A touch of happiness

Chapter 5

interrupted.

"Shut up, I don't want to know where you live at all? What are you doing here." The elf busily packed the goods in the shop.

"My name is Xiu. May I ask what you charge here?" Although Xiu felt a little embarrassed, he still asked.If you don't have money, you can't buy what you need.

"No, no." The elf said coldly.

"Ah, that's fine. I'm bothering you." Xiu wanted to hide shyly, and walked out straight away. "Oh, by the way, this is a gift and I hope you accept it." He took out a bag of bird eggs and gently placed it on the counter.

The result was about to open the door.But I heard the elf speaking in a slightly softer voice. "Baskets. If you have extra baskets, I can buy them."

Xiu turned around and replied with a smile. "Thanks."

After getting along with each other, I realized that Henry is actually a very good person, no, an elf.His shop sells all kinds of flowers and vines, as well as some beautiful trinkets.

It seems there is nothing needed right now.Xiu also got a gift from Henry, a small shovel.Very practical.

"As long as you like it." Henry immediately went back to sort things out.

In order to weave more baskets, Xiu went to the thorny area to get a lot of thorny vines, and once again scarred himself.

At dusk that day, I wanted to take a bath by the stream, so I went to the reeds to look at the traps.It was found that a little pig had fallen into a trap.He took a knife to end its life, and sealed the blood in a sealed bag.Pork blood is boiled with a little spice, it tastes very fragrant and tender.

Peel off the skin and cut the meat into several large pieces and put them in another bag. "This way the wild beasts won't be attracted by the smell of blood." Xiu carefully disappeared from his tracks.

Even inside the living quarters, you can't let your guard down.Once you meet a large beast, it's bad.

"Hey." Xiu smiled foolishly while tidying up the pig's internal organs.Wash the pig's lungs, pour a large amount of clean salt water into them, pierce a hole with a knife, and hang them on strings under the eaves.Wash the pig intestines, scrape them with a knife, and marinate them with a little salt and chopped green onions.The pig's heart was also filled with water and hung up.Because there is no wine and pepper, the taste will be worse.I can look for ginger tomorrow.

Take out all the fat, heat the pot, boil all the fat into oil, and put it in a clay pot.The pots were found in the cabinet, along with three saucers and two bowls.

All the rest are salted.Hang it in a ventilated place under the eaves.

Take out a tenderloin and slice; chop the purslane and mince the sesame leaves.Put a little oil in the pot, add wild vegetables, add the meat after it is almost fried, stir again, add salt, stir fry for a while, take out the pot and put it on a plate decorated with coriander.

Then add a little more oil, after heating, add the large intestine, fry it hard and put it on a plate.Add water to the pot, beat three eggs, scoop up the egg yolks before they solidify, and ladle the soup into a bowl.

Facing the steaming hot food, it exudes a delicious smell.

"Thank God for giving me food." The tenderloin was very tender and juicy, the aroma of purslane and sesame leaves gathered between the teeth, and the saliva almost overflowed.Then try the fried large intestine, the large intestine is very chewy, and the more you chew it, the richer the onion in the juice will be.

Finally, there is a soft soft-boiled egg. The egg white is refreshing, not inferior to the thick egg yolk.

"Excellent." He gulped down the egg soup, ending the perfect meal.

After eating, I started weaving baskets.Three round barrel baskets were woven, and then two smaller square baskets. "You can keep the two big ones and the small ones. This should be enough. I'll make up a few more tomorrow." Xiu thought about it carefully. "I don't know how much one can sell for."

Put the mushrooms into the freshly made baskets.Then he boiled a little water, poured it into a wooden basin, scalded his feet, and then lay down in the blanket.

The scars on his hands itched.I couldn't help scratching, but I couldn't, so I had to get up again and tie my hands with bandages.

It was really cold in the middle of the night. "Let's save money to buy a quilt first."

Woke up again in the morning. "When I buy a quilt, the first thing I do is sleep in." Xiu thought angrily.

Early in the collection, I got a lot of wild vegetables, ginger, and several bird eggs, which were stored in baskets.

I scrambled eggs and wild vegetables for breakfast, chewed them carefully, and ate them all. After washing the dishes, I started weaving baskets again.

Before the sky completely darkened, I took all the baskets to Henry's store, five drum baskets, three small ones, and sold a total of five copper coins and nine copper horns.

Facing the glittering coins, Xiu was both happy and sad.It's great to have your own purse for the first time, but that's not enough money to buy a quilt.

Listening to what Henry said about the quilts, one silver coin is needed for one quilt.Not at all.

"In terms of baskets, it's still very difficult to prepare things for the winter. That's right." Xiu remembered that Uncle Zhong You said that if you go north, you will have to cross two small streams, and after walking [-] trees, you will reach a commercial street.

It is said that there are farm tools and ingredients.Well, definitely go.Xiu decided to take a look at it in two days.But now we still have to work hard to save some things to sell.

Sale

In the next week, Xiu saved 2 silver coins, 9 copper coins and 5 copper coins by weaving baskets. Because Henry's store didn't sell quilts and the like, he went to the shopping street.

The stock is only wild vegetables, bird eggs, and a lot of ginger and green onions.I also found a lot of melon vines, and buried some near my home, so that I can harvest some melons in autumn.But somehow, the trap no longer had prey.

By the way, I also found a small bag of sesame seeds.Put the marinated ham into the corner of the basket, tie the sesame bag tightly and put it in, and put the bamboo tube filled with water in it too.Put boiled eggs and a little bacon and fried mushrooms in the lunch box, and put them in the basket.

Xiu looked at the things that didn't fill the basket at all, and sighed softly. "I hope it can be sold for a good price."

"Quilt, quilt~ my beloved little quilt..." Humming a strange tune, he walked happily, and harvested some blueberries along the way.

Because I don't know the approximate location, I made an appointment with Uncle Zhongyou to go together.Before he got to the downstairs of the uncle's house, he saw the uncle waving at him.

"This way, this way, brat Xuan." The uncle handed him an omelet. "Eat it while it's hot."

Xiu also opened the lunch box and asked Uncle Zhongyou to taste his handicraft.The uncle smiled and took a bird egg, peeled it open, and the steaming aroma of the egg overflowed. "It's delicious."

"Thank you for the compliment." Xiu also took a big bite of the omelet, and the soft dough was mixed with a strong taste of eggs. The taste immediately whetted his appetite and quickly wiped out the omelet.

Then I arrived at the shopping street with the uncle's introduction all the way.The uncle said that the shopping street originally had a very literary name, but because everyone used to call it a commercial street, the original name was forgotten instead.

"This is Uncle Wenda's blacksmith's shop. All the farm tools you want are here, and there are also some weapons. Walk a little further, and there is a seed shop. That's my shop. I hired a part-time job to open the shop in the morning. , I won’t open the store if I don’t get an invitation. I will definitely open the store in the afternoon.” Is it something that the uncle can be proud of if he doesn’t go to work often?

"If you go over there, it's a furniture store. The owner is Uncle Burton. Even if the things in his house have been used for many years, they will look like new if they are well maintained. It's just that they are more expensive than other stores." The uncle said to him again. "Next, you can explore by yourself, each store has its own characteristics." Then I left without hesitation.

Xiu looked around curiously. There are many shops, and there are also many mobile stalls in the open space.

Let's go to the place where it flows first.

"Come and see, the freshly caught herring is very fresh."

"Come on, elder sister, look over here, the things here are at a special price."

"Come and see..."

"Sale, sale..."

"It's so lively. It looks like the tricks are the same no matter which stall it is." Xiu looked around excitedly. "Ah, there are seasonings over there, let's go buy some first."

"Welcome, what does the guest want." It was an old man smoking a pipe, sitting leisurely on a small bench.

"Well, I want to take a look first." Xiu carefully looked at the things on the booth.There were several bags, all open.Starting from the larger bag on the left, the first bag is dark brown pepper, the second bag is snow-white fine salt, the third bag is fiery red dried chili, and the next is the messy small bag with star anise and cinnamon , prunes, dried red dates, tangerine peel, fish skin... There are many condiments that have never been seen in Gelulin.

There are also five earth jars.Xiu carefully opened the cover and smelled the smell.It's vinegar, soy sauce, maple syrup, oil, tempeh sauce.

I don’t have any at home, so I really want it.Xiu bit his finger, hesitating.

"Want to buy it? Girl." The old man smiled and took out a small wooden spoon. "Try it."

Xiu retorted loudly. "I'm not a little girl!"

The surroundings were suddenly quiet, and everyone looked at him in surprise. "It's not a girl."

"I'm not a girl!" Xiu blushed with anger.

The result was a burst of laughter from everyone.

"Okay, don't laugh. Well, boy, do you want to try it?" The old man smiled and handed over the spoon.

Xiu took the spoons and tasted a little bit of each one. "It's delicious. But, how to sell it?"

The old man tapped his pipe on the edge of the bench and said with a smile, "If you buy more, I can give you a little cheaper."

"Then I'd like a little black pepper, vinegar, tempeh, and soy sauce.