The history of struggle of peasant girls

Chapter 75 Trouble
Han Qianluo looked at the peaches in front of him, decided not to buy them, turned around and planned to leave, but the peddler saw her thoughts and said quickly: "Girl, my peaches are very sweet, you can taste them first .”

Anyway, there is no charge for tasting it, Han Qianluo thought so, then reached out and took out a peach from the peddler's basket, wiped it casually, and put it in his mouth. To her surprise, the peach was indeed Sweeter than normal peaches, just a little sweeter, not too much.

"Well, I didn't tell a lie, my peaches are much sweeter than ordinary peaches." The peddler said quickly, trying to get Han Qianluo to buy his peaches.

Han Qianluo hesitated for a while, thinking of the three flavors at home, and finally bought two catties to go home. After buying peaches, there was nothing else to buy, so he planned to go back.But before he reached the entrance of the market, he heard someone calling: "Miss Han."

Han Qianluo turned his head and saw that it was the same man from yesterday, Zhen Xiuming, who was a little puzzled and said, "Is there anything for Master Zhen?"

"Miss Han, I want to talk to you about what I said yesterday. Is it okay?" Zhen Xiuming asked.

"Didn't the matter be clarified yesterday?" Han Qianluo said a little puzzled, and some didn't understand what else to talk about this matter.

But it was obvious that Zhen Xiuming didn't think so, he showed a slightly sly smile: "Miss Han, let's talk in the shop, is it okay?"

Han Qianluo only hesitated for a second before agreeing. She wanted to see what Zhen Xiuming had to say, so she followed Zhen Xiuming all the way to the place yesterday.

"Please sit down." Zhen Xiuming said, and he sat down himself, pouring tea and saying, "I'm not beating around the bush, I think Miss Han, you know our Zhenshanfang, it's an old brand, yes The best pastry shop in the capital, if we cooperate, it will definitely make more money than it does now."

"Shopkeeper Zhen, it's really not a question of more money and less money." Han Qianluo said very sincerely, hoping that the shopkeeper would dispel this idea.

Unexpectedly, Zhen Xiuming said very confidently: "I know that Miss Han is talking about the clerical matters. If Miss Han is willing to cooperate with our Zhenshanfang, the clerical matters can be handled by us."

After hearing this sentence, Han Qianluo didn't answer immediately, not because he was moved, but also felt strange why this Zhenshanfang insisted on cooperating with him, even if there is no such thing as cake now, but for Zhenshanfang For a well-known old brand, it shouldn't be that important.

"Miss Han, do you have any questions?" Seeing that Han Qianluo was silent, Zhen Xiuming asked quickly.

Han Qianluo came back to his senses, quickly organized his words and said: "Treasurer Zhen, your Zhenshanfang has always been a very famous pastry shop, it doesn't matter if I have this matsutake cake, and shopkeeper Ma and I It’s been a pleasure working together for so long, so I plan to continue.”

After Zhen Xiuming heard this sentence, a gloomy expression appeared on his face, but this expression only stayed on his face for less than a second, and quickly returned to its previous appearance, so Han Qianluo did not notice this expression. a little.

"Is Miss Han really unwilling to think about it?" Zhen Xiuming asked again.

Han Qianluo stood up and said, "I'm really sorry, I still have something to do, so I won't delay any longer." Then he left, but not long after he walked out, he met another man who wanted to buy cakes, so Han Qianluo Luo is very happy, which proves that what she makes is still very popular.

When he walked to Sanyangli, Han Qianluo accidentally saw Chu Zhen carrying a basket, since he had seen it all, it was impossible to pretend to ignore it, so he had to raise his voice slightly and said, "Chu Zhen, are you going back to the market too? "

"Yes." Chu Zhen said in a slightly low voice, and lifted the basket in his hand up.

The two walked side by side, talking one after the other, and they were all topics like "today's weather is really nice". Suddenly, Chu Zhen changed the subject: "Qianluo, I heard that your brother is going to be engaged to Chunhua Is it true?"

"How do you know?" Han Qianluo was a little surprised.

Chu Zhen stroked his hair with his hands, and said in a low voice: "I heard what others said, and everyone in our family said so."

Hearing what Chu Zhen said, Han Qianluo really had the urge to rub his forehead. The news spread too fast. What happened yesterday has already spread today. The appearance is really too exaggerated.

Seeing that Han Qianluo was silent, Chu Zhen asked in a puzzled way, "Qianluo, why don't you speak? Is this a fake?" At this point, Chu Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked expectantly at the walking The people next to him seemed to hope that the news was fake.

But the fact is destined to disappoint her, Han Qianluo shook her head lightly and said, "It's not fake, it's just that Aunt Sun came to ask."

"So this matter is still true." Chu Zhen said a little disappointed, and walked forward with her head down, making it difficult to see the expression on her face.

Afterwards, this topic was not brought up again, and soon Han Qianluo arrived home, and parted ways with Chu Zhen.Pushing open the door and walking into the yard, I saw Sanwei playing in the yard at a glance, so I took out the peaches I bought and handed them to him: "Wash and eat before eating."

"Third sister is so kind." Han Sanwei said happily, took the peaches and ran into the kitchen to wash them, and then ran out again, with a mournful face.

"What's wrong?" Han Qianluo was a little puzzled, wasn't he quite happy just now?
"Third sister, there is no water in the water tank."

Han Qianluo found out the wooden barrel: "I'll go fetch water right away." Speaking of it, this is also a place that makes Han Qianluo feel painful. He has to carry water every day, and their family didn't dig a well, so carrying water is difficult. It is still a bit far away from Han Qianluo's home to pick from a public well.

Under such circumstances, Han Qianluo forcibly developed the habit of saving water, not wasting a single drop of water, and thinking of these things, she really burst into tears.

Han Qianluo came to the well. Fortunately, there was no one there at this time, so two buckets of water were quickly filled, and the two full buckets of water were still a bit heavy when walking back. After walking for a long time, Han Qianluo felt his shoulders As if I couldn't bear it any longer, I switched to the other shoulder and continued to carry the water back.

But luckily, when Han Qianluo returned home carrying the water, he saw that his elder brother was at home, and without opening his mouth, Han Qingquan took the wooden bucket to carry the water on his own initiative.

"Sister San, it's so delicious, you can eat one too." Han Sanwei handed over a little red peach.

Han Qianluo didn't refuse, just took the peach and ate it casually, while Sanwei stared at her without blinking. Seeing that she had eaten it, she couldn't wait to ask: "Sister San, is it delicious?"

Seeing such three flavors, Han Qianluo felt a little funny. He looked forward to it, as if he had grown the peach himself.However, Han Qianluo didn't say these words, he just patted Sanwei's head and said in agreement, "En, it's delicious."

Seeing that it was still early, Han Qianluo sat in front of the loom and began to weave slowly. He didn't get up to cook until lunch, and continued weaving after lunch.When working seriously, the time always passed very fast, and the sun began to set to the west before he knew it, but Han Qianluo didn't realize it, and finally Han Qingquan came back to remind her.

During dinner at night, Han Qianluo remembered the marriage and asked, "Brother, have you answered Aunt Sun's words?"

After swallowing the food in his mouth, Han Qingquan replied, "I already replied to Aunt Sun's words in the afternoon, and I did not agree." When he said this, he suddenly changed the subject and talked about another matter, "Xiao Luo, the cow we raise now probably won’t have any milk in a while, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to make that pastry by then.”

This sentence successfully made Han Qianluo, who had been immersed in eating, look up, with a look of astonishment on her face. She really ignored this matter. Now she only raises ordinary cattle, not special cows. Certainly not much, and not too long.

"Brother, how long is it?" Han Qianluo asked, she didn't quite understand these questions.

Fortunately, Han Qingquan still understood these things, and immediately replied: "It should be more than a month, or two months."

"Why is there only so little time?" Han Qianluo muttered, and then asked, "How many months will it take for the cow to have a calf?"

"I heard it will take more than nine months." Han Qingquan said, putting the vegetables in his mouth and chewing.

Now Han Qianluo is really having a headache. The pregnancy period of more than nine months is too long. In addition to breeding, it will take almost a year. After such a long time, should they stop selling it? The family situation has also improved a lot because of selling cakes.

Thinking about these troublesome problems, Han Qianluo didn't even care about eating, and thought about what to do, but he still couldn't come up with any good solution, even if he went to buy a cow and breed it immediately tomorrow , and still have to wait for almost a year, it doesn't help at all.

"Xiao Luo, hurry up and eat, these things will slowly come up with a solution." Han Qingquan didn't seem to care much.

Han Qianluo picked up the steamed bun again and began to chew, but all his thoughts were still thinking about the previous question, and he gnawed on the steamed bun in his hand for a while, but unfortunately, he didn't think of anything until the end of the meal Method.

In fact, the best way is to raise cows, but according to Han Qianluo's understanding, cows should still be in Europe at this time, and it is impossible to get one or two back to raise them in a short time, so this method will not work , As for other methods, Han Qianluo has not thought of them yet.

(End of this chapter)