Then I picked up the fruits and vegetables I brought from home and headed towards the black market.
When they arrived at the black market, they paid the money and entered. The two of them had already agreed on a meeting time. After entering the black market, they found separate stalls, put down their things and laid them out, waiting for customers to come forward to inquire about purchases.
"Brother, what are you selling?" As soon as Shen Gongqi was put down, a cleanly dressed woman with no patches on her clothes came forward and asked.
Shen Gongqi whispered back: "There are pheasants and rabbits caught in the mountains, as well as Zhangzi meat, and there are also some vegetables and fruits here."
As he spoke, he also lifted some of the cloth off the merchandise to let the woman see what was inside.
When the woman saw that there was not only meat, but also rare fruits, she was delighted and asked, "What are the prices?"
"Meat: one piece of rabbit, three pieces of pheasant, and one piece of camphor meat, one pound and two pounds free of charge. The basket of fruits and vegetables here costs ten cents and three pounds. The basket of fruits here is more expensive, and the watermelon costs eight dollars a piece. "One piece of melon, three cents per catty of foreign persimmons," Shen Gongqi said after telling the prices.
After hearing this, the woman felt that the price was within her acceptable range and not very expensive, so she ordered some of each.
She alone spent more than fifteen yuan on Shen Gongqi and filled a basket full of things.
After the woman paid the money, she quickly left the black market with the basket in hand.
After leaving the black market, she couldn't hold back the smile on her face. This time she could finally give her family a change of taste.
As soon as the woman left, the people who had been watching for a while also stepped forward and bought what they wanted.
Just like what Fang Nuo said, these fruits that are endless at home are sold on the black market and are very popular among people.
Shen Gongqi sold out all the items in his hands within a short time.
Wang Junyu on the other side was similar to him. He quickly collected the money and weighed it. After a while, he sold out all the items in his hand. After collecting the items, he left the black market and met with Shen Gongqi.
After the two met, Wang Junyu approached Shen Gongqi and whispered happily: "Brother Gongqi, I didn't expect that our fruits and vegetables are so easy to sell. My meat is not as popular as the fruits and vegetables, and it was finally sold out." of"
"Well, it seems we have to come again tomorrow. Let's go. It's time to go back." Shen Gongqi looked calm on the surface, but in fact he was very happy because he made a lot more money and could buy a lot of things for his wife. I can still turn in a lot this time.
The two men went to fetch the bullock cart and drove it back.
At around one o'clock at night, the two returned to the village, and Wang Junyu took the borrowed ox cart back to their home, waiting to change it tomorrow.
At the fork in the road, Shen Gongqi said to him: "I'll go back first, otherwise your sister-in-law will worry. You prepare the goods earlier tomorrow. When it gets dark, we will set off earlier so that we can sell out earlier." Come back some"
"Okay, Brother Gongqi, please walk slowly, I'll go back too." After Wang Junyu finished speaking, he drove the bullock cart back to his home.
Shen Gongqi walked home and saw that there was still light in the courtyard, so he knew that his wife had not obeyed and was still waiting for him.
He imitated the chirping of birds at the door, and soon he heard footsteps in the yard.
Fang Nuo walked behind the door and asked, "Brother Qi, are you back?"
"it's me"
After Fang Nuo confirmed that the man was her husband, he opened the courtyard door and let him into the courtyard.
After closing the courtyard door, Shen Gongqi took his wife back to the house.
"Why didn't you rest?" Shen Gongqi asked after entering the house.
"If you don't come back, I feel uneasy and can't sleep even when I lie down. I might as well wait until you come back before sleeping," Fang Nuo said.
"Then I will come back earlier in the future. You still have a baby in your belly, so you can't sleep late often." Shen Gongqi couldn't bear to tell her, so he could only say that he would come back earlier in the future.
"How are the things you brought today selling? Is it easy to sell?" Fang Nuo asked.
"It's easy to sell. The fruits and vegetables in our yard are actually better to sell than meat. I sell persimmons as fruits for a few cents per jin. Watermelons are sold for eight yuan each, and melons are sold for less. , they are also sold by the piece, and they all sell well." Shen Gongqi smiled and shared with her that they had good business today.
"As long as it's easy to sell, are you planning to sell it later? A lot of fruits and vegetables in the yard are ripe now, and we can't even eat them. If we can convert this into money, then we'll pick more and sell them.
There are more mature ones recently. If you still want to sell them, I will pick them again." Fang Nuo asked.
"Yes, we are going to go again tomorrow night. This time we will bring more fruits and vegetables. We will come back to pick them after work. After dark, we will set off to the town," Shen Gongqi said
"Okay, are you hungry? How about I cook you a bowl of noodles?" Fang Nuo then remembered to ask him if he was hungry.
"I'm not hungry. You brought us a lot of food today. We ate on the way there, and we're not hungry until we get back." Shen Gongqi said.
"Then go and wash up quickly. It's getting late now and you have to go to work tomorrow." Fang Nuo urged him to go and wash up.
"Okay, I'll go wash up. You go and lie down under the quilt first. I'll be ready in a minute." Shen Gongqi pulled her into the back room and asked her to lie down on the kang and wait before he went out to fetch water and wash up.
After he came back and closed the door, he took off his coat and went to blow out the lamp. He got on the kang, lay down on the quilt, hugged his wife and said, "Go to sleep."
"Um"
Fang Nuo replied and fell asleep after a while.
Early the next morning, the two got up and went to work in the fields. At half past eight, Fang Nuo returned home from the fields.
After Yaya woke up, she tidied her up, took her off the kang and let her play in the yard, while Fang Nuo went to the kitchen to prepare lunch.
After lunch, Shen Gongqi went to get a bucket and prepared to go outside to fetch water.
Only then did Fang Nuo remember that they had planned to build a well in the yard before they got married, but they forgot about it later.
When she saw Shen Gongqi going to fetch water, she remembered it for a moment.
"Brother Qi, why don't we find someone to dig the well in a few days, otherwise you will be so tired from work every day and have to carry water when you come back, which is quite hard.
Moreover, my belly is getting bigger and bigger, and it is a bit inconvenient to go to the river to wash clothes.
It will be more convenient for us to dig a well at home." Fang Nuo stopped Shen Gongqi and said
"Okay, after I sell the fruits and vegetables at home, I will have money to dig a well. Then we will hire someone to dig a well in the yard," Shen Gongqi said.
"I still have money here. You have forgotten that you gave me all your previous wealth. I haven't used much of that money. I still have a lot of it now," Fang Nuo said.
"I gave you the money, you just spend it. If you don't have it, I'll make more." After hearing what she said, Shen Gongqi thought that she was reluctant to spend money, so he said this.
"I have flowers. I don't see anything missing even at home. Even if there was something missing, you would buy it before I even had the time to buy it. So I don't have anything to spend at all." Where the money is,” Fang Nuo said.
