Work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
After several cycles, a selling point opened in the village.
A few strings of firecrackers were set off in front of the door that day, but as the only place selling things in the village, business was not good.
The items sold through the agency are slightly more expensive than those sold at the township supply and marketing cooperative, including shipping costs.
In this poor village where every penny counts, many villagers would rather take the trouble to buy things outside the village when they have time.
However, the snacks for children are selling well.
In the past, when they had nothing to do, they would look for wild fruits in the nearby mountains, but now they all look eagerly at the candies and snacks in the vending machines.
The cunning older child now has a place to spend his New Year's money that he had saved.
The children were throwing tantrums and begging their elders to buy them snacks.
Fruit candy at one cent a piece, cloud cake at three cents a piece, and egg roll at five cents a piece... Which one is not sweeter than wild fruits?
Feng Yijia had seen children crying and asking for snacks on the village road many times, but she never thought that the matter would involve her, a lonely person.
That evening, when she was returning home from collecting herbs, Chen Yang, the youngest son of the Chen family next door, jumped out from the roadside and stood in front of her.
The eight or nine-year-old children were covered in dirt, with streaks of sweat and dried dirt on their cheeks and necks.
But his dark eyes were particularly bright. He held a few fruits in his hand and stretched them out to Feng Yijia, asking expectantly, "Can I exchange these for money?"
Hearing this, Feng Yijia looked at the child he had almost never met, then looked at the mandragora fruit in his hand, raised an eyebrow, and asked, "How did you know you could exchange it for money?"
Chen Yang answered honestly: "I saw some drying in the bamboo plaque at your house a few days ago!
I picked a basketful these days, and if I could, I'd give them all to you. Just give me two cents, or one cent.
Just don’t tell my parents!”
When he said the last sentence, his eyes flickered and his face looked a little uncomfortable.
Feng Yijia knew without asking that the child wanted to change the money to buy snacks, so he nodded in amusement and said, "Okay, I'll change it for you.
Bring all the things to my house, I'll weigh them and give you the price!"
After hearing this, Chen Yang jumped three feet high with joy, turned around and ran barefoot into the grass by the roadside and disappeared.
Feng Yijia shook his head as he watched. Children at that age were extremely tough and would run around everywhere without any fear of the snakes, insects, rats and ants hiding everywhere.
I got home carrying a basket of herbs and had just washed my hands when Chen Yang sneaked in with the basket like a thief.
Feng Yijia looked at him looking around exaggeratedly, twitched his lips and said, "You're not fighting or doing anything bad, why are you so careful?"
Chen Yang stood in the shadow of the thorn wall, not daring to take another step forward. He whispered, "I didn't do anything bad, but if my parents found out, they would definitely take the money!"
Feng Yijia was speechless. He took the basket, poured out the fruits and weighed them. According to the purchase price from Uncle Tao, he counted out 75 cents and gave it to him.
Chen Yang was holding a few banknotes, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly: "So, so many?
All mine?"
Feng Yijia nodded, and seeing that the corners of his mouth were almost stretched to the back of his ears, with a pure and bright smile in his eyes, he then curved the corners of his mouth.
I couldn’t help but say, “You can come to me if you want to pick herbs to exchange for money in the future, but don’t pick this thing anymore.
It's poisonous, so as a child you'd better stay away from it.
You can pick cockleburs, dig up bugloss, dandelions, and other common herbs found along the roadside.”
After that, he asked again: "Do you know bugloss and dandelion?"
Chen Yang nodded with sparkling eyes: "I know him!"
"It's enough to know each other. From now on, pick these and trade them with me. The money won't be as much as today, but it will definitely be enough for you to buy some candy!"
Chen Yang's heart had already drifted to the purchasing point. After listening to Feng Yijia's words, he nodded in agreement, took the empty basket and quickly ran out of the yard, disappearing on the village road.
Feng Yijia shook his head and laughed, then turned around to take care of the herbs.
I just didn't expect that after this happened, when I returned home the next day after going down the mountain, I found seven or eight children of different ages guarding the gate of the yard.
They all carried baskets of herbs and looked at her eagerly.
Feng Yijia: ·······.
She found that she had accidentally gotten herself into big trouble.
I really didn't expect that Chen Yang's parents were on guard against him, but they told so many friends.
The adults thought too much and due to her lack of fame and benefits, they did not follow the trend to collect herbs for the time being.
These kids don't care about reputation. They are simple-minded and energetic, and they would drill a hole in a diamond just for a piece of candy.
Feng Yijia felt a little regretful that she hadn't reminded Chen Yang yesterday that she should have kept it a secret.
She sighed, unable to say no to the pairs of expectant eyes.
He opened the door and entered the yard reluctantly, calling the children in to weigh and calculate the money.
Bugloss is also called plantain. Like dandelions, it grows everywhere in front of and behind houses and on both sides of the roads.
However, seven or eight kilograms of wet food may not produce one kilogram of dry food, and the price is still surprisingly low.
This time, each person's basket was only worth the money for one or two candies.
Feng Yijia didn't make a penny. He gave money to everyone, sent away a group of children who were screaming with joy, and then turned around and resigned himself to his fate of scooping water to wash these worthless herbs.
I feel like I've lost a lot.
With this time, you can do anything.
Washing and drying things is not only not profitable but also tiring.
But this was just the beginning. The news that common roadside weeds could be exchanged for money at Feng Yi's house quickly spread among the children.
Next, more and more children came to wait in front of the gate every day.
Feng Yijia was upset that she was working for nothing, but she couldn't refuse the herbs given by the children.
My heart is tangled like a knot every day.
After a few days, there was a pleasant surprise.
The attitude of many people in the village towards Feng Yijiajia has obviously changed. When she walks on the street, fewer people avoid her as much as possible, and more people greet her with a smile.
Some people even started to visit and chat.
It was a rare day of drizzling rain. Meng Sheng had gone to the county a few days ago and had not returned since. Feng Youcai only showed up at night. Feng Yijia was not in a position to go up the mountain, so he was bored and half-leaned on a chair, watching the fog covering the green mountains and listening to the rustling sound of rain.
Two months after moving in, Zhao Fen, the next-door neighbor who had always kept her distance from others, came to the door carrying a bunch of vegetable seedlings tied with straw.
With tiny, glittering raindrops on his head, he walked into the yard and said with a smile, “IKEA, are you free?
I see there's some space in the vegetable garden behind your house. My radish seedlings are growing thickly, so I've thinned out some. Would you like to plant some in?
These are the seeds I found outside. They are big and sweet. They taste better than other radishes whether stewed or stir-fried.
Feng Yijia greeted the others with kindness and said, "Thank you so much! I was lazy this year and haven't planted any radishes yet!"
"Thank you, I'm useless if you don't want me."
Zhao Fen replied, put the seedlings on the ground, and went straight to a stool to sit down. She smiled and said as if she was going to have a long conversation, "You are busy collecting herbs and making money every day and have no time to rest. Who in the village is as capable as you?
If you say you are lazy, then there is no diligent person in the village."
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