Chapter 33 Little Pepper

"Uncle, why don't you look at the stalls and wander around here?" Shanzi said with a smile and then introduced, "This is Uncle Xu's daughter, Xing'er."

"Good job, third uncle." Xu Xinger quickly called someone.

"I saw it when I was a child, and I have grown so much?" Wu Laosan patted Xu Xinger's head, took out a thing from his arms, and stuffed it into her, "There is nothing good as a gift for meeting. Small things, take it to play with."

Xu Xinger took it and felt warm. She looked down and saw that it was a stone-carved puppy. It looked naive. The stone was generally white, with a little light yellow on the edge, which was just treated as the puppy's curly hair, but she couldn't see what the material was.

"How can this be, I..." Although Xu Xinger doesn't know the material, she saw that the sculptor was excellent and dared not accept it casually and refused repeatedly.

"It's not a valuable thing. I carved the stone by the river. I'll take it for you." Wu Laosan is obviously a cheerful person and refuses to take back the things he sent out. "Where's your fourth uncle? Didn't you come to the market?"

Xu Xinger stuck out her tongue and said, "I'm holding him to read at home, saying that he will go to the Xiucai exam next year!"

Wu Laosan laughed when he heard the words and said for a long time, "Your fourth uncle's mind is not on studying. What's the use of being so hard?"

Xu Xinger spread out her hands and said, "My milk has recognized something. Nine cows can't be pulled back, not to mention the scholar. If she thinks my fourth uncle is a reading material and asks him to take the top exam, my fourth uncle has to be obedient."

Wu Laosan raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and said to Xu Xinger, "It's interesting for you to talk. Come on, I have to go back and watch the stall and let Shanzi take you to play." With that, he grabbed the copper money from his purse and handed it to Shanzi and told him, "Take good care of your sister and don't bully people."

Shanzi took the copper money and said to Wu Laosan, "Do you think I am you? I have bullied other people's little girls since I was a child. How many people in the village came to complain to me? I'll remember all the milk for you!"

"Hey, you boy!" Wu Laosan stretched out his hand to fight.

"Thank you!" Shanzi took the copper money, grabbed Xu Xinger and ran away.

Xu Xinger asked curiously, "What is your third uncle's stall selling?" My stall is in the middle. Let's turn around and go there now. Anyway, it's not a hot commodity. It can't be sold so fast. Didn't you see him wandering around?" Shanzi was not in a hurry. He grabbed Xu Xinger's arm and helped her block the crowded people. "What do you want to see? There are some storytelling, singing and juggling in the east, livestock sellers in the west, miscellaneous things in the south, and grain, food and so on in the north.

"Then let's go to the north first." Xu Xinger is thinking about how to make money, and she is naturally not interested in juggling those things.

Shanzi thought that Xu Xinger was hungry. Because she didn't eat much breakfast, she didn't ask much and took her straight to the north.

Xu Xinger saw everything strange along the way. From time to time, she stopped to inquire about the price, and occasionally chatted with the stall owner with great interest, but she didn't buy anything. Fortunately, she knew that she was busy with business, and she didn't bother, and she didn't ask any exclusive news. In addition, most of the stall owners were nearby villagers, and they were loyal and honest. When she saw a little girl asking, she was quite kind.

Shanzi began to see her stop and quickly took out copper coins to ask her what she wanted to buy. Later, several times later, he saw that she had no intention of buying anything at all, so she stopped paying again and again.

After stopping more than a dozen times, Shanzi finally couldn't help asking, "Xing'er, what on earth do you want to buy?"

"Ah?" Xu Xinger was silently remembering the price he had just inquired about. She was interrupted by his speech, and her expression was a little stunned. She came to her senses and said, "I don't want to buy anything!"

"Then you asked all the way..." Shanzi seemed to think of something and looked at Xu Xinger and asked, "Do you want to do business?"

"Yes, I didn't tell you earlier." Xu Xinger nodded and continued to walk forward.

"I thought you were joking!" Shanzi scratched his head and followed her and asked, "What business do you want to do?" Do you have any capital? Can you do business? Business is not a joke. There are many ways!"

"You have so many questions. Which one should I answer first?" Xu Xinger looked around and responded carelessly. In a blink of an eye, she saw something and ran over quickly.

"Well..." Shanzi had no choice but to catch up with her quickly. If there is any problem, you can say it when you go back. You can't lose people here first.

Xu Xinger stopped in front of a pepper stall and squatted down to look at the peppers piled on the meadow. This is different from the peppers she usually eat. The peppers planted in the north are all peppers, which are big and thick.

When it is green, you can dip it in sauce or stir-fry it. When it turns red, you can chop the hot sauce or eat it as dried chili. But the pepper on this stall is only the size of an adult's finger, red and round, and looks very attractive.

When Shanzi saw that she even wanted to look at the peppers, she became more and more confused. She didn't know what this unreasonable girl wanted to do, so she had to squat down and watch her play with the peppers.

"Uncle, how did you sell this?" Xu Xinger looked over and asked.

"Two penny and one taels." The stall owner didn't say much, and the business in front of the stall was not good, but he didn't look down on Xu Xinger because she was a child. He stretched out two fingers to draw a gesture.

"Well, is it spicy? Can you try one?" Xu Xinger asked with a blink of her eyes.

"Try it, just don't cry." The stall owner continued to maintain his taciturn facial paralysis.

"Hmm." Xu Xinger picked up a pepper, broke it from the root, stuffed it directly into Shanzi's mouth, and then asked, "Is it spicy?"

Shanzi suddenly didn't react. When she heard whether it was spicy or not, she felt a burning feeling on her tongue, which instantly spread to the whole mouth. The saliva began to secrete uncontrollably, and her lips seemed to begin to thicken and become numb, swollen and hot.

"Bah!" Shanzi jumped up, spit out the pepper in his mouth, and even spit on the ground. The hot feeling in his mouth still lingered. His nose had begun to be sore, and his eyes were gradually moist...

Do you really want to cry? Shanzi shook his head repeatedly in his heart, which was too shameful.

Xu Xinger didn't expect the pepper to be so powerful, so she quickly turned out the water bag from the back basket of the mountain and gave it to him, "Quickly, rinse your mouth and don't swallow it."

Shanzi ran aside to rinse his mouth. Xu Xinger squatted in front of the stall and struggled with how much money she wanted to buy. She was afraid that she would not meet him after buying less this time. She asked entangledly, "Uncle, do you come to the market every time?"

"Let's see." The stall owner replied ambiguably.

Xu Xinger pouted when she heard this, looked over the copper money in her purse for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Then weigh me half a catty."

The stall owner picked up the scale and fiddled with it for a long time. He finally picked up several ropes, pinched some peppers, then narrowed his eyes and moved the scale for a long time. Finally, he looked at Xu Xinger blankly and asked, "Will you use the scale?"

"..." Xu Xinger looked at the stall owner speechlessly, took the scale, weighed half a catty of pepper, pulled off the pocket tied around her waist and poured it in, and then counted 16 cents of money and handed it over.

The stall owner took the copper money and returned another article. Seeing Xu Xinger's puzzled face, he was silent for a moment and said, "You weighed it yourself. I'll charge you a penny less."

"Uncle, you are so interesting. If you are predestined in the future, come back to buy your peppers." Hearing this, Xu Xinger couldn't help laughing and said that although the uncle's face was paralyzed and dull, he was not bad.

Shanzi rinsed his mouth with more than half a pot of water, and then drank the kettle in one breath. Then he recovered a little, but his tongue and lips were still very uncomfortable, as if they were swollen than usual.

"Brother Shanzi, are you all right? I'm really sorry. I didn't expect the pepper to be so spicy. Xu Xinger came up and apologized repeatedly, "Are you better now? I'll get you some more water."

"It's okay!" Shanzi waved his hand repeatedly to show that he was fine, but his words were very unfavorable. He had a feeling of a big tongue, "Why do you buy more peppers? It's so spicy that I can't eat it at all. I just licked it..."

When Shanzi said this, he suddenly felt a little ashamed and quickly explained, "I usually eat chili, but this chili is really..."

"I just want to buy such a spicy one." Xu Xinger spit out her tongue with some embarrassment. She knew that such pepper would be very spicy. She was afraid that she couldn't stand it, so she stuffed it into Shanzi, but she didn't expect it to be so spicy.

She saw that Shanzi's eyes were red, but she couldn't help feeling funny. She reached out and pulled his sleeve and tried to endure the smile and said, "Brother Shanzi, your lips are red."

Shanzi blushed when he heard the words, raised his hand to cover his mouth, and stared, "It's all your fault."

Xu Xinger smiled flatteringly at him and said, "My illness hasn't recovered yet. Didn't you say yesterday that you wouldn't let me eat spicy food? Didn't I listen to you!"

"I..." Shanzi did say such a thing and thought about it, "That's all. Fortunately, you didn't taste it yourself, otherwise I'm afraid you're really going to cry now."

"Brother Shanzi, I don't see why anyone sells pickles and pickles in the market, or don't we see them?" Seeing that Shanzi was not angry, Xu Xinger regained her spirit and looked around and asked.

"Everyone can make that thing. Most of them are made and eaten by themselves. Who will come out and sell it? Even if they sell it, no one will buy it." Shanzi said disapprovingly, "It's almost done here. Are you hungry? I'll take you to eat wonton.

Xu Xinger was pulled to the wonton stall by Shanzi, but her mind has turned to pickles. She remembers that there will always be a stall with more than 10 or 20 kinds of pickles in the market of later generations, which seems to be very popular.

After all, there are few kinds of people who can cook at home. It is rare to see anyone making more than a dozen jars of different kinds of pickles. If you want to eat something fresh, most of them still have to go out to buy, but I don't know if anyone in the city does such a business. If there is a chance, you'd better go to the city to have a look. That's it.