vegetables, Ting Hui collected the money, and sorted the vegetables when there were few customers. Soon, the cartload of vegetables was sold out in the afternoon.

At noon, I bought a few Caolu biscuits to deal with. Caolu biscuits are made of touluo noodles. Most people who work hard like to buy and eat, and drink a few bowls of tea, which can cover a meal.The tea seller is carrying a basket, with a basket at one end, and a pile of thick mung bean porcelain bowls inside, covered with a white coarse cloth.There is a large teapot at one end, and the worker will be given two bowls for a copper coin.

Ting Hui couldn't close his mouth with a smile as he counted the money, and he didn't bother to complain about the unpalatable Caolu cakes, and even the bitter big bowl of tea was sweet.

"Look at you, it's not like you haven't seen money before." Ting Shuang laughed at him, the money was not enough for him to eat a meal before.

"That's different." Ting Hui was beaming with excitement, "No matter how much money you had in the past, it was from your father, but now no matter how little money you have, it's earned by yourself. The money you earn by yourself feels different to the touch."

"The money is the same, so what's the point?" Ting Shuang was amused by him, seeing that the sun was starting to set in the west, it was time to go home.

The two of them took the cart to the innermost part of the market to find the butcher.But he saw a young woman standing at his booth with a one-year-old child on her back, greeting customers there. Her meat-cutting skill was a little worse than that of the butcher, but she was very enthusiastic.

Ting Shuang put down the car and went up to ask, "Is that Brother Li not there?"

"You say I'm the head of the house? He's doing something and will be back in a while." The young woman greeted: "What do you want?"

"Weigh two catties of hind legs..."

Before he finished speaking, Ting Hui interrupted him: "Hey, brother, just weigh some bones and put in the water."

"What?" Ting Shuang was puzzled.

Ting Hui rubbed his head in embarrassment: "I think the deboned meat, tripe soup, and fried fat intestines you made last time are delicious, so you might as well buy these."

"Really?"

"Really, really." Ting Hui said quickly, "I really didn't say that just to save money, I really think you made it delicious."

"Okay. You're getting more and more sensible, kid." Ting Shuang weighed her purse. If she bought meat, half of the money for selling vegetables would be gone.You can eat two more meals if you buy it into the water. Anyway, the old man Chu said that no matter how cheap the goods are, they can make good things.

After paying the money to pack the things, I saw a peddler buying sugar, so I greeted him and weighed five cents of sorghum glutinous rice.

Ting Hui didn't take it seriously again: "Brother, you are really poor and generous. You can't afford to buy meat, but remember to buy sugar."

Ting Shuang took out the money and said, "Sanhua Village has a total of twenty children. How much can this candy cost? We have received so much care from the village, so there is no harm in making the children happy."

The young butcher's eyes lit up when she heard what they said, and asked, "Are the two brothers from Sanhua Village in the north of the city?"

"Yes."

"Do you know Li Zheng?"

"You mean Uncle Li, of course we know each other. He and my father are old acquaintances and treat us very well." Ting Shuang also asked, "You know each other too?"

The young woman's complexion changed slightly, she lowered her head and said: "I don't know, it's my boss who knows, please wait a moment, two brothers, I'll go to the boss and see what he has to say."

The young woman put down the stall and ran to find someone. After a while, the butcher came running out of breath.

"You are really from Sanhua Village, how is the Lizheng family?"

"Okay, very good." Ting Shuang replied very seriously, "The old couple are in good health, his second elementary school has also gone to school, and Nier is also very capable."

"That's good." The butcher bowed his head and pondered for a while, then cut a few catties of high-quality rib meat and tenderloin for Ting Shuang, and said, "Please go back and bring them to Lizheng."

Ting Shuang asked: "If you want me to bring meat to Uncle Lizheng, there must be an explanation, or how will I answer when he asks?"

The butcher was a little embarrassed: "You just take it home, don't say who gave it to you."

"How can such a thing happen? Someone gave Uncle Li something for no reason, and he wouldn't take it unless he asked clearly." Ting Shuang felt embarrassed, looked at him a few times, and felt that he looked a little familiar, and suddenly lost her mind. Li had a flash of inspiration and shouted: "Oh, you are not the eldest of Uncle Li's family, are you?"

Seeing that he didn't deny it, Ting Shuang was even more certain of her judgment: "Why is my son hiding under his armpit when he gave something to Dad?"

He bought bones and offal twice, and the butcher got to know him, and the two of them had a conversation about what was right, and the butcher told him about his embarrassment.

The story is very simple. His name is Li Dongsheng. He is the eldest son of Li Changfu in Sanhuali. When he went to the city, he met a woman who went to the rivers and lakes as a performer. It was fate. The two saw each other right. the point.But the family thought that the woman who ran the rivers and lakes was not decent enough and did not agree with their marriage, so he eloped with the woman, and the family was so angry that he came back to be a butcher and sold meat after wandering outside for a while. Although he missed his parents, he dared not go home .

Ting Shuang looked at Mrs. Li, with big eyes, shiny black hair, red lips and white teeth, she looked very kind.Look at the doll on her back, it is very cute with a tiger head and a tiger brain.I have a good impression of this family of three and am willing to help them.He smiled and said: "I said, Brother Li, you are too honest. Why don't you dare go home when you have a baby? If you want me to say, you just go back with the baby and put the baby in their arms. I don't believe he can throw his grandson away." go out."

"Brother, you are really bad." Ting Hui laughed loudly, "But this method is not bad, I really want to see what Uncle and Aunt Li will look like."

However, Li Dongsheng was afraid that his parents would be too scared, so he dared not go back directly.Ting Shuang agreed to be his lobbyist, put the doll on her back, and went back to the village. First, she distributed the sugar to the dolls in the village, and asked Ting Hui to return the car and go to Li Changfu's house by herself.

Seeing that he carried a child on his back, Aunt Li wondered, "Where did you get the doll?"

Ting Shuang put the doll down with a smile, and said, "I picked it."

Li Changfu smiled and said, "You picked an old man the day before yesterday, and today you picked a doll. Why do you only pick people and not money?"

"Who said he didn't pick up the money? A few days ago, the third child even picked up more than 100 taels of silver to go home. After discussion with our brothers..."

"Are you going to buy land? Or build a house?" Aunt Li asked quickly.

"No, we decided to return it to the owner."

"Really? More than 100 taels of silver just returned like this?" Aunt Li and Li Changfu couldn't believe it.

"Really, he is the owner of the Yongxingsheng Cloth Store in the city. If you don't believe me, you can ask. Because of this, the third child of my family works there. That family really likes him."

"Tsk tsk, good intentions are rewarded." Li Changfu admired, "As the saying goes: wealth is easy to come by, but kindness is the hardest to find. I'm not praising you, you brothers are all good, you have a good heart, and you are good people." Practical, Boss Meng is really lucky to have your sons, they are not like my family."

Saying that, the faces of the old couple of the Li family and Dani'er became gloomy.

Ting Shuang saw who they were thinking of, so she pretended not to know who they were thinking of, and said sadly, "Uncle Li said that, but I can't afford it. Remembering that when my parents were alive, I didn't show much filial piety. I didn't read well, and I couldn't get into it." I can’t get a good grade in the school exam, and I secretly go out to play behind my mother’s back, and hang out with some not-so-good friends. I even quarreled with my father when he wanted to pay the hour. It’s very rude. In fact, what position do I have to disobey my parents? Now think about it , very sorry."

As he spoke, he became more and more sad, and raised his hand to wipe his eyes.

Aunt Li hurriedly comforted her: "Now you guys are living a serious life, brothers and sisters live in harmony, and your parents are happy to see you in the sky."

"Sometimes I really hope that my parents are still alive and can give me the opportunity to be filial. It's a pity..."

The old couple of the Li family were very moved and persuaded him gently.

"You just said that as long as we live seriously, will my parents forgive me for my ignorance?"

"That's that, that's that." The old couple of the Li family nodded repeatedly, "As long as they are not morally corrupt children, the parents will forgive them."

Hearing this, Ting Shuang felt relieved and said, "I picked this child on the road. Tomorrow I will go to the city and ask whose family it belongs to. My family is full of men who can't raise children. I want to put it in your house for a while." Two days, okay?"

"It's okay, his father and I really like children." After speaking, Aunt Li hugged the baby in her arms, seeming to like it very much.