The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 17
After Han Qianluo finished speaking, she herself felt that it was impossible. The current iron smelting technology is very backward, and the raw materials for making iron pots alone cost more than this price.

Sure enough, the big man's younger brother smiled and said, "Girl, it's three hundred coins, as you know, iron is a rare thing, even a hoe costs more than 100 coins."

Han Qianluo frowned. The price was a bit beyond her expectation. She thought it could be made for about two hundred Wen, but she didn't expect it to cost three hundred Wen.

Thinking about the money in his pocket, Han Qianluo was really reluctant to part with it. The money he finally earned was spent so easily.Based on the idea that saving a dime is also earning money, Han Qianluo bargained with that person: "Can it be cheaper?"

"Girl, think about it, just for the raw materials needed, it will cost a lot of money, and we didn't earn your money even if we charge you three hundred Wen." The big man's brother said.

Han Qianluo continued to bargain with him: "It's such a small cauldron, and my requirement is thin, so I don't need much iron. Two hundred Wen is about the same."

"Girl, although the cauldron you want is thin and looks small, it actually needs a lot of iron, and your requirements are too high, so it's very laborious to make, at least three hundred coins and no profit at all." The big man brother didn't budge either.

"That's 210 Wen."

"290 words."

……

After some bargaining, the deal was finally settled at a price of 250 Wen. Han Qianluo paid a deposit of [-] Wen and made an appointment to pick it up in five days.

"You little girl is really amazing. I've never done such a loss-making business." Although the big man's brother said so, but with a smile on his face, he didn't seem to be losing money as he said.

Han Qianluo managed to talk down fifty Wen and was in a good mood, so he said with a smile, "It's cheaper, I still have a lot of business to take care of you in the future." Han Qianluo planned to have money in the future, All the kitchen utensils at home were replaced with iron ones, as well as many other things at home.

"The little girl must remember to take care of the business of our two brothers in the future."

"sure."

Han Qianluo left after chatting a few words, and then wandered slowly to other stalls. She felt that she knew too little about this era, especially when it came to some small things, which would completely disrupt her plans .

Han Qianluo walked all the way to the store selling groceries, and in front of the store was built with wooden boards, with some things placed on it, Han Qianluo stopped to look.

The waiter in the store saw Han Qianluo, but he didn't ignore her because of her patched clothes, and still greeted her enthusiastically: "Girl, what do you want to buy, come in and choose, we have everything here, and the variety is complete. Guaranteed to find what you want to buy."

"I just look at it casually and don't buy it." Han Qianluo said honestly.

"It's okay, you can come in and take a look if you don't want to buy it, and you don't need to pay for it." The waiter still said enthusiastically.

Since the shop waiter didn't mind, Han Qianluo naturally went into the shop unceremoniously.After Han Qianluo went in, he looked it over. The shop was quite wide, and it was full of things. Some big things were placed at the bottom, and some fragile things were placed behind the counter.

Han Qianluo took a closer look, and found that there were not many items. There were relatively small items such as weaving and spinning, as well as toiletries, pottery pots, etc., and everything was messy. There are no things, all of them are used.

Han Qianluo asked all the things he didn't know the price one by one, and Dian Xiaoer was not impatient, and patiently answered Han Qianluo's various questions.

In the end, Han Qianluo knew the price and planned to leave, but he felt a little embarrassed when he thought that he had troubled others for so long, but he didn't buy anything. The clay pot said, "How much is that clay pot?"

"Ten pennies."

Han Qianluo paid ten cents, then left with the clay pot.Then Han Qianluo went to look at other shops, and when he finally returned, the sun had already risen to the middle, and it was too hot, so Han Qianluo stopped shopping and went back with the clay pot.

"Why hasn't Xiaoluo come back today?"

Han Qianluo had just walked to the gate of the courtyard, and before he walked in, he heard the slightly worried words of his second sister, Han Shui'er.Han Qianluo stopped there conditionally, wanting to hear what they had to say.

"Maybe something has delayed it." Han Qingquan's voice said.

"Will something happen?"

"Let me look for it," Han Qingquan said.

Han Qianluo heard footsteps, so he pushed the door open and said loudly, "I'm back."

"Why did I come back now? I thought something happened." Han Shui'er said with a sigh of relief, but there was also some slight dissatisfaction in his words.

Han Qianluo showed them the small clay pot in his hand and said, "I went to the market for a while and bought a clay pot."

Han Shuier looked at the small clay pot, frowned again, and said with some dissatisfaction, "What can such a small clay pot be used for?"

In fact, this pottery pot is not small, but compared to the pottery pots for kimchi at home, or the huge pottery pots for grain, this pottery pot is indeed small.

"Second sister, I have other uses." Han Qianluo said, but in fact she didn't think about what to use it for, so she said it purely to comfort Han Shuier.

After resting for a while, Han Qianluo was planning to go out to dig wild vegetables with a basket in hand. Just as he walked out, he heard Li Chunhua's voice: "Qianluo, wait for me."

Han Qianluo looked back and saw Li Chunhua hurried out of her yard, also holding a basket in her hand.When she ran to Han Qianluo's side, Han Qianluo asked, "Why are you still at home today?" Normally, when Han Qianluo came back from selling wild vegetables, Chunhua would have gone out to dig wild vegetables, and maybe she had finished digging and came back. .

Han Qianluo just asked casually, but he didn't wait for Li Chunhua's answer, so he turned around with some doubts, but unexpectedly, he saw Li Chunhua with a flushed face, and said a little timidly: "Today the next door in Sanyang Li Granny Zhao is here."

Han Qianluo didn't realize for a moment, what's the difference between this Granny Zhao and her just now going out to dig wild vegetables, but then she remembered that this Granny Zhao, Mrs. Zhao, is a matchmaker in Sanyangli next door. She came to Li Chunhua's house very early. I came here to be a matchmaker.

"She came to match you?" Han Qianluo asked bluntly.

Li Chunhua is not as generous as Han Qianluo, she was very embarrassed to hear Han Qianluo's question, and said in a low voice, "Yes."

"Aren't you only 13 years old?" Han Qianluo asked in amazement, this is too young, it is not even a question of whether he has developed, why did he start talking about marriage.

Unexpectedly, Li Chunhua said: "It's getting late, I will be 14 years old next year, if we still can't talk well, it will be miserable."

"What's wrong?" Han Qianluo asked puzzled.

Li Chunhua said in a low voice with her face flushed, "I heard from my mother that if you have not married after the age of 15, you will have to pay five times the tax, which is [-] Wen." The tax is poll tax.

It was only then that Han Qianluo remembered that there was indeed such a thing, which he talked about a while ago, but he forgot about it.In other words, the second sister Han Shuier is also 14 years old, but she has never seen anyone come to propose marriage. It seems that this is really a difficult problem.

"What kind of person did Granny Zhao talk to you about?" Han Qianluo asked gossip, there was no way, there were too few entertainment activities, and there were very few opportunities for such gossip.

"It's Zhou Youping from Sanyangli."

As soon as Han Qianluo heard this name, a man with missing arms appeared in front of Han Qianluo's eyes.Han Qianluo, a man named Zhou Youping, knew that during the war, someone broke his arm on the battlefield, which made him unable to do a lot of farm work. Now he is 25 years old and still has no wife.

"Do you want to marry this person?" Han Qianluo asked. At this time, the status of women was not as low as later, and they could still speak in matters of marriage.

"It's useless if I don't agree, my mother is very satisfied." Li Chunhua seemed very angry, and said angrily: "If you say that person can't marry a wife, he will definitely obey my words and be reluctant Scold me and hit me or something."

Han Qianluo couldn't say anything about other people's family affairs, so he could only listen quietly without expressing his opinion.

Li Chunhua continued: "But that person is so old, he still lacks an arm, and he looks so ugly, and he is not stable at all, and he does not look like a 25-year-old person at all."

Hearing the contradictory words, Han Qianluo suddenly thought of a possibility, so he asked directly: "Chunhua, do you have someone you like?"

"I," Li Chunhua immediately stammered, "Qianluo, you, don't talk nonsense." But the words were very lacking in confidence, and they didn't dare to look at Han Qianluo.

Looking at her performance, Han Qianluo knew that there was probably someone she liked, so he continued: "We have such a good relationship, tell me, and I can give you some advice."

Li Chunhua didn't speak for a long time, Han Qianluo dug up a wild vegetable, turned to look at her, and found that she was looking hesitant, so he planned to work harder and let her tell her sweetheart: "Chunhua, are you Don't you think I'm a friend?"

"How could it be?" Li Chunhua said in surprise, with a look of incomprehension.

"Then why are you unwilling to tell me about such a trivial matter? Do you think I will harm you?" Han Qianluo said this deliberately, thinking in his heart a little complacently, to see if you will take the bait.

Sure enough, Li Chunhua said with some embarrassment: "It's not like that, I'm just, just afraid that you will laugh at me."

(End of this chapter)