The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 47 Raising Chickens
Han Qianluo had just walked into the market, and before she had time to observe what the market looked like, a middle-aged man hurried up to talk to her. He was dressed in ordinary coarse linen and looked ordinary. The kind that can no longer be found.

Seeing that Han Qianluo was silent, the middle-aged man continued, "I am familiar with all the livestock in this market. It can save you a lot of time, and it doesn't cost much, just twenty cents."

Hearing this, Han Qianluo hesitated. She had never bought cattle before, and she was not familiar with these things at all. It would be good to have an intermediary, and it would indeed save a lot of money as he said. As for time, the most important thing is that the cost is not too much.

"I want to buy a cow, but where can I find a better one?" Han Qianluo asked.

The middle-aged man immediately smiled and said enthusiastically, "It's easy to buy a cow now, but I don't know what the girl wants to buy it for, whether it is farming or giving birth to cubs?"

Han Qianluo didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly, "I want to buy a cow that has just given birth and still has milk." The middle-aged man couldn't help but glance at Han Qianluo, his eyes were full of They were all puzzled. Obviously, he had never seen such a strange person as Han Qianluo, but the middle-aged man didn't ask any questions, and said, "This kind of cow is not easy to buy. No one will sell a cow at this time. lose, and no one will buy such a cow.”

"Is there no such cow?" Han Qianluo asked again with some unwillingness to give up.

"It's not completely unavailable. Sometimes people will sell them under special circumstances. Today, there are none. Does the girl really want this kind of cow with milk?" The middle-aged man asked.

Han Qianluo nodded. If you buy a cow that has not given birth, you will have to wait until when it gives birth. It will take at least a few months. If the cow can't conceive immediately, then you need to It took even longer, and she couldn't wait that long.

The middle-aged man frowned and said, "If the girl really needs it, I can help you find it, but the cost may be a bit more expensive."

"How much do I need to add?" Han Qianluo asked. Even people who specialize in this kind of business find it hard to find. If you find it yourself, it will definitely be more troublesome. If you don't have much money, you should spend some money to help someone done.

The middle-aged man thought for a while, and then said: "Thirty Wen." After speaking, he quickly explained, "Girl, I didn't overcharge you for this money. You need to run around to find it for you. It took a lot of time, and charging you thirty cents is definitely not too much."

"That's fine, just thirty Wen. Please help me find it. How long will it take?" Han Qianluo asked.

"It's hard to say, but whether I find it or not, I will reply to the girl within two days, but I don't know where to find the girl?"

"I set up a stall in Dongshi every morning, and you can see me when you go in." Han Qianluo said.

After the matter was settled, Han Qianluo was ready to go back. Suddenly, she remembered that she should buy some other livestock cubs to raise. The last time I wanted to buy them, I couldn’t buy them. It happened that I bought them this time. Thinking of this, I had already gone out. The steps taken were backed up.

"Miss, do you want to buy anything else?" The middle-aged man asked quickly when he saw her return.

Han Qianluo hesitated for a moment before asking: "Are there any smaller livestock cubs like rabbits, chickens and ducklings here?"

The middle-aged man pointed to a corner and said, "All the things the girl wants are concentrated in that place."

Han Qianluo said thank you, then walked towards the direction the man pointed, and sure enough, he saw a place surrounded by a wooden fence, which was not very wide, and there were not many hawkers inside, only two or three people. Chang'an, the capital of the country, it seems that people at this time are not very interested in raising such small livestock.

Han Qianluo walked into the place surrounded by fences, and there were few vendors selling things and not many people buying things, so as soon as Han Qianluo walked in, those vendors immediately noticed her and were very enthusiastic. Greeting: "Girl, do you want to buy a chicken?"

"Girl, do you want to buy a rabbit?"

Han Qianluo took a look. One sells chickens, one sells ducks and geese, and the other sells rabbits, but the quantity is not many, very few.

Han Qianluo didn't plan to buy a rabbit. She was worried that she would be reluctant to kill or sell the rabbit because she thought it was cute. If she bought ducklings or geese, the river was not too much, so she finally decided to buy chickens.

"How do you sell this chicken?" Han Qianluo walked over and asked.

"Seventeen cents a pair." The peddler replied.

"It's too expensive." Han Qianluo began to haggle with the hawker, and finally bought ten pairs of chicks for fifteen yuan a pair.

The peddler shook his head as he took the money Han Qianluo handed her, and said, "You little girl is really amazing, I didn't make any money from you this time."

Han Qianluo carefully put ten pairs of chickens into the back basket, and said in his mouth: "It's just a little more money and a little less money. How could it not make money?" After speaking, he put the chickens in the back basket and got ready. leave.

"Miss, remember to take care of my business next time you want to buy chicks." The peddler said loudly.

Back home, Han Qianluo quickly put the chicken in the basket on the ground.As soon as the chicks were on the ground, they twittered and scattered, pecking everywhere on the ground.Seeing such a scene, Han Qianluo's mood became very good for no reason, but she did not forget to find a broken bowl, fill it with water and put it in the middle of the yard.

Originally, Han Qianluo planned to grab some food for these chickens, but suddenly remembered that this is not the 21st century, even people can't get enough to eat, how can they let livestock eat food, so he dismissed this idea.

But the chicken must have something to eat. After thinking about it, I decided to find something like vegetable leaves and cut it up for the chicken to eat. So I went to the vegetable field to find some vegetable leaves that were too old to eat and came back. Crush it and throw it on the ground.

These chickens didn't need Han Qianluo to call, they immediately ran over with flapping little wings, and at the same time they didn't forget to take the time to call and change. The voice of the chickens was still very clear and pleasant to hear.

"Xiao Luo, why did you buy so many chickens back?" Han Shui'er asked, with a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone, but it was well hidden.

"You can lay eggs after you grow up." Han Qianluo felt that his second sister's question was very strange, and even a fool would know why.

"How much does it cost to buy so many chickens? Our family doesn't have much spare money, and there are so many places where money is needed. How can we spend money on these things?" Han Shui'er said in a breath , He paused here, and added, "Besides, where does our family have food to feed these things."

At this time, Han Qingquan came back from the outside, just heard this sentence, and asked: "What's the matter?"

"Brother, don't tell me anything about Xiao Luo. Look at her. There are so many places to spend money at home, and she still spends money like this, buying so many animals that need food." Han Shui'er said cracklingly.

Han Qingquan looked at the chickens on the ground that were pecking at the leaves of vegetables, and said, "Aren't these chickens good enough to grow up? They can lay eggs and sell them for money, and they can sell them if they don't want to raise them." Then he said with some distress "However, it does cost a lot of food." Then he turned to Han Qianluo and said, "Xiao Luo, our family really doesn't have much food. There is no more food for these chickens."

"Brother, I know, I didn't intend to feed the food." Han Qianluo replied.

However, this answer seemed to have aroused Han Shuier's dissatisfaction. She had already walked back to the loom and said, "If you don't feed food, can you grow up just by feeding water?"

Han Qianluo didn't reply anymore, she didn't understand why this Han Shuier was always against her, as if she was not satisfied no matter what she did.For this situation, Han Qianluo often feels very headache. They are all a family. He just wants to make more money, and it is also for this family. Why is Han Shui'er always dissatisfied?
After making tofu with Han Qingquan, Han Qianluo went out with a basket. She had to find food for the chicks. Just as she was about to go out, she heard Li Chunhua next door shout, "Qianluo, Qianluo." Looking over, Li Chunhua also came out with a basket.

"Chunhua, are you going out too?" Han Qianluo asked, she knew that Li Chunhua must have something to tell her, isn't it like this every time.

Han Qianluo watched Li Chunhua close the gate of the courtyard, and then went out with her.

"I'm not going to look for vegetables on the mountain, I'm going to dig for earthworms," ​​Han Qianluo said.

Li Chunhua suddenly turned her head to look at Han Qianluo, and asked in surprise, "Qianluo, what are you doing digging up earthworms, such disgusting things?"

"That's a good thing, but it doesn't look good." Han Qianluo said, not returning to her purpose of digging earthworms.Li Chunhua didn't mind either, and just walked with Han Qianluo.

Han Qianluo was not very clear about where there were many earthworms. She randomly found a place in the woods where there were many fallen leaves and started digging. She dug a piece of soil vigorously and found an earthworm out of it. Han Qianluo endured the nausea , pinched the earthworms and put them in the clay pot she brought.

"It's disgusting." Li Chunhua said from the side, seeing that Han Qianluo hadn't spoken, she said again, "Qianluo, my mother agreed."

This time, Han Qianluo immediately realized what she was talking about, but she was still surprised, and couldn't help asking: "Didn't your mother disagree before?"

"Of course this is due to me." Li Chunhua said with some pride, "It took me a long time with my mother before she agreed."

(End of this chapter)