Go back to ancient times to engage in sideline business

A cheap name is easy to support, Tang Meng Tang Biao, I hope that the naughty children in the village will be frightened after hearing this, and when he is working in the county, he will not dare to easily bully the two little girls.

But these are all things to worry about in the future. The most important thing now is to continue to clean up the inside and outside of this house.After he left in a few days, the three little ones in the family couldn't handle it.

Thinking that time was running out, Tang Zhong didn't have the time to continue sitting by the vegetable garden and blowing the wind, got up and patted the ashes, picked up the hoe and walked into the yard.Eldest sister Tang Meng also ran in, and chased after her like an idiot.

Putting the hoe under the wall, Tang Zhong competed with the three rooms again, going back and forth to pick up the tatters in the house.

After half a day, I cleared out three or five soil bowls and pots with missing corners. I basically wore all the clothes I could wear on my body. There were only two yellowed old quilts to keep out the cold. The four brothers and sisters slept in two rooms.

Tang Zhong jingled Dangdang to work for a while, came out shaking his head and sighing, and hurriedly walked outside.

"Second Brother, Second Brother, where are you going?" Tang Meng chased him out of the house.

"Go to the town, buy some household items and come back." Tang Zhong wished he could throw away all the rags in the house, lacking pots and bowls, not even the basic oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar, how could he live?

"I'm going too! I'm going too!" Tang Meng's short legs were pounding fast, and he rushed to the mule cart ahead of him, grabbing the cart board and jumping vigorously.

Hey, this little girl, just after changing her name, she immediately became arrogant!

"No, you stay at home obediently and help Tang Laosan clean."

It's not like going to an amusement park, what is Xiao Nizi so excited about?

Seeing the little girl pouted and sullen, Tang Zhong leaned down and patted the elder sister's shoulder earnestly: "Mengzi, you are the oldest woman in the family now, and you have to take care of the housework and hold up half the sky! If you Let's go, who will take out the garbage at home?"

Five-year-old Tang Meng couldn't understand Tang Zhong's nonsense, he stamped his two short legs on the ground vigorously, and the flying ash fell on his little feet, making the old black cloth shoes grayer and grayer.

The little girl was holding the cart tightly with both hands, her neck was so straight, Fengguan Town, she would go to Fengguan Town no matter what!

"It's okay, second brother, I'm at home, let her follow."

Tang Shu didn't know when he stood by the yard, his tone was very calm.

After observing these few days, Tang Zhong discovered that neither of the two younger sisters was the master of quietness.

Tang Meng was lively and active, and liked to join in the fun everywhere. Tang Biao's limbs were well developed, and if he didn't pay attention, he would dig out of the east room and crawl around the yard.Only Tang Laosan, calm and sensible, often silently helping share housework, is reliable.

Seeing Tang Laosan came out to help, Tang Zhong couldn't say anything more, so he just sold his younger brother's face.Take it with you, but don't expect to buy snacks!

With difficulty, he lifted Tang Meng's back collar and helped her climb onto the mule cart.

Tang Laosan came over and helped the eldest sister to sit down, and said to his elder brother: "Second brother, remember to buy some corn, when we make porridge this morning, there is not enough corn."

"No problem, what else do you want to bring?"

Youngest Tang shook his head, the eight-year-old boy was much more sensible than his younger sisters.

"It's better if you go early and come back early."

Tang Zhongchong gave the little man an OK sign, jumped into the mule cart, and started on the road with a whip.

He didn't seem to remember anything until the mule cart had traveled a distance, and he turned his head and called out loudly: "Hey, Tang Laosan, tie Biaozi to the bed with a rope, and he won't crawl out again in a while!"

Fengguan Town is a big town, adjacent to the official road, and there are often business contacts.Even if it is not every day, many shops are still open for business.

Tang Zhong jumped out of the cart and walked ahead leading the black mule.Tang Meng craned his neck on the scooter to look around. He hadn't been in town for a long time. The little girl was very excited, as happy as children in later generations entering an amusement park.

"Mengzi, what do you think we should buy first?"

There are so many things in the house that need to be added, and I really don't know where to start.

Tang Meng was slapping the mosquitoes with both ears, so she couldn't listen to his babbling. At this moment, her attention was all attracted by the colorful displays in the shops on both sides.

The little girl blinked and pointed at the gaudy shop on the left, fascinated.

"What is that? It's so beautiful!"

Tang Zhongshun looked over, scratched his chin and pondered for a while.Well, the family really should get a new quilt.

The two hit it off immediately, tied the mule's front and rear feet and got into the cloth shop.Not long after, the brother and sister came out with a piece of cotton cloth with green background and red flowers in their hands, and wrapped it in the oilcloth from the shop like a baby, and put it neatly into the cart.

Tang Zhongcai discovered that he and Tang Meng were quite in tune with each other in terms of aesthetics.Tang Meng thinks the suits he likes are beautiful, and he also thinks the styles recommended by Tang Meng are suitable.

Next, the two entered the dish shop, old vinegar workshop and tung oil stall one after another. When it was getting late and people were exhausted and ready to return home on the same road, Tang Zhong patted his forehead and finally remembered a terrible event : I haven't bought corn yet!

He untied the cloth bag tied around his waist, opened it and saw that there were only two copper coins left.

"I didn't buy anything worthwhile, so why are there only two coins left?"

Tang Meng glanced at the hill-like bowls and jars behind him, and yawned.

Tang Zhong remembered that the property he took over from Tang Laosan at that time was more than 300 copper coins.

Uncle He helped buy the paper money for the funeral incense and candles, and only twenty cash was paid out, and he would not accept any more.

After all the calculations, I had at least [-] Wen with me when I went out today.Three hundred coins!How come the flowers are gone?

He shook off the gray cloth bag again, and after making sure there was nothing left inside, he folded the cloth bag and stuffed it into his sleeve, flipping the only two remaining copper coins back and forth with both hands.

In the memory of this body, Tang Zhong in the past didn't care about the money at home, and seldom went out to buy things. He had no actual combat experience, and he was full of misunderstandings about the purchasing power of copper coins in this era.

Tang Meng, who had been excited for most of the day, was about to run out of power at this time.She tugged on her brother's sleeve and leaned over awkwardly: "I'm so hungry, second brother, I want to eat."

Fengshan Village, where their family lives, is still some distance away from Fengguan Town.It was noon when the two of them arrived in the town in a mule cart, and it was almost evening when the shops in the east and west were finished.It gets dark early in the winter months, and many shops in the town are closed at this time.

People in Fengshan Village are basically not rich, and they only eat two meals a day on weekdays.Before going to work in the field in the morning, Tang Laosan boiled a pot of corn porridge, and the four brothers and sisters drank it separately. At this hour, their dinner time was long past.

Tang Zhong rubbed the same shriveled belly, and cheered up the five-year-old eldest sister: "You are a strong woman, hold on a little longer, and we will go home when we go to the front to buy some grain and rice."

As the sun sets, the westerly wind on the ancient road thins the mule.Tang Zhong pulled the mule cart, and Tang Meng on the mule cart, walked around the town twice, but couldn't find an open grain store.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, Tang Zhong was anxious and couldn't care less, so he kept calling the door of the closed grain store, buying corn for everything today.

As luck would have it, after knocking on two, he finally knocked on the third grain store.The shop owner was having dinner, and came out with a bowl of white rice to answer the door.

Hearing the urgency outside the door earlier, the shop owner thought that there was a big deal, so he took off the door slats and saw that it was a skinny monkey dressed in shabby clothes. After seeing the two copper coins spread out in the palm of his hand, the shop owner was very angry. His face turned green, and he kicked the person out of the house.

"Go away, you beggars! If you dare to knock on the door again, you will look good!"

Tang Zhong spit on the door, mother, didn't you see that I have money?You are the only one who wants food, and your whole family needs food!

Apparently, Tang Zhong, who used to rely on takeout for his living, had no idea about the price of grain and rice in this era.

"Second brother, the moon is out." Tang Meng lied weakly on the scooter, hungry and sleepy, she murmured in her heart: I will never go out with my second brother next time.

Tang Zhong was not much better either, he hadn't eaten for most of the day, his feet felt weak from walking, and he stared at the sky in melancholy, there was no way he could endure it.

But if they can't buy corn today, tomorrow the four of them will have to sit neatly by the yard, open their mouths and drink.

The sun had already set behind the mountain, leaving only a smear of red in the sky, and the cold wind gradually picked up on the ground, Tang Zhong sneezed from the cold, his head felt cold, and a flash of light flashed.

Eh?How did you forget him?

At the narrow alley behind the main street, Tang Zhong walked to the gate of a courtyard, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door knocker.

After waiting for a while, the door opened with a creak, and the person inside frowned seeing that it was Tang Zhong.

"Thank you for the coffin given by the old man, the family agreed to use it!"

The door slammed shut.

Tang Zhong yelled Pooh again and again, he couldn't speak properly when he was nervous.His sudden confession last time made the scene rather embarrassing. I guess the old man's anger has not subsided yet!

"I'm sorry! What I mean is, thank the old man for giving the coffin!" Tang Zhong had the cheek to knock on the door knocker again. If the old man didn't help, there was really nothing he could do.

"Old man, our brothers and sisters are not greedy people, it's just that it's getting late, and we have encountered some small troubles, so we take the liberty to disturb you."

Squeak, the door opened again, and the old man leaned out with a straight face, still in the gray jacket, with the same cold face.

He looked Tang Zhong up and down again, then raised his eyes to look at Xiao Tang Meng on the back panel of the car, and said calmly, "Come in."

"We won't go in and bother you. Excuse me, do you have any familiar grain stores? We want to buy some corn. Please come forward and call the door for us."

Tang Zhong turned his head and thought about it, it was almost dark, and there were no street lights at this time, so it was not good to go out too late, so he added: "If it is convenient, we can buy your corn directly with money."

As he said that, Tang Zhong quickly took out the two copper coins in his sleeve, for fear that the other party would mistakenly think that he came to beg for food.

The old man glanced at it, turned around and walked in, only saying: "Close the door."

The old man doesn't talk too much harshly, but he was generous to help before, so it can be seen that he is [-]% warm-hearted.There is no reason to refuse an invitation.

Tang Zhong found a corner sheltered from the wind in the narrow alley, tied up the black mule, and moved everything on the cart to the back of the courtyard gate, then led Tang Meng, who was already dying of hunger, and entered again. Go to the woodworking yard.

There are still so many timbers in the yard, but they haven't been seen for a few days, and it seems that they have changed the way of arrangement.

This is a back-shaped courtyard. In the main room directly opposite the courtyard door, the shirtless man I met before is now dressed and eating. A plate of pickled cabbage is placed in the middle of the table, and two bowls of steaming white rice porridge next to it.

Tang Meng leaned over and smashed his mouth, looked up at his brother, staring eagerly, seeing that he was unmoved, he could only swallow saliva full of grievances.

Tang Zhong pursed his lips and suppressed the glutton in his stomach: "Since you are eating, I will bother you later."

"Sit down and eat, these two bowls of porridge are just served for you."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, Tang Meng immediately broke away from his brother's hand, rushed over and sat down.

"This, what a shame!" Tang Meng said politely, walked forward with his legs quite honestly, and immediately sat down next to his eldest sister.

White rice porridge was in front, and he didn't care about the crowds, so he picked up a bowl and poured it into his belly.After eating most of the bowl of rice porridge, she glanced sideways at Tang Meng, who had already pulled the plate of pickled cabbage to her face like no one else, and was stuffing it into her mouth.

Sure enough, they are brothers and sisters, and no one is more polite than the other.

The porridge was enough, and the brother and sister burped together, belatedly thanking the old man.

Tang Zhong didn't forget his mission, and took out his two copper coins again, expressing that he wanted to buy some corn.

The old man didn't bother to pay attention, and sat aside to straighten the strips that tied the wood. The young man beside him finally couldn't stand it anymore and pushed back Tang Zhong's hand.

"I said, boy, one tael of silver is exchanged for two shi of rice, one tael of silver is one thousand qian, and two shi of rice is two hundred liters. If you use two copper coins, you can only exchange less than half a liter of rice.

Two liters of rice are exchanged for three liters of corn. If you want to exchange two copper coins for corn, it is more than half a liter.Not to mention which grain store owner wants to do your petty business, just ask you, how many people are there in your family, is this little grain enough for you to eat? "

Tang Zhong was dumbfounded when he heard that, he looked at the money in his hand, and then at Tang Meng's thin face.

In the cognition brought by his later generations, isn't copper coin quite valuable?Isn’t the price of rice noodles pretty cheap?Judging by what he meant, there must be no rice in the house?

The author has something to say:

Tang Meng (playing cute): Brother, I’m hungry, Fanfan——

Tang Zhong (grumpy face): Shut up!endure!no money!