Smallholder Farming Daily

Chapter 102

Having to go to the county again, Qian Feng and Shiliu set off with three chickens and a small bag of sesame seeds.

Shi Yazi was even more emotional. Early in the morning, he came to the back mountain of Qianjia Village to cut trees. He planned to spend two days building a decent shed. There is a difference between a tree shed and a tree shed.Since it is called Shifang, it cannot be too shabby.

The wind hadn't blown in the morning, but in the middle of the morning a sudden cold wind hit, and the number of people on the streets in the county town was much less than usual.After Qian Feng and Shiliu set up their stalls, they found that it was too cold to stay, so they had to move the stalls to a place sheltered from the wind.When they went out in the morning, they didn't expect the weather to change. Neither of them wore cotton jackets. Qian Feng was so cold that her teeth were chattering. Pomegranate might be more resistant to the cold, so she just shrank herself.

Qian Feng ran to the shop where he made the padded jackets last time. The tailor said that the business in his shop was good and he had a lot of work on hand. It would take another two days for Qian Feng and Pomegranate's padded jackets to be made, so Qian Feng had to run back again.

Qian Feng watched the passers-by walking timidly forward, and then looked at Pomegranate hiding behind the wall of a courtyard to shelter from the wind. She was still busy sewing a cotton cap.

Qian Feng sat down and said with emotion: "Pomegranate, our business is exposed to the wind and rain, not to mention, we will have to suffer from the cold in winter, and we can hold on for a few days. After half a month, it is estimated that there will be light snow. Well, the two of us can't stay on this street at all. If the stone can make money, we won't come here in the future, it will be too hard for you."

Seeing that there were also stalls in the distance, Shiliu thought that there were not fewer stalls than usual when he came from the downtown area just now, so he said, "Why can't we come if others can come? If the stone doesn't make money, we should come here, otherwise we will have to come." Hungry. I'm not afraid of hardship, that's nothing."

Qian Feng looked at several small stalls in the distance. The stall owners were all tanned, rough-skinned and thick-skinned. There were men and women, and their hands and faces were so rough that they could hardly be seen for the sake of living.From time to time, they stood up and stomped their feet, or breathed hot air on their hands with their mouths, and looked at the passers-by with eager eyes. No one was buying anything, and everyone was very anxious.

Qian Feng is always laughing and joking, but this time he was really touched, and sighed: "It's fine for a man to suffer so much, but for a woman to suffer like this, it means that men are useless, but any man with some ability, who The woman who can't bear to watch her stand in front of the booth is almost blown into a dried carrot."

He looked at Shiliu's expression again, among all the stall guards around here, Shiliu was the only one who didn't have any anxiety on his face.Even so, Qian Feng still couldn't bear to have Pomegranate suffer this crime with him.

Seeing that the wind is getting stronger and the dust is flying, everyone is so fascinated that they can't keep their eyes open.Qian Feng decided to be cheeky once, put sesame seeds and three chickens on the cart, and took the pomegranate to the Yuepeng restaurant.When we got there, although we didn't meet the kind woman this time, the staff at the restaurant still recognized them both.

Qian Feng nodded and bowed and said that it was just this time, and he would never come again, and hoped that your store would help to collect these things, it was too cold to stay outside.Qian Feng was thinking, anyway, restaurants can use them, so it shouldn't be too embarrassing for him, after all, that kind woman is the proprietress here.

Qian Feng knew that he was a little shameless like this, as if he wanted to cling to others, but he was usually thick-skinned and was not afraid of being cold-faced.

The little guy couldn't make the decision, so he ran over to ask the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper nodded and said that since it was the last time, then accept it.In this way, the three chickens earned 24 Wen in addition to the capital. The sesame seeds were harvested from their own fields, and they were sold for [-] Wen for [-] Wen per catty.

Qian Feng took the money and counted it, and said: "Pomegranates are still worth more than sesame seeds. They only cost [-] catties and sold for [-] Wen."

"It's not easy to earn these two hundred renminbi. My mother said that this is more than 100 catties of sesame seeds that the family harvested after planting two acres of land. We got [-] catties. We forgot to save some New Year's candies to eat."

"It's okay, I have it at my mother's place. I asked my mother how many catties to eat during the Chinese New Year. Pomegranate, the wind is too strong, and the body is blown cold, as if I have no clothes on. Let's quickly buy some hot buns to eat, and buy some paper money. Go home, we won't be staying at the inn tonight." He looked up at the sky, "Maybe there will be strong winds tomorrow, and it will be colder than today."

"You don't set the table to write couplets?"

"Stop writing, it's not worth the loss to blow you up."

The two bought buns and ate them all the way, because it was just after noon at this time, and they returned home in the evening.Seeing the two of them back, Mrs. Yang heard from Qian Feng that besides selling sesame seeds, she only earned 24 Wen, and also spent [-] Wen on buns and [-] Wen on a stack of paper money.

"Feng'er, hurry up and burn the paper money on the stone mountain, and pay homage to the Lord of the Earth. Because of the bombing of the mountain, no one will sell things to you on credit. How will you earn money in the future? , have you found a buyer, someone willing to buy your stone?"

"Mom, this matter is almost done. Someone must buy it. Don't worry about it. I'm not in a hurry. Why are you in a hurry?"

After coaxing his mother, Qian Feng went to the mountain to burn paper money, and took a look at how everyone was doing.At this time, the sky was dark and it was almost dark, but the mountains were still tinkling.Qian Feng was not around, and these people didn't even know to call it a day.

Qian Feng greeted Wang Qingtou, "It's getting late, go back and make some hot food, it's too cold today. Whether I'm here or not, you can go back when the sun goes down."

Everyone was wiping their sweat and said they didn't feel cold at all.Thinking about it, they do this kind of heavy physical work, even if it is snowing heavily, they probably won't feel how cold it is.

Qian Feng took everyone to burn the paper money together, and knelt down to worship in a decent manner. In order to reassure everyone and give an explanation to the villagers, he, who does not believe in gods or ghosts, seriously bowed down. Back to the Lord of the Land.This first time, of course, we have to be more serious, and whether it will be burned or not will be another matter in the future.

It was already dark after the worship, and Qian Feng went home with everyone.They hummed happily all the way, and none of them complained of suffering or tiredness. Qian Feng knew that they all expected to support themselves by doing this job, and also hoped to earn some money to take back to support their families.

Qian Feng didn't want to let them down, so he wanted to make money no matter what this time, so he said, "Qingtou, after working for more than ten days, we will sell the stones, but there are not enough carts, can you take them with you at night?" The brothers helped make the scooter together, and I will do the same, and I will teach you."

Wang Qing rubbed his hands together and said, "Okay, after dinner I'll light a torch outside the shed, and everyone will do it together, even the shop owner himself, so how can we take time off?"

(End of this chapter)