Chapter 35 The Peddler
Under the red crow fruit tree.
The girl in a coarse linen skirt climbed onto a chair and tied a red rope to the tree branch.
She presented the beloved red rope given to her by her elder brother.
She stood on tiptoe and raised her neck, carefully hanging it on the tree.
When the wind blew, the red rope fluttered.
After tying the red rope, the girl stood under the tree and worshiped devoutly.
She muttered in her mouth: "May the tree fairy grow thicker and thicker, and the fruit grow more and more."
Jiang Mianmian lay on the wooden basin in a daze, wondering if she should also worship.
However, her little fists were very hard. It was easy to raise them separately like Ultraman, but it seemed a bit difficult to put them together.
She is like a fierce little Tyrannosaurus Rex now. Even if she has 100% skill to catch a knife with bare hands, she can't use it... her arms are too short to close!!
She can only wave her arms to cheer for her elder sister.
After Jiang Yu finished worshipping, she happily picked up all the red bubbles in her sister's wooden basin and put them in the bowl.
It was a big bowl.
While picking, Jiang Yu accidentally broke a few of them. After they were broken, she couldn't keep them, so she had to put them in her mouth.
She muttered to herself: "Tree Fairy, Tree Fairy, please reward me with more fruits."
Jiang Mianmian: ...
Should she change the name of her little ant to Jiang Xiaoshu?
Jiang Yu picked the largest red bubble and took a bite. It was indeed very sweet. Then she broke it open to see that there was no worm inside, so she stuffed the remaining half into her sister's mouth.
Seeing that her sister was eating seriously, it must be super sweet, and her sister grinned.
She couldn't help but taste another one.
She ate ten, and Jiang Mianmian would get one.
Jiang Mianmian listened to her elder sister confessing while eating: "My elder brother doesn't like to eat it, my father doesn't like to eat it, and my mother doesn't like to eat it, so my sister and I have to eat it. My sister and I eat together, so it doesn't count as eating alone."
"Dingling, dingling, dingling..."
Suddenly, a crisp bell sounded in the village.
Jiang Yu's eyes widened.
"The tree fairy is really powerful, the peddler is here!"
Then Jiang Mianmian was picked up by her elder sister and spread her legs...
"Pee, pee, pee..."
Jiang Mianmian cooperated with shame and peed.
She understood her elder sister's feeling of being anxious to pee before going out to play.
When she was doing her internship at the hospital, the first thing she did before meeting the chief physician was to go to the toilet... She wasn't so nervous after she peed. She
went to the toilet before seeing patients.
God knows, an intern like her is more afraid than the patients when seeing patients.
Looking back, the toilet was the beginning of every important moment in her life...
Life is full of mixed feelings.
After Jiang Yu changed her sister's diaper and put her on her back, she went back to the room and took out the small copper plate from the rag bag hidden in a small wooden box under the bed and put it close to her body.
Jiang Mianmian got another place where her elder sister hid her money.
If she grows up and replaces her elder sister's copper coins with stones, will her elder sister cry to death?
Jiang Mianmian thought about it... Suddenly she felt that her thoughts were wrong. Why did she have such an idea?
Jiang Yu took the money, carried her sister on her back, and prepared to walk to the center of the village wearing her new embroidered shoes.
Before leaving, she suddenly wanted to pee... She put her sister in the basin and ran to the toilet.
Jiang Mianmian:... You are worthy of being my dear sister.
Jiang Mianmian was lying in the wooden basin, and saw the little ant sticking out its head. It seemed that it was a little unhappy that the red bubble had just been taken away by her sister.
Jiang Mianmian tentatively touched the little ant's head with her finger: Do you want to go out and play together? But you can't climb on me, I'm scared.
She felt that the string of words she expressed was a bit long, and she didn't know if Xiao Hei could understand it. When her sister came to hug her, she saw Xiao Hei jumped onto her sister's new embroidered shoes.
Jiang Mianmian was tied to her sister's back.
Her butt was wrapped and her calves were kicking.
Under the big tree at the entrance of the village, it was particularly lively today.
Jiang Mianmian followed her elder sister into the crowd and saw the peddler surrounded by everyone.
She thought the peddler referred to a young peddler, but when she squeezed in, she found that the peddler was actually a dwarf.
He was very short, had a big head, long hands, and was very strong.
There was a tall cabinet and a basket next to him. He kept putting things from the basket on the cabinet.
Among them, the silk flowers on it were the most popular among young girls and wives.
Jiang Mianmian looked at the silk flowers, which looked a bit like cheap plastic flowers. Considering that there is no plastic now, it is not easy to make them with bright colors.
One silk flower costs ten copper plates. Jiang Mianmian heard someone ask her and it was obvious that her elder sister did not have enough copper coins.
She just saw that the elder sister counted eight.
"Little peddler, can you make it cheaper? Eight copper coins. Let's buy them together. Can we take a few more?" A young wife asked with a red face.
The peddler shook his head vigorously: "No, no, the cost is eight copper coins. The remaining two copper coins are just my travel expenses. I need to eat and drink along the way. If you take more than ten, the minimum is nine copper coins."
Jiang Mianmian followed and watched the excitement.
The elder sister reached out and touched the silk flower, then put it down.
Turned to touch something else.
At this time, A Cui also came.
A Cui asked for leave, and it was obvious that she was doing well in the landlord Liu's house.
Ah Cui squeezed in and said loudly, "Little peddler, did you get the hairpin I asked you to pick up for me last time?"
The peddler looked up at Ah Cui and said with a smile, "Miss Cui'er, I definitely remember what you asked me to do, but the hairpin is expensive and I'm worried about losing it, so I left it in the inn in the county town. When I'm done selling it, you can come with me to get it, or you can send someone to go with me to get it."
"Cui, buy another hairpin. Your family is the best in the village."
"Cui, when can we eat your wedding candy?"
"Cui, Wu Hua's mother was famous for her thriftiness. She would eat a leaf of vegetable in three meals. How could you be so thrifty!"
Jiang Mianmian was lying on her elder sister's back, and was suddenly sprayed with saliva from others...
saliva can kill people... It's not an adjective.
These people really spit when they talk.
She was so scared that she quickly buried her head.
Even the shameless Ah Cui couldn't stand so much saliva, she pulled Jiang Yu and asked: "What are you buying, have you bought it?"
Jiang Yu looked around and asked embarrassedly: "Uncle peddler, do you have the white sugar you brought last time?"
The peddler looked up at Jiang Yu, his smile became even bigger, and patted his head with his big hand and said: "Unfortunately, that bag of sugar also fell in the inn. There are too many things, I really can't carry it. You and Miss Cui'er will come with me to get it later. This time I brought peach flavor."
After the peddler finished speaking, he seriously asked other young wives and aunts to buy things.
He talked about one or two new things outside from time to time, and everyone laughed and exclaimed. Even if they didn't buy anything, they squeezed in here to watch the excitement.
After all, the purchasing power in the village is limited. They are all poor people who come to see the new and exciting things, but not many people spend money. The real rich landlord Liu's family will not come to buy things. They will go directly to the county or the provincial capital to buy things.
Soon the peddler packed up the wooden cabinet and basket and was about to leave.
Ah Cui pulled Jiang Yu and whispered: "Come with me to get the hairpin. When you get it, I will lend it to you for half a day."
Jiang Yu shook his head: "No, I want to bring my sister."
"Don't you want to buy candy too?"
Jiang Yu sucked her saliva and shook her head: "I only have four copper coins, and I can't buy many pieces."
In fact, she had eight copper coins, hehe.
Ah Cui watched the peddler standing up with his load on his shoulder. She stamped her feet and said, "I'll treat you to some meat buns from the county, we'll each have half."
Jiang Yu wiped the corner of her mouth and said, "Let's go. I don't want to eat meat buns, I just want to accompany you."
Ah Cui rolled her eyes at her.
The two of them followed, tugging and pulling.
Jiang Mianmian felt something was wrong, but the villagers seemed to think it was normal. Some people had followed him to get things before, and everyone seemed familiar with the peddler.
Maybe she was overthinking it.
The road became narrower after leaving the village, but it wasn't particularly narrow. A cart could pass through, and three people could walk side by side. It was a little crowded.
Jiang Mianmian looked left and right curiously.
There were dense forests on both sides, which was a little scary.
Suddenly, a bobcat owl was startled in the woods, flapping its wings and flying over the heads of several people, like a dark cloud running by. The
bobcat owl's cry was sharp and rapid...
"Quack! Quack!"
"Hurrah, hurrah!"
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