Ugly peasant girl in space

Chapter 13
"Hey, who is the young master of the Xu family talking to?"

Standing behind Fat Dun'er was a shop clerk dressed as a kid, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, a little dark, but he looked very clever, and he would say, "Young master, you are generous, don't be as knowledgeable as these country girls, you will be humiliated." you."

As he said that, he gave Mo Qingli an apologetic look, which made her feel a little better. If he was a follower, he might kick her out directly, or be the dog of this plump Xu. Anyway, she is young , Looks like he has no money and no power.

"Humph!"

Seeing Qingli take a step back, Xu Pangdun'er puffed up his chest, stood upright with arrogance, looked Mo Qingli up and down with his small sesame eyes, and gave her another look of "you remember me".

"Little girl, I'm sorry."

The guy said sorry, and then asked, "Are you going to get some medicine?"

"No, little brother."

Mo Qingli wanted to grab medicine and give it to her grandma, but there was no prescription and no money, "I want to ask if you accept dried wild chrysanthemums here?"

Although Mo Qingli looks a bit ugly, her voice is perfect, crisp and sweet, which makes people feel very comfortable.

"Take it. The fresh flowers that are picked directly cost three renminbi a catty, and the dried flowers are more expensive, five renminbi." The clerk looked at Qingli before saying, "Dried flowers are also divided into quality, and generally a lot is lost in the process of drying. Water, girl, if you can pick wild chrysanthemums, just send them directly, don't worry."

Hearing the price, Mo Qingli was still a little disappointed. It’s a small thing to spend, and it doesn’t take much weight. It only costs three pennies a catty, which is indeed a bit small, but no matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat. Multiple ways to make money are good. She thought about what the buddy said, and felt that a lot of water would need to be removed after drying, and she also thought it would be better to send flowers.

"How much do you want?"

"Well, our medical center accepts them all, but try to be careful when picking the flowers, and don't knock off the petals."

Mo Qingli nodded, and was about to turn around to look for Mrs. Liu, thinking that she hadn't thanked the clerk yet, so she added, "Thank you little brother."

"You're welcome, if your family is backed by mountains, if there are honeysuckle flowers in the mountains, you can pick more. The flowers cost fifteen yuan."

Honeysuckle, Mo Qingli nodded, and thanked the buddy again. She has not been to the mountains yet, and there are many wild chrysanthemums in the mountains, which was also mentioned by the second sister, but the second sister may not know honeysuckle. If there are, she should be able to Change a lot of copper plates.

The sun slowly rose to the middle, and it was already noon, and Mo Qingli's stomach started to growl again, because this time she went out, she brought all the assets with her, plus the one given by her elder brother last time, a total of sixteen Wen, she can buy a catty of pork to eat, but she can't bear it. With the current situation of the family, every penny is very important. Next year, my elder brother will go to the school in the county after taking the exam. Their clothes were already worn out, and Mrs. Liu couldn't be cruel enough to buy so much cloth, which was enough for the whole family to save for several months.

The mother and daughter came to another small street, which seemed to be a slum area. Most of the low-rise houses were a bit dilapidated, and the people wore poor clothes, and some were patched. There were many small stalls on both sides, selling wontons. Noodles, buns, steamed buns, and wontons in chicken soup cost three cents a bowl, vegetarian stuffing, and meat stuffing also costs five cents, eight cents, clear noodle soup costs three cents, shredded pork noodles cost eight cents, vegetarian buns cost a penny, meat Steamed buns cost two cents a penny, and steamed buns cost two cents a penny. They are just the kind of rough bread.

After inquiring about the prices of all kinds of food, Qingli knew it well. Generally, the adult men in the town only spend fifteen to twenty yuan a day, which is still pure physical labor. She didn't understand that her old man Why does my father have so few repairs, only five hundred wen a month, it stands to reason that the status of a scholar is so high, but what Qingli doesn't know is that the work in the town is not available every day, and the clerks in that kind of shop only earn [-] yuan a month. It's about [-] Wen, so Qing Li's father's place is relatively high.

"Mom, let's go to the butcher shop and have a look."

Qingli gritted her teeth, she had to go and have a look, if it was really rumored that pigs were cheap, she could buy less, anyway, she brought the money.

"alright."

Seeing Qingli's expression, Mrs. Liu nodded helplessly. Since she fell down, this girl has lived a lot of life and is sensible, but she has more demands. Babies are timid, but my daughter is more courageous. Anyway, according to the original budget, there are still ten coins left, so I can buy a small piece of meat.

The mother and daughter turned all the way to North Street, there were a little more people here, and they all had fixed stalls, like a market in the town, Qingli was drooling at an apple in a half-sized box, and asked It actually costs five cents each, which is not expensive, but she still can't afford it. Qingli is determined to come and buy the wild chrysanthemum and honeysuckle after they are sold for silver, so as to satisfy her shopping desire.

"Sister, do you want to buy meat? This pig was slaughtered in the morning. Look, it's a big fat pig. It's very fresh."

The pork seller was a man in his twenties with a swollen face. He looked a little fierce, but he was still good at doing business. He turned the pork piece up and down so that Mrs. Liu could look at the fatness of the meat.

These days, the fatter the pork, the better. It has oil and water, and it can be cooked after consuming oil. It is delicious, and lean meat is much cheaper.

"Mom, is there a pig's large intestine?"

Qingli pointed to a corner, where a large frame was placed, but no one cared about it, and there were flies on it, she suddenly felt that she lost her appetite.

"Yeah, we don't buy pig offal. It's not impossible to deal with that stuff, but it requires a lot of salt, scrubbing the rough surface, and soaking it in vinegar. Maybe it still has a bad smell."

"kindness."

It seems that eating pig offal is not very realistic. When the family is in good times, you can buy some to try. In modern times, Qingli only ate rice noodles with fat intestines. Did not continue to ask.

Mrs. Liu looked at the meat and couldn't make up her mind. When the family had a good monthly balance, it was only a few tens of pennies. Recently, the eldest son wrote letters for others. There are seven people in the family, if you buy ten yuan of meat, each person can eat two or three slices.

"Mom, let's buy big bones and go back to make soup."

Qingli pointed to the big bones in the frame, they were all stick bones, and the tops were not picked very clean, there was still a bit of meat, so I couldn't eat the meat, drinking some bone soup would be good, and it would be enough.

"Little girl, there are still five big bones left. If you take them, just give me three pennies."

Anyway, there is no meat, and I used to keep it for dogs, but the bone stick is too big, my puppy can't chew it, and I have to smash it, which takes a lot of time.

(End of this chapter)