Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 320

The holes in the lotus roots are full of mud, which makes cleaning very laborious and wastes a lot of water.

There was no well in the new yard, but fortunately it was not far from the big well shared by the neighbors. In addition to the pot with lotus flowers in the yard, there were two pots in the kitchen, and they were all filled to capacity for a long time.

It just doesn't taste very good and always has a fishy smell.

I heard that the well is connected to a river not far away, and the water in that river is not very good, so the well water is not good either, and there is often mud and sand in it.

The people living nearby have two jars in their homes. One is used to draw water from the well for washing, and the other is used to hold sweet water bought from the water shop for drinking.

The child and Aunt Yu moved here from far away and had no means of livelihood for a while, so they used well water for drinking and drinking. They just pumped it back and let it settle, and then they just made do with it.

There's still time to buy sweet water when you're preparing food for the shop.

Well, today actually.

After Aunt Yu washed all the lotus roots and cleared the vat, she needed to buy water. Before that, the child carried the basket and went to dig lotus roots again. He met Sun Xiaowa's father, a middle-aged man who was darker than Sun Xiaowa and wore even less than Sun Xiaowa. He wore the same straw sandals as Sun Xiaowa and no socks.

It seems that neither of them is afraid of the cold.

When the child arrived at the mud pond, Sun Xiaowa's father was steaming like a pumpkin and sweating profusely as he loaded lotus roots onto a cart.

He dug so much that the car could hardly hold it.

There was also a young man with the same dark and shiny skin busy in the mud pond.

The child seemed to have seen him once, pushing a cart to the fish stall to get fish.

He is Sun Xiaowa's elder brother, Sun Xiaoyu, who pushes a cart around the streets all day selling fish. It is said that if there are a lot of fish, he will rush along the mountain roads to sell them in the village, or go to other towns. He is very strong.

Some families want to learn from them, but they don't have that much energy. Most people who make a living by fishing do it as a family, and then sell the fish directly to fish shops, fish stalls or merchants at the docks, and then load them onto boats and no one knows where they go.

Like the Sun family, the father goes fishing, the brother is a peddler, the sister looks after the stall, and the mother stir-fries fish with very few miscellaneous items.

The child also heard that in her family, even the money was calculated separately, and whoever earned it got it.

Even one's own parents and siblings have to settle accounts clearly, and there is no confusion.

The child greeted them and called out, "Uncle Sun, Brother Xiaoyu, didn't you go fishing and sell your goods today?"

The two of them seemed a little awkward.

Sun Xiaoyu smiled brightly and replied, "No, there are people buying lotus roots at the dock. They're offering a good price, so we thought of digging some up to sell. If you have time, go over there and ask around. There's nothing much to eat right now, so lotus roots are quite valuable."

No wonder so much is dug.

The child asked, "How much is it worth?"

"The price each one gives is different. You have to take your chances. If you're going north on a merchant ship, they'll give you more, but if you're going south, it's worthless."

Sun Xiaoyu said a lot, but it was as if I hadn't heard anything.

As he was about to leave, he said that although there were many lotus roots in the car, it seemed that... there could still be some more.

The child saw that they were pushing the puddle easily, turned around to look at the increasingly muddy water in the muddy pond, and thought: Could it be that it has been hollowed out?

I entered the water with doubts, and when I passed by them, I actually sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual energy...

The child was even more confused: I haven’t heard that they are aliens?

How could there be spiritual energy, and a familiar smell, like the fragrance of cooked spiritual lotus roots? Did they dig it up too?

This is not right. The child remembers that the spiritual lotus root has no taste before it is ripe.

Could it be that they have already cooked and eaten it?

That's weird.

But it was someone else's business after all, so the child didn't think too much about it. He went into the water and searched for a long time, but didn't find any lotus roots, so he simply went home.

When Aunt Yu heard about this, she was furious: "Oh my! They took advantage of us and thought we were honest people. But they are so shameless!"

The child pointed at his feet and said, "You can't say that. It's ownerless to begin with. If we can dig it up, others can too."

"My girl, don't be silly. They didn't dig earlier or later, but they chose to dig at this time. Isn't it because they saw our porridge and thought it was profitable? They even said it was for mother to eat. They lied to you without blinking an eye..."

Aunt Yu muttered for a long time, then suddenly stopped talking, "Girl, go to the dock and ask who is buying lotus roots, and how much is it? They don't fish today and are just going out to dig lotus roots, so they must be expensive. If they are suitable, we can sell them all. Oh, I should have known not to clean them up earlier. I don't know if anyone will still want them, or if they are just cunning..."

Aunt Yu has been very anxious recently and has a lot to say about everything.

The child responded and ran away before she could finish her rambling.

But she didn't listen. Aunt Yu was sometimes unreasonable. She would get angry when she felt her family was at a disadvantage. But the children said that it was not really a disadvantage for them. At most, they did not gain any advantage.

Besides, they had never thought of selling the lotus roots to the dock, so it would be a pleasant surprise if they made money from it.

However... the child also felt a little regretful that she didn't think of selling the lotus roots and missed the opportunity to make a fortune. She understood why Aunt Yu was angry.

Who wouldn’t be angry if they didn’t make the money they could have?

She quickened her pace and ran to the dock. It was very busy with people coming and going, but she didn't see the father and son from the Sun family. Perhaps they had sold all their goods and gone back.

The child went to ask those who seemed to be in charge, but they ignored her. Some of them chased her away directly. Some of them said they would buy it, but the price was very low, only five or six cents per pound, which was not worth anything at all.

I don’t know who the father and son of the Sun family were sold to.

After wandering around like a headless fly for a few times, the child saw the familiar livestock dealer who was selling donkeys at the dock.

Wearing tattered clothes, he praised the big lazy donkey to the skies. The child stood by and listened for a while, not realizing that he had a father who died young, a seriously ill mother, and younger siblings who needed him to take care of them and act like both a father and a mother, raising them with great difficulty.

I don't know when he became a poor guy who couldn't afford medicine and had to sell his livestock for money. Most of his livestock were recovered, but the yamen asked the guy to compensate for the ones that were not recovered. I don't know if the guy paid the compensation.

Now he is pretending to be pitiful and selling donkeys. What is he trying to do?

Someone muttered, "This is just looking for a sucker..."

The child looked at the outsiders and suddenly realized: Oh, that's right, no one in the city would dare to buy this donkey, and it would be troublesome to have a dispute later. It would be better to sell it to outsiders and leave on the boat. You can't drive the boat back just for a donkey.

But if this happens, whoever buys this donkey will be in big trouble...

Forget it, it’s none of her business anyway.

The child saw a chubby man buying a donkey, and followed him to ask if he wanted lotus root.

"Lotus root?"

"Well, my father dug up some lotus roots before he died. My mother asked me to sell them for a good price so I can buy... a coffin to raise my younger siblings. Do you want to buy some?"

Chubby man: "Ah...this..."

Do people here die so easily?

Child: “I’m so pitiful.”

The other party was a little cautious: "Are you serious?"

The child was unconvinced and pointed back secretly: "What he said is also a lie."