The five brothers divided their troops into five groups and headed straight towards the city. Rui Sheng strolled forward as if on an outing, wading through the grass on the side of the road with their feet to catch the big grasshoppers that were startled.

County C belongs to the Yellow River alluvial plain, with flat terrain and abundant water resources. Because the soil contains a large amount of yellow sand, it is a sandy land. Small streams and river forks can be seen everywhere on the roadside. There is more grass near the water. If there is too much grass, there are grasshoppers.

, crickets, frogs, insects and so on.

They hadn't walked for an hour yet, but Ruisheng had already carried three strings of grasshoppers, a long pole hook, a short and fat old man, and a flying general with big wings. It was best to catch the old man, this

The thing has grown a lot of flesh. It can't jump fast or fly. It can't be caught easily. It's difficult for the general to catch it. I found its traces and tiptoed to its side. I just stretched out my hand to catch it.

As soon as the wings were touched, they disappeared immediately. To catch the flying general, you had to bring a big broom with you. It would be easier to catch him with that one.

Ruisheng chased several flying generals for a long time, but failed to catch any of them. Ruisheng was so angry that he was so competitive that he picked up long weeds growing by the river, gathered them up in a bundle, and tied them up with a simple broom.

, not to mention, it is easy to use. With a broom, the flying general is at your fingertips.

At noon in June, the sun hung brightly in the sky, spreading the heat without hesitation. Ruisheng was sweating all over. He picked up the grasshopper skewers in his hand and counted them. Good guy, I didn't feel that this time,

I actually caught seven or eight skewers. Well, there is a big plate, which is almost enough to eat. I am also tired. After a while, I went home and asked my mother to put a skewer in the pot. The skewers were burnt and crispy. Not to mention how delicious it was. Of course, I used oil.

It tastes better fried, but my mother is so stingy that she is reluctant to put oil in cooking, and grasshoppers are definitely not willing to fry them.

Ruisheng was sweating profusely, so he untied his jacket, squatted by the stream and washed his face, then stood up and looked around, then found a shade tree to cool off for a while before leaving.

A shady place is good. It is close to the river. When the breeze blows, the sweat will go away after a while. Rui Sheng sat at the root of the tree and felt a little sleepy. He thought: Anyway, all the brothers have gone to look for it, so I am not the only one left.

, I will squint for a while before talking.

Ruisheng squinted his eyes and admired the beauty of the sky along the whirling leaves. The sky was so beautiful, blue and clean, and a few white clouds quietly changed their posture and floated slowly. But the sun was too dazzling, and he shed tears after just looking at it for a while.

It's about to flow out.

Ruisheng first found a big pile of dirt to suppress the grasshopper bunches. He finally caught them and ran away. Then he put the broom as a pillow. After cleaning up, he took off his coat and covered his stomach. It only took a while.

, he had already fallen asleep to meet Duke Zhou.

We finally arrived in the city. Ruifu rarely comes to the city to play. Firstly, there is no money in his waist, so there is no point in hanging around. Secondly, the distance between L Village and the city is not very close. It takes an hour to walk. Who always goes to the city if they have nothing to do?

Leaping.

Ruifu looked east and west, and everything seemed good. The big sesame cake looked delicious at first glance. It was a large arched vat, using coke. The skin of the freshly baked sesame cake was charred and crispy, with a layer of sesame seeds sprinkled on top.

The sweet aroma of sesame cakes can be smelled from eight feet away.

But it was much more fragrant than dried melon noodles. Ruifu swallowed hard, his eyes glued to the row of sesame cakes in the dustpan and he couldn't move his eyes away.

Ruifu is an adult, but he is embarrassed to stand in front of someone else's shop and stare at the sesame cakes without moving. It would be embarrassing if others saw him. He walked slowly past the sesame cake shop, secretly took several deep breaths, and

After the aroma fills your stomach, hold your breath and taste it for a while before spitting out the turbid smell.

After a few breaths, Ruifu became even more greedy and drooled. He put his hand in his pocket and dug out again, trying to pull out a dime out of thin air to buy a sesame seed cake to satisfy his craving.

Ruifu walked past the sesame cake shop, and not long after walking forward, he came across a large garbage dump. Ruifu's eyes lit up. When talking about mountains with others in the village, he often heard someone say, so-and-so was walking on the road picking up rubbish.

Buy something and get rich.

Ruifu thought, if there is something accidentally thrown out by someone in the garbage dump, wouldn't I be rich if I picked it up?

In the summer, the weather is hot, and mosquitoes and flies breed. As soon as Ruifu walked to the garbage dump, there was a "buzz" sound, and a layer of flies were frightened and flew up blackly. Not to mention, the stench from the garbage pile hit his face.

People who suffer from the smoke will have a headache, and the smelly water will flow freely.

Ruifu stood back and looked around the garbage pile again and again. He couldn't find anything valuable. He was a little unwilling. He pinched his nose and took a few steps closer and circled around the garbage pile.

Ruifu was lucky. He finally found a used toothpaste casing on the garbage pile. Ruifu's eyes lit up. Aluminum toothpaste casings can be sold for money. He stretched out his hand, but his arms were a bit short.

When he couldn't find it, Ruifu looked around, finally broke off a branch from the tree, and stood on tiptoes to pick out the toothpaste skin. With the harvest, Ruifu gained confidence and no longer disliked the smell. He used the branch to

After rummaging through the garbage, I finally collected a small pile of valuable items, including two toothpaste pods, a small roll of rusty wire, and a pack of broken glass, etc.

Ruifu picked up a few larger pieces of paper and wrapped these things. He thought about asking where the scrap collection station was. Wouldn't he get money by selling these things?

It’s better to say that Ruifu’s life was good. He was holding the things and asking around, really asking for the location of the scrap collection station. Ruifu walked happily all the way, and of course he kept his eyes on the roadside while walking. If this happens again

It would be better to pick something up.

Coming out of the buying station, Ruifu shook the mao tickets and steel coins in his hands, which amounted to 27 cents. Hahaha! Now that he was rich, Ruifu was elated and shouted in his heart: Big sesame cake, here I come!

"Bring me a sesame seed cake!" Sanfu was full of momentum, rich, willful, and had a loud voice.

"One cent." The sesame cake owner glanced at Ruifu with disgust and said to himself, "Who are you? You don't often bathe in the summer, so your body smells really bad."

"Here you go." Ruifu handed over the dime. The money cannot be spent all at once, and the rest can be used next time.

The Shaobing owner frowned and looked at Ruifu's big black hands. He couldn't put down the Shaobing he picked up: "I said, brother, can you still eat this Shaobing after you grab it with your hands?"

Ruifu looked at his hands and wiped them embarrassedly, but they were still dirty.

The sesame cake owner shook his head, looked around the shop, found a piece of paper, wrapped one corner of the sesame cake, and handed it to Ruifu: "It's ready."

"Thank you! Thank you!" Ruifu took the biscuits and thanked the boss. He took a bite and the strong aroma of the biscuits overflowed between his teeth. The crispy and delicious skin was coated with a thin layer of sugar syrup.

, the cake is fragrant and has a sweet aftertaste. The outer layer of sesame seeds has been roasted by fire, and the little bodies are swollen. When you bite it, it seems that the inside is full of sesame oil. The whole sesame cake is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a long aftertaste.

Many years later, Ruifu, who was seventy years old, always thought about it and felt that today's sesame cakes were the most fragrant and delicious sesame cakes he had ever eaten in his life.

Ruicheng and Rui Quan agreed to come. He went to the train station to look for him, and Rui Quan went to the bus station to look for him. The train station was a bit far, and the elder brother had to think about his younger brother. He who was tired should bear the burden himself, and the more relaxed one could be left to his younger brother.

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On the way to the train station, he passed by a large market. Ruicheng had wanted to come and have a look for a long time. For no other reason than He Xiaoxia said that after how many years of marriage, he had not even made a new piece of clothing, and even more so for his little girl, all the clothes on her body were worn out.

The adults couldn't wear them anymore so they took them apart and made them into smaller ones. The color was either black or old blue. The only two flowered gowns were made by the child's grandmother. The child liked them so much that they wore them all the time and the edges were washed.

, and as the children grow older, the clothes become smaller and smaller, and they will no longer fit in.

Thinking about it brings tears of bitterness. As soon as the money goes into the hands of parents, it goes into Pixiu's belly. You can't even think about taking out a cent. He and Xiaoxia discussed it privately and found a way to secretly save some.

It's a private house. When the time comes to buy something, just say it was given by Chunmei's grandma.

Turning the corner, various stalls lined the streets one after another. However, it was hot in the middle of the afternoon and it was not shopping time, so there were not many people buying things in the market.

Ruicheng walked directly to the cloth stall and picked out the colorful fabrics on the case. The stall owner was dozing there drowsily. He heard some movement in front of the stall, raised his eyelids and took a look, and saw that there were indeed customers coming.

He hurriedly wiped his saliva and said, "Brother, are you looking at the cloth?" Seeing that Ruicheng only looked at the flower cloth, he guessed that it was bought for a woman, and hurriedly recommended: "This flower is new, and it is really good when it comes out.

Thirty-five cents a foot, how about that?"

"Oh." Ruicheng calculated in his mind, it was 35 cents per square foot. Buying three square feet would cost you more than 1 yuan. It was too expensive. He looked at the materials next to him and said, "What about this one?"

"This is 30 cents per foot, made of pure cotton. Do you like it?" The boss looked at Ruicheng's face. Seeing that Ruicheng had no reaction and couldn't tell whether he liked it or not, she hugged another batch from the side.

Huabu introduced: "Brother, why don't you take a look at this and see if you can match it? This is a defective product printed in the factory. It only costs 20 cents per foot, or 60 cents to make a coat. Look at the quality.

"The boss grabbed both sides of the cloth and pulled it hard, and the cloth made a "bang bang" sound: "Look, it's not bad, if it weren't for the printing, it would be three or four cents per foot."

Ruicheng took the cloth and looked at it. To be honest, Ruicheng didn't know much about the color of the cloth, and he couldn't see where the printing was. However, without delay, he said with regret: "The cloth is not bad, it's a pity.

Already."

"That's right, otherwise you wouldn't be able to sell it for two cents!" The boss stroked the fabric and said, "Actually, printing is not a problem for those who are handy. When cutting the scissors, just remove the pattern.

When you go to the creaking nest, you can’t see any faults in the clothes made. What do you think, brother, how many feet are there? This cloth is selling out fast. If you don’t want it today, it will be gone in two days.”

Ruicheng was very excited. The patterns on the floral cloth were very beautiful. There were small floral prints on the pink background. It looked clean and transparent, which made people like him. But he had no money in his pocket, so he had to smile apologetically to the boss.

Then he reluctantly looked at the cloth in the boss's hand and said, "I have other things to do in the city today. I'll take a look first. I don't have any money. I'll come back to buy it later."

There was no money. The boss was discouraged. He sat down on the bench and said, "Then you can see for yourself."

After leaving the cloth stall, Ruicheng walked around the entire market. There was a dazzling array of products, including food, drink, and clothing. The only thing he didn't have was the lack of money in his pocket. Ruicheng, who had had enough of his eyesore, came to the train station and found himself in the waiting room.

After walking around in the small square of the train station, the 20-cent-a-foot floral cloth kept dangling in front of his eyes. Ruicheng wanted to go home quickly and discuss it with He Xiaoxia. What if it was sold out in two days?
Chapter completed!