After dressing as a widow

After a busy day, I ate and fell asleep.

The next day, Gu Shuanzi, Lin Zhuzi and Lin Shitou were guarding the shop at home, and Lin Xiaoyao went to Sanchakou to find a bullock cart and a mule cart to go back to Liyu Village, to finalize the matter of goat milk as soon as possible.

Lin Zhen smeared a layer of pot ash on his face, neck, and hands to darken his complexion a few degrees, and then put a rotten straw hat on his head. noodle.

This place has almost nothing to do with the town. It is a complete residential area for ordinary people. Most of the low-rise houses are thatched houses at a glance. Occasionally, one or two tidy tile-roofed houses can be seen.

Lin Zhen was like an honest and thin man, when he saw an old woman pouring water, he quickly said, "Grandma, I want to ask if there is a family named She here?"

The old woman's ears are not very good, so she misheard his words: "Xiaosheng, there are no snakes in my house, so you don't need to catch them!"

Lin Zhen increased his voice: "I'm not a snake catcher, I just want to ask Grandma if there is anyone with the surname She here?"

The sound was like thunder, and the old woman with bad ears finally understood it, and poured out the water in the basin: "No, we don't have anyone with the surname She here, you, my son, did you find the wrong place?"

"No, the person who said he wanted to rent a house to me said that his surname was She and he lived on the west side of the town."

"But we don't have anyone surnamed She here. I've lived here for decades, and there's no one I don't know."

An anxious look appeared on Lin Zhen's face: "Then what can I do! The goods bought by the master's house will be delivered soon, and I will definitely be in bad luck if I can't do it."

He had painted his face black with pot ashes, and his voice was so hoarse that no one could tell he was a brother.

The old woman was about to enter the house, but when she heard him say that she wanted to rent a house, she stopped and turned around: "Your son, you want to rent a house?"

Lin Zhen was "in a hurry" and said: "The person who wants to rent a house to me is unreliable. I even paid a deposit of five yuan. Now it's over. If the house is not rented, the deposit will not come back. .”

He drooped his head and looked at the old woman: "Yes, grandma, my master's family is in business, and he just bought some goods from outside, and asked me to rent a house to store them. I didn't expect to meet an unreliable liar who said his surname She, living here with you, I trust him so much, I paid a deposit in advance."

"Later, if you're in a hurry, you can rent my house. It's just me and a little grandson in my house, and it's spacious inside."

"This..." Lin Zhen had a smile on his face that he didn't expect to turn around so soon, and scratched his head "honestly", "It seems to be okay."

"Okay, you can come in and take a look." Grandma stepped aside to let Lin Zhen look inside. Lin Zhen hesitated for a moment, then walked in with a basket on her back.

I saw two houses behind the simple courtyard wall, which looked dilapidated, but they were tidied up fairly cleanly. A five or six-year-old child was running around in the courtyard when he saw Lin Zhen, a stranger, hiding in fear. behind the old woman.

The old woman rubbed the child's head, and said to Lin Zhen: "He and I are the only ones at home, and no one comes here on weekdays. Keep your things here and keep them safe."

The life of the old woman is obviously tight, and the patches on the child's clothes are so patched that there is no place to mend them again, as if they were put together in pieces.

Lin Zhen looked at the unoccupied house, which was only piled up with sundries, and said: "There is enough space, my master's goods can't be eaten or used, just some worthless things dug from the mountains, if not By the way, he doesn't want to ride along."

"I rent this house, grandma, how much does it cost?"

The old woman never thought that she would have such a chance when she went out to pour a basin of water. Her houses are common here, and they are scattered all over the place. It is a stroke of luck to be able to rent them out to earn some money.

She had no idea: "I haven't rented it before either. Seeing that you often go out, young man, please give me a suitable price."

Lin Zhen said: "I just rent a place to put things, and I will take them away soon after they arrive. I just need to ask you to take care of them for a few nights. In this way, how about renting fifteen yuan once? If someone comes to deliver the goods later, I will Take once and pay once.”

"Okay, just follow what you said." Grandma is not stupid, Lin Zhen just brings things here and puts them here, and once he puts them in, he will get money once. Anyway, putting the house there is not useless, there is nothing better than this that's it.

Seeing that she agreed, Lin Zhen said: "Then it is estimated that someone will deliver the goods today or tomorrow, then grandma, please take care of it, and I will come to pick it up in a day or two."

Coming out of her grandma's house, Lin Zhen pulled the pannier on her back to her shoulders, and praised her acting skills.

Well, the next step is to buy Glauber's salt at the Sancha Road. There is a transfer point, which can at least paralyze some people.

The consumption level of Sanchakou and Zhazi Street can be seen with the naked eye. Farmers in the surrounding towns put their baskets and baskets on the ground, and all they sell are agricultural products that can be taken out at home.Products, from food to use, are miscellaneous, which is completely different from the orderliness of Zhazi Street, and the smell of fireworks is stronger.

Lin Zhen carried a basket on his back, pretended to be going to the market, and walked along the three streets of Sanchakou. Soon, he found the shop he was looking for.

He walked into this grocery store, and asked the waiter who was busy running around in a hoarse voice: "Is there any Glauber's salt here?"

"Yes!" This is Sanchakou, and even the largest grocery store in the town. As long as you can think of it, there are almost all of them here. A small market in the big market at Sanchakou.

Without raising his head, Xiaoer looked for something for another customer, and asked Lin Zhen, "How many catties do you want?"

"Two hundred catties."

"How much?!" Xiao Er thought his ears were blown, and raised his head to look at this thin and short man with dark skin and a rotten straw hat.

Lin Zhen said in a hoarse voice, "Two hundred catties."

This time Xiao Er was sure that he heard correctly, but he still looked at Lin Zhen: "What are you doing with so much thenardite? You can't eat or drink."

People who buy thenardite usually make firecrackers or use it as medicine. The former is almost always the shopkeeper of the firecracker shop. Xiaoer has known someone for a long time, while the latter buys less. The several medical clinics in the town can’t be used in a year. Ten catties of thenardite.

And the guy in front of me who has never seen it before costs two hundred catties, and anyone who changes it will be surprised.

But when the business comes, there is no reason not to do it, and thenardite is not something that cannot be sold. The waiter raised his hand and called the other waiter: "This customer wants to buy two hundred catties of thenardite. You can go to the warehouse and have a look. The goods in our shop Is it enough."

Now it's not the season of holidays, there are fewer people buying firecrackers, and there are fewer firecracker shops, so there are fewer purchases.

The Xiaoer who was called was also quite surprised when he heard that Lin Zhen wanted two hundred catties of thenardite, but he said to Lin Zhen, "Guest, please wait a moment."

"Okay." Lin Zhen looked at the servant who was busy entertaining him, and lamented that it was a good thing he came to such a place with a large volume of goods, otherwise he would definitely not be able to get the quantity he wanted.

He looked at the store full of things, and went in to pick some that could be used. He was also pleasantly surprised to buy the raw material for making pearls in bubble tea, tapioca flour.

Lin Zhen has money and leisure in modern times, and he is also picky, as long as he can do it himself, he can do it himself.

Bubble milk tea is one of the drinks he knows how to make better, especially the pearls, even he himself thinks it's well done, the Q bomb is fragrant and glutinous.

With a wave of his hand, he rounded up a bag of cassava flour in the grocery store, and then bought some sour or sweet dried fruits.

The waiter who went to the warehouse to see how much thenardite was there also came out, saw the purchased things at Lin Zhen's feet, and said with a smile on his face: "My guest, the thenardite in our grocery store is exactly what you want, look Let's see if I carry it out for you now, or something."

Two hundred catties of thenardite is not light, and Lin Zhen looks skinny and petite. Xiaoer doesn't think Lin Zhen can carry the thenardite back.

Lin Zhendao, who had arranged it earlier, said, "Brother, please find someone to help me carry the thenardite outside, and I will find a mule cart to pull it back."

"Okay." The things were in the warehouse, so they had to be carried out, Xiao Er turned around and found two people, and carried out the thenardite in the sack.

Lin Zhen paid the silver and patted the two sacks, not bad.

Next, according to Lin Zhen's arrangement, he randomly found a mule cart, followed the mule cart to the west of the town, came down when he was about to rent a house, and told him to send his things there, and hid in the dark to see for himself. Watching the old woman open the door, she let the driver carry the Glauber's salt in before she felt relieved.

Now we are waiting for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to pick up the thenardite.

I just don't know if it's going well with Xiaoyao?

The matter was handed over to Lin Xiaoyao, it was useless to worry in his heart, Lin Zhen went back with a full basket on his back.

As soon as he entered the backyard, Gu Shuanzi came up to pick up the pannier on his back. Lin Zhen carried one side and asked him to carry it. They carried the pannier into the room and asked him: "How do you read today's books?" ?”

"Only two pages left."

"Have you memorized everything before?"

"Ah."

"Okay, you boy." A thousand-character text, from literacy to memorization, this speed is not slow.

Lin Zhen walked all the way with his things on his back, the heat was unbearable, he waved to Gu Shuanzi: "I'll boil some water...wash your face, go read your book."

So dangerous, so dangerous, I almost said the word bath.

The two of them are stepfather and son, and he is still a brother. It would be embarrassing to say those two words.

Lin Zhen quietly looked at Gu Shuanzi, and found that his expression hadn't changed at all, so he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, he was still a child and didn't know so many things yet.

Gu Shuanzi put down the pannier in his hand, nodded and went out.

Lin Zhen immediately opened his neckline a little, wiped the sweat from his forehead, hummed and added a handful of pine leaves to the stove hole, and immediately added a piece of firewood after lighting it.

The stove has two holes, one for vegetarians and one for cooking, which is quite convenient to use.

Seeing that the fire was burning, Lin Zhen added water to Su's pot, boiled the water, scooped it into a bucket, and carried it to his room.