Chapter 35
Song Yingzi still didn't want to use all the hives for food. She asked Jiang Si to ask if the medicinal store would accept them, so they got up early and went to the county town.
"Guoguo, you go to sleep for a while. I'll call you when I get there."
Tang Guo hummed and lay in Jiang Si's arms, "Sister Jiang Si, you smell so good."
Jiang Si couldn't help pinching Tang Guo's face, "Who did you learn this from? Are you ashamed?"
Tang Guo was stunned for a moment. She just said it naturally. If she were a boy, then she would be acting like a hooligan now!
"Hey, that's sister Jiang Si's fault too!" But what she said is true, she smells like the sun has been on her body, and sister Jiang Si's body has a faint fragrance, which should be related to the laundry soap her sister uses.
"I smell the fragrance of little Tang Guo!" She said this sincerely. Tang Guo is clean, the cleanest child she has ever seen, and there is a faint milky fragrance on her body.
Not wanting to be teased, Tang Guo simply closed his eyes and continued to sleep.
The adults are busy these days, and even she is very tired. The children in future generations are really so happy, and they have caught up with the good times.
After entering the county town, Jiang Si woke up Tang Guo. Tang Guo got some sleep and felt much better!
They went to the pharmacy first. This kind of thing still had to be carried out behind someone's back. It was best to be the first one to come to the door!
Tang Guo looked around at the door of the pharmacy, "Sister Jiang Si, how long do we have to wait?"
Jiang Si shook his head, "I can't say for sure, but the door will definitely open at dawn!"
They simply sat on the stone pillar at the door and waited.
Finally, when the sky was getting a little brighter, a young man came to open the door. When he saw the two of them, the young man got off the board and said, "Have you got a letter of introduction? You need a letter of introduction to get medicine!"
They looked at each other and said nothing.
The young man thought they didn't take it, "If you don't take it, go and get it quickly. Don't waste time here." After placing the last board, he went directly into the house.
Looking back, I saw that these two people were still there. Didn't he make it clear?
"Hello, comrade, I have something here. I would like to ask if your pharmacy accepts it?"
Upon hearing this, the young man looked them both up and down, "What is that?"
Jiang Si glanced at Tang Guo and held her firmly with one hand. If something went wrong, they could run away quickly. Although many people digging medicinal materials in the mountains would sell them to pharmacies like this, but After all, this was her first time doing this, so she still felt a little guilty.
"Hive!"
The young man thought he heard it wrong and asked again, "Did I hear it correctly? Is it a honeycomb?"
Jiang Si nodded.
The young man quickly walked out from behind the counter, walked to the door, poked his head out and looked around, and then reinstalled the removed wooden boards piece by piece.
This is? Jiang Si quickly pulled Tang Guo out, "Sorry, we won't sell it anymore."
As he said that, he was about to take Tang Guo out.
The young man stopped them quickly, "Wait a minute, I'm afraid someone will break in suddenly. Just wait for me. After I inspect the goods, I will definitely give you a satisfactory price."
Tang Guo looks at him at such a young age. Does he have such power?
"Sister Jiang Si, I thought the people in charge of the pharmacy were all like Uncle Zhao, with long beards."
Jiang Si's eyes moved slightly, "How much does this hive cost? Do you have the final say?"
The young man only left a board width, then turned back to them and smiled and said: "As long as your stuff is good, I can do it."
If he hadn't been so courageous before, a very delicate-looking lady happened to come to the pharmacy a few days ago to dispense medicine. The medicine primer was this honey. However, the honey in their store was of high quality and was out of stock for a long time. The lady said that as long as there is good quality Yes, send it directly to her home, the price is negotiable.
"Where's the beehive? Let me see it."
Jiang Si lifted the cloth covering the basket, revealing the honeycomb inside.
Wei Pingsheng's eyes immediately lit up when he saw what was in the basket. He quickly stepped forward and took out the hive to take a look, "This is top quality. Where did you find it?"
He couldn't wait to look at the two of them. If such goods were always available in pharmacies in the future, the potency of the medicines prepared would be greatly enhanced.
"How much can it sell for, how many votes?" Jiang Si didn't plan to say where they came from. He still had to protect himself when he went out.
"This is the number!" Wei Pingsheng stretched out a hand.
Tang Guo looked at it and saw that it was the same as what Grandma Wang Hua and Aunt Liu Lan said, but it was a whole piece at that time and now it is a third.
Jiang Si continued to ask calmly: "Where are the tickets?"
"I'll give you whatever you need, I promise to satisfy you." Wei Pingsheng kept telling him in his heart that he must satisfy them both. If this hive comes to their pharmacy, he will be related to the lady from now on, and he will act the same in the future. more convenient.
Jiang Si glanced at Guoguo, squatted down and said to her: "Guoguo, then sister Jiang Si sold it! You can be a witness for me by the side!"
Tang Guo knew what she was worried about. 50 yuan was not a small amount, so she had to do it in front of her, so as not to lose face with money later.
"Yeah!" Tang Guo nodded solemnly.
When Wei Pingsheng heard this, he quickly took the hive and walked behind the counter. He was afraid that if they went back on their word, the hive would be gone. "Come on, count them. This is 50 yuan. These are tickets. What tickets do you need?" If there are still beehives like this, they must be sent to our pharmacy. Don't sell them to supply and marketing cooperatives. They don't understand and will lower the price! It's not easy for you to get the beehives from the trees. They are all for survival."
This man is quite good at talking, but he is obviously playing the emotional card later to pave the way for the future.
"We all want food stamps, industrial stamps, sugar stamps, and cloth stamps." We don't want meat stamps. It's hot now, so you have to eat the meat quickly when you get it home, otherwise it will go bad, and you will eat it all at once, Auntie My son will definitely feel distressed.
"Okay, I will give you 4 kilograms of food stamps and 5 industrial stamps. If you have more cloth stamps, I can give you 5 feet of cloth stamps. I have less sugar stamps. The pharmacy always has to prepare brown sugar. Sometimes if the supply is not available, it has to go to the supply and marketing department. If you buy it from the company, you can only give me 1 catty at most with sugar stamps, how about I give you 2 more catties with food stamps?"
He is already very sincere!
Jiang Si was selling this for the first time, and she didn't know what the market price was, but in terms of the money and tickets, it was not bad. She really didn't expect that a little honeycomb could sell so much, "Okay."
After putting down the money and tickets, Wei Pingsheng personally escorted them to the door. He couldn't help but say a few more words to bring something good next time, "But you must remember it."
After Jiang Si took Tang Guo away, he couldn't help but let out a deep breath, "Guo Guo, you are really amazing!"
It's so rare for a little person to pick up something!
Tang Guo smiled guiltily. Her original intention was to take out the beehive and eat it. She really didn't expect that this thing could be exchanged for so much money. She didn't know what the maturity time of the beehive was in the game. She was afraid of meeting wild boars last night, so she only I walked around outside the coniferous forest and found no honeycombs. However, I could still see honey from time to time.
"Tang Guo!" Someone suddenly called her name. She was stunned for a moment, thinking she heard wrong. How could there be anyone in the county who knew her.
Unless it's him?
Suddenly thinking of something, Tang Guo turned around and saw that it was indeed Shao Jingcheng. He was wearing an improved military uniform today and black leather boots. He looked very handsome. When he saw Tang Guo turning around, he hurriedly waved. .
Shao Jingcheng raised his head and said to his mother: "Mom, I want to invite Tang Guo to our home!"
Su Yunxiu smiled and touched her son's head, "Then you have to ask Tang Guo if he is willing!" She didn't even notice Tang Guo, but the little guy saw it. His eyesight is really good.
Shao Jingcheng heard what his mother said, and quickly took out a little book from Su Yunxiu's bag and ran to Tang Guo, "Tang Guo, do you like reading little books? I want to invite you to my house to see the little books. , I have many at home!"
Tang Guo shook his head apologetically, "Thank you for your kindness, but we have to go home."
They got up early today, firstly to avoid other people, and secondly because it would be early to go back as well. They all still had things to do.
Shao Jingcheng thought it was such a pity, "Then I'll read it next time I get the chance." He lowered his head and looked at the little book in his hand, and then asked, "Have you ever read this book?"
Tang Guo glanced at the storybook in his hand and continued to shake his head honestly, "No, I haven't read the little book."
After hearing this, Shao Jingcheng handed her the little book in his hand without saying a word, "I'll lend you this to read. When you finish reading it, I can exchange it for a new one, or you can go to my house to read it!"
Su Yunxiu also came over. She nodded to Jiang Si, and then couldn't help but smile and said: "How can you invite people like this? You should ask Tang Guo if he has time first to avoid inconvenience, instead of inviting people right away. Come home with you!"
After saying that, she looked at Jiang Si apologetically, "I hope I didn't cause any trouble to you."
Jiang Si shook his head, "No."
Shao Jingcheng held up the book to his mother and said, "Mom, I want to lend this book to Tang Guo."
Su Yunxiu said softly with a smile in her eyes: "This is your book, you can make the decision yourself."
Having said that, he just said that this book was new, and he hadn't started reading the stories in it yet. It seemed that this little girl named Guoguo really fell in love with him.
Shao Jingcheng quickly handed the book to her, "This book is really good!"
Tang Guo raised her head and glanced at Sister Jiang Si. Sister Jiang Si understood, knelt down and touched the boy's head, "Chengcheng, sister knows you are a good boy, but we don't know when the next time you will come to the city. We appreciate your kindness, but we can't take this book. It's obvious that you like it very much, right?"
Shao Jingcheng lowered his head and thought for a few seconds, then raised his head and looked at Tang Guo and said firmly: "Then I will give this book to you!"
Tang Guo was shocked. They had only met a few times. This book seemed to be something he liked very much. Otherwise, there would be no reason for him to carry it with him wherever he went. Tang Guo felt that this was not possible and she could not accept it. "You must be very fond of it." I like this book, but I can't accept such an expensive gift."
Shao Jingcheng shook his head, "It's just because I like it that I gave it to you, otherwise I wouldn't give it to you. I already said I would give it to you, so just take it!" Shao Jingcheng simply put the book in the ginger In the bamboo basket that Si is carrying.
A beehive had just been placed in the bamboo basket, and the bottom was a little sticky. Jiang Si was afraid that it would stain his book, so he quickly took it out and gave it back to Su Yunxiu, "I don't know when we will meet next time, so you should take it back. ."
Shao Jingcheng took the book and bit his lower lip unhappily, "Is it really unacceptable?"
Tang Guo shook his head, "Thank you very much!"
Shao Jingcheng had no choice but to give up, and Tang Guo couldn't bear that the cheerful little face just now was full of disappointed emotions, so he comforted him: "Don't be upset, just take a look first, and if we have a chance to meet in the future, you can tell me the inside story." What's the content like?"
This is a good idea! Maybe Tang Guo doesn't know many words, "It's a deal, I'll tell you the story in this book next time we meet!"
Tang Guo smiled and nodded, "Okay!"
Shao Jingcheng finally smiled, his long black eyelashes blinking like butterflies flying in the field.
"Chengcheng, say goodbye to sister and Guoguo, we are leaving!"
Shao Jingcheng promised her again, "I will definitely tell you stories when we meet next time! Goodbye, sister Jiang Si!"
The four of them separated. Jiang Si saw that it was almost time and could not have breakfast at the state-owned restaurant. He took Tang Guo and quickly returned to the meeting point and took the ox cart back to Tangjiacun.
Shao Jingcheng was walking with Su Yunxiu when he suddenly felt something sticky on the book. He turned over the book and saw that there was a little light yellow glue in the corner of the book. He must have just rubbed it in Sister Tang Guo's basket. , he smelled it curiously, and it smelled sweet. Just as he was about to speak, the young man from the pharmacy rushed out.
Wei Pingsheng did not expect that he would meet the lady so smoothly, so he quickly said: "Madam, do you still remember me? The honey you asked for last time, some high-quality honey just arrived this morning, do you want to see it? look?"
Su Yunxiu smiled lightly, "I didn't get a letter of introduction!"
Wei Pingsheng waved his hand, "You take a look first. If you are satisfied, I will keep it for you. If not, we will look for it in the pharmacy."
"That's fine."
Shao Jingcheng couldn't help but touch it with his fingers and taste it, "Honey!"
Su Yunxiu thought he was repeating Wei Pingsheng's words, so she didn't take him seriously. She held his hand and walked inside. Wei Pingsheng showed Su Yunxiu the newly processed honeycomb, "It was just delivered. It's fresh. Take a look." !" He said, cut a little with a knife and handed it to Su Yunxiu.
Su Yunxiu took it and took a small bite, and gave the rest to Shao Jingcheng. Shao Jingcheng also tasted it after getting it, and it tasted the same!
"Brother, was this honey sold to you by a big sister and a little girl?"
Su Yunxiu thought he was talking nonsense and quickly stopped him, "Don't talk nonsense. Have you forgotten what your father taught you?"
Shao Jingcheng shook his head, "I haven't forgotten, I have proof, their honey tastes the same!"
Su Yunxiu didn't take it seriously. Children can't tell the difference between the taste of pure honey. She nodded to Wei Pingsheng, "Please help me deal with it. I will send someone to pick it up later with a letter of introduction."
After hearing the little boy's words, Wei Pingsheng felt nervous. Those two girls wouldn't go around asking anyone on the street to buy honey, right? There must have been a lot of cuts, otherwise the little boy would have said it so clearly. They were really two silly children. How could ordinary people afford honey these days? They must have wasted a lot of honey for no reason. Thinking about it, he felt sorry for them both.
"Okay! Don't worry, I will handle it well and ensure the maximum effect of the medicine!" After saying that, he found that the little boy was still staring at him, seeming to insist that he answer the question just now, he thought for a while and decided to tell the truth. , "Young master, you are right. The two girls did bring this honey as early as possible."
It doesn't matter if he said this. Their pharmacy collects medicinal materials from all over the place. This is an unwritten fact.
After hearing this, Shao Jingcheng had an expression that was indeed true. He put on such an expression on his still very immature face, which made the two adults couldn't help but laugh.
After leaving the pharmacy, Su Xiuyun couldn't help but ask: "How did you find out?"
Shao Jingcheng clasped his little hands behind his back and said in a pretentious tone: "Secret!"
After saying that, Su Xiuyun stopped asking. Shao Jingcheng peeked at his mother several times. His mother had a perfect smile on her face, as if she was really not curious at all.
Shao Jingcheng asked helplessly: "Why don't you ask me?"
Su Xiuyun blinked at her son, "If you want to say it, you will tell me naturally. If you don't want to say it, no matter how much I ask, you won't answer. I respect you."
Shao Jingcheng pouted, "Okay, okay, let me tell you, this is it. This little book is the key. I put the little book into my sister's basket, and it got stained by the honey left in the basket. I was discovered. I am very dad-like!"
Su Xiuyun stopped, her smile faded a bit, "You mean, you ate randomly?"
Shao Jingcheng: "..."
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After Tang Guo returned home, Jiang Si immediately gave the money and tickets to Song Yingzi. When Song Yingzi took the five big unity cards, he was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. 50 yuan, together with the last More than 30 yuan, their family now has a huge fortune of nearly 90 yuan. When has she ever had so much money? When she was not married, her parents were in charge of it, and after she got married, her mother-in-law was in charge. , now holding these money tickets in her hand, she feels so unrealistic.
"Really sold for so much money?" Only a third of it was sold for so much, and the whole one was sold for only one or two hundred yuan! Some families with many children still don't have two hundred yuan when they pay dividends at the end of the year. This hive is too valuable.
Jiang Si took out his satchel from the back room and was about to go to the educated youth shop. "Yes, the people at the pharmacy said this is a high-quality honeycomb, very good."
"Jiang Si, Auntie wants to ask you a favor!" Song Yingzi felt a little embarrassed.
How could Jiang Si not know what she wanted to say, so she patted her hand and said, "Don't worry, Auntie, this matter is definitely rotten in my stomach!"
After saying that, Jiang Si couldn't help but smile and left.
This child! He teased her plainly, but she felt relieved, "Guoguo, do you want to go buy chicks with your mother?"
The money at home was exchanged for things Guoguo found. Although they hid their wealth well and did not show it, they were still afraid that one day, others would ask them how they got the money. They couldn't explain it, so they still went to buy it. Two little chickens are good for eating meat or laying eggs when they are raised. The most important thing is that they can give an explanation when others ask.
Strange to say, the eggs at home have never been broken!
Tang Guo had never seen the fluffy chick with her own eyes, but she wanted to touch it with her own hands, "Okay!"
The cows were all taken away by Tang Jiahe, and the mother and daughter carried baskets on their backs and went to Dapeng's house.
Tang Guo thought there would be a special place selling chicks, but she didn't expect it to be Dapeng's house.
Dapeng's mother was so happy when she saw them that she couldn't help saying, "This hen stopped laying eggs a few days ago and is still hiding in that hole. When my mother saw it hatching eggs, she couldn't drive them away with a stick. It was a coincidence that my mother suddenly thought that your family didn't have any chicks yet, so she let her hatch them. As soon as they come out today, I will tell you as soon as possible!"
Dapeng was playing with the fluffy chick in the yard. The hen kept guarding the chick and wouldn't let Dapeng get close. He used a thin bamboo stick to scare the hen, which made the chick chirp in fear. Non-stop.
"Okay, you've made a big fuss, and you're going to provoke people with red eyes, and they'll talk about it again!"
What does this mean?
With an unlucky look on her face, Lady Dapeng came closer to Song Yingzi and whispered: "Grandma Dapeng didn't let me talk about this. Yingzi, you don't know. It's your sister-in-law, Li Fang, when hens lay chicks, maybe It was her chirping voice that she heard, and she actually said she was going to report us for poaching the socialist corner and asking us to review it. Do you think she was obsessed with the review? There are so many people in our family, and we only have two chickens. Even if I raise another one, it won't exceed the total population of my family. It's not like poaching the corner of socialism, and I also discovered something, her hands can't stop shaking, just like this!"
Song Yingzi couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. She is a sister-in-law. Before her father-in-law left, although people were small-minded, they could not cause big problems. Unlike now, little by little, they are becoming more and more small-minded. I don't even think about how I can live my life by staring at others every day.
Dapeng Niang saw that Song Yingzi's face was heavy, so she quickly interrupted: "Forget it, let's not talk about her. You can take this little chicken back today and dig earthworms for it to eat every day. It won't be a month." Definitely growing up!"
"Okay! I brought the basket just to take it away!" Song Yingzi took out the money she had prepared from her pocket, and Dapeng Niang quickly pushed her hand back.
"What are you doing! His grandma told her before she went out that she can't accept this money no matter what, otherwise the honey this time and the eggs last time will be returned to you!"
Seeing the seriousness on her face, Song Yingzi couldn't help but laugh, "I'm not here for you, I'm here for Dapeng, so my kids can buy sweets! Come to Dapeng!"
Dapeng immediately shook his head, "Auntie, I can't ask for your money. You can keep it to buy candies for Guoguo!"
"Yes, yes, he won't want it. Can you put it away? If you don't put it away, I will be angry. What are you doing? Are you making it difficult for me? If his milk comes back, look at me. If you can't do this well, you might want to say something to me!"
Song Yingzi had no choice but to give up, "Okay, you've said so, then I'll put it away!"
Seeing that she had taken back the money, Mother Dapeng felt comfortable. She couldn't help but sigh again, "Yingzi, I really don't know how to thank you."
"What's wrong? We didn't do anything!"
Dapeng Niang was immediately excited, "That's so much money for not doing anything! My father-in-law said that the honeycomb is a good thing, but he thinks you might want to sell it in the county town, and let my mother-in-law sell it farther away. , if you lose some money, just lose some money, don't get into trouble!"
Song Yingzi really didn't expect this, and she felt scared for a while, "Didn't you sell it to a pharmacy? It should be okay, right?"
"It's hard to say, it's better to be careful!"
Tang Guo threw some berries to the hen, which was happily eating it. She and Dapeng were listening to their chat and touching the chicks. It seemed that even if there was a honeycomb in the game, she couldn't take it out so quickly. .
"Guoguo, touch it, its fur is so soft!"
Tang Guo reached out and touched it. It felt delicate and soft. It was so cute. She carefully held the chick in her hand. The chick kept chirping in fear. She quickly comforted it and put it back on the ground. , the little chick immediately ran to its mother on its short legs.