20demayo Chapter 23 Educated Youth of the 7s 23
Chapter 23 Educated Youth of the 7s 23
"Dong dong dong."
"Brother Yuan Xi, we are here, are you at home?"
The child laborer he hired for candy came over. Yuan Xi opened the door, and there were about ten children outside, ranging from four to five years old. Their clothes were full of patches, and their feet were wearing shoes that exposed their toes. They had yellow faces and thin muscles.
Most of these are children from several families in the village who are in relatively poor conditions. A small number of people whose families are in better condition have better-looking faces and fewer patches on their clothes.
Tiedan's family only consists of his grandmother and mother. His grandmother is a widow, his mother is also a widow, and they have a younger brother. The family of four lives in poverty. There are village cadres in charge, and no one in the village bullies their family, but secretly there are still many people who dislike their family, saying that their family is a 'widow's family', and do not allow their children to play with Tiedan and his family.
The children of the poor are in charge early.
Tiedan knew how to share the family's worries at a young age, and took the initiative to bring his younger brother Tiezhu door-to-door to sell firewood.
Thinking of the scene that day, Yuan Xi really felt that as long as this child didn't grow crooked, he would definitely have a future.
He touched Tiedan's clever little head as before and asked, "Do you want candy or money this time?"
Yuan Xi received firewood at a penny per basket, or paid in candies of the same price.
Tiedan and his younger brother sold five baskets of firewood on the first day and got five cents. His grandmother and mother came to thank him the next day and wanted to get part of the money back. If Xu Wenjie hadn't worked out the situation at that time, the four of them would have lost this extreme pull.
Later, the village chief came and made the final decision.
From then on, Tiedan and his younger brother collected firewood every day, starting with five baskets and earning at most 10 cents a day.
After a few days, other people in the village also knew about this. The team of collecting firewood gradually expanded, and Yuan Xi also refused to come. It was simple to collect firewood for the winter. The shed for storing firewood in the yard was expanded twice, and finally the firewood shed was expanded twice. The firewood for the village chief's house has been packed.
"One piece of candy, and the rest can be exchanged for money." Tiedan glanced at his brother and decided to exchange it for a piece of candy.
This was his first time exchanging candy, and Yuan Xi looked at it twice in surprise. He went to the house and got a pack of toffee, put a candy in Tiedan's hand, and then took four cents from his pocket and gave it to him.
I exchanged candies or money for these children one by one. Some of the quick ones had already opened the packages and stuffed them into their mouths. The sweet candies melted in their mouths. They narrowed their happy eyes and fully experienced the good taste in their mouths.
Tie Zhu drooled when he looked at the candy, and the desire in his eyes almost overflowed. He was also sensible and didn't clamor for anything. He obediently waited for his brother's assignment.
Tiedan returned home, soaked the toffee in a kettle, and poured four bowls of sugar water, one for each person.
"Brother, it's so sweet and delicious."
"Tie Zhu drinks slowly, brother will change another one tomorrow."
"Really? Brother is so kind."
The two adults felt distressed and moved. They shared a bowl with tears and refused to drink the rest, leaving it to the two children.
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Ever since Yuan Xi and others announced that they wanted to exchange local products from the mountain, Zhou Mao also tried his best to contact several villagers in the village who had limited household registration.
Several people came to the door with items to trade.
This matter was discussed with the village chief. Zhou Mao kept some for food at home and took the rest next door to Yuan Xi to exchange money for tickets.
"Brother Mao, what do you want to change?" Yuan Xi asked, looking at the bags of mountain products on the table.
There are many kinds, such as black fungus, wild chestnut, pecan, white fungus, pine nut... everything is available, which shows that Zhou Mao often goes to the mountain frequently.
Zhou Mao hesitated for a moment, but first exchanged the two meat coupons that he had longed for, and the rest for three feet of cloth coupons, a pound of brown sugar, and five yuan.
Others also exchange as needed.
Both sides felt they had taken advantage. To the villagers, mountain goods are picked up from the mountains and are not valuable at all. Being able to exchange them for so many things is a surprise; to Yuan Xi, this is an authentic mountain product. The price will continue to rise in the future. It is so cheap now. Don’t hurry up and stock up some, since they won’t go bad if you put them in space.
Xu Wenjie and the other three just bought some and sent them home and then stopped. Yuan Xi was more exaggerated. He exchanged half of the mountain goods in the village.
The reason why I only exchanged half of it was because I got a lot of wild goods after signing in the next day, and this happened every day in the next few days, not only in Beijiang Province, but also in Daxia Kingdom. For a whole month, Yuan Xi had been confused by the so-called souvenirs. Now he felt at ease, and the things he got by signing in became diverse and full of surprises.
Yuan Xi also verified the rules of this sign-in system. The items obtained were closely related to his situation and inner thoughts. For this reason, he specifically asked Wuba the reason, but Wuba couldn't explain clearly. He only said that he was lucky and was favored by the heaven in this world.
The items in the sign-in system are all provided by Tiandao in this world, just like drawing a blind box. The items that have existed in the long years of Tiandao consciousness are all prizes in the blind box. What you can draw depends on the individual. Luck, and the way of heaven in this world, may or may not please you. The latter is obviously more important. If you like it, open a back door and eliminate the useless items, and the rest will be lost. If you don't like it, this will usually not happen, and it is basically ignored.
Wuba also reminded him quietly that he should take advantage of the opportunity to collect wool. After passing this village, there would be no such shop.
Yuan Xi remembered that in his previous life, he always won every draw. Others said he was lucky, and he felt the same way. His parents were Dink when they were young, and his mother got pregnant and gave birth to him when she was in her fifties. They always said that she was a baby given by God. That doting energy means that he has a pure and kind nature, otherwise he wouldn't know what he would be like. Before, he regretted that the two of them died just a few years after graduating from college and being filial to their parents. Now he thought about it, it was better for them to go ahead, otherwise it would be so sad for the white-haired person to give away the black-haired person.
Thinking about it, he seems to be really lucky. Even if he is unfortunately hit and killed, he is bound to the system as a blessing in disguise and can survive and live for a long time.
Most of the mountain products Yuan Xi bought in the village were sent to the capital, and a small portion was kept in the cellar and kitchen, waiting for He Liang to show off his skills.
Pine nuts also took the place of melon seeds, and I took them out to eat while chatting.
It snowed heavily overnight.
The firewood in the kang had burned out during the night, and the remaining warmth could not withstand the cold weather. The cold air from outside penetrated into the house. Under the layers of quilts on the kang, a small head silently shrank into the quilt. He shrank until he was completely hidden under the quilt.
For a while, it seemed that he was having trouble breathing, and he stretched out again. Yuan Xi breathed in the fresh air outside the bed, choked on the cold air, and coughed several times. There was movement outside the door, the sound of He Liang getting up early to add firewood.
"Yuan Xi, wake up. It snowed heavily last night. Please wear more clothes when you go out."
"Okay, are you adding firewood?"
"There wasn't enough firewood left last night. After burning it, I was woken up by the cold early in the morning. I woke up just in time to boil some hot water."
Yuan Xi and He Liang shared a fire wall, and the kangs in the two rooms were next to each other. There was a stove for adding firewood outside the house. He Liang was busy working, the firewood burned brightly, and the temperature in the room gradually increased.