The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 68 Buying Sugar Cane

Chapter 268 Buying Sugar Cane

Han Qianluo took the cup and said "thank you". At this time, someone opened the door and walked in. Han Qianluo turned his head and saw that it was a man from this family with a bundle of firewood on his shoulders. Just went to chop wood.

"The girl is here, so the decision remains the same?" the man asked, placing the bundle of firewood on his shoulder against the wall.

"Since it's here, it hasn't changed, so I still have to buy it." Han Qianluo replied with a smile.

After the man put the firewood away, he came over and said to his wife, "Go to Butcher Wang's house and borrow that large scale." Without further ado, the woman stood up and went out, and the man sat down, He smiled and said: "The scales in my house are all ordinary scales, and they can't weigh things that heavy."

Han Qianluo thought for a while and said, "Should we take the sugar cane out of the cellar now?" Unexpectedly, the middle-aged man said, "Have you found the ox cart?"

After saying this, Han Qianluo realized that he had neglected this matter, and said with some embarrassment: "Oh, I really forgot this matter, this is troublesome." It's like my big brother.

"Do you have an ox cart here?" Han Qingquan asked.

"Yes, yes. Wait a minute. I'll go and ask you if they are free. I think you need several ox carts." The middle-aged man thought for a while and said, "How about you come with me? Go, see how many ox carts you need, if not enough, you can find mule carts."

Han Qianluo was not such a ignorant person, he stood up and went out with the man to find the bullock cart.But at this time, it was really sparsely populated, and the three of them walked for a while before reaching a house with a bullock cart.

"Is Brother Zhou at home?" The man, that is, Xu Yuan asked with a smile.

The person who opened the door was a woman, probably Zhou Da's lady that Xu Yuan was talking about.Mrs. Zhou quickly said: "Come in, he is at home." She said and let several people in.

When Han Qianluo walked in, he saw the so-called Zhou Da, who was just an ordinary farmer, nothing special.As soon as Xu Yuan walked in, he went straight to the topic: "Zhou Da, can you help me with something?"

"Okay, are you at your house?" the sturdy Zhou Da asked.

"Correct."

After leaving Zhou's family, Han Qianluo and the others went to several other places. It took a long time to find three carriages and four mule carts.

"You have so many cars here." Han Qianluo sighed.

Xu Yuan smiled indifferently and said, "Our village is next to the capital city, and we usually go to the city to help people pull things to earn some money, so we really need more cars."

Han Qianluo thought about the Qianyangli where she was, but she hadn't noticed how many people and cars there were in their place.Back at Xu Yuan's home, his wife had already borrowed the scale. It was indeed a very large scale. Han Qianluo estimated that it could weigh dozens of catties at a time.

Several people helped to move the sugar cane out of the cellar, weighed it and moved it to the ox cart. After working for a long time, they finally finished weighing all the sugar cane. Moreover, these carts could not remove all the sugar cane at once, they still needed to be divided into several parts. This time, so Han Qianluo stayed here to settle the score, and Han Qingquan went back with these cars.

"Girl, the total is two thousand three hundred and seventy-two catties, and one catty is four Wen." Xu Yuan calculated for a long time, and finally calculated, "The total is nine thousand, four hundred and eighty-eight Wen, and the fraction of eight Wen is fine."

After paying more than 9000 Wen to Xu Yuan, Han Qianluo's heart was bleeding, and in a blink of an eye, there were only more than 500 Wen left, and the 500 more Wen had to pay for those ox carts and mule carts. By then there will be nothing left.

Han Qianluo suddenly felt why after struggling for so long, he still felt like he was still standing still. He still had no money, and the situation at home had not necessarily improved much.Such a situation somewhat made Han Qianluo feel a little discouraged, as if he didn't know what he was doing.

Those vehicles went back and forth several times, and finally transported all the sugar cane back.After paying, Han Qianluo looked at the few pennies left in the purse, and couldn't help but want to howl like a wolf, and turned into a pauper in a blink of an eye.

Back home, Han Qianluo discovered that there were many gossip-loving women around the gate of the courtyard. They were all from the same village, and everyone knew Han Qianluo and his brothers and sisters. When they saw them coming back, someone immediately asked: "Qianluo Ah, what are you doing with so much sugarcane?"

"Of course it's for eating." Han Qianluo said perfunctorily. Naturally, it was impossible for her to answer the real reason, because she felt that there were no smart people here, so it's better to be cautious.

"So much sugar cane will cost a lot of money." Another woman asked curiously.

Han Qianluo walked into the courtyard and said, "Aunts, come in and sit for a while." Naturally, those women were not polite, and they followed Han Qianluo into the courtyard, and found a place to sit down by themselves without saying hello. up.

These women sat down at Han Qianluo's house and didn't leave until the sun was setting, those women said they wanted to go back to cook, and then they left.As soon as these people left, Han Qianluo hurriedly started making cakes. Although the quantity was still small, they were still made very late, and by the time dinner was over, it was no longer known what time it was.

The next morning, Han Qianluo and his eldest brother hurriedly delivered the cake to Maji Restaurant, without stopping, they returned home without stopping.

"Qianluo, what are you going to do with this thing?" Han Qingquan asked, "Should I take it to the next door and squeeze it into juice?"

"Yes, you have to squeeze it into juice first." Han Qianluo replied, looking at such a large pile of sugarcane in the yard, I felt a little bit troubled. The distance from my house to the place where sugarcane is squeezed next door is not too close. Adding such a large pile of sugar cane is not a simple matter.

This matter made Han Qianluo a little bit troubled. He felt that it would be more convenient for him to have something like that for squeezing sugar cane, and it is not that he will not stop making sugar in the future. It will always be more convenient to have such a thing at home, but in a blink of an eye Thinking of the current situation at home, it is still a bit difficult.

"Xiao Luo, what's the matter with you, what are you thinking?" Han Qingquan asked a little puzzled.

Han Qianluo honestly expressed his thoughts and asked his elder brother for his opinion.Han Qingquan only thought about it for a moment after listening to it, and then made a decision: "This thing doesn't need to cost too much money, and it can be made by yourself. It's not too difficult, but this thing will be done later when you are free. Well, now let's carry the sugar cane over and squeeze the juice."

"Okay." Han Qianluo no longer objected, and at this moment there was a knock on the door, and when he opened the door, it turned out to be Liu Ying.

"Brother Ying, why are you here?" Han Qianluo asked in surprise, usually he would go to the market in the morning, why would Liu Ying come to his house in the morning?
But then Liu Ying's words answered Han Qianluo's doubts: "Xiao Sun said that he saw you coming back, so I thought of coming over to see if there is anything I can do to help."

Han Qianluo was overjoyed, she really fell asleep and came to deliver the pillow, she was worried that the labor force at home was a little short, but Liu Ying came immediately, and as the emperor, she was willing to come from home to help with these farm work, she could do it herself He explained a lot of problems, so he quickly said: "Brother Ying really came in a timely manner, I am worried that there are not enough staff at home."

"Do you need me to do anything?" Liu Ying asked immediately.

Han Qianluo pointed to the sugarcane beside him, and said with some embarrassment: "We have to squeeze the sugarcane, but the distance is a bit far. Brother Ying can help carry the sugarcane over." Looking at Liu Ying's seemingly thin body, Han Qianluo Qian Luo felt that he might not be able to resist much, and the road was so far away, it was better to have less.

However, Liu Ying carried several bundles of sugarcane at once, turned around and was about to leave. Han Qianluo was a little worried, and quickly said, "Brother Ying, the road is a bit far, so let's take less."

"Don't worry, I'm not as weak as you look." Liu Ying obviously saw what Han Qianluo was thinking, and said straightforwardly.Seeing that he was so confident, Han Qianluo didn't stop him anymore, and went to the place where the sugarcane was squeezed with a load of wooden barrels. Of course, Han Qingquan was also with him. Han Qingquan was so strong that he could carry more than Liu Ying A little more.

Han Qianluo originally thought that Liu Ying couldn't carry it to that place in one breath, but what surprised her was that Liu Ying didn't stop breathing, and carried it to the place in one breath. Although she was panting a little, looking at Liu Ying looked a little The thin body is really surprising.

"Qianluo, are you here to squeeze sugar cane again?" The hostess of a nearby household who knew Han Qianluo greeted with a smile.

"Yes, Aunt Zhao, I still want to rent your livestock." Han Qianluo said.

"Okay, no problem, it's still the old price." The woman said with a smile.

With the help of the animals, it was much faster to squeeze the sugarcane juice. Han Qingquan and Liu Ying kept going back to carry the sugarcane, and picked up the squeezed sugarcane juice when they went back.

Although carrying sugar cane is no problem, picking a wooden bucket full of sugar cane juice is not as simple as resisting sugar cane, and Liu Ying obviously could not have done such a thing before, it was only after Han Qianluo taught her for a while that there was no problem.

The efficiency of the three people is not high, and Han Qianluo stopped squeezing in the middle of the afternoon. First, because there is no such a big container at home to hold sugarcane juice, and second, she has to go back to make cakes, otherwise she will have to work again at night. to late.

However, what surprised Han Qianluo the most was actually about Liu Ying. Her previous impression of the emperor was more derived from historical books, from a few pens written by Tai Shigong, even if she knew that Liu Xingzhi was actually Liu Ying. When he was in surplus, Han Qianluo's impression of Emperor Hui did not change much.

(End of this chapter)