farmhouse ditty

Chapter 148 It's time to buy and sell
Chu Ge sat at the back of the car, pulling the hemp rope vigorously, watching the horse go fast and then stopping it, and waiting for the horse to go slow, and then swaying it to drive it fast.

Xiu Niang looked at the seriousness on Chu Ge's face and smiled secretly. She knew why Chu Ge was so careful. The one driving the bullock cart had just changed animals half a month ago, so he was not used to it at first.

In fact, Xiuniang only half figured it out, Chugo would not be able to drive smoothly when he changed horses, but what he was more worried about was that he accidentally got strong in his hand and hit the horse's rump with the hemp rope. Then the horse became wild, and started running happily. There were big and small pits next to each other along the way.

Besides, look at the tendons on the horse's legs. After stepping on the ground, a lump of meat protrudes. It is very firm. Chu Ge feels energetic just by looking at it. Thinking about it, if this guy (horse) really started to run, why not throw him and Xiu Niang out of the car.

Chugo thought of this, and turned the rope around again in his hand, holding it tighter.

In fact, Xiuniang was thinking about buying a car earlier, so Mrs. Liu nagged her to buy an ox cart like herself, but Xiuniang thought that the old scalper of Liu's family was a takeaway cart and a plow. The ground, the camel object is fine, but it is too slow.

Originally, Xiuniang wanted to buy an ox cart like Mrs. Liu, but later she thought about it. Although the horse and the old scalper can both pull the cart, the old scalper can't stand the fast track, and most people in the village want to buy it. The ox cart is for the old ox to plow the land, but there is not much work in her family's field at the moment. She wants to be fast and drive back and forth to save time, so she bought a carriage.

Xiu Niang put the oiled paper bag in her lap on her lap. She and Chu Ge had just eaten a bun, and now there were only two left. Waiting for the carriage to drive on the flat road, she took a bun to Chu Ge, as you are talking about this, it is better for one person to hold one, and it will be over after a few bites. Don't keep putting it on the car to take up space.

Holding the hemp rope in one hand, Chu Ge kept looking at the front of the dirt road with his eyes. He took the bun in Xiuniang's hand in response and took a bite. After chewing a few times, he frowned and looked at the bun in his hand. The filling is thin and the broth is oily, but it is very delicious.

Xiu Niang looked at him with a smile, and she took one and ate it herself. She bit her mouth and muttered, "Well, it's weird, this vegetable bun is better than the meat bun."

Chu Ge blinked, looked at Xiuniang, then at the bun in his hand, opened his mouth and said nothing.

Xiu Niang took another bite of the steamed stuffed bun, and smiled at Chu Ge, "Hey, it seems that the old man at the steamed stuffed bun stall brought you a vegetable bun again."

After Chu Ge paused, he mumbled, "Then old man, there are only three meat buns left."

Xiu Niang held back her smile, "Oh, those drawers on the old man's stove are full of vegetable buns, and there are only three meat buns left, and I added another vegetable bun for you when I had no choice."

Chu Ge nodded, "Well... then Xiu Niang, let's change."

Xiu Niang smiled, "No need, I ate a meat bun and a vegetable to relieve my boredom."

As she spoke, she leaned against the wooden board behind her and finished eating the remaining buns...

After half an hour, Chu Ge and Xiu Niang returned to Xiayang Village, but instead of rushing to their own homes, they drove a carriage to the end of the village.

After waiting outside a mud house with a large courtyard, Chu Ge watched and stopped the car. Xiu Niang first came out from the back of the car with two big cloth bags, which contained some food. She chatted with Chu Ge, and then Enter the big dirt yard in front.

"Hey, who, hurry up and pull the car away, don't stop at my door—" A half-old man raised a hammer and came out of the dirt yard yelling, but when he saw Chu Ge and Xiu Niang, Then he yelled at them to come to the yard again, "Oh, it's you two, hey, hurry up and come in in this hot weather."

Holding the big cloth bag, Xiuniang smiled and yelled "Uncle Li" and went in. This time, in old man Li's yard, it can be said that there were piles of wood blocks of various sizes and lengths everywhere. After some difficulty, I found an open space outside the main room to put the cloth bag down.

Chu Ge tied the bay red horse to the big tree outside, and then the rope on the cart board brought in two wooden blocks, "Uncle Li, where do you put these materials?"

As soon as Old Man Li yelled for Chu Ge and Xiu Niang to come in, he sat down on the small stool in the yard again, grabbed a piece of wood in front of him, and started working again.

Without turning his head, he muttered, "That, that, just let it go."

After hearing this, Chu Ge put the two bundles of wood in the corner of the door, and then went out to get other bundles.

Xiuniang looked at the wood in Old Man Li's yard. Those stacked on the west side were selected by Old Man Li for use, while the ones thrown in the south were all eliminated due to some strange reasons of Old Man Li. It doesn't look pleasing to the eye, either the board is too thick, or the material is too good, anyway, he always has something to say.

In fact, she and Chu Ge collected the wooden boards in this yard from the wooden shops in the town. Those wooden shops are all big shops, and they all use good materials. Sometimes a whole piece of wooden board is only used. The first half, and the rear were thrown away directly. In Xiuniang's eyes, these timbers can be said to be no problem, but if they passed through the hands of old man Li, the truckload of boards that are kept here today, I guess There are only sixty to seventy percent of usable ones left.

However, this old man Li is very strict, and the ones that come out are definitely not defective. Xiu Niang thought about this, so she let him go. Anyway, this car of wood boards does not cost much, so they picked the best ones. made it.

Originally, at the beginning, Xiu Niang didn't know how much those wooden shops would charge for those good materials, so she thought about preparing some extra money, but when those wooden shops heard that they were here to collect scrap boards, they didn't have much money. What to say, directly gave a price for burning matches.

There are two other families, they talked to Chu Ge, they don't charge the money, as long as Chu Ge comes to their warehouse regularly, and takes away the discarded wood.

It can be said that the method that Chu Ge found for her earlier really saved a lot of money, so she bought a carriage based on the few taels of money she saved, otherwise she would not be able to Let her go back to borrow an ox cart from Ji Laoliu's family, although the two of them don't know much about it, but now that the farming work is approaching, their old Huang Nian has to plow the land, right?

"Hey, girl, come here."

Xiu Niang heard old man Li's voice, she responded and walked over.

"What's the matter, Uncle Li?"

Old man Li put down the wooden file in his hand, brought a big wooden basin, put the newly made washing board in it, put a piece of clothing on it, and scrubbed it while talking.

"Girl, I saw a dozen or so more ditches were smashed, and now it's washing, and you see, it's gone to the end after just rubbing, so save your energy."

Xiu Niang watched, and could only say yes again and again, "Uncle Li, it's okay, okay."

To tell the truth, Xiuniang felt that the grooves in the middle of the washboard should be more than a dozen or twenty grooves, and there was no need to get so many. When she and Chu Ge came over last time, they watched Uncle Li make His washboard is not what it is today. It can be said that he made this washboard entirely according to his own mood.

Xiuniang was watching from the sidelines and it was hard to say anything. Anyway, some time ago, Xiuniang and Chu Ge came to look for old man Li, saying that after a few days, their shop in the town has been settled, so let old man Li come Old man Li agreed to become a master carpenter earlier, but he also said that he only made things that he wanted to make, so she had to let Uncle Li do the tricks.

She looked at old man Li and asked, "Uncle Li, we have sent a lot of wooden boards these days, how much have you made?"

Old man Li pulled up his clothes and took a look, wrung them dry and put them on a wooden plank aside, he shook his hands and said to Xiu Niang, "Hmph, I reckon that the back of your car can't even fit in the plank Mile."

He said and pointed to the main room, "My old man washed all the dirty clothes he kept in order to make those washing boards."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang gave a "puchi" smile, "Then, Uncle Li, you are really tired..."

"It's not that bad!"

Chu Ge brought in the last two bundles of wooden boards, "Uncle Li, I brought in the boards, you can take a look at them later."

Uncle Li looked at Chu Ge, got up and said, "Hey, Chu Ge'er, you two are just right here, I can have dinner with you tonight, you two stay, and no one is allowed to leave, or I will leave tomorrow." Burn those rough washboards as firewood."

Xiu Niang smiled at Chu Ge, rolled up her sleeves and went to help old man Li, but old man Li saw it again, and he said, "Hey girl, don't worry about it, I'll do it by myself, you two just wait You can eat with me!"

Chu Ge and Xiu Niang listened. They looked at each other, and they had no choice but to agree, and then helped old man Li clean up the yard.

This old man Li's carpentry is good, but not as good as his cooking skills. The dishes he cooks, no matter whether they are meat or vegetarian, are very delicious. it is good.

Chu Ge picked up some unwanted wood from the pile in the south, and carried it to Old Man Li's stove.

Xiu Niang watched Chu Ge come out, and waved him to come over.

"Chuge, when we get home later, put some washboards on and take them away."

"Xiu Niang, do you want to take the washboard home and put it away?"

"That's not right, how much can we keep in our yard?"

"Oh, let's put it on Uncle Li first, I don't think Uncle Li will..."

Xiu Niang shook her head with a smile, and slowly talked to Chu Ge.

"Chuge, I was thinking, it's time for us to take out the washboard for sale."

(End of this chapter)