in2ebook Chapter 21 Dayi Town Assembly
Chapter 21 Dayi Town Assembly
Lin Dajiang asked Lin Jingzhe and Lin Xiaoman to wait in the grocery store.
He ran to the shop where the third brother worked as an accountant.
Seeing Lin Dahe, Lin Dajiang almost laughed out loud.
"Third brother, third brother."
Lin Dahe felt his head buzzing at the exciting call.
"Brother, what's wrong with you?" Lin Dahe frowned, "What happened at home?"
As far as I can remember, there was never any good thing that happened when the eldest brother came to him.
"It's nothing. Your sister-in-law dug some wild vegetables. I thought you have to spend money to buy vegetables in town, so I gave you some wild vegetables." After saying that, under the baptism of Lin Dahe's numb eyes, she took out a handful of wilted, unknown wild vegetables.
Even though Lin Dahe knew that his elder brother would not bring any good things, he still moved a wrong bead on the abacus.
"Brother, please save some for our family. Even though we don't have enough to eat here, it's better than in the countryside."
Lin Dajiang hesitated and said, "Third brother, you, you also know that your nephew Lidong is already over one year old and has never tasted rice noodles or meat. Can you lend me some money~"
Lin Dahe was startled. It turned out that he was asking him to borrow money.
"Brother, didn't our parents give you one ounce of silver when we divided the family property?"
"I rented the house of Li Erli's deceased eldest brother. There was nothing in it, so I bought a lot of things...otherwise, I wouldn't even have a decent table and chairs. Unlike my third brother, who has a father-in-law in town, he doesn't have to prepare anything."
Lin Dahe: “…”
He knew that his elder brother would not send any wild vegetables.
He's trying to borrow money under the guise of delivering food!
"Brother, my money is all with my wife. Besides, I have to buy everything in town, and the prices are high. I can't save the money I get every month. How about going to ask my second brother to borrow some?"
Lin Dajiang looked embarrassed.
"If I can't borrow the money, your sister-in-law will scold me later."
Lin Dahe didn't want to continue dealing with it, as the shopkeeper had been looking at this side for a long time.
"Brother, I've already told you that I don't have any money, you should go find my second brother."
After saying that, he ignored it and kept on counting on his abacus.
Lin Dajiang went out in shame.
His expression changed the moment he walked out of the store. He went straight to the grocery store, called his two children, and then went straight to the pork shop.
"Let's buy some pork to satisfy our hunger." Lin Dajiang picked and chose, and chose a piece of pork belly with fat and lean meat, and also a piece of fat meat the size of his palm.
All of a sudden, more than a hundred coins were gone.
Lin Xiaoman saw a few pork bones thrown beside the pork stall, so he curiously asked the boss: "Uncle, how much are those pork bones?"
"A penny a penny."
Lin Dajiang looked at the bare bones his daughter was pointing at and quickly stopped her: "Xiaoman, those bones are useless. They are bare and have no flesh at all."
"Uncle, my father bought some meat, can you give him a pork bone for free?" Lin Xiaoman asked the boss with a smile, not caring what his father said.
The burly boss was called "uncle" by a skinny and petite girl, which reminded him of the fat and lazy girl at home.
In comparison, this girl is really pitiful.
"Okay, next time you buy meat, ask your father to come to me and I'll give him a pork bone as a gift."
The boss picked out a piece of pork bone and wrapped it for Lin Dajiang.
"Uncle, you are so generous, your business will surely be booming." Lin Xiaoman got the advantage and immediately acted well.
"My mother said that the pork here is fresh and the weight is sufficient. I will definitely come back next time."
Good words cost nothing, they come out in baskets.
As for whether A Niang actually came to buy pork, hehe, who knows.
The corner of Lin Dajiang's mouth twitched. How could this girl be so smooth-talking?
But getting a pig bone for free is also the daughter's ability.
"Little girl, your mother is right. You can go and ask around. I, Zhou Laosan, never shortchange you on weight. I always slaughter and sell pork fresh every day."
"The pork from Butcher Pan can't compare to the pork from mine."
As they were talking, two more women came to buy meat. Lin Dajiang put the meat into the backpack, thanked the boss, and left with the two children.
The town really is paved with bluestone roads, just as Lin Jingzhe said.
The whole street was filled with small stalls and vendors selling steamed buns, candied haws, pastries, and also those selling backpacks and bamboo baskets.
"Brother, it's really lively."
Lin Jingzhe disagreed: "Today is a market day, of course it's lively."
"There aren't so many people on weekdays. Dayi Town holds two gatherings a month, on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month. Today happens to be the first day."
The girl who travels through a book must have a way of making money. On the next market day, can she make some food to sell?
As he was about to leave the market, he remembered that he had promised Xiao Guyu to buy her food.
Lin Xiaoman then pulled Lin Jingzhe with a smile on his face. "Brother, do you have any private money?"
Lin Jingzhe was shocked. How did his younger sister know that he was rich?
When he and Li Erge caught pheasants on weekdays, they would sell them and Li Erge would always give him a few copper coins.
I did save some money after going back and forth.
"Lend me a few copper coins. I promised Guyu to buy her food." Lin Xiaoman looked at the guilty Lin Jingzhe and knew that she guessed right.
"I'll pay you back later."
"What are you returning? Isn't Guyu my younger sister?" Lin Jingzhe glanced at the bun shop.
It's almost noon now and I'm already hungry.
Big, soft and fragrant buns...
He swallowed.
Lin Dajiang turned around and saw two kids staring at the bun shop.
Yes, it’s the first time Xiaoman has gone out since he was a child, and he is curious about everything.
Lin Dajiang felt a little distressed and rummaged through the dozen copper coins in his trouser pocket. How about buying a meat bun for each of the children in the family?
"Boss, give me three meat buns."
Lin Xiaoman heard his father's voice.
"Xiaoman, be good. If you want to eat meat buns, daddy will buy them for you later." Lin Dajiang said with a smile.
Lin Xiaoman said, "Dad, add two more, and Mom and you can eat too."
Lin Jingzhe nodded, not caring about the risk of leaking his private money, and said with a stiff upper lip: "Father, is the silver not enough? I still have four copper coins here..."
Lin Dajiang smiled and added another meat bun.
"Buy one for your mother. Dad doesn't like to eat it."
Lin Xiaoman looked at Lin Dajiang and smiled calmly.
No way, my father’s Adam’s apple has moved up and down four or five times.
When you are starving and see plump, fragrant and soft meat buns, who can resist its temptation?
There was no ox cart on the way back, so Lin Dajiang walked with his two children and pulled the weeds along the way.
Don't let go of any wild vegetables you come across.
Lin Xiaoman followed Lin Dajiang's example, turned on the 24K "Fire Eyes and Golden Pupils" and "scanned" while walking.
Unfortunately, there are too many people walking on this road, and the wild vegetables have already been picked up.
Occasionally, a few solitary plants were dug up by Lin Dajiang.
It is a bastard's principle not to take advantage of an opportunity.
Halfway through, Lin Xiaoman met an old man selling chickens.
She begged Lin Dajiang to buy five.
The chicks were placed in her empty backpack and chirped all the way.
The three of them braved the scorching sun.
Sweaty.
Walk briskly.
When they reached the entrance of the village, a rattan donkey cart appeared in front of the three people.
A young man in plain clothes was sitting on the frame of the bicycle, talking to someone who had half-lifted the rattan curtain.