Bamboo Fragrance

Chapter 24 Malt

Li Kongzhu returned to his small courtyard.After eating the bowl of sorghum rice water that was left warm in the pot in the morning, after tidying up, he took out the Shanlihong that he picked yesterday and poured it into the basin.

Because of what happened last night, I forgot to pour out the fruit and let it dry.After covering it all night, the ventilation is open and there is still some heat.

I took a fruit in my hand and was thinking about removing the seeds.Not wanting to go outside, there was a voice, "Is the third sister-in-law here?"

Li Kongzhu threw the fruit he was holding into a basin, walked out of the house and looked outside the door.

At the entrance of the broken door stood a handsome little woman with a blue jacket. She looked about the same age as herself now. She was fifteen or sixteen years old, fair and clean, with a pair of beautiful red eyelids, and she was looking at her with a smile. .

"Third sister-in-law, the piece of leather that my mother-in-law brought back yesterday was tanned by me. He asked me to bring it to you!"

Hearing this, Li Kongzhu asked her to enter the hospital again and again, "It's troublesome, we don't know the market. It was the second uncle who said that it would sell well after tanning, so he licked his face and begged to come to the door."

"By the way, why did you come here at this hour and didn't eat the broth?" Li Kongzhu invited her into the room and sat down, scooped a bowl of clear water from the bucket as tea, and put it on the small black table.

Mai Ya'er took out the leather from the basket and handed it to her: "The third sister-in-law sent wolf meat to our house yesterday, so I was lazy and didn't want to squeeze it. It happened that the owner of the house was tanning the leather. I came here to try my luck while I was free, but I just happened to meet you at home!"

"Thank you!" Li Kongzhu smiled and took the fur over. Seeing that the bloody and smelly fur was still soft when it was peeled off yesterday, it has a certain hardness and the hair looks brighter. Not a lot.

"The leather is quite complete. I can tell you that it is worth five or six dollars, but it is still a little damp. It will be fine if you hang it to dry!"

Li Kongzhu thanked him with a smile, found a wooden stick to prop up the leather, and hung it directly on the vent under the eaves.

When he entered the room, he saw Maiyaer holding a mountain red and looking at it, his eyes flickered, "I picked it up the mountain yesterday, do you want to try it?"

Mai Ya'er shook her head, "I don't like sourness. Although Shanlihong has a bit of a taste, you can't eat too much. If you eat too much, it's easy to cause stomach upset!"

"Thinking that I don't have much to eat on weekdays, I took it and smacked it. Seeing that there are too many knots, I picked some more!"

"That's right, it's not worth a lot of money, and if you don't pick it, it will be ruined!" Mai Ya'er put the fruit back in his hand.

Li Kongzhu's eyes deepened, "Can this thing still be sold for money?"

"I heard that it can be used as medicine, but the pharmacy doesn't charge much, and it's cheap. Now it's not like you can't afford food in a bad year, so no one will suffer from it."

As Mai Ya'er said, she looked at her strangely and said, "Sister-in-law Three, don't you know?"

"I left home since I was a child, and I have been locked in a square yard all day long. I don't remember many things. It's like the simplest food, rice, oil and salt in the market today. I don't know what the price is!"

She didn't lie when she said this, she was working as a servant in the inner courtyard of the mansion, even though she had monthly allowances.But she didn't go out of the house all the year round, so she knew very little about the things in the market.

Mai Ya'er was a little embarrassed to see her, and thinking of those rumors about her, she couldn't help feeling a little pity in her heart.

Immediately puffed up his chest and said bluntly: "What's the matter, now that we have become relatives, if the third sister-in-law doesn't understand in the future, just come and ask me. Anyway, the two families are not far away, and you can hear me when you say hello." of!"

Li Kongzhu nodded, "As long as my cousins ​​don't dislike me, I will do it!"

"That's a long way to go! When did I dislike you, sister-in-law?" Mai Ya'er took her arm and refused to follow her.

Speaking of before yesterday, her mother-in-law asked her to stay as far away from Third Brother Zhao's room as possible.But after the couple returned from here last night, even the father-in-law said that the daughter-in-law married by third brother Zhao was not as rumored, she seemed to be a sincere and kind-hearted person who would live a good life.

That's why she came here today with curiosity.Unexpectedly, it is really not like the rumors, what kind of nonsense, shameless and whatever.

Li Kongzhu was happy that she speculated with him, seeing that she was a straightforward and enthusiastic little girl, he told her the market situation that he didn't know without hiding it from her.

The two chatted happily for nearly an hour.

When Mai Ya'er left again, she was still a little worried about the things she didn't understand well.

He said to her: "Brother Zhao's legs and feet are not good. It takes nearly an hour to go to the town. If my sister-in-law wants to sell the leather when it is dry, why not ask me to come with me, and now I am the head of the house. The hunters from the neighboring village formed a team to go hunting in the mountains, and I brought back a few skins, let's go together then!"

"That's great!" Li Kongzhu was worried that he couldn't find a good seller.It is good to have someone on the same road.

After the two discussed it.Mai Ya'er said goodbye and left.

Li Diaozhu sent the malt away, went back to the house and cut the wilted hawthorn into slices, and dried them on the curtain.Prepare to dry and store up, and drink it as a digestion tea in the future.

Zhao Junyi came back at [-]:[-]pm.The two were still speechless and went about their own business.After a simple meal at night, they went to sleep one after another without mentioning it.

(End of this chapter)