Their eyes lit up.
I didn't even know the girl's name or where she lived yesterday when she left. I thought I would never see her again in this lifetime, and I feel a little regretful.
Unexpectedly, I saw the girl again today.
The girl was carrying a basket with several sheets of oiled paper and a few bowls inside.
"Two potatoes and two corn, right?"
Da Cheng took the bowl, filled it with two portions of potatoes, and then added an extra portion.
"Here's some corn." Da Yong also brought over three ears of corn: "Since this is your first time here, I'll give you an extra one."
The girl's eyes widened slightly. Was this a lot for a new customer?
She recognized the family too; they had been fighting bandits in the mountains yesterday, and she had even helped the little girl carry the corpse.
She thought it would leave some kind of lasting trauma, but to her surprise, she slept very well last night.
"This is too much, we can't finish it."
"Not at all, please come here often, young lady," Da Yong said warmly, his smile making his two shallow dimples appear even deeper.
"Yes, my family has always set up a stall here. Are you from the county town? I see you so early in the morning," Da Cheng said, seizing the opportunity.
“My home is in a village not far from the mountain where you are suppressing bandits, which is quite close to the county town.”
So that's how it is. Then she's from Yongguan County.
“What happened yesterday must have frightened the girl,” Da Yong said.
"Me? I'm not afraid, but your sister is much braver than me. I still have to learn from her." The girl smiled at Qiao Lian'er.
She was thinking that if even a little girl like her had such courage, she couldn't be a coward.
Qiao Lian'er was serving chili sauce to a customer and returned the girl's smile.
Seeing how worthless her two older brothers were, she began to understand.
"Sister, what's your last name? It'll be easier to address you from now on."
Her brother was too embarrassed to ask, so she asked instead.
"My surname is Ling, Ling as in dawn, and my given name is Lingyin, Yin as in sound."
Lingyin said, "I'm leaving now. Thank you all for giving me so much."
She gave her younger brother an ear of corn to eat, and then she ate one herself. The two siblings walked away.
"That's a really nice name," Da Yong said.
Da Cheng: "Yes, this is the first time I've heard such a beautiful girl's name."
Both of them were praising it, unaware of a rather serious problem.
Qiao Lian'er stroked her chin thoughtfully, then continued working.
She doesn't care about such things.
Knowing the girl's name and that her home was not far from that bandit mountain, the two brothers felt much more at ease after asking around and finding out which village she was from.
They didn't press for more information, perhaps because they were afraid of being too forward with the girl.
When they were twelve or thirteen years old, Grandma Qiao taught them that they should not be rash when dealing with girls and that they should think twice before saying anything.
Qiao Lian'er thought the chili sauce wouldn't sell out, but just as they were closing up shop at dusk, the last serving was sold.
After doing the math, 100 jin of chili sauce sold for 3.7 liang.
The snacks at the stall weren't as popular as they had been the previous two days, because most people had already tried them. But they still sold fifteen taels.
Later, a few small business owners came one after another, and the ingredients sold for another six ounces.
With the county government's reward, the Qiao family received seventy-eight taels of silver today.
This was the day I earned the most.
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