After leaving the clothing shop, Pei Yao went to the blacksmith shop and bought a thin iron wire and a large piece of sheet metal.
Thin iron wire and sheet metal don't weigh much; even a large bunch only weighs a little over two pounds, while sheet metal weighs a little over one pound.
The iron weighed a little over three jin and cost Pei Yao 262. The shopkeeper had seen her come twice before and was a regular customer, so he generously rounded it down to 260 wen for her.
This thing is really expensive; Pei Yao felt a pang of pain from the expense.
Afterwards, the two of them calculated that she had sold a total of 668 coins today, plus the 30 coins left over from yesterday, so she originally had a total of 698 coins.
The cost of the ride and the wages paid to Niu Qingshan was fifty coins, the cost of the cloth was three hundred and fifty coins, and the cost of the wire and sheet metal was two hundred and sixty coins, for a total of six hundred and sixty coins.
Now I only have twenty-nine coins left...
"..."
The two exchanged a glance and sighed deeply. How could money disappear so quickly?!
I used to think that I didn't earn much money every day, but if I was careful with my spending, I could save a little bit for a rainy day.
Now I've been proven wrong; all I've earned in two days is these twenty-nine coins left...
Looks like I still haven't earned enough.
Chen Fang didn't ask Pei Yao why she bought these things. She knew that Yao was a girl with her own ideas, and she must have her own purpose for buying these things.
After buying the iron, the group went to the crossroads to wait for Niu Qingshan's oxcart, intending to go home.
Pei Yao had originally planned to buy meat and some old rice if she had enough money left, but now that she didn't have enough, she gave up on that idea.
I'll eat brown rice for another two days; it's more cost-effective.
Pei Yao sighed, then suddenly remembered that she had bought a set of pig intestines yesterday but hadn't eaten them yet. She could stir-fry the whole set of pig intestines tonight!
Pei Yao's mood improved after that.
Today, because Pei Yichen came along, he was the one carrying the basket and things, which made things much easier for Chen Fang and Pei Yao.
Pei Yao and the others arrived home around 4 p.m. Yun Niang was just returning from washing clothes at the village entrance.
Chen Fang recognized her from behind at a glance and called out to her, "Yunniang, we're back."
Pei Yao also called out in a clear voice, "Mother."
When Yunniang heard Chen Fang's voice, she almost thought she had misheard. It wasn't until she heard Pei Yao's voice that she immediately turned around.
Turning around, I saw their oxcart and quickly went to greet them.
"You're back! Are you hungry? I'll be right back to make dinner."
After Yunniang finished speaking, she glanced at Pei Yao.
They had just finished eating wontons, and now they had been riding in an oxcart for more than an hour, which made their stomachs uncomfortable.
I really have no appetite.
Pei Yichen waved his hand: "Second Aunt, we just ate not long ago, we're not hungry yet."
Several people got off the oxcart. Pei Yao took the basin from Yun Niang's hand, but Yun Niang didn't give it to her, saying that she was tired after a long day and that she could do it herself.
Pei Yao's lips twitched; her adoptive mother really doted on her.
The group went home together, and Pei Yao thought about her plans for tomorrow.
First of all, they didn't have enough buckets. When they went to town today, they found that the carpenter's shop that made buckets yesterday was closed because of something else.
They had originally planned to buy two buckets as a temporary solution, but they couldn't find any. So, they had no choice but to pin their hopes on the two buckets that Liu Yu had promised to make earlier.
She looked up at Chen Fang, and Chen Fang was looking at her too.
"aunt..."
"Yao girl..."
The two spoke almost simultaneously, and then stopped at the same time.
Both of them found it somewhat amusing and burst out laughing. Chen Fang thought that what Yao was talking about must be more important than her own: "Yao, you go first."
Pei Yao didn't mince words either; it was really just one sentence, and it didn't matter who spoke first.
"Auntie, did Liu Yu say when the bucket he promised to make yesterday would be ready?"
Chen Fang smiled, surprised that the two of them had the same idea; that was exactly what she had been thinking about.
"That's exactly what I was going to say. I'll go over and ask Xiaoyu now to see if we can finish this today, and I'll also take the money for the previous buckets and this one to him."
Upon hearing this, Pei Yao thought, "What a coincidence!"
"Okay, I'll go prepare dinner first. We'll have something delicious to eat today."
......
Pei Yao went to the cellar and took out the pig intestines she had bought yesterday. Then she grabbed a handful of wood ash from the bottom of the stove, picked up the basin, and prepared to go out to the stream at the village entrance.
She wanted to wash it at home, but the smell of pig intestines was too strong and it was too difficult to clean. She didn't want to draw water from the well again and again, as that would be too troublesome and exhausting.
Most importantly, she needs to go to the riverbank today to pick some mint leaves, as they're almost used up at home.
I simply carried it to the stream to wash it; it saved me effort and got it clean.
When Pei Yichen saw her carrying the things, he quickly came over to take them, but a foul odor hit him as he reached out to take them, and his hand paused for a moment.
Pei Yichen: "Where are we going? I'll go with you."
"Go to the stream at the village entrance to wash pig intestines."
After Pei Yao finished speaking, she pointed to what Pei Yichen was holding.
Pei Yichen: "..."
Why would you wash this? It stinks and smells awful.
Pei Yichen thought this in his heart, and then asked it aloud.
Pei Yao glanced at him: "Just don't complain about not having enough to eat later."
After saying that, she walked gracefully out of the courtyard. Pei Yichen stood there, stunned, looking helplessly at his cousin's back. Then he looked down at the pig intestines in his hand, feeling disgusted.
He'd heard from his classmates that this thing was used by pigs to hold manure; how could he eat it...?
Something that's been used to hold shit!
Even if it tastes delicious later, he will never take a single bite.
no way!
Pei Yao reached the door, but her younger cousin hadn't followed yet. When she turned around, the boy was staring at the pig intestines in his hand with a resentful expression.
"Pei Yichen, what are you dawdling for, you big man? Hurry up and go, I have something to do later."
"They're here." Pei Yichen turned his gaze away and quickly followed.
Just as they were leaving the hospital, the two of them ran into Qiaohui and Shen Cong, who were carrying a large basin of snails.
The two girls obediently called out "Auntie." Qiaohui looked up and saw them: "Yao'er, Xiaochen, where are you going?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Qiaohui smelled an extremely foul odor. Looking down, she saw that it was coming from the white thing in Pei Yichen's hand.
Seeing her unpredictable expression, Pei Yao guessed that Qiao Hui had probably never seen pig intestines before, which was why she had that expression.
Pei Yao didn't want to explain too much, so she quickly changed the subject: "Auntie, what brings you here? Are you here to see my mother?"
Sure enough, Qiaohui's thoughts were instantly drawn back by Pei Yao, and she nodded.
"Yes, is Yunniang here? I've seen her picking up these long snails by herself during low tide these past few days, and she always picks up a lot."
I asked her, and she only said you needed them and required a lot of these snails. I didn't know what you needed them for, but I helped collect a lot too. I just finished and brought them to your house.”
Pei Yao glanced at the snails Qiao Hui was holding; there were quite a lot. Even Shen Cong was holding a bowl of sea urchins.
Seeing that she was looking at the dark sea urchin, Qiaohui explained, "And this one that's covered in thorns, your mother said it's called something like 'horse dung'... sea urchin, and that it's delicious when grilled. We don't know how to cook it, so we just brought it over for you."
For the past two days, Pei Yao and her friends have been going to town every day to sell spicy snails, while Yunniang is the only one at home picking snails.
On the first day, Pei Yichen helped her collect snails, but today even Pei Yichen went to town, leaving her to collect snails alone.
She always picked up so much stuff that she couldn't carry it all back by herself. Several times, Qiaohui and the Liu family helped her carry it back together.
Pei Yao looked at Aunt Qiaohui gratefully: "Thank you, Auntie..."
"Yao'er, our two families don't hold these things against each other, do we?" Qiaohui smiled gently at Pei Yao.
Pei Yao was deeply moved. She told Qiao Hui that her mother was in her room and then said goodbye to Qiao Hui.
Pei Yichen and I carried pig intestines to the stream at the village entrance.
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