Chapter 18: Sugar & Blush

On the fourth day of coming to this world, Qu Qing finally ate meat for the

first time. When the taste of the meat spread in his mouth, he was so moved

that he almost shed tears on the spot \- it was delicious! !

After finishing their lunch, Qu Qing and his party were about to continue to

carry their hoes to farm the fields. As soon as they walked to the door, they

saw a trader with a pole carrying a big push in the distance. His eyes lit up

and he immediately called someone to come over. .

"Are you closing your hair?"

The trader raised his head and glanced at Qu Qing's strange bald-headed

appearance, and said in a warm tone, "Yes, brother, how many do you have?"

"Wait." Qu Qing said two words, turned around and entered the room to find the

neatly arranged and clean hair, and handed it to the salesman.

The seller weighed it in his hand, and held a price. Qu Qing glanced at Hua

Zizhou and saw his ignorant expression. Qu Qing guessed that he probably

didn't know the price of the hair, but it was also, after all, in ancient

times, no one would cut it. What about selling hair?

He and the merchant tried to communicate and raised the price. After a few

times, he finally sold his hair for three hundred pennies. The merchant was

about to leave when Qu Qing said, "Wait, do you have a sewing box in here? Are

there any vegetables?"

The little guy was only seventeen or eighteen years old. Seeing that there was

business, he immediately became more enthusiastic, put down his burden, and

took out things in turn: "I have it, cabbage, radishes, peppers, coriander,

cucumbers, what do you want."

Qu Qing looked at the things he was selling. There were combs, needles,

hairpins and other items for women. On the other side were candies and

groceries, and asked, "How much is a pack?"

"Three cents for a needle and thread box, and one penny for a bag of

vegetables."

Qu Qing made a secret comparison in his heart, and found that the 300 wen he

got from selling his hair was a huge sum of money at present, so he chose a

few favorite vegetables to buy one package, and another one. Box of needle and

thread.

When he came here, he found that some of his clothes were torn with small

holes. When he wanted to mend it, he rummaged through the shabby thatched hut

and could not find any needles and threads for mending clothes, so he had to

wear the ragged clothes and dry for a few days. Tianhuo, as for vegetable

seeds, he thought that he couldn't always find wild vegetables, and he wanted

to try growing some vegetables himself.

There are also many other gadgets for children to play with. Next to it, Hua

Zizhou, Jiang Zhu and Qu Xin are all interested in looking around the goods

sold by the merchant.

Qu Qing noticed that their behavior was very orderly, but they just watched,

but they didn't reach out to touch it. I don't know if it was because they

knew they couldn't buy it, so they didn't dare to touch it.

Undoubtedly, the novelty and love in their eyes are very strong, so strong

that if Qu Qing were rich, he might buy the entire stall of the merchant for

them to play with.

Qu Qing flipped through the businessman's stuff, and his eyes couldn't help

but stay on a small round mirror. He picked it up and looked at it. He was a

little sad to find that he had only been here for four days and it turned

black. The small glass mirror in his hand, to be honest, as a person who pays

more attention to his appearance, he really wanted to buy it, but he had to

give up after asking the price. This kind of thing is not very useful at

present, although it is not very expensive, but Qu Qing Now I don't dare to

use money indiscriminately. After all, the ghost knows when he is sick and

needs money. He has no stable source of income now.

"Daddy, there's candy..."

Suddenly, Qu Xin's longing voice came from beside him. Qu Qing looked up and

saw Hua Zizhou nervously telling Xiao Qu Xin to shut up and stop talking

nonsense.

Hua Zizhou didn't want Qu Qing to think that he and Qu Xin were greedy people

who couldn't make a living. Facing Qu Qing's gaze, he hurriedly explained to

the kitten, saying that he didn't want to eat it, but the child was just

curious to take a look. .

In fact, how could he not want to eat? Even Hua Zizhou wanted to eat to death.

From childhood to adulthood, he only ate candy a few times when his father was

still alive when he was a child. Later, his father died in the battlefield and

his family became poor. , He was annoying again, so he never ate candy again.

The only time his sister got married was when he got two candies, which he

then shared with the cat.

In fact, when I think about it carefully, the kitten, who is now four years

old, has only eaten candy once.

Qu Qing looked at Hua Zizhou, and saw that although he refused very firmly, he

couldn't help looking at the candy wrapped in colored oil paper, and swallowed

very slightly, while Jiang Zhu next to him was much more straightforward.

Watching the candy and snacks in the shopkeeper's basket and drooling, don't

make the sound too obvious.

Seeing that the three of them were obviously greedy, but none of them took the

initiative to ask for it, they were a complete mess.

Qu Qing has never lived much since he was a child, and it can almost be said

that in his life before the age of eighteen, his food, clothing, housing and

transportation were the better ones among his peers. In childhood and youth,

what he wanted, There is almost nothing to get, so he doesn't understand why

they have such a strong desire for candy, but it's just ordinary candy.

Is it because you don't have it that you want it so much?

Just when the three of them reluctantly left to get the farm tools, Qu Qing

asked the merchant who was about to leave: "How do you sell candy?"

"A penny and two."

It's really expensive, and it only costs a penny to buy seeds.

Even so, Qu Qing bought six cents directly, neither too much nor too little,

but the willing trader was still a little surprised, after all, looking at Qu

Qing, he was so poor that he shaved his hair and sold it, a mirror of five

cents. They were reluctant to buy them, but in the end they were willing to

spend six cents on candy, which is incredible.

In Qu Qing's hand, there are only a large handful of twelve candies, and it

feels extraordinarily precious to hold. Obviously, when you want to eat candy

in modern times, you won't feel this way with a few pounds of candy in your

hand.

After the checkout, the merchant left, and the six eyes stared at the candy in

his hand and couldn't move. They couldn't help but guess in their hearts,

would he have one of the candies in his hand?

Seeing their cute and dumb children's actions, Qu Qing couldn't help but want

to laugh, and then deliberately moved the candy in his hand to the left and

right, and found that the eyes of the three people in front of him also

followed the candy left and right.

Hua Zizhou seemed to be able to hold back some of his own desires, but the

saliva of the other two little puddings was almost dripping on the ground. Qu

Qing teased them for a while, and before he was about to be drowned in saliva,

he closed his hands in time and smiled. , and solemnly distributed the candy

to the hands of three people in turn and evenly.

"First, Xiao Quxin, four, then Jiang Zhu, come, you also have four, and then

Hua Zizhou, you want to eat it too, the saliva comes out, then, take it." It

is the vision of kindergarten teachers.

Hearing that he was drooling, Hua Zizhou was so frightened that he quickly

touched his mouth, only to realize that what Qu Qing had just said was teasing

him.

Seeing that Hua Zizhou clearly wanted to eat but was still planning to refuse,

Qu Qing grabbed his hand and put the candy in his palm, not giving him the

slightest chance to refuse.

Hua Zizhou's face was a little red, and seeing that Qu Qing's palm was empty,

he stammered: "It's all given to us, what do you... eat? You should eat it, I

don't want it."

Hua Zizhou counted the remaining two hundred and ninety pennies in his pocket,

and felt the sense of security brought by the heavy copper coins. As he walked

into the room, he said casually, "I have had tooth decay, and I don't like

sugar. I just bought it for you, take it to eat, uh, I don’t have much money

now, so I buy less, don’t dislike it.”

He went in to get the seeds, then looked around the house for places where he

could hide money, and when he looked around, it seemed that only the wooden

box for clothes was more suitable for hiding money, so he put all the money at

the bottom of the box, and when he turned around, he saw Several people stood

at the door staring at themselves in surprise, their eyes were not right.

Qu Qing scratched his head and asked hesitantly, "Shouldn't I put it here?"

"No," Jiang Zhu pointed at him in disbelief, "Why don't you hide money behind

someone else's back?"

"I have my back to you." Qu Qing's words made Jiang Zhu angry. In fact, Qu

Qing certainly knew what Jiang Zhu meant. After closing the box, he stood up

and said to them, "Don't think about it, because I believe in you, so I don't.

You need to be on guard, you will not live up to my expectations of you,

right? Besides, this money is not earned by me alone, it is not my money, it

is our family's money, understand."

Feeling a little numb in his words after speaking, Qu Qing rubbed the goose

bumps on his arms and locked the door: "Okay, okay, I'm going to the fields,

there is still a lot of work to do."

On the way to the field, Qu Qing clearly felt that the younger two were

jumping and jumping, and the older Hua Zizhou, although restrained, could also

feel that his footsteps were a lot lighter. What I said just now was because I

had sugar, so I was in such a good mood.

But the children here are really easy to satisfy.

Qu Qing didn't realize that he had unknowingly regarded Hua Zizhou as a child

who had not grown up.

Looking at the small group of people following her buttocks, Qu Qing had a

strange feeling in her heart. She had only known them for a week, and Jiang

Zhu, who came last, had only been here for twenty-four hours. In between,

there is a feeling of intimacy and familiarity, just like a real family.

Is this the fate of the legend?

Thinking jumped, he suddenly remembered something important, so he turned his

head and asked the only two adults behind him: "Zizhou, do you know how much a

cow costs?"

When Qu Qing spoke to Hua Zizhou, Hua Zizhou couldn't help being nervous, his

entire back froze, and he said dryly, "I heard the words of the calf,

Sanguanqian is on the left and right."

"How much money is there consistently?"

Hua Zizhou thought it was a bit strange for him to ask this, but he answered

honestly: "One thousand pennies is equal to consistent money."

"How many taels of silver is the usual money?"

Jiang Zhu couldn't bear it anymore, and said with disgust, "Why are you so

stupid, you don't even know that? Money is always a tael of silver."

Qu Qing was not at all right, and said with a candid face: "I used to be a

prostitute, and I spent a lot of money. This kind of consistency has never

been taken seriously before."

When he said this, several people remembered that the only big brick house in

the village was defeated by Qu Qing, and immediately believed his words. Said

to be a few hundred taels.

Qu Qing calculated in his mind that only three thousand yuan could buy a calf.

It seemed that he was still far away from buying a calf. His heart ached, and

he complained depressedly why he didn't wear it back to the time when the

original owner was not prosperous.

When he arrived in the field, Qu Qing suddenly realized that something was

wrong: "Where's the candy I just gave you? It's all over so quickly? Why

didn't I seem to see you peel it off?"

Xiao Qu Xin hesitated for a while before answering: "I... can't bear to eat

it, so I'll wait to save it for my father's birthday and the Chinese New

Year."

Hua Zizhou whispered next to him: "Candy is very precious, let's keep it for

the New Year and the festival."

Jiang Zhu also lowered his head and said, "I also keep it for later."

He thought that he had no father, and in the future this kind of thing can't

be wanted like before, so he saved it.

Qu Qing looked at these half-sized people who were reluctant to eat two

candies, and couldn't tell what it was like.

He walked over and took out a candy from Xiao Qu Xin's pocket, opened it and

ate it for him, then stared at the other two, threatening: "Eat it, or wait

for me to feed them one by one."

Hua Zizhou's ears turned red, and he hurriedly took out the candy, peeled it

off, and put the candy in his mouth.

Seeing this, Jiang Zhu also took it out and ate it.

Qu Qing felt a little more comfortable now, and said to a few people: "If you

store it and put it away, it's not worth buying. If you like it, I'll buy it

for you next time the seller comes."

He turned around and continued digging, swearing in his heart that he must

find a way to make money, otherwise the day would be too sad, grass.

Qu Qing didn't know yet that he bought candy for everyone, but the only thing

he didn't do was to buy it for himself, which moved the people behind him.

If they knew modern songs, they would definitely match Qu Qing with "My Old

Father" in their hearts.

Qu Ting wanted to hit someone.

The author has something to say: today's update is extraordinarily long, there

are wood and wood

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