The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 172 Fur
Han Qianluo was just about to speak, but suddenly realized that it was in a busy market, so he changed his words and said: "There are too many people here, let's talk about it after we go back." Then he turned to the fur vendor and said, "Is there a lot of people here?" Do all pelts cost the same?"

Pointing to the rabbit skin, the peddler said: "Of course not. These rabbit skins are very cheap. You can buy one for only [-] yuan." He put down the rabbit skin and pointed to another very large one.The brown fur of an unknown animal said, "This fur is much more expensive, it costs a thousand Wen."

"Why is this fur so expensive?" Han Qianluo asked puzzled.

"Look at this piece of fur, if it is made into clothes, it would cost as much as one piece of clothing. And this one is more warm, so naturally it will be more expensive." The peddler explained.

After listening, Han Qianluo chose a yellowish-brown fur with spots and said, "I want this one, how much is it?"

"This one is six hundred."

After Han Qianluo paid the money, he carefully packed the fur, and then said to Zhu Er, "Why didn't you buy it in Dongshi, but went to the Zhishi so far to buy things instead?" He continued walking forward while talking.

Zhu Er was walking on the left side of her with his back on his back, and said helplessly, "My mother insisted that I come to this market and find a peddler who sells wood next to a shop named Li Ji Grain."

"Does your family want to buy wood?" Han Qianluo asked puzzledly. They are all rural people. What do you buy wood for?
Zhu Er shook his head and said: "No, my mother asked me to give a package to that person." His tone became a little puzzled, "I don't know when my mother knew that person, and he is not a relative of our family."

"Maybe it's your mother's friend, but you haven't seen it before." Han Qianluo said casually.

"may be."

After leaving Zhishi, Han Qianluo handed the leather he had just bought to Zhu Er and said, "Then please help me deal with it." After speaking, he took out the money bag, hesitated for a moment, then counted fifty coins and handed it over to Zhu Er. Tell him, "You take this little money."

Zhu Er hurriedly declined, and said with a serious expression: "How can this be done? How can I ask for your money? You are so outrageous." As he spoke, he pushed Han Qianluo's hand holding the money back.

"If you don't accept it, I dare not ask you to tan the skin for me." Han Qianluo said with a straight face, pretending to be angry.

Zhu Er paused for a moment, and said helplessly: "That doesn't need so much, it's just a piece of leather. How can I spend so much money, at most a dozen coins will be enough."

Han Qianluo didn't want Zhu Er to have any misunderstanding because of this matter, so he tried his best to act business-like and pretended to treat him as a stranger.

Although she didn't know exactly how much it would cost to tan a piece of leather, judging from the attitude of the peddler just now, it was still a skill that only a small number of people understood. Since it was a skill, the price would naturally not be very cheap. So she insisted: "Where is the money, if I don't accept it, then I will have to find someone else."

Zhu Er thought for a while, and finally said: "I can only ask for thirty Wen at most, no more."

"Okay then, tell me what you need, and I'll prepare it." Han Qianluo said.

Not long after returning home, Yu Wenxuan, who went to deal with the land contract, also came back, and handed over a land deed, which surprised Han Qianluo, took the land deed and said: "It's done so quickly, I thought At least it won't be done until after noon."

"There happened to be a friend I knew who was in charge of these things, so the land deed was completed very quickly." Yu Wenxuan said.

In the next few days, when Han Qianluo went to the city, he would always take Yu Wenxuan with him. Of course, he did not do this for the sake of showing off, but because he felt that his abilities were not bad, and he planned to let him get acquainted with him and manage the shop.

That afternoon, Han Qianluo was drawing pictures at home when she heard a knock on the door. She walked over to open the door and saw that the person who knocked was Zhu Er.

"Qianluo, this skin is tanned, let's see how it looks." Zhu Er handed the fur in his hand to Han Qianluo, and according to her request, he shaved off all the fur on it.

Han Qianluo reached out to take the tanned leather, and the first thing she felt when she took it was soft and warm. Even though it was a hot day, she couldn't help pinching it hard, and immediately felt a lot of sweat on her hands , so he quickly put down the fur, thanked him quickly and said, "Thank you so much."

"Thank you, everyone is so familiar. If you really want to say something, I should thank you for making me money." Zhu Er said.

Han Qianluo looked at the tanned leather and was very satisfied. He immediately wanted to tan a few more leathers to make a suit of clothes for each of the family members, so that they would not be afraid of freezing in winter, but he still had to ask the helpers if they would He didn't want to continue to help, so he asked, "I'm going to buy a few more leathers, can you help with tanning?"

"Of course there is no problem." Zhu Er said with a hearty smile.

After breakfast the next morning, Han Qianluo and Yu Wenxuan went to the city together.There were very few hawkers selling untanned furs in both the East Market and the West Market, so she went straight to the Zhi Market, and her purpose was very clear, so after arriving in the Zhi Market, she ignored everything and only looked for fur vendors.

Many vendors on the side of the road didn't even set up a board, they just spread a piece of cloth on the ground, and then put things on the cloth to start selling. Coupled with the bustling crowd, it was easy to sell those things that were placed on the ground. Booth covered.

Therefore, it is not an easy task to find a fur vendor under such circumstances. At least Han Qianluo felt that it was not easy at all. After searching for a long time, until she wanted to give up, Finally, he saw a fur vendor, so he pushed the people beside him away, and squatted down in front of the fur stall.

This fur peddler is a very young man, who seems to be in his early 20s. Although he is tall, he looks very young, and he is slightly uncomfortable seeing Han Qianluo squatting down in front of his stall. Embarrassed: "Girl, you can choose whatever leather you want, the price is very cheap." Then she blushed slightly and stopped talking.

Han Qianluo didn't care whether he was being mean or embarrassed, and carefully opened the furs on the ground. The types were not uniform, they were in a mess, there were all kinds of furs, and the number was also uneven.

Although it was a bit messy, she didn't plan to find another fur vendor anymore, because there were too many people and too crowded, so she asked the young vendor, "I plan to buy them all, so you can set a price."

"Hmm..." The young peddler looked at the fur on the ground and didn't speak for a while, probably calculating the price. After a while, he raised his head and said, "It's 430 yuan in total. I will erase the odds for you."

Seeing the shy look of the young peddler, Han Qianluo couldn't bear to bargain, so he readily paid the money and went back with the furs.

Yu Wenxuan couldn't help asking until he walked out of the city gate: "Miss Han, what are you doing with so much tanned leather?"

"Of course it's made into winter clothes after the nitrate is finished." Han Qianluo said happily.

After more than ten days of getting along, Yu Wenxuan and Han Qianluo have become acquainted with each other a lot, at least they can be more casual when talking and chatting, so Yu Wenxuan turned his head and glanced at the fur on his back, hesitated and said : "But you are only three brothers and sisters, these skins, aren't there too many?"

"A lot?" Han Qianluo asked in confusion, and then said, "The three of us, and you and Xu Gui, five people, two sets each, I'm worried that it's not enough."

Yu Wenxuan didn't speak, just gave her a strange look in his eyes, and then walked quietly.It was quiet all the way after that, until I got home.

"Qianluo, you can be regarded as coming back." The second aunt Wang stood at the gate of Han's house, looking relieved.

Han Qianluo opened the door with the key and asked, "Second Aunt, did something happen again?" After saying that, the door was already opened.

"Have you forgotten what day it is?" Wang asked back.

Asking this question, Han Qianluo really couldn't remember what day it was today. She recalled it carefully, Qixi Festival has passed, Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet arrived, so it is not a festival, so she stopped and asked: "Two Auntie, what day is it today?"

"Today is your grandfather's death, and we want to commemorate it." Wang said.

"But, didn't it happen in the past two years?" Han Qianluo asked puzzledly, there was no such thing in the past two years.

Mrs. Wang quickly explained: "Last night your grandfather entrusted the head of the family with a dream, saying that no one remembered his birthday, so he hurriedly went shopping in the street when he got up in the morning, but when he remembered to tell you, there was no one in your family. gone."

"Do I need to prepare anything?" Han Qianluo asked quickly.

But Mrs. Wang didn't make any request, but asked anxiously: "Where is Qingquan, are you at home? When can I come back?"

"Brother went to the city, and I probably won't be back at noon today." Han Qianluo replied hesitantly, not understanding what Wang was going to do with this question, so he continued to ask, "Second Aunt, what are you looking for Eldest Brother? If there's anything you can tell me."

Immediately, Mrs. Wang looked at her as if she was looking at a monster and said, "You are a girl's family, so it's useless to tell you. You must be at home."

Although Wang didn't specifically say what it was, Han Qianluo could probably guess it. It should be something like worshiping ancestors, so she couldn't let a girl participate, but she wasn't angry either. After all, the environment In this way, if she wants to get angry, she will die of anger sooner or later, she just said: "But my brother is not at home, and I don't know where he is."

(End of this chapter)