Pinellia pastoral

Chapter 34
For more than half a month, Su Youli has been going to Niuling to work every day. According to the rules of the ten miles and eight towns, those who work have always left their lunch at noon.

But Su Qian's family would never be at a disadvantage, and the Li family would not be short of a meal from him, so Su Youli would go there early in the morning and come back after dark every day.

Su Qian said on the sidelines, "This well-raised son is not my own, but I helped others to raise it!" As ugly as it sounds, it is nothing more than thinking that Su Youli will come back to work soon, but he doesn't want to Let him eat at home.

This is to let the horse run without letting the horse graze.

How can there be such a cheap thing in the world?

Now, Su Youli came back and brought this sentence to Banxia, ​​saying that the cassava can no longer be sold.

Ban Xia felt a little overwhelmed, this cassava is selling well, why can't it be sold?There are so many things in the mountains and plains, even if Mrs. Guo sells them every day, they will not be sold out. Besides, I have never heard of anyone robbing the business. Could it be that there is something in it?
Just thinking like this, Su Qian's harsh voice came from outside again, "I'm afraid I can't be the master of this family. It's better to die early when I get old, so as not to stay here and block your eyes."

Even if he cursed himself, Su Qian was not soft-spoken.

There was Zhou's provocative voice outside again, he is a master who is not afraid of the height of the stage, not to mention that Shui Ping is still in the hands of Ban Xia, "Mother, we are well-behaved and take money every day." Come back, as for others, they have many relatives, who can control them."

Can't stop for a moment.

Ban Xia understood very well, and pushed Su politely, "Father, quickly bring the wages to grandma."

Only then did Su Youli come to his senses, touched his pocket, and went to the main room, but after a while, Su Qian really fell silent.

Only now can Ban Xia say a few words to Su Youli, "Father, are you almost done with your work?"

"Help your third uncle and grandpa, first pick up the leaks and paint the walls, then build the stove, and weave new baskets and the like, it's done, and then I went to dig a well, and tomorrow I will help grind tofu. .”

Ban Xia understands, Su Youli's work over there is probably almost finished, or even things like weaving baskets and grinding tofu will come out, maybe it's because grandpa is afraid that he is not healthy, so he can see it when he arranges the work It's a painstaking effort, and it's almost the same, Ban Xia also wants to go over the cassava matter.

The next day, they followed. On the other side of Su Qian's, Ban Xia naturally said to go and have a look, and bring cassava back for everyone to taste.

When Mr. Li saw Ban Xia coming, he stroked his beard and laughed.

Yuanchen still called her sister with bright eyes, her small appearance made Banxia feel very distressed, she silently nodded at Yuanchen, "Be good at Yuanchen, sister must find a way to let you go home for the New Year." And she will never be kicked out again .

Lancao nodded vigorously at the side, "Idiot! I said I won't throw you away, it's not good to stay here? Next time whoever dares to laugh at you, I will slap him!"

Ban Xia faintly understands that this child is playing around, so naturally he can say anything, and Yuan Chen has been at his grandfather's house all the time, which may not be the case. Seeing his cautious appearance, Ban Xia once again made a promise, he just now laughed out.

Mrs. Guo is straightforward, when she saw Pinellia coming, she said, "I want to give money to money fans!"

Ban Xia was thinking about Su Youli's words, "Auntie, why can't the cassava be sold? Is someone making trouble?"

This is the most likely result that Ban Xia has been thinking about for a few days.

Mrs. Guo burst into laughter, "Look at what you are thinking in your little head, you don't even look at your uncles, if others want to make trouble, we are the kind of people who are afraid of trouble?"

This is true.

"That's right. Your grandfather and uncle didn't expect it to be so easy to sell. When it's good, there are more than a hundred coins, and even when it's bad, there are dozens of coins. It's even better on market days. Go there every other day. In the past, if you dug too much and cooked it, your uncle would use a cart to sell it for a penny and a bowl, so we would have six or seven taels of silver..." Mrs. Guo smiled contentedly.

Ban Xia nodded humbly. Although she was impatient, she thought that if she asked Guo's crooked building, she might be even more serious, so she waited, and she really heard what she said, "If such a costless business can be done for a long time It would be great to go down, but there is nothing we can do if the cassava is gone.”

"No more?" There are so many cassava on the top of the mountain!

Mrs. Guo curled her lips, "No! I don't know where the news leaked out. Your uncle and the others were very careful when they dug, and no one sold it here. The nearby place has been dug up. They plan to If you go farther, you don’t know that there are pits everywhere, and cassava is not found.”

Dare to be so.

When Banxia and the Guo family arrived at the top of the ridge and saw the mess of the place, they shook their heads even more, it...it seemed as if they had been robbed.Mr. Li digs around, and the cassava he pulls up is only a short one.

Relying on this kind of work, this cassava is too much labor.

Guo was very sorry, "Hey, who is this, so edible? We have been selling it for so long, and this is what we see."

What she said made the bewildered Banxia Fuzhi feel that if the cassava was edible, he was not the only one who knew, and then there was that... bandit?
No wonder I asked in such detail at the beginning, no wonder I didn’t feel bad even after giving five taels of silver, if it continues to be sold like Guo’s, it’s not just five taels of silver, this is a unique business, okay?But it's too late to say anything now.

The past is irreversible, Ban Xia kicked the cassava stalks on the ground, "We can only wait for next year."

Mr. Li chuckled, "Girl, don't think so, how many years did it take for this cassava to grow like this, how could it be so easy to grow next year."

It turned out to be about this, but Pinellia was very confident, "Grandpa, when we were in the house, didn't you say that there were many old ones, so they put them aside. They are too hard to eat, and others may not want to buy them. We will buy them this year. The business is here, but next year, otherwise I wouldn't let you go to Lingtou with uncle."

"Ban Xia, tell me." The second uncle on the side seemed to think of something.

Ban Xia took a cassava stalk and squatted on the ground, "I can save this thing and plant it next year. Let's dig a hole in the ground and bury the cassava stalks layer by layer. , cut such a long piece, you can plant it, and then you can sell the harvested ones, the cassava leaves can be fed to cows and pigs..."

It's just that cassava is full of treasures and you deserve it.

As a result, Mr. Li and his two uncles were digging holes on the top of the ridge. When Banxia came back, she saw that Mrs. Guo had moved all the money out. , and counting the copper plates for selling jars of rice wine and chili powder before, there are still nearly three taels of silver left on hand.

Grasping it is heavy in the hand, and even the heart becomes extraordinarily at ease.

(End of this chapter)