Chapter 15
This morning the weather is very good. The rain that had been falling all day and night yesterday had stopped. Ji Jiu thought that the mountain road must be muddy. So she thought about washing the clothes to dry first and then going into the city to buy meat and chicken. In case I'm lucky today and have some vegetables to sell, if I don't have Ji Jiu, I'll buy mung bean seeds and grow bean sprouts to eat.
Completing his morning duties, Ji Jiu walked along the edge of the stream out of the village into the district. Today, Ji Jiu is still dressed shabbily as usual. Her purse was carried in the chest of her shirt to keep it from falling out. Ji Jiu walked up to the district and grabbed his wallet like a paranoid person. She brought all the bills. As for the lump sum, only two taels and the remaining 150 were reserved. E-pae from last time
Today she felt that there were many more people in the district than last time. She was passing by to enter the Ji Jiu Market, and overheard people talking about the people who had emigrated earlier had returned. Make the district more lively. But there are also a lot of beggars. Ji Jiu looked at it and felt strange. She thought to herself that the dry season had just passed and that someone would have money to beg for alms. The beggar's clothes were almost no different from hers except that her clothes were cleaner.
Walking to the market where she usually came, she found more vendors than before, all along the way. Before entering the main market, Ji Jiu walked around and looked at things, but there wasn't anything she wanted to buy. There aren't any vegetables. Right now, most of what's on sale are scrawny, exhausted chickens. Does she think that if she buys and raises it, it will survive to the end of the day? She had never raised an animal in her life. Therefore, they are afraid that instead of helping these animals, they will sin and cause their death instead.
Ji Jiu reluctantly turned his eyes away from the poor skinny chicken. Then hurriedly walked to the same butcher shop. Today, Ji Jiu bought 1 jin of beef tenderloin and 1 pork bone, 65 E Pae. Then he went to see the shop where he bought the fat chicken from before. But it seemed like the shop wasn't open today. Ji Jiu found a shop selling a few thin radishes and bought them to add to her bone soup. She paid 10 baht.
She walked out of the main market in the same direction she had come in and found a skinny chicken seller sitting with tears streaming down her face. Her rooster is still the same as before. No one was paying any attention to the people passing by. Ji Jiu could only sigh. Come on, buy, buy.
"Seller, how do you sell your chicken?"
The vendor looked up at the person asking and saw that it was a thin girl but cleanly dressed.
"I'm selling it all, young lady. There are 4 adult chickens in here and 5 chicks. 75 E-pae, do you want them or not?"
"Oh, why is it so expensive, Auntie?" Ji Jiu asked in bewilderment. Why is a chicken about to die expensive? Even though no one bought it.
"Huh, my child is sick. I need money to take my child to see a doctor. All these chickens are now the only treasures in my house. If you don't buy it, that's fine, I understand."
Ji Jiu listened, and the more she felt sorry for this aunt. So she gritted her teeth and took out the remaining 75 pieces of silver. The last bit came out of her little bag.
"This is money for chickens, Auntie. I don't know if I can ask for two chicken cages as well."
The merchant raised her tear-filled face to look at Ji Jiu again and nodded repeatedly, then hurriedly spoke tremblingly.
"Huh, you can take it, little one. Auntie, thank you very much for helping me this time. If there is a chance, Auntie will repay you."
The vendor handed her two chicken cages after receiving the money. Then he thanked her until she walked out of sight.
After walking for a while, Ji Jiu could only complain to himself in his heart. In her previous life, had she ever been interested in anyone? But when I came to this body, I became so sympathetic like that. Sigh~ ~ ~