In the evening, the women brought out the prepared meals and placed them on tables set outside the courtyard. There are not many kinds of food, but fortunately the portions are very generous, and there are meat, fish, and vegetables, which is very rich!
The men who had walked a long way sat down in their seats without waiting for greeting, and the men from other families also sat down separately. At this time, Badan first opened a jar of wine and poured himself a bowl, and then passed the jar around so that they could pour the wine themselves.
After everyone had poured themselves wine, he picked up the wine bowl and said loudly: "My brothers, you have worked hard for coming here! You can rest assured to eat, drink and rest tonight, we will be responsible for the vigil! Come on, Let us eat and drink happily!"
His words caused a burst of cheers, and then everyone raised their glasses and toasted each other enthusiastically, and then started eating and drinking, everyone was very happy! Especially those Miao men who came from far away were eating food and drinking wine! They need enough food to relieve the fatigue from the journey!
And they don’t have to worry about goods because they have already formed a symbiotic relationship with the local Miao and Yi people. While they were in town, the locals were responsible for guarding the goods. Even their accommodations are scattered among various homes!
The happy night passed, and it was long after the sun rose the next day that Jiayin got up from the bamboo bed. Although he had adapted to this kind of life, the fatigue from the long journey still made him sleep for a long time. But when he walked into the yard, he smiled when he heard the snoring coming from other rooms. He knew that he was the first to get up!
Hearing the sound of him moving, Badain's wife walked out of the kitchen. When she saw Cain, she said happily: "Gain, you're up! Why don't you sleep a little longer?"
Jiayin moved his arms and said, "Auntie, I was just carrying a backpack and baggage along the way. I wasn't as tired as they were when pushing the cart, so naturally I got up earlier!"
Badan's wife waved to him repeatedly and said, "Now that you're up, come and have something to eat! Breakfast has been prepared long ago. I know you can't get up. It's been kept warm by the fire on the stove!"
As soon as Jiayin heard the word "eat", he immediately felt hungry! He immediately walked into the kitchen quickly, and just as the woman opened the lid of the pot, a burst of heat steamed out, revealing a large pot of steaming white rice! This kind of white rice is only eaten when they arrive in Canada and during the New Year. It is a very luxurious food!
Jiayin's eyes lit up when he saw the white rice. He immediately picked up the shovel next to him and filled a large bowl for himself. He then took the large bowl handed over by the woman, took out a few large pieces of pickles from it and placed it on the rice, and then sat down. It tastes sweet on the edge of the door!
After a big bowl of rice went into his stomach, Jiayin finally became energetic! After saying goodbye to the woman, he slowly walked towards the pier in the north of the town. In the past, when he came to Donglai Town, he spent his free time here dozing off every day. After all, the current sailing technology is not perfect, so it is possible for a ship to arrive late or arrive early.
Cain came to the dilapidated pier, found the tree where he always stayed, lay down comfortably and dozed off. He slept until noon. He looked up at the sun that had just moved past its zenith, stretched hard and prepared to go back to find some food.
But when he looked towards the lower reaches of Wujiang River, he found that there seemed to be a vague shadow of a sail! So he immediately became energetic, ran quickly to the pier, rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, and found that there was indeed a ship going up against the current!
This discovery immediately excited him! Although all the ships have the same appearance, Kain feels that this ship is his brother's ship! So he decided not to go back to eat, but to wait here for the boat to approach.
But sailing against the current is so easy! He waited for a full hour before the ship came closer. And as the shape of the ship became clearer, Gain was finally sure that this was his brother's ship!
So when he estimated that the people on the boat could hear him shouting, he jumped on the dock and shouted loudly! As the sound was carried to the ship by Jiang Feng, there was a reaction on the ship soon! A man stood on the bow of the boat and looked at him. After listening carefully to his call, he began to wave enthusiastically in response! Two good friends finally meet again!
Soon the ship docked at the pier. Before the ship could stop, Gain jumped onto the ship and hugged the young man tightly! Then he said: "You were on time this time, Li Dayu!"
The sturdy young man from the Han family said seriously: "How many times have I said this? Now I am changing my name, not Li Dayu, but Li Changshou! You can't change it! Remember to call me Li Changshou!"
Jiayin said happily: "Okay, Li Dayu!"
Li Changshou covered his face helplessly! His friend is like this, smart, but persistent, and famously stubborn! But before he could speak, Caiyin stamped his feet on the deck and said, "I see your boat is very light. Didn't you bring the goods I wanted?"
When Li Changshou heard this, he immediately said: "I did not bring you any goods this time, because I exchanged all your goods for money! And I also brought my money, ready to hand it over to you. A big deal!"
When Jiayin heard this, he was happy and said, "Really? What kind of big deal is this, and you have to take all your money?"
Li Changshou smiled pretending to be mysterious, then opened his mouth and said, "Salt!"
When I heard the pronunciation of this word, my expression immediately changed! Then he said loudly: "We can't do this business! Those salt sellers are very powerful, we can't defeat them! Even you and your sailors can't do it!"
Li Changshou burst out laughing, and then said, "My brother, you don't know that the world outside has changed a lot! Do you know how much salt costs per pound now?"
Jiayin seemed to feel something and immediately asked, "How much?"
Li Changshou stretched out his palm and waved it in front of his eyes, saying, "Fifty-five cents per pound of salt!"
When Jiayin heard this, his eyes felt dizzy, and then he asked as if he didn't hear clearly, "How much? How much? Did I hear it correctly?"
Li Changshou laughed and said, "My brother, you heard it right, it's really fifty-five cents!"
At this time, Jiayin was completely surprised and speechless, because he knew the price of salt very well! Because they are located inland, it is very troublesome to transport salt, so the price of salt is very high! Even if they have the Wujiang River here and ships carrying salt can still transport it in, the price of salt has reached 270 yuan per catty! If it can be transported to the mountains, it will not be difficult at all to sell it for 500 wen per catty!
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