C13 (1/2)

”Yes, beautiful elder sister. Do you want to buy firewood?”

”Yes, but where is your firewood? ”You're not allowed to coax me.” The wife looked to be around fifteen or sixteen years old. She had only been married for a short time, so her face was a little thin.

The daughter-in-law nodded and turned to walk to her left side. ”Let me see how your firewood looks like. If it's rotten, it won't burn.”

”Alright, if you're so good at doing business at such a young age, what will happen in the future? ”How much are you selling this firewood? My family wants them all.”

She said this apparently after careful deliberation.

Liu Dao Xiang thought, this firewood was something she did not need to spend her money on, it was just a slight delay, after calculating for a bit, she said: ”I will not hide it from this sister, today's market will sell for 6 copper coins each, and, their firewood will not be delivered to our doorstep yet.”

”Six copper coins each?” The wife was a bit hesitant. There were a total of six burdens, which meant they had thirty-six pieces of money.

For an average family, it was not a small amount. It was enough for them to exchange it for three catties of rice.

”This sister, who told the heavens to not open their eyes! ”The firewood right now is worth this price. Look at the sky, I'm afraid it's going to rain for a few more days.”

Liu Dao Xiang had asked around yesterday, and during the spring in Lianshan Town, it had basically been raining for two months. It had only been a month, which meant that she still had the chance to sell more firewood.

”It's cheaper, thirty-six pieces of paper is really a bit too much.”

”Good elder sister, this really isn't much. How about, you take less and I sell it to the other neighbors. I'm sure they also lack firewood for cooking.”

At this moment, the woman came out. ”Why haven't you bought it yet?”

”Mother, there are six loads of firewood here, for a total of thirty-six pieces of money.” The woman answered in a low voice.

When the old woman heard this, she narrowed her eyes and looked at her daughter-in-law. She said, ”Buy it first. As for the firewood, don't forget that the shop where your father-in-law works also needs firewood.”

Liu Dao Xiang looked at the old granny in surprise. The old granny smiled and said: ”If you send more dried wood here, I will charge you the same price. I calculate that I still lack twenty buckets.”

”Twenty?” And that was 120%. To Liu Dao Xiang, who was so poor that only had a rotten set of clothes, this meant that she could secretly buy some white noodles to stealthily cook and fill her stomach.

”Well?” Seeing her lower her head in silence, the old woman continued, ”Our old man's boss needs a large amount of firewood every day, so you should just send this number. Of course, you should only wait for the spring rain.”

”Deal, every two days, call my dad to send it over.”

”Sure, I'll be at home around the clock.”

Liu Dao Xiang guessed that this old lady was trying to earn some money, but she did not expose her reason for doing so. She could not earn enough money in this world, she did not have that kind of method, so she might as well earn some money from this old lady.

That old woman straightforwardly gave her thirty-six pieces of money, then told her daughter-in-law to carry the firewood back to the house.

Liu Dao Xiang was a good girl, hence when her aunt called out to her, she also carried a few bundles of firewood with them and stayed until the six bundles were all carried into the house. Seeing that it was getting late, she quickly dismissed this old woman and went out.

”Little girl, my surname is Zhang, and I am called Zhang Zi. Let me try, if the firewood is good, when you return, there might be a surprise.”

Zhang Zi's words caused her eyes to light up, and she immediately smiled while thanking her.

After leaving the two, she ran back to the poultry shop, thinking that she should go back home and gather more firewood as soon as possible.

When she went there, there were still two people selling firewood. She estimated that the humidity of the firewood was very high and that it required a lot of talent, but it was still raining every day, so she didn't know how long it would take to dry it. Those who could come out to buy firewood were probably from families that were running out of firewood to cook.

She first asked around, all the chicken cubs here were basically worth fifty yuan each, and for some reason, Liu Dao Xiang did not know why they were so expensive.

When the chicken seller heard this, he smiled and said, ”Little girl, you don't understand. When this hen holds an egg, only half of the eggs are bad. The hatched chickens can't be guaranteed to only live.

Liu Dao Xiang knew that Lianshan Town's eggs were worth one and a half taels, according to him, these chicken eggs were not expensive.

When she saw that an aunt had also squatted down to pick out the chickens, she asked embarrassedly, ”Auntie, I wanted to ask if I could pick out some good chickens. My mother told me to buy them, but I was too happy to come to town, so I forgot to ask her.”

When the aunt heard this, she smiled and picked out a chicken from the bamboo basket, saying: ”Good chick cub s are very moving, and look at their watery eyes, they look very strong, and these yellow fur are also very clean, and look at the chicken, it's not white anymore, and when I touch its stomach, it's very soft, meaning that the chick cub is not bad.”

Hearing that, Liu Dao Xiang picked up a small chicken and stared at it …

The aunt's chick cub s had already been picked out and paid for, but Liu Dao Xiang still did not move from her position.