Across the Market

Chapter 5

Originally, Zhu Fu hadn't looked at it carefully, but now he held the clothes of the father and son and took a closer look, only to find that the linen clothes that the father and son wore outside were stained with many such small crystals. s things.She thought that most of these things were stuck on the shoulders, presumably when they were helping the uncle's house to carry the goods.

Zhu Fu picked up a grain, looked at it carefully, and found it looked like unprocessed salt.

The salt that modern people eat at home is the kind of refined salt that is as fine as flour.But there is also coarse salt, coarse salt is mostly used to pickle pickles, and people in Zhu Fu's hometown often use coarse salt, but this kind of thing looks coarser than the coarse salt used by the old family to pickle pickles.Thinking of this, she carefully touched the crystalline substance on her tongue, and it really tasted salty.

It turns out that the big uncle asked cheap father to carry the goods with his brother all night, could it be salt?Is it private salt?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt unbelievable, her eyes were wide open. In ancient times, salt was monopolized by the government and the state. If the government found out that someone was selling illegal salt, the crime would not be light at all.

Zhu Fu suddenly became nervous, he was afraid that cheap father and elder brother would be used as guns, such honest two people might be sold and still help count the money.

After thinking about it, she decided to go into the room and ask for clarification, otherwise she would feel uneasy.

Zhu Da and his son Zhu Lu did not sleep in the same room during the day, Zhu Fu thought, cheap father is getting old, and seeing that his spirit has not been good, it is better not to disturb him, so Zhu Fu chose to find out the situation from his brother .

Standing outside the door, Zhu Fu raised his hand and knocked lightly on the wooden door frame, saying, "Brother, have you fallen asleep yet?"

Zhu Lucai was about to lie down when he heard someone calling him at the door, it seemed to be the voice of his second sister.He quickly got up again, put on his clothes, and then said: "Second sister, I haven't slept yet, what's wrong?"

Zhu Fu said: "Then I'm coming in." After she finished speaking, she paused, seeing that there was no objection from inside, she opened the door and lifted the curtain and walked in.

This room was originally the room where Zhu Lu and Shou Geer lived. Later, Wei Sanniang, in order to secretly do some needlework at night, sent her husband to sleep in the same room with the eldest son, and she took Shou Geer to sleep.Zhu's house was very small, and the palm-sized yard outside was occupied by a well in the middle, so there was not much room left.The three daughters slept in one room, the two brothers shared one room, and the other room was lived by Zhu Da and his wife, and the other kitchen was built by himself later.

The room of the Zhu Lu brothers was very crowded, there were only two people standing in it, and there seemed to be no place to turn around.

Without a house or money, whose girl would marry here?I'm getting married, I'm afraid I don't even have a better wedding nest...

Zhu Fu felt that the cheap parents really didn't even have any calculations in their minds, and they gave back the money to Wei Xue's family after living in such a way in their own family.She thought that there was no law in any dynasty that stipulated that a married daughter must honor her mother's silver taels every month.

If it is said that the old mother's family is poor, it should be helpful, but Wei Xue's life is much better than that of Zhu Da's family, and they still come to ask for money every month with a shy face.This Mr. Zhu and his wife are too honest, so honest that they don't even care about their son marrying a wife.

That old Mrs. Xue, after cheating her daughter and grandson, she only regards the siblings born to her precious son as relatives, and treats the family of the third son-in-law as a fool. If she bullies people like this, don't blame them for being rude.Zhu Fu rolled his eyes back and forth, thinking about how to make them suffer first.

Seeing the second younger sister coming in, Zhu Lu didn't say a word, but kept looking around, he felt a little embarrassed, rubbed his hands and said, "Second younger sister, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Fu raised his eyes and looked at his elder brother. This was the first time he looked at his elder brother so closely and seriously. The man in front of him was tall and tall. According to Zhu Fu's visual inspection, he should be at least 1.8 meters five.He has dark skin, but he is not ugly at all. On the contrary, according to the aesthetics of modern people, this cheap brother can even be said to be somewhat handsome.

He has a strong body, handsome features, and good facial features. She can tell that if this brother hadn't been exposed to the wind and the sun all year round, and if his personality hadn't been so dull, someone who wanted to marry him would probably be able to get out of here. Line up to the gate of the county seat.

This Zhu family has good genes, and the five children in the family are all good-looking, and they all followed Wei Sanniang.

Seeing that his sister stopped looking around and started to look at himself, Zhu Lu Heijun blushed and smiled a little shyly.

"What is the second sister looking at?" He raised his hand and wiped his face casually, then asked, "Is there something unclean on my brother's face?"

Seeing how stupid this cheap elder brother was, Zhu Fucai stuck out his tongue at his elder brother playfully and said, "Brother, are you and Daddy going to help my uncle's house carry the goods tonight?"

Zhu Lu glanced at the second younger sister, feeling that she seemed to have changed a lot, but he was honest and didn't think too much about it, he just nodded and replied: "My uncle brought back a boatload of goods from the provincial capital, and he asked Dad and me to take the goods together. The sacks on the boat were carried to the place he designated, and he also said that this batch of goods could not see the sun, and all had to be carried before dark."

"Just you and dad? What about Uncle himself?" Zhu Fu felt that his lungs were going to explode. How could there be such a relative in the world.

Speaking of this, Zhu Lu was obviously angry, he said: "How can he do such rough work."

Zhu Fu stroked his forehead, that's all, let's not talk about this matter, and asked Zhu Lu: "Then where did the goods go in the end, do you remember? It's the place where the goods are hoarded."

(End of this chapter)