Four Hundred and Twenty Six. Life

"Silly, eat slowly, drink some water, don't choke, next time you're hungry just say so, don't hold back." Yuan Xiaohua saw Zheng Kui gobbling it up, burst out laughing, and brought herself The kettle that came was passed over.

Zheng Kui took it with a smirk, took two gulps down hard, and swallowed the pancake.

Yuan Xiaohua waited for Zheng Kui to finish drinking, took it, didn't care about anything, put it to her mouth and drank it in big gulps.

After waiting for another hour, the eggs were completely sold out. The two packed up and prepared to go back.

Zheng Kui picked up two frames. From the beginning, he was not familiar with it. Now Zheng Kui can proficiently pick up two full frames. It can be said that he has made great progress.

Inside the frame are some things that villagers need.

"You are from the capital city. How big is the capital city? Is it full of tall buildings?" Yuan Xiaohua said suddenly.

Just as Zheng Kui was about to speak, Yuan Xiaohua said, "Hey, forget it, I guess you don't know. Have you ever been to the capital? Have you seen **?"

Zheng Kui whispered, "I've been there a few times, and I've seen them all."

"Really? Tell me quickly." Yuan Xiaohua became interested.

Zheng Kui started to talk to Yuan Xiaohua, his mouth was relatively stupid, and he didn't have any good adjectives, so he spoke dryly.

But even so, Yuan Xiaohua listened very energetically and asked some questions from time to time.

"If only I could go to the capital once in my life." Yuan Xiaohua said full of longing.

Zheng Kui subconsciously wanted to say, you are going and I will take you there.

But soon it was in my heart.

The road to the countryside was very difficult, and they walked for more than two hours before they returned to the village.

This is a small mountain village surrounded by mountains and rivers, not very big, with only forty or so families in total.

Life is also relatively difficult. In the past two years, the land has been divided and chickens and ducks can be raised at will, and they can also be sold. These days are a little easier.

Maybe it's also because of the mountains and rivers here. Anyway, there are basically no chicken plagues here, which saved them a lot of losses.

When Zheng Kui and the others returned home, the Yuan family was waiting for them.

"Why is it so late today?" Father Yuan asked.

"It was sold late, so I came back late, why don't you eat first, and don't wait for us." Yuan Xiaohua said casually.

"We just finished it too, hurry up and sit down and eat." Yuan Ma said.

Yuan Xiaohua's younger brother, Yuan Xiaohui, couldn't wait a long time ago. The little guy is only six years old this year, but like this, he has to go to school every morning and go hunting pigweed after school.

Yuan Xiaohua only has one younger brother, and she is the oldest.

Yuan's mother's health has always been poor. After giving birth to Yuan Xiaohua, she never got pregnant. She finally got pregnant with Yuan Xiaohui.

As a result, the Yuan family lost one labor force. In this era, women are also a very important labor force in the family.

Taking in Zheng Kui may also have considerations in this regard, at least it is a labor force, and it is also a labor force with great strength.

Zheng Kui didn't let go of eating, and stopped eating when he was 60% full, otherwise Father Yuan would feel distressed.

But even so, Zheng Kui ate much more than the average person.

After eating, Zheng Kui helped clean up, and then returned to the place where he lived. He lived in a utility room in Yuan's house, and he used a thatched hut that leaked even in rainy days.

Zheng Kui had never lived in such a house before, no matter how good the home was, but Zheng Kui didn't dislike him at all. Living here, he slept very well every day.

"Brother Kui, tell me a story." At some point, Yuan Xiaohui came over in the dark.

There is no electricity in this village yet, and candles are used at night, but these need to be used carefully, and I am reluctant to use more.

When the moon is very bright like today, basically no candles are lit.

Zheng Kui was helpless, how could he tell stories, many of them were from the comic books he had read before, but even so, it still attracted children like Yuan Xiaohui.

There is really no entertainment in the countryside now, and there are basically no comic books. Even if there are, it is only rich people who are willing to buy them.

Zheng Kui happened to be fine, so he thought it was time to pass the time, and began to talk about the comic books he had read.

He had forgotten some of the content himself, and added it casually, but even so, Yuan Xiaohui was still fascinated by it.

"Where did you hear all this?" Yuan Xiaohua's voice came from the door abruptly. She originally came to tell Yuan Xiaohui to go back to sleep, but she was fascinated by it.

Zheng Kui was also taken aback, and he was relieved when he saw that it was Yuan Xiaohua, "I read it from the book, and some of it was told by the storyteller."

"Are there a lot of storytellers in the capital, and they all know how to tell stories?" Yuan Xiaohua asked with interest.

Zheng Kui scratched his head and said, "Not too many, there are fewer storytellers now, and most of them are read from the books of the little ones."

"Brother Kui, tell me more." Yuan Xiaohui was a little unhappy when his sister interrupted the story, so he pestered Zheng Kui to tell him more.

But it's a pity that Yuan Xiaohua came here to take him back to sleep.

Seeing Yuan Xiaohui being dragged away, Zheng Kui smiled, closed his eyes slowly, and began to snore.

The next morning, Zheng Kui got up early, washed up a bit, and then went out to hunt pigweed with Yuan Xiaohua and his brother, and checked to see if there were any wild mushrooms on the mountain.

As for breakfast?

Zheng Kui, who has not eaten breakfast for a month, said that he almost forgot to have breakfast in the morning.

From being unaccustomed at the beginning, now Zheng Kui has become accustomed to it, and his stomach is also used to it.

After hunting the pigweed, it was past ten o'clock when I got home, and I had to cut the pigweed and add some other things.

Zheng Kui started to get busy with these things, while Yuan Xiaohua went to share the money.

Every time she sells these eggs, she has to go to distribute the money to each household the next day. Fortunately, there are not many people, and she will be busy by noon.

Of course, Yuan Xiaohua didn't help sell things for nothing, and each family needed to pay a dime for running errands.

At this time, eggs cost about three cents each, which means that every family needs to give three eggs to Yuan Xiaohua.

However, because what Yuan Xiaohua sells is much more expensive than what peddlers charge, every household is willing to do this. Generally speaking, it must cost a lot more than selling to peddlers.

Of course, if the road is damaged, Yuan Xiaohua needs to pay for it herself, so every time Zheng Kui picks up the egg basket, he is very careful.

He remembered that when he picked out the egg basket for the first time, he accidentally broke a dozen or so eggs. At that time, Yuan Xiaohua's tears flowed down his face. At that time, Zheng Kui's heart seemed to be grabbed by something.