The rooster just crowed, and Xu He got up in the dark.

It was still dark outside the yard, and the dawn was getting earlier and earlier in late spring and early summer, and those who wanted to get out early had to race against the morning light.

Xu He went to the stove with an oil lamp in his hand. He was going to make breakfast for two and lunch to take to the city. Zhang Fangyuan lit a fire under the stove, threw two big pieces of firewood into the stove, and then went to the backyard to feed them. The horse is ready, and Xiao Hei needs to drink enough water and eat enough horse grass before he can run fast.

When it is not dawn, Jijiu Village seems to be unclear. There is a faint light in the sky that indicates the dawn, and the wilderness is quiet, and the slightest sound can be heard far away. The bamboo pole in the stove burned and exploded, and the bang sound could be heard by everyone in the corner of the village, so they knew that someone in the village had already woken up.

Not long after, Zhang Fangyuan, who was loading the whole truck, smelled the aroma of fried meat, which was particularly craving in the pure morning wind. Zhang Fangyuan searched for the scent and touched it. Xu He had already packed the fried meat into a food box.

"So fragrant?"

Xu He glanced at the person staring at him with his hips akimbo, his eyes almost fell into the food box. He shoveled the last shovel of meat without putting it in the food box, and took a piece with chopsticks and handed it over to "feed the dog".

"The small celery at home is fried, you try it."

Zhang Fangyuan rubbed his hands, then quickly turned his head and took away the meat. The pork tenderloin is not sandwiched with fat, and the meat is firm, which is very suitable for a small stir-fry. But because there is no fat, you have to add oil when frying, so even if it tastes delicious, it is not considered a home-cooked dish among rural households, but there are many restaurants in the city.

Xu He stir-fried the meat very tender, without any firewood. After eating it, the aroma of lean meat and ingredients remained, making him very greedy.

"Delicious! Next time I go back to slaughter the pig and keep it for myself."

But Xu He said: "Let's save some money, it's a waste of gas and materials." After doing it, his heart would bleed.

Zhang Fangyuan took the initiative to close the lid of the food box: "Since you are a butcher, you have to take advantage of being a butcher, otherwise you will be at a disadvantage."

Xu He shook his head helplessly, but his eyes were gentle.

The two had a simple breakfast, drank some porridge, ate two steamed buns, and closed the door when dawn broke.

The wild vegetables and pork were moved to the carriage together, and the couple sat on the front of the cart and shook the reins and set off for the city. Today is the day to go to the market in the city, and there are many more villagers going to the city than usual. In order to go early and return early, and save money on the car, they set off as early as those who go to the city to do business.

Zhang Fangyuan didn't pull anyone, and the carriage couldn't carry it anymore.

It was only the beginning of the morning when the two arrived at the meat market.

"I haven't been out of the stall for two days."

The butcher at the adjacent stall looked the same, squatting on the stone pier, sucking noodles, watching the couple come to say hello today.

Zhang Fangyuan said with a smile: "I went to run some errands at home."

The butcher smiled. After Xu He helped Zhang Fangyuan clean the stall, he pulled out his basket for wild vegetables and took out two bundles of wild onions and two spring bamboo shoots. He had heard Zhang Fangyuan say that the stall next door The butcher is from the city, so he comes back very early, and his wife comes to deliver meals at noon.

He hugged a young spring bamboo shoot and a small wild onion over there: "Some wild vegetables dug up in the village are fresh. Brother, take some back to taste."

The butcher hurriedly jumped off the stone pier, rather flattered, and quickly thanked Xu He.

This wild vegetable is not worth a lot of money, but for people who live in the city and do not farm, they have to spend money to buy food. Even the wild vegetables that are commonly seen in the mountains have to go to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy them. , people send it directly, it is really worth looking down upon.

Besides, everyone is a butcher who sets up a stall to sell meat, and whoever can climb up to whoever can't succeed, it's all about making friends.

"My daughter-in-law is also explaining that she is going to buy some wild onions to make dumplings, so I can save myself going to the vegetable market."

Xu He smiled slightly and nodded. He turned around and explained to Zhang Fangyuan that the remaining bamboo shoots and green onions were sent to the person in charge of the stall market. He was also from the city. Fei, should also come and go on weekdays.

Zhang Fangyuan frowned and agreed.

"Then I'm going out."

Zhang Fangyuan lifted the pannier for Xu He: "Come back early."

"it is good."

The butcher next to him watched Xu He go away, and he picked up his noodle bowl to **** it up again: "Your wife looks lonely, but she is quite warm-hearted."

Zhang Fangyuan said with a smile: "He just doesn't like to talk, and he has a good heart."

While answering, he also put out the mountain goods.

"Hey, are you still selling mountain goods?"

"It was sold by Orion in the village."

Xu He went out with a basket on his back and didn't go to the vegetable market, but to set up a stall in the place where the bamboo shoots were sold before the West Market. .

He spread out the stall swiftly, his heart was quite happy, he had been looking forward to selling vegetables at first, but now he finally came.

The wild vegetables were placed in a cool place yesterday, and they were sprinkled with water, so they looked fresh. Moreover, he is not like the old fritters of the villagers who sell vegetables all the year round. They pick the wild vegetables very old, and they have to pick them again when they buy them back. Look at wild vegetables.

"It's tender and fresh, and it's freshly picked."

Fu Lang saw that the heads of shallots were rinsed clean, and carefully selected them: "Looking at these shallots is more comfortable than looking at muddy ones."

"No, it will save you a lot of trouble when you go back." Xu He took out a cut plantain leaf from the basket: "Fu Lang, take two to go home. Stir-fried meat and dumplings are delicious."

Fu Lang nodded, picked two bundles and handed them to Xu He, who took them and quickly wrapped them in banana leaves, tied a palm leaf outside, and carefully put them into the grocery buyer's basket.

The woman watching the vegetables at the stall next to her saw that Xu He's vegetables were clean and tender, and they were wrapped properly. She immediately wanted to go over and have a look, but the stall owner stopped her and said in a low voice, "Only wash the vegetables that are not fresh." After washing, the ones with mud on my stall are the freshest ones."

The woman gave a dry laugh, and slipped to Xu He's stall while the younger brother was busy cleaning the dishes, and picked out a handful of crisp and tender vajra vines.

The little brother glared at Xu He angrily, but Xu He turned a blind eye and greeted the visitors warmly, soon half of his dishes were sold out.

"Who are you, you dare to compete with me for business!"

After waiting for the people who bought vegetables to disperse, the little brother pinched his waist and couldn't help scolding.

"There are stalls everywhere, and who is stealing who's business?"

"I don't care if others put it elsewhere, but you put it next to me, aren't you trying to steal my business!"

It was not the first time Xu He saw unreasonable people, he was not angry, and watered his own vegetables.

"Hey! You are so proud, do you know what my man does!"

Xu He Shicheng: "I don't know."

"Okay, you newcomer has a tough temper, I want to see whether you are tougher with your mouth or bones, believe it or not, I will find someone to tease you!"

Xu He didn't bother to talk to him, and even yelled at him to sell vegetables.

The little brother was so annoyed that he couldn't be settled, but he couldn't directly fight with someone here, so he took a vegetable basket, moved his stall away, and avoided Xu He like a **** of plague.

There were many people selling wild vegetables in the market, and Xu He prepared a lot of wild vegetables. By then, the sun was already quite high, and many vendors left with their vegetables. They either collected their work and went back, or went to the street to sell under the bridge. Or go to Resident Alley to sell cheap.

Xu He still had a lot of wild vegetables left, so he packed them up and prepared to put them next to Zhang Fangyuan's meat stall in the afternoon. If anyone came to buy meat, he would buy some. If he couldn't sell it, he would take it home and eat it by himself or dry it in the sun. For storage, in short, it cannot be sold in the city again, and it will become less and less fresh.

He calculated the money from selling vegetables, and the income was considered good, with thirty or so cash, he could buy a pair of chickens and go home. Suddenly he frowned again, and when he was happy, he promised Zhang Fangyuan to make steamed buns for him. If he went to buy flour, he would not be able to buy chickens.

He hesitated and went back to the meat market, where Zhang Fangyuan was chopping mutton for customers.

"came back?"

"Um."

Zhang Fangyuan wrapped the leg of lamb for the guests, Xu He glanced at the meat stall, half of the mountain products were sold, but not much pork was sold.

"This time the pigs are small and the meat is not thick enough, so they are not as easy to sell as usual. Fortunately, there are still a lot of people who buy mountain products, but they can't buy a whole one. It's better to peel and sell them separately." Zhang Fangyuan whispered: "Selling them separately will cost me an extra two cents a catty."

The corners of Xu He's eyes rolled down.

Xu Shi came to the meat market with a determined mind to buy meat. Most of the meat market is pork. Seeing that there are mountain products, he wanted to ask the price as soon as his eyes lit up. People in the city are sometimes willing to eat pork when they are tired of eating pork. Spend the money and eat something else. In addition, mountain products are not always available. After all, they are supplied by hunters, unlike pork that is raised in captivity, which is usually available to villagers.

While the two were talking, they saw a burst of noise at the gate of the meat market.

"My family's scholar is doing a wedding, so I'm here to make some arrangements for the banquet."

"Congratulations, ma'am, look, the meat on my butcher stall is the fattest, it's suitable for business and banquet!"

"Ma'am, you need to give you more benefits, come and have a look at my stall!"

Buying meat for errands is undoubtedly a big customer. There are not many people buying meat in the meat market at this time, and suddenly there is one who wants to buy more. For a while, most of the stallholders greeted and wanted to grab this business. .

Zhang Fangyuan and Xu He exchanged glances.

"The marriage between Fei Lian and your second sister is still settled."

In fact, after the marriage was settled, Liu Xianglan was angry for two days because of the dowry, and was persuaded by Xu Shaochun later. After the anger subsided, her tail cocked up again, and she told everyone she was married to the Fei family.

There was a heated discussion in the village, and for a while, it was unclear whether to envy the Xu family or the Fei family. In short, all the men and women of the right age in the village were heartbroken, including Chen Si, Zhang Fangyuan's nearest neighbor.

The couple just got married and were affectionate. They went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, and went outside the village to buy them. Xu He didn't go out to the fields for the past two days. He didn't know if her second sister's work was successful or not until he met the villagers. At that time, Zhang Fangyuan said that Fei's family came to the door.

"Hey, isn't this He Geer and Zhang Tuzi?"

Fei's mother was overwhelmed by a crowd of butchers, and her heart was fluttering. She caught a glimpse of Zhang's meat stall that had no business for a long time, and walked to the couple's stall with a basket and a smile.

"Oh, it's just that the meat is too thin, otherwise it will be ordered here."

Fei's mother took a look at the hanging lean meat, and glanced sideways at Xu He, who was not slender and tall. She really couldn't figure out how this appearance made her son lose his mind for many days. Her eyeballs moved: "I'm afraid it's the It’s not easy to do business with pig products.”

Zhang Fangyuan saw Fei's mother's eccentric look, and guessed that he probably understood Fei Lian's original intentions. Seeing that she didn't want to buy meat from his family, he didn't need to be polite. He threw his hand and kicked the bone cutter. stuck on the cutting board.

"Miss Fei is really capable. Not only does she have to manage Fei Xiucai's wedding wine, but she also has the leisure to care about the folks. It's really amazing."

Mother Fei subconsciously shrank her shoulders when she saw the shining big knife. Seeing that the butcher was not good at flattering people, they didn't show any face when they were talented, so they didn't dare to open their mouths. After taking a look at Xu He, she hurried away with a basket on her shoulder.

Although Xu He didn't pay much attention to Fei's mother, the corners of his mouth were slightly curled up when he was being defended. He tugged at the hem of the angry man's clothes, and suddenly made a decision on the previously entangled matter: "I want to buy some small ones. The chickens and ducklings go back to circle, but they don’t have enough money.”

Zhang Fangyuan suddenly smiled, and immediately took out the box containing money for selling meat: "Take it and buy it."

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