Chapter 14 Niutou Town
Wu Ercheng was extremely afraid of her unreasonable manner, so he grunted, "What are you yelling for? It's embarrassing to yell at the door. I don't wanna talk with you!"
After saying that, he turned around and went into the house.
Tian Xiuniang looked at Chen Zhaodi again, and Chen Zhaodi hurriedly said, "I'm going out to dig wild vegetables, Xiuniang, are you coming?"
Liu Cuihua is not home today, but none of the family members dare to slack off.
If Liu Cuihua came back in the evening and knew that they didn't do anything at home for a day, she will definitely sort them out!
Wu family does not need loafers. If there should be one, it can only be Wu Xiyuan ......
"Let's go to the east today. It's said that the couple of Xiyuan went there yesterday and came back with a lot of wild vegetables dug up!"
Chen Zhaodi nodded, but she was also very worried.
It's true that her mother-in-law is in charge of the family now, but they are all part of the family. There are still wild vegetables to dig these days, but in a few days it will be colder and colder, and then there may not be any wild vegetables left, so what can they live on at that time?
If only they could dig up some potatoes, she thought to herself.
Potatoes are easy to preserve and are filling, but the places in the mountains where potatoes often grow have been searched for by many people, so even if they went there, they might not be able to find them.
Su Jiuyue and Liu Cuihua was walking to the town fair. Previously, there was cattle cars specially for this market in the village on the day of the fair, and the villagers only needed to pay two Daqians to get on the car to the town.
But now there are few families who can afford to keep large animals, so they have to walk to the town.
Fortunately, the two are accustomed to doing heavy work, so they can easily handle the 10-mile road. They only took two breaks and then arrived at the town.
The town of Niu Tou is the largest town in the vicinity of 50 miles, so even it's a struggling year, people here are still incessant.
The city gate is also about a hundred years old, the cracks in the stone walls are crawling with dying weeds, and a dusty boulder, on the top of the gate, is engraved with the three big Chinese characters "Niutou Town". The strokes of it are strong and powerful, but it's a pity that most of the people who come and go here can't read.
When they arrived at the entrance of the city, there was already a long line outside.
Su Jiuyue is a bit curious, "Mother, how come there is a line to enter the city now?"
After hearing this, an old man in front of them looked back and sighed, "The worse the year is, the heavier the tax will be. Now even the entrance to the town is charged, three Daqians per person!"
Speaking of this, he looked at Su Jiuyue and said to Liu Cuihua, "Sis, it's not a wise choice to bring your children here, cuz the town is now charging by the number of people. Not to mention a girl as old as her, even if it's a baby in swaddling clothes, you still have to pay three Daqians!"
Three Daqians, not too much, not too little, at least it can be used to buy three large steamed breads.
Su Jiuyue frowned, "Mother, or I just wait here for you to come out?"
By saying this, she was about to go out of the line, but was dragged by Liu Cuihua, "You kid, where are you going? I have a lot of things to buy, if you do not follow, how can I take it alone?"
After hearing this, the old man at the front stopped saying anything.
At least he has said what he should say, whether the other person is willing to pay the three Daqians, it's not his business.
The soldiers stationed at the city gate were holding big swords and spears, so even though the residents were discontented, no one dared to mess up.