20. Once back before liberation
After it was getting dark outside, Tian Chonghu returned to the village, took someone else's ox cart and entered the entrance of the village, and then got off the car and went to Luo Sanlang's house.
"Why is it so late?" Luo Yong heard the sound of slapping the door, opened the yard gate and let him in. He then reached out to take the basket on his back and held it in his hand, which was quite heavy.
"That car is walking slowly." Tian Chonghu held two cloth pockets in his hand and followed Luo Yong into the yard.
"If you collect more wool in the future, you can get some back first." Luo Yong told him.
"That's not that I have to pay the extra fee again." Tian Chonghu curled his lips, thinking that there was no need to do that. Anyway, he was taking the bus back and didn't ask him to carry it all the way back.
These days he went to the city alone to collect wool. Before, there were some other children in the village who were bored and willing to go with him, but there were very few days.
The people who make tofu in the village have been very busy recently. Some of them carry tofu fermented bean curd and sell them, and some of them have freed up their houses for others to stay. When adults get busy, children have to help. Children who don’t need help are basically too young, and Tian Chonghu doesn’t need them either.
The evening before yesterday, when he came to hand over the wool, Luo Yong told her that a ox cart was going to the county town the next morning, and the man lived in the Yao family. He had already agreed with him that he would go there early and not be too late.
Then yesterday morning, Tian Chonghu went to Yao's house to wait for the ox cart to take a seat, which was not in vain. When the man came to Luo Yong to buy fermented bean curd, Luo Yong gave him more to serve as the car fee.
In the past two days, Tian Chonghu collected a lot of wool in the city alone. Then this afternoon, when he saw someone driving a ox cart to come to Xipo Village to buy tofu, he ran to discuss with someone and asked someone to bring him over. As for the fares, he asked him to ask Luo Sanlang for it.
At this time, people were still quite enthusiastic and friendly. Anyway, they were all coming here empty cars, so it would be fine to take more people. Then, when they went to Luo Sanlang's house to buy fermented bean curd. If the other party mentioned this, they would be very happy to thank him and give him more fermented bean curd.
"Oh, by the way, Qin Wuniang asked me to bring her some bean paste tomorrow." After putting the wool, Tian Chonghu said again.
"I understand, you can rest tomorrow. I want to go to the city myself." After all, he is a teenage baby, and Luo Yong is afraid that he will be exhausted.
"Oh." Tian Chonghu wiped his nose and thought to himself that he needed no rest. He had nothing to do at home. The children in the village now all have to help the family, and no one plays with him. As for his sister Tian Xianger, it is his responsibility to follow the bullshit, not a playmate.
After thinking about it, I would rather go to the yard here to help tomorrow. I heard that I would take care of the meal at noon and have eaten well these days. It would be nice to come here to do some work, so that the people in the village would say that Luo Sanlang took care of him because he was a child, and he also thought that his family had taken a lot of advantages over others.
"Will you have any food to eat when you go back?" Luo Yong asked again.
"..." Tian Chonghu looked up at him, grinned, and said nothing. In fact, he really had to go back empty-handed, and there was still some food to eat. Now his status at home is a little different. When he went back, he was hungry. Her mother had to get him some food, but it was definitely incomparable to the food made by Luo Sanlang.
Seeing him like this, Luo Yong had to cook food for him. He was a teenage baby who helped you run outside for two days. It was dark now before he returned to the village. It was so cold that he could have the nerve to ask someone to go back hungry?
At this time, there were no ingredients at home. Luo Yong beat two eggs and mixed some batter, and fryed two egg cakes for him. The lard was gone, just apply some sesame oil and just pull the only few garlic leaves left in the clay pot, and then apply some big sauce, which smells very fragrant.
When Tian Chonghu finished eating the egg cake with hot boiled water, Luo Yong sent him to the gate of the yard: "Do you want me to take you back?"
"Okay, you go back." Tian Chonghu waved his hand, and he had to give it to him with his small body.
"Then don't run on the road, the road surface should be frozen now." Luo Yong instructed.
"Oh." Tian Chonghu responded perfunctorily, rushed into the night sky, and disappeared in a few seconds.
Tian Chonghu only felt that Luo Sanlang was really nagging, but he didn't know what it would be like to see such a older child walking at night as a young man in the 21st century.
Tian Chonghu obviously did not take this matter into account. This is a generation gap that has crossed the entire fourteen centuries.
Tian Chonghu returned home and his parents had already fallen asleep.
It’s getting dark now. If you want to light an oil lamp, it will definitely cost you oil. People here basically use sesame oil when lighting the lamp at night. The vegetable oil they eat is usually sesame oil, which is the kind of sesame seeds used to weave cloth, the sesame seeds produced, and the oil fried.
"Brother, did you bring me food?" Tian Xianger got up and asked him for food when she heard the movement.
"No." Tian Chonghu said angrily. He knew how to eat.
"I can't even smell it." Tian Xiang'er tried hard to lean in front of her brother.
"I've finished eating." Tian Chonghu pulled her off her body in a few seconds.
"Why don't you leave me some..." Tian Xiang'er said in dismay.
"I'm hungry, so I'll give it all." Tian Chonghu sniffed and his tone calmed down a little.
"..." Tian Xiang'er stopped talking. Brother said he was hungry, so there was nothing he could do.
"You didn't have dinner today?" After a while, Tian Chonghu asked her again.
"Eat it." Tian Xianger hummed.
"What did you eat?" Tian Chonghu asked again.
"I ate the pancakes and rice porridge," said Tian Xiang'er.
"Then are you still hungry?" Tian Chonghu.
"Hungry." Tian Xiang'er.
The brother and sister were silent for a while, and then Tian Chonghu said to his sister: "You go to Luo Sanlang's house with me tomorrow."
"..." Tian Xiang'er stopped talking.
"I'll take you here, you can help Si Niang and the others. Do you know how to pick the wool? Let's see it again during lunch. If you don't have your share, I'll give you half." Tian Chonghu made such arrangements.
"Oh." Tian Xianger nodded and responded.
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At the Luo family, Luo Yong was packing up what he wanted to bring to the city the next day.
Since they want to enter the city, they must collect some wool. Tiantian Chonghu has done enough publicity in the city. When people in the surrounding villages receive news, they may have to sell wool. If they do not collect wool tomorrow, some people will be afraid that they will be in vain.
He took some fermented bean curd, soy sauce, and a small jar of soy sauce, and then took the simple rod scale he had just made. Unexpectedly, Tian Chonghu was useless, so he had to use it first.
In addition, I took some wool and wool, so I had to bring more money. It would definitely cost a lot of money to dye these wool.
After thinking about it these two days, he didn't feel that his dyeing technology could surpass contemporary professionals. The so-called hand-dyeing of grass and wood dyeing was originally something that later generations learned from ancient times, separated from modern industry, and dyed it in ancient times.
Since this is the case, he is now in the seventh century, so why should he go far and wide? It would be better to just pay for it and ask the Tang Dynasty people to help dye it. He has to rely on his own collection of dyes to explore techniques. He really doesn't know that he will have to wait until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse to dye it.
But this price must be low.
In the past, when watching TV movies, when talking about the Tang Dynasty, there was a group of flowers and green willows. It was said that the Tang people liked bright colors. When he really came here, he realized that the bright colors were rich people. In their countryside, most of the white cloths they wore were made of their own. If he could wear a blue robe like him, it would be more decent.
There are some people in Lishi County who wear colorful clothes, but the most common colors are indigo and ochre, because these colors of dyes are relatively easy to obtain. Even if there are a few bright colors occasionally, it is definitely not the eye-catching and stunning vulgar colors he has seen in some film and television works before, but the rich tones with full colors.
Such clothes are absolutely valuable. Even in the 21st century, when material conditions are extremely abundant, it would definitely cost a lot of money to collect so many natural dyes, such as petals, and dye a whole set of clothes with full and rich colors, not to mention in the seventh century.
The next morning, Luo Yong carried his things and went into the city. He didn't wait for a ride, so he walked.
Generally, at this time, most of the ox carts from their village to Lishi County are carried by cargo, and ox carts are not allowed to pass by at all times. They did not make an appointment with people in advance, so it was difficult to stand on the side of the road and wait stupidly.
Besides, his physique is much better than before, and the little thing he carries is not heavy. Let's go first. If he encounters someone's ox cart on the road, he can sit there.
Luo Yong was also lucky. Not an hour after leaving, he encountered a carriage that went to their village to buy tofu. When the carriage returned, he saw that he was still walking on the road, so he took him with him and told him to walk more than half the distance, and the speed was much faster.
After the last incident of Panhuo Kang, almost everyone in Lishi County knows Luo Sanlang.
When he arrived in Lishi County, Luo Yong first went to Qinji Soup and Cake Shop. The soup cakes mentioned at this time were actually noodles. Qinji Soup and Cake Shop has a large storefront, fair price and good taste, and the business has always been very good.
When Tian Chonghu collected wool in the city, he solved the food problem here. He would remember how much he ate first, and then Luo Yong would come to pay for him.
The soup cake shop has a total of five daughters, without a son. The first four daughters are married and the children are all quite old.
Currently, Qin Wuniang is in charge of business in the store. Qin Wuniang is now 25 or 26 years old, she is still unmarried, has a good craftsmanship, and she is very generous when doing business. She is also one of the best skills in Lishi County.
"Yeah, here you come? How much does this jar of sauerk cost?" When Luo Yong went over, Qin Wuniang was sitting in the hall peeling garlic.
"A liter of soy sauce costs five cents. This jar can hold more than five cents, which is counted as twenty-five cents." Luo Yong said and took out another small jar of soy sauce he brought: "A liter of soy sauce costs only three cents. I'll give you some of these first, and there's no charge."
"Then I'll thank Sanlang." Qin Wuniang happily packed the soy sauce and soy sauce and said, "Remember it first, and then calculate it at the end of the month."
"Okay." Luo Yong had no objection either.
After leaving Qinji Soup and Cake Shop, he went to Xueji Bufang, which is also the only place in Lishi County where dyeing cloth business can be used. Luo Yong dyed this time not the cloth, but the wool and wool. However, Xue Weng from the cloth shop said that it had nothing to do with it, and he could dye wool.
As for the color, Luo Yong was worried that the light color would look a little dirty and old, so he chose thick colors. The amount of wool was not large, so he only chose four colors, black, maroon, ochre and indigo. He chose more colors. If he wanted to make brightly colored wool felt carpets, it would be easier to match them in various ways. At the beginning, he could try a few smaller cushions first.
Xue Weng looked through the wool and wool he brought with him, and after calculating it in his mind, he said, "In this way, you can give him six hundred quotas."
Luo Yong paused: "I'll give 300 ounces as a deposit first?"
Xue Weng smiled and said, "If you have nothing to do, then give it half first."
Luo Yong quickly thanked: "So, thank you Mr. Xue."
“It will be picked up in ten days.”
"good."
Although Luo Yong has made some money recently, he has spent a lot of money. The coats on his brothers and sisters, the eggs he eats every day, and the meat he buys from time to time. Those are all costing money and food to get.
I finally saved a little, just to dye these wool, I almost saw the bottom of it... If I talk to Er Niang and the others after I go back, I don’t know what kind of distress she will feel, otherwise I’d better not say it, so as not to put them too much pressure.
While feeling worried in my heart, I walked towards the city gate.
Tian Chonghu has been collecting wool at an alley near the city gate recently. Everyone knows that if someone wants to sell wool, they will send it there. There is not much space left from Shixian County, and no one thinks it is troublesome. So Luo Yong is going there now.
"You little husband, I heard that there is a Xipo Village in Lishi County that produces a food called fermented bean curd, do you know?"
As soon as Luo Yong walked to the city gate, he was stopped by a coachman driving a carriage to ask for directions. When he looked up, he saw that the guy had a tiger-back and a bear-waisted waist, wearing a short brown collar, and a shaved beard.
"I know." Luo nodded, raised his hand and pointed in a direction: "Go out of the city and walk there, more than forty miles."
At this time, the door of the carriage was opened, and a young man in a robe and a square scarf poked out from inside. He asked Luo Yong: "Do you know Luo Sanlang from Xipo Village?"
Luo Yong nodded and said, "I am Na Luo Sanlang."
Hearing him say this, the strong man who drove the car suddenly burst into laughter: "Hahaha! What a coincidence! It turns out that you are the coffin board!"
Chapter completed!