Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 25

"Let it be! Let it be! Be careful that the fishy smell gets on your clothes!" Xia Junyan leaned a big cloth bag across her body, and pushed the cart through Dongshi Street.There are five or six fresh carp in the wooden basin on the car, and they can be seen just caught this morning.

When it was just dawn, Xia Junyan went down the mountain to the river to buy fish from the fishermen. In order to save money, she borrowed a small cart from Mrs. An's house and pushed it to the market by herself.After driving for more than ten miles, Xia Junyan temporarily pushed the car to the side of the road and fanned her hand to rest for a while.

Her fish looked very good, fat and fresh, as soon as they stopped, someone came up to ask the price.

"Not for sale, not for sale!" Xia Junyan waved her hand, "These are all fish ordered by Jufulou!"

Although the gathered crowd was somewhat disappointed, they dispersed in twos and threes.It happened that she had almost rested, and was about to leave, when suddenly a clerk came out from the shop next to her: "Hey, isn't this the girl from last time?"

Xia Junyan looked up at the shop's signboard, and was immediately delighted: "Isn't this from Shopkeeper Lu's? Sorry, I won't buy salt today."

Seeing her attire, the man asked curiously, "Girl, why are you covering your face?" If it wasn't for the familiar voice, he wouldn't have recognized it all at once.

"There are a lot of mosquitoes in the countryside, and I was bitten a few times. The doctor said that I can't see the light, so it's covered."

The guy smiled and said, "I know you girls are most worried about this. It's okay. I was stung for stealing honey when I was a child, and it disappeared after a few days. At least we all know each other. Our shopkeeper asked the girl to come into the shop because of the hot weather. Come here to have a cup of herbal tea and rest your feet. My name is Wang Yong, I don’t know what the girl’s name is?”

"Xia Junyan, just call me Axia." Xia Junyan thought for a while, everyone came out to do business, so there was no need to refuse Lu Zhangui's kindness.Push the cart to the door of the salt shop and let it dry, no one dares to act wild in the place where official salt is sold.

Carrying the buddy on her back, she took off her mask, took a sip of herbal tea, and the coolness moistened her throat from her stomach to her stomach. Xia Junyan suddenly felt her whole body come alive.

Shopkeeper Lu, who had been settling accounts, suddenly asked, "Ms. Xia ordered all the fish from Jufulou?"

Xia Junyan was slightly taken aback. Seeing that shopkeeper Lu was stroking his beard and smiling, she knew it was an old fox.Shopkeeper Lu is a salt merchant and an official salt merchant, so of course he is a regular customer of a well-known local restaurant.

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from shopkeeper Lu. Although this fish was not ordered by Jufulou, I really want to sell it to Jufulou. Please show me that my fish should be able to enter Jufulou. The eyes of the building."

"This fish looks like it was just caught today. It is fresh and plump, so it can definitely be sold." He asked with some concern, "Why did Miss Xia suddenly want to sell fish at such a young age? A girl from a girl's family Why do these rough jobs, if you want to earn some money, go to the West Street embroidery house to ask for work is not difficult."

"My hands and feet are clumsy and I can only do these heavy jobs." Xia Junyan smiled, "Thank shopkeeper Lu for the herbal tea, I have to deliver fish to Jufulou, so I won't talk too much, shopkeeper Lu, please stop." After all, he used his strength to push the car up.

Seeing Xia Junyan walking away, the clerk Wang Yong wondered and asked, "Shopkeeper, do we need to be so polite to a country girl?"

Shopkeeper Lu patted him unceremoniously, "When we open our doors and do business, we pay attention to being kind and making money, and we must be polite to everyone!"

"Oh." Wang Yong rubbed his head depressedly and went to work.

(End of this chapter)